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The Theatre has a capacity of 956 if all areas are open. This includes the dance floor, balcony, bar area & "Other Side" area. For "Listening Room" style shows, we have the capability to do 600 seated.

Seating Policy: Depending on the show, we will sell tickets in the following ways: 1. General Admission and seats will be available on a first come first serve basis, so if you want a good seat, please make sure to get here early; 2. Seat Guaranteed Tickets which means that we will have a seat for you & the show is 100% seated, but where it is depends upon what time you get here to reserve it . Please check the individual show information for the type of ticketing available. We do not reserve seats in advance, nor do we sell tickets based on seat numbers. All events are General Admission on a first come basis through the door. You choose & reserve your seat once you enter the Theatre. Door & show times are listed under each event and vary depending on the event listed. Please go to our photo page to get a visual by what we mean with "dance floor will be open". What this means is that we have an area in front of the stage that either gets portable chairs for the "listening room" shows or no chairs for the more upbeat dancing shows. If a show lists "main hall floor open", this means that there will be no seats in the main hall. We have made many changes in the theatre over the years and one of them is that all seats are portable, this gives us the ability to have 100% standing shows as well as 100% seated shows. If you have any question or concerns about a specific event capacity, seating arrangement or ticketing, please call our venue Box Office at (704) 358-9298 or email help@neighborhoodtheatre.com . All sales final, no refunds.

Shows are all ages unless otherwise noted.

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ALL ARTS MARKET *One Night Only - Friday Gallery Crawl Night!* (70+ Artists)
A great place to shop for unique art and gifts!

NoDaRioty hosts a market for artists of all forms to sell their art to the public. Free admission for shoppers; artists keep 100% of sales. Live art will be created on site for silent auction throughout the evening. Enjoy live music and artistic performances as you shop for affordable, original art from Charlotte's emerging arts scene!

Paintings, Prints, Pottery, Photography, Wood-working, Metal-working, Sculpture, Jewerly, Leather-work, Silks, Knits, Stationary, Magnets, Soaps, T-shirts & MORE!

Artists interested in participating, need to register @ www.nodarioty.org
Registration opens at 7am: on January 16th for FEBRUARY 3, on February 27th for MARCH 16 & on April 30th for MAY 18.

QUEEN CITY BREWERS FESTIVAL
30+ craft beers, food, local art & live music

Queen City Brewers Festival (QCBF) is Charlotte on Tap. Premiering at the Neighborhood Theatre (511 E. 36th Street, Charlotte, NC, 28205), on Saturday, February 4, 2012, QCBF is exclusive to the Charlotte-area breweries that are putting the Queen City on the craft beer map. The event will feature a diverse selection of beer styles and flavors to taste and learn about from official brewery representatives. With 'Charlottes' craft beer market exploding in recent years, the goal of this event is to spotlight the 'citys' emerging craft breweries and to bring awareness to the event's nonprofit host, Partners for Parks, a nonprofit, nonpartisan foundation that seeks to promote and enhance parks, recreation and open space in neighborhoods throughout Mecklenburg County and the surrounding area.
More than thirty craft beers will be on hand with each brewery showcasing its full lineup of beers. Brewers are encouraged to bring one super flavor or style of beer especially for QCBF, as the event takes place the day before the Super Bowl.
QCBF will partner with Charlotte-based food vendors, and will feature works by local artists. Guests will also enjoy live music.

Music by: The Lovell Bradford Trio

There will be two tasting sessions: 1-4PM and 6-9PM. Admission is $20 per session. Updates will be posted regularly on:
http://qcbrewfest.com/, www.facebook.com/qcbrewfest & Twitter profile: @QCBrewFest

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QUEEN CITY BREWERS FESTIVAL
30+ craft beers, food, local art & live music

Queen City Brewers Festival (QCBF) is Charlotte on Tap. Premiering at the Neighborhood Theatre (511 E. 36th Street, Charlotte, NC, 28205), on Saturday, February 4, 2012, QCBF is exclusive to the Charlotte-area breweries that are putting the Queen City on the craft beer map. The event will feature a diverse selection of beer styles and flavors to taste and learn about from official brewery representatives. With 'Charlottes' craft beer market exploding in recent years, the goal of this event is to spotlight the 'citys' emerging craft breweries and to bring awareness to the event's nonprofit host, Partners for Parks, a nonprofit, nonpartisan foundation that seeks to promote and enhance parks, recreation and open space in neighborhoods throughout Mecklenburg County and the surrounding area.
More than thirty craft beers will be on hand with each brewery showcasing its full lineup of beers. Brewers are encouraged to bring one super flavor or style of beer especially for QCBF, as the event takes place the day before the Super Bowl.
QCBF will partner with Charlotte-based food vendors, and will feature works by local artists. Guests will also enjoy live music.

