A few places to find yourself in the week ahead (assuming of course you aren’t lost in the snow).
Tag: Advance Notice
Places to be and what you’ll find when you get there.
Don’t let frightful weather get you down, here are a few delightful places to find yourself this week when not toasting by the fire with your loved ones. Happy holidays!


Your guide to the week ahead (mostly because we don’t trust you to figure out this far in advance).
Tues – 12/7
- Yonhimbe / Hunnie Bunnies / Ski Mask / Pretty Birds That Kill @ The Nightlight – $5
Wed – 12/8
- Crooked Fingers / Cotton Jones / Mount Moriah @ Local 506 – $12
Thurs – 12/9
- The Great Cover Up @ King’s Barcade – $TBA
- Stroke It, Noel: A Fully Orchestrated Performance of Big Star’s Third Album @ Cat’s Cradle – $17 adv / $20 day of the show
Fri – 12/10
- Stroke It, Noel: A Fully Orchestrated Performance of Big Star’s Third Album @ Cat’s Cradle – $17 adv / $20 day of the show
- Pipe / Caltrop @ The Nightlight – $5
- Cantwell, Gomez and Jordan / The Mighty Contact / Jews and Catholics @ The Pinhook – $TBA
- The Great Cover Up @ King’s Barcade – $TBA
Sat – 12/11
- Kooley High / Carlitta Durand / King Mez / HaLo @ The Pour House – $6 adv / $9 at the door
- Carolina Chocolate Drops / The Low Anthem @ Lincoln Theatre – $18 adv / $20 day of the show
- American Aquarium / Luego @ Motorco – $TBA
- The Great Cover Up @ King’s Barcade – $TBA
Sun – 12/12
- Music Trivia @ Local 506 – $FREE!
- Relient K (acoustic) / Sherwood / Deas Veil @ Cat’s Cradle – $15 adv / $18 day of the show
Anywhere else?

Mon – 11/29
- Ben Kweller / Julia Nunes @ Cat’s Cradle – $16 adv / $18 day of the show
Tues – 11/30
- Dan Melchior und das Menace / Fabulous Diamonds / Pigeons @ The Nightlight – $5 adv / $7 day of the show
- An Evening with Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby @ Motorco – $10
- Minus the Bear / Tim Kasher (of Cursive) @ Lincoln Theatre – $20
Wed – 12/1
- Old Time Jam! @ The Nightlight – $FREE!
- Andy Hull & Kevin Devine @ Cat’s Cradle – $11 adv / $13 day of the show
- Open Mic! @ Broad Street Cafe – $FREE!
Thurs – 12/2
- 919 Noise Showcase: Weather Glover / Electric Cactus & Weather Machine / Boat Burning @ The Nightlight – $5
- Dexter Romweber @ The Cave – $TBA (late show)
- HearNC Music Video Festival with Billy Sugarfix / Bibia Ellison @ Cat’s Cradle – $10 adv / $12 day of the show
- The Great Band Swap with The Pneurotics / Pink Flag / Brett Harris / Dry Heathens @ The Pinhook – $TBA (proceeds benefit Friends with Benefits)
Fri – 12/3
- Lost in the Trees / Veelee @ Motorco – $TBA
- North Elementary / Gray Young / Wages @ The Nightlight – $6
- Steep Canyon Rangers / Mandolin Orange @ Cat’s Cradle – $12
- The Small Ponds @ King’s Barcade – $TBA
- The Great Band Swap with Joy in Red / Juan Huevos / Billy Sugarfix / Antibubbles@ The Pinhook – $TBA (proceeds benefit Friends with Benefits)
Sat – 12/4
- Rock’n’Shop Market @ Motorco – $5 (12-6 pm!)
- Bonnie “Prince” Billy & The Cairo Gang @ Duke’s Reynolds Theater – $38 / $32 / $5 for Duke Students
- Spider Bags / Bellafea / Whatever Brains @Local 506 – $FREE!
- Holiday Pig Pickin’ with Southern Culture on the Skids / The Forty Fives / Pnche Gringo @ Cat’s Cradle – $12 adv / $14 day of the show (proceeds benefit the Carrboro Food Pantry)
- American Aquarium / House of Fools / Crowfield @ The Pour House – $8 adv / $10 at the door
- Holy Ghost Tent Revival / Cabinet / Nick and The Babes @ Lincoln Theatre – $6 adv / 8 day of the show
- Xiu Xiu (experimental set) / DJ Skull Vomit / Cheezface / The Ex-Monkeys @ The Nightlight – $5
- Birds & Arrows / Lizzy Ross Band @ The Arts Center in Carrboro – $11 adv / $13 day of the show / $9 for members
- The Great Band Swap with Cassis Orange / Hog / Embarrassing Fruits / Mosadi Music @ The Pinhook – $TBA (proceeds benefit Friends with Benefits)
Sun – 12/5
- South Carolina Broadcasters / The Blackberry Bushes @ The Pinhook – $TBA
Anywhere else?

