Soundwave by Queen City Nerve

The Soundwave is Queen City Nerve’s comprehensive guide to live music happening in Charlotte every night of the week. This list is pulled together by our editorial team every other week from combing through Charlotte music venue calendars and separated by genre. None of these listings are paid advertisements. We understand that many non-traditional music venues offer live music like coffee shops, breweries, art galleries, community events and more.

This list may not have every event listed. To have a venue included in the editorial compilation of this list, please send an email to info@qcnerve.com with the subject “Soundwave.”

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Disclaimer: Genres are subjective and actually quite stupid. If you haven’t heard of a specific artist on this list, Google is your friend.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5

ROCK/PUNK/METAL

• Duunes w/ Yesterday’s Clothes, Cheer Up! (Snug Harbor)

HIP-HOP/SOUL/R&B

• JoDavi w/ Serena Amor, Randy Sandoli (Evening Muse)
• Nine Vicious (The Underground)

POP/DANCE/ELECTRONIC/DJ

• Chance Peña (The Fillmore)

JAZZ/BLUES

• Bop Theory Jazz Jam (Eighty Eights)*
• Rod McCoy (Middle C Jazz)
• Wednesday Jazz Jam feat. Lovell Bradford Trio (VisArt Video)*
• Pocket Aces (Smokey Joe’s Cafe & Bar)*

COUNTRY/FOLK/AMERICANA

• NC Bluegrass Jam Night (Birdsong Brewing)

COVER BANDS

• Eternally Grateful (Comet Grill)

OPEN MIC

• Singer/Songwriter Open Mic (The Rooster)*
• Starlight Jams Open Mic (Starlight on 22nd)*

THURSDAY, AUGUST 6

ROCK/PUNK/METAL

• Ten02 w/ Bourbon Sons, Under High Street (Petra’s)

POP/DANCE/ELECTRONIC/DJ

• Desmond Myers w/ Aaron Rizzo (Evening Muse)

SINGER-SONGWRITER/ACOUSTIC

• Jade Moore (Comet Grill)

FUNK/JAM BANDS/REGGAE

• Shana Blake’s Musical Menagerie (Smokey Joe’s Cafe & Bar)*

COVER BANDS

• A Night of Stevie Wonder feat. Tony Hightower & Mike Jones (Middle C Jazz)

FRIDAY, AUGUST 7

ROCK/PUNK/METAL

• Slugline w/ Lowlife, Crosshair, Phantomology (The Milestone)
• The Fray (Skyla Amptheatre)
• The Abstratica w/ Bluegill, Aurora’s Hope (Snug Harbor)

JAZZ/BLUES

• Friday Night Vibe (Eighty Eights)
• Jonathan Butler (Middle C Jazz)

POP/DANCE/ELECTRONIC/DJ

• Playa: Reggaeton Night (The Music Yard)
• Siniestre: Tribal Dark (Snug Harbor)
• Tape B & Levity (Truliant Amphitheater)

COUNTRY/FOLK/AMERICANA

• Shake the Dust w/ Carolina Gator Gumbo (Evening Muse)

INSTRUMENTAL/CLASSICAL

• Greazy Keyz (The Spoke Easy)

SINGER-SONGWRITER/ACOUSTIC

• Dustin Yager Duo (Goldie’s)
• Nathan Dowdy (Heist Brewery)
• Nathan Davis (Heist Brewery & Barrel Arts)

COVER BANDS

• Unleashed (Judas Priest tribute) w/ Aristocrat (Amos’ Southend)
• A Night of Ascension (The Rooster)
• Tell Me Lies (TD Amp Ballantyne)
• Sam Holt Band: Remembering Mikey (Visulite Theatre)

SATURDAY, AUGUST 8

ROCK/PUNK/METAL

• RedrumSociety (Comet Grill)
• TRHA w/ Saidan, BArbelith, Nihilist Militia, Buried Asunder (The Milestone)
• Bryan Adams w/ Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo (Spectrum Center)

COUNTRY/FOLK/AMERICANA

• Krista Lynn Meadow w/ Rod Fiske Duo (Goldie’s)

POP/DANCE/ELECTRONIC/DJ

• Purgatory (Amos’ Southend)
• Gathered (The Music Yard)
• Ultraviolet Sapphic Dance Party (Petra’s)
• Jade Butterfly w/ MUZ, Van Horton (Snug Harbor)
• Cumbiatron (The Underground)