Music by: Super Reggae Man (aka Jimmy Jams of JAH Creation) performs 6 different instruments as an amazing One-Man Reggae Band, complete with horn section. Using a looper, Super Reggae Man creates, records and performs reggae grooves from the ground up - one instrument at a time. Good vibes aplenty!

There will be two tasting sessions: 1-4PM and 6-9PM. Admission is $20 per session. Updates will be posted regularly on:
http://qcbrewfest.com/, www.facebook.com/qcbrewfest & Twitter profile: @QCBrewFest

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MARC BROUSSARD 'La Route au Mardi Gras'
Sugar & The Hi Lows open

Marc Broussard was seemingly destined for a life as a music man. As the son of Boogie Kings guitarist (and Louisiana Hall of Fame member) Ted Broussard, his upbringing in Lafayette, La., instilled in him an affinity for R&B alongside the Cajun trappings of southern Louisiana. He draws vocal and stylistic influence from Otis Redding and Brian McKnight while bearing the preternaturally gruff voice of John Hiatt or Dr. John.

ROBERT CRAY BAND
Shane Pruitt Band opens

Robert Cray, the Five-time Grammy award winner and 11-time nominee has been practicing his craft professionally for over 35 years. Known for his good-time, uptown, low-down blues, Cray has inspired critics to praise his soulful vocal and instrumental artistry, earned respect from his peers, and sent young guitarists running back to the woodshed. Robert finds inspiration outside of blues; he looks to Caribbean, salsa and reggae to keep his sound fresh. Tim Parsons of Blues Revue Magazine says Crays sound speaks eloquence, capturing the attention of listeners who lean closer when he makes his guitar whisper. The rhythm is engaging, the stories compelling. Its like being in a groovy conversation. In 2011, Robert was inducted into the Blues Foundations Hall of Fame, an honor he greatly deserved. Cray was recently featured on the cover of Blues Revue Magazine. With over 20 albums under his belt, Cray continues to entertain blues fans both young and old. The Band is made up of successful musicians in their own right. Drummer Tony Braunagel has worked all over the world doing many things including producing and co-producing records for the likes of Eric Burdon and Curtis Salgado and acting on the sitcom, According to Jim. Braunagel joined The Robert Cray Band in 2009. At age 19, keyboard player Jim Pugh started playing Soul Jazz and BBQ Blues at Dottie Ivorys Stardust Lounge in San Francisco. Pugh has performed with Johnny Taylor, Little Milton and Otis Rush and recorded with Etta James, Van Morrison, and B.B. King. Jim has been a member of The Robert Cray Band since 1989. Bassist Richard Cousins has played bass for many people including Etta James, John Lee Hooker, Van Morrison, Eric Clapton, and B.B. King. He started playing with Robert Cray in 1974 and played in the band until 1991. Cousins returned to the band in 2009.

RADIO REHAB CHARLOTTE - School Daze Edition
Soundtrack provided by The Mighty DJ DR and DJ Skillz, Hosted by Bluez

What happens when you combine 2 Hip Hop DJs, on 1 stage, for 1 night, 1nce a month, the 3rd Thursday of every month in NODA Charlotte?

You get Radio Rehab Charlotte. The once a month, Good Music, Good Vibe, Priceless entertainment event featuring nationally and locally acclaimed recording artists with people who are in love with music, especially Hip Hop.

Additionally, you have an event open to visual artists, painters, graffiti artists, photographers, videographers, dancers, breakers and simply anyone who is craving a different flavor and vibe of music than most mainstream music settings.

DELBERT McCLINTON
Lightnin' Malcolm opens

Delbert McClinton proudly defies classifications. His music blends his Texas roots with roadhouse rock, juke-joint blues, Memphis soul and country. During his entire recording career, record labels have consistently tried to pigeonhole Delbert's music. But if you ask the critics about Delbert's dynamic vocals and harmonica style, you'll hear descriptions ranging from 'honky-tonk,' 'blue-eyed soul,' and 'Texas stomp' to 'country rock' and 'blues.' Delbert's music rebels against traditional categorization. Ask Delbert what kind of music he plays and he'll say, "Fun music."

McClinton was raised in Fort Worth, Texas, and cut his musical teeth playing in honky tonk bars in the '50s, sometimes jamming in back of a screen to protect him from flying beer bottles. His first taste of national success came in 1962, when he played harmonica on Bruce Chanel's classic song, "Hey! Baby." Soon he was touring and recording. His early days included meeting with a pre-fame John Lennon during a 1962 U.K. tour, during which McClinton showed Lennon a thing or two on the harmonica.
A succession of influential and critically acclaimed albums followed, along with coups like appearing on "Saturday Night Live" in its heyday -- an acknowledgement of the pages torn from Delbert's play book by Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi when they formed The Blues Brothers. He scored hits like "Giving It Up For Your Love" and "Sandy Beaches," won a Grammy with Bonnie Raitt for their "Good Man/Good Woman" duet, and over the years has enjoyed covers of his songs by Emmylou Harris, The Blues Brothers, Vince Gill, Wynonna, Lee Roy Parnell, Martina McBride, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, among others.

