CHARLOTTE EVENTS WEEKLY
NEWSLETTER
June 17, 2009 - June 24, 2009
"Music expresses
feeling and thought, without language; it was below and before speech, and it is
above and beyond all words."
~ Robert G. Ingersoll ~
(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
Wednesday June 17 - Happy Birthday Mark Lynch, Mark Strauss AND Robin Rogers!
**Band of
Horses w/Arbouretum - SOLD OUT
The
Neighborhood Theatre
Will Call opens 5:30pm; Doors 7pm; Show 8pm
http://www.neighborhoodtheatre.com * http://charlotte.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/band_of_horses_climbing_ladder_of_success/Content?oid=651671
**WSGE
Consider This featuring Adam Whiting
w/Randy
Walker
6pm-6:30pm
http://www.wsge.org
**Jared
Allan
BlackFinn @ EpiCentre
9pm-midnight
http://www.jaredallan.com
**Robin
Rogers (Trio)
Providence Cafe
6:30pm - 9:30pm
http://www.providencecafe.com * http://www.robinrogers.com
**The
Spongetones (early show)
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Highlines (late
show)
The Evening Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Crown
Town Showdown w/The Austin Hillbilly Experiment, ilyAIMY, The Lesser Pauls,
Reeve, Spells and Timbre Tambour
Snug Harbor
10pm
http://www.snugrock.com
**Jeff
Bujak
The Double Door Inn
9pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**Scoot
Pittman (Trio)
D'Vine Wine @Ballantyne Village
9pm
http://www.scootmusic.com
Thursday June 18 - Happy Birthday Joshua James!
**Mike
Strauss Band
The Pizza Peel
7pm-9pm
http://www.mikestrauss.net
**Mark
Stuart featuring a Paul McCartney Tribute (early show)
The Evening
Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Matthew
Perryman Jones w/Erick Baker (late show)
The Evening Muse
9:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Matt
Mackelcan & Wormsloew (late, late show)
The Evening
Muse
11pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Scoot
Pittman (Trio) (early show)
Fieldcrest Cannon Stadium Kannapolis
Intimidators Baseball Game
6pm
Kannapolis NC
AND
**Scoot
Pittman (Duo)
Fifty-1 - Carmel Commons Shopping
Center
10pm
http://www.scootmusic.com
**The
Stereofidelics w/Jimmy Brown & Dylan Gilbert
The Double Door
Inn
9pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com * http://www.myspace.com/jimmybrownmusic
**The
Radiators
The Visulite Theatre
9pm
http://www.visulite.com
**BoomBox
w/Silver Machine
The Neighborhood Theatre
No Cover & Prize
Giveaways
9pm
http://www.neighborhoodtheatre.com
**Taking
Back Sunday w/Anberlin and Envy on the Coast SOLD OUT
Amos' Southend
(Tickets may be
available at the 6:00pm door opening)
http://www.amossouthend.com
**The Catch
Fire w/The EmptiesSnug Harbor
10pm
http://www.snugrock.com * http://charlotte.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/band_of_horses_climbing_ladder_of_success/Content?oid=651671
**Lindy
Dobbins & The Red Velvet Manx
Tyber Creek Pub
10pm
http://www.myspace.com/lindydobbinsmusic
**Milkjug
Showcase w/Andy Wood, Case Federal & The Agents, Elonzo, Moses Cherry &
The Topless Gospel Choir
The Sylvia Theater
York, SC
http://www.sylviatheater.com
**Rock
Bottom
Dots Hot Spot
http://www.rockbottom.datatechis.com
**Scoot
Pittman (Trio)
McKoy's Smokehouse & Saloon
10pm
http://www.scootmusic.com
**Superdrag
w/25 Minutes to Go and Emotron
The Milestone Club
9pm
http://themilestoneclub.com
**The
Design w/TBA
The Visulite Theatre
9:45pm
http://www.visulite.com
**Jared
Allan
Providence Country Club
6pm-9pm
http://www.jaredallan.com
**The
Stragglers
Rodi
8pm-10pm
Gastonia, NC
http://www.rodiworld.com
**Purple
School Bus
Double Door Inn
10pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**Lenny
