CHARLOTTE EVENTS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
December
23, 2009 - December 30, 2009
"May all
the sweet magic Of Christmas conspire
To gladden your hearts And fill every
desire. "
(Be sure to read/scroll to the end of the newsletter for special
announcements and band news.)
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**All shows are in
Charlotte, NC, unless stated otherwise**
(click on the day of
the week to jump to that day)
WED |
THU | FRI | SAT | SUN | MON | TUE | WED
**Christmas JAM Charlotte
Style w/ Josh Daniel, Dan Hood, Flavio Mangione, Leisure McCorkle, Daniel Flynn,
Justin Fedor, & Curtis Wingfield
The Philosopher's
Stone
10:30pm-2am
http://www.philosophersstonetavern.com
**Scoot
Pittman
D’Vine Wine (SP3)
9pm
http://www.scootmusic.com
**Simplified (Acoustic
w/Clee & Sheridan)
LKN Sports Grill
20930 Torrence Chapel
Rd.
Cornelius NC
http://www.lknsportsgrille.com * http://www.simplifiedmusic.com
Friday December 25 - Merry Christmas!
**Benji
Hughes
Snug Harbor
10pm
http://www.snugrock.com
**Reeve Coobs & Jason
Atkins
Big Ben British Pub
http://www.myspace.com/reeverb
**Scoot
Pittman
Freeman’s Pub (Solo)
8pm
Gastonia, NC
http://www.scootmusic.com
**WRFX 99.7 Smokin Bluz
w/Rick Ballew featuring: Contagious Blues Band, Robin Rogers, Part Time Blues
Band, The Thermatones
7pm-10pm
http://www.wrfx.com * http://www.smokinbluz.com/
Saturday December 26 - Happy Birthday Joe Kuhlmann!
**Jared
Allan
Boardwalk Billy's RAW Bar
10pm
http://www.jaredallan.com
**Blue Dogs
w/South 85
The Neighborhood Theatre
9pm
http://www.theneighborhoodtheatre.com
**Wavy
Space
Pura Vida
5pm-7pm
http://www.puravidaart.com
**Scoot
Pitttman Trio
Hickory Tavern
10pm
Hickory, NC
http://www.scootmusic.com
**The
Thermatones
Double Door Inn
10pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**WNCW-FM 88.7/100.3 FM -
Local Color Show
featuring local and regional artists
7pm
http://www.wncw.org
**Clutch w/ Doomriders /
Lionize / Never Get Caught
Amos' Southend
http://www.amossouthend.com
**WNCW 88.7 Local
Color
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
http://www.wncw.org
**"90 Minutes (Local &
Regional Music) - Sundays 8:30 pm - 10 pm (Divakar) and ENDSessions 10pm
(Nate)
WEND 106.5 The End (every Sunday)
http://www.1065.com
**"No Static At
All" Radio - an eclectic mix of music by local musicians
12:00 pm -
1:00 pm
hosted by Gael Warning's Jeff Chester
http://www.myspace.com/nostaticatallfm
**Telepath and Dubconscious
w/Mindelixir
The Neighborhood Theatre
9:30pm
http://www.theneighborhoodtheatre.com
**Find Your Muse Open Mic
w/featured performer Kurt Scobie
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com * http://www.myspace.com/findyourmuse
**Service Industry Night
w/The Monday Night Allstars
The Double Door Inn
10pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**Fair Play featuring Bobby
Donaldson (guitar), Donnie Marshall (drums), Tuf (bass) & Robin
Rogers
The Fairview Grill
9:30pm - 1am
5124 Park Rd.
http://www.fairviewgrill.com
**Red Rocking Chair
(every Tues)
The Comet Grill
http://www.myspace.com/thecometgrill
Wednesday December 30 - Happy Birthday Kristin Garber!
