Music Events
Wednesday, Dec. 29
Breakfast Club DJ Boney B
Bricktop Lounge DJ Christian and DJ Brigmunton
Double Door Inn Hardcore Lounge w/ Roger
The Gin Mill Wizard’s Road Show
Graduate, Lake Norman Abe Reid and the Spikedrivers
Graduate, Pineville Simplified; Jared Allan & Co.
Graduate, Uptown Simplified
Midtown 51 Brian and Joe
Midtown, Mountain Island Mike & Rusty
Milestone One Amazin’ Kid w/ Baby Calendar, The Compass Failure and
Objects in Transit
Pepperoni’s Open Jam w/ Tony Fisher
Puckett’s Farm Equipment New Dixie Pharaohs
SK Netcafe Sold America w/ In Remembrance of Me and Secret Lives of
the Freemasons
Tropicana, Cornelius Tommy C
Visulite Theatre Derek Trucks Band
Thursday, Dec. 30
Big Al’s Pub, Cornelius Robin B and Andy Seets
Bricktop Lounge Elemental
Charleston House Conversation Piece
Double Door Inn Bill Hanna Quartet
Firehouse Grille, Ft Mill Robin Rogers Trio
Graduate, Uptown Jared Allan & Co.
Harry and Jean’s, Rock Hill Ansel Couch
Irish Cue, Cornelius Bargain Basement Blues Band
Iron Thunder, Concord Closet Pop Junkies
Killian’s, Mooresville Iron Head
Midtown 51 Open Mic w/ Josh
Midtown Harborside, Lake Norman Mike & Rusty
Milestone Sanctity w/ Fret
Pewter Rose Volatile Baby
Puckett’s Farm Equipment Open Mic w/ Dale Hillyard
The Room Semi-Pro
SK Netcafe Open Mic w/ Craig Hanks
Smokey Joe’s Cafe Other People w/ Cito and Friends
Tremont Music Hall In Remembrance of Me w/ Sold America and Shades of August
Tropicana, Cornelius Tommy C
Friday, Dec. 31
10 O’Clock Charlie’s TNT Entertainment
Amos’ Southend Appetite for Destruction: The Guns n Roses Tribute w/ Hollyweird: A Tribute to Poison
Blue Kim Carper, Donnie Marshall, Van Sachs, & Gerard Benson
The Boardroom Bar & Bistro The DBR band
Bricktop Lounge Tha notz w/ Bolivar, First Dru, Potters Field and DJ Soden
Charleston House Conversation Piece
The Cobber Rainwagon
Cotton Gin Tavern, York The Most
Double Door Inn Fullgrown
Double Door Inn at The Lake Superglide
Fire & Ice Lounge DJ DR and Q
George Washington Bookstore & Tavern, Concord Carolina Gator Gumbo
Graduate, Lake Norman Smilin’ Dogs
Graduate, Uptown Jared Allan & Co.
Harvey’s, Huntersville The Wizard
Irish Cue, Cornelius From A Seed
Iron Thunder, Concord Simon Sez
Jasper’s, Davidson Robin Rogers Trio
JB’Z DJ Fast Eddie
Jillian’s, Southend Jif and the Choosy Mothers
Killian’s, Mooresville Angwish
Manchester Tavern, Rock Hill Riff Raff
Menage Ultra Lounge DJ Dave Mothersole, DJ Jeff Nagel and DJ Tobre
Midtown 51 Pocketfull of Strange
Midtown Harborside, Lake Norman Cloud 9
Midtown, Harris Blvd The Solution
Midtown, Mountain Island The Carolina Breeze Band
Milestone Almighty Flying Machine w/ Calabi Yau, Unalaska, Horse Thief, The Paragraph, The Ages and more
Moose McGuire’s, Belmont Matt Yager
Neighborhood Theatre The Avett Brothers
Perry Bluegrass Barn, Statesville Rhonda Vincent and the Rage
Puckett’s Farm Equipment Bob’s Yur Uncle
Rock Porch Triad
Scorpio’s Dieselboy w/ MC J-Messinian
Smokey Joe’s Cafe Brangle Brothers
The Steeple Lounge Etheric w/ DJs Tomato Slice and Suspence
The 315, Salisbury Mpact
Tremont Music Hall Orange Envy w/ Civility Burns and Haitian Hate Gods
Tropicana, Cornelius Tommy C
Vinnie’s, Matthews Wax Gurus
Visulite Theatre Cast Iron Filter
Saturday, Jan. 1
City Tavern, Stonecrest Closet Pop Junkies
Easy Eddie’s, Huntersville TNT Entertainment
Irish Cue, Cornelius Blues by Foul
Killian’s, Mooresville Iron Head
Milestone Valient Thorr w/ Babyshaker, IYF Pork and Hairball
Rock Porch Triad
Vinnie’s, Mountain Island Robin B and Andy Seets
Sunday, Jan. 2
Claiborne’s Southern Silk (8pm)
Irish Cue, Cornelius Bumpy & The Sundee Junkies
Midtown, Harris Blvd Mike Federal & Rusty Barkley
Milestone My Way My Love w/ Dig Shovel Dig and Descolada
Otto’s Knife & Fork Southern Silk (noon)
Picasso’s Sports Bar Open Mic w/ Jared Allan & Co.
Tremont Music Hall Elevator Action w/ Hazardous Pedestrians, Driving
East and Last November
Monday, Jan. 3
Double Door Inn Monday Nite All Stars
Milestone Even Angels Carry Knives w/ Uncle Bob Drives a Combine, Lex Vegas, Mikhail Bakunin and Oktober Skyline
Smokey Joe’s Cafe Open Mic w/ Jamie & Thomas
Tuesday, Jan. 4
Boardwalk Billy’s, UNCC Open Mic w/ Jay Mathey
Double Door Inn Robin Rogers Band
Irish Cue, Cornelius Open Mic w/ Travis
Milestone Hell or Highwater w/ Rats into Robots, Silencio, Shadows and the Silence and A Blackmale
Rusty Rudder, Cornelius Tony Fisher
SK Netcafe The Flaming Tsunamis w/ The Carcinogens and Capulet
Smokey Joe’s Cafe Open Jam w/ SJ All-Stars
Wednesday, Jan. 5
Breakfast Club DJ Boney B
The Evening Muse Jason Isbell; Tosco House Party
Graduate, Pineville Simplified; Jared Allan & Co.
JB’Z N-Vain
Midtown 51 Blind View
Milestone The Fugue w/ Genghis Tron and Cripes Almighty
Neighborhood Theatre Acoustic Showdown w/ Trip Rogers
Puckett’s Farm Equipment New Dixie Pharaohs
Tremont Music Hall The Varsity w/ Fallen from the Sky, Caprice, Farewell and Another Day
Tropicana, Cornelius Tommy C
Vinnie’s Southend Robin B and Andy Seets
Advance Notice
Saturday, Jan. 8 John Gorka w/ Shawn Mullins, Spirit Square
Sunday, Jan. 9 Blind Boys of Alabama, Blumenthal Performing Arts Center
Friday, Jan. 14 Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mt. Boys w/ Jim Lauderdale, Neighborhood
Theatre
This article appears in Dec 29, 2004 – Jan 4, 2005.




