CHARLOTTE EVENTS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
(12+ years of live music in Charlotte compiled and distributed by Laurie Koster)
March 25, 2015 - April 1, 2015
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(Be sure to read/scroll to the end of the newsletter for special announcements and band news. Also, dates and times could
change, so you may want to check details before you head to a show.)
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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 March 25**MaxxMusic Presents: Miles Tackett & the 3 Times (of Breakestra!)
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com/event/775455-miles-tackett-3-times-charlotte/
**MaxxMusic Presents: The Skyla Burrell Blues Band
The Double Door Inn
http://www.maxxmusic.com/event/775511-skyla-burrell-blues-band-charlotte/
**721 Events Presents: Caroline Spence w/Lauren Shera
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Chris Cook (every Thursday)
Rudi's Bar/Club
8pm-11pm
Belmont, NC
https://www.facebook.com/events/1400839013562666/
**A Little Party to support Make-A-Wish w/The Broken Napoleons
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Jason Herring and the Mystery Plan
The Evening Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**MaxxMusic Presents: Jeffrey Broussard & The Creole Cowboys w/Carolina Gator Gumbo
The Double Door Inn
http://www.maxxmusic.com/event/778665-jeffrey-broussard-creole-charlotte/
**MaxxMusic Presents: Waka Flocka Flame w/DJ Whoo Kid, Ben G, Rapper Shane & Elevator Jay
The Neighborhood Theatre
http://www.maxxmusic.com/event/803893-waka-flocka-flame-charlotte/
**Landshark Entertainment Presents: The Air Station w/Animals, Solis and De Selby
The Visulite Theatre
http://www.visulite.com/
**Sylvia Theater Songwriter Series Featuring: Rob McHale - Charlie Coxe - Jessica Lynn - and Host Paul Finnican
The Sylvia Theater
9pm
York, SC
https://www.facebook.com/events/728545850588430/
*Sponsored listing - thank you
**Lenny Federal Band (Every Friday)
The Comet Grill
9:30pm
http://www.cometgrillcharlotte.com * http://www.myspace.com/lennyfederal
**MaxxMusic Presents: Peter Mulvey
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com/event/783095-peter-mulvey-charlotte/
**SOLAR CAT EP release w/The Business People, Del Rio, The Body Bags
The Evening Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**MaxxMusic Presents: The Nighthawks
The Double Door Inn
http://www.maxxmusic.com/event/725399-nighthawks-charlotte/
**MaxxMusic Presents: Asleep at the Wheel w/The Mike Strauss Band
Neighborhood Theatre
http://www.maxxmusic.com/event/779993-asleep-wheel-charlotte/
**Landshark Entertainment Presents: Broods w/Erik Hassle SOLD OUT
The Visulite Theatre
http://www.visulite.com/
**Dead Sara w/ The Wans & Grown Up Avenger Stuff
The Chop Shop
8:30pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/1389007191413811/
**Rick Spreitzer & The Antique Babies
Summit Coffee
8pm-11pm
Davidson, NC
http://www.rickspreitzer.com
**Simplified
Rusty Rudder
Cornelius, NC
http://www.simplifiedmusic.com
**Support Local House Concerts Basement Series Presents:
http://supportlocalhouseconcerts.org/
*sponsored listing - thank you
**MaxxMusic Presents: Rittz & Kxng Crooked :: The South-West Kings Tour w/Horseshoe G.A.N.G., J Hornay & Mr Toxix
The Neighborhood Theatre
http://www.maxxmusic.com/event/796505-rittz-kxng-crooked-charlotte/
**MaxxMusic Presents: Mikey Wax w/Alexis Keegan, Taylor Centers, Toronto in Summer
The Double Door Inn
http://www.maxxmusic.com/event/778669-mikey-wax-alexis-keegan-charlotte/
**Landshark Entertainment Presents: Martin Sexton
The Visulite Theatre
http://www.visulite.com/
**Melissa Mummert
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**The Roundtable's Sunday Edition hosted by Randy Walker (every Sunday)
WSGE 91.7FM
noon-1pm
http://www.wsge.org/?page_id=132
**1065 The End - 90 Minutes with Divakar
http://www.1065.com/onair/divakar-403/
**Find Your Muse Open Mic with Featured Performer: Chapman Suther
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Monday Night All Stars (every Monday)
The Double Door
10pm
http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.asp
**Red Rocking Chair (every Tuesday)
The Comet Grill
http://www.cometgrillcharlotte.com
**Tosco House Party Open Mic
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**MaxxMusic Presents: Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express w/Jeffrey Dean Foster
Double Door Inn
http://www.maxxmusic.com/event/760917-chuck-prophet-mission-charlotte/
**MaxxMusic Presents: Defeater w/Counterparts, Capsize, Hotel Books, Better Off
The Neighborhood Theatre
http://www.maxxmusic.com/event/766317-defeater-charlotte/
**MaxxMusic Presents: Rhiannon Giddens w/BHI Bhiman
McGlohon Theatre
http://www.maxxmusic.com/event/789837-rhiannon-giddens-charlotte/
**April Residency: Andy the Doorbum
Snug Harbor
http://www.snugrock.com
For a listing of more live music in Charlotte this week,
check out our friends at Shutter16.
