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CHARLOTTE EVENTS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
(compiled and distributed by Laurie Koster since March
2003)
December 26, 2012 - January 2, 2013
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Thank you for your
support!
(Be sure to read/scroll to the end of the newsletter for special announcements and band news.)
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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
Wednesday December 26 - Happy Birthday Joe Kuhlmann!
**Rebirth
Brass Band
Neighborhood Theatre
8pm
http://www.neighborhoodtheatre.com/theatre/events/current.asp
**Clee and
Sheridan Live
Heist Brewery
9pm
http://www.simplifiedmusic.com
**Plaza
Midwood Community Radio Festivus Fund Drive w/Temperance League, Scowl Brow
& Little Bull Lee; Jason Herring DJ'n between sets
Snug
Harbor
10pm
http://www.ticketfly.com/venue/5457
**Chuck Johnson "The
Charlyhorse"
FinzRawBar
7pm
Matthews, NC
http://www.facebook.com/events/218143604987869/?ref=2
**Afton
Showcase
The Double Door Inn
6:30pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com/calendarview.aspx
**Funky
Geezer
The Bathtub Gin
Mooresville, NC
**Jared
Allan
Tilted Kilt
8pm
http://www.jaredallan.com
**Big
Octave
Blue Restaurant And Bar (at the corner of 5th and
College)
8pm-11pm
http://www.myspace.com/bigoctave
Friday December 28 - Happy
Birthday Chad Edwards!
**Amy Broome w/Marvin
Duke
Petra's Piano Bar
9pm
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/AmyBroome
**Jared
Allan
Wine Vault
7pm-11pm
http://www.jaredallan.com
**Clee and
Sheridan
Mellow Mushroom
9pm
http://www.simplifiedmusic.com
**Keller Williams w/More
Than a Little and That 1 Guy
Neighborhood Theatre
9pm
http://www.neighborhoodtheatre.com/theatre/events/shows.asp?fshow=743
**MaxxMusic Presents: Gigi
Dover & The Big Love
The Double Door
9pm
http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.asp
**Lenny Federal Band
w/Wicked Powers (Every Friday)
The Comet Grill
9:30pm
http://www.cometgrillcharlotte.com * http://www.myspace.com/lennyfederal
**Modern Primitives,
Aqualads, Dave & The Strange, The New Red Lights
The Milestone
Club
http://www.milestoneclub.com
**The Lefty Williams
Band
The Gin Mill
10pm
http://www.facebook.com/events/388591224548546/?ref=2
**Chris
Cook
Freeman's Pub
9:30pm
Gastonia, NC
**Earphunk
The
Double Door Inn
10pm
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/earphunk.htm
**Drivin' N Cryin' and Blue
Dogs
Neighborhood Theatre
8:30pm
http://www.neighborhoodtheatre.com/theatre/events/shows.asp?fshow=1020
Sunday December 30 - Happy Birthday Kristen
Garber!
**Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty
Band & The Mantras w/Stamper
The Neighborhood
Theatre
9:30pm
http://www.neighborhoodtheatre.com/theatre/events/shows.asp?fshow=1020
**Afton
Showcase
The Evening Muse
6:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**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
Monday December 31 - Happy Birthday Pat Boyer & Daniel
Flynn!
**John Tosco's 3rd Annual
New Year's Eve Variety Show
McGlohon Theater at Spirit
Square
8pm-10pm
http://www.toscomusicparty.org
**The New Familiars 2nd
Annual New Year's Celebration
Paramount Ballroom
10pm
Concord, NC
http://www.facebook.com/events/562722930410372/?ref=2
**Simplified
NC
Music Factory - The Saloon
Tickets are $50 per person for admittance & an
all inclusive package including the following: Food Buffet, Beer, Well Drinks,
Call Drinks, Champagne Toast, & Party Favors.
http://www.simplifiedmusic.com
**N*Y*E* :: Black Market +
Modern Primitives + Solar Cat + Reader
Sanctuary Pub
9pm
http://www.facebook.com/events/439950462733285/
**MaxxMusic Presents: The
Spongetones - New Year's Eve Celebration
The Double Door
Inn
9:30pm
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/spongetones.htm
**Chuck Johnson "the
Charlyhorse" and Tom Kuhn
Big Bens
9pm
http://www.facebook.com/events/105787582925665/?ref=2
**Scowl Brow, Human Pippi
Armstrong, Chalkies, Elves, The Kpsoloman5000 Quartet
The Milestone
Club
http://www.milestoneclub.com
Tuesday January 1, 2013 - Happy New Year! - Happy Birthday Kevin
Brawley, Aaron Calnek, Barry Finnegan & Bob
Graham!