A NIGHT IN RIO: The Brazilian Carnival Experience

The Latin American Coalition invites you to our third annual Brazilian Celebration A NIGHT IN RIO a journey through Brazil in an evening featuring traditional dancing; live musical performances of Samba, Bossa Nova, and Brazilian Beats; authentic foods; and arts and crafts. You won't want to miss the contagious energy of Brazils famous Carnaval at this one-of-a-kind cultural experience.

The Carnival celebration will start with a free samba lessons to get the crowd moving. Demonstrations of capoeira, an Afro- Brazilian art form that combines martial arts, music and dance, will be provided JustBrazil. There will be live samba and traditional dancing by Movimentos de Samba. The globally-known hits of Antonio Carlos Jobim, Joao Gilberto and Sergio Mendes will move the crowd with live samba music interpreted by Malandro Soul and Reinaldo Brahn. The night will close with an exciting live batucada with drumming, dancers and audience participation.

For more information visit www.latinamericancoalition.org or calling 704-941-2557

BRODY & CHOCH, SHINOBI NINJA and SOUL KHAN
Hosted by KISS 95.1FM's morning radio personality, Brittney Cason
Mr. Invisible and D&D Sluggers open

A dance floor party infused with energetic rock, old school hip-hop, and punk rock to create a true Neighborhood House Party experience. Leading the way are North Carolina charismatic throwback party rockers, Brody & Choch who just wrapped a memorable east coast tour sparked by a memorable performance at CMJ Music Marathon. Also rocking the party are Brooklyn's punk rock Billboard Magazine cover page band, Shinobi Ninja, who's single "Rock Hood" is recently featured on MTV-U and in video game NBA 2K12. Continuing the powerful line-up is New York hip-hopper, Soul Khan, who's voice reminds us of the glory days of the genre and his MTV2 Sucker Freestyle is one of the most viewed ever. Celebrity DJ Shogun will blaze the turntables all night and keep the dance party moving, so bring your dance shoes and get ready for ONE HELL OF A PARTY!

CODY CANADA & The DEPARTED
Statesboro Revue opens

In the wake of Cross Canadian Ragweeds decision to part ways, CODY CANADA resurfaced with an armament of musicians and a mission in mind. With his long time Ragweed band mate, JEREMY PLATO (bass) the two made a seamless transition into the world of The DEPARTED, as in CODY CANADA & The DEPARTED'. We kicked around several ideas for names, Canada said. Were all from different bands and we wanted something to sound like we came from different places. The Departed was right on the money. Along with Canada and Plato, The Departed rounds out with Seth James on guitar (Seth James Band, Ray Wylie Hubbard), Steve Littleton on B3 organ and keys (Live Oak Decline, Stoney LaRue & the Arsenals, Medicine Show) and Dave Bowen on drums (Stoney LaRue, Bleu Edmondson, Dale Watson). Because they have traveled in the same circles for years, the band members are all familiar with each other and familiar with each others style of playing. More than likely theyve all played on the same stage at one time or another already. Its this familiarity with each other that made their first project so uncomplicated. Although The Departed is writing and will record original material, the bands first priority was getting into the studio and cutting the Oklahoma tribute album that Cody has wanted to do for years.

This Is Indian Land is a 15-track deep buffet of really kick-ass Okie songs, Canada states. He jokingly says It might sound like originals because not many people have ever heard these songs. But in fact, the album is loaded with well-known selections like Kevin Welchs Kickin Back in Amsterdam and True Love Never Dies, JJ Cales If Youre Ever in Oklahoma and Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famer Leon Russells Home Sweet Oklahoma. Of course there were a few tracks picked for more personal reasons. Cody notes, The Ballad of Rosalie (Randy Pease) was the first song I ever heard in Stillwater. Little Rain Will Do (Greg Jacobs) is just an awesome historical song Ive been wanting to record since the first time I heard it. Randy Crouchs Face On Mars really kind of frightened us. A lot of people wanted us to do it but we didnt know what to do with it. We sat there for a whole day trying to get it arranged and find a groove for it. We made it happen and its one of my favorites on the album.

