CLT Playlist: Live music picks for December 28 – 31

Few tickets remain for The Avett Brothers’ performance at Bojangles’ Coliseum, but getting in the door, even with a side view ticket, will be worth it. I guarantee the beer lines will be shorter at a venue than at an all-you-can-eat-and-drink event.

Times listed are when the show is scheduled to start, not when the doors are opened. Unless listed otherwise, prices are before taxes and fees.

Agenda Picks

• 12/31: Futurebirds, The High Divers, Amigo; Visulite Theatre, 8:45 p.m., $15-$20 (tickets). Athens’ Futurebirds are known for high-energy live shows and a Neil Young-esque country rock sound.

• 12/31: The Avett Brothers, Bojangles’ Coliseum, 8:30 p.m., $37.50-$73 (tickets). Locals The Avett Brothers used to have a weekly residency at the Double Door Inn. Now, with multiple GRAMMY nominations and performances at legendary venues like Red Rocks under their belt, the folk rockers are bigger than ever.

Wednesday, 12/28

• Cuzco, Knowne Ghost, Creature Comfort; Snug Harbor, 10 p.m., $2
• Mark Kano and Mike Garrigan; Evening Muse, 8 p.m., $8-$10
• Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band, The Fritz; Visulite Theatre, 8 p.m., $12-$15
• Gigi Dover & The Big Love, Reeve Coobs, Maya Beth Atkins; Double Door Inn, 9 p.m., $10-$12
• Pretty Baby; Petra’s, 9:15 p.m., $3
• Cutting Teeth, Aloha Broha, Mercury Dimes, Morrowville; Milestone, 9 p.m., $5-$7

Thursday, 12/29

• Holy Ghost Tent Revival, Grand Shell Game; Visulite Theatre, 7:45 p.m., $12-$15
• Handsome Hound, Cabarrus Brewing Company, 7 p.m., free
• Rotten, Baasthyrian, Throne of Botis, KRVSADE; Milestone, 9 p.m., $5-$7
• Airstream, Double Door Inn, 9 p.m., $8

Friday, 12/30

• Tape Daze, Embracer, Knowne Ghost, Uncoil; Milestone, 9 p.m., $5-$7
• Eclipse: a Tribute to Pink Floyd, Amos’ Southend, 9 p.m., $10-$12
• Gillian, The Bleeps, The Eyebrows, Richard Bacchus & The Luckiest Girls; Snug Harbor, 10 p.m., $5
• Yarn, Elonzo Wesley; Visulite Theatre, 9 p.m., $12-$15
• Leisure McCorkle, Lovesucker; Double Door Inn, 9 p.m., $10-$12

Saturday, 12/31

• Andy the Doorbum, JaggerMouth, Sinners & Saints; Snug Harbor, 10 p.m., $10
• The Avett Brothers, Bojangles’ Coliseum, 8:30 p.m., $37.50-$73
• Cassette Rewind, Gump Fiction: 90’s Tribute; Amos’ Southend, 9 p.m., $14-$20
• Ookay, The Fillmore, 9 p.m., $12.50-$25
• The Spongetones, Double Door Inn, 9:30 p.m., SOLD OUT
• Futurebirds, The High Divers, Amigo; Visulite Theatre, 8:45 p.m., $15-$20
• AuxiliA, No Anger Control, Green Fiend, Kairos., No Power No Crown, Violent Gods; Milestone, 9 p.m., $6