Top 10 live music performances coming to Charlotte in August
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Charlotte live music fans, here’s a quick list of 10 must-attend concerts in August.
First, a playlist featuring songs from the 10 artists below:
August 3: Rebirth Brass Band, Dynamo
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Funky brass music from New Orleans.
Location: Neighborhood Theatre
Time: 8 p.m.
Tickets: $22-$25
August 5: Gov’t Mule, Galactic
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Warren Haynes, who arrived on the scene when he was playing guitar with The Allman Brothers Band, leads the soaring Southern rock band.
Location: Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre
Time: 7 p.m.
Tickets: $17.25-$140
August 9: J. Cole, Anderson .Paak, Bas, J.I.D, Ari Lennox
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Hip hop star and NC native J. Cole has been nominated for five GRAMMY Awards since the release of his first studio album in 2011.
Location: Spectrum Center
Time: 8 p.m.
Tickets: $29.50-$250
August 10: Umphrey’s McGee, Moon Taxi
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Umphrey’s McGee’s Major Rager takes place the Thursday of the PGA Championship, and is the first Major Rager the progressive band has held outside of Augusta during Masters week.
Location: Symphony Park
Time: 6 p.m.
Tickets: $30
August 10: Wyclef Jean, Jazzy Amra
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The Haitian rapper first came to prominence with the hip hop group the Fugees, and has won three GRAMMY Awards.
Location: Neighborhood Theatre
Time: 8 p.m.
Tickets: $32-$42
August 12: Erykah Badu, Kenny ‘Babyface’ Edmonds, Goodie Mob, Jagged Edge, Bobby Brown, Doug E. Fresh
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R&B singer Erykah Badu headlines Charlotte Funk Fest.
Location: PNC Music Pavilion
Time: 4 p.m.
Tickets: $45-$115
August 15: John Mayer, The Night Game
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John Mayer’s career has spanned a wide variety of genres, from pop and acoustic rock to blues and tours with Dead & Company.
Location: PNC Music Pavilion
Time: 7 p.m.
Tickets: $35-$425
August 18: Luke Bryan, Brett Eldredge, Craig Campbell
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The country megastar’s last three studio albums have hit the top spot on the country charts, and two have hit the top of the US charts.
Location: PNC Music Pavilion
Time: 7 p.m.
Tickets: $34.25-$146
August 25-26: God Save the Queen City: Strand Of Oaks, Twin Limb, Benji Hughes, Ancient Cities, Shadowgraphs, Diarrhea Planet, Jeff The Brotherhood, Spaceface, Daddy Issues, Faye
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Strand Of Oaks and Diarrhea Planet headline the seventh annual God Save the Queen City.
Location: Neighborhood Theatre
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $15-$20
August 29: Kendrick Lamar, YG, D.R.A.M.
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Rapper Kendrick Lamar is one of the hottest acts in music, with back-to-back chart-topping albums in To Pimp a Butterfly and his latest release, Damn.
Location: Spectrum Center
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $39.50-$675
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