Federal Band
The Comet Grill
10pm
http://www.myspace.com/thecometgrill * http://www.myspace.com/lennyfederal
**Gabe Dixon Band & Jay
Nash w/Roy Jay (early show)
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Dirty Drummer & Sweet
Irene (late show)
The Evening Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**First Class Baggage
w/Just Monroe & Somebody Smith
Prevue Music Hall
10pm
http://www.prevuemusichall.com
**The Lights, Fluorescent
w/ Hammer No More The Fingers, Lucid Colony and Controlled
Storms
Tremont Music Hall
8pm
http://www.tremontmusichall.com
**Culture
Initiative presents Show & Tell
The Neighborhood
Theatre
6:30pm
http://www.neighborhoodtheatre.com
**WNCW-FM
88.7/100.3 FM - Local Color Show
featuring local and regional
artists
Fridays 9:00-11:00 pm
http://www.wncw.org
**"Home Of
The Blues: 35 Years Of The Double Door Inn" booksigning
w/Daniel Coston
Joseph Beth Booksellers at SouthPark Mall
2pm-4pm
http://www.danielcostonphotography.com
**Grown Up
Avenger Stuff w/ Mego & Just Monroe
Smokey Joe’s
Cafe
10pm
http://www.myspace.com/grownupavengerstuff
**Christy
Snow & the Free Spirits CD Release (early show)
The Evening
Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Stephen
Warwick & The Secondhand Stories w/Mike Strauss Band (incl. Hope Nichols
& Shawn Lynch) (late show)
The Evening Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com * http://www.mikestrauss.net * http://www.myspace.com/secondhandstories * http://charlotte.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/band_of_horses_climbing_ladder_of_success/Content?oid=651671
**Jared
Allan
Village Bistro
9:30pm
http://www.jaredallan.com
**Contagious Blues
Band w/Almost Perfect
The Double Door Inn
10pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**Iron
Cordoba
The Visulite Theatre
10:30pm
http://www.visulite.com
**Jon Shain
Rodi
8pm-10pm
Gastonia, NC
http://www.rodiworld.com
**Wes
Tucker & The Skillets w/Love Colt & Colkd Bait Live
Beer
Prevue Music Hall
10pm
http://www.prevuemusichall.com
**The
Sammies w/Wheels on Fire and The Spalding Grays
The Milestone
Club
9pm
http://themilestoneclub.com
**Babyshaker w/Richard
Bacchus & the Luckiest Girls, The Dielectrics
Snug
Harbor
10pm
http://www.snugrock.com
**EpiCentre
No Charge Summer Concert Series w/Carolina Liar w/Parmalee
The
Pavilion
21+
7pm
http://www.pavilionatepicentre.com
**Bad
Company w/The Doobie Brothers
Verizon Amphitheatre
**WNCW-FM 88.7/100.3 FM -
Local Color Show
featuring local and regional artists
7pm
http://www.wncw.org
Sunday June 21 - Happy Father's Day!
**Jared
Allan
Marshall Park Music Festival
2pm-3:30pm
http://www.jaredallan.com
**Ben Henry
w/Erika Blatnik & Perry Fowler
The Milestone Club
9pm
http://themilestoneclub.com
**The
Wiggle Wagons, Zombie Bazooka Patrol, The K-Macks
Snug
Harbor
10pm
http://www.snugrock.com
**Contagious
Midtown
Sundries Harborside Blues Series
Cornelius, NC
http://www.myspace.com/contagiousbluesband
**Alan
Barrington
Symphony Park Pavilion - Opening for The Charlotte
Symphony
7pm
http://www.myspace.com/alanbarrington
**Mat
Kearney w/Erin McCarley
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
**Rickey
Godfrey w/Rusty Barkley, Ricky Gentry and Mike Stevens &
More
Morehead Street Tavern
8pm-11pm
300 E. Morehead
St.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Charlotte-NC/Morehead-Street-Tavern/89880038936
* http://www.myspace.com/therickeygodfreyband
**Find Your
Muse Open Mic w/Featured Performer Jeremy Current
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
Tuesday June 23 - Happy Birthday Stephen Warwick!
