CHARLOTTE EVENTS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
June 15, 2011 - June 22, 2011
“Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without”
Confucius
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**All shows are in Charlotte, NC, unless stated otherwise**
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WED | THU | FRI | SAT | SUN | MON | TUE | WED
What's New | Looking Ahead | Thank You | Links
Wednesday June 15 - Happy Birthday Jeff Whitworth!
**Off the Record w/Jeff Hahne featuring: David Childers w/Andy the Doorbum
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Greg Lilley
Press Wine (Uptown)
6:30pm-9:30pm
http://www.presswinefood.com/
**MaxxMusic & Landshark Entertainment Present: Dave Alvin & The Guilty Ones With Los Straitjackets
The Visulite Theatre
8pm
http://www.visulite.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com
**Jared Allan
Brixx (Uptown)
5:30pm-9pm
**Time Sawyer, Slant of Light
Snug Harbor
9pm
http://snugrock.com
**Walt Wilkins w/Jeff Luckadoo
Puckett's Farm Equipment
7:30pm
**Great Architect w/ Procession, Bo White's Black Mass & Balloon Animal Farm
The Milestone Club
9pm
**Acoustic Whiskey Sessions Open Mic w/Jimmy Brown & David Vallier
The Gin Mill
8pm
**Songwriters in the Round w/E-S Guthrie, Etta Lea, Rob McHale (host) w/Shantell Ogden
Summit Coffee
8pm-11pm
Davidson, NC
http://www.summitcoffee.com
**Square Roots
The Rusty Rudder
5:30pm
Cornelius, NC
**Lindy Dobbins & The Red Velvet Manx
Aloft Ballantyne
7pm
**MaxxMusic & Landshark Entertainment Present: Over the Rhine w/Lucy Wainwright Roche
The Visulite Theatre
8pm
http://www.visulite.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com
**Byron Hill, Georgia Middleman (with Steve Simpson)
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**MaxxMusic Presents: David Mayfield Parade
The Evening Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Jud Block w/Amy Broome Band
The Money
Rock Hill, SC
http://www.amybroome.com
**Jared Allan w/Tony Eltora
Ri Ra Irish Pub
9pm
**Ladies Night w/Remy St. Claire
The Double Door Inn
9pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**Whitewater River Jam featuring: Mike Strauss Band
7pm
http://usnwc.org/riverjam/band-schedule * http://www.mikestrauss.net
**One Another CD Release w/Yardwork/Brain F?/Little Bull Lee
Tremont Music Hall
8pm
**Big Octave
Blue Restaurant And Bar (at the corner of 5th and College)
8pm-11pm
http://www.myspace.com/bigoctave
Friday June 17 - Happy Birthday Mike Strauss & Mark Lynch!
**Greg Lilley
Ice House (Southend)
8pm-11am
http://icehousesouthend.com
**Ian Thomas w/Phil Hamrick
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**The Heavy Pets Phish After-Party
The Evening Muse
11:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**MaxxMusic & Landshark Entertainment Present: Beausoleil avec Michael Doucet
Stage Door
8pm
http://www.maxxmusic.com
**llicitizen w/Angwish
Smokey Joe's Cafe'
9:30pm
**MaxxMusic & Landshark Entertainment Present: Jon Lindsay, Butterflies, Caleb Caudle & the Bayonets & Stephen Warwick
The Visulite Theatre
http://www.visulite.com
**Elonzo, Jack the Radio, The Spiveys
Snug Harbor
9pm
http://snugrock.com
**Greensky Bluegrass Show w/Jared Allan & Co.
The Double Door Inn
10pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**The Wax Gurus
Fast Lane Bar and Grill
9:30pm
**Thursday Night Concert Series featuring: Dabbs and Deebs
Kickstand Charlotte
9pm
**Nita B & The Swingin' Soiree
The String Bean
8pm
Belmont, NC
**John Parr
The Sylvia Theater
9pm
http://www.sylviatheater.com
**Lenny Federal Band (Every Friday)
The Comet Grill
9:30pm
http://www.cometgrillcharlotte.com * http://www.myspace.com/lennyfederal
**Buskapalooza II -
Uptown Charlotte (starting at Trade & Tryon), presented by Busk!
5pm
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=175202802528615 * http://buskmovie.com/events
**Phish
Verizon Wireless Ampitheatre
Saturday June 18 - Happy Birthday Joshua James!
