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MOBILE VERSION
CHARLOTTE EVENTS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
(compiled and distributed by Laurie Koster since March 2003)
July 25, 2012 - August 1, 2012
(compiled and distributed by Laurie Koster since March 2003)
July 25, 2012 - August 1, 2012
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**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
**MaxxMusic Presents: Lydia Loveless
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Nathan Angelo
The Evening Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
The Evening Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Shuffle Magazine and Tremont Music Hall present: A Place to Bury Strangers w/Hunters, Little Bull Lee
Tremont Music Hall
8pm
http://www.tremontmusichall.com
Tremont Music Hall
8pm
http://www.tremontmusichall.com
**The School of Rock AllStars
The Visulite Theatre
7pm
http://www.visulite.com
The Visulite Theatre
7pm
http://www.visulite.com
**The Sugar Prophets
The Double Door Inn
9pm
http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.aspx
The Double Door Inn
9pm
http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.aspx
**The Blackhounds (Jonesy, Andy Wood, Mike Scarlatta, Greg Lilley)
Easy Eddies (Huntersville)
http://www.theblackhounds.com
**Benji Hughes Residency
Snug Harbor
9pm - No Cover
http://www.snugrock.com
**MaxxMusic Presents: The Train Wrecks w/Justin Fedor
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/wrecks.htm
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/wrecks.htm
**RecessFest - Jul. 26-29
Various Venues, Clubs & Bars
Full, ENORMOUS, schedule and lineup at
https://www.facebook.com/events/392316714138437/ * http://www.shufflemag.com/recess-fest-co-founders-casey-malone-and-zach-reader-peel-back-the-curtains-part-1-of-2/
Various Venues, Clubs & Bars
Full, ENORMOUS, schedule and lineup at
https://www.facebook.com/events/392316714138437/ * http://www.shufflemag.com/recess-fest-co-founders-casey-malone-and-zach-reader-peel-back-the-curtains-part-1-of-2/
**Greg Lilley
Queen City Q
5pm-7pm
http://www.reverbnation.com/greglilley
**MaxxMusic & Landshark Entertainment Present: Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band w/David Wax Museum
The Knight Theater
7:30pm
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/ritter.htm
**Chuck Johnson w/Tom Kuhn
Ice House
8pm
http://www.facebook.com/events/371403732925117/
Ice House
8pm
http://www.facebook.com/events/371403732925117/
**Junque Gallery w/Chris Sanchez
The Double Door Inn
9pm
http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.aspx
**Actual Proof
US National Whitewater Center
7pm - No Cover
http://usnwc.org/riverjam/band-schedule/
US National Whitewater Center
7pm - No Cover
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
Friday July 27 - Happy Birthday Martin Stephenson
**Barnstock '12 Featuring: True Life, Something Clever, Golden Boy, Morning Brigade, Weakercaptain, The Brett Morton Project, The Rusty Knox Band, Billy Jones and the Pocket and Donna The Buffalo
12pm - 12am
Huntersville, North Carolina
http://www.facebook.com/events/378006028921038/ * http://www.mybarnstock.com/
**Chuck Johnson w/Tom KuhnBig Ben's
8pm
http://www.facebook.com/events/426369637415197/
**Lefty Williams Band
Thomas Street Tavern
8pm
http://www.reverbnation.com/show/7882333
**Amy Broome
Queen City Q
5pm
http://www.amybroome.com
Queen City Q
5pm
http://www.amybroome.com
**Cosmic Charlie High Energy Grateful Dead
The Visulite Theatre
9pm
http://www.visulite.com
**Jared Allan
The Village Tavern
6pm-9pm
http://www.jaredallan.com
**MaxxMusic Presents: Gigi Dover & The Big Love The Robin Is High.... CD Release Party With Rusty King
The Double Door Inn
9pm
http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.aspx * http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/gigi.htm
**RecessFest - Jul. 26-29
Various Venues, Clubs & Bars
Full, ENORMOUS, schedule and lineup at
https://www.facebook.com/events/392316714138437/ * http://www.shufflemag.com/recess-fest-co-founders-casey-malone-and-zach-reader-peel-back-the-curtains-part-1-of-2/
**Recess Fest: Black Congo NC, Weekenders, Pan, Coma Cinema, Little Bull Lee, Those Lavender Whales, Nicholas & The Human Race
Snug Harbor
7pm
http://www.snugrock.com
**Greg Lilley
NoDa Brewing Co.
