CHARLOTTE EVENTS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
 (11+ years of live music in Charlotte compiled and distributed by Laurie Koster) 
  August 27, 2014 - September 3, 2014
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**All shows are in Charlotte, NC, unless stated otherwise** 
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 WED | THU | FRI | SAT | SUN | MON | TUE | WED
 
 What's New | Looking Ahead | Thank You | Links 
**MaxxMusic Presents: Parsonsfield (formerly Poor Old Shine) joined by Jim Avett w/Keelan Donovan Band
 The Evening Muse
 8pm 
 http://www.maxxmusic.com/event/638131-parsonsfield-formerly-poor-charlotte/
**August Residency: Blossoms w/Andy the Doorbum, DUMB Doctors, Koosh, DJ Cody Hare 
 Snug Harbor 
 http://www.snugrock.com
**MaxxMusic Presents: Hornitz with Groove 8 and Stamper
 The Double Door Inn
 http://www.maxxmusic.com/event/669161-hornitz-charlotte/ 
**Jared Allan
 Olde Mecklenburg Brewery
 6pm-9pm
 http://www.jaredallan.com 
**The Grand Shell Game (e-s Guthrie) w/Jimmy Brown (Matrimony)
 The Evening Muse
 8pm
 http://www.eveningmuse.com 
**MaxxMusic Presents: The Galactic Cowboy Orchestra
 The Double Door
 http://www.maxxmusic.com/event/620843-galactic-cowboy-orchestra-charlotte/
**MaxxMusic Presents: Broadcast Safe, Tyler Brown, Sounds of Cannon and Solis
 Neighborhood Theatre
  http://www.maxxmusic.com/event/640815-broadcast-safe-tyler-brown-charlotte/
**Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys
 US National Whitewater Center
 http://usnwc.org/category/riverjam/ 
**Chris Cook (Every Thursday)
 Sharkey's Place
 8pm-11pm
 Gastonia, NC
 https://www.facebook.com/chriscookmusic 
**MaxxMusic Presents: aMUSEments - A night of music, magic and laughs
 The Evening Muse
 8pm 
 http://www.eveningmuse.com 
**MaxxMusic Presents: Chris Duarte
 Double Door Inn
 http://www.maxxmusic.com/event/609279-chris-duarte-charlotte/
**MaxxMusic presents: Warsong w/Jeremiah Wilde and Milennial
 The Neighborhood Theatre 
 http://www.maxxmusic.com/event/639465-warsong-jeremiah-wilde-charlotte/
**Lenny Federal Band (Every Friday)
 The Comet Grill
 9:30pm
 http://www.cometgrillcharlotte.com * http://www.myspace.com/lennyfederal
**MaxxMusic Presents: The Tarlatans w/special guest Steven Fiore
 The Evening Muse
 8pm
 http://www.eveningmuse.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com/event/638323-tarlatans-special-guest-charlotte/
**MaxxMusic Presents: Wavytrain
 Double Door Inn
 http://www.maxxmusic.com/event/665371-wavytrain-charlotte/ 
**Friction, Gyromite & Severe, Heavy Heads, Arcade
 The Neighborhood Theatre
 http://www.maxxmusic.com/event/607445-friction-charlotte/
**MaxxMusic Presents: The Legendary Briarhoppers 80th Birthday Celebration
 McGlohan Theater
 http://www.maxxmusic.com/event/610231-legendary-briarhoppers-80th-charlotte/
**Bless These Sounds Under The City, Coldair 
 Snug Harbor
 http://www.snugrock.com
**HaldenVang
 McHales on Main
 10pm
 https://www.facebook.com/events/324471554393189/
**The Ramparts 
 Angel's Consignment
 7pm
 https://www.facebook.com/events/690344701052898/
 *Sponsored listing. Thank you!