**Yarn
The
Double Door Inn
9pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**Rayen Belchere w/Chad
York
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Davisson Brothers Band
& The Piedmont Boys
The Neighborhood Theatre
8:30pm
http://www.theneighborhoodtheatre.com
Band/Artist/Media News, Features, Announcements and Upcoming Events
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*** = New Additions This Week
Misc News, Events & Announcements:
**Join the The Charlotte Live Alt/Rock/Indie Music Meetup Group and see live, original music and meet new friends - http://livemusic.meetup.com/136/
**Join the The Carolina Smooth Jazz Friends Meetup Group and see live jazz and meet new friends - http://www.meetup.com/carolinasmoothjazzfriends
**Post and read reviews about anything and everywhere in Charlotte at Yelp.com - http://www.yelp.com/charlotte-nc
**Share and read reviews of local restaurants and bars & nightlife on MySpace - http://local.myspace.com
**Advance tickets to many of the upcoming local shows available at Manifest, CD Warehouse and/or Lunchbox Records.
Reviews, Photos and/or Videos:
***Triple S Booking and Charlotte Live Music 2009 Retrospective - Photos and reviews by Monty Chandler - http://www.examiner.com/x-3774-Charlotte-Music-Examiner/
***Overmountain Men, 2013 Wolves and Ken Will Morton @ The
Thirsty Beaver - Review and photos by Jeff Hahne/Creative
Loafing -
http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/vibes/2009/12/21/live-review-overmountain-men-2013-wolves-ken-will-morton/
***Paul Atkinson & The Empty Stocking Fund - The Charlotte Observer - Thu 12/24 Local Section (no online link yet)
***Local photographer Dianna Augustine is looking for a reasonable full time babysitter or daycare for her 2 yr. old son, preferably in East Charlotte. Call (704) 773-3362 or email mylovesaverb@gmail.com.
Radio:
**Listen online to our local and regional bands at Complex Radio - WNCW 88.7FM , CharlotteMusician.com, WGWG 88.3FM (Boiling Springs, NC) and WSGE 91.7FM, as well as those weekly specialty programs mentioned above.
THANK YOU ONE AND ALL FOR THE GIFTS YOU GIVE ME EVERY SINGLE DAY!
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Tosco Music Party
20 Years and growing!
Saturday, January 30, 2010 • 7:00 pm
- 11:00 pm
Featuring:
Caleb Hawley, Danielle Howle, Ellis Paul, Every
Mother’s Dream, Jocelyn Ellis and the Alpha Theory,
Katherine Fritsch, Laura
Blackley, Lee & Sarah Atkinson, Matthew Alexander, Miss Tess and the Bon Ton
Parade,
Rebecca Loebe, Reed Waddle, Songs of Water, The Brilliant
Inventions, The Griggs and Valorie Miller
Overcash Academic and Performing
Arts Center at Dale F. Halton Theater
Central Piedmont Community College •
1206 Elizabeth Ave • Charlotte, NC
Links to the artists' websites and advance tickets can be found at the ToscoMusicParty.org Website
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Arts Council of York County
(ACYC)
Vernon Grant
Santa’s Exhibition
November 23-December
31
Vernon Grant Santas
Exhibition
Dalton Gallery, Center for the Arts, 121 E. Main
Street
Exhibition Dates: November 23-December 31
In partnership with
Culture & Heritage Museums and ChristmasVille
http://www.yorkcountyarts.org
***Looking Ahead: (new additions or
updates)
^Potential sell
out - recommend getting advance tickets
***************
12/31
- ^Sugar Glyder -
The Double Door Inn
12/31 - ^Keller Williams - The
Neighborhood Theatre
12/31 - ^Simplified - The
Visulite Theatre
01/12 - Bowerbirds - The
Grey Eagle - Asheville, NC