Trust me, there are more things than Turkey Day going on this week.
Mon – 11/22
- Junip (Jose Gonzales, Elias Araya, Tobias Winterkorn) / Sharon Van Etten @ Cat’s Cradle – $15
- Gentle Robot / Lost Trail @ The Nightlight – $3
Tues – 11/23
- Kurt Vile and the Violators / Purling Hiss / Old Bricks @ King’s Barcade – $10 adv / $12 day of the show
- Alex Cuba @ Berkeley Café – $12 adv / $15 day of the show
Wed – 11/24
- Tim Kasher / Darren Hanlon @ Local 506 – $10 adv / $12 day of the show
- David Dondero / The Moaners / Salt to Bitters @ The Cave – $TBA
- Glam Rock Dance Party @ Motorco – $FREE!
Thurs – 11/25
- Thanksgiving Open Jam and Potluck @ The Cave – $FREE!
- Punksgiving Feast @ Motorco – $TBA
- 2nd Annual Glam Rock Thanksgiving: Left Outlet / A Tin Djinn / iamDynamite @ Slim’s Downtown – $3
Fri – 11/26
- 10th Annual Post-Turkey Day Jam with Jon Shain, Will McFarlane, Sally Spring and Peter Holsapple / Birds and Arrows / New Town Drunks @ Cat’s Cradle – $10
- Morning Stars / Pinche Gringo @ The Cave – $TBA
- River City Ransom / Space Ghost Cowboys / Ramona Cordova @ Motorco – $FREE!
Sat – 11/27
- Filthy Bird @ King’s Barcade – $6
- L in Japanese Dance Party (21 and under) @ Local 506 – $8
- Give Thanks Reggae Fest with Da Gullah Rootz / Jah Creation / dub Addis / Anchants @ Cat’s Cradle – $8 adv / $12 day of the show
Sun – 11/28
- Bicket Gallery Spelling Bee @ King’s Barcade – $5 to enter / $3 to watch
Anywhere else?

Mon – 11/15
- Spelling Bee (as in an actual bee, not a band) @ Motorco – $FREE!
Tues – 11/16
- Horse Feathers / Anais Mitchell @ Local 506 – $9 adv / $11 at the door
- Jared Bartman / Inspector 22 / Tonos @ The Nightlight – $FREE!
- John Lindsay / Wesley Wolfe / Bright Young Things @ Motorco – $7
- The Weepies / Carsie Blanton @ Lincoln Theatre – $18 adv / $20 day of the show
- The Autumn Defense / Sarah Guthrie / Johnny Irion @ The Casbah – 12 adv / $15 day of the show
Wed – 11/17
- Open Mic! @ Broad Street Cafe – $FREE!
Thurs – 11/18
- Dark Water Rising / Samantha Crain / Shawn Lubby @ The Pinhook – $TBA
- Azure Ray / James Husband / Dead Fingers @ The Arts Center in Carrboro – $12 adv / $14 day of the show
- Doug Keith / Anna Bullard / Patrick Phelan (of Luego) @ The Cave – $TBA (early show)
- Brendan Benson (of the Raconteurs) / The Posies / Aquaduct @ Cat’s Cradle – $18 adv / $20 day of the show
- The Spinns @ The Cave – $5 (late show)
- The Hackensaw Boys @ Berkeley Café – $10 adv / $12 day of the show
- Calico Haunts / Jessica Hernandez and the Deltas / Aaron Berg and the Heavy Love @ The Nightlight – $6
Fri – 11/19
- Future Islands / Lonnie Walker / Veelee / NAPS @ King’s Barcade – $8 adv / $10 day of the show
- Puritan Rodeo CD Release Party! with New Town Drunks / Twilighter / Gasoline Stove @ Local 506 – $5
- North Elementary / Gray Young / Jews and Catholics @ The Pinhook – $TBA
- Gmish @ Jessee’s – $FREE!
- Chadstock 2 BDay Party Throwdown @ The Nightlight – $TBA
- Luego / John Howie and the Sweethearts / Honored Guests @ Motorco – $5
Sat – 11/20
- Felix Obelix / Velvet Umbrella Orchestra and Chorus perform selections from Seamus Kennedy’s “All Hail the Comet – A Sci-Fi Pop Opera” @ The Nightlight – $TBA
- Butterflies CD Release Show! with The Strugglers / Erie Choir / Cassis Orange / Wes Phillips @ Cat’s Cradle – $FREE!
- I Was Totally Destroying It / Today the Moon, Tomorrow the Sun / Fan-Tan @ Local 506 – $FREE!
- The Allen Boys @ The Arts Center in Carrboro – $FREE!
- Schooner / The Huguenots / Wages @ The Pinhook – $TBA
- The Old Ceremony / The Tomahawks @ Motorco – $6
Sun – 11/21
- Doomtree ft. P.O.S. and Dessa @ Local 506 – $10 adv / $12 at the door
Anywhere else?