SATISFACTION - The International Rolling Stones Show
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"SATISFACTION - The International Rolling Stones Show" is the international touring tribute show to the World's Greatest Rock & Roll Band. This Billboard & Pollstar listed show is now celebrating their 10th Anniversary in production with over 1600 performances listed to its credit. This highly acclaimed production showcases the most authentic cast & costuming of its kind. The likes of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and cast bring a colorful performance to 50 years of classic hits. Featured in Rolling Stone, Showbiz Magazine, Las Vegas Today, CBS Sunday Morning news and hundreds of national newspapers, magazines, television & radio as the worlds greatest show honoring the Rolling Stones and their legacy.
HIGHLIGHTS: In 2005 the production became the first ever Rolling Stones show to debut on the Las Vegas strip to outstanding reviews. The show was also a featured artist on national television news in the 2007 CBS News/New York special on the rising popularity of the tribute industry. For 2008 the show was chosen by Paramount Pictures and the IMAX Corporation to help promote the new Rolling Stones concert film Shine a Light by Martin Scorsese throughout the USA. In 2010 the show received their highest accolades ever as they were approved by the Rolling Stones to perform long term engagements with the Walt Disney Corporation. They also embarked on their first ever tour of Russia with sold out shows in Moscow and St. Petersburg in November. For 2011 the group launched a new project entitled A Symphony for the Devil. It features the group performing with symphony orchestras around the world.
Rolling Stone magazine: "One of the best tribute shows in the world"
Las Vegas Sun: "Shined just like the real Stones on the strip"
Showbiz Magazine: "They have you in the aisles like Jumping Jack Flash"
CBS News New York: A must see.get SATISFACTION!
Washington Post: Satisfaction is a spot-on portrayal to the Rolling Stones

TOMMY EMMANUEL
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A household name in his native Australia, Tommy Emmanuel's career spans three decades and continues to intersect with some of the finest musicians in the world. Emmanuel's music and life are legendary. He began playing guitar at age 4, learning to play by ear without any formal instruction. Tommy and his brother Phil were child prodigies, starting their profesional career in the 1960s when Phil was just 7 and Tommy a mere 4 years old. Emmanuel is not only a very accomplished guitarist, but also plays drums and sings. Jazz legend Chet Atkins was one of the first people who inspired Emmanuel to pick up a guitar. Decades later, Atkins himself became one of Tommy's biggest fans, and is responsible for declaring Emmanuel a "Certified Guitar Player" - an honor shared by only two other people in the world (Jerry Reed and John Knowles). The consummate musician, Emmanuel was voted Rolling Stone (Australia) Magazine's "Most Popular Guitarist" for two consecutive years and has earned four Platinum and three Gold albums. With 13 albums in his collection, Emmanuel's boundless talent and indomitable skill consistently impress music critics and fans alike. His dazzling performances, flawless guitar skills and voluminous repertoire never fail to amaze audiences wherever he goes.

NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS
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The North Mississippi Allstars were founded in 1996; a product of a special time for modern Mississippi country blues. RL Burnside, Jr. Kimbrough, Otha Turner and their musical families were at their peak; making classic records and touring the world. Brothers Luther and Cody Dickinson soaked up the music of their father, Jim Dickinson, and absorbed the North Mississippi Blues legacy while playing and shaking it down at the juke joints with their blues ancestors. Luther (guitar and vocals) and Cody (drums and vocals) joined up with bassist Chris Chew to form the core of their own band, The North Mississippi Allstars. Through the filter of generations of Mississippi Blues men, the Allstars pioneered their own blues-infused rock and roll.
Luther and Cody Dickinson lost their father, Memphis music legend Jim Dickinson, only months before Luther became one. Jim had always told them, You need to be playing music together. You are better together than you will ever be apart. Coincidentally, the Dickinson brothers were not together when Jim passed. At that moment, they were both off on their own, Luther with The Black Crowes and Cody with the Hill Country Revue. So in the spring of 2010, the North Mississippi Allstars reformed and went into the Zebra Ranch, the familys recording studio where they had spent countless hours together with their dad, to create a record that could help them cope with the loss, and, at the same time, rejoice in his honor. The first line of Jims self-written eulogy was, I refuse to celebrate death. Luther, Cody and Chris Chew took heed and aimed to celebrate life instead; and the songs for the new record, Keys To The Kingdom (Songs of the South), came pouring out of their souls. As is our familys tradition, we gathered in our homemade studio and recorded, Luther says. We carried on as weve been taught and dealt the only way we know, by making musicKeys To The Kingdom is definitely our finest collaboration.
The North Mississippi Allstars have put a fresh face on blues-based rock for those too young to remember the works of Johnny Winter, Cream, Canned Heat, and the Allman Brothers. Their mix of fuzz-tone rock pyrotechnics--reminiscent of ZZ Top--with jazzy bass, Southern gospel, and juke-joint blues, has enabled the band to expand their mid-South cult following into an international fan-base. The most dynamic aspect of their sound is the eclectic guitar work of Luther Dickinson, who often incorporates Duane Allman-style country-rock licks with punkish vamps and percussive, bluesy improvisation into his solos. Younger brother Cody Dickinson drums with hard rock force and flair but is highly adaptable to the group's many shifts in mood and tempo. Holding it all together are the jazz-tinged bass lines of Chris Chew, whose backup vocals provide a soulful counterpoint to Luther's hissing hard-rock phrases. Although the roots-minded trio draws heavily from such old-time blues artists as Mississippi Fred McDowell, R.L. Burnside, and Junior Kimbrough, the Allstars bristle when others label them a blues act. "We don't claim to be a blues band at all," Luther Dickinson told Edward Angel Sotelo of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. "We're a rock 'n' roll band."

