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CHARLOTTE EVENTS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
(10+ years of live music in Charlotte compiled and distributed by Laurie Koster)
November 27, 2013 - December 4, 2013
THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HAVE SUPPORTED ME, THIS
NEWSLETTER AND THE LIVE MUSIC SCENE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR,
AND THEN USE THIS TO SUPPORT ALL
THOSE WHO WORK SO HARD TO BRING
THE MUSIC TO YOU!
VOTED the BEST MUSIC BLOG IN CHARLOTTE!
and
"Best Charlotte Music Connoisseurs To Follow On Twitter"
(http://www.twitter.com/charlottemusic)
(Charlotte Music) by CBS Charlotte
8,000 TWITTER FOLLOWERS AND COUNTING!
BEGINNING IN JANUARY 2014, THERE WILL BE A SALES TAX ADDED TO
ALL TICKETS PURCHASED FOR LIVE SHOWS. YOU MAY WANT
TO PURCHASE TICKETS THAT ARE ON SALE NOW FOR ANY SHOW YOU THINK
YOU'LL BE ATTENDING IN 2014.
(Be sure to read/scroll to the end of the newsletter for special announcements and band news.)
ShomoLive! Charlotte's newest social network platform and booking tool, connecting fans, bands and venues in one location. Contact me if you'd like to set up a meeting to find out what it's all about.
**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: The Alejandro Ziegler Quartet
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/ziegler.htm
**MaxxMusic Presents: The Bill Miller Band Homecoming Concert w/Jake Haldenwang
The Double Door Inn
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/billmiller.htm
**Ancient Cities w/MerleFest Songwriting Champ Eliot Bronson
Heist Brewery
10pm
http://www.facebook.com/ancientcities
**Simplified
Hickory Tavern
http://www.simplifiedmusic.com/
**Cop Graves (November Residency)
Snug Harbor
http://www.snugrock.com
**Skinny Velvet (every Wednesday)
Jack Beagle's NoDa
8pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/502050413216367/
**Pre Thanksgiving bash with Lipstick on a Pig
The Thirsty Beaver Saloon
http://www.facebook.com/events/222890637889424/
**Original Songwriters Night at Freeman's Pub hosted Kennon Knight
Freeman's Pub
8:30pm
Gastonia, NC
http://www.facebook.com/events/1481543132070747/
Thursday Nov 28 - Happy Thanksgiving!!
**Jennifer Daniels
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com * http://clclt.com/charlotte/jennifer-daniels/Event?oid=3261882
**MaxxMusic & Landshark Entertainment Present: A Tribute To Levon Helm featuring The New Familiars & many friends
The Visulite Theatre
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/levon.htm
**Bass Church
The Neighborhood Theatre
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/basschurch.htm
**MaxxMusic Presents: Marvelous Funkshun
The Double Door Inn
http://www.doubledoorinn.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/funkshun.htm
**Dex Romweber Duo, Childers & Phillips, Secret Hospital
Snug Harbor
http://www.snugrock.com
**Lenny Federal Band w/Wicked Powers (Every Friday)
The Comet Grill
9:30pm
http://www.cometgrillcharlotte.com * http://www.myspace.com/lennyfederal
**Jennifer Knapp & Margaret Becker Hymns of Christmas
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Rick Spreitzer & The Antique Babies
Summit Coffee
8pm-11pm
Davidson, NC
http://www.rickspreitzer.com
**Matrimony w/Brave Baby & Jude Moses & Chasing Pedestrians
The Chop Shop
7pm
http://www.facebook.com/events/680491948636474/
**Douglass Thompson and his Wonderfully Confusing Songs
Angel's Upscale Consignment
6pm
Bessemer City, NC
https://www.facebook.com/events/478679518918655/
*Sponsored Listing
Sunday Dec 1
**Charlotte Blues Society Christmas Party With Delta Moon
8:00 PM
The Double Door
8pm
http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.asp
**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 "90 Minutes Plus" (Local, Regional & Indie Music)
8 pm-10 pm
WEND 106.5 The End (every Sunday)
http://www.1065.com/pages/divakar.html?_show
**Find Your Muse Open Mic w/Caleb de Casper and the Foxy Jailvixens
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Monday Night All Stars (every Monday)
The Double Door
10pm
http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.asp
**Chris Cook (Every Tuesday)
Sharkey's
7pm
Gastonia, NC
http://www.facebook.com/events/212603485559319/?ref=22
**Bill Hanna Jazz Jam (every Tuesday)
The Double Door Inn
9pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com/calendarview.aspx
**Red Rocking Chair (every Tuesday)
The Comet Grill
http://www.cometgrillcharlotte.com
**MaxxMusic & Landshark Entertainment Present: Clairy Browne & the Bangin' Rackettes
McGlohon Theater at Spirit Square
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/clairy.htm
**Tosco House Party
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Hugh Cornwell w/Temperance League and Blossoms
Tremont Music Hall
http://www.tremontmusichall.com
**Skinny Velvet (every Wednesday)
Jack Beagle's NoDa
8pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/502050413216367/
