Thursday, December 17, 2009

Charlotte NC Live Music Events Calendar, Band News & More 12/16/09 - 12/23/09

CHARLOTTE EVENTS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
December 16, 2009 - December 23, 2009


"Words, like nature, half reveal and half conceal the soul within......"
~ Alfred Tennyson ~


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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 December 16

**Super Ape, Today the Moom Tomorrow the Sun
Snug Harbor
10pm
http://www.snugrock.com

**Simplified (Acoustic w/Clee & Sheridan)
Village Bistro at Ballantyne Village
9:30pm
http://www.simplifiedmusic.com

**Paul Atkinson & Friends -Music For A Merry Christmas - An Acoustic Show to Benefit the Salvation Army's "Empty Stocking Fund" (early show)
The Evening Muse
$donation
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com

**Lauris Vidal & Damion Suomi & Andy Zipf (late show)
The Evening Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com

**Swill
The Double Door Inn
9pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com

Thursday December 17 - Happy Birthday Barb Fitzgerald & Cat Babbie!

**Mike Strauss Band (Acoustic)
The Pizza Peel
4422 Colwick Rd,
8pm-10pm
http://www.mikestrauss.net

**MaxxMusic Presents: Rory Block (early show)
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com

**Jerry Chapman & Doug Davis (late show)
The Evening Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com

**Cowboys Against Cancer w/Cattletruck, The Wiggle Wagons and The Loose Lugnuts
The show is a fundraiser for Atreyu, a 4 year old boy from Rock Hill, SC whose mother just overcame Thyroid Cancer to find out that her son has Leukemia.
The Money
8pm
110 South Cherry Road
SC
http://www.myspace.com/cattletruck

**Alan Barrington
The Blue Finn Grille
7pm
Spartanburg, SC
http://www.alanbarrington.com

**Scoot Pitttman
Freeman’s Pub (Solo)
8pm
Gastonia, NC
http://www.scootmusic.com

**Foxchase (Final Show) w/Silver Hill Mine, Elonzo & Gregory Ellis
The Milestone Club
9pm
http://www.milestoneclub.com

**Zach Deputy
The Double Door Inn
9pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com

Friday December 18

**Raised by Wolves & Guam High
Snug Harbor
11pm
http://www.snugrock.com

**Through Porchlight, The Lo and Beholds, Death Becomes Even the Maiden, and Junior Astronomers
Tremont Music Hall
http://www.tremontmusichall.com

**Simplified
Wild Wing Cafe-Charlotte Northeast
711 W. Mallard Creek Church Rd.
10pm
http://www.simplifiedmusic.com

**Scoot Pitttman
Flip Flops
7:30pm
Gastonia, NC
http://www.scootmusic.com

**Jared Allan
T1 Tapas (Birkday Village)
9pm-midnight
8625-C Lindhold Drive
Huntersville, NC 28078 (map)
http://www.jaredallan.com

**The Stereofidelics & Not a Sparrow (early show)
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com

**Wavy Space & Mosadi & Hot Hand Spirits
The Evening Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com

**Greg Lilley
Bonehead's (Ballantyne)
6:30pm-9:30pm
http://www.eatatboneheads.com

**Brian Ashley Jones
Rodi
8pm-10pm
Gastonia, NC
http://www.rodiworld.com

**Josh Phillips Folk Festival & Laura Reed
The Neighborhood Theatre
9:30pm
http://www.theneighborhoodtheatre.com

**Alan Barrington
The Wine Room
8pm
Concord, NC
http://www.alanbarrington.com

**The Hamiltons
The 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

**MaxxMusic & Landshark Entertainment Present:  Acoustic Syndicate
The Visulite Theatre
10pm
http://www.visulite.com

**Chris McKay and the Critical Darlings w/Matter of Fact
Prevue Music Hall
10pm
http://www.prevuemusichall.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