Tues – 11/9
- Land of Talk / Suuns @ Local 506 – $8 adv / $10 at the door
- Toubabe Krewe / Rubblebucket @ Cat’s Cradle – $13 adv / $15 at the door
- Bright Young Things / Boy Without God / Pinkerton Raid @ The Nightlight – $TBA
Wed – 11/10
- Rowdy Square Dance @ The Pinhook – $Donations!
- Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti / Diva / Toddlers @ Cat’s Cradle – $12 adv / $14 at the door
- The Jackets / The Tomahawks @ The Pour House – $8
Thurs – 11/11
- Javelin / Reptar / Rain in My Face @ King’s Barcade – $10 adv / $12 day of the show
- Solar Powered Sun Destroyer @ Motorco – $FREE!
- Matt Costa / Everest @ Cat’s Cradle – $15
Fri – 11/12
- Shark Quest @ The Cave – $TBA
- Cedric Watson @ The Pinhook – $TBA
- Amy Ray / Mount Moriah – Benefit for Urban Ministries of Durham and Strings Attached Productions @ Cat’s Cradle – $12 adv / $15 day of the show
- Maps & Atlases / Tera Melos @ Local 506 – $10 adv / $12 at the door
- Applesauce / Possum Jenkins Band @ Broad Street Cafe – $FREE!
- Static Minds / The Loners / Maldora @ King’s Barcade – $7
- Monsonia CD Release Show! with Minor Stars and Make @ The Nightlight – $5
Sat – 11/13
- Sonar Benefit: Lud / Titanium Rex @ The Cave – $TBA
- Alcazar Hotel / Katherine Whalen & Her Fascinators / Those Eno River Boys @ Local 506 – $7
- Katharine Whalen & Her Fascinators @ The Arts Center in Carrboro – $FREE!
- Los Naturales / It’s Raining In My Face / Jacquelin Lee @ The Pinhook – $TBA
- Burlesque Dance party @ Motorco – $TBA
- The Spring Collection / The T’s / Luego @ King’s Barcade – $6
- Carrboro / Chapel Hill Anarchist Book Fair @ The Nightlight (early) – $FREE!
Sun – 11/14
- The Belleville Outfit @ Berkeley Café – $10
- UNC Performance Collective @ The Nightlight – $FREE!
Anywhere else?

