CHARLOTTE EVENTS WEEKLY
NEWSLETTER
July 28, 2010 - August 4, 2010
"Music can noble hints impart, Engender fury, kindle love, With
unsuspected eloquence can move, And manage all the man with secret art."
~ Joseph Addison ~
(Be sure to read/scroll to the end of the newsletter for
special announcements and band news.)
Don't forget
friends, fans and subscribers, donations and support of this newsletter would be
so greatly appreciated. I have supported this very worthwhile scene for you, my
musical friends and family for many years. Won't you think about making a
contribution to help keep it going? Thanks for your support either way. (Any
amount of PayPal contributions can be made to charlottemusicfan@att.net).
See
you at a show!
(click on the day of the week to jump to that day)
WED | THU | FRI | SAT | SUN | MON | TUE | WED
Wednesday July 28 - Happy Birthday Clee Laster, Jan Jenson & Bill Walker!
**Kellin Watson
w/Michael Bellar/the As-Is Ensemble (early show)
The Evening
Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Ham1 w/Tim Chad
& Sherry (late show)
The Evening Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Greg
Lilley
Press Wine (Uptown Charlotte)
7pm-10pm
http://presswinefood.com
**MaxxMusic &
Landshark Entertainment Present: Cadillac Sky w/Amelia's
Mechanics
The Visulite Theatre
8:30pm
http://www.maxxmusic.com * http://www.visulite.com
**Scoot Pittman (Acoustic)
Fifty-1
9:30pm
http://www.scootmusic.com
**Cattletruck, Zasz, Wiggle Wagons
Snug
Harbor
9pm
http://www.snugrock.com
**Beres
Hammond w/Inner Circle & Culture featuring Kenya Hill & Lenya
Wilks
The Neighborhood Theatre
9pm
http://www.neighborhoodtheatre.com
**The Bacon Burners
featuring: Fudd, Shorty, Brandon Caraway, Tim Conard, and Page
Clark
The Philosopher's Stone
7pm
http://www.moonshineracers.com
**Contagious
Alive After Five at EpiCentre - The
Vineyards Stage
5:30pm-9pm
http://www.contagiousblues.com
**MaxxMusic
Presents: Newfound Road (early show)
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Jeremy Current
& Flagship (late show)
The Evening Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**MaxxMusic &
Landshark Entertainment Present: Thriving Ivory w/Ponderosa
The
Visulite Theatre
8:30pm
http://www.maxxmusic.com * http://www.visulite.com
**Alan Barrington
The Blue Fin
Grille
7pm
Spartanburg, NC
http://www.alanbarrington.com
**Tater Family Traveling Circus
The Double Door
Inn
9pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**Live
Big
Morehead Street Tavern (Patio)
7:30pm
http://www.moreheadsttavern.com
**Megan Jean & the Klay Family Band and Zac McBee Surrounded by
Spaniards
8pm
Tommy's Pub
**Anna Bullard, John Harrison & Doug
Keith
Common Market Southend
7pm
Friday July 30 - Happy Birthday Heather
Perry!
**Jared Allan w/Tony
Eltora on guitar & mandolin
Village Bistro
6:30pm-9pm
http://www.jaredallan.com
**The Lights,
Fluorescent, Shotgun Lover & 500 Miles to Memphis
The Milestone
Club
9pm
http://www.themilestoneclub.com
**Rock
Bottom
Sidetrax
9pm-midnight
Mt. Holly, NC
http://www.rockbottom.datatechis.com
**Brett Harris & Jack the Radio (early show)
The
Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Jill Dineen w/Matter of Fact (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
**The Stragglers& Carolina Gator Gumbo
The
Double Door Inn
10pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**The Blue Dogs w/The Euphonious Ensemble
The Sylvia
Theater
http://www.sylviatheater.com
**Futurebirds, Pullman Strike, Clint Maul
Snug
Harbor
10pm
http://www.snugrock.com
Saturday July 31 - National Dance Day! - Happy Birthday John Tosco!