NEEDTOBREATHE - The Reckoning 2012 Tour @ OVENS AUDITORIUM
special guest Ben Rector opens

When NEEDTOBREATHEs Bear and Bo Rinehart set out to write the songs that appear on the bands new album, The Reckoning, they felt something bigger awaited them. It wasnt just commercial success either. The bands last album The Outsiders hit No. 9 on Billboards Rock Albums chart, went Top 20 on the Top 200, saw the band sell out venues such as Nashvilles Ryman Auditorium and Chicagos House of Blues, and score an impressive number of placements in blockbuster films and numerous prime time television-shows. Bear explains There was always this creeping reminder that we needed to show what the last ten years on the road had taught us. If we couldnt do that, everything we had worked for was meaningless. With their reputation as a must-see live act built from non-stop touring, the Rinehart brothers, pastors sons who hail from the rural South Carolina town of Possum Kingdom, along with drummer Joe Stillwell and bass player Seth Bolt, were determined to create a statement-making album that truly captured the magic behind this genuinely appealing rock band. We considered every note, every sound, and every lyric that went on this album, Bo says of their fourth album The Reckoning, which was co-produced by the band with Rick Beato (who worked with the band on their records The Heat and The Outsiders), and was recorded over seven months mostly at their Plantation Studios in Charleston, SC. Everything was put through the Do we really believe in this or not, filter. We never settled. We were looking for a spark. Sometimes in the studio youve got to keep searching until something happens that feels magical. We were waiting for that moment to strike on each song before we called this album finished. Bear adds, At one point, we had done 10 different versions of the same song, but that process is what the record came to be about. We felt like no one could take this moment from us. I think you can feel the pressure we put on ourselves in every note of this record. The songs and the album became something much bigger than us something we had to live up to.

CIAA Island Style Party 2 featuring STONE LOVE & BLACK CHINEY
Mix Master David & Deathzone Sounds open
Reggae DJ party presented by BrightWorks, Paradice & Lion Tribe Entertainment

EXCISION Insomniac & Sugar Society present BASSRUSH
Liquid Stranger & Lucky Date open

Taking influence from Drum and Bass, Metal, and Hip Hop, EXCISION is a Dubstep artist who must be heard to be fully believed. Combining the morphing basslines of Drum and Bass, the aggressive energy of Metal, and the laid back vibes of hip hop, Excisions style is incomparable.
At only 22, this young Canadians passion for music has already driven him to become one of the biggest Dubstep acts of North America, along with DatsiK. Anyone who has heard a set by this bad boy has walked away feeling energized and refreshed. If youre lucky enough to catch a live set, expect an assault of bass-heavy tracks, mixed quickly and seamlessly.
Upon the selling out and repressing of his first release, No Escape on his own label Rottun Recordings, it became apparent that there was a large demand for the dark side of Dubstep. This was proven to be true when Excision was asked by Electronic Music Superstars Pendulum to remix their latest single Showdown. Look out for collaborations with North American Bass Guru Bassnectar, Pendulum, and many others ranging from Drum and Bass heavy-weight SPL, to Dubstep womp master DZ. With an upcoming U.S. tour alongside Pendulum, and a set at the fabled Shambhala Music Festival among many other Canadian and U.S. dates throughout the year, EXCISION is one to watch.

ALL ARTS MARKET *One Night Only - Friday Gallery Crawl Night!* (70+ Artists)
A great place to shop for unique art and gifts!

NoDaRioty hosts a market for artists of all forms to sell their art to the public. Free admission for shoppers; artists keep 100% of sales. Live art will be created on site for silent auction throughout the evening. Enjoy live music and artistic performances as you shop for affordable, original art from Charlotte's emerging arts scene!

Paintings, Prints, Pottery, Photography, Wood-working, Metal-working, Sculpture, Jewerly, Leather-work, Silks, Knits, Stationary, Magnets, Soaps, T-shirts & MORE!

Artists interested in participating, need to register @ www.nodarioty.org
Registration opens at 7am: on January 16th for FEBRUARY 3, on February 27th for MARCH 16 & on April 30th for MAY 18.

ZED'S DEAD - The Living Dead Tour presented by Insomniac & Sugar Society
Cmnrlinx, AraabMuzik , XI, Styles&Complete and Rob Banks open

DC and Hooks are Zeds Dead...two of the hardest workers in electronic music, Zeds Dead's tireless efforts have earned them an excellent reputation amongst a new generation of producers as artists without borders - genres hold no bearing over their music as they transcend style and form with ease. By pulling from a vast array of source material (Radiohead, The Rolling Stones, The Moody Blues, Sublime), and molding it into their unique brand of dance-floor classics, They have established themselves as a dominant force in EDM circles and have received recognition and praise from tastemakers worldwide. With a stockpile of originals and remixes set to be released in 2011, DC and Hooks show no signs of slowing down. Catch them live and you'll know: Zeds Dead is here to stay!

