Thousands of Charlotte residents crowded uptown to celebrate the new year with First Night 2009. This was the first time First Night has be held in over a decade, and police were out in force to keep the event safe. First Night featured live bands, cultural performances, ice sculptures, and plenty of food vendors. Bars [...]
photo credit: @sleuth
open until: January 4th, 2009
when: 11am – 10pm
where: The Green Uptown
Price: $7 admission; $3 skate rental
WB’s Holiday on Ice is one of my personal favorite things to do during the holidays. I have already have had the chance to go this year, and it was pretty great, minus a few falls. It [...]
What: The Give Thanks Gathering
Where: Double Door Inn
When: Nov 29, 8pm
Cost: Four bands for $10
Saturday night one of Charlotte’s famous live music venues, the Double Door Inn, will be hosting The Give Thanks Gathering; a big reggae/hip-hop/punk show. Local and regional bands performing include Bums Lie, Chalwa, and One Big Love, with special guests Satta [...]
videography: Justin Ritchie, production: Justin Ruckman; watch this video on Vimeo
Yesterday was crystal clear and unusually warm in Charlotte. At the NC Music Factory ribbon-cutting ceremony, around 150 shuffled inside for live music and hot apple cider.
Watch the video above for highlights from the event, including an interview with Ken Thomas, VP of Entertainment at [...]
date: Thursday, November 20thdoors open: 8:30 pmwhere: Amos’ Southendprice: $7 for 21+
UNC Charlotte’s favorite rock band BKTF (Brandon Kirkley and the Firecrackers) will be at Amos’ Southend this Thursday to premire their first EP “What We Thought We Knew”. BKTF will headline the show with The Chase, and Stegosaurus will be opening. The [...]
photo of lunar eclipse taken from the Discovery Place parking deck, credit: Justin Ruckman
I’ve been looking around for some good ghost stories this week and this one is from the book Ghost Stories of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County by Stephanie Burt Williams. I’m not saying these are facts, but this book is really fun and [...]
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Höm put on an awesome show last Friday with world-famous DJ & producer Kaskade. A few of us from CLT Blog were there, and I got a ton of photos.
In 1791, George Washington called Charlotte, N.C., a “trifling place.” In 1941 an author scoffed that the city had as much use for high-rises “as a hog has for a morning coat.” By 1991, Charlotte was still a minor-league city without major-league sports, a cultural wasteland with a central business district that died every weekday [...]
Starting this fall, Charlotte’s most ambitious entertainment district will begin opening its doors to those in the QC who crave a taste of something far from the often corporate feel of Uptown. While there are many quality options within the city limits for a night out, nothing will revolutionize CLT more than the addition of [...]
Worn out the barstool at your usual hangout? Join NOS Energy Drinks and Carolina Nightlife this Saturday, August 2nd for our bar crawl throughout Uptown Charlotte on the double-decker party bus!
Date: August 2nd, 2008Time: 9pm-2amCost: $5.00Registration: Buckhead Saloon at 9pm
Bars on the crawl:
Buckhead Saloon
Morehead St. Tavern
Cans
Bar Charlotte
We will be traveling in an English-style double-decker party [...]
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