CHARLOTTE’S MOST COMPREHENSIVE LIVE MUSIC LISTING
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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.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29
ROCK/PUNK/METAL
- Keep Flying w/ Thousand Dollar Car, Ruff’Tons (Skylark Social Club)
JAZZ/BLUES
- Noel & Maria: Home for the Holidays (Booth Playhouse)
- George Winston (Knight Theater)
- Prophetic and the Jazz Disciples (Visulite Theatre)
POP/DANCE/ELECTRONIC/DJ
- MAX w/ VINCINT (The Underground)
- ¡Bugalú! (Petra’s)
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30
ROCK/PUNK/METAL
- UaZit w/ Read-Only Time Travel, Mike Venum, Cosmic Guest (The Milestone)
- Modern Color w/ TAGABOW, Soft Blue Shimmer, Mofie (Snug Harbor)
HIP-HOP/SOUL/R&B
- Rod Wave (Bojangles Coliseum)
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1
HIP-HOP/SOUL/R&B
- Dexter Jordan w/ Nia J, Saint Floyd (Snug Harbor)
JAZZ/BLUES
- Groove Centric feat. Chae Stephen (Middle C Jazz)
EXPERIMENTAL/CROSS-GENRE
- Bit Brigade performs Mega Man II & Ducktales (Neighborhood Theatre)
- Women’s Winter Showcase feat. Soelle, Tiyane, Nani Layilaa (Petra’s)
SINGER-SONGWRITER/ACOUSTIC
- A Day to Remember w/ Wage War (Ovens Auditorium)
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2
ROCK/PUNK/METAL
- Kendall Street Company w/ Travers Brothership (Amos’ Southend)
- Blue October (The Fillmore)
- Soen (The Underground)
- The Girls w/ Babe Haven, Regence (The Milestone)
- Paint Fumes w/ Dreamboat, Ground Score, Sweet Boy (Petra’s)
- Banditos w/ Teddy & the Rough Riders, Amigo (Snug Harbor)
JAZZ/BLUES
- Joey Alexander (Middle C Jazz)
COUNTRY/FOLK/AMERICA
- Kameron Marlowe (Coyote Joe’s)
- Jim Lauderdale (Evening Muse)
POP/DANCE/ELECTRONIC/DJ
- A Very Merry MeSo (SERJ)
CLASSICAL/INSTRUMENTAL
- Charlotte Symphony: Handel’s Messiah (Knight Theater)
FUNK/JAM BANDS
- Pluto Gang w/ Secret Formula Band (Visulite Theatre)
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3
ROCK/PUNK/METAL
- Flip Turn w/ Early Eyes (Amos’ Southend)
- State Champs (The Fillmore)
- Rid of Me w/ Wine Pride, Late Bloomer, Thousandaire (The Milestone)
- Pet Bug w/ North By North, The Mongos (Petra’s)
- Pretty Baby w/ Gasp, Wastoid (Snug Harbor)
JAZZ/BLUES
- Joey Alexander (Middle C Jazz)
COUNTRY/FOLK/AMERICA
- NC Bluegrass Jam Night (Birdsong Brewing)
CLASSICAL/INSTRUMENTAL
- Charlotte Symphony: Handel’s Messiah (Knight Theater)
POP/DANCE/ELECTRONIC/DJ
- Tim Baker w/ Eric Slick (Evening Muse)
- The Dolly Disco (The Underground)
FUNK/JAM BANDS
- Consider the Source w/ Motion, Funkwondo (Heist Brewery & Barrel Arts)
- Runaway Gin (Phish tribute) (Visulite Theatre)
EXPERIMENTAL/CROSS-GENRE
- Sometime in February w/ Subvertigo, St. Jupiter, Swae (The Milestone)
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4
JAZZ/BLUES
- Johnny Burgin (Neighborhood Theatre)
POP/DANCE/ELECTRONIC/DJ
- Release the Pressure (Crown Station)
- Hazy Sunday (Petra’s)
