CHARLOTTE EVENTS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
September 21, 2011 - September 28, 2011
“Music is a discipline, and a mistress of order and good manners, she makes the people milder and gentler, more moral and more reasonable.”
~ Martin Luther
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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 September 21 - Happy Birthday Tom Eure & Tyler Baum!
**Miniature Tigers w/Daniel Francis Doyle and Modern Primitives
Snug Harbor
9pm
http://snugrock.com * http://clclt.com/vibes/archives/2011/09/21/miniature-tigers-sing-sunny-indie-pop-tonight-92111
**Skinny Velvet
Mac's Speed Shop- South Blvd.
7pm
http://www.macspeedshop.com * http://www.skinnyvelvet.com
**Off The Record w/ Jeff Hahne feat. 25 Minutes to Go w/ Pig Mountain
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Keaton Simons & Josh Hoge
The Evening Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**MaxxMusic & Landshark Entertainment Present: The Meat Puppets w/The Weeks
The Visulite Theatre
8:30pm
http://www.visulite.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com
**Passafire
The Double Door Inn
9pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**Acoustic Whiskey Sessions Open Mic w/Jimmy Brown & David Vallier
The Gin Mill
8pm
Thursday September 22 - Happy Birthday Adam Lazzara!
**MaxxMusic & Landshark Entertainment Present: Gimmie Hendrix! Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Visulite Theatre
8:30pm
http://www.visulite.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com
**Melissa Ferrick
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Jeremy Current w/ Luz
The Evening Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Woddy Witt
The Double Door Inn
9pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**Whitewater River Jam featuring: Soul Watt
US National Whitewater Center
7pm-10pm
http://usnwc.org/riverjam/band-schedule
**Shorty and Jef Pearce
Liberty Gastropub (Dilworth)
6pm-9pm
**Big Octave
Blue Restaurant And Bar (at the corner of 5th and College)
8pm-11pm
http://www.myspace.com/bigoctave
Friday September 23 - Happy Birthday Amanda Keown-Burke!
**MaxxMusic & Landshark Entertainment Present: Snagglepuss w/The Houstons and Cement Stars
The Visulite Theatre
10pm
http://www.visulite.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com
**Patrick Davis
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Dave Barnes w/Nathan Angelo
The Neighborhood Theatre
8pm
http://www.neighborhoodtheatre.com
**Small Talk Industries, Stephaniesid, Rusted Radio
Snug Harbor
10pm
http://www.snugrock.com
**Bart Walker Band
The Double Door Inn
10pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**Jem Crossland & the Hypertonics
Puckett's Farm Equipment
10pm
**Shorty and Brandon Caraway
Boardwalk Billys East Blvd
7pm-10pm
**47th Festival in the Park
4 pm- 9:30 pm
**The Wax Gurus
Beantown Tavern
10pm
**Nita B & Bill Buck Jazz Duo
15 North Roadside Kitchen
7pm
**Benefit for the Innocence Project comedy & music show
The Mill
9pm
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=176914622376301 * http://youcantcopysloppy.tumblr.com/post/9916984588/zooey-deschanel-plugs-upcoming-benefit-in-charlotte-nc
**Lenny Federal Band (Every Friday)
The Comet Grill
9:30pm
http://www.cometgrillcharlotte.com * http://www.myspace.com/lennyfederal
Saturday September 24 - Congratulations & Best Wishes to Molly & Alex!
**Jay Clifford w/ Dean Fields & Eliot Bronson
The Evening Muse
7:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Rick Spreitzer & The Antique Babies
Summit Coffee
8pm-11pm
Davidson, NC
http://www.rickspreitzer.com
**John Howie, Jr. and the Rosewood Bluff
The Thirsty Beaver
9:30pm
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=192555744148730
**The Humane Society of Charlotte's 1st Annual "ROCKERS to the RESCUE" featuring: Grown Up Avenger Stuff, Chelsea Daggers, Born Under Punches, Blanco Diablo, GoGo Pilot, Rusted Radio Dial and DJ Brad Pressley.
