Wednesday, Apr. 27
Breakfast Club DJ Boney B
Comet Grill Open Mic w/ Bill McDonald
Double Door Inn Fat Boy & $3 Extravaganza
The Evening Muse Doria Roberts; Jon Shain
Fire & Ice Lounge Ladykiller
The Gin Mill Wizard’s Roadshow
Irish Cue, Cornelius Gabe and Friends
Palomino Restaurant Robin Brown
The Press Box Fudd & Shorty
Providence Cafe Celine Berman & Jazztrack
Puckett’s Farm Equipment New Dixie Pharaohs
Quaker Steak and Lube, Concord Blind View
SK Netcafe Chris Jones Trio
Sports Page Scoot and Phil
Tropicana, Cornelius Open Mic w/ Tommy C
Tutto Mondo Grindle & James Thomason
Thursday, Apr. 28
Amos’ Southend Hootie & the Cover Band
Boardwalk Billy’s, UNCC Jared Allan & Co.
Bricktop Lounge DJ Soden
Charleston House Conversation Piece
Coach’s Sports Bar Tone Deaf
Comet Grill Lilley, Strauss & Schigoda
Double Door Inn Bill Hanna Quartet
The Evening Muse Rachel Merchand w/ Divine Maggees and Leah Morgan
Firehouse Grille, Ft Mill Robin Rogers Trio
The Galway Hooker, Cornelius Robin B & Andy Seets
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 Cover to Cover
Jack Mason’s Food & Spirits Crosstown Traffic
Ken’s, Concord Hart & Jonz
McHale’s, Rock Hill Square Roots
Milestone Hell or Highwater w/ Darediablo and TigerBearWolf
The Park Hotel Sinatra Experience w/ Francis Nazarro
Pewter Rose Volatile Baby
Providence Cafe Kim Carper and Van Sachs
Puckett’s Farm Equipment Open Mic w/ Dale Hillyard
Ri Ra Doug and Steve
SK Netcafe Simplemente Bohemia w/ Boleros Magia y Mas
Tremont Music Hall Plain White Ts w/ The Matches, Roses are Red & Waking Ashland
Velvet Hammer, Mooresville Kent Steel
Visulite Theatre Mood Cultivation Project w/ Fullgrown
Wild Wing Cafe Acoustic Supershow
Friday, Apr. 29
Amos’ Southend Floydian Slip Pink Floyd Tribute
Boardwalk Billy’s, UNCC Simplified
Charleston House Conversation Piece
Coach’s Sports Bar Blindview
Comet Grill Lenny Federal & John Wicker
Double Door Inn Elliott & The Untouchables
Double Door Inn at The Lake Tim Clark Band
The Dunhill Hotel Kim Carper, Donnie Marshall and Van Sachs
The Evening Muse Two-Dollar Pistols w/ Randy Whitt & the Grits; Sonny Sonnenstein w/ Emily DeLoach
Extravaganza Depot Hot Vegas w/ Ultralush, Withstand, Earthshine & Hybrid
Founders Hall Rayen & Ziad (noon)
Hawthorne’s NY Pizza Ziad & Rayen Belchere
Irish Cue, Cornelius Robin Rogers Band
Iron Thunder, Concord DJ Tally Ho
JB’Z Jo Jo’s music mixx
Ken’s, Concord Part Time Blues Band
Killian’s, Mooresville South of Sane
Knothole Saloon, Lake Wylie Spare Change
Midtown 51 The Most
Midtown, Harris Blvd Pocketfull of Strange
Milestone Snagglepuss w/ The Popsters, Even in Blackouts & The Leather Jackets
Moose McGuire’s, Belmont Matt Yager
Neighborhood Theatre Abe Reid & The Spikedrivers w/ Virginia Reel
The Park Hotel James Bates
Puckett’s Farm Equipment Double Take
Quaker Steak and Lube, Concord SwizzleLink
The Room The Driftwood Project
Rusty Rudder, Cornelius Jay Mathey
SK Netcafe SGR w/ Too Short Notice, Andy & the Jivers and Razbari Sumthing
Smokey Joe’s Cafe The Turnstiles w/ 5 Day Drive
Strong Waters Smilin’ Dogs
Sullivan’s Steakhouse Grant Draper and Kerry Brooks
Thoroughbred Lounge Fantasy Band
Trahan’s, Matthews Square Roots
Tremont Music Hall Suburban Legends w/ Taj Motel Trio and High School Football Heroes
Tutto Mondo Geoffrey
Velvet Hammer, Mooresville Kent Steel
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Steven Curtis Chapman
Visulite Theatre The Redbelly Band w/ Free Delivery
Wild Wing Cafe Big Black Building
Saturday, Apr. 30
Amos’ Southend The Breakfast Club w/ The Reaganomics
Angry Ale’s Jared Allan & Co.
