Wednesday, Aug. 18
Amos’ Southend 2 Live Crew
Big Al’s Pub, Cornelius Open Mic w/ Gabe B
Blue Melinda Hansen, Royce Guin, Korey Dudley & Rob Knox
Breakfast Club DJ Boney B
Bricktop Lounge DJ Brigmunton and Christian
Buckhead Saloon Mission19
The Evening Muse Jen Foster
The Gin Mill Wizard’s Road Show
Hawthorne’s NY Pizza Hunter and Travis-D
Killian’s, Mooresville Iron Head
Lava Java Open Mic w/ Sam
Midtown 51 Acoustic Soulution
Midtown, Harris Blvd SwizzleLink
O’Hara’s The Entertainers
Puckett’s Farm Equipment New Dixie Pharaohs
The Room AwolOne w/ 2Mex, Existereo, Drunken Immortals, Dominant 7 and more
Smokey Joe’s Cafe Brangle Brothers
Sports Page Scoot & Phill
Tutto Mondo DJ’s Twyla and Andre More
Tyber Creek Pub Billy Mulligan
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre The Dead w/ Warren Haynes
Thursday, Aug. 19
Actor’s Theatre Shadowflag
Bricktop Lounge Heywire
Buckhead Saloon Mission19
Double Door Inn Bill Hanna Quartet
The Evening Muse Rock Songwriter Nite w/ Mike Strauss, Beki Hemingway & more; Anaïs Mitchell
Firehouse Grille, Ft Mill Robin Rogers Duo
The Galway Hooker, Cornelius Plan B
Hawthorne’s NY Pizza Dugi
Irish Cue, Cornelius Bargain Basement Blues Band
Iron Thunder, Concord Cindy Kay & Gary Crayton
Java Jim’s, Mooresville Lena Mars Duo
Jocks & Jills, UNCC Square Roots
Killian’s, Mooresville Robert Jones
Liquid Lounge DJ Suspence
Lynn’s Todd Gettys
Main Street Station, Belmont Wizard’s Road Show
Midtown 51 Open Mic w/ Josh Daniel
Midtown Harborside, Lake Norman Mike & Rusty
O’Hara’s The Entertainers
Pewter Rose Volatile Baby
Puckett’s Farm Equipment Open Mic w/ Dale Hillyard
R.J. Gator’s, UNCC Angwish
Riley’s, Lake Norman Scoot
Rodi, Gastonia Martha Bassett
The Room Shapeshifters
Rusty Rudder, Cornelius Eddie Clayton
SK Netcafe Open Mic w/ Craig Hanks
Sportsters Bar & Grill Just Cause
Sullivan’s Steakhouse Mark Stallings Trio
Summit Coffee & Tea, Davidson Summit All-Star Band
T-Bones, Lake Wylie Rum Punch Bandits
The Windy City Sundries Jay Mathey
Tremont Music Hall The Front Page w/ 33 West, The Silver Screen and Defining Moment
Friday, Aug. 20
10 O’Clock Charlie’s TNT Entertainment
Actor’s Theatre Shadowflag
Amos’ Southend Who’s Bad: A Tribute to Michael Jackson
Back Alley Music Hall, Concord Cracked Vinal
Blue Soul Station
Boardwalk Billy’s, UNCC Wax Gurus
Brevard Court Sundries Square Roots
Brickhouse Tavern, Davidson Jay Mathey
Bricktop Lounge The Eyes of the Elder
Buckhead Saloon Mission19
Charleston Chops, Cornelius Kent Steel
Double Door Inn Tom Principato
Double Door Inn at The Lake McFLY
The Dunhill Hotel Kim Carper, Van Sachs & Donnie Marshall
The Evening Muse The Choosy Beggars w/ Stephanie’s Id; Chatham Country Line w/ The Everybodyfields
Founders Hall Hipshack (noon)
Frontier, Gastonia Diamond Back
The Galway Hooker, Cornelius Scoot & Phill
