Tangents Stories

The Charlotte Rocks Music Festival at The Keg and Cue

In October, The Keg and Cue in association with Shugart Sound Productions will present The Charlotte Rocks Music Festival "Honoring Charlotte’s Lost Music Venues." The event will take place October 13, 14 and 15. Tickets will go on sale on Friday, September 1. The Keg and Cue is at 2135 S. Tryon St., Charlotte, NC 28203. THE LINEUP FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13 Michael Defendent & Katrina Jo Hollow Point The Belmont Playboys IIOIOIOII ANGWISH SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14 Guitar Charlie Kyle Dills Band Devil's

Happy Together Tour at Ryman Auditorium on August 17

So, let me get this straight. I drove seven hours to the Mother Church of Country Music to hear a collection of rock ’n’ roll bands from the 1960s? Yes. Crazy? Only to some. Worth it all? You bet your ass. Ron Dante Cowsills Box Tops Association Chuck Negron of Three Dog Night ​ Turtles Happy Together Tour Ryman Auditorium Nashville, TN August 17, 2017

Support the Hearts & Bands benefit concert on September 16

Want to experience a musical eclipse? A tsunami of sound waves proportions? The kind of show that makes Weather Girls sing “Halleluah”? It’s coming to the The Tipsy Burro Saloon & Cantina in Charlotte on September 16 for the Hearts & Bands concert benefiting the Matthews Free Medical Clinic. Performers include Mike Strauss Band, Randy Franklin & The Sardines, Mannish Boys, Temperance League, Loose Lugnuts and Funky Geezer. All in one rocking day.  I mean … damn! This show is so rocking,