CHARLOTTE EVENTS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
December 29, 2010 - January 5, 2011
And ye, who have met with Adversity's blast, And been bow'd to the earth by its fury;
To whom the Twelve Months, that have recently pass'd Were as harsh as a prejudiced jury -
Still, fill to the Future! and join in our chime, The regrets of remembrance to cozen,
And having obtained a New Trial of Time, Shout in hopes of a kindlier dozen.
~Thomas Hood
(Be sure to read/scroll to the end of the newsletter for special announcements and band news.)
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See you at a show!
**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
What's New | Looking Ahead | Thank You | Links
**The Connells & Blue Dogs
The Neighborhood Theatre
http://www.neighborhoodtheatre.com
**Acoustic Whiskey Sessions Open Mic w/Jimmy Brown & David Vallier
The Gin Mill
8pm
http://www.ginmillcharlotte.com
**Hardcore Lounge w/The Situationals
The Double Door Inn
9pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**Harvard, Grids, Brain F, Blossoms
Snug Harbor
9pm
http://www.snugrock.com
Thursday December 30 - Happy Birthday Kristin Garber!
**The Balsa Gliders w/I Was Totally Destroying It and The River Kings
The Visulite Theatre
http://www.visulite.com
**Lindy Dobbins and the Red Velvet Manx
T-bones on the Lake
6:30pm
Lake Wylie, SC
http://www.lindydobbins.com
**Billy Jones and the Pocket
Summit Coffee
8pm-11pm
Davidson, NC
http://www.summitcoffee.com
**Ryan Saranich CD Release Party
The Double Door Inn
Ladies Night - no cover for Ladies
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**Big Octave (featuring John Alexander, Ron Brendle, and Chris Garges (every Thurs.)
Blue Restaurant And Bar (at the corner of 5th and College)
8pm-11pm
http://www.myspace.com/bigoctave
Friday December 31 - New Year's Eve
**Simplified w/Rayen Belechere, Chad York, Ricky Clinton, Will Newhouse, and Just Add Water
Amos' Southend
8:45pm
18+
http://www.amossouthend.com * http://www.simplifiedmusic.com
**The Belmont Playboys, Aqualads, Bums Lie
Snug Harbor
http://www.snugrock.com
**John Tosco’s New Year’s Eve Variety Show featuring: the Men In Black percussion ensemble; comic juggler Steve Langley; magician Bryan Swaringen; comic magician Scott Francis; musicians Abe Reid, Billy Jonas, Desmond Myers and Rudy Currence; and members of Carolina Voices. Comic ventriloquist Steve Brogan rounds out the roster.
McGlohon Theatre at Spirit Square
8pm-11pm
http://www.blumenthalcenter.org/default.asp?blumenthal=59&objId=2375 * http://www.toscomusicparty.org
**The Spongetones
The Double Door Inn
10pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**Unknown Hinson
The Visulite Theatre
http://www.visulite.com
**An Evening with Keller Williams
The Neighborhood Theatre
9:30pm
http://www.neighborhoodtheatre.com
**The Emotron, Hectagons, Weekenders, Little Bull Lee
The Milestone Club
http://www.themilestoneclub.com
**Contagious
River City Bar & Grill
9pm-1am
http://www.contagiousblues.com
**New Years Eve at the Beav
The Thirsty Beaver
8pm-2am
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=118948254802010
**Lenny Federal Band (Every Friday)
The Comet Grill
9:30pm
http://www.cometgrillcharlotte.com * http://www.myspace.com/lennyfederal
Saturday January 1, 2011 - Happy New Year!
**Triple S Booking & Promotions and MaxxMusic Benefit for 34th & Hudson Studios featuring: Phil Carias, Matrimony, Shana Blake, Mike Strauss, Justin Tosco, John Tosco, Brandon Kirkley and the Firecrackers, The Spiveys, Grown Up Avenger Stuff, Transmission Fields, Reeve, and a special POPROCKET reunion!
The Evening Muse
8pm Sharp!
Donations are still being accepted at http://www.giveforward.com/36thstreetstudios
**Gideon Smith & the Dixie Damned, Dear Druid, D.C. Leakage
Snug Harbor
10pm
http://www.snugrock.com
**WNCW-FM 88.7/100.3 FM - Local Color Show
featuring local and regional artists
7pm
http://www.wncw.org
**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
**The Monday Night All-Stars
The Double Door Inn
10pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**Bill Hanna Jazz Jam
The Double Door Inn
9pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**Fair Play featuring Bobby Donaldson (guitar), Donnie Marshall (drums), Tuf (bass)
Lucky Lou's Tavern
9:30pm - 1am
5124 Park Rd.
http://www.fairviewgrill.com
**Red Rocking Chair (every Tues)
The Comet Grill
http://www.cometgrillcharlotte.com
Wednesday January 5 - Happy Birthday Mom!