Ignite Charlotte 4 (18+ Event)

If youve got an idea that you are personally or professionally passionate about and youre willing to get onstage to talk about it with your fellow community members, we want to hear from you. Talk Submissions for Ignite Charlotte 4 are open until Tuesday, January 31st. Selected speakers will use 20 slides that auto-advance every 15 minutes (no animation, no sales pitches, no notes) for a talk time of 5 minutes. Learn more here: Why & How To Give An Ignite Talk .

Ignite events are fast-paced, fun, thought-provoking, social, local, global...they are a high-energy evening of networking with a series of 5 minute talks by community members who have an idea and the guts to get onstage to share it with their hometown crowd.

Ignite is a force for raising the collective IQ and building connections in each city with most all of the events being run by local volunteers who are connected through the global Ignite network. Talks aren't the only things that go on at an Ignite event. Ignite Charlotte stages an Icebreaker Contest that is designed to connect and engage people who may not have met before by having them work together on a team activity, competition-style. Along with other cities around the world, Ignite Charlotte archives videos of their talks here Ignite Charlotte Gallery Page. You can also view Ignite Talks from around the world at IgniteShow.com.

Enlighten us, but make it quick!

FRANKENSTEIN BROTHERS featuring BUCKETHEAD & THAT 1 GUY
Wolff opens


BUCKETHEAD - Although a multi-instrumentalist, Buckethead is best known for his electric guitar playing, and famed for his distinctive stage outfit and elaborate stage shows. He has been voted number 8 on a list in GuitarOne magazine of the Top 20 Greatest Guitar Shredders of All Time. He has released 32 solo albums and performed on over 50 more since 1992. He has also made guest appearances on more than 40 different albums by various artists. His music spans such diverse areas as progressive metal, thrash metal, funk, ambient, jazz, dub, and avant-garde music.

When performing in his theatrical persona, Buckethead used to wear a KFC bucket (emblazoned with an orange bumper sticker that read FUNERAL in black block letters) on his head and a plain white costume mask (commonly found in costume shops and used primarily for dramatic theater productions). More recently, he has switched to a plain white bucket no longer bearing the KFC logo. He also incorporates nunchaku, robot dancing, and toy trading into his stage performances. Bucketheads persona represents a character who was raised by chickens and has made it his mission in life to alert the world to the ongoing chicken holocaust in fast-food joints around the globe.


THAT 1 GUY - Like a one-man band plucked from the pages of Dr. Seuss, That 1 Guy delivers earthshaking future funk from the magic pipe to accompany his madcap lyrics about turbo snails, meat storms, and weasel pot pies.
Funky Bean, Buttmachine, Mustaches and Laser beams. It reads like a page out of a Dr. Seuss book, but for Mike Silverman, better known as That 1 Guy, it is just the reality he was searching for.
At 150-200 live shows each year people gather to see his mad scientist at work, curiously watching as That 1 Guy plugs an electric chord into the heel of a cowboy boot and transforms it into an instrument. He howls and the audience joins him like a pack of coyotes. They even chime in for the song Weasel Pot Pie, offering rhymes to finish a line about cinnamon scones: Twilight Zones? Al Capones? Frank Stallones? That 1 Guy laughs and offers the grin of a Cheshire cat. Here is a man who loves his job.
With his curious instrument, creative performances and abundant talent, That 1 Guy has been wowing crowds around the world at Big Day Out, Glastonbury, Monterrey Jazz Festival, Lowlands, Wakarusa and numerous other festivals. In 2007 he joined Guns N Roses guitarist Buckethead on an American tour before headlining his own Mustaches and Laser Beams tour through North America.

THE ENGLISH BEAT
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One tempestuous weekend in March 1979 was not only the date of the Three Mile Island nuclear incident, but also, in Birmingham, England, the very first show by a nascent band known as The Beat. When the beat rushed on to the music scene in 1979, it was a time of social, political and musical upheaval. Into this storm came The Beat, trying to calm the waters with their simple message of love and unity set to a great dance beat. The Beat were all about inclusion, rather than exclusion, and this showed in their personnel and their music influences. The band crossed over fluidly between soul, reggae, pop and punk, and from these disparate pieces they created an infectious dance rhythm. The band retains their status as one of the most popular and influential bands of the British ska movement.

