CUSP presents: Bullship, Ghost Trees, Up/Dn, Blow Your Head (DJs) Wednesday, June 20, 2018 at 10 p.m. Snug Harbor 1228 Gordon St. Charlotte, NC 28205 Tickets: $5.00 CUSP presents a month-long look into and showcase of the instrumental music of Charlotte. Be sure to party with Blow Your Head (DJs Flock of Slagles & Jah Freedom) spinning vinyl all night during their Cyclops (back patio) takeover! Bullship: A band formed at the dawn of a new millennium, when the earth…

Andy McKee Thursday, June 21, 2018 at 8 p.m. Neighborhood Theatre 511 East 36th Street Charlotte, NC, 28205 Tickets: $22 - $30 Andy McKee is among the world’s finest acoustic guitarists. His youthful energy and attention to song structure and melodic content elevates him above the rest. He entertains both the eye and the ear as he magically transforms the steel string guitar into a full orchestra via his use of altered tunings, tapping, partial capos, percussive hits and a…

American Aquarium with Travis Meadows Thursday, June 21, 2018 at 8 p.m. Visulite Theatre 1615 Elizabeth Ave. Charlotte, NC 28204 Tickets: $15 plus American Aquarium In the lush tobacco fields of North Carolina where BJ Barham was raised, people work hard. Families stay nearby, toiling and growing together. BJ loves those farms and his tiny Reidsville hometown, but he had to run off and start American Aquarium, a band now beloved by thousands. BJ couldn’t stay. But he couldn’t really…

Chris Redd June 21 -24, 2018 at 8:00 p.m. The Comedy Zone 900 NC Music Factory Blvd Charlotte, NC 28206 Tickets: $20 plus  Chris is an exciting actor, writer, stand-up, sketch and improv performer. He most recently joined the cast of Saturday Night Live as a featured player for the shows 43rd season. In film, Chris can currently be seen in a very flashy role opposite Andy Samberg in the Universal feature Pop Star: Never Stop Stopping produced by Judd…

Modern Primitives, Pearl Earl, and It's Snakes Friday, June 22, 2018 at 10 p.m. Snug Harbor 1228 Gordon St. Charlotte, NC 28205 Tickets: $7.00 Modern Primitives have been growling around the Charlotte scene since 2011, honing their techniques by focusing on their prolific live performances. Their sound is a premium blend of loose psychedelia, wild rock, and just the right amount of boozy, hungover blues. These personalities work as one, culminating in the smirking, melted madness between garage glam and…

Method Man and Redman Saturday, June 23, 2018 at 8 p.m. The Fillmore 820 Hamilton St. Charlotte, NC 28206 Tickets: $63.50 plus Method Man is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. He is known as a member of the East Coast hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan. He is also one half of the hip hop duo Method Man & Redman. He took his stage name from the 1979 film Method Man. In 1996, he won a Grammy Award for…

JJ Grey & Mofro at NoDa Brewing Co Sunday, June 24, 2018 from 7 p.m. - 11 p.m NoDa Brewing Company 2921 N Tryon St. Charlotte, NC 28206 Tickets: $30 plus JJ Grey & Mofro From the days of playing greasy local juke joints to headlining major festivals, JJ Grey remains an unfettered, blissful performer, singing with a blue-collared spirit over the bone-deep grooves of his compositions. His presence before an audience is something startling and immediate, at times a…

Hayes Carll with Pierce Edens Friday, June 29, 2018 at 8 p.m. Visulite Theatre 1615 Elizabeth Ave Charlotte, NC 28204 Tickets: $20 plus Hayes Carll is a singer-songwriter. A native of the Woodlands, Texas, his style of roots-oriented songwriting has been noted for its plainspoken poetry and sarcastic humor. After releasing his debut album, Flowers & Liquor, in 2002, Carll was voted Best New Act by the Houston Press. Since then he's been compared to other Texas songwriters, including Townes…

