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CHARLOTTE EVENTS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
July 6, 2011 - July 13, 2011
“Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul”
~ Plato
(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
Wednesday July 6 - Happy Birthday Taylor Burton, Wayne McCoig and Thomas Tolbert!
**Andy the Doorbum CD Release w/The Emotron, Filthy Still and Funky Geezer
The Milestone Club
9pm
http://www.themilestoneclub.com
**Greg Lilley
Brixx Pizza (Uptown)
5pm-8pm
http://www.brixxpizza.com/events.html
**Chuck Johnson acoustic w/Jim Garrett
Boardwalk Billy's Dilworth
6:30pm
**G**d*** Gallows, Jayke Orvis & the Broken Band, Viva Le Vox
Snug Harbor
9pm
http://snugrock.com
**Jack*ss Flats
The Double Door Inn
9pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**Acoustic Whiskey Sessions Open Mic w/Jimmy Brown & David Vallier
The Gin Mill
8pm
**Josh Daniel, Peter Gray, Justin Adam Powell & Friends
The Philosopher's Stone
10:30pm-2am
**Folkgrass Songwriter Showcase & Open Mic featuring: Funky Geezer
The Bathtub Gin
8pm
166 N. Main Street
Mooresville, NC
**Lindy Dobbins w/ Greg Lilley
Wild Wing Café EpiCentre
9pm-12am
http://www. epicentrenc.com * http://www.lindydobbins.com
**Dangermuffin
The Double Door Inn
9pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**Whitewater River Jam featuring: Exit 54
7pm
http://usnwc.org/riverjam/band-schedule
**Big Octave
Blue Restaurant And Bar (at the corner of 5th and College)
8pm-11pm
http://www.myspace.com/bigoctave
**Koster Productions Presents: Desert Noises (Northplatte Records/Utah) w/Sunshone Still (featuring Chris Smith, Jason Hausman, Flavio Mangione, Rodney Lanier & Stowe Barber)
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com * http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=209280322440812 * http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/2011/06/watch-desert-noises-perform-oak-tree-in-their-living-room/ * http://charlotte.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/cl_previews_upcoming_concerts_july_7_12_/Content?oid=1333998
**Shuffle Magazine Party featuring: Mount Moriah, Coma Cinema, The Hellsayers and Pullman Strike
The Visulite Theatre
8:30pm
http://www.visulite.com * http://www.facebook.com/ShuffleMagazine
**The Bear Romantic, Blossoms, The Dirty Special
Snug Harbor
10pm
http://snugrock.com
**Christabel & the Jons
The Double Door Inn
10pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**Transmission Fields w/The Young Antiques, Public Relations and Matt McDonald
The Milestone Club
9pm
http://www.facebook.com/transmissionfields
**Joe Craven & The Harris Brothers
Newton-Conover Auditorium
8pm
**Jared Allan
Wine Vault
7pm
**Lenny Federal Band (Every Friday)
The Comet Grill
9:30pm
http://www.cometgrillcharlotte.com * http://www.myspace.com/lennyfederal
**Nita B & The Swingin' Soiree
Dilworth Neighborhood Grille
9:30pm
**Genome Art Gallery Grand Opening featuring music by Stamper
Brevard Court
6pm-9pm
Artists: Cleonique Hilsaca, Henry Schreiber, Joseph Hatch, Kelly Keith, Robert Page, Scott Partridge & Shaun Wightman
http://www.ohgenome.com
**Stephen Warwick, e-s guthrie, John Common, and Sarah Bowman
Snug Harbor
9pm
http://www.snugrock.com
**The July Milkjug Showcase featuring: Marcie Hernandez, Little District and Case Federal & The Agents
Tommy's Pub
9pm
**Josh Phillips Folk Festival w/Vertigo Jazz Project and Common Foundation
The Neighborhood Theatre
9pm
http://www.neighborhoodtheatre.com
**Skinny Velvet
Double Door Inn
10pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**Jared Allan Trio
Iconz (Gastonia)