**Chris
Cook
Bentley’s
8:30pm
Belmont, NC
http://www.myspace.com/chriscookmusic
**Yardwork
w/Fluffy Lumbers & Pattern is Movement
The Milestone
Club
9pm
http://themilestoneclub.com
**Jared
Allan
Uno's (Uptown) Outside Patio
5pm–9pm
College and Martin
Luther King
http://www.jaredallan.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
**afto|n|
presents: J-Roc' & Diesel, big joon, WANDAWOOD KINGZ, Rahshawn, YoUnG fReSh
Tha K.I.D. WiTh Ta PeN, DANGER TEAM, Dyce Milly, Kryscendo, Kali, M.O.R.A.L.,
kidkal, DUB-B, Dow Jones, Hush Dat Fuss Ent., YOUNG CONNECT, JAGuar & More
TBA
The Evening Muse
6:15pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Open Mic
at The Bucket Shop (every Tues)
1601 Montford Drive
http://www.myspace.com/tuesdaynightbucketshop
**The Black
Hollies w/Violet Vector, The Lovely Lovelies and Transmission
Fields
Tremont Music Hall
8pm
http://www.tremontmusichall.com
**Scoot
Pittman (Trio)
D'Vine Wine @Ballantyne Village
9pm
http://www.scootmusic.com
**Jared
Allan
Cedar Street Tavern
8pm
http://www.jaredallan.com
**Megan
Jean & The Klay Family Band
The Double Door Inn
9pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**The
Spongetones w/Madi Diaz (early show)
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Yarn
& Josh Grider Trio (late show)
The Evening
Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**The Dead
Records and Ascetic Parade
Snug Harbor
10pm
http://www.snugrock.com
Band/Artist/Media News, Features, Announcements and Upcoming Events
*************************************************************************
*** = New Additions This Week
Misc News, Events & Announcements:
***Grown Up Avenger Stuff will be giving away tickets to the 8/12 Incubus Show in Charlotte. You must be present at their July 3rd show and on their mailing list to be eligible. http://www.myspace.com/grownupavengerstuff
***Congratulations to Desmond Myers who won 2nd place (out of thousands of nationwide entries) in the Sennheiser Microphones "My Song" songwriters contest. Check out the winning song "You in Mind" at http://www.myspace.com/desmondmyers.
***Rockstock '09 featuring The Romantics, Paula Cole, Paul Young, T-Rex, Slade, Lifehouse & More - Heritage Park Amphitheater in Simpsonville, SC on September 12th and 13th 2009. RockStock ’09 is celebrating the 40th anniversary of Woodstock. If you have a band suggestion for RockStock, tell them who you want by emailing them at getthisgroup@rockstock09.com. They have lots of bands in negotiations and your input can help decide who's next. http://www.rockstock09.com/index.htm
**Best of Charlotte 2009 Creative Loafing Voting Ballots online http://posting.charlotte.creativeloafing.com/gbase/BestOf/BestOf - Ballots must be received by June 29; the issue will hit the streets Aug. 5.
**Vote for your top 20 WNCW played artists for the last 20 years - http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=jV2v4AdHAfAmdoC_2b0PT3yg_3d_3d
**Therese
Bartholomew is selling her new book, "Coffee Shop God" through
The Final Gift Film website for $12. 100% of the book's sales
goes to complete The Final Gift documentary.
OR Receive a book with a $25 tax deductible film donation made through
Southern Documentary Fund our non-profit fiscal sponsor. Go to http://www.thefinalgiftfilm.com and click on donations.
Donations and Investors are still needed to fund "The
Final Gift" Film Documentary. Please visit http://www.thefinalgiftfilm.com to view the trailer, see
photos from the recent fundraiser, find out more and to make a
donation.
***Also - Therese just did an
interview this week on "Artist's Craft" a Raleigh based TV show. The
show will air in Wake County from mid to late July (approximately 90,000
viewers) and is available for viewing outside the Raleigh/Durham area on YouTube
at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0nVBKrmpHw
**PunkRock&ScissorsFest - July 25th, all ages all day outdoor concert benefit for The Milestone Club. - http://myspace.com/prsfest
**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/
**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
**You can buy advance tickets to many of the upcoming live local shows at Manifest, CD Warehouse and/or Lunchbox Records.