George Washington Bookstore & Tavern, Concord Tater
The Gin Mill Rachel Garcia Trio
Grid Iron Donnie Honeycutt
Harvey’s, Huntersville Scott Johnson
Hearst Tower Plaza BGCB (5pm)
Irish Cue, Cornelius King Pin
Iron Thunder, Concord The Part Time Blues Band
Java Jim’s, Mooresville Scotti Benge & Clyde Derberry
Killian’s, Mooresville Angwish
Lynn’s Butch Metcalf
Midtown 51 The Solution
Midtown Harborside, Lake Norman SwizzleLink
Midtown, Harris Blvd Joystick
Moose McGuire’s, Belmont Matt Yager
Neighborhood Theatre Burrito Deluxe w/ Matt King
O’Hara’s The Entertainers
Park Towne Center Southern Silk
Perry Bluegrass Barn, Statesville Blue Ridge w/ Dan River Boys
Puckett’s Farm Equipment Keepin’ it Kountry
Rodi, Gastonia Clay Cook
The Room Etheric
Rusty Rudder, Cornelius Jay Mathey
Skandalo’s Carlota n’ Rock w/ Bakalao Stars, La Marea and La Rúa
Smokey Joe’s Cafe New Dixie Pharoahs
Spirit Square Joyce Cooling Group
The Steeple Lounge The Talk w/ The Scrubbies
T-Bones, Lake Wylie Rum Punch Bandits
Tonic Tipper w/ Red nKtar and Kris Krause
Tremont Music Hall Killswitch Engage w/ From Autumn To Ashes, Eighteen Visions and 36 Crazyfists
Visulite Theatre Benjamin Circle DVD Release w/ Kings of Mexico and The Gold Coast
Wild Wing Cafe Cookie
Wine Up Brian Hartzog
Saturday, Aug. 21
Actor’s Theatre Shadowflag
Amos’ Southend Slippery When Wet: A Tribute to Bon Jovi w/ Hollyweird: A Tribute to Poison
Back Alley Music Hall, Concord Barn Hill Station
Blue Kim Carper, Van Sachs, Gerard Benson and Chris Garges
Bogey’s Bistro Wax Gurus
Bricktop Lounge Basikly
Buckhead Saloon Mission19
Byrnes Auditorium, Winthrop Ellis Paul w/ Beth Wood
Charleston Chops, Cornelius Kent Steel
Crossroads Coffeehouse, Waxhaw Rick Spreitzer w/ Kevin Edwards
Double Door Inn Scott Jeffries
Double Door Inn at The Lake Cherry Bomb
The Evening Muse Richard Buckner w/ Kevn Kinney and Lindsey Horne
Frontier, Gastonia Diamond Back
The Galway Hooker, Cornelius Plan B
George Washington Bookstore & Tavern, Concord Three Legged Dawg
The Gin Mill Little Sister
Graduate, Pineville Hipshack
Hawthorne’s NY Pizza Sound of Sa-idah
Irish Cue, Cornelius People
Iron Thunder, Concord Bait & Switch w/ Cindy Kay
JB’Z Longtime Gone
Killian’s, Mooresville Banana Puddin’
Lava Java Ashlyn’s Trio featuring Bill Hanna and Paul “Cutty” Goodwyn
LaVecchia’s Seafood Grille Trio 21
Liquid Lounge DJ Suspence
Lynn’s Butch Metcalf
Midtown 51 Aerial View
Midtown Harborside, Lake Norman U-Phonik w/ Peralta, Joystick, The Logic and SwizzleLink
The Money, Rock Hill Jay Mathey
Neighborhood Theatre BR549 w/ Otis Gibbs
O’Hara’s The Entertainers
Park Towne Center Southern Silk
Perry Bluegrass Barn, Statesville Pine Mountain Railroad
Puckett’s Farm Equipment Return to Zero
Queen City Underground Murdercycle w/ Pigfish & Dirty Box