Saturday December 19

**The Houstons "Do What We Can" Video Shoot
The Milestone Club
4pm-5pm
The Need: 2-3 people with HD (or decent) camcorders to film the video; Other people to bring any kind of camcorder (or cardboard lookalike) and pretend to be filming; Various people without camcorders to be "the crowd".  You can dress however you want... drag, zombie, ninja, regular... just have fun and bring friends!
http://www.myspace.com/thehoustons
* http://www.themilestoneclub.com

**The Houstons, Secondhand Stories & Spalding Grays
The Milestone Club
8pm
http://www.themilestoneclub.com

**Mike Strauss Band
The Comet Grill
9pm-midnight
http://www.mikestrauss.net

**Jared Allan
Eastfield Bar and Grill
9pm-midnight
8709 Arbor Creek Dr. @ Eastfield & Prosperity Church Rd.
http://www.jaredallan.co

**Jeremy Hopkins w/Brandon McSwain Band (early show)
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com

**Eric-Scott Guthrie w/Angela Faye Martin Band (w/Chris Cooper) & Matt Urmy (late show)
The Evening Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com

**MaxxMusic & Landshark Entertainment Present:  Acoustic Syndicate
The Visulite Theatre
10pm
http://www.visulite.com

**Sons of Bill w/The Wiggle Wagons
The Neighborhood Theatre
No Cover Night
9pm
http://www.theneighborhoodtheatre.com

**Chris Steude
Pura Vida
5pm-7pm
http://www.puravidaart.com

**Colourslide In Store Acoustic Performance
Manifest
3pm
Buy the CD, Get a T-shirt
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Colourslide/16860891119

**Athenaeum w/Emmet Swimming & Colourside
Amos' Southend
http://www.amossouthend.com * http://www.facebook.com/pages/Colourslide/16860891119

**Simplified
The Alley Cat
314 N. College St.
http://thealleycat.com * http://www.simplifiedmusic.com

**CT & Grant
Sammy's
9pm
http://www.myspace.com/raisedbywolves1

**Caleb Davis Band w/Jackie Chanarchy
Prevue Music Hall
9:45pm
http://www.prevuemusichall.com

**Jon Lindsay (Solo)
Petra’s Piano Bar and Cabaret
8pm
http://www.myspace.com/jonlindsaymusic

**Scoot Pitttman
Center Street Tavern
9:30pm
Cramerton, NC
http://www.scootmusic.com

**Gal Friday Band - Benefit Show for Samaritan's Feet
The Sylvia Theater
9pm
York, SC
http://www.sylviatheater.com

**The Merrows
Rodi
8pm-10pm
Gastonia, NC
http://www.rodiworld.com

**The Lights Fluorescent, Harvard, I Was Totally Destroying It
Snug Harbor
10pm
http://www.snugrock.com

**Greg Lilley
T-1 Tapas (Birkdale Village)
8:30pm-11:30pm
http://www.t1tapas.com

**Delta Moon
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

Sunday December 20

**Contagious
Carolina Panther Pre-Game Tailgate
4pm
http://www.myspace.com/contagiousbluesband

**Federal Bureau of Rock and Roll Reunion
Double Door Inn
10pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com

**Book Release Event w/Pat MacEnulty (Picara) & John Grooms (Deliver Us From Weasels) Featuring original music by Jacquelyn Lee and others.
The Evening Muse
6:30pm-9pm
No Cover Charge
http://www.eveningmuse.com

**Greg Lilley
The Prickly Pear
6pm-9pm
Mooresville, NC
http://www.pricklypear.net

**The Have and the Have Nots, Astronomers, The Activity
Snug Harbor
9pm
http://www.snugrock.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

Monday December 21

**Find Your Muse Open Mic
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 December 22 - Happy Birthday Woody Mitchell!