The Chop Shop
8pm-11:30pm
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=143815665710727
**MaxxMusic & Landshark Entertainment Present: Langhorne Slim and The Law With The Honeycutters
The Visulite Theatre
10pm
http://www.visulite.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com
**Alan Barrington
Aria Tuscan Grill
8pm
http://www.alanbarrington.com
**Lindy Dobbins & The Red Velvet Manx
PJ O'Reilly's Irish Pub
10pm
http://www.lindydobbins.com/
**Big Daddy Love CD Release
The Evening Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**MaxxMusic Presents: Van Hunt With Empress Hotel
The Double Door Inn
10pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**Wayne “The Train” Hancock, The Parodi Kings
Snug Harbor
10:30pm
http://snugrock.com
**47th Festival in the Park featuring: Comfortably Nuts 12:00 Donna Duncan Band 1:00 Crisis w/Donna Duncan 5:00 Joy Perrin 6:00 The Spongetones 8:00
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=145764078840584
**The Lesser Pauls Final Show w/THe Farewell Monument, Blossoms, My Captain and Nesh
The Milestone Club
9pm
http://www.themilestoneclub.com
**WNCW-FM 88.7/100.3 FM - Local Color Show
featuring local and regional artists
7pm
http://www.wncw.org
**The Woodies (Tommy)
Philosophers Stone
4pm
**AFTON Showcase
The Evening Muse
6:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**MIAMI/DICE presents SUNDAE w/ The Sky Drops, Knives and Daggers
Snug Harbor
9pm
http://snugrock.com
**Jared Allan
Wine Vault
7pm
http://www.jaredallan.com
**Moses Cherry and the Topless Gospel Choir w/Megan Jean and the KFB, Tex Railer's Doomtown and Perry Fowler
The Milestone Club
9pm
http://www.themilestoneclub.com
**47th Festival in the Park
11 am – 6 pm
**The Roundtable's Sunday Edition hosted by Randy Walker (every Sunday)
WSGE 91.7FM
9am-10am
http://www.wsge.org/program/publicaff.php
**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
Monday September 26 - Happy Birthday Eliot Bronson and Boyd Jones!
**Find Your Muse Open Mic featuring The Winter Sounds (Acoustic)
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Gardens & Villa, Youth Lagoon, Blossoms
Snug Harbor
9pm
http://snugrock.com
**Fire Control (Jason Scavone, Johnathan Erickson, Gary Deangelo, and Stacy Leazer) - (every Monday)
The Comet Grill
9:15pm
http://www.cometgrillcharlotte.com
**The Monday Nite All-Stars
Double Door Inn
10pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**The Open Mic NC
Harvey's
Huntersville, NC
http://www.reverbnation.com/theopenmicnc
Tuesday September 27 - Happy Birthday Eric Cavanaugh!
**MaxxMusic Presents: Pokey LaFarge & The South City Three With The Dirt Daubers
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com * * http://www.maxxmusic.com
**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), Tuff Blanton (bass) & Carey Sims
Lucky Lou's Tavern
8:30pm - 1am
5124 Park Rd
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lucky-Lous-Tavern/179714368708534
Wednesday September 28 - Happy Birthday Scott Teel!
**MaxxMusic Presents: Caravan of Thieves
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com
**MaxxMusic & Landshark Entertainment Present: Psychedelic Furs With Tom Tom Club
Knight Theater
7:30pm
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/furs.htm
**MaxxMusic & Landshark Entertainment Present: Micky & The Motorcars w/The Wiggle Wagons
The Visulite Theatre
8:30pm
http://www.visulite.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com
**Gardens & Villa, Youth Lagoon, Blossoms
Snug Harbor
9pm
http://snugrock.com
**Fight the Quiet w/The Between
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:
***Music at the Depot (The Depot at Gaston County Museum, Dallas, NC) upcoming events: 10/14/11: Danielle Howle - http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/198406; 11/11/11: Gigi Dover & The Big Love http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/198406; 2/10/12: Michael Reno Harrell and 3/9/12: David Childers - http://www.brownpapertickets.com/
**8th Annual Fall Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance - Thursday, October 6 to Sunday, October 9, 2011 featuring: Béla Fleck & The Flecktones, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Donna the Buffalo, Brett Dennen, Sidi Touré, The Duhks, Rosie Ledet, Nawal, Preston Frank, Emmit-Nershi Band, Eilen Jewell, Toubab Krewe, Bearfoot, The Old Ceremony, Locos Por Juana, and Hobex; The Kickin Grass Band, John Howie & Rosewood Bluff, Paperhand Puppet Intervention, Diali Cissokho & Kairaba!, Saludos Compay, Laurelyn Dossett, Des Ark, Hammer No More the Fingers, Lila, Big Fat Gap, Dub Addis, Penny Prophets, Brand New Life, Peter Lamb & The Wolves, The Tender Fruit, Mipso Trio, Green Grass Cloggers, Kimberly McCrae, D-Sass, James Olin Oden, Alex Weiss, Cane Creek Cloggers; Thousands of One, Leyla McCalla, The Flying Clouds, Driftwood, The Grady Girls, Turtle Duhks, Noot d'Noot, Dehlia Low, John Stickley Trio, The Blackberry Bushes Stringband, Lake Street Dive, Billy Eli, Dirty Bourbon River Show, Lakota John & Friends, Sandbox, J.P. Harris & The Tough Choices and more. http://www.shakorihillsgrassroots.org.