Recent Show Reviews, Photos and/or Videos:
Misc:
***WNCW welcomes The Bob Dylan Show featuring Bob Dylan and his Band, Willie Nelson & Family and John Mellencamp to Heritage Park Amphitheatre in Simpsonville, SC Wednesday, July 29th at 5:30pm. WNCW will be drawing for (1) pair of RESERVED SEATING tickets AND (9) additional pairs of LAWN tickets on Monday, June 22nd. Entry Deadline: Sunday, June 21, 2009 at Midnight http://www.wncw.org/giveaways.html
**The 5th Annual Music Camp June 19 & 20 - w/Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Donna the Buffalo, The Belleville Outfit, The Blue Dogs, The Duhks, The Infamous Stringdusters, Boombox, Casey Driessen and The Color Fools, The Shane Pruitt Band, Matthew Knights Williams, The Piedmont Boys, The DAM Combo, On the Corner Band - Spartanburg, SC - http://www.themusiccamp.com
**Charlotte Pop Fest - September 24-27, 2009 - EpiCentre - w/The Posies, The Knack, Jill Sobule, The Spongetones, The Stellas, Transmission Fields, gogoPilot, Leisure McCorkle, Josh Burch, James Deem, Chris McKay & The Critical Darlings and MORE! http://www.charlottepopfest.com
**1st Annual Mountain Aid Festival to Fight against Mountaintop Removal and Promote Clean Energy in NC - June 19-20, 2009 at Shakori Hills Farm in Chatham County, NC - w/Kathy Mattea, Ben Sollee, and Donna the Buffalo. The Mountain Aid concert benefits Pennies of Promise, a grassroots campaign to construct a new building for Marsh Fork Elementary School in West Virginia. Advance tickets for Mountain Aid are on sale now for $22.50 ($30 at the gate). On-site camping, food and craft vendors will be available. For more details, visit http://www.mtnaid.com and http://www.shakorihills.org.
In the Studio:
**Bill Noonan "The Man That I Can't Be" to be released July 21st. CD Features Producer Mark Lynch,, Engineer Chris Garges and players Jon Thornton (trumpet) and John Alexander (saxes), David Kim (drums), Jason Atkins (keyboards), Bob Barrone (steel guitar), Randy Saxon (banjo), Ray Mitchell (drums, vocals), Tom Kuhn (bass) and Beth Chorneau & David Childers on vocals.
Radio:
***Want Your Music on the Radio? These SC Stations are looking for local/regional music to play on their stations: WUSC & WXRY Unsigned. Addresses and more info at http://www.scenesc.com/2009/06/16/want-your-music-on-the-radio/
***WFAE's Summer Fund Drive - Jun 16-18 Make a pledge - http://www.wfae.org/wfae/14_232_0.cfm & be entered to win trip for 2 to Jamaica!
**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.
***Looking Ahead: (new additions or
updates)
^Potential sell
out - recommend getting advance tickets
***************
06/26 - ^Tinsley
Ellis - The Double Door
06/26 - Marah -
The Milestone Club
06/26 - Patrick Wolf - Cat's Cradle -
Carrboro, NC
06/27 - Dexter Romweber Duo - The Milestone
Club
06/27 - ^Angie Aparo
w/Mark Kano & Mike Garrigan - The Visulite Theatre
06/28 -
The Lemonheads - The Visulite Theatre
07/04 - Hank
III - Amos' Southend
07/08 - ^Kiss 95.1 Presents Thriving
Ivory - The Neighborhood Theatre
07/09 - ^moe - The Neighborhood
Theatre
07/09 - Aerosmith & ZZ Top - Bobcats
Arena
07/11 - Bill Noonan And the Fallen Gentlemen (CD Release!) and
Overmountain Men (David Childers, Randy Saxon & Rob Childers) -
Snug Harbor
07/14 - The Offspring - Boutique Amphitheatre At
The Music Factory
07/17 - Simplified - The Sylvia
Theater
07/17 - ^Zack
Rosicka Band - The Double Door Inn
07/17 - The Trachtenburg
Family Slideshow Players w/Lost in the Trees - The Milestone
Club