CLASSICAL/INSTRUMENTAL
- Charlotte Symphony: Handel’s Messiah (Knight Theater)
MONDAY, DECEMBER 5
OPEN MIC
- Find Your Muse Open Mic feat. Rupert Wates (Evening Muse)
COUNTRY/FOLK/AMERICANA
- Margo Price (Neighborhood Theatre)
SINGER-SONGWRITER/ACOUSTIC
- Brett Milstead (Birdsong Brewing)
JAZZ/BLUES
- The Bill Hanna Legacy Jazz Session (Petra’s)
HOLIDAY
- A Very Dave Barnes Christmas (Booth Playhouse)
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6
ROCK/PUNK/METAL
- Allman Family Revival (Ovens Auditorium)
LATIN/REGGAE/WORLD
- Daddy Yankee (Spectrum Center)
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7
ROCK/PUNK/METAL
- Jinjer (The Fillmore)
- Tim Reynolds TR3 w/ Joe Lawlor, Kristen Rae Bowden (Neighborhood Theatre)
EXPERIMENTAL/CROSS-GENRE
- Quinn Rash w/ Physical Digital, Complaint Club (Snug Harbor)
OPEN MIC
- Tosco Music Open Mic (Evening Muse)
- Singer/Songwriter Open Mic (The Rooster)
HOLIDAY
- Debbie Gibson’s Winterlicious (Knight Theater)
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8
ROCK/PUNK/METAL
- Machine Head (The Fillmore)
- Slothrust w/ Tongues of Fire (Snug Harbor)
COUNTRY/FOLK/AMERICANA
- HARDY (Coyote Joe’s)
- Noah Guthrie & Good Trouble w/ Kenny George Band (Evening Muse)
- John R. Miller w/ Taylor Kingman (Neighborhood Theatre)
JAZZ/BLUES
- Street Life (Joe Sample & the Crusaders tribute) (Middle C Jazz)
HOLIDAY
- All-Star Regional Jazz Orchestra: Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker Swing (Booth Playhouse)
OPEN MIC
- Open Mic Night w/ Chase Brown & Aleeia “Sug” Bolton Brown of Briarcliff Sessions (Tommy’s Pub)
SINGER-SONGWRITER/ACOUSTIC
- Storytellers w/ OG Bey Harris (The Rooster)
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9
ROCK/PUNK/METAL
- Without Waves w/ Fault Union, Sond (The Milestone)
- Bask w/ Cosmic Reaper, Stormwatchers (Snug Harbor)
- Jump Little Children w/ Francis Cone (Visulite Theatre)
- Tell Me Lies (Fleetwood Mac tribute) (Amos’ Southend)
- The Body Bags w/ No More People, Gurthworm (Tommy’s Pub)
- The Menders w/ World Sauntering Day (The Rooster)
JAZZ/BLUES
- Connie Han (Middle C Jazz)
- Tab Benoit & the Dirty Dozen Brass Band (Neighborhood Theatre)
HIP-HOP/SOUL/R&B
- NiiTO (Evening Muse)
SINGER-SONGWRITER/ACOUSTIC
- Jason Scavone w/ Solis, Evan Miller (Petra’s)
COUNTRY/FOLK/AMERICANA
- HARDY (Coyote Joe’s)
- Jim Avett (Evening Muse)
HOLIDAY
- All-Star Regional Jazz Orchestra: Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker Swing (Booth Playhouse)
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10
ROCK/PUNK/METAL
- At War w/ Nemesis, No Anger Control, Oblivion Throne (The Milestone)
- Bakalao Stars w/ Los Acoustic Guys (Snug Harbor)
- Dovecage w/ Two Eyes Open, Neptune Flyer, HENA Music (Tommy’s Pub)
- Bullet the Blue Sky (U2 tribute) w/ Fix You (Coldplay tribute) (Amos’ Southend)
- Same As It Ever Was (Talking Heads tribute) (Visulite Theatre)