**Oak Creek Band
 US National Whitewater Center
 http://usnwc.org/blue-dogs/
**COMICVILLE - TV Pilot/Taping (7PM & 9:30PM shows)
 The Neighborhood Theatre
 http://www.maxxmusic.com/event/650515-comicville-tv-pilot-taping-charlotte/
**MaxxMusic Presents Eddie Turner
 The Double Door Inn
 http://www.maxxmusic.com/event/664237-eddie-turner-charlotte/
**Ozone w/Soup
 The Evening Muse
 8pm
 http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Mike Strauss Band
 The Thirsty Beaver
 5pm
 http://www.mikestraussband.com
**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/ 
 Monday September 1 (Labor Day)
 
**Find Your Muse Open Mic with Featured Performer Amy Andrews
 The Evening Muse 
 8pm
 http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Monday Night All Stars (every Monday)
 The Double Door
 10pm
 http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.asp
**Darin Aldridge hosts Bluegrass Nights
 Angel's Consignment
 7:30pm
 https://www.facebook.com/events/1471161059820971/
 *Sponsored listing. Thank you!
**Red Rocking Chair (every Tuesday)
 The Comet Grill
 http://www.cometgrillcharlotte.com
**MaxxMusic & Landshark Entertainment presents: You Me & Apollo w/Elonzo
 The Visulite Theatre
 http://www.visulite.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com/event/644661-you-me-apollo-charlotte/
**Tosco House Party
 The Evening Muse
 8pm 
 http://www.eveningmuse.com
**August Residency: Ghost Trees
 Snug Harbor 
 http://www.snugrock.com
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 ************************************************* *** = New Additions This Week ***Charlotte Beerfest 2014! The inaugural Charlotte Beerfest (featuring 100 beers) will be held 5–9pm on September 20th, with exclusive VIP sampling 4–9pm at BB&T Ballpark in Uptown Charlotte featuring music by Blues Traveler, Simplified and Charity Case! http://charlottebeerfest.com/ **VOTED BEST AMATEUR NIGHT BY CREATIVE LOAFING - 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 NOVEMBER! **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: Gigi Dover & Big Love Sept. 13th (Special outside show @ the Shop), Special FunkinJamFest “A gathering of the Tribes” Oct. 18th, (@ The Shop) Nikki Talley Nov 15th, Michael Reno Harrell Dec. 13th special holiday show. - 2015: Jon Shain Feb. 6th, Natasha Borzilova Mar. 21st, Jann Klose April 25th http://supportlocalhouseconcerts.org/ **Common Chord Concerts Present: David Childers Nov. 9th 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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 09/03 - Grouplove, Portugal the Man and Typhoon - Uptown Amphitheatre
 09/05 - Diarrhea Planet - Snug Harbor 
 09/09 -^Levi Lowrey & Angie Aparo - The Evening Muse
 09/11 -^An Evening with David Mayfield Parade - Evening Muse
 09/11 - Steve Forbert - Stage Door Theater
 09/19 - Real Estate - Cat's Cradle (Carrboro, NC)
 09/20 - ^Tosco Music Party - Knight Theater
 09/21 - Joshua James - Stage Door Theater 
 09/22 - Keb' Mo' - Knight 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 - Desert Noises - US National Whitewater Center
 10/14 - St. Paul and the Broken Bones - Neighborhood Theatre
 10/19 - ^Shakey Graves - The Visulite Theatre 
 10/21 - ^The Jayhawks - The Neighborhood Theatre
 10/21 - Sharon Van Etten - The Grey Eagle
 10/25 - Capital Cities - The Ritz (Raleigh, NC)
 10/25 - Todd Snider - The Neighborhood Theare
 10/26 - Los Lobos - Knight Theater
 10/28 - ^Lake Street Dive - Neighborhood Theatre 
 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
 11/08 - ^Noah Gunderson - Visulite Theatre
 11/14 - Dave Mason's Traffic Jam - McGlohon Theater 
 11/15 - Guided by Voices w/Bobby Bare, Jr. - Cat's Cradle (Carrboro, NC)
 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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