CHARLOTTE EVENTS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
 (11+ years of live music in Charlotte compiled and distributed by Laurie Koster) 
  July 30, 2014 - August 6, 2014
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**All shows are in Charlotte, NC, unless stated otherwise** 
  
**MaxxMusic Presents: Covers for a Cause featuring: The Music of Neil Young to benefit
 Wind River Cancer Wellness Retreats and Programs 
 The Double Door
 http://www.maxxmusic.com/event/620719-covers-for-cause-music-charlotte/
**MaxxMusic Presents: SUSTO w/Little District
 The Evening Muse
 8pm
 http://www.maxxmusic.com/event/613747-susto-solo-little-district-charlotte/ 
**MaxxMusic Presents: THE MELONS, THE REASON YOU STAYED, JORDAN CULBERTSON
 The Double Door
 http://www.maxxmusic.com/event/620731-melons-reason-you-stayed-charlotte/ 
**Simplified
 Small Bar
 http://www.simplifiedmusic.com 
**Chris Cook (Every Thursday)
 Sharkey's Place
 8pm-11pm
 Gastonia, NC
 https://www.facebook.com/chriscookmusic 
**The Dirty Beggars
 US National Whitewater Center
 http://usnwc.org/category/riverjam/ 
**MaxxMusic Presents: JAMIE KENT (Full Band) w/Luke Cunningham (Full Band)
 The Evening Muse
 8pm 
 http://www.maxxmusic.com/event/613741-jamie-kent-full-band-charlotte/ 
**YOUNG & IN THE WAY, DREAMY D, WUNDERBEAST
 The Neighborhood Theatre
 http://www.maxxmusic.com/event/617843-young-in-way-charlotte/
**MaxxMusic & Landshark Entertainment Present: BYOG, MOOSE KICK
 The Visulite Theatre
 http://www.maxxmusic.com/event/620315-byog-charlotte/
**MaxxMusic Presents: IMPERIAL DELUXE, Run Engine
 Double Door Inn
 http://www.maxxmusic.com/event/609327-imperial-deluxe-charlotte/ 
**Simplified
 The Rusty Rudder
 http://www.simplifiedmusic.com 
**Bless These Sounds Under the City, The Menders, Dollar Signs, Radio Lola 
 The Milestone Club
 http://www.themilestoneclub.com/
**Lenny Federal Band (Every Friday)
 The Comet Grill
 9:30pm
 http://www.cometgrillcharlotte.com * http://www.myspace.com/lennyfederal
**MaxxMusic Presents: Jimmy LaFave Trio
 The Evening Muse
 7pm
 http://www.maxxmusic.com/event/612691-jimmy-lafave-charlotte/
**Crisis Assistance Ministry Benefit - a Tribute to Led Zeppelin
 The Evening Muse
 10:30pm
 http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Aqualads, Blood Red River, Single Shot Sinners 
 Snug Harbor
 http://www.snugrock.com
**MaxxMusic Presents: THE TURNSTILES CD RELEASE PARTY! w/DIRTY GRASS SOUL
 Double Door Inn
 http://www.maxxmusic.com/event/609321-turnstiles-cd-release-party-charlotte/
**Triple C Summer Folk Festival benefiting DrumForCures featuring: Bombadil, Metrics of Affection, All That The Rain Promises, Tarpits and Canyonlands, River Whyless, A Stone, A Leaf, An Unfound Door, Sinners & Saints, Love & Misery, Stupid Little Songs, Caroline Spence. 
 Triple C Brewing Co
 4pm-9:30pm
 https://www.facebook.com/events/1450699795186766/
**Simplified
 US National Whitewater Center
 http://usnwc.org/category/riverjam/ 
**Support Local House Concerts Basement Series Presents: Quiles and Cloud 
 http://supportlocalhouseconcerts.org/
**The Loose Lugnuts
 The Comet Grill
 https://www.facebook.com/events/848907385134092/
**Rodney and the Regulars
 The Thirsty Beaver Saloon
 5pm
 https://www.facebook.com/events/322159304575303/
**The Roundtable's Sunday Edition hosted by Randy Walker (every Sunday)
 WSGE 91.7FM
 noon-1pm
 http://www.wsge.org/program/publicaff.php
**1065 The End - 90 Minutes with Divakar
 http://www.1065.com/onair/divakar-403/ 
**MaxxMusic Presents: THE BACON BROTHERS w/Cindy Alexander
 McGlohan Theater
 http://www.maxxmusic.com/event/610241-bacon-brothers-charlotte/
**Find Your Muse Open Mic with featured performer Randy Cuba
 The Evening Muse 
 8pm
 http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Monday Night All Stars (every Monday)
 The Double Door
 10pm
 http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.asp
**MaxxMusic Presents: HONOR BY AUGUST & THE GALLERY
 The Evening Muse
 8pm 
 http://www.maxxmusic.com/event/612689-honor-by-august-gallery-charlotte/ 
**Red Rocking Chair (every Tuesday)
 The Comet Grill
 http://www.cometgrillcharlotte.com
**MaxxMusic Presents: The Deslondes
 The Evening Muse
 8pm 
 http://www.maxxmusic.com/event/612687-direct-from-new-orleans-charlotte/
**MaxxMusic Presents: Wild Party
 The Double Door Inn
 http://www.maxxmusic.com/event/637833-wild-party-charlotte/ 