Queens Landing, Lake Norman Nightwind
Ri Ra Orange Crush
River City Marina, Mooresville Scott Johnson Band
Rodi, Gastonia David Childers
The Room Bellglide w/ Red Letter Agent and The Honored Guests
Rusty Rudder, Cornelius Rayen Belchere
Smokey Joe’s Cafe OrangeEnvy
Sunset Grille Amy Broome
T-Bones, Lake Wylie Rum Punch Bandits
Tremont Music Hall Denied w/ Mortufairy, Lunacy Driven, Lazy Susan, and The Superficials
Tropical Escape, Rock Hill Square Roots
Wine Up PJ Brunson & Pamela Dale
Wine Vault, UNCC Lauren and Friends
Winthrop University Ellis Paul w/ Beth Wood
Sunday, Aug. 22
Actor’s Theatre Shadowflag
Buckhead Saloon Mission19
Byrnes Auditorium, Winthrop Loston Harris w/ Poetri
Copeland’s Celine Berman & Jazztrack (11:30am)
Irish Cue, Cornelius Bumpy & The Sundee Junkies
Midtown Harborside, Lake Norman Dialed-In
Midtown, Harris Blvd Mike Federal & Rusty Barkley
North Harbor Club Captain Lou
O’Hara’s The Entertainers
Paramount’s Carowinds Paladium Michael W. Smith w/ MercyMe and David Crowder Band
Rusty Rudder, Cornelius Roy Daye Jr
The Steeple Lounge DJ Brian Stockholm
Tyber Creek Pub Open Mic w/ Jason Montero
Winthrop University Loston Harris w/ Poetri
Monday, Aug. 23
Byrnes Auditorium, Winthrop Chapter 6
Double Door Inn Monday Nite All Stars
North Harbor Club Scott Johnson & Max Drake
O’Hara’s Pat Carpenter
The Room Underground Hip Hop Night
Rusty Rudder, Cornelius Open Mic w/ Jay Mathey
Smokey Joe’s Cafe Open Mic w/ Jamie & Thomas
T-Bones, Lake Wylie Kevin Atkinson
Tutto Mondo DJ’s Nate Hosmer & Julio Gonzalez
Tuesday, Aug. 24
Back Alley Music Hall, Concord DJ Will-I-AM
Bayou Kitchen Tom Billotto
Big Al’s Pub, Cornelius Robin B & Andy Seets
Boardwalk Billy’s, UNCC Open Mic w/ Todd Farmer
Bricktop Lounge DJ Soden
Double Door Inn Robin Rogers Band
Hickory Tavern Square Roots
Irish Cue, Cornelius Open Mic w/ Elisha
North Harbor Club Scoot
O’Hara’s Pat Carpenter
Smokey Joe’s Cafe Open Jam w/ Static
Sunset Grille Pat Comstock
Tonic Alex Andersen w/ Brian Skipper, DJ Suspence and more
Wednesday, Aug. 25
Big Al’s Pub, Cornelius Open Mic w/ Gabe B
Blue Melinda Hansen, Royce Guin, Korey Dudley & Rob Knox
Breakfast Club DJ Boney B
Bricktop Lounge DJ Brigmunton and Christian
Double Door Inn Josh Lederman Y Los Diablos
The Evening Muse Dawn Kinnard w/ Alli Collis
George Washington Bookstore & Tavern, Concord Goldmine Pickers
The Gin Mill Wizard’s Road Show
Hawthorne’s NY Pizza Hunter and Travis-D
Lava Java Open Mic w/ Sam
Midtown 51 Blind View
O’Hara’s Pat Carpenter
Providence Cafe Celine Berman & Jazztrack
Puckett’s Farm Equipment New Dixie Pharaohs
Sports Page Scoot & Phill
Tremont Music Hall Burning Brides
Tyber Creek Pub Billy Mulligan
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre John Mayer w/ Maroon 5 & DJ Logic
This article appears in Aug 18-24, 2004.