Arooji’s Wine Room Square Roots
Birkdale Village, Huntersville David Holtzclaw, Reeve Coobs and Scott Wagstaff
Blue Kim Carper, Donnie Marshall, Van Sachs, Gerard Benson
Blue Ribbon Grill, Gastonia Chris Cook
Boardwalk Billy’s, UNCC Wildmen from Borneo
Breakers, Rock Hill Origin Unknown
Bricktop Lounge DJ Micheal Dunham
Charlotte Coliseum Outkast w/ Lil’ Jon & Da Eastside Boyz
Club Shenanigans, Lake Norman Lil’ Dis-N-Dat
Coach’s Sports Bar Basikly
Double Door Inn Chris Duarte Group
Double Door Inn at The Lake Tim Clark Band
The Evening Muse Steve Poltz w/ Django Haskins; Spencer Acuff w/ The New Darlings
Harvey’s, Huntersville Wizard’s Roadshow
Hawthorne’s NY Pizza Mark from Dialed Inn
Irish Cue, Cornelius Blues of Soul
Iron Thunder, Concord Tim Clark Band (afternoon) and Simon Sez (evening)
Jackson’s Java, Huntersville Bryan Talbott and Jed Beck
JB’Z Wulfgang & Three Legged Dog
Jillian’s, Southend Robin Rogers Band
Ken’s, Concord Wild Card
Killian’s, Mooresville Charity Case
Milestone Avenue D w/ Babyshaker, Cockpit & Tonka Kong
The Money, Rock Hill Jay Mathey
Neighborhood Theatre Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks
The Park Hotel Oscar Caldwell
The Press Box Travis & Hunter
Puckett’s Farm Equipment Barn Hill Station
The Room Baleen, w/Pyramid
SK Netcafe Killer Deal w/ Tearless Farewell & Vis Vires
Smokey Joe’s Cafe Five Gallon Pale
The 315, Salisbury Joey Auch
Thoroughbred Lounge Fantasy Band
Trahan’s, Matthews Dan Hood
Tremont Music Hall Tribe of More CD Release w/ Withstand & Deviant
Tutto Mondo Eliza Lawless
Velvet Hammer, Mooresville Kent Steel
Visulite Theatre Hobex w/ Bellyfull
Wild Wing Cafe HipShack
Sunday, May. 1
Double Door Inn Charlotte Blues Society w / Marv Ward and His Disiples
Irish Cue, Cornelius Bumpy & The Sundee Junkies
Midtown, Harris Blvd Mike Federal & Rusty Barkley
Milestone Captured! By Robots w/ Projexorcism, Dig Shovel Dig & Labia Minor
The Press Box Diamond in the Rough
The 315, Salisbury Open Mic hosted by Jay Mathey
Tremont Music Hall Darkest Hour w/ Kylesa, Seneca & Ctrl Alt Delete
Monday, May. 2
Double Door Inn Monday Night All Stars
Milestone The Slowdance w/ Ten Missing Days & Burns Out Bright
Tutto Mondo Sweeney
Tuesday, May. 3
Big Al’s Pub, Mooresville Robin B & Andy Seets
Boardwalk Billy’s, UNCC Open Mic hosted by Jay Mathey
Bricktop Lounge DJ Kush
Comet Grill Laughin’ Gravy
Double Door Inn Robin Rogers and her Hot Band
Irish Cue, Cornelius Open Mic w/ Travis
Milestone Shut Up and Listen w/ Strip City Sinners & Ultralush
Smokey Joe’s Cafe Open Jam w/ SJ All-Stars
Tutto Mondo Brian Stockholm
Wednesday, May. 4
Amos’ Southend Badfish Sublime Tribute
Breakfast Club DJ Boney B
Comet Grill Pervis & Sonya Lee
Double Door Inn Airstream w/ Andre Ferreri
The Evening Muse Tosco House Party w/ Tracy Jane Comer
Fire & Ice Lounge Ladykiller
Irish Cue, Cornelius Gabe and Friends
Neighborhood Theatre Acoustic Showdown
Ovens Auditorium Trey Anastasio
Palomino Restaurant Southern Silk
Puckett’s Farm Equipment New Dixie Pharaohs
Quaker Steak and Lube, Concord SwizzleLink
Tremont Music Hall Underoath w/ The Chariot, These Arms are Snakes & Fear Before the March of Flames
Tropicana, Cornelius Open Mic w/ Tommy C
Tutto Mondo DJ’s Twylan & Andre More
Advance Notice
Thursday, May. 5 Edwin McCain Band w/ Sun Domingo, Amos’ Southend
Thursday, May. 5 Alan Jackson w/ Sara Evans & The Wrights, Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Saturday, May. 7 Badfinger, Neighborhood Theatre
Thursday, May. 12 Maktub w/ Baleen, Visulite Theatre
This article appears in Apr 27 – May 3, 2005.