**Gallery Artist of the Month at The Evening Muse: October 2011 Art at The Evening Muse presents Michael Whitlark: http://www.eveningmuse.com * http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=153411811409728
**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
**Barnaby Bright at The Dellinger's - Hickory, NC - Saturday, November 5, 2011 6pm-9pm. $10 donation. 70 max. RSVP required. http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=189863014400217 * http://barnabybright.com/
**Malcolm Holcombe - Little Yellow Music House - Columbia, SC - December 9, 2011 - http://www.malcolmholcombe.com
Recent Reviews, Photos, Interviews, TV, Press and Current Events worth noting:
***Jessica Lea Mayfield w/Matrimony - Snug Harbor 9/18/11 - Review & Photos by Jeff Hahne/Creative Loafing - http://clclt.com/vibes/archives/2011/09/20/live-review-jessica-lea-mayfield
***Live Out Loud - NC Music Factory - photos by Jodi Phillips // CBS Radio - http://kiss951.radio.com/2011/09/19/s-o-stereo-saints-of-valory-more-rock-live-out-loud/#photo-1
***Tosco Music Party - Halton Theater 9/10/11 - photos by Monty Chandler - http://montychandler.smugmug.com/Music/Music-2011/Tosco-Music-Party-Sept-2011/18990262_p5QHsR#1475150488_fmPLD4W
This and That:
**Randy Walker, host of WSGE 91.7FM's The Roundtable's Sunday Edition, is looking for bands/musicians who would like to be a featured guest on his weekly radio program. If interested, please contact Randy at lowwillie@aol.com for more information. http://www.wsge.org/program/publicaff.php
News from our friends who grace the R&R Motel:
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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09/21 - Blondie - Durham Performing Arts Center (Durham, NC)
09/21 - Fleet Foxes - Raleigh Amphitheater (Raleigh, NC)
09/22 - Matt Pond and Rocky Votolato - Kingsbarcade (Raleigh, NC)
09/27 - Wilco w/Nick Lowe - Raleigh, N.C. @ Raleigh Ampitheater
09/28 - They Might Be Giants - The Orange Peel (Asheville, NC)
09/29 - MaxxMusic Presents: Will Hoge - The Visulite Theatre
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 - MaxxMusic Presents: 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 - Lowry w/ Hello Handshake - The Evening Muse
10/01 - Lindsey Buckingham - Carolina Theatre (Durham, NC)
10/04 - The Lemonheads - The Neighborhood Theatre
10/05 - Framptom Comes Alive 35! (In its entirety) - Durham Performing Arts Center (Durham, NC)
10/06 - Richard Buckner - The Evening Muse
10/07 - ^MaxxMusic Presents: Joshua James w/Honey Honey - The Evening Muse
10/07 - MaxxMusic Presents: The Spin Doctors performing "Pocket Full of Kryptonite" - The Visulite Theatre
10/08 - Weird Al Yankovic - Ovens Auditorium
10/08 - MaxxMusic Presents: Blind Boys of Alabama w/Eileen Jewell - McGlohon Theatre
10/09 - Koster Promotions Presents: Chris Castle & The Womack Family Band w/Rick Spreitzer - The Evening Muse
10/09 - MaxxMusic Presents: David Wax Museum - The Evening Muse
10/09 - Big Head Todd and The Mosters & John Hiatt and The Combo - Ovens Auditorium
10/11 - Adele - Thomas Wolfe Auditorium (Asheville, NC) - SOLD OUT
10/13 - G. Love & Special Sauce - The Orange Peel
10/14 - Helmet - The Neighborhood Theatre
10/16 - Aretha Franklin - The Durham Performing Arts Center (Durham, NC)
10/16 - B.B. King - Greensboro War Memorial Auditorium (Greensboro, NC)
