Wednesday, Apr. 20
Borders, Stonecrest Vonda Shepard
Breakfast Club DJ Boney B
Brickhouse Tavern, Davidson Robin B & Andy Seets
Cricket Arena Green Day w/ My Chemical Romance
Double Door Inn Incognito Mosquito w/ Haywire
The Evening Muse Dave Alvin w/ Jeff Williams
The Gin Mill Wizard’s Roadshow
Irish Cue, Cornelius Gabe and Friends
Milestone Three The Hard Way w/ The Other Half and Sick Sick Sick
Neighborhood Theatre Acoustic Showdown w/ Trip Rogers & Bill Noonan
The Press Box Mary Fagen w/ Cito Giulini
Puckett’s Farm Equipment New Dixie Pharaohs
Quaker Steak and Lube, Concord Dugi
Smokey Joe’s Cafe Grant Draper, Ryan Weaver, Kerry Brooks, and Curtis Wingfield
Sports Page Rusty Barkley and Mike Federal
Tropicana, Cornelius Open Mic w/ Tommy C
Tutto Mondo DJ’s Twylan & Andre More
Visulite Theatre Mosquitos
Wine Up Amy Broome
Thursday, Apr. 21
Big Al’s Pub, Cornelius Robin B & Andy Seets
Bricktop Lounge DJ Soden
Charleston House Conversation Piece
City Tavern, Lake Norman Jay Mathey
Coach’s Sports Bar Tone Deaf
Double Door Inn Bill Hanna Quartet
The Evening Muse Jimmie Chavis & the Tyndall Effect w/ Etta Lea; Chad Updegraff & the Skint Knuckles
Fire & Ice Lounge QC Selector & Cee-Lo
Firehouse Grille, Ft Mill Robin Rogers Trio
George Washington Bookstore & Tavern, Concord Open Mic w/ David Holtzclaw
Gopher Hole, Monroe The Wizard
Harry and Jean’s, Rock Hill Ansel Couch
Hawthorne’s NY Pizza Joe Latimer
Irish Cue, Cornelius Bargain Basement Blues Band
Iron Thunder, Concord Crosstown Traffic
JB’Z Lil Ronnie and The Grand Dukes
Manchester Tavern, Rock Hill Square Roots
Midtown Harborside, Lake Norman Mike & Rusty
Milestone The Situationals w/ Gertie Fox
Neighborhood Theatre Cee-Lo w/ DJ Boney B
The Park Hotel Sinatra Experience w/ Francis Nazarro
Pewter Rose Volatile Baby
Puckett’s Farm Equipment Open Mic w/ Dale Hillyard
Tremont Music Hall Rookie of the Year w/ Jinxed and Pelvic Thrust
Tutto Mondo Chad McNeely
Velvet Hammer, Mooresville Kent Steel
Wild Wing Cafe Rayen and Ziad
Friday, Apr. 22
Amos’ Southend Mothers Finest
Arooji’s Wine Room Square Roots
Boardwalk Billy’s, UNCC Smilin’ Dogs
Charleston House Conversation Piece
Coach’s Sports Bar The Newz
Double Door Inn Renee Austin Band
Double Door Inn at The Lake Rough Draft
The Dunhill Hotel Kim Carper, Donnie Marshall and Van Sachs
The Evening Muse Tony Scalzo w/ Lanky; Tom Eure w/ Stuart Rosh
Fire & Ice Lounge Bob Shaffer
Flying Saucer Jay Mathey
Founders Hall Hipshack (noon)
Irish Cue, Cornelius Part Time Blues Band
Iron Thunder, Concord DJ Tally Ho
JB’Z Midnight Blue
Killian’s, Mooresville Hooked
Menage Ultra Lounge Andrea Parker w/ Jeff Nagel
Midtown 51 Tone Deaf
Midtown Harborside, Lake Norman Firecreek
Midtown, Harris Blvd The Logic
Milestone Into the Moat w/ Animosity, PsyOpus and more
Moose McGuire’s, Belmont Matt Yager
Morehead St. Tavern Angwish w/ Orange Envy
Neighborhood Theatre Mountain Heart w/ Adrienne Young
The Park Hotel James Bates
Quaker Steak and Lube, Concord Anthony
The Room Jason Scavone & The Noises 10
Side Trax, Lincolnton Riff Raff
Sky Jeff Samuel w/ Grindle
Smokey Joe’s Cafe The Unfit Mothers
Strong Waters Pocketfull of Strange
Sullivan’s Steakhouse Grant Draper and Kerry Brooks
The 315, Salisbury Scott Moss
Trahan’s, Matthews Kelly Mullen
Tremont Music Hall Jump, Little Children
Tutto Mondo Eliza Lawless
Velvet Hammer, Mooresville Kent Steel
Visulite Theatre Kings of Mexico
Wild Wing Cafe Special Purpose
Saturday, Apr. 23
Amos’ Southend E.U.