6:30-8:30pm
AND
The BlackHounds w/Analog Daze
Salvador Deli
http://www.reverbnation.com/greglilley
**Lenny Federal Band w/Wicked Powers (Every Friday)
The Comet Grill
9:30pm
http://www.cometgrillcharlotte.com * http://www.myspace.com/lennyfederal
**Rick Spreitzer, Donny Fletcher & Phil Carias
Summit Coffee
8pm-11pm
http://www.rickspreitzer.com
Summit Coffee
8pm-11pm
http://www.rickspreitzer.com
**Sunshone Still, Elonzo, The Sea Wolf Mutiny, Sinner & Saints
Petra's
8pm
http://www.facebook.com/events/323292384425274/
Petra's
8pm
http://www.facebook.com/events/323292384425274/
**Carolina Gator Gumbo and Gumbo Motion
McHale's Irish Pub
6pm
Fort Mill, SC
http://carolinagatorgumbo.com\
McHale's Irish Pub
6pm
Fort Mill, SC
http://carolinagatorgumbo.com\
**Greg Lilley
Harvey’s (Huntersville)
9pm-12am
http://www.reverbnation.com/greglilley
Harvey’s (Huntersville)
9pm-12am
http://www.reverbnation.com/greglilley
**MaxxMusic & Landshark Entertainment Present: Jon Lindsay w/Old Milwaukee & Caleb Caudle & The Bayonets
The Visulite Theatre
9pm
http://www.visulite.com
The Visulite Theatre
9pm
http://www.visulite.com
**MaxxMusic Presents: Rainbow Danger Club From Shanghi w/Garlic City
The Evening Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Barnstock '12 Featuring: Atlas Road Crew (A.R.C.), D&D Sluggers, Keaton Lange, The Business People, Vanished Frontier, The Stoney Creek Boys, Bluefiveone, War Hands, Sugar Glyder, Chasing Pedestrians, Brody & Choch and Masterjaxx
12pm - 12am
Huntersville, North Carolina
http://www.facebook.com/events/378006028921038/ * http://www.mybarnstock.com/
**The Spongetones
The Double Door Inn
10pm
http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.aspx
**RecessFest - Jul. 26-29
Various Venues, Clubs & Bars
Full, ENORMOUS, schedule and lineup at
https://www.facebook.com/events/392316714138437/ * http://www.shufflemag.com/recess-fest-co-founders-casey-malone-and-zach-reader-peel-back-the-curtains-part-1-of-2/
**Recess Fest: Overmountain Men, 2013 Wolves, Scowl Brow, Jeremiah & The Howling Owls, Kill Your Mules
Snug Harbor
8pm
http://www.snugrock.com
**BeleChere July 27, 28 & 29 - Asheville, NC - Aunt Martha, BOOMBOX, David Mayfield Parade ~ David Wax Museum ~ Delta Rae ~ Doc Aquatic ~ Dr. Dog ~ Ethan Andrew McMahan ~ Grown Up Avenger Stuff ~ Inner Visions ~ Jody Medford & Cash Creek ~ Jonathan Scales Fourchestra ~ Kovacs & the Polar Bear ~ Lacy Green ~ Larry Keel ~ Lorraine Conard Band ~ Los Amigos Invisibles ~ Lucero ~ Lyric ~ Michael Reno Harrell ~ Papa Grows Funk ~ Randall Bramblett ~ Sanctum Sully ~ Spicy Moustache & the Flavor Saviors ~ stephaniesid ~ Tennessee Hollow ~ The Archrivals ~ The Buchanan Boys ~ The Critters ~ The Swayback Sisters ~ The Travis Smith Project ~ Whitney Moore ~ Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band
http://belecherefestival.com/Listen/LineUp/tabid/111/Default.aspx - ~
Sunday July 29 - Happy Birthday Tammy Brackett, Jeff Dugan & Justin Ruckman!