The week’s chock full of places to be and if that weren’t enough, it’s also National Novel Writing Month (or NaNoWriMo if you’re too busy spitting out dozens of pages to say whole words). So get out there! (And then go home and write about it!)
Mon – 11/1
- Vetiver / Twelve Thousand Armies @ Local 506 – $10 adv / $12 at the door
Tues – 11/2
- Strong City / Hands Like Feet @ Motorco – $FREE!
- White Rabbits / U. S. Royalty @ Local 506 – $9 adv / $11 at the door
Wed – 11/3
- Nightsound Musical Chairs CD Release Party with Luego / Puritan Rodeo / Lizzy Ross Band / New Town Drunks / North Elementary / Pecosa / Wylie Hunter and the Cazadores @ Cat’s Cradle – $FREE!
- The Legendary Pink Dots @ Local 506 – $12 adv/ $14 at the door
- Open Old-time Jam! @ The Nightlight (early) – FREE!
- Pinche Gringo / The Runaway Suns @ The Nightlight (late) – $TBA
- Bullbot Troika All-Star Revue with Jason Kutchma (of Red Collar) / Phil Cook (of Megafaun) / Reid Johnson (of Schooner) / Greg Humphreys @ Broad Street Cafe – $FREE!
Thurs – 11/4
- Troika Music Festival! @ The Pinhook / Motorco / Full Steam / Durham Central Park / etc – $25 weekend pass / $10 per day
- Ra Ra Riot / Givers @ Cat’s Cradle – $15 adv / $17 at the door
- Hoots & The Hellmouth / Barefoot Truth @ Berkeley Café – $10
- 919 Noise Showcase ft: Beniot Pioulard / Nik Woondt / CJ Boyd / Treeclimber @ The Nightlight – $6
- The Felice Brothers / Adam Haworth Stevens @ King’s Barcade – $13 adv / $15 day of the show
- Comedian and Political Satirist Lizz Winstead @ The Arts Center in Carrboro – $23 adv / $25 day of the show
Fri – 11/5
- John Howie Jr. & The Rosewood Bluff / The Tremors @ The Cave – $TBA
- Soft Company / Bear Hands @ King’s Barcade – $7
- Troika Music Festival! @ The Pinhook / Motorco / Full Steam / Durham Central Park / etc – $25 weekend pass / $10 per day
Sat – 11/6
- Future Islands / Lonnie Walker / Motor Skills @ Local 506 – $7 adv / $9 at the door
- Troika Music Festival! @ The Pinhook / Motorco / Full Steam / Durham Central Park / etc – $25 weekend pass / $10 per day
- The World Home Brew Festival with music by Lizzy Ross & Gambling the Muse @ The Nightlight – $10 suggested donation
- Wolf Parade / Ogre You Asshole @ Lincoln Theatre – $18 adv / $20 day of the show
Sun – 11/7
- Shearwater / Damien Jurado @ Local 506 – $10 adv / $12 at the door
- Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile @ Cat’s Cradle – $18 adv / $20 day of the show
- Robert Earl Keen’s Texas Uprising / Randy Rogers Band / Reckless Kelly @ Lincoln Theatre – $24 adv / $27 day of the show
Anywhere else?

Mon – 10/25
- Red Collar / The Riot Before / Red City Radio / Ascetic Parade @ Motorco – $TBA
Tues – 10/26
- Ghostface Killah / Sheek Louch (of the Lox) / Frank Dukes @ Cat’s Cradle – $16 adv / $18 day of the show
- Rocky Votolato / Ha Ha Tonka @ Local 506 – $9 adv / $11 at the door
- Macy Gray @ Carolina Theatre – $30
- DSI Comedy Theatre presents Harold Night @ Berkeley Café – $TBA
Wed – 10/27
- Johnny Flynn / These United States / Adam Arcuragi / Cheyenne Marie Mize @ Local 506 – $10 adv / $12 at the door
- Yuxtaponga Release Party @ The Nightlight – $3
- Gentleman Jesse / The Barrercudas / Last Year’s Men @ King’s Barcade – $8
Thurs – 10/28
- Halloween Clothing Swap followed by FrequeNC Records Night with J+JJ Gourdon @ The Nightlight – $FREE!
- The Dirty Little Heaters / Come Hell or High Water / Pinche Gringo @ The Pinhook – $TBA
Fri – 10/29
- The Beast / Mosadi Music / Greg Humphreys @ Motorco – $TBA
- Le Weekend CD Release Party! with Zeke Graves / @ The Nightlight – $5
- Guybrarian DJ Night @ Local 506 – $FREE!
- Passion Pit / K Flay / Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears @ UNC’s Carmichael Auditorium – $Various
Sat – 10/30
- Blonde Redhead / Pantha Du Prince @ Cat’s Cradle – $20
- Apollo Run / Luego / Delta Rae @ Local 506 – $7
- The Tomahawks / Lonnie Walker / The Houston Brothers @ Motorco – $TBA
- Halloween Party and Nightlight Benefit Show: Auxiliary House / Shithorse / King Kingfisher and His Royal White Pages @ The Nightlight – $5
- D-Town Brass / The Brand New Life @ The Pinhook – $TBA
- Bright Young Things / The Tomahawks / The Spring Collection / Brett Harris / Luego + more @ Slim’s Downtown – $TBA
- Rocky Horror Picture Show Movie Night @ Broad Street Cafe – $FREE!
Sun – 10/31
- Caribou / Veelee @ Cat’s Cradle
- Halloween Party! Gasoline Stove / Radar’s Clowns of Sedation / Taz Halloween’s Kittybox & The Johnnys @ The Cave – $TBA
- Foothills Brewing Halloween Costume Ball with Big Daddy Love @ The Pour House – $7
Anywhere else?