CHARLOTTE EVENTS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
(14+ years of live music in Charlotte compiled and distributed by Laurie Koster)
December 9, 2015 - December 16, 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
**Reeve Coobs w/ Jason Atkins & Maya Atkins
Eaglespeak Coffee House
8pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/557199224443936/
**MaxxMusic Presents: All That Remains,
Devour The Day,
Audiotopsy,
Sons of Texas,
Something Clever
Neighborhood Theatre
http://www.neighborhoodtheatre.com
**Possessed by Paul James
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com * https://www.facebook.com/events/1681253552120219/
**MaxxMusic Presents: Andy McKee
Neighborhood Theatre
http://www.neighborhoodtheatre.com
**Summit Coffee Songwriter Series featuring: Mike Alicke, Rusty Knox, Doug Thompson and Grover Windham
Summit Coffee
8pm-11pm
http://www.summitcoffee.com
*sponsored listing - thank you!
Friday Dec 11**River Whyless w/Justin Ringle (of Horse Feathers)
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
* https://www.facebook.com/events/682270775207093/
**Patabamba w/Ernie
The Evening Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com *https://www.facebook.com/events/498578310303248/
**The Rob McHale Band
Cafe 100
7pm-9pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/184950715187645/
*sponsored listing - thank you!
**MaxxMusic Presents: John Scofield & Jon Cleary Duo
McGlohon Theatre
http://www.maxxmusic.com
**MaxxMusic Presents: Samantha Fish w/Luxuriant Sedan
Neighborhood Theatre
http://www.neighborhoodtheatre.com
**MaxxMusic Presents: The Traffic Jam All Star Band feat Harvey Dalton Arnold, Former member of the Outlaws
The Double Door Inn
http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.asp
**Midwood Entertainment's 1st Annual Holiday Party featuring Forlorn Strangers
Free Range Brewing
5:30pm-8:30pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/1005069879534713/
**Southern Culture on the Skids w/6 String Drag
The Visulite Theatre
http://www.visulite.com
**Hectorina // Ghost Dogs // Sam the Lion
Petra's
https://www.facebook.com/events/905615139525464/
**Heroin Kills Awareness Show
The Station
https://www.facebook.com/events/170799659938167/
**Lenny Federal Band (Every Friday)
The Comet Grill
9:30pm
http://www.cometgrillcharlotte.com * http://www.myspace.com/lennyfederal
Saturday Dec 12
**Lera Lynn w/Eliot Bronson
The Visulite Theatre
http://www.visulite.com
**MaxxMusic Presents: Whitehorse w/Aaron Lee Tasjan
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**The Well Reds Holiday Party w/Kingston Show
The Evening Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com * https://www.facebook.com/events/1704023419835518\
**MaxxMusic Presents: Young & In the Way, Scowl Brow,
The Seduction,
Funeral Chic
Neighborhood Theatre
http://www.neighborhoodtheatre.com
**MaxxMusic Presents: Bill Kirchen
Double Door Inn
http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.asp
Sunday Dec 13**The Grass Station Hot Dogs Good Time Christmas Show featuring: Funky Geezer,
Mike Strauss,
Stolen Hearts,
Chuck Johnson,
Gigi Dover & Eric Lovell,
Kevin Marshall,
Jeff LeVack
The Evening Muse (PLEASE BRING CANNED FOOD DONATIONS)
7pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**MaxxMusic Presents: Wink Keziah's Annual Christmas Bash w/The Bill Miller Band
Double Door Inn
http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.asp
**1065 The End - 90 Minutes with Divakar
http://www.1065.com/onair/divakar-403/
Monday Dec 14**Find Your Muse Open Mic w/featured performer Julie Haberstick
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 15**Bill Hanna Jazz Jam (every Tuesday)
The Double Door
10pm
http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.asp
**Red Rocking Chair (every Tuesday)
The Comet Grill
http://www.cometgrillcharlotte.com
**Lauren Jenkins and
Ingrid Andress
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**MaxxMusic Presents: Look Homeward
Double Door Inn
http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.asp
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 **VOTED BEST AMATEUR NIGHT/OPEN MIC BY CREATIVE LOAFING 4 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: Lipbone Redding Dec 19th – Flagship Romance Feb 6th – Quiles & Cloud Mar 19th - Danielle Miraglia July 22nd http://supportlocalhouseconcerts.org/ 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/ **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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12/20 - Jump Little Children - Visulite Theatre - SOLD OUT
12/31 - The New Familiars bid farewell - The Neighborhood Theatre
01/21 - Joe Pug w/Horse Feathers - The Visulite Theatre
01/30 - ^Tosco Music Party - Knight Theater
02/10 - Colin Hay - McGlohon Theater
02/18 - Tauk - The Visulite Theatre
03/04 - Jason Isbell with Shovels and Rope - Ovens Auditorium
03/11 - John Mayall - Neighborhood Theatre
03/22 - Joe Satriani - Knight Theater
03/28 - ^The Moody Blues - Belk 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 |
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