Set times for the 106.5 Weenie Roast have been announced. The concert will take place at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre on Sunday, Sept. 16.

MAIN STAGE
Offspring (70 minutes) 9:40-10:50 p.m.
Garbage (50 minutes) 8:20-9:10 p.m.
Flogging Molly (40 minutes) 7:10-7:50 p.m.
Coheed & Cambria (40 minutes) 6-6:40 p.m.
Switchfoot (40 minutes) 4:35-5:15 p.m.
Our Lady Peace (40 minutes) 3:15-3:55 p.m.
Anberlin (40 minutes) 2-2:40 p.m.
Eve 6 (30 minutes) 1-1:30 p.m.

SIDE STAGE
Paper Tongues (35 minutes) 5:20-5:55 p.m.
Evans Blue (30 minutes) 4-4:30 p.m.
Foxy Shazam (25 minutes) 2:45-3:10 p.m.
Drop D (20 minutes) 1:35-1:55 p.m.
Vess (20 minutes) 12:35-12:55 p.m.

Instead of the devil going down to Bojangles Coliseum, Rock the Red will be heading down to the Hunter Farm in Weddington on Sept. 5 — but "the devil" is no longer invited.

Former headliners the Charlie Daniels Band and Travis Tritt have been scrapped and the relocated event will now feature the "who?"-worthy, $5 lineup of Kernersville's Chris Lane Band, Tennessee country crooner Troy Cook Jr. and self-proclaimed right-wing extremist Lisa Mei. Speakers will include the outspoken Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

While rumors of poor ticket sales and marketing were to blame for the original cancellation, it was more likely a lack of enthusiasm for a less-than-stellar lineup... which just received a downgrade. Is this the best music Republicans can come up with to drum up excitement? Probably.

The schedule of performances for CarolinaFest, being held on Sept. 3 in downtown Charlotte, has been announced:

NATIONAL STAGE SCHEDULE
12 p.m.: Opening Ceremonies Parade featuring Johnson C. Smith Marching Band
12:05 p.m.: National Anthem: Anthony Hamilton
12:20—1 p.m.: Janelle Monáe
2—2:40 p.m.: Simplified
3:40—4:25 p.m.: Jeff Bridges
5:15—6:15 p.m.: James Taylor

CAROLINA STAGE SCHEDULE
1:05—1:50 p.m.: Blue Dogs
2:45—3 p.m.: Radio Disney
3—3:30 p.m.: West End Mambo
4:30—5:05 p.m.: Chairman of the Board

We've been hearing rumors and information for weeks, but it looks like official announcements will start coming on a regular basis when it comes to DNC-related parties, events and concerts around Charlotte.

Here's what we've heard so far —

* Foo Fighters will play a rare, intimate club show at The Fillmore on Sept. 5, for Rock the Vote and it's open to the public. Tickets sold out in less than one minute. The show will also feature Jack Johnson and Asher Roth.

* CarolinaFest will take place Uptown on Sept. 3 in a Speed Street-style event. Janelle Monae, Jeff Bridges and the Abiders and James Taylor are scheduled to perform along with other acts. Music will take place from noon until 6:15 p.m.

* Politico Influence is reporting that Jessica Alba and Cash Warren will host a convention closing party at the Fillmore on Sept. 6 called "Super-O-Rama." The event will feature Pitbull and the Scissor Sisters, a band whose name evokes the image of two women making love — a Republican's biggest nightmare.

* Camp Freddy featuring Dave Navarro, Billy Morrison, Matt Sorum and special guests will perform a concert in the Fountain Plaza of the N.C. Music Factory on Sept. 2.

* The Roots will perform at Amos' Southend for an invitation-only, StartUp RockOn party on Sept. 3. Considering that they played "Lyin' Ass Bitch" to welcome Michelle Bachman onto Jimmy Fallon's show, we aren't surprised at all to see them DNC-involved.

* Bernie and the Allstars, featuring former New York Yankee Bernie Williams, will perform a benefit show at McGlohon Theatre for Americans for the Arts. Musicians, actors and politicians are expected to join in on the jam session... What are the chances we'll see Bill Clinton break out his sax?

* Will.i.am will perform at a fundraising event that features Bill Clinton on Sept. 4 at the Westin Charlotte. Tickets start at $150.

* Common will perform on Sept. 4 at the Fillmore for the Presidential Convention Charity Benefit. The invitation-only event is sponsored by the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers and the Recording Industry Association of America and will be hosted by DJ Jermaine Dupri.

* Far East Movement will perform at an invite-only event which will also welcome Perez Hilton on Sept. 4.

* Motion City Soundtrack will peform at UNC Charlotte for a Rock the Vote event on Sept. 5.