JAZZ/BLUES

• Cosmic Collective (Birdsong Brewing)
• Pocket Aces (Eighty Eights)
• Jonathan Butler (Middle C Jazz)

EXPERIMENTAL/MIXED-GENRE/FESTIVAL

• Execution Fest (The Rooster)

SINGER-SONGWRITER/ACOUSTIC

• Jared Evans (Heist Brewery)

LATIN/WORLD/K-POP

• Subterranea Presents: Rock En Espanol Vol. 3 (Starlight on 22nd)

FUNK/JAM BANDS/REGGAE

• Rastacoustic (Visulite Theatre)

SUNDAY, AUGUST 9

COUNTRY/FOLK/AMERICANA

• Mumford & Sons (Spectrum Center)

JAZZ/BLUES

• Omari & the Hellhounds (Comet Grill)*
• Braxton Bateman (Eighty Eights)*

SINGER-SONGWRITER/ACOUSTIC

• James Brock & Friends (Smokey Joe’s Cafe & Bar)*

FUNK/JAM BANDS/REGGAE

• Mood Fauna (Heist Brewery)

LATIN/WORLD/K-POP

• Bronco (Ovens Auditorium)

COVER BANDS

• Tribute to Tony Bennett feat. Joe Grandsden & Noel Freidline (Middle C Jazz)

MONDAY, AUGUST 10

ROCK/PUNK/METAL

• Muse (Truliant Amphitheater)

JAZZ/BLUES

• The Bill Hanna Legacy Jazz Session (Petra’s)

OPEN MIC

• Find Your Muse Open Mic feat. Sam Perry (Evening Muse)

TUESDAY, AUGUST 11

ROCK/PUNK/METAL

• Eternal w/ Goatse, Divinicide (The Milestone)
• Franz Ferdinand (Neighborhood Theatre)

COUNTRY/FOLK/AMERICANA

• CLT Bluegrass Allstars (Comet Grill)*

SINGER-SONGWRITER/ACOUSTIC

• Mike Strauss Trio & Friends (VisArt Video)

JAZZ/BLUES

• Menastree (Evening Muse)

COVER BANDS

• Brit Floyd (Ovens Auditorium)

OPEN MIC

• Crown Collab Funk Jam & Open Mic (Crown Station)*
• Open Mic Night feat. The Smokin J’s (Smokey Joe’s Cafe & Bar)*

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12

ROCK/PUNK/METAL

• Anyone Awake w/ Melodramatic, The Stone Popes

HIP-HOP/SOUL/R&B

• PJ Morton (Carolina Theatre)

POP/DANCE/ELECTRONIC/DJ

• Kesha (Truliant Amphitheater)

JAZZ/BLUES

• Bop Theory Jazz Jam (Eighty Eights)*
• Pocket Aces (Smokey Joe’s Cafe & Bar)*
• Wednesday Jazz Jam feat. Lovell Bradford Trio (VisArt Video)*

LATIN/WORLD/K-POP

• Mon Laferte (Ovens Auditorium)

COUNTRY/FOLK/AMERICANA

• Crystal Fountains (Comet Grill)

COVER BANDS

• Funk of California (Middle C Jazz)

OPEN MIC

• Singer/Songwriter Open Mic (The Rooster)*
• Starlight Jams Open Mic (Starlight on 22nd)*

THURSDAY, AUGUST 13

ROCK/PUNK/METAL

• Foreign Hands w/ Church Tongue, Your Spirit Dies, Reality, Broken Bonds (The Milestone)
• Vigil For Flower w/ Mariah Van Kleef, Pocket Scotch (Petra’s)

FUNK/JAM BANDS/REGGAE

• Hunter Omari Travis (Comet Grill)
• Shana Blake’s Musical Menagerie (Smokey Joe’s Cafe & Bar)*

HIP-HOP/SOUL/R&B

• Isaiah Rashad (The Fillmore)

COUNTRY/FOLK/AMERICANA

• Jarrod Morris w/ Alex Rogers (Evening Muse)

COVER BANDS

• Peace & Love: Motown to Minneapolis (Middle C Jazz)