Kurt Vile Tuesday, July 17, 2018 at 8:00 p.m. The Underground 820 Hamilton St. Charlotte, NC 28206 Tickets: On sale 3/22 Kurt Vile is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He is known for his solo work and as the former lead guitarist of rock band The War on Drugs. Both in the studio and during live performances, Vile is accompanied by his backing band, The Violators, which currently includes Jesse Trbovich (bass, guitar, saxophone), Rob Laakso (guitar,…

Boy George & Culture Club, The B 52's, and Tom Bailey Saturday, July 21, 2018 at 7 p.m. PNC Music Pavilion 707 Pavilion Blvd. Charlotte, NC 28262 Tickets: $25 plus Culture Club are an English band that was formed in 1981. The band comprised Boy George (lead vocals), Roy Hay (guitar and keyboards), Mikey Craig (bass guitar) and Jon Moss (drums and percussion). They are considered one of the most representative and influential groups of the 1980s. Culture Club sold…

Janelle Monae with St. Beauty Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. The Fillmore 820 Hamilton St. Charlotte, NC 28206 Tickets: On sale 5/2 Janelle Monáe is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, actress, and model. She is signed to her own imprint, Wondaland Arts Society, and Atlantic Records. After her first unofficial studio album, The Audition, she publicly debuted with a conceptual EP titled Metropolis: Suite I (The Chase), which peaked at number 115 on the Billboard 200…

Ms. Lauryn Hill Performing the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at 7 p.m. Uptown Ampitheatre 1000 NC Music Factory Blvd. Charlotte, NC 28206 Tickets: On sale 4/20 Lauryn Hill is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actress. She is best known for being a member of the Fugees and for her critically acclaimed solo album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, which won numerous awards and broke several sales records. Raised mostly in South Orange, New…

Weezer and Pixies Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. PNC Music Pavilion 707 Pavilion Blvd. Charlotte, NC 28262 Tickets: $25 plus Weezer is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1992, consisting of Rivers Cuomo (lead vocals, guitar), Patrick Wilson (drums), Brian Bell (guitar, backing vocals, keyboards), and Scott Shriner (bass guitar, backing vocals). The Pixies are an American alternative rock band formed in 1986 in Boston, Massachusetts. Until 2013, the band comprised Black Francis (lead vocals,…

Rod Stewart with Special Guest Cyndi Lauper Saturday July 28, 2017 at 7 p.m. Spectrum Center 333 E Trade St. Charlotte, NC 28202 Tickets: (On sale 1/13 Presale starts on 1/9) Rod Stewart is a British rock singer and songwriter. Born and raised in London, he is of Scottish and English ancestry. Stewart is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold over 100 million records worldwide. He has had six consecutive number one albums in the…

Glass Animals and Knox Fortune Sunday, July 29, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. Uptown Amphitheatre 1000 NC Music Factory Blvd. Charlotte, NC 28206 Tickets: $25 plus Glass Animals are an English indie rock band from Oxford consisting of members Dave Bayley (lead vocals, guitar), Drew MacFarlane (guitar, keys, backing vocals), Edmund Irwin-Singer (bass, keys, backing vocals), and Joe Seaward (drums). The group released their debut album Zaba in June 2014 as the first release on producer Paul Epworth's label Wolf Tone,…

Janet Jackson: State of the World Tour Friday, August 3, 2018 at 8 p.m. PNC Music Pavilion 707 Pavilion Blvd. Charlotte, NC 28262 Tickets: On sale 4/27 Janet Jackson is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress. Known for sonically innovative, socially conscious and sexually provocative records, and elaborate stage shows, she has been a prominent figure in popular culture for over thirty years. The youngest child of the Jackson family, she began her career with the variety television series…

Jay-Z and Beyoncé Tuesday, August 21, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. Williams-Brice Stadium 1125 George Rogers Blvd. Columbia, SC 29201 Tickets: $54.50 plus (Offer Code: ENCORE)  Shawn Carter, known professionally as JAY-Z, is an American rapper and businessman. He is one of the best-selling musicians of all time, having sold more than 50 million albums and 75 million singles worldwide, while receiving 21 Grammy Awards for his music. MTV ranked him the "Greatest MC of all time" in 2006. Rolling Stone ranked…

