Music Events This Weekend
Sum Art Show
Fri., June 21, 7 p.m.Visual Arts, General
Celebrate the first day of summer with art, design, music & beer.
Sum Art is a summer themed artistic experience, organized by a group of local artists/designers.
Free Admission
Hollywood Squares: British Invasion
Thu., June 20, 8 p.m. and Fri., June 21, 8 p.m.
704-579-1820General, Gay & Lesbian
Charlotte's One Voice Chorus performs hits by The Beatles,Queen and Adele, following the tradition of the old trivia gameshow. A wonderfully wacky show where the audiences become contestants and local businesses become celebrities. Hosted by Roxy C. Moorecox. Cashbar reception and raffle add to the fun.
$25 in advance, $30 at the door
Shooter Jennings, Tater Family Traveling Circus
Sat., June 22Country/Folk
SHOOTER JENNINGS
Shooter Jennings has dabbled in experimental metal, cut his teeth on Southern rock and written songs inlaid with jazz, blues, even R&B, and it all mostly works, but when he dives into the alleys of outlaw country, the son of Waylon and Jessi shines. During the past decade, Shooter Jennings has honed his sound and cleared a naturally genuine path that’s all his own. His new album, The Other Life, opens with the oddball track “Flying Saucer Song,” which arguably could be a Pink Floyd b-side, and then rips into honky-tonk ethos and relishes in it. The record, though uneven, further evolves and expands his rep. Gospel flourishes check in and piano-inflected ballads rear their heads, while Jennings sings about gunslingers and lonesome cowboys, and disses fake, prepackaged “pretty boy” country singers.
Brian Culbertson
Fri., June 21 and Sat., June 22Classical/Jazz/Smooth
Producers of the 4th Annual Uptown Charlotte Jazz Fest have announced Jazz/R&B musician and instrumentalist, Brian Culbertson, will perform during the two-night festival on Friday, June 21. Culbertson joins BWB, a jazz band named after the three members: guitarist Norman Brown, saxophonist Kirk Whalum and trumpeter Rick Braun.
