When Cary's Koka Booth Amphitheatre at Regency Park announced last month it was changing promoters and going with a firm that does a lot of comedy and theater, that signaled a change in booking direction. And now we have further evidence, Booth's first big-time comedy show. Blue Collar Comedy regular Larry the Cable Guy will perform at Booth on May 21, according to Pollstar listings.

Monday's paper has a somewhat wonky story about Cary's Koka Booth Amphitheatre at Regency Park (site of last summer's triumphant Avett Brothers show, among others) leaving the Live Nation fold and changing to a new promoter for its roadshows. Nashville-based Outback Concerts is Booth's new "preferred promoter" and will present at least 10 shows there this year. Live Nation, which did 13 shows at Booth as last year's "pp," will concentrate its energies on Raleigh's Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek.

Since Booth is about one-third the size of Walnut Creek, the two venues should be able to keep out of each other's way this year. Come next year, however, things might get interesting in a competitive sort of way if the proposed downtown Raleigh Amphitheater is a reality by then. Check here for some further background on that.