07/18 - Paul Thorn Band - The Neighborhood
Theatre
07/24 - Chris Kasper w/Hezekiah Jones - The Evening
Muse
07/24-25 - ^The
Avett Brothers w/Leslie - House of Blues - Myrtle Beach, SC
07/24-26
- Bele Chere - Asheville, NC
07/22-26 - ^XX Merge Fest -
Superchunk, Spoon, Conor Oberst, Spent, M. Ward, The Rosebuds, Destroyer,
Guv'ner, Polvo, Piple, The Broken West & More - Cat's Cradle - Carrboro, NC
- SOLD OUT
07/23 - The
Duhks - The Neighborhood Theatre
07/23-26 - FloydFest - Blue Ridge Parkway
07/24 - Gov’t
Mule - Charlotte Fillmore
07/25 - Joe Firstman -
The Neighborhood Theatre
07/29 - The Bob
Dylan Show w/Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp - Heritage Park Amphitheater -
Simpsonville, SC
07/31 - Sam Bush Band
- The Neighborhood Theatre
08/08 - Avett Brothers with Brett Dennen
- Bojangles Coliseum
08/08 - ^Carolina Smooth Jazz Friends
Series w/Peter White, Nick Colionne & Maysa - CPCC Halton
Theatre
08/08 - Def Leppard with Poison and Cheap Trick -
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
08/11 - Sugar
Ray - Amos' South End
08/14 - The New
Riders of the Purple Sage - The Visulite Theatre
08/14-15 - Charlotte Irish Summer Festival - Uptown Charlotte
08/19 - ^Miggs
w/Gareth Asher & Ernie Halter - The Evening
Muse
08/19 - Kings X - Amos'
Southend
08/20 -
Sister Hazel - Amos' Southend
08/26 - ^The
Honorary Title w/Cory Branan - The Milestone Club
08/30
- Ellis Paul - The Grey Eagle - Asheville, NC
08/30 - Motley
Crue - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
09/04 -
Little Anthony & The Imperials - Ovens
Auditorium
09/08 - The Cult - Amos'
Southend
09/11 - ^Simplified - The Visulite
Theatre
09/12-13 - Rockstock 09 w/The Romantics, Paula Cole, Paul Young, T-Rex,
Slade, Lifehouse & More - Heritage Park Amphitheater - Simpsonville,
SC
09/12 - ^Son Volt - The Visulite
Theatre
09/12 - ^Tosco
Music Party - Halton Theatre - Tickets on sale NOW
09/13 - J.J. Grey & Mofro
w/The Derek Trucks Band - Belk Theatre
09/17 -
The Indigo Girls - The Orange Peel - Asheville,
NC
09/24-26 - Charlotte PopFest w/The Posies,
The Knack, Jill Sobule, The Spongetones, The Stellas, Transmission Fields,
gogoPilot, Leisure McCorkle, Josh Burch, James Deem, Chris McKay & The
Critical Darlings & More - EpiCentre
09/26 - Railroad Earth - The Neighborhood
Theatre
09/30 - ^RaRa Riot - Cat's Cradle - Carrboro,
NC
10/01 - blink 182 - Verizon Wireless
Amphitheatre
10/03 - Psychedelic Furs w/Happy
Mondays - Amos' Southend
10/03 - ^U2 - Carter Finley
Stadium - Raleigh, NC
10/03-04 - Widespread Panic
w/The Allman Brothers - Verizon Wireless
Amphitheatre
10/08 - Robin Trower - Amos'
Southend
10/09 - Will Hoge - The Visulite
Theatre
10/11 - War - The Neighborhood
Theatre
10/13 - Bonnie Raitt - Thomas Wolfe
Auditorium - Asheville, NC
10/16 - Chris
Smither - Stage Door
10/18 - Metallica
- TWC Arena
10/20 - Queensryche - The
Fillmore
10/20 - Susan Cowsill - The
Evening Muse
11/06 - Al Stewart - The Sylvia
Theater
11/07 - MUTEMATH
- Amos' Southend
11/07 - ^Gerald Albright with Special
Guest Rick Braun - CPCC Halton Theater
11/21 - Doc Watson
with Richard Watson & Jack Lawrence - The Neighborhood
Theatre
The
Charlotte Weekly Happenings Newsletter and Updates can 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
RSS(Also, please consider a link back to my website to encourage people to sign up for this newsletter. And finally, as always, it's a good idea to check with the artist or venue prior to driving to a show).
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