http://shutter16.com
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************************************************* *** = New Additions This Week **5th Annual North Carolina Brewers and Music Festival - Historic Rural Hill in Huntersville NC May 8 and 9 - http://ncbrewsmusic.com/ **VOTED BEST AMATEUR NIGHT/OPEN MIC BY CREATIVE LOAFING 3 YEARS IN A ROW! 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. **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: Jann Klose April 25th - David Childers & Bruce Piephoff May 30th – *Special appearance by ‘Yes The Raven” June - Woody Russell Sept - http://supportlocalhouseconcerts.org/ ***Acoustic Stage Hickory NC presents: Ari Hest April. 17th – David Lindley with Marshall Ballew April. 18th - http://www.acousticstage.co/ Recent Reviews, Photos, Interviews, TV, Press and Current Events worth noting: **New Census Data Reveals Charlotte Is The #2 Fastest Growing City in America! http://globalflare.com/new-census-data-reveals-charlotte-2-fastest-growing-city-america/ **Charlotte featured in American Airlines Travel Magazine - one of the Main Attractions? The Evening Muse! http://hub.aa.com/en/aw/charlotte-north-carolina-metropolis **NoDa Is Charlotte’s Island of Interesting - Our State Magazine - https://www.ourstate.com/noda/ **CharlotteFive's Top 11 Venues in Charlotte: http://www.charlottefive.com/as-music-scene-grows-so-do-venues-breakdown-of-charlottes-top-11-venues/ (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 **Creative Loafing: Behind the Music - The Music Issue: 13 people who help keep Charlotte's scene alive and well By Jeff Hahne @jhahne - featuring: Beth Rennie, Don and Laurie Koster, Bill Hanna, Charles Holloman, Jermaine Spencer, Giovanni Gonzalez, Nathan Smalls, Dane Abernathy, Shamus Coneys, Wyley Buck Boswell, Scott Blackwood and Tammy Greene- http://clclt.com/charlotte/Content?feature=2182902 **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 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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04/10 - ^Kasim Sulton (Todd Rundgren) - The Evening Muse
04/11 - ^Nick Howard - The Evening Muse
04/11 - ^Tosco Music Party - Knight Theater
04/11 - James McMurtry - The Visulite Theatre
04/17 - Tuckfest w/Jason Isbell and Strand of Oaks - US National Whitewater Center
04/18 - Futurebirds - The Visulite Theatre
04/19 - Blitzen Trapper - The Visulite Theatre
04/20 - Leftover Salmon - The Visulite Theatre
04/20 - David Sedaris - Blumenthal Performing Arts
04/25 - Joe Pug - The Grey Eagle
05/01 - Houndmouth - The Visulite Theatre
05/03 - Mandolin Orange - The Neighborhood Theatre
05/05 - An Evening with The Doobie Brothers - Belk Theater
05/09 - ^Stu Larsen - The Evening Muse
05/09 - Great Lake Swimmers - The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC)
05/13 - Toro y Moi - Music Farm (Columbia, SC)
05/19 - ^Lake Street Dive - The Neighborhood Theatre
05/26 - Dr. John & The Nite Trippers w/Dirty Dozen Brass Band - Knight Theater
05/29 - Delbert McClinton - Neighborhood Theatre
06/06 - William Fitzsimmons - The Neighborhood Theatre
06/09 - Train w/ The Fray and Matt Nathanson - PNC Music Pavilion Charlotte
06/10 - Temples - The Visulite Theatre
06/11 - Lake Street Dive - The Neighborhood Theatre
06/18 - Snarky Puppy - The Neighborhood Theatre
06/19 - "Weird Al" Yankovic - Ovens Auditorium
06/20 - The Weepies - Neighborhood Theatre
07/29 - ^My Morning Jacket w/Lucius - Uptown Ampitheatre.
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).