**36 Year Anniversary Party featuing The Parodi Kings
The Double Door Inn
9pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com

**Simplified
The Rusty Rudder
10pm
Cornelius, NC
http://www.simplifiedmusic.com

**Planet & Travis Avenue
The Visulite Theatre
7:30pm
http://www.visulite.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 23

**Scoot Pittman
D’Vine Wine (SP3)
9pm
http://www.scootmusic.com


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Band/Artist/Media News, Features, Announcements and Upcoming Events
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*** = New Additions This Week

Misc News, Events & Announcements:

***WNCW's Top 100 Contest.  Cast your vote now for your top ten discs of this year, and you could be one of 10 lucky winners of some of the station's favorite CD's. There are quite a few of our local/regional artists in there (and of course you can always add your own favorites).  Voting Ends Friday, Dec. 18th at Noon.  http://www.wncw.org/Top100Contest.html

***The Avett Brothers "I and Love and You" has been named Paste Magazine's Top Album of 2009

***Plaza Family Band CD, "Playground Hootenanny," Now Available - Band members include Mike Strauss, Clifton Castelloe, Hope Nicholls, Donovan Collins, Barbara Bonner, Sergio Agraz, Beth Brown-Alrawi, Micaila Milburn, Aaron Pitkin, Jon Schigoda, Dave Conlin and Michelle Castelloe. All proceeds from the sale of the CD will benefit the Plaza Presbyterian Weekday Preschool and it's mission to provide a learning environment for children that allows them to enjoy the wonders of early childhood without academic pressure. http://www.digstation.com/ArtistAlbums.aspx?artistname=PlazaFamilyBand

***"The Gospel of Joshua Panda" http://www.7dvt.com/2009gospel-joshua

**Therese Bartholomew is selling her 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, her 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.

**On your way to a show in NoDa?  Stop by McCreesh Place and drop off much needed supplies (or donate or volunteer) http://www.stpetershomesinc.org
St. Peter’s Homes, Inc. owns and operates McCreesh Place, Charlotte’s first single-room-occupancy (SRO) apartment community, designed to serve sixty-four (64) formerly homeless disabled men with permanent housing and supportive services. We've seen it firsthand and it's filled with a pretty special group of people who work, volunteer, live OR perform there. 

**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:

***Honor by August, Sun Domingo & The Influence - Photos and reviews by Monty Chandler - http://www.examiner.com/x-3774-Charlotte-Music-Examiner/

***The Year in Music - Jeff Hahne/Creative Loafing - http://charlotte.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/the_year_in_music/Content?oid=799586


Wanted:

***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!

"Thanks so much for all you do for the Charlotte scene!"
Paul
- http://www.paulatkinsonmusic.com

Sangati Yoga & Massage
My daughter and I took a massage & yoga 2 hour workshop together and loved it!
http://www.sangati.net

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Tosco Music Party
20 Years and growing!
Saturday, January 30, 2010 • 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm

Overcash Academic and Performing Arts Center at Dale F. Halton Theater
Central Piedmont Community College • 1206 Elizabeth Ave • Charlotte, NC

Tickets on sale NOW!

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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
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***Looking Ahead: (new additions or updates)
^Potential sell out - recommend getting advance tickets

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12/25 - Benji Hughes - an extreme Christmas - Snug Harbor
12/31 - ^Sugar Glyder - The Double Door Inn
12/31 - ^Keller Williams - The Neighborhood Theatre
12/31 - ^Simplified - The Visulite Theatre
01/14 - Asylum Street Spankers - The Neighborhood Theatre
01/15 - Alejandro Escovedo - The Orange Peel - Asheville, NC
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
01/31 - Scott Miller w/John Dungan - The Evening Muse
02/05 - Donna the Buffalo - The Neighborhood Theatre
02/09 - Evan Dando (The Lemonheads) - Tremont Music Hall
02/12 - The Marshall Tucker Band - The Neighborhood Theatre
02/15 - Brandi Carlile w/Amy Ray - McGlohon Theatre
02/19-20 - Dark Star Orchestra - The Neighborhood Theatre
02/20 - The English Beat, Fishbone & More - Tremont Music Hall
02/25 - Drive By Truckers - The Neighborhood Theatre
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 - 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
03/06 - Henry Rollins Spoken Word Tour - The Orange Peel - Asheville,NC
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
03/22 - ^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 - 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


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