10/18 - Joe Walsh w/Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band - The Durham Performing Arts Center
10/19 - Koster Promotions Presents: Desert Noises - The Evening Muse
10/19 - ^MaxxMusic Presents: The Civil Wars - McGlohon Theatre SOLD OUT
10/19 - The Infamous Stringdusters w/Toubab Krewe - The Neighborhood Theatre
10/19 - Trampled by Turtles w/ These United States - The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC)
10/20 - Jason Boland & The Stragglers w/American Aquarium - The Neighborhood Theatre
10/21 - Blitzen Trapper w/Dawes - The Orange Peel (Asheville, NC)
10/22 - Sam Bush w/Justin Townes Earle - U.S. National Whitewater Center
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 - The Milk Carton Kids w/ Gaby Moreno - The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC)
10/25 - Mike Doughty - Cat's Cradle (Carrboro, NC)
10/26 - Blind Pilot - The Earl (Atlanta, GA)
10/27 - ^MaxxMusic Presents: Jason Isbell & James McMurtry - The Visulite Theatre
10/27 - Portugal. The Man - The Neighborhood Theatre
10/28 - Ra Ra Riot - 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
10/29 - ^MaxxMusic Presents: The Jayhawks w/Tift Merritt - McGlohon Theatre
11/2011 - Paul Simon - Somewhere in the U.S.
11/02 - Ray Davies - The Fillmore Charlotte
11/05 - Boney James - Carolina Theatre (Durham, NC)
11/08 - Foo Fighters w/Social Distortion - Time Warner Cable Arena
11/08 - Pixies - War Memorial Auditorium (Greensboro, NC)
11/09 - Hayes Carll w/Caitlin Rose - The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC)
11/10 - Ted Leo & The Pharmicists - The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC)
11/11 - Bell X1 - Smith's Olde Bar - Atlanta, GA
11/11 - MaxxMusic Presents: Brandi Carlile - Moved to Knight Theater!
11/11 - Pixies - North Charleston Performing Arts Center (North Charleston, SC)
11/12 - The Boxer Rebellion - The Visulite Theatre
11/13 - Parachute w/Kate Voegele - The Orange Peel (Asheville, NC)
11/13 - An evening with Chris Robinson Brotherhood - The Neighborhood Theatre
11/13 - Chris Thile - Carolina Theatre (Durham, NC)
11/14 - Peter Murphy - Masquerade - (Atlanta, GA)
11/18 - ^Jorma Kaukonen - The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC)
11/19 - MaxxMusic Presents: David Bazan - The Evening Muse
11/19 - MaxxMusic Presents: Josh Ritter Acoustic - McGlohon Theater
11/19 - Lykke Li - The Orange Peel (Asheville, NC)
11/19 - Joan Baez - Batte Fine Arts Center - Wingate, NC
11/20 - MaxxMusic Presents: Willy Porter - The Evening Muse
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
12/03 - Carolina Chocolate Drop - The Neighborhood Theatre
12/07 - Hall & Oates - DPAC (Durham, NC)
12/13 - Alice Cooper - Cobb Energy Center - (Atlanta, GA)
12/13 - MaxxMusic Presents: Rachel Yamagota - The Visulite Theatre
12/15 - George Winston - Carolina Theatre (Durham, NC)
12/16 - Gallagher - The Neighborhood Theatre
12/31 - ^Simplified - The Visulite Theatre
12/31 - The V-Roys Reunion Show - The Bijou Theatre - Knoxville, TN
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)
04/21 - A.W.O.L. Charlotte 2012 - Symphony Park
THANK YOU!!!
Best of Charlotte Awards & Press
#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://charlottemusic.typepad.com/charlotte_events_calendar/ * http://charlotteeventscalendar.blogspot.com/ and http://twitter.com/charlottemusic
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