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************************************************* *** = New Additions This Week ***Congratulations to The Avett Brothers on being invited to perform at "The National Christmas Tree Lighting" for The President and The First Lady in Washington, DC! http://thenationaltree.org/ **"Rockin' Kids First" 2nd Annual Benefit Concert and Auction for Kid's First of the Carolina's. December 14 at 1:00pm until December 15 at 1:30am at The Chop Shop featuring: Chosen Rejects, Carson Hilll, The Reason You Stayed, Radio Toy Company, Rock U Roadshow, JackKnife Barbers, One More Hero, Jonas Sees In Color, Moses Jones, Jake Haldenwang Music "Halden Vang", Analog Daze, Michael Tracy, Fiftywatt Freight Train, Beyond the Fade, REVELUS, A Course of Action, Kelen Heller **VOTED BEST AMATEUR NIGHT BY CREATIVE LOAFING BEST OF 2013 - 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 ofthe Monday nights, please email us at findyourmuse@eveningmuse.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.***The Featured Performer Slots are filled through JANUARY!. 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! 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! ***Local Music Management Startup ShomoLive Launches Beta This Summer! http://detailedblock.com/2013/04/26/local-music-management-startup-shomolive-launches-beta-this-summer/ Upcoming House Concerts: **Charlotte's Other Concert Venue - Your Living Room (Jody Mace/Common Chords House Concerts talks to WFAE) http://www.wfae.org/post/charlottes-other-concert-venue-your-living-room **Support Local House Concerts Basement Series Presents: Brian Ashley Jones - Friday December 13 http://supportlocalhouseconcerts.org/ **Common Chord Concerts Present: Birds and Arrows Saturday, January 18, 2014 at 7:30pm. Recent Reviews, Photos, Interviews, TV, Press and Current Events worth noting: ***Live Review: LEGS at Evening Muse (10.16.2013) by Pat Moran: http://clture.org/?p=1311 ***Live Review: River Whyless at The Evening Muse (11.16.2013) by Kelli Raulerson: http://clture.org/?p=1317 **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: ***Watch for a new website that will feature all of these artists and more of our touring friends. ***Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds' van was broken into in NY, and their instruments stolen. If you feel so inclined and can help, please visit their page and donate to the cause via PayPal. http://www.sistersparrow.com/2013/11/26/thanksgiving/ ***Desert Noises now streaming "Dime In My Pocket" off the debut album 27 Ways, coming out March, 2014 - Stream and purchase: http://www.facebook.com/desertnoises/app_208195102528120 Radio:
**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. (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", 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/ **ROCKS! Entertainment is a Community-Based online source for music entertainment in the Piedmont area of North Carolina. https://www.facebook.com/ROCKSMagazine **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 italicized in blue
^=potential sell out - recommend getting advance tickets
* = promotional sponsor - thank you!
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12/07 - John Prine w/Justin Townes Earle - Ovens Auditorium
12/08 - Tab Benoit _ The Neighborhood Theatre
12/13 - The End Not So Acoustic X-Mas w/The Neighbourhood, The 1975 & MS MR - The Neighborhood Theatre - SOLD OUT
12/14-15 - Carolina Chocolate Drops w/ Pokey Lafarge - The Neighborhood Theatre
12/16 - Chris Isaak - Knight Theater
12/20 - Junior Astronomers and Hrvrd - Neighborhood Theatre
12/30 - Gregg Allman Band w/The New Familiars - The Fillmore Charlotte
12/31 - ^The Avett Brothers w/Shovels & Rope - TW Cable Arena
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
01/12 - B.B. King - Blumenthal Performing Arts
01/16 - Jason Isbell w/Holly Williams - Neighborhood Theatre
01/17 - Bettye LaVette - The Neighborhood Theatre
02/01-02 - Neutral Milk Hotel - Cat's Cradle (Carrboro, NC)
02/08 - ^Tosco Music Party 25th Anniversary - Knight Theater
02/19 - Jonathan Wilson - The Visulite Theater
02/14 - Pat Metheny Unity Group - Knight Theater
02/22 - Tim O'Brien & Darrell Scott - McCelvey Center (York, SC)
02/22 - HOUSINGFEST: A Concert to End Homelessness, The Blind Boys of Alabama w/Jim Lauderdale - Neighborhood Theatre
03/06 - Houndmouth w/Rayland Baxter - The Visulite Theatre
03/26 - ^Preservation Hall Jazz Band - McGlohon Theater at Spirit Square
04/19 - Chick Corea - Knight Theater
04/25 - Delta Rae - The Visulite Theatre
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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The Charlotte Weekly Happenings Newsletter, Updates and latest news can also be found at:
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
(Please forward this newsletter to your friends, and also consider a link back to mywebsite 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).
Wednesday Nov 20 - Happy Birthday Jared Allan!
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