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