01/14 - Asylum Street
Spankers - The Neighborhood Theatre
01/15 - Alejandro
Escovedo w/Roman Candle - The
Orange Peel - Asheville, NC
01/22 -
^Matt Hires w/Jason Castro - The Evening
Muse
01/26 - Overmountainmen CD Release
- Snug Harbor
01/28 - Kris Kristofferson - Newberry
Opera House - Newberry, SC
01/29 - ^Justin Townes Earle -
The Grey Eagle - Asheville, NC
01/30 - ^Tosco Music Party - Dale
F. Halton Theater @ CPCC
01/30 - The
Brilliant Inventions - The Evening Muse
01/31 - ^Scott Miller w/John
Dungan- The Evening Muse
02/05 - Donna the Buffalo
- The Neighborhood Theatre
02/09 - Steve
Winwood - Durham Performing Arts Center - Durham,
NC
02/09 - Evan Dando (The Lemonheads)
- Tremont Music Hall
02/12 - The Marshall Tucker Band - The
Neighborhood Theatre
02/13 - Ellis Paul - The
Evening Muse
02/15 - Brandi Carlile w/Amy
Ray - McGlohon Theatre
02/19-20 - Dark Star
Orchestra - The Neighborhood Theatre
02/20 - Howie Day & Serena Ryder - The Visulite
Theatre
02/20 - The English Beat, Fishbone &
More - Tremont Music Hall
02/25 - Drive By Truckers
- The Neighborhood Theatre
02/26 - Pat Green
- Coyote Joe's
02/26 -
"Monterey Jazz Festival On Tour" w/Johnathan Blake, Kenny Barron, Kiyoshi
Kitagawa, Kurt Elling, Regina Carter, Russell Malone - Knight
Theater
02/26 - Dave Alvin - Stage
Door
02/26 - Perpetual Groove - The Neighborhood
Theatre
02/27 - George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic -
The Neighborhood Theatre
02/27 - Wayne Robbins & The Hellsayers
CD Release w/Nevada - The Grey
Eagle - Asheville, NC
03/02 - Alice in Chains - The
Fillmore
03/03-04 - Guthrie Family Rides Again - Diana
Wortham Theatre - Asheville, NC
03/04 - Al Stewart -
Newberry Opera House - Newberry, SC
03/05 -
Jenny Owen Youngs w/Allison Weiss & Bess Rogers - The Evening
Muse
03/06 - Peter
Mulvey - The Evening Muse
03/06 - Henry Rollins
Spoken Word Tour - The Orange Peel - Asheville,NC
03/08 - David Bazan - The Grey Eagle - Asheville,
NC
03/09 - David Bazan - New Brookland Tavern - Columbia,
SC
03/08 - Eric Clapton w/Roger Daltrey
- RBC Center - Raleigh, NC
03/11 - Over the Rhine - The Grey
Eagle - Asheville, NC
03/12 - Ani DiFranco - The
Neighborhood Theatre
03/17 - G. Love & Special Sauce & Giant
Panda Guerilla Dub Squad - The Orange Peel - Asheville, NC
03/18 -
George Thorogood & The Destroyers & Damon Fowler - The
Orange Peel - Asheville, NC
03/20 - G. Love
& Special Sauce w/Giant Panda Dub Squad - Amos'
Southend
03/22 - ^The Moody Blues -
Blumenthal Performing Arts Center
04/05 - Yeasayer - The
Orange Peel - Asheville, NC - Tickets on sale Friday, December 18th at 12
noon!
04/08 - Aaron Neville Quintet Featuring Charles
Neville - Newberry Opera House - Newberry, SC
04/09 - David
Gray - Durham Performing Arts Center - Durham, NC
04/15 -
John Gorka w/Sara Hickman - The Evening Muse
04/16 - Needtobreathes w/Will Hoge and Matt Hires -
Amos' Southend
04/16 - David Sedaris -
Thomas Wolfe Auditorium - Asheville, NC
04/23 - Firefall -
Newberry Opera House - Newberry, SC
05/12 - Norah Jones -
Ovens Auditorium
05/15 - Dave Koz, Marc Antoine and Brian
Simpson
07/25 - Era 2 Era Fest - Metrolina Expo -
http://www.myspace.com/era2erafest
The
Charlotte Weekly Happenings Newsletter, Updates and latest news can also be
found at:
http://www.carolinamusicconnection.com * http://www.myspace.com/charlottemusic * http://charlottemusic.typepad.com/charlotte_events_calendar/ *
http://charlotteeventscalendar.blogspot.com/ and
http://twitter.com/charlottemusic
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