**Boombox w/Stamper
The Neighborhood Theatre
9:30pm
http://www.neighborhoodtheatre.com
**Trip Rogers Band
Easy Eddie's
2pm-5pm
Huntersville, NC
http://www.triptogers.com
**RecessFest - Jul. 26-29
Various Venues, Clubs & Bars
Full, ENORMOUS, schedule and lineup at
https://www.facebook.com/events/392316714138437/ * http://www.shufflemag.com/recess-fest-co-founders-casey-malone-and-zach-reader-peel-back-the-curtains-part-1-of-2/
**The Loose Lugnuts
The Thirsty Beaver
5pm
http://www.facebook.com/events/318052628284489/
**Jared Allan
Wine Vault
7pm-11pm
http://www.jaredallan.com
**Afton Showcase
The Evening Muse
6:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**MaxxMusic Presents: Sai Musiq Jazz Series Featuring John Shaughnessy
The Double Door Inn
7pm
http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.aspx
**Chuck Johnson w/Tom Kuhn
The Mellow Mushroom
7:30pm
http://www.facebook.com/thecharlyhorse?ref=stream
**The Roundtable's Sunday Edition hosted by Randy Walker (every Sunday)
WSGE 91.7FM
noon-1pm
http://www.wsge.org/program/publicaff.php
**Divakar Hosts the New Music and Indie Label Show 7pm-8:30pm
AND "90 Minutes" (Local & Regional Music) - 8:30pm-10 pm
WEND 106.5 The End (every Sunday)
http://www.1065.com
AND "90 Minutes" (Local & Regional Music) - 8:30pm-10 pm
WEND 106.5 The End (every Sunday)
http://www.1065.com
**BeleChere July 27, 28 & 29 - Asheville, NC - Aunt Martha, BOOMBOX, David Mayfield Parade ~ David Wax Museum ~ Delta Rae ~ Doc Aquatic ~ Dr. Dog ~ Ethan Andrew McMahan ~ Grown Up Avenger Stuff ~ Inner Visions ~ Jody Medford & Cash Creek ~ Jonathan Scales Fourchestra ~ Kovacs & the Polar Bear ~ Lacy Green ~ Larry Keel ~ Lorraine Conard Band ~ Los Amigos Invisibles ~ Lucero ~ Lyric ~ Michael Reno Harrell ~ Papa Grows Funk ~ Randall Bramblett ~ Sanctum Sully ~ Spicy Moustache & the Flavor Saviors ~ stephaniesid ~ Tennessee Hollow ~ The Archrivals ~ The Buchanan Boys ~ The Critters ~ The Swayback Sisters ~ The Travis Smith Project ~ Whitney Moore ~ Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band
http://belecherefestival.com/Listen/LineUp/tabid/111/Default.aspx - ~
http://belecherefestival.com/Listen/LineUp/tabid/111/Default.aspx - ~
**Greg Lilley & Co. w/Kerry Brooks
Amelie’s French Bakery
8pm-10pm
http://www.reverbnation.com/greglilley
**Chuck Johnson w/Tom Kuhn
Cedar Street Tavern
5:30pm
http://www.facebook.com/events/219430648167654/
Cedar Street Tavern
5:30pm
http://www.facebook.com/events/219430648167654/
**Buildings, Mon Frere, Oddczar
Snug Harbor
9pm
http://www.snugrock.com
Snug Harbor
9pm
http://www.snugrock.com
**Find Your Muse Open Mic w/featured performer: Parade Ground
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**The Monday Night All-Stars
The Double Door Inn
10pm
http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.aspx
The Double Door Inn
10pm
http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.aspx
Tuesday July 31 - Happy Birthday John Tosco & David French!