Pusha T - The Daytona Tour 2018 Thursday, August 23, 2018 at 8 p.m. The Fillmore 820 Hamilton St Charlotte, NC 28206 Tickets: On sale Friday, June 22 Pusha-T is an American rapper and record executive. He initially gained major recognition as half of hip hop duo Clipse, alongside his brother Gene "No Malice" Thornton, with whom he founded Re-Up Records. In September 2010, Thornton announced his signing to Kanye West's GOOD Music imprint, under the aegis of Def Jam…

Leon Bridges and Masego Monday, August 27, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. Red Hat Amphitheater 500 S McDowell St. Raleigh, NC 27601 Tickets: On sale 3/27 Leon Bridges is an American gospel and soul singer, songwriter and record producer from Fort Worth, Texas. He is best known for his song "Coming Home," which received regular airplay and was also a Top 10 Most Viral Track on Spotify. Bridges' debut album, also titled Coming Home, was released on June 23, 2015, on…

Portugal. The Man and Chicano Batman Tuesday, September 18, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. Uptown Ampitheatre NC Music Factory Blvd. Charlotte, NC 28206 Tickets: On sale 2/9 at 10 a.m.  Portugal. The Man is an American rock band from Wasilla, Alaska currently residing in Portland, Oregon. The group consists of John Gourley, Zach Carothers, Kyle O'Quin, Jason Sechrist and Eric Howk. Gourley and Carothers met and began playing music together at Wasilla High School in Wasilla. Their first two albums were…

Future Islands Thursday, September 27, 2018 at 8 p.m. The Fillmore 820 Hamilton St. Charlotte, NC 28206 Tickets: $26 plus  Future Islands is an American synthpop band based in Baltimore, Maryland, and signed to 4AD, currently comprising Gerrit Welmers (keyboards and programming), William Cashion (bass, acoustic and electric guitars), and Samuel T. Herring (lyrics and vocals). The band was formed in January 2006 by Welmers, Cashion and Herring—the remaining members of the performance art college band Art Lord & the…

Florence and the Machine and Billie Eilish Wednesday, October 3, 2018 at 7 p.m. Spectrum Center 333 E Trade St. Charlotte, NC 28202 Tickets: $39.50 plus Florence and the Machine are an English indie rock band that formed in London in 2007, consisting of vocalist Florence Welch, keyboardist Isabella Summers, and a collaboration of other musicians. The band's music received praise across the media, especially from the BBC, which played a large part in their rise to prominence by promoting…

Kali Uchis and Gabriel Garzon-Montano Saturday, October 6, 2018 at 8 p.m. The Fillmore 820 Hamilton St Charlotte, NC 28206 Tickets: Thursday, June 21 at 10 a.m. Kali Uchis is a Colombian-American singer and songwriter. She debuted in the music industry with her 2012 mixtape, Drunken Babble, which was described as "genre-defying". She released her first EP, Por Vida, in 2015 to further recognition. Her debut studio album, Isolation, was released in 2018 to widespread acclaim. - Wikipedia Gabriel Lorenzo…

Nicki Minaj and Future Tuesday, October 16, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. Spectrum Center 333 E Trade St. Charlotte, NC 28202 Tickets: On sale 6/12 at 10 a.m. Nicki Minaj is a Trinidadian-born American rapper, singer, songwriter, model, and actress. Born in Saint James, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago and raised in Queens, New York City, New York, she gained public recognition after releasing the mixtapes Playtime Is Over (2007), Sucka Free (2008), and Beam Me Up Scotty (2009). After…

Chvrches Tuesday, October 16, 2018 at 8 p.m. The Fillmore 820 Hamilton St. Charlotte, NC 28206 Tickets: On sale 4/27 Chvrches are a Scottish synth-pop band from Glasgow, formed in September 2011. The band consists of Lauren Mayberry, Iain Cook and Martin Doherty. Mostly deriving from the synthpop genre, Chvrches also incorporates indietronica, indie pop, and electronic dance into their sound. Two years after their formation, Chvrches released Recover EP in March 2013, which included hits "The Mother We Share"…