ACOUSTIC SYNDICATE
Sons of Bill opens

Acoustic Syndicate is a rock/folk/bluegrass band from North Carolina formed in 1992. They have toured nationally in the US, including appearances at Farm Aid and the Bonnaroo festival. Their sound is characterized by three-part vocal harmony and complex polyrhythmic banjo playing. Lyrically, the group often discusses themes relating to subsistence, sustainability and quality of life.


Sons of Bill is a five-piece alt-country rock band from Charlottesville, Virginia featuring brothers James, Sam and Abe Wilson, as well as Seth Green and Todd Wellons. The band began pre-production work on their new album in the Spring of 2010. In December 2010 they entered Sound of Music Studios with David Lowery of 90's alt-rock band Cracker producing and John Morand engineering. In March 2011 the band initiated a fan-funded campaign through the innovative website Kickstarter to help offset recording and production costs. The campaign was a tremendous success, hitting it's $20,000 goal in just over 24 hours and eventually doubling that goal in the month it was active. The band continued working at Sound of Music, in addition to returning to PLYRZ Studios to work with producer and mixer Jim Scott (Wilco, Tom Petty), and recording at Mission Sound Studios in Brooklyn, NY. The band has announced that the album will be titled Sirens and will be released on March 27th, 2012.

WE WERE PROMISED JETPACKS
Bad Veins open

We Were Promised Jetpacks are yet another hugely talented young Scottish band added to the FatCat roster. The 4-piece came to our attention when listening to some of the friends on the Frightened Rabbit Myspace page. Though recent months has seen the band tour the UK with their aforementioned friends, the four preceding years have consisted of local gigs in and around Glasgow and Edinburgh, allowing WWPJ to find their sound and hone their live performance.
Assembled in Edinburgh as high school friends in 2003, their first ever gig saw them winning their schools battle of the bands competition. Proceeding shows were after school performances around the city of Edinburgh which were well attended and fuelled the band with a hunger and ambition. If the nascent WWPJ aural template embraced light-footed compositions few effects pedals, traditional song structures, clear-cut guitars - succeeding years have seen WWPJ soar aural heights and mine emotional depths in every sense: the band you will encounter now are a cacophonous tour de force: louder, wilder, avidly literate; fiercely melodic, yet eagerly restrained. Lyrics and vocal melodies come courtesy of Adam Thompson, everything else arises from the full group; Adam Thompson (Guitar/Vocals), Michael Palmer (Guitar), Sean Smith (Bass) and Darren Lackie (Drums).

PERPETUAL GROOVE
The Broadcast opens

A celebrated, international touring act for over four years, Perpetual Groove has built a reputation on intense, emotional music that fans call trance arena rock, and won over legions of fans with their experimentations in live 5.1 concert surround sound, an intense retina blinding light show, and a willingness to keep the connection strong between band and fans. The Athens, GA-based bands riveting live performances have catapulted them into the must-see category of live rock bands.

JUNIOR BROWN
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There's usually a wide-eyed look accompanying one who witnesses Junior's unique instrumental prowess for the first time... or the second, or third, for that matter. Junior invented his own guitar, one that combines the standard 6-string guitar and the steel guitar. He calls it the "guit-steel."

I was playing both the steel and guitar, switching back and forth a lot while I sang, and it was kind of awkward. But then I had this dream where they just kind of melted together. When I woke up, I thought 'You know, that thing would work!' They made double-neck guitars and double-neck steels,so why not one of each?

A call was made to guitar maker Michael Stevens, whose expertise made the dream a reality, and around 1985 the guit-steel was born. Last year Junior once again enlisted the services of Stevens to make a second guit-steel, a cherry-red axe affectionately nicknamed "Big Red." In Junior's hands, the guit-steel is an amazing tool, a means to creating some of the hottest, most heartfelt playing heard in years (and in a town like Austin, that's saying something). His talents have led major magazines like Musician to herald Junior as a genius. Life magazine honored him as the only contemporary musician included in their "All Time Country Band," and Guitar Player magazine's 1994 "Best of..." listings made him their #1 lap steel player, #2 Country Artist, and #3 country album (Guit With It).

Always a Neighborhood favorite we're pleased to welcome Junior Brown back again.

TRAMPLED BY TURTLES
special guest William Elliot Whitmore opens

"Supercharged songs with a hooky playfulness and white-knuckle power..." - Esquire

"Lit up and chargedfour-part harmonies that are close to being crystalline." - Daytrotter