**TMP Beatles Tribute w/Andy Bell, Bess Rogers, Blakley Leonard, Brass Tunez, Caleb Hawley, Daniel Heath & Friends, Gabrahm Vitek, Grown Up Avenger Stuff, Jerry Herbert, Jonas Sees in Color, M4 Messenger, Martin Rivas, Rachel Platten, Remy St. Claire, School of Rock, Sendy Mendez, Seth Glier, Steve Stoeckel, The Belfast Boys, The Cloers, The Drivers, The Gardiner Sisters, Singalongs & More! - SOLD OUT!
Knight Theater
8pm
http://www.toscomusicparty.org
**Mike Strauss Band
The Comet Grill
9pm-midnight
http://www.mikestrauss.net
**Kevin Marshall and Eric Lovell Acoustic
Skinnyz
7:30pm
**Bands Together w/Simplified - benefiting Stop Hunger Now and Second Harvest Food Bank
McGlohon Theatre
8:30pm
Please bring a non-perishable food item as a donation to Second Harvest. The first 100 concert goers will receive a free 8" Innova disc golf disc
http://www.simplifiedmusic.com * http://www.charlotteliving.com/articlelink10_givingback.pdf * http://www.blumenthalarts.org/default.asp?blumenthal=59&objId=2625
**Chatham County Line w/Frontier Ruckus
The Neighborhood Theatre
8pm
http://www.neighborhoodtheatre.com
**Leadville Social Club
McHale's Irish Pub
10pm
Rock Hill, SC
**Ken Rhyne Band
Double Door Inn
9pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**Greg Lilley
Cowfish (Southpark)
8-11pm
http://thecowfish.com/
**The Sammies, FFE, Free Energy State, & Public Relations
Visulite Theatre
9pm
http://www.visulite.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com
**Little Bull Lee, The Grenadines, Veda Woolf
Snug Harbor
10pm
http://www.snugrock.com
**The Hazlegroves w/Gabrahm Vitek & Hope Waits
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Brody and Choch w/ Shinobi Ninja & The Five One
The Evening Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**WNCW-FM 88.7/100.3 FM - Local Color Show
featuring local and regional artists
7pm
http://www.wncw.org
**Greg Lilley
The Prickly Pear, (Historic Mooresville
6pm-9pm
http://www.pricklypear.net/location
**Jared Allan
Wine Vault
7pm
**The Roundtable's Sunday Edition hosted by Randy Walker (every Sunday) w/Jamie Laval
WSGE 91.7FM
9am-10am
http://www.wsge.org/wsge/ * http://www.jamielaval.com
**Paint Fumes, Twin Killers
Snug Harbor
9pm
http://snugrock.co
**WNCW 88.7 Local Color
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
http://www.wncw.org
**Divakar Hosts the New Music and Indie Label Show 7pm-8:30pm (new music from all over the world, major and not so major labels)
AND "90 Minutes" (Local & Regional Music) - 8:30pm-10 pm
WEND 106.5 The End (every Sunday)
http://www.1065.com
**Nicole Atkins w/Stephen Warwick and Small Talk Industries
The Milestone Club
8pm
**Dick Dale w/The Belmont Playboys, Aqualads and Laramie Dean
Tremont Music Hall
6:30pm
**Fire Control (Jason Scavone, Johnathan Erickson, Gary Deangelo, and Stacy Leazer) - (every Monday)
The Comet Grill
9:15pm
http://www.cometgrillcharlotte.com
**Find Your Muse Open Mic
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**The Monday Night All-Stars
The Double Door Inn
10pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**The Open Mic NC
Harvey's
Huntersville, NC
http://www.reverbnation.com/theopenmicnc
**Alan Barrington
Concerts in the Park
5:30pm
1204 Alexander Rd
Rock Hill, SC
http://www.alanbarrington.com
**MaxxMusic & Landshark Entertainment Present: James McMurtry w/Jonny Burke
The Visulite Theatre
8pm
http://www.visulite.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com
**The Body + Assembly of Light Choir, BraveYoung
Snug Harbor
9pm
http://snugrock.com
**Jared Allan
Cedar St. Tavern
8pm
**Bill Hanna Jazz Jam
The Double Door Inn
9pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**Red Rocking Chair (every Tues)
The Comet Grill
http://www.cometgrillcharlotte.com
**Fair Play featuring Bobby Donaldson (guitar), Donnie Marshall (drums), Tuf (bass)
Lucky Lou's Tavern
9:30pm - 1am
5124 Park Rd
**Rob Jones w/ Photoside Cafe & Adam Reid Wilson
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Greg Lilley
Brixx Pizza (Uptown) 5pm-8pm
http://www.brixxpizza.com/events.html
**John Parr
The Double Door Inn
9pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**Acoustic Whiskey Sessions Open Mic w/Jimmy Brown & David Vallier
The Gin Mill
8pm