* The B-52s will perform on Sept. 5, perhaps turning the N.C. Music Factory into a "Love Shack."

* James Taylor and Delta Rae are scheduled to perform at the DNC's final event before President Obama's speech.

* WCNC is reporting that Eminem and Nicki Minaj will be performing at private parties during the DNC.

* Styx is scheduled to perform at a private party, as well, but considering they just played Charlotte a few months ago, is this really news? And they were on that tour with Ted Nugent. Identity crisis?

* Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney and Bono may or may not be in town, but are probably not going to be performing. Which is a lot like saying the end of the world may or may not happen later this year.

This page will be updated as concert and event news is received.

A benefit event being called Kilah-Palooza will be held at the Forty Rod Roadhouse in Mint Hill on Sunday, Aug. 12. Featuring 10 bands and a variety of activities, the fundraising benefit is for 3-year-old Kilah Davenport who was the victim of a severe beating. Davenport, whose stepfather is charged with the crime, nearly died and may never fully recover as she relearns how to walk, talk and eat.

Being held from noon until 10 p.m., the event will include live music by Another Lost Year, Alien Radio, Blu Avenue, Sugar Smaxx, Firethorne, Sweatin Bullets, HLBLU, Heartbeat, Joey & The Newz and Something Clever. The free event will raise proceeds from the sale of food and drinks, in addition to a silent auction and raffle.

The stepfather, Josh Houser, is charged with felony child abuse and is currently being held under a $1 million bond.

Think of some of the great trios in rock: Cream, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Band of Gypsies, Death, Husker Du, Minutemen, Meat Puppets, Nirvana, Bikini Kill, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the list goes on. One of those great trios was Sebadoh, the band that singer and songwriter Lou Barlow turned to after he got the boot from another great trio, Dinosaur Jr. That legendary firing was the kick Barlow needed to pen such classics of indie rock as “The Freed Pig,” an early Sebadoh song in which Barlow unloaded on his former Dino band mate J. Mascis with passive aggression spurting and gurgling like bloody entrails. “I tried to bury you with guilt, I wanted to prove you wrong / I've got nothing better to do than pay too much attention to you / It's sad, but it's not your fault... ” With lo-fi production and eclectic material that veered from noisy, post-hardcore skronk to tender and sublime singer/songwriter fare, Sebadoh went on to define the scrappy, emotionally raw indie rock of the ’90s forward, putting its stamp on acts from Pavement and Liz Phair up to Bright Eyes. By the end of that golden decade of alt-rock messiness, Sebadoh was done and Barlow moved on to other projects. Then in 2007, the band's original line-up — Barlow, Eric Gaffney and Jason Lowenstein, the trio behind such early Sebadoh classics as III and Smash Your Head on the Punk Rock — reunited for the first time in 14 years. Last month, the trio released its first new batch of songs as the EP Secret (which you can download here). Seeing this Sebadoh lineup is well worth a road trip to the Triangle.

One of Barlow and Sebadoh's finest moments was the 1996 track "Willing to Wait."

Moogfest, taking place in Asheville on Oct. 26 and 27, announced its 2012 lineup today. Among those performing are Primus, Orbital, Miike Snow, Santigold, Thomas Dolby, Explosions in the Sky and GZA.

Tickets, which go on sale on Friday, Aug. 10, are $65 for one day and $100 for a two-day pass.

MOOGFEST 2012 LINEUP
Primus 3D
Orbital
Miike Snow
Santigold
Richie Hawtin
Squarepusher
Explosions in the Sky
The Magnetic Fields
Four Tet
Divine Fits
GZA presents Liquid Swords
Carl Craig
Pantha Du Prince
Shpongle presents The Masquerade
Thomas Dolby
Black Moth Super Rainbow
Actress
Cold Cave
EL-P
Mouse on Mars
Prefuse 73 with Teebs
Ana Sia
Bear in Heaven
Killer Mike
Blondes
Julia Holter
Disclosure
Exitmusic
Trust
Wick-It the Instigator

It’s a few decades too late for Woodstock, but you can support a good cause and hear lots of great music with the 4th annual Barnstock this weekend in Huntersville.

This year, folk-rock band Donna The Buffalo is headlining along with 23 local North Carolina acts like Billy Jones and The Pocket, D&D Sluggers, Brody and Choch, Chasing Pedestrians and Sugar Glyder.

Donations and proceeds will go to the Davidson Fire Department, the Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina and the American Red Cross. A beach volleyball tournament is also scheduled in honor of a Queen’s College volleyball player with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Shows will take place from 12 p.m. to 12 a.m. Friday and Saturday. Tickets are $25 for Friday and $5 for Saturday.