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CHARLOTTE EVENTS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
(10+ years of live music in Charlotte compiled and distributed by Laurie Koster)
December 4, 2013 - December 11, 2013
VOTED the BEST MUSIC BLOG IN CHARLOTTE!
and
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(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.)
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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 Dec 4 - Happy Birthday John Thomsen, Darlene Moore & Duy Huynh!
**MaxxMusic & Landshark Entertainment Present: Clairy Browne & the Bangin' Rackettes w/Grown Up Avenger Stuff and Alex Kastanas
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/
**MaxxMusic Presents: Roseland w/The Ends
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/roseland.htm
**Creative Loafing's Homebrew Showcase featuring: Colby Dobbs Band, Alt-Ctrl-Sleep, Scowl Brow, Amigo, Forever FC
The Neighborhood Theatre
8pm
http://m.clclt.com/charlotte/the-return-of-jeff-hahnes-homebrew/Content?oid=3275617&issue=3274542 * https://www.facebook.com/events/168649313331750
**Simplified
Small Bar
http://www.simplifiedmusic.com
**The Fat Face Band w/Falling Rocks Duo and Mike Strauss Trio
The Evening Muse
8:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**MaxxMusic & Landshark Entertainment Present: Southern Culture On The Skids w/The Woolly Bushmen
The Visulite Theatre
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/scots.htm
**Blue Mountain Arts 10th Anniversary featuring: The Hackensaw Boys
The Double Door Inn
http://www.doubledoorinn.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/hackensaw.htm
**Hardcore Lounge, The Situationals
Snug Harbor
http://www.snugrock.com
**Simplified
Prohibition
http://www.simplifiedmusic.com
**Chuck Johnson Duo
Hickory Tavern Steelecroft
10pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/168595633348112/
**Lenny Federal Band w/Wicked Powers (Every Friday)
The Comet Grill
9:30pm
http://www.cometgrillcharlotte.com * http://www.myspace.com/lennyfederal
**MaxxMusic Presents: Yes the Raven CD Release and Tyler James Mechem EP Release and Final Southeastern Show
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/mechem.htm
**Rick Spreitzer & The Antique Babies
Vintner Wine Market
7pm-10pm
http://www.rickspreitzer.com
**The 7th Annual Beards BeCAUSE Finale featuring: Chasing Pedestrians, Grown Up Avenger Stuff and That Guy Smitty
The Neighborhood Theatre
6:30pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/519577148127039/
**MaxxMusic & Landshark Entertainment Present: Sol Driven Train w/Jon Stickley Trio
The Visulite Theatre
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/sol.htm
**Joe Firstman & Meiko with Pearl Charles, John Wesley Satterfield and Toby Weaver
The Evening Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Wham Bam Bowie Band (David Bowie Cover Band)
Roux!
9pm
http://www.facebook.com/events/193018670886816/
**Prodigal Sons
The Double Door Inn
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**Scowl Brow, Chalkies, Robert Childers
Snug Harbor
http://www.snugrock.com
**Two Cent Redemption
Angel's Upscale Consignment
6pm-9pm
Bessemer City, NC
https://www.facebook.com/events/186447744891667
*Sponsored Listing - Thank you!
Sunday Dec 8 - Happy Birthday Michelle McGee!
**MaxxMusic Presents: Tab Benoit w/Devon Allman (Unofficial Panthers Pre-Game Party)
The Neighborhood Theatre
Doors at 4:30pm
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/benoit.htm
**George Terry & The Zealots
The Thirsty Beaver
5pm
**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 "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
Monday Dec 9 - Happy Birthday Brian Snyder - Remembering you Rodney!
**Find Your Muse Open Mic w/Humble Tripe
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Monday Night All Stars (every Monday)
The Double Door
10pm
http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.asp
Tuesday Dec 10 - Happy Birthday D.J. Barton!
**Chris Cook (Every Tuesday)
Sharkey's
7pm
Gastonia, NC
**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
Wednesday Dec 11 - Happy Birthday Rhonda Thomas!
**MaxxMusic Presents: Covers for A Cause Featuring The Music Of Elvis Costello To Benefit A Child's Place
The Double Door Inn
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/covers.htm
**MaxxMusic & Landshark Entertainment Present: David Bromberg
The Visulite Theatre
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/bromberg.htm
**Simplified
Charlotte Bobcats Halftime Show
http://www.simplifiedmusic.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 (in order of performance): Chosen Rejects, Carson Hill, 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. Ticket Link: http://public.ticketbiscuit.com/chopshopnoda/Events/179994#.Uk19rEEn_Sc.facebook **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 Ashely Jones - Friday December 13; Malcolm Holcombe coming soon, too! 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: Matrimony, Chop Shop (11/30/2013): http://clclt.com/theclog/archives/2013/12/02/live-review-matrimony-chop-shop-11302013 ***Live Review: An Evening with Dave Rawlings at The Neighborhood Theatre: http://clture.org/?p=1325 **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. **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
12/13 - 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
01/24 - Phospherescent - 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
03/21 - The Duhks - The Neighborhood 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
05/02 - Arcade Fire - Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood (Atlanta, GA)
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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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).
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