9pm
**Lake Wylie Music Fest w/Mike Alicke and Pat McHale, The Cloers, The Wiggle Wagons & More
Boyd's Cove
Lake Wylie, SC
http://www.lakewyliemusicfest.com
**WNCW-FM 88.7/100.3 FM - Local Color Show
featuring local and regional artists
7pm
http://www.wncw.org
**Duckworth's Grill & Taphouse 1st Anniversary Party featuring Simplified and The Brown Liquor Pickers
Duckworth's Grill & Taphouse
4435 Park Rd.
12:30pm-5:30pm
http://www.facebook.com/DuckworthsCharlotte
**Greg Lilley
The Prickly Pear
6pm-9pm
Mooresville, NC
http://www.pricklypear.net/location
**Jared Allan
Wine Vault
7pm
**Benefit Concert for Liz Thomas Multiple Myeloma Awareness
Double Door Inn
2pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**The Roundtable's Sunday Edition hosted by Randy Walker (every Sunday)
WSGE 91.7FM
9am-10am
http://www.wsge.org/wsge/
**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
**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 Open Mic NC
Harvey's
Huntersville, NC
http://www.reverbnation.com/theopenmicnc
**Bill Noonan
Elizabeth Billiards
10pm
**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
**Motley Crue, Poison and New York Dolls
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
**Simplified
Music on Morrison
6:30pm
http://www.simplifiedmusic.com
**Tosco Music Party Open Mic
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**MaxxMusic Presents: Peter Case
The Evening Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**The Poison Control Center, A Fragile Tomorrow
Snug Harbor
9pm
http://snugrock.com
**Scoot Pittman
The Money
8pm
Rock Hill, SC
**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:
**Gallery Artist of the Month at The Evening Muse: July 2011 Art at The Evening Muse presents Sydney Leighton . http://www.eveningmuse.com
***Voting is underway for the Best of Charlotte 2011 - http://posting.charlotte.creativeloafing.com/gbase/BestOf/BestOf
**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
**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:
***Judacula Fest: Hungry Girl, Jason Michel, Emotron, Mr. Invisible, 2013 Wolves, 25 Minutes to Go Featuring Art by Robert Childers, Andy Fenstermaker, Kelly Keith, Justin Coco, Frank Balthazar, Matthew Stover - Tremont Music Hall - July 1, 2011 - http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/vibes/2011/07/05/live-review-judacula-fest/
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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07/09 - Jacks Mannequin w/Steel Train, Lady Danville & River James - The Orange Peel (Asheville, NC)
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
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
08/26-27 - Music on the Mountaintop featuring Sam Bush; Railroad Earth; Greensky Bluegrass; Acoustic Syndicate; Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band; Frontier Ruckus; Town Mountain; Do It To Julia; Naked Gods; the Mantras; the New Familiars; the Lazybirds; the Native Sway; Bafoodus; Simplified; Uncle Mountain and Secret B-Sides (Boone, NC)
08/31 - The Hold Steady - Cat's Cradle (Carrboro, NC)
09/04 - Kosterpalooza - TBD
09/07 - MaxxMusic Presents: An Acoustic Evening with The Weepies - McGlohon Theater at Spirit Square
09/08-10 - Hopscotch Music Festival (Raleigh, NC)
09/09 - The Apache Relay w/River City Extension - The Evening Muse
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
09/11 - Live Out Loud! Charlotte's Benefit Concert - featuring: Paper Tongues, Campbell the Band, Holy Ghost Tent Revival, s.o. stereo, Sequoyah Prep School, The Hot Gates, The Jupiter Tide, My Epic, Transmission Fields, The Local Traumatic and Pinata Protest - NC Music Factory
09/13 - Los Lonely Boys - The Orange Peel (Asheville, NC)
09/14 - Joseph Arthur - The Grey Eagle (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)
09/18 - The Low Anthem - Local 506 (Chapel Hill, NC)
09/20 - blink-182 w/My Chemical Romance, Manchester Orchestra, Rancid and Matt & Kim - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
09/21 - Blondie - Durham Performing Arts Center (Durham, NC)
09/21 - Miniature Tigers - Snug Harbor
09/21 - Fleet Foxes - Raleigh Amphitheater (Raleigh, NC)
09/21 - MaxxMusic Presents: The Meat Puppets - The Visulite Theatre
09/27 - Wilco w/Nick Lowe - Raleigh, N.C. @ Raleigh Ampitheater
09/28 - They Might Be Giants - The Orange Peel (Asheville, NC)
09/30 - Ten out of Tenn w/Matthew Perryman Jones, Katie Herzig, Jeremy Lister, Trent Dabbs, Butterfly Boucher, Tyler James, Andrew Belle, Amy Stroup, Gabe Dixon & K.S. Rhodes - The Neighborhood Theatre
09/30 - MaxxMusic Presents: Orla Fallon - McGlohon Theatre
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 - McGlohon Theatre
10/11 - Adele (Rescheduled) - Thomas Wolfe Auditorium (Asheville, NC)
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
10/25 - Mike Doughty - Cat's Cradle (Carrboro, NC)
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
11/05 - Boney James - Carolina Theatre (Durham, NC)
11/08 - Pixies - War Memorial Auditorium (Greensboro, NC)
11/11 - Pixies - North Charleston Performing Arts Center (North Charleston, SC)
11/13 - Chris Thile - Carolina Theatre (Durham, NC)
11/18 - ^Jorma Kaukonen - The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC)
11/19 - Joan Baez - Batte Fine Arts Center - Wingate, NC
11/25 - David Wilcox's Annual Thanksgiving Homecoming Show - The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC)
11/29 - Christmas with Aaron Neville - Carolina Theatre (Durham, NC)
11/30 - MaxxMusic Presents: John Gorka - The Evening Muse
12/15 - George Winston - Carolina Theatre (Durham, NC)
12/16 - Gallagher - The Neighborhood Theatre
12/31 - ^Widespread Panic - Time Warner Cable Arena
02/14 - Bruce Hornsby - Carolina Theatre (Durham, NC)
03/01 - Jon Anderson - Carolina Theatre (Durham, NC)
03/02 - An Evening with Carrie Fisher - Carolina Theatre (Durham, NC)
03/21 - David Benoit & Brian Culbertson - Carolina Theatre (Durham, NC)
04/20 - Henson Alternative Stuffed and Unstrung - Carolina Theatre (Durham, NC)
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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.
by April Denée/The Charlotte Observer
http://aprildenee.com/2011/05/01/livin-it-up-at-the-rock-roll-motel/
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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