CHARLOTTE EVENTS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
May
26, 2010 - June 2, 2010
"And the night shall be filled with music, And the cares that
infest the day Shall fold their tents like the Arabs And as silently steal
away."
~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ~
(Be sure
to read/scroll to the end of the newsletter for
special announcements and band news.)
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(click on the day of the week to jump to that day)
WED | THU | FRI | SAT | SUN | MON | TUE | WED
Wednesday May 26 - Happy Birthday Caydea Coobs!
**Simplified
(Acoustic)
Ballantyne Village-Village Bistro
9:30pm
http://www.simplifiedmusic.com
**Jared
Allan
The Deck
6:30pm-9:30pm
http://www.jaredallan.com
**When Dinosaurs
Ruled the Earth, Quiet Hooves, Bubbly Mommy Gun
Snug Harbor
http://www.snugrock.com
**MaxxMusic &
Landshark Entertainment Present: Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad
w/TBA
The Visulite Theatre
http://www.visulite.com
**Thom Crumpton and
Wizdom
Morehead Street Tavern (Patio)
7:30pm
http://www.moreheadsttavern.com
**Jacob Johnson
& Justin Taylor (early show)
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Glasgow
(late show)
The Evening Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Scoot Pittman
(Scoot on Drums + DJ GLOW)
Fifty-1
9:30pm
Pineville, NC
http://www.scootmusic.com
**Jacob Jeffries Band
The Double Door
Inn
9pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**Greg Lilley
Lake Norman Cottage
Wine
6:30pm-9pm
Davidson, NC
http://www.lakenormancottage.com
**Josh Daniel & Peter Gray
The Philosopher's
Stone
10:30pm-2am
http://www.philosophersstonetavern.com
**Bass Church featuring: Mindelixir, Deformati, Ike Turnah, Bums
Lie, Hey Whore Hey, Duende Mountain Duo, Esko & Boom One Sound
System
The Neighborhood Theatre
http://www.neighborhoodtheatre.com
**The
Merrows
McCormick and Schmick's
200 Tryon
St.
5:30pm-7:30pm
www.myspace.com/themerrowsband
**Glenn
Miller Orchestra
Community Performance Center
8pm
Rock Hill,
SC
http://events.charlotteobserver.com/rock-hill-sc/events/show/103687365-glenn-miller-orchestra#ixzz0owaIX8J6
**
‘METLIVE’ ~ Music on the Greenway concert series w/Doubting
Thomas
Little Sugar Creek Greenway
http://www.findyourcenter.com/things-to-do/event/1468/metlive-music-on-the-greenway*
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/05/21/1449531/free-music-thursdays-on-little.html#ixzz0ozSBNSZB
**Food Lion
Speed Street w/Voltage Brothers, Rodney Atkins, Morris Day & The Time, Luke
Bryan & More!
Uptown Charlotte
http://www.600festival.com/event_schedule.aspx
**Jared
Allan
Bad Dogs
9pm
http://www.jaredallan.com
**Robin
Rogers Trio
Longitude 81
7pm-10pm
Ft. Mill SC
http://www.longitude81degrees.com * http://www.robinrogers.com
**Scoot Pittman
Freeman's Pub
8pm
http://www.scootmusic.com
**Jeremy Hopkins & Jeremy Aggers (early show)
The
Evening Muse
9pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Andrew X & Aminal & The Activity (late
show)
The Evening Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Alan
Barrington
The Blue Fin Grille
7pm
Spartanburg, NC
http://www.alanbarrington.com
**Kevin Brawley
Eastfield Bar and
Grille
8pm
http://www.myspace.com/kevinbrawley
**Dynamic Duo
Thursdays w/Scott Dailey & David Eatman
The Common House
Restaurant
7pm-11pm
http://charlottecommonhouse.com
**Greg
Lilley
The Liberty (Southend)
5:30pm-8:30pm
http://www.thelibertycharlotte.com
Friday May 28 - Happy Birthday Dianna Augustine, Grey Brewster
and Rich Challen!