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 ************************************************* *** = New Additions This Week ***Charlotte Folk Society Gathering & Jams featuring Master Guitar Pickers Wayne Henderson & Clay Lunsford, Friday, August 8, Great Aunt Stella Center, 926 Elizabeth Ave., Charlotte. 7:30 PM. Free; donations appreciated. http://www.folksociety.org ***Ann Hampton Callaway Guest Stars in Sing for the Cure at Halton Theater - August 23rd - Nationally acclaimed songstress Ann Hampton Callaway joins a 100-voice chorus and orchestra to present Sing for the Cure, A Gala Concert. This one-of-a-kind program raises funds for Komen Charlotte and honors Carolina Breast Friends, Buddy Kemp Cancer Support Center and the GoJenGo Foundation. http://tix.cpcc.edu/events/ann-hampton-callaway-guests-stars-in-sing-for-the-cure **2nd Annual ZANEbash to Benefit Camp Care - August 24th 4pm at Jack Beagles - featuring: Reeve Coobs & The Band of Men, Stress Test, Maya Beth Atkins and John Dungan. http://www.zanebash.com/ **God Save the Queen City at The Chop Shop featuring: Jeff the Brotherhood, Jonny Fritz, Apache Relay, Floating Action, Natural Child, Clear Plastic Masks, Promised Land Sound, Benji Hughes, Temperance league, Ancient Cities, The Loudermilks, Sinners and Saints, The Sammies, Late Bloomer, Elonzo, Toleman Randall, AM / FM’s, Batsheet and Ren Elvis - Sat. Aug. 9th.  **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 OCTOBER! **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! Upcoming House Concerts: **Support Local House Concerts Basement Series Presents: Quiles and Cloud Aug. 2nd, Gigi Dover & Big Love Sept. 13th (Special outside show @ the Shop), Katey Laurel Oct. 18th, Nikki Taley Nov 15th, Michael Reno Harrell Dec. 13th special holiday show. http://supportlocalhouseconcerts.org/ **Common Chord Concerts Present: Mipso August 23rd http://www.commonchordconcerts.com Recent Reviews, Photos, Interviews, TV, Press and Current Events worth noting: (KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS OF THE CHARLOTTE MUSIC SCENE ALONG WITH OUR TOURING FRIENDS and EXCLUSIVE VIDEOS AT http://www.CarolinaMusicConnection.com  **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  R&R Motel Guests Latest News: ***Visit http://www.CarolinaMusicConnection.com for updates on local and touring artists we are pleased to call friends -- extremely talented and on-the-way-up friends!  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 **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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 08/03 - James Taylor - PNC Music Pavilion 
 08/07 - Rich Robinson (The Black Crowes) - The Visulite Theatre 
 08/07 - Nine Inch Nails, Soundgarden - PNC Music Pavilion
 08/08 - David Gray - Uptown Amphitheatre at NC Music Factory
 08/09 - Booker T. Jones - McGlohon Theater
 08/13 - Miniature Tigers with The Griswolds - Cat's Cradle
 08/14 - Kishi Bashi - The Visulite Theatre 
 08/16 - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC)
 08/19 - Motley Crue w/Alice Cooper - PNC Music Pavilion
 09/03 - Grouplove, Portugal the Man and Typhoon - Uptown Amphitheatre
 09/05 - Diarrhea Planet - Snug Harbor 
 09/11 - Steve Forbert - Stage Door Theater
 09/17 - Keb' Mo' - Knight Theater 
 09/19 - Real Estate - Cat's Cradle (Carrboro, NC)
 09/20 - ^Tosco Music Party - Knight Theater
 09/21 - Joshua James - Stage Door Theater 
 09/24 - OK Go - The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC) 
 09/24 - Snarky Puppy - Neighborhood Theatre
 09/27 - Ben Folds - Belk Theater 
 10/01 - Of Montreal - The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC) 
 10/03 - Ian Anderson - Blumenthal Performing Arts
 10/05 - Chris Thile - Knight Theater 
 10/09 - JJ Grey & Mofro - Neighborhood Theatre
 10/10 - Chatham County Line & Mandolin Orange - The Neighborhood Theatre 
 10/11 - Old 97's - McGlohon Theater 
 10/14 - St. Paul and the Broken Bones - Neighborhood Theatre
 10/18 - Sons of Bill - Visulite Theatre
 10/19 - Shakey Graves - The Visulite Theatre 
 10/21 - Sharon Van Etten - The Grey Eagle
 10/25 - Todd Snider - The Neighborhood Theare
 10/26 - Los Lobos - Knight Theater
 10/29 - The Milk Carton Kids & Sarah Jarosz featuring Alex Hargreaves, Paul Kowert, and Nathaniel Smith- Knight Theater
 11/01 - James McMurtry - The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC) 
 11/07 - Rachael Yamagata - The Visulite Theatre
 11/14 - Dave Mason's Traffic Jam - McGlohon Theater 
 12/12 - The Black Keys w/St. Vincent - TWCA
 02/06 - Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes at McGlohon Theater
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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 Best of Charlotte Awards & Press 
 Living it up at the 'Rock & Roll Motel'• Charlotte couple shares their home with touring rock bands. #1 Music Fan (Charlotte Folk Society) **2014 Charlotte Live Concert Wishlist - Creative Loafing - http://clclt.com/charlotte/2014-concert-wish-list/Content?oid=3284969  | 
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).

 


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