- Women of Rock feat. Lilith Rising, Severed Blaze, CutThroat Suzy (The Rooster)
HIP-HOP/SOUL/R&B
- Southern Soul Music Festival (Ovens Auditorium)
- Blckfriend w/ OG Spliff, NU-WRLD (Evening Muse)
COUNTRY/FOLK/AMERICANA
- HARDY (Coyote Joe’s)
- Kelsey Waldon w/ Abby Hamilton (Evening Muse)
- Ian Noe (Neighborhood Theatre)
JAZZ/BLUES
- Gena Chambers & Mandyl Evans (Middle C Jazz)
HOLIDAY
- All-Star Regional Jazz Orchestra: Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker Swing (Booth Playhouse)
- Trans-Siberian Orchestra (Spectrum Center)
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11
ROCK/PUNK/METAL
- Hey Revolver w/ Bog Loaf, Occult Fracture (The Milestone)
- Aloha Broha w/ Dial Drive (The Milestone)
- Death Of August Fear of the Unknown Album Anniversary Show (Tommy’s Pub)
POP/DANCE/ELECTRONIC/DJ
- Ballantyne School of Music: Winter Jam ‘22 (Amos’ Southend)
HOLIDAY
- Mindi Abair w/Vincent Ingala, Lindsey Webster, Adam Hawley (Middle C Jazz)
MONDAY, DECEMBER 12
JAZZ/BLUES
- The Bill Hanna Legacy Jazz Session (Petra’s)
OPEN MIC
- Find Your Muse Open Mic w/ Alexa Jenson (Evening Muse)
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13
ROCK/PUNK/METAL
- Tail Light Rebellion w/ The Whiskey Predicament (The Milestone)
- Special Interest w/ Patois Counselors (Snug Harbor)
To buy tickets or find more info on shows, visit the venue websites here:
Amos’ Southend; 1423 S. Tryon St.; 704-595-7585
Belk Theater; 130 N. Tryon St.; 704-372-1000
Birdsong Brewing; 1016 N. Davidson St.; 704-332-1810
Bojangles’ Coliseum; 2700 E. Independence Blvd.; 704-372-3600
Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre; 1000 NC Music Factory Blvd.; 704-549-1292
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
Evening Muse; 3227 N. Davidson St., 704-376-3737
Event Masterz; 8334 Arrowridge Blvd., Suite I; 704-372-1000
The Fillmore; 820 Hamilton St.; 704-916-8970
Heist Brewery & Barrel Arts; 1030 Woodward Ave.; 704-595-3111
Knight Gallery at Spirit Square; 345 N. College St.; 704-372-1000
Knight Theater; 430 S. Tryon St.; 704-372-1000
Lunchbox Records; 825 Central Ave.; 704-331-0788
McGlohon Theater; 345 N. College St.; 704-372-1000
Middle C Jazz; 300 S. Brevard St.; 704-337-8001
The Milestone Club; 3400 Tuckaseegee Road; 704-398-0472
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
PNC Music Pavilion; 707 Pavilion Blvd.; 704-549-5555
Primal Brewery; 16432 Old Statesville Road, Huntersville; 704-947-2920
The Rooster; 334 W. Main Ave., Gastonia; 704-616-0291
SERJ; 2906 Central Ave.; 704-917-9308
Skylark Social Club; 2131 Central Ave.; 980-236-8342
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
Stage Door Theater; 155 N. College St.; 704-372-1000
Tommy’s Pub; 3124 Eastway Drive, Suite 710; 980-229-7663
Thomas Street Tavern; 1218 Thomas Ave.; 704-376-1622
The Underground; 820 Hamilton St.; 704-916-8970
Visulite Theatre; 1615 Elizabeth Ave.; 704-358-9200
World Nightclub; 900 NC Music Factory Blvd.; 980-207-2197