FRIDAY, AUGUST 14

ROCK/PUNK/METAL

• The Lenny Federal Band (Comet Grill)*
• blankstate. w/ Pictures of Vernon (Evening Muse)
• Wilde Green w/ Remote View, Bergenline, DJ Blondzai (The Milestone)
• Found Footage w/ Rothschild, Major League Debut (Petra’s)
• Tyger w/ ZZ Top Fuel, Psychedelic Attic (The Rooster)

JAZZ/BLUES

• King Noli & The Dynasty (Eighty Eights)

SINGER-SONGWRITER/ACOUSTIC

• Lukas Delgra (Heist Brewery)
• Alexa Jenson (The Spoke Easy)

POP/DANCE/ELECTRONIC/DJ

• Spindilicious w/ Mizzo (Cue @ Blackbox Theater)
• Eli & Fur (The Music Yard)
• Baila Habibi (The Underground)

CHRISTIAN/GOSPEL/RELIGIOUS

• Stellar Gospel Awards Pre-Show (Carolina Theatre)

LATIN/WORLD/K-POP

• John & The Locals (Blackbox Theater)
• Mariachazo (Ovens Auditorium)

FUNK/JAM BANDS/REGGAE

• Josh Tatofi (Neighborhood Theatre)
• Dune Blue w/ Celler Dwellers, Winterteeth (Snug Harbor)

COUNTRY/FOLK/AMERICANA

• Tim McGraw (Truliant Amphitheater)
• Cordovas w/ Time Sawyer, Gavin Kattesh (Visulite Theatre)

COVER BANDS

• Undertow (Tool tribute) w/ Shortest Straw (Amos’ Southend)
• Work Trip Band w/ Grievous Angels (Goldie’s)
• Funky Like Sunday (James Brown tribute) (Middle C Jazz)

SATURDAY, AUGUST 15

ROCK/PUNK/METAL

• American Aquarium (Neighborhood Theatre)
• Michael Tracy w/ Kudzu Jam (The Rooster)

POP/DANCE/ELECTRONIC/DJ

• Once Upon a TWIRL: Enchanted Garden (Blackbox Theater)
• AfroPop! (Crown Station)*
• Tristen (Evening Muse)
• Colors Presents: R&B Only (The Fillmore)
• Digital Noir feat. DJ Spider, DJ Sanityana (The Milestone)
• Girls Room Pride Festival (The Music Yard)
• Gravitate (Petra’s)
• 5 Seconds of Summer (Truliant Amphitheater)

JAZZ/BLUES

• Derwin ‘D. Friday’ Friday (Eighty Eights)
• BK Jackson (Middle C Jazz)

COUNTRY/FOLK/AMERICANA

• Jarrett Raymond (Heist Brewery & Barrel Arts)

CHRISTIAN/GOSPEL/RELIGIOUS

• 41st Annual Stellar Awards (Spectrum Center)

HIP-HOP/SOUL/R&B

• Raq Baby (The Underground)

SINGER-SONGWRITER/ACOUSTIC

• PK Chaney w/ Nobody Important (Starlight on 22nd)

COVER BANDS

• Spiderwebs (Gwen Stefani tribute) w/ Confetti Cannon (Amos’ Southend)
  90s/Y2K Kids w/ Bailey Marie Duo (Goldie’s)
  Cosmic Charlie (Visulite Theatre)

SUNDAY, AUGUST 16

ROCK/PUNK/METAL

• The Late Greats (Evening Muse)
• Avenged Sevenfold (Truliant Amphitheater)

JAZZ/BLUES

• Omari & the Hellhounds (Comet Grill)*
• Braxton Bateman (Eighty Eights)*
• Johnny O’Neal Trio (Middle C Jazz)

HIP-HOP/SOUL/R&B

• Ella Mai (Skyla Amphitheatre)

SINGER-SONGWRITER/ACOUSTIC

• Anna J (Heist Brewery)
• James Brock & Friends (Smokey Joe’s Cafe & Bar)*

LATIN/WORLD/K-POP

• Los Tucanes De Tijuana (Ovens Auditorium)

POP/DANCE/ELECTRONIC/DJ

• Once Upon a TWIRL: Enchanted Garden (Blackbox Theater)
• Hazy Sunday (Petra’s)

COVER BANDS

• School of Rock (Heist Brewery & Barrel Arts)

MONDAY, AUGUST 17

ROCK/PUNK/METAL

• Komrads w/ Solemn Shapes, Secret Idol, DJ Christian (The Milestone)
• Mötley Crüe (Truliant Amphitheater)