**Tosco House Party Open Mic
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Acoustic Whiskey Sessions Open Mic w/Jimmy Brown & David Vallier
The Gin Mill
8pm
http://www.ginmillcharlotte.com
**Beside the Fire
The Double Door Inn
9pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
Band/Artist/Media News, Features, Announcements and Upcoming Local and Regional Events
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Misc News, Events & Announcements:
***The Year in Music 2010 - The Creative Loafing/Jeff Hahne Local Annual Retrospective - http://charlotte.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/the_year_in_music_2010
**Post and read reviews about anything and everywhere in Charlotte at Yelp.com - http://www.yelp.com/charlotte-nc
**Essential Charlotte - The People & Places That Make Us Unique - http://www.essentialcharlotte.com
Recent Reviews, Photos, Interviews, TV & Press:
**Listen online to our local and regional bands at Complex Radio - WNCW 88.7FM , "90 Minutes", CharlotteMusician.com, WGWG 88.3FM (Boiling Springs, NC) and WSGE 91.7FM, as well as those weekly specialty programs mentioned above.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS NEWSLETTER,
AS WELL AS YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE ARTISTS AND VENUES INCLUDED (OR MAYBE NOT INCLUDED)
I WISH YOU ALL A VERY BEAUTIFUL HOLIDAY SEASON AND
LET'S MAKE THE NEW YEAR THE BEST EVER FOR LIVE MUSIC IN CHARLOTTE!
***Looking Ahead: (new additions or updates)
(^=Potential sell out - recommend getting advance tickets)
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01/08 - Lauryn Hill - Amos' Southend
01/12 - Patty Larkin - The Evening Muse
01/13 - Little Feat - The Neighborhood Theatre
01/13 - ^The Ghost of a Sabertooth Tiger (Sean Lennon & Charlotte Kemp Muhl) - The Evening Muse (Sold Out?)
01/14 - The Walkmen - The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC)
01/16 - Jesse Malin - King's Barcade - (Raleigh, NC)
01/20 - Frontier Ruckus w/The David Mayfield Parade - The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC)
01/21 - Fred Eaglesmith - The Evening Muse
01/22 - Lost in the Trees - Snug Harbor
01/22 - Lucy Kaplansky - The Evening Muse
01/28 - Ellis Paul - The Edge (Rock Hill, SC)
01/28 - Alejandro Escovedo & The Sensitive Boys - The Neighborhood Theatre
01/29 - Gaelic Storm - The Neighborhood Theatre
01/29 - ^The Tosco Music Party featuring: Ellis Paul, Mark Kroos, The Cloers, John Gurske, Bar None, Miss Tess & The Bon Ton Parade, Now You See Them, Rachel Platten & more - Halton Theater at CPCC
02/03 - Robin Trower - Fillmore Charlotte
02/04 - The Rosebuds - The Visulite Theatre
02/05 - Dark Star Orchestra - The Neighborhood Theatre
02/05 - California Guitar Trio - The Evening Muse
02/05 - Cadillac Sky - The Grey Eagle
02/05 - Joshua Radin - The Handlebar - Greenville, SC
02/05 - Jimmy Eat World w/David Bazan and Band - Amos' Southend
02/07 - Robert Plant (w/Buddy Miller) North Mississippi Allstars - Ovens Auditorium
02/08 - Dr. Dog - The Orange Peel (Asheville, NC)
02/10 - Dan Bern - The Evening Muse
02/15 - Josh Ritter - The Orange Peel (Asheville, NC)
02/15 - Flogging Molly - The Fillmore Charlotte
02/17 - Jim White - The Evening Muse
02/17 - Plain White T's - Parachute - MIGGS - Cat's Cradle (Carrboro, NC)
02/17 - Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile (of Nickel Creek) - The Neighborhood Theatre
02/19 - Malcolm Holcombe - The Evening Muse
02/24 - Old 97's w/Those Darlins - The Orange Peel (Asheville, NC)
02/24 - That One Guy - The Neighborhood Theatre
02/25 - Bob Newhart - Peace Center Concert Hall (Greenville, SC)
02/26 - David Wilcox - McGlohon Theatre
02/26 - Loretta Lynn - Ovens Auditorium
02/28 - 311 - The Orange Peel (Asheville, NC)
03/03 - Greg Brown - The Handlebar (Greenville, SC)
03.11.11 - Rocky Votolato & Matt Pond - New Brookland Tavern (Columbia, SC)
03.12.11 - Rocky Votolato & Matt Pond - Cat’s Cradle (Carrboro, NC)
03.12.11 - Wye Oak - Local 506 (Chapel Hill, NC)
03/12 - Rehab - Amos' Southend
03/12 - Colin Hay - McGlohon Theater
03/15 - Leo Kottke - McGlohon Theatre
03/17 - James McMurtry - The Grey Eagle
03/22 - Rodney Crowell Chinaberry Sidewalks Tour - The Visulite Theatre
04/13 - Scott Miller w/Matt Urmy - The Evening Muse
04/13 - Toad The Wet Sprocket - McGlohon Theatre
04/14 - Old 97's - The Visulite Theatre
04/21 - Branford Marsalis - UNC Chapel Hill Memorial Hall (Chapel Hill)
07/08 - Taylor Swift - Venue TBD
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