**An Evening with Lindsey Buckingham (solo) - No Opener
The Neighborhood Theatre
8:30pm
Photo Policy: Photos allowed during first 2 songs - NO FLASH - NO VIDEO - NO AUDIO
http://www.neighborhoodtheatre.com
The Neighborhood Theatre
8:30pm
Photo Policy: Photos allowed during first 2 songs - NO FLASH - NO VIDEO - NO AUDIO
http://www.neighborhoodtheatre.com
**Red Rocking Chair (every Tuesday)
The Comet Grill
http://www.cometgrillcharlotte.com
The Comet Grill
http://www.cometgrillcharlotte.com
**Bill Hanna Jazz Jam
The Double Door Inn
9pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
The Double Door Inn
9pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**Greg Lilley
Blackthorne (Ballantyne)
6-9pm
http://www.reverbnation.com/greglilley
**MaxxMusic Presents: Hannah Aldridge
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**MaxxMusic & Landshark Entertainment Present: Yellow Dubmarine
The Visulite Theatre
9pm
http://www.visulite.com
The Visulite Theatre
9pm
http://www.visulite.com
**MaxxMusic Presents: Chase Fifty-Six
The Double Door Inn
9pm
http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.aspx * http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/chase.htm
The Double Door Inn
9pm
http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.aspx * http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/chase.htm
**Scowl Brow RESIDENCY
Snug Harbor
9pm - No Cover
http://www.snugrock.com
********************************************************* Band/Artist/Media News, Features, Announcements and Upcoming Local and Regional Events ********************************************************* *** = New Additions This Week Misc News, Events & Announcements: ***1st Annual Bands Together for Lupus featuring: Andrew Stamper, Ryan Bach Band, Jackson Cozort, Flesh & Stone, Leigh Ann Stevens and Friends, Sy Arden and Matt Perrone - The Chop Shop - Sunday, Aug. 19th - All Proceeds benefit The Alliance for Lupus Research - http://vogue-management.com/events ***The Charlotte Folk Society presents: Wayne Henderson & Friends - Friday, August 10th - The Great Aunt Stella Center - http://www.folksociety.org **The Evening Muse Monday Night Find Your Muse Open Mic and Radio Show is looking for weekly and featured talent. If you are an original artist (local or touring) who would like to play the 30 minute featured performer slot on one of the Monday nights, please email us at fymbooking@gmail.com with the date you'll be in town or interested in, your EPK or links to your music and/or a good, decent quality video. Special perks for being featured! ALSO - Each Monday a Bada$$ of the week will be selected. The winner receives a $15 beverage card to use anytime at The Evening Muse, the opportunity to pick their preferred performance time for the following Monday, AND their set will be played on Plaza Midwood Community Radio. ***The Featured Performer Slots are filled through Mid-November. Please keep this in mind when requesting dates. Find us on FB - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Find-Your-Muse-Open-Mic-and-Radio-Show/213629105349332 and Follow us On Twitter - @FindYourMuseClt. **July 2012 Art at The Evening Muse presents Kary Coke - http://www.facebook.com/events/468665069810501/ **Daniel Coston has a variety of his best photos framed and for sale at Jack Beagle's - brought to you by ShomoLive Charlotte. http://www.danielcoston.com * http://www.shomolive.com Upcoming House Concerts:  **2012 Little Yellow Music House Concerts (Columbia, SC) 8/25 or 8/26: Will Kimbrough w/Vince McKinley - https://www.facebook.com/LittleYellowMusicHouse **SLHC Basement Series Presents: Julia Haltigan and Freddie Stevenson 10/07; Barbara Lamb 8/25 http://www.supportlocalhouseconcerts.org **2012 Teagarden House Concerts (South Charlotte, NC) 10/20: The Cloers CD Release Party; teagardensound@gmail.com. Recent Reviews, Photos, Interviews, TV, Press and Current Events worth noting: ***Cast your vote for Simplified as the Favorite Band of this Music 2 Rise Season - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfIWqjQ_K1c. Simplified was the Music 2 Rise Artist of the Month (June, 2012) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-lMGf8rU3c&feature=relmfu. **Music Videos of Bands You Should (and may eventually) Get To Know: http://charlottemusic.typepad.com/unknown_greats_you_should/ **Happy Trails - Rodney Lanier - http://vimeo.com/33930867 **Rodney Lanier Memorial Service and New Orleans style processional down N. Davidson - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZjdovdIkzU&sns=fb * **Goodbye Rodney - John Schacht/Shuffle Magazine - http://www.shufflemag.com/charlotte-bids-adieu-in-style-to-local-musician-rodney-lanier/ 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
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 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