LATIN/WORLD/K-POP

• Omega X (Blackbox Theater)

JAZZ/BLUES

• The Bill Hanna Legacy Jazz Session (Petra’s)

OPEN MIC

• Find Your Muse Open Mic (Evening Muse)

TUESDAY, AUGUST 18

ROCK/PUNK/METAL

• Augustana (Evening Muse)

COUNTRY/FOLK/AMERICANA

• CLT Bluegrass Allstars (Comet Grill)*

POP/DANCE/ELECTRONIC/DJ

• Poppy (The Fillmore)

COVER BANDS

• Emerald Empire Band (Heist Brewery & Barrel Arts)
  Broadway After Dark (Middle C Jazz)

OPEN MIC

• Crown Collab Funk Jam & Open Mic (Crown Station)*
• Open Mic Night feat. The Smokin J’s (Smokey Joe’s Cafe & Bar)*

*Weekly events that may be subject to change.

To buy tickets or find more info on shows, visit the venue websites here:

Amos’ Southend; 1423 S. Tryon St.; 704-595-7585
Bank of America Stadium; 800 S. Mint St.; 704-358-7000
Belk Theater; 130 N. Tryon St.; 704-372-1000
Birdsong Brewing; 1016 N. Davidson St.; 704-332-1810
Blackbox Theater; 421 E. Sugar Creek; 704-765-2467
Bojangles Coliseum; 2700 E. Independence Blvd.; 704-372-3600
Camp North End; 300 Camp Road; 980-337-4600
Carolina Theatre; 230 N. Tryon St.; 704-828-6220
Comet Grill; 2224 Park Road; 704-371-4300
Coyote Joe’s; 4621 Wilkinson Blvd.; 704-399-4946
Crown Station; 3629 N. Davidson St.; 704-210-9949
Eighty Eights; 4237 Raleigh St., Suite 3; 980-236-8443
Evening Muse; 3227 N. Davidson St., 704-376-3737
The Fillmore; 820 Hamilton St.; 704-916-8970
Free Range Brewing; 2320 N. Davidson St.; 980-201-9096
Goldie’s; 3601 South Blvd.; 704-910-4085
Heist Brewery & Barrel Arts; 1030 Woodward Ave.; 704-595-3111
Knight Theater; 430 S. Tryon St.; 704-372-1000
The Long Room; 1111 Central Avenue, Suite 230; 704-313-6616
Lunchbox Records; 825 Central Ave.; 704-331-0788
Middle C Jazz; 300 S. Brevard St.; 704-337-8001
The Milestone Club; 3400 Tuckaseegee Road; 704-398-0472
The Music Yard; 2433 South Blvd.; 704-320-6379
Neighborhood Theatre; 511 E. 36th St.; 704-942-7997
Ovens Auditorium; 2700 E. Independence Blvd.; 704-372-3600
Petra’s; 1919 Commonwealth Ave.; 704-332-6608
Primal Brewery; 16432 Old Statesville Road, Huntersville; 704-947-2920
The Rooster; 334 W. Main Ave., Gastonia; 704-616-0291
Salud Cerveceria; 3306-C N. Davidson St.; 980-495-6612
Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre; 1000 NC Music Factory Blvd.; 704-549-1292
Smokey Joe’s Café; 510 Briar Creek Road; 704-338-9380
Snug Harbor; 1228 Gordon St.; info@snugrock.com
Spectrum Center; 333 E. Trade St.; 704-688-9000
The Spoke Easy; 1530 Elizabeth Ave., Suite 100; 980-224-7681
Stage Door Theater; 155 N. College St.; 704-372-1000
Starlight on 22nd; 422 E. 22nd St.; 980-225-7709
TD Amp Ballantyne; 11115 Upper Ave.; 704-248-2000
Thomas Street Tavern; 1218 Thomas Ave.; 704-376-1622
Tommy’s Pub; 3124 Eastway Drive, Suite 710; 980-229-7663
Truliant Amphitheater; 707 Pavilion Blvd.; 704-549-5555
The Underground; 820 Hamilton St.; 704-916-8970
VisArt Video; 3104 Eastway Drive; 704-343-3031
Visulite Theatre; 1615 Elizabeth Ave.; 704-358-9200