**Rick Spreitzer w/Kevin Edwards
Dilworth Coffee at
Ballantyne Village
7:30pm - 10pm
14815 Ballantyne Village Way
http://www.rickspreitzer.com
**Mike Strauss
The Pewter Rose
8pm-10pm
http://www.mikestrauss.net
**Blue Mountain Bustdown
The Philosopher's
Stone
10pm
http://www.myspace.com/bluemountainbustdown
**Food Lion
Speed Street w/106.5 The End Battle of the Bands Winners The Alpha Theory,
Everclear, Josh Turner & More!
Uptown Charlotte
http://www.600festival.com/event_schedule.aspx
**Alan Barrington
Park Towne Village
7pm
http://www.alanbarrington.com
**Papa Grows Funk
The Double Door Inn
10pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**Square Roots
Morehead Street Tavern
(Patio)
7:30pm
http://www.moreheadsttavern.com
**Jared Allan & Tony Eltora
Village
Bistro
9:30pm
http://www.jaredallan.com
**Lindy Dobbins & The Red Velvet Manx
Hooper’s
Tavern
9:30pm
http://www.lindydobbins.com
**MaxxMusic & Landshark Entertainment Present: Jackopierce
and an Acoustic evening w/Mark Kano & Mike Garrigan
The Visulite
Theatre
http://www.visulite.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com
**Billy Jones &
The Pocket
Summit Coffee
8pm-11pm
Davidson, NC
http://www.summitcoffee.com
**SNUG 600 w/ Pinche Gringo, Jeremiah & the Howling Owls,
North Elementary, The Activity
Snug Harbor
http://www.snugrock.com
**The Pimps of Joytime w/Bubonik Funk and The Walrus & the
Carpenter
The Neighborhood Theatre
9pm - NO COVER
http://www.neighborhoodtheatre.com
**MaxxMusic Presents: Pierce Pettis With Eric-Scott Guthrie
(early show)
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com
**The Rescues w/Garrison Starr (late show)
The
Evening Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Lenny Federal
Band (Every Friday)
The Comet Grill
9:30pm
http://www.cometgrillcharlotte.com * http://www.myspace.com/lennyfederal
**Greg Lilley &
Co.
Epicentre Concert Series (Uptown),
6-9pm
http://epicentrenc.com
**Amissville
Park Towne Village Shopping
Center
7pm-10pm
http://amissvillemusic.com
**Donna Duncan
Band
Morehead Street Tavern (Patio)
7:30pm
http://www.moreheadsttavern.com
**Rusty Knox
Band
Summit Coffee
8pm-11pm
Davidson, NC
http://www.summitcoffee.com
**Simplified
Queen's Landing
8pm
1459 River
Hwy.
Mooresville NC
http://www.queenslanding.com * http://www.simplifiedmusic.com
**Sun Domingo CD
Release w/Transmission Fields (Free TF T-Shirt if you bring a
friend)
The Double Door Inn
10pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**Eric Crays Music
w/Josh Burch Trio, Yadkin River Theory and The Adulterers
The
Milestone Club
http://www.themilestoneclub.com
**Food Lion Speed
Street w/Damsel Down, Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo, Corey Smith &
More!