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Band/Artist/Media News, Features, Announcements and Upcoming Local and Regional Events
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Misc News, Events & Announcements:
***NEW Shuffle Magazine - http://issuu.com/shuffle/docs/shuffle12
**Ink Floyd Presents: God Save The Queen (City) Saturday, July 16 at 4:00pm at The Chop Shop NODA Featuring Performances by:-Small Talk Industries -Stephen Warwick and Secondhand Stories -Miles Swartz -The Houstons -Benji Hughes -Anna Bullard -Jon Lindsay -The Catch Fire -Sea of Cortez -Evelynn Rose - http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=102257489868613
**Gallery Artist of the Month at The Evening Muse: June 2011 Art at The Evening Muse presents Henry Schreiber. http://www.eveningmuse.com
**BUSK! is a character-driven documentary in the making about how a city like Charlotte can encourage street art and performance. Your support is needed. http://www.buskmovie.com * http://www.foxcharlotte.com/news/top-stories/QC-Buskers-In-Limelight-119036714.html * http://www.facebook.com/l/97ac6AQoHJERo3nUlr4c35YMikg/IndieGoGo.com/buskmovie * http://www.indiegogo.com/buskmovie
**Martin Hayes House Concert July 16 - at the home of Bethli and Mark Clemens in Cornelius. The concert will begin at 8 PM. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased online at the CFS website (www.folksociety.org) or by contacting Bethli Clemens at emiescher@bellsouth. net. Seating is limited and advanced purchase is required. There will also be a potluck dinner prior to the concert at 6:30 PM. Bring a dish and beverage
Recent Reviews, Photos, Interviews, TV, Press and Current Events worth noting:
This and That:
Radio:
** The Roundtable's Sunday Edition hosted by Randy Walker (every Sunday) - WSGE 91.7FM - 9am-10am -http://www.wsge.org/wsge/
**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.
**Plaza Midwood Community Radio - http://pmcradio.org/
**The Charlotte Live Alt/Rock/Indie Music Meetup - http://www.meetup.com/LiveMusicMeetup/
**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
***Looking Ahead: (new additions or updates)
(^=Potential sell out - recommend getting advance tickets)
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06/15 - The Rosebuds w/Floating Action - The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC)
06/16 - An Evening with Lloyd Cole - The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC)
06/16 - Noah and the Whale - Lincoln Theater (Raleigh, NC)
06/17 - Willie Nelson - Charter Ampitheater (Simpsonville, SC)
06/18 -Crowfield Album Release Concert w/ Luke Cunningham & Emily Hearn - The Music Farm (Charleston, SC)
06/18 - ^Adele - Thomas Wolfe Auditorium (Asheville, NC) POSTPONED
06/21 - Chris Isaak - The Orange Peel (Asheville, NC)
06/24-25 - Drive-By Truckers - The Orange Peel (Asheville, NC)
06/24-25 - The Uptown Charlotte Jazz Festival - NC Music Factory
06/25 - Sugar Ray - The Pavilion at EpiCentre
07/02 - David Gray - Ovens Auditorium
07/02 - Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Riley Etheridge, Jr. and Do It To Julia - U.S. National Whitewater Center
07/03 ; Langhorne Slim, the Overmountain Men and Holy Ghost Tent Revival - U.S. National Whitewater Center
07/03 - Belmont Playboys/Temperance League/Sea of Cortez/Aqualads/Modern Primitives - Gordon Street Block Party
07/04 - Anders Osborne, New Familiars & Sol Driven Train - U.S. National Whitewater Center
07/08 - The Psychedelic Furs - The Orange Peel (Asheville, NC)
07/09 - Jacks Mannequin w/Steel Train, Lady Danville & River James - The Orange Peel (Asheville, NC)
07/12 - Motley Crue, Poison and New York Dolls - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
07/14 - ^Patty Griffin Tribute - The Evening Muse
07/15 - Boz Scaggs & Michael McDonald - Koka Booth Amphitheatre (Cary, NC)
07/15 - Night Of The Blues featuring Robben Ford & Blonde Blues - The Orange Peel (Asheville, NC)
07/15 - The Gourds - The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC)
07/16 - Elvis Costello & The Imposters - The Revolver Tour - Belk Theatre
07/17 - ^An Evening with Iris Dement - The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC)
07/21 - Reckless Kelly - The Visulite Theatre
07/22 - Kevin Gordon w/Leadville Social Club - The Double Door Inn