**MaxxMusic
Presents: Malcolm Holcombe w/Aaron Wood (early show)
The Evening
Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com
**Matrimony (last show in Charlotte!) w/Allison Weiss
(late show)
The Evening Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Pegleg Joe
Summit Coffee House
8pm-11pm
http://www.myspace.com/peglegjoemusic
**Greg
Lilley
Aria Tuscan Grill (Uptown Charlotte)
7:30-11pm,
http://ariacharlotte.com
**Mike Strauss
Band
EpiCentre Outdoor Music Series
7pm-9pm
http://www.mikestrauss.net
**Lindy Dobbins
& The Red Velvet Manx
The Lake Norman Motel &
Landing
7pm
Sherrills Ford, NC
http://www.lindydobbins.com
**Amy
Broome
The Rainbow In
9pm
Lake Wylie, SC
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/AmyBroome
**Simplified
AquaPalooza
Hwy 150
Bridge
Cornelius NC
http://www.aquapalooza.com/Page.aspx/pageid/9272/eventId/84409/view/detail/Southeast-Events.aspx
**Jared
Allan
The Corkscrew
8:00pm – 11:45pm
16916 Birkdale Commons
Parkway
Huntersville, NC
http://www.jaredallan.com
**Babyshaker, The Vicious Guns, One Another
Snug
Harbor
10pm
http://www.snugrock.com
**MaxxMusic & Landshark Entertainment Present: Cosmic
Charlie
The Visulite Theatre
10pm
http://www.maxxmusic.com * http://www.visulite.com
**Lamb Handler,
Unnamed and The Mangles
The Double Door Inn
9pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**WNCW-FM 88.7/100.3 FM -
Local Color Show
featuring local and regional artists
7pm
http://www.wncw.org
**Simplified
Mac's Speed Shop
2511 South
Blvd.
Charlotte NC 28203
704.522.6227
http://www.macspeedshop.com
**Greg
Lilley
The Prickly Pear (Downtown Historic Mooresville)
6-9pm
http://pricklypear.net
**BLUESunday featuringThe BLUES Jam
The Double Door
Inn
8pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**Filligar, Heart of a Ghost
Snug Harbor
9pm
http://www.snugrock.com
**Jared Allan
Wine Vault
7pm – 11pm
http://www.jaredallan.com
**Ron Brendle & Mike Holstein CD Release for
Rhizome
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.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
**REVOLVER presents
Tyler Baum w/ Lord of the Yum Yum!
Snug Harbor
10pm - No
Cover
http://www.snugrock.com
**Find Your Muse
Open Mic
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com * http://www.myspace.com/findyourmuse
**The Monday Nite
All-Stars
The Double Door Inn
10pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**Jared
Allan
Cedar St. Tavern
8pm – 11pm
http://www.jaredallan.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), 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
**Tosco House Party
Open Mic (early show)
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Scoot Pittman (Acoustic)
Fifty-1
9:30pm
http://www.scootmusic.com
**Charles Inman Benefit w/ Belmont Playboys, Babyshaker, Trouble
Walkers
Snug Harbor
9pm
http://www.snugrock.com
Band/Artist/Media News, Features, Announcements and Upcoming Local and Regional Events
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*** = New Additions This Week
Misc News, Events & Announcements:
***Tangents Magazine, Charlotte's own legendary music and arts zine from the 1990's, is back! New and classic articles, including feature interviews on the local and regional music scene, is now up at http://www.tangentsmag.com. Want to write or take photos for the magazine? Contact us at tangentsed@gmail.com.