Blue Kim Carper, Donnie Marshall, Van Sachs, Gerard Benson
Boardwalk Billy’s, UNCC Jeff Gates
Bricktop Lounge DJ Micheal Dunham
City Tavern, Stonecrest Jay Mathey
Club Shenanigans, Lake Norman Lil’ Dis-N-Dat
Double Door Inn at The Lake McFly
The Evening Muse Beatles Tribute Night
Fire & Ice Lounge DJ D.R.
Flying Saucer Lindy Dobbins
Graduate East Robin B & Andy Seets
Harvey’s, Huntersville Wizard’s Roadshow
Hawthorne’s NY Pizza Kt & Aaron
Irish Cue, Cornelius Sweet Libertine
Iron Thunder, Concord Slyde
JB’Z Carmona
Joe’s Raw Bar Renelvis
Killian’s, Mooresville Hooked
Liquid Recordz Fret w/ Things That Go Boom & Daylight Tragedy
Midtown Harborside, Lake Norman Joystick
Milestone Dirty Box w/ Rusty Deluxe and Solid Gold Wreckers
Neighborhood Theatre Little Feat w/ Jon Shain
Ovens Auditorium Floetry w/ Uncommon Jazz
The Park Hotel Oscar Caldwell
Perry Bluegrass Barn, Statesville Tennessee Heartstrings Band
The Press Box Travis & Hunter
Puckett’s Farm Equipment Stickman
The Room Das Vadana & All Mighty Flying Machine
Skandalo’s Elvis Tribute w/ Davis Taylor
Smokey Joe’s Cafe Sons of Thunder
Summit Coffee & Tea, Davidson Rick Spreitzer w/ Kevin Edwards
Trahan’s, Matthews Ricky Traywick & Glen Blackburn
Tremont Music Hall Scatter the Ashes w/ Read Yellow and Harvard
Tropical Escape, Rock Hill Square Roots
Tutto Mondo DJ’s Eliza Lawless, DJ Suspense and Alex Anderson
Velvet Hammer, Mooresville Kent Steel
Visulite Theatre Sea of Cortez w/ Dirty Drummer, Audioform & Jah-Sun Rising
Wild Wing Cafe Simplified
Sunday, Apr. 24
Cantina 1511 Grant Draper
Hickory Grove Presbyterian Church David LaMotte
Irish Cue, Cornelius Bumpy & The Sundee Junkies
Midtown, Harris Blvd Mike Federal & Rusty Barkley
Sloan Music Center, Davidson College Malladi Bros.
The 315, Salisbury Open Mic hosted by Jay Mathey
Monday, Apr. 25
Double Door Inn Monday Night All Stars
The Evening Muse Michael Penn w/ Jim Boggia
Liquid Recordz The Knife Trade w/ Dead Seven, Blyster, Breakpoint & Deviant
Milestone Sunday Driver w/ Lux Courageous and The Silence
The Room DJ Epidemix & Notik1
Tutto Mondo Nate & Julio
Tuesday, Apr. 26
Bricktop Lounge DJ Kush
Double Door Inn Robin Rogers and her Hot Band
Gopher Hole, Monroe Wizard’s Roadshow
Irish Cue, Cornelius Open Mic w/ Travis
Milestone Suplecs w/ Nihm
Smokey Joe’s Cafe Open Jam w/ SJ All-Stars
Stool Pigeons, University Jay Mathey
Tutto Mondo Brian Stockholm
Wachovia Atrium Celine Berman & Jazztrack (noon)
Wednesday, Apr. 27
Breakfast Club DJ Boney B
Double Door Inn Fat Boy & $3 Extravaganza
The Evening Muse Doria Roberts; Jon Shain
The Gin Mill Wizard’s Roadshow
Irish Cue, Cornelius Gabe and Friends
The Press Box Fudd & Shorty
Puckett’s Farm Equipment New Dixie Pharaohs
Quaker Steak and Lube, Concord Blind View
Sports Page Scoot and Phil
Tropicana, Cornelius Open Mic w/ Tommy C
Tutto Mondo Grindle & James Thomason
Advance Notice
Saturday, Apr. 30 Outkast w/ Lil’ Jon & Da Eastside Boyz, Charlotte Coliseum
Saturday, Apr. 30 Chris Duarte Group, Double Door Inn
Saturday, Apr. 30 Hobex w/ Bellyfull, Visulite Theatre
Thursday, May. 5 Alan Jackson w/ Sara Evans & The Wrights, Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
This article appears in Apr 20-26, 2005.