07/23 - MaxxMusic Presents: Amy LaVere - Stage Door (Advance pre-sales available through maxxmusic.com)
07/23 - ^Eliot Bronson & Band (Bret Hartley(Sugarland), Kevin Leahy, Will Robertson) - Eddie's Attic (Decatur, GA)
07/24 - T-Model Ford w/Amy Lavere - The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC)
07/27 - The Black Lips - The Neighborhood Theatre
07/29 - Jolie Holland - The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC)
07/29 - Bon Iver w/The Rosebuds - Raleigh Ampitheatre- Raleigh, NC
07/31 - Sade w/John Legend - Time Warner Cable Arena
08/06 - Tom Petty Tribute - Benefit for Crisis Assistance Ministry - The Evening Muse
08/09 - Goo Goo Dolls w/Michelle Branch and Parachute - Uptown Amphitheatre
08/11 - Johnny Winter - The Orange Peel (Asheville, NC)
08/11 - Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas - Koka Booth Amphitheatre (Cary, NC)
08/12 - MaxxMusic Presents: Mary Chapin Carpenter - The Knight Theater
08/20 - MaxxMusic Presents: Gillian Welch and David Rawlings - Knight Theater (Advance pre-sales available through maxxmusic.com)
08/21 - ^MY MORNING JACKET w/Neko Case - Time Warner Cable Uptown Amphitheatre
08/31 - The Hold Steady - Cat's Cradle (Carrboro, NC)
09/04 - Kosterpalooza - TBD
09/07 - The Weepies - McGlohon Theater at Spirit Square
09/08-10 - Hopscotch Music Festival (Raleigh, NC)
09/09 - MaxxMusic Presents: An Evening With Bruce Cockburn - McGlohon Theatre
09/10 - Tosco Music Party w/Sweet Potato Pie, Stephanie Nilles, Catie Curtis, Kira Small, Funky Geezer, Ranford Almond, Sands of Tyme & More TBA - Halton Theater
09/13 - Los Lonely Boys - The Orange Peel (Asheville, NC)
09/14 - ^MaxxMusic Presents: Kim Richey - The Evening Muse
09/16 - Paul Thorn Band w/Rayland Baxter - The Neighborhood Theatre
09/16 - Loudon Wainwright III - Back Porch Music on the Lawn concert series at the American Tobacco Campus (Durham, NC)
09/17 - Steve Earle Band w/Allison Moorer - Durham Performing Arts Center (Durham, NC)
09/20 - blink-182 w/My Chemical Romance, Manchester Orchestra, Rancid and Matt & Kim - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
09/21 - The Meat Puppets - The Visulite Theatre
09/28 - They Might Be Giants - The Orange Peel (Asheville, NC)
09/30 - MaxxMusic Presents: Orla Fallon - McGlohon Theatre - (Advance pre-sales available through maxxmusic.com)
09/30 - Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers w/Jon McLaughlin - The Visulite Theatre
09/30 - Explosions in the Sky w/Wye Oak - The Orange Peel (Asheville, NC)
10/01 - Lindsey Buckingham - Carolina Theatre (Durham, NC)
10/05 - Framptom Comes Alive 35! (In its entirety) - Durham Performing Arts Center (Durham, NC)
10/08 - MaxxMusic Presents: Blind Boys of Alabama - (Advance pre-sales available through maxxmusic.com)
10/16 - B.B. King - Greensboro War Memorial Auditorium (Greensboro, NC)
10/23 - ^MaxxMusic Presents: Bela Fleck & The Flecktones The Original Line-Up - McGlohon Theatre
10/23 - ^MaxxMusic Presents: Slaid Cleaves - The Evening Muse
10/28-30 - Moogfest featuring: Tangerine Dream, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Suicide, The Flaming Lips, Passion Pit, STS9, Ghostland Observatory, Crystal Castles, Chromeo, Battles, Umphrey’s McGee, M83, Mayer Hawthorne & The County, Adrian Belew Power Trio, Holy F***, Matthew Dear, Toro Y Moi, Twin Shadow, Oneohtrix Point Never, The Naked And Famous, Tim Hecker, Brandt Bauer Frick, Cant, Gold Panda, Austra, Little Dragon, Anika, Causing A Tiger, and Ford & Lopatin - Asheville, NC
11/18 - ^Jorma Kaukonen - The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC)
11/25 - David Wilcox's Annual Thanksgiving Homecoming Show - The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC)
12/16 - Gallagher - The Neighborhood Theatre - Tickets On-Sale 06/07/11 @ 11am
Thank You Sarah Halligan for your donation!
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Best of Charlotte Awards
#1 Music Fan (Charlotte Folk Society) & First Couple of Charlotte Music (Uptown Magazine)
Living it up at the 'Rock & Roll Motel'
Charlotte couple shares their home with touring rock bands.
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/05/01/2256244/living-it-up-at-the-rock-roll.html
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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