Uptown Charlotte
http://www.600festival.com/event_schedule.aspx
**Spectra Records::
The Final Stand - Competition featuring: Hephystus, Lullwater, Down Theory,
Coming This Fall, Grown Up Avenger Stuff & Fulturn Jones
Amos’
Southend
9pm
http://www.amossouthend.com
**MaxxMusic
Presents: Carolina Gator Gumbo (early show)
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.maxxmusic.com * http://www.eveningmuse.com
**MaxxMusic
Presents: Greg Laswell with Brian Wright (late show)
The Evening
Muse
8pm
http://www.maxxmusic.com * http://www.eveningmuse.com
**gogoPilot
The Common Market - Southend
8pm-11pm
http://www.myspace.com/gogopilot * http://www.myspace.com/thecommonmarketbands
**Robin Rogers
Band
"Stumptown Fest"
120 S. Trade Street
7pm-9pm
Matthews
NC
http://www.robinrogers.com
**Jared
Allan
Therapy Cafe
8pm – 11pm
http://www.jaredallan.com
**Mike
Crowley
Wine Vault
7pm-10pm
**SNUG 600 w/ Husky,
Hectagons, The Lesser Pauls
Snug Harbor
http://www.snugrock.com
**Jon Lindsay &
Friends
Petras
8pm
http://www.myspace.com/jonlindsaymusic
**Greg Lilley & Co.,
Epicentre Concert Series,
(Uptown)
6-9pm
http://epicentrenc.com
**Kevin Brawley
Corkscrew
8pm
Huntersville,
NC
http://www.myspace.com/kevinbrawley
**WNCW-FM 88.7/100.3 FM -
Local Color Show
featuring local and regional artists
7pm
http://www.wncw.org
**Jared Allan
NASCAR Tailgate
11am-2pm
http://www.jaredallan.com
**MaxxMusic Presents: Greg Laswell w/Jimmy Gnecco
The
Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Bayou Butch Lucas
Villa Antonio
http://www.myspace.com/bayoubutch
**Greg Lilley
The Prickly Pear
6pm-9pm
Mooresville, NC
http://www.pricklypear.net
**SNUG 600
w/ Dex Romweber Duo, Flat Tires, The Poontanglers, Bout It Boyz, Dirtbag Love
Affair
Snug Harbor
http://www.snugrock.com
**Jared
Allan
Wine Vault
7pm-10pm
http://www.jaredallan.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
**Find Your Muse
Open Mic with featured performer Uncle Mountain
The Evening
Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com * http://www.myspace.com/findyourmuse
**Simplified
The Rusty Rudder
4pm
Cornelius
NC
http://www.therustyrudder.com * http://www.simplifiedmusic.com
**Mischa
Morehead
Street Tavern (Patio)
7:30pm
http://www.moreheadsttavern.com
**The Monday Nite
All-Stars
The Double Door Inn
10pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**MaxxMusic and
Landshark Entertainment Present:Patty Griffin With Special Guest Buddy
Miller
Knight Theater
8pm
http://www.visulite.com/calendar.cfm?currentMonth=06-2010&show=961
**Kevin
Brawley
Hickory Tavern
8pm
http://www.myspace.com/kevinbrawley
**Country Tuesday
TV
Snug Harbor
http://www.snugrock.com/snugharbor
**Bill Hanna Jazz
Jam
The Double Door Inn
9pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**Fair Play featuring
Bobby Donaldson (guitar), Donnie Marshall (drums), Tuf (bass), Robin
Rogers
Fairview Grille
9:30pm - 1am
5124 Park Rd.
http://www.fairviewgrill.com
**Red Rocking Chair
(every Tues)
The Comet Grill
http://www.cometgrillcharlotte.com
**Jukebox The Ghost,
Free Energy, Miniature Tigers
Snug Harbor
9pm
http://www.snugrock.com
**The Amy
Broome Band (w/Woody Mitchell)
Easy Eddie’s “Bike Night”
Huntersville, NC
http://www.easyeddiesmc.com
**Tosco House
Party (early show)
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
Band/Artist/Media News, Features, Announcements and Upcoming Local and Regional Events
************************************************************************* ******************
*** = New Additions This Week
Misc News, Events & Announcements:
***Eastern Seaboard have released their latest "The Sound
Power" and will tour behind it. http://www.theeasternseaboard.
com/TheSoundPower.html
** ‘METLIVE’ ~ Music on the Greenway concert series on Little Sugar Creek Greenway. Free outdoor concerts are launching near uptown Charlotte. Metropolitan, the mixed use development located in Midtown, is pleased to present the debut of the Spring. The spring series will be held on six sequential Thursdays starting May 20 and ending June 24 and will return with a Fall series after Labor Day. The events are free of charge and open to the public.
