Highlighting artists and events throughout North Carolina
Southern Culture on the Skids
December 14, 2024, Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro, NC
Fresh off a national tour, SCOTS bring their country fried surf-a-billy to a hometown crowd. Doors: 7pm
Dillon Fence with Alex Lawhon
December 21, 2024, Lincoln Theater, Raleigh, NC
One of the original Mammoth Records bands (the legendary Triangle based label from the 1990s), regroups to bring their pre-grunge rock to Raleigh. Appropriately, Alex Lawhon of The Connels opens. Doors: 7pm
John Howie Jr and the Rosewood Bluff
December 21, 2024, Cat’s Cradle Back Room, Carrboro, NC
John Howie Jr’s continued commitment to the art of genuine country music song-crafting permanently seals his status as a true North Carolina treasure. Musical tourists take note: this is not poorly manufactured, mass produced, Walmart shelf-ready drivel. This is the real deal. Doors: 7pm
Big Fat Gap Holiday Reunion
December 27, 2024, Haw River Ballroom, Saxapahaw, NC
Chapel Hill purveyors of traditional bluegrass return to Saxapahaw for their annual holiday hoedown. Doors: 7pm
Fancy Gap with The Old Ceremony
January 11, 2025, Bourgie Nights, Wilmington, NC
Stu McLamb forgoes the accessible rock formula of previous efforts (Capulets, Love Language) for something more akin to country pop with his Fancy Gap project. The Old Ceremony open with their NPR-ready, vaudevillian sound. Doors: 8pm
Fust with H.C. McEntire
January 11, 2025, The Pour House Music Hall, Raleigh, NC
Durham’s Fust bring their Bon Iver-esque, twenty-tens lo-fi folk revival sound to Raleigh. Triangle Americana darling H.C. McEntire opens with a solo set. Doors: 8pm