On April 10 Thirty Tigers/RED will release Trampled by Turtles highly anticipated album Stars and Satellites. The bands 2010 release Palomino (Thirty Tigers) garnered critical acclaim from NPR Music who praised both the bands impeccable dexterity and charm and melody to the songs. AOL Spinner called the record hard-charging musicinfectiously raucous, while Paste Magazine admired the bands punk ethos as well as virtuosity and energy while naming the band as one of the Top 25 Live Acts of 2011. The band will support the new album with a North American tour this spring. Since forming in Duluth, Minnesota in 2003, Trampled by Turtles always felt they were able to attain an energy on stage that cant be found in the studio. They were so comfortable playing on the road that they treated their previous albums recording processes like tours. For Stars and Satellites, however, Trampled by Turtles didnt want to simply try to recreate a live show. We wanted to make a record that breathes, explains Dave Simonett (guitar/vocals), musically we wanted to step out of our comfort zone. This record is all about going inward, Erik Berry (mandolin, vocals) adds, building a focused bond as players and friends, and bringing a different mindset to the sounds Trampled by Turtles can make. With the help of engineer Tom Herbers (Low, Jayhawks) the band moved into Soleil Pines, a log home outside of Duluth, to record. You know how sometimes they say less is more, notes Berry, thats what Stars and Satellites is about. Trampled by Turtles is Dave Simonett, Tim Saxhaug (bass, vocals), Dave Carroll (banjo, vocals), Erik Berry and Ryan Young (fiddle). Within the contained music scene of Duluth, the members of the band did their own time in punk and rock bands, brandishing their electricity proudly before switching to acoustic instruments. While they never set out to be a bluegrass band, Trampled by Turtles employs many of the same traditional techniques of the genre, but their differences in influences, attitude and attack make for their unique sound.

BEATS ANTIQUE
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Beats Antique - Growing like wildfire under the canopy of live electonica and world roots music comes a masterful merge of modern technology, live instrumentation and seductive performance, built of brass bands and glitch, string quartets and dubstep: the musical trio Beats Antique. Since the groups inception from the eclectic underground of San Franciscos performance art scene, Beats Antique has been notorious for making it nearly impossible to sit still. They meld their mediums as attentively as they fuse the cultures that inspire their sound. All self produced and composed, the trio creates a unique collage: an animalistic, raw musical event that blurs the lines between the provocative, the spiritual, and the artistic, while still maintaining an allegiance to the muses of class and beauty.
The journey that led to Beats Antique today was a winding and twisted path from the west coast to the ancient trade routes of the silk road. In this modern incarnation, the musical alliance of producers David Satori and Tommy Cappel is inspired and emphasized by their collaborative partnership with world-renowned belly dance performer and music producer Zoe Jakes. David Satori and Tommy Cappel both trained classically before venturing to locations such as Bali, West Africa, Serbia and beyond. With extensive backgrounds in multicultural music production, and the passports to prove it, Satori and Cappel command the spectrum of live and digital instrumentation, born from Hip Hop and old school jazz. Zoe Jakes adds a third dimension as the multi cultural and disciplinary dance counterpart to Beats Antiques sound. Jakes has worked with 2 major dance troupes, Miles Copelands Bellydance Superstars and Rachel Brices Indigo Belly Dance Company, a student of ballet and contemporary techniques. Jakes additional history with Cappel in the Extra Action Marching Band and the Yard Dogs Road Show grants some insight into the caliber of performance that is Beats Antiques standard.
All of this sets the scene for Beats Antiques overtly ambitious stage show, a sensory overload conquest of the festival circuits most riotous events, such as Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits festival, and Outside Lands, as well as a catalog of proper tours that include Bassnectar and a recent run with Les Claypool of PRIMUS in early 2010. According to Satori, the trio is excited by their ability to create a huge sound from their relatively small setup. It gives us this whole new world of musical opportunities that were just starting to scratch the surface of. In a prolific 3 years since Beats Antique emerged, the group has released 2 albums and a pair of EPs, with a third album, Blind Threshold, on the way. Notable features of the new release include vaporous violins and Danny Elfman-esque dementia; glitchy, laser-guided harmonica provided by Blues Traveler frontman John Popper; and 2 very different vocal tracks that range between restless pop hooks and vibrant Eastern European dance loops. All wrapped into an intricate collection of heavy beats and sub bass.
Beats Antique is best imagined as an innovative creature built from the cumulative heritage of the worlds music chasing its tail. However vivid that image, when a marching band groove crashes into bluesy folk chords only to be accompanied by electronic beats and Middle Eastern melodies, youll still be surprised.

ALL ARTS MARKET *One Night Only - Friday Gallery Crawl Night!* (70+ Artists)
A great place to shop for unique art and gifts!

NoDaRioty hosts a market for artists of all forms to sell their art to the public. Free admission for shoppers; artists keep 100% of sales. Live art will be created on site for silent auction throughout the evening. Enjoy live music and artistic performances as you shop for affordable, original art from Charlotte's emerging arts scene!

Paintings, Prints, Pottery, Photography, Wood-working, Metal-working, Sculpture, Jewerly, Leather-work, Silks, Knits, Stationary, Magnets, Soaps, T-shirts & MORE!

Artists interested in participating, need to register @ www.nodarioty.org
Registration opens at 7am: on January 16th for FEBRUARY 3, on February 27th for MARCH 16 & on April 30th for MAY 18.

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