Line up of musicians: Doubting Thomas 5/27; Brit Price 6/3; Contagious Blues 6/10; Fire 6/17; The Mike Strauss Band 6/24 http://www.findyourcenter.com/things-to-do/event/1468/metlive-music-on-the-greenway/
**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
Reviews, Previews, Photos and/or Videos:
***FemmeFest - Review and photos courtesy Jeff Hahne/Creative Loafing - http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/vibes/2010/05/24/live-review-femmefest-2010/
Radio:
**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!
"You do such a great
job with the newsletter...
I'm always amazed every week at how "put together"
it is.
You rule woman!!
Thanks again for keeping us up to date on all
things music!"
Stephanie Moore - Triple S Booking
***Looking Ahead: (new
additions or updates)
(^=Potential sell out - recommend getting advance
tickets)
***************
06/03 -
^Camera Obscura - The Orange
Peel - (Asheville, NC)
06/04 - Tift Merritt w/Megafaun - The
Visulite Theatre
06/05 - ^Beatles
Tribute Show - Knight Theater - Tickets on sale NOW
06/06 - Plants
and Animals w/ Lost in the Trees - The Grey Eagle (Asheville,
NC)
06/07 - Rhett Miller - The Pour House - (Raleigh, NC)
06/10 - Jim Avett & Andy Friedman - The Evening Muse
06/11 - The Whippersnappers - Great Aunt
Stella Center CFS Series
06/11 - Martin Sexton
w/Ryan Montbleau Band - The Orange Peel (Asheville, NC)
06/12 -
^Phoenix - CLT Uptown
Amphitheatre
06/13 - Blitzen Trapper - Tremont Music Hall
06/19 - Iris Dement - The Grey Eagle (Asheville,
NC)
06/20 - Silversun Pickups - The Disco Rodeo (Raleigh,
NC)
06/24 - Eilen Jewell & Mando Saenz - The Evening
Muse
06/25 - Matthew Ryan - The Evening Muse
06/25 -
Drivin' N' Cryin' - Amos' Southend
06/26 - DudeFest
Charlotte 2010 - NoDa - featuring: Truckstop Preachers, Lou Ford, Breaking Laces, gogoPilot,
Transmission Fields, Lucky 5, M4 Messenger, LESLIE, Jeremy Current Band, Loose
Lugnuts, Deadstar Blues and more! http://www.dudefestcharlotte.com
06/28 - Dar
Williams w/Sara Watkins - McGlohon Theatre
07/02 - Phish
- Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
07/08 -
Victor Wooten Band - The Neighborhood Theatre
07/09 - Chatham County Line - The
Neighborhood Theatre
07/13 - Mates of
State - The Orange Peel (Asheville, NC)
07/19 - Modest Mouse - The Orange Peel
(Asheville, NC)
SOLD OUT
07/21 - Cowboy Junkies - McGlohon Theatre
07/23 - Joan Armatrading -
McGlohon Theatre
08/05 -
The Peter Case Band - The Evening Muse
08/06 -
Lilith Fair - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
08/22 - Jack
Johnson - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
08/31 - ^Michael Franti & Spearhead -
The Neighborhood Theatre
08/31 - Natalie Merchant - Ovens
Auditorium
09/09 - Broken Social Scene - The Orange Peel -
(Asheville, NC)
09/10 - Kings Of Leon w/The Black Keys and The
Whigs - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
09/9-11 - Hopscotch
Music Festival w/Public Enemy, Panda Bear, Broken Social Scene, Richard Buckner,
Lucero, Tortoise, & 120 Local, Regional & National Acts -
Raleigh, NC - http://hopscotchmusicfest.com/
09/14 - The Black Keys w/The
Whigs - The Orange Peel - (Asheville, NC)
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
(Please forward this newsletter to your friends, and also 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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