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***Looking Ahead: (new additions or updates)
(^=Potential sell out - recommend getting advance tickets)
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07/29 - ^The Zombies - Cat's Cradle (Carrboro, NC)
08/02 - Desert Noises w/Elonzo - The Evening Muse
08/03 - Will Hoge - Visulite Theatre
08/15 - The Lumineers - The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC)
08/16 - Eilen Jewell - - The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC)
08/17 - Jay Brannan - The Visulite Theatre
08/18 - Malcolm Holcombe - The Evening Muse
08/18 - George Jones - Durham PAC (Durham, NC)
08/22-23 - ^Langhorne Slim & The Law - The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC)
08/27 - Okkervil River w/The Mynabirds - The Visulite Theatre
09/08 - ^Tosco Music Party featuring: Miss Tess & The Bon Ton Parade,The Steel Wheels, Avante, Eliot Bronson, Martin Rivas, Strictly Dixie, Desmond Myers, Carriage Club Chorus, Ellis Paul, Muriel Anderson, Actual Proof & More! - Halton Theater
09/09 - Colin Hay - McGlohon Theater
09/10 - Chris Isaak - McGlohon Theater
09/25 - Mark Kozelek (of Sun Kil Moon & Red House Painters) - The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC)
09/26 - Fiona Apple - The Fillmore Charlotte
09/27 - Frontier Ruckus - US National Whitewater Center
09/28 - ^Matthew Mayfield, Matthew Perryman Jones & Callaghan - The Evening Muse
10/01 - Gotye - Raleigh Amphitheater (Raleigh, NC)
10/02 - Allen Stone w/Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds - The Visulite Theatre
10/02 - Andrew Bird - The Neighborhood Theatre
10/07 - Bell X1 - The Casbah (Durham, NC)
10/09 - Nick Lowe - McGlohon Theater
10/11 - Jim White Combo - The Evening Muse
10/14 - Heart w/Alejandro Escovedo - Koka Booth Amphitheatre (Cary, NC)10/17 - James McMurtry - Visulite Theatre
10/24 - ^An Evening With Chris Smither - The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC)
10/26 - David Sedaris - The Durham Performing Arts Center (Durham, NC)
10/20 - Tim O'Brien with Mollie O'Brien & Rich Moore - The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC)
11/03 - The Whigs - The Visulite Theatre
11/03 - ^Motion City Soundtrack w/Jukebox the Ghost and Now, Now - Tremont Music Hall
11/16 - Justin Townes Earle w/Tift Merritt - McGlohon Theater
12/08 - Keb' Mo' - McGlohon Theater
Thank you to those who have reciprocated links or shown appreciation or have supported me in some way throughout the years. This weekly newsletter not only takes many, many hours to compile, distribute, blog and promote, but also costs a monthly fee. As many have shared with me, it's both a valuable resource, and a treasured promotional tool. I started it, (in 2003), as a service to my musician clients and friends who, at the time, had few ways of promoting their shows, or a publication that would have an interest in writing about, or even listing their independent shows. It has grown since then to include much more, but its purpose remains the same - not to be a comprehensive list, but a way to help promote and advertise those artists and venues I'm familiar enough with to personally recommend, and whom I feel may need, and appreciate, what I do.
Best of Charlotte Awards & Press    Patrons of the Arts • by Courtney Devores - The Charlotte Observer • March, 2012 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 DenĂ©e/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 #1 Music Fan (Charlotte Folk Society) |
NEW: TRENDING CHARLOTTE MUSIC - http://www.twylah.com/charlottemusic
http://www.carolinamusicconnection.com * http://charlottemusic.typepad.com/charlotte_events_calendar/ * http://charlotteeventscalendar.blogspot.com/ and http://twitter.com/charlottemusic
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