**Shuffle Magazine Issue #8 now online and in stands: http://issuu.com/shuffle/docs/shuffle
**Seeking submissions from local musicians to be included on the fourth edition of Jeff Hahne's Homebrew CD compilation series. If you're a band within 30 miles of Charlotte that independently released music in the last year -- since roughly August -- send in your CD or mp3 to the address below. Submissions are due by the end of July. We're looking for any and all genres. You can send any questions to jeff.hahne@creativeloafing.com. Mail your CD to: Jeff Hahne, Music Editor, Creative Loafing, 1000 Seaboard St. Suite C-2, Charlotte, NC 28206
**The Evening Muse Gallery Artist of the month - July 2010 Art at The Evening Muse presents paintings by Tina Steele Penn http://www.eveningmuse.com * http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=131805970185043
**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
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.
***Looking Ahead: (new additions or
updates)
(^=Potential
sell out - recommend getting advance tickets)
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08/05 - The Peter Case Band w/Mary Gauthier
- The Evening Muse
08/12 - Neil Young
Harvest Tribute - The Evening Muse
08/13 - Transmission
Fields CD Release - The Visulite Theatre
08/18 - Sunshone
Still - The Evening Muse
08/19 - Thad Cockrell
- The Evening Muse
08/20 - Neko Case w/Lost in the
Trees - Knight Theater
08/22 - Jack
Johnson - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
08/24 - Maroon 5
w/Kris Allen and VV Brown - Davidson College
08/26 - Jim
Bianco & Gary Jules - The Evening Muse
08/28 - Jon
Lindsay CD Release w/Modern Skirts, Caitlin Cary & Brett Harris -
The Visulite Theatre
08/31 - ^Michael Franti & Spearhead -
The Neighborhood Theatre
08/31 - Natalie Merchant - Ovens
Auditorium
09/05 - Chris Knight - National Whitewater Center
09/09 - David Allan Coe - Tremont Music Hall
09/09 -
The Pixies - 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
09/11 - Matt Hires - Tremont Music Hall
09/11 -
Griffin House - The Visulite Theatre
09/11 - ^Tosco Music Party - Tickets on Sale NOW
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) - SOLD OUT
09/12 -
Dungen - The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC)
09/16 - Sea
Wolf (solo) w/ Sera Cahoone and Patrick Park - Night Light - (Chapel
Hill)
09/18 - Crosby, Stills & Nash - Harrah's Cherokee
Casino (Cherokee, NC)
09/19 - Ludo - New Brookland Tavern
(Columbia, SC)
09/21 - Jason Mraz - Peace Center -
Greenville, SC
09/24 - ^Aimee
Mann - The Orange Peel - (Asheville, NC)
09/24 - ^Marshall Crenshaw - The Evening
Muse
09/24 - ^The Paul Thorn
Band - The Neighborhood Theatre
10/02 - ^Kim Richey Band w/Mando Saenz -
The Evening Muse
10/09
- Richard Marx - McGlohon Theatre
10/11 - ^Built to Spill - The Neighborhood
Theatre
10/16 - Martin Sexton - The Visulite
Theatre
10/16 - Local Natives w/ Ruby Suns &
The Union Line - The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC)
10/17 - ^The Indigo Girls - McGlohon
Theatre
10/19 - Matt and Kim - The Orange Peel (Asheville,
NC)
10/27 - Frightened Rabbit w/Plants and
Animals - The Neighborhood Theatre
10/28 - Lou
Christie - Progress Energy Ctr. For The Perf. Arts (Raleigh,
NC)
11/03 - RaRa Riot - The Orange Peel (Asheville,
NC)
11/06 - Ryan Montbleau Band - The Grey Eagle (Asheville,
NC)
11/28 - David Lamotte - The Grey Eagle (Asheville,
NC)
12/03 - The
Blind Boys Of Alabama - Wingate University (Wingate)
12/10 - Carolina Chocolate Drops - The Neighborhood
Theatre (unconfirmed)
03/12 - Colin Hay
- McGlohon Theatre
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THANK YOU SO MUCH TO GREG LILLEY & PEGLEG JOE for generously helping to support this newsletter!
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