**Red Rocking Chair (every
Tuesday)
The Comet Grill
http://www.cometgrillcharlotte.com
Wednesday January 2
**January
Residency: Elonzo, Sinners & Saints
Snug Harbor
10pm
http://www.ticketfly.com/venue/5457
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**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 JANUARY. 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 - http://www.twitter.com/FindYourMuseClt. **Thank you for your support of the SHOMOLIVE Indiegogo fundraising campaign! We raised almost $10,000! Visit http://www.indiegogo.com/shomo?c=activity&a=1434608 to read all the great press from The Examiner, The Impaler Speaks, CLTBuzz, Historic SouthEnd, CltBlog and More! Upcoming House Concerts: **Common Chord Concerts presents: Samantha Crain 01/27/13 https://www.facebook.com/events/387511544668559/ **Support Local House Concerts Basement Series Presents: Tori Sparks (Barcelona, Spain) 01/05/13; Steafan Hanvey (Dublin) 03/23/13 http://www.supportlocalhouseconcerts.org * http://www.facebook.com/events/102770896540225/ **2012 Teagarden House Concerts (South Charlotte, NC) 02/09: The Cloers CD Release Party; teagardensound@gmail.com. Recent Reviews, Photos, Interviews, TV, Press and Current Events worth noting: **Watch the Chevy Malibu Commercial featuring Matrimony's song "Obey Your Guns" here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmWRkLZqwn4&feature=player_embedded **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/ R&R Motel Guests Latest News: **Look for Desert Noises at SXSW 2013! (and a possible return to The Evening Muse in March, as well as a return visit from Joshua James!) **Both NPR All Songs and Paste Magazine named Kishi Bashi one of the best new artists of 2012!
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 |
***Looking Ahead: (new additions or
updates)
(^=Potential sell out - recommend getting
advance
tickets)
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01/09 - Covers For A Cause Featuring The Music Of Warren Zevon For
Urban Ministry Center feat. The Turnstiles, Temperance League, Mike Strauss,
The Barbed Wires, Loose Lugnuts & More! - The Double Door
Inn
01/17 - Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
- The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC)
01/26 - ^Tosco Music Party featuring:
Rebecca Loebe, Natalie Royal, Mark Kroos, Peter Mulvey, Sarah Morgan, Seth
Glier, 10 String Symphony - Halton Theater
01/26 -
Calexico - Cat's Cradle - (Carrboro, NC)
01/30 - The xx - The Orange Peel (Asheville,
NC)
01/31 - Jeff Mangum (Neutral Milk Hotel)
- The Neighborhood Theatre
02/01 - A Silent Film -
The Fillmore Charlotte
02/01 - Travis Tritt solo acoustic -
Knight Theater
02/05 - Zappa plays Zappa - The Neighborhood
Theatre
02/07 - Soul Aslyum - The Visulite
Theatre
02/09 - Sixpence None The Richer
- The Neighborhood Theatre
02/13 -
Old 97's - The Orange Peel (Asheville, NC)
02/14 - Joe Pug - The Visulite Theatre
02/15 - Delbert McClinton - The
Neighborhood Theatre
02/16 - Imagine Dragons
- The Orange Peel (Asheville, NC) - SOLD
OUT
02/22 - ^Tame Impala - The Orange Peel (Asheville,
NC)
02/26 - RaRa Riot - The Grey Eagle
(Asheville, NC)
03/01 -
^George
Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic - The Neighborhood Theatre
03/17- ^Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
w/Sharon Van Etten - SOLD
OUT
03/19 - Local
Natives - The Orange Peel (Asheville, NC)
03/30 -
The Apache Relay - The Visulite Theatre
03/30 - An
Evening with Iris Dement - The Grey Eagle (Asheville,
NC)
04/07 - Diana Krall - Ovens Auditorium
04/22 - David Sedaris - Belk Theater
04/26 -
Kim Richey - The Evening Muse
05/13 - Josh Ritter w/The Felice Brothers - The Orange Peel
(Asheville, NC)
THANK YOU!
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.|
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http://www.carolinamusicconnection.com * 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).
