Live Performances & Events: Chapel Hill and Carrboro September 2025

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LIVE PERFORMANCES IN CHAPEL HILL AND CARRBORO FOR SEPTEMBER 2025

CAT’S CRADLE – SEPTEMBER 2025 FULL LINEUP

📍 Multiple Venues | 🎟️ catscradle.com

WED, SEPT 3 • The Brian Jonestown Massacre w/ Flavor Crystals 📍 Cat’s Cradle | 🕖 7:00 PM doors | 🎵 8:00 PM show

FRI, SEPT 5 • Carrboro Indie Night – Pilot Light, Davie Circle, Rohna, The Wallabies 📍 Cat’s Cradle Back Room | 🕖 7:00 PM | 🎵 7:30 PM • Christone “Kingfish” Ingram – The Hard Road World Tour w/ Artur Menezes 📍 Cat’s Cradle | 🕖 7:00 PM | 🎵 8:00 PM • VOLA w/ Daedric, Nospūn 📍 Motorco Music Hall | 🕖 7:00 PM | 🎵 8:00 PM

SAT, SEPT 6 • John R. Miller w/ Viv & Riley 📍 Motorco Music Hall | 🕖 7:00 PM | 🎵 8:00 PM • Motherfolk w/ Crumbsnatchers 📍 Cat’s Cradle Back Room | 🕖 7:00 PM | 🎵 8:00 PM

TUE, SEPT 9 • James McMurtry w/ BettySoo 📍 Cat’s Cradle | 🕡 6:30 PM | 🎵 7:30 PM

THU, SEPT 11 • No Chief w/ Ultrabillions 📍 Cat’s Cradle Back Room | 🕖 7:00 PM | 🎵 8:00 PM

FRI, SEPT 12 • Grace Lucia, The P-90s, Flatrock 📍 Cat’s Cradle Back Room | 🕖 7:00 PM | 🎵 8:00 PM • The Hails w/ Oceanic 📍 Cat’s Cradle | 🕖 7:00 PM | 🎵 8:00 PM

SAT, SEPT 13 • Bass Battery Record Release Show 📍 Cat’s Cradle Back Room | 🕖 7:00 PM | 🎵 8:00 PM • Oddly Satisfying: Ky Newman & atlgrandma 📍 Cat’s Cradle | 🕖 7:00 PM | 🎵 8:00 PM

SUN, SEPT 14 • A Tribute to the Beach Boys (Benefit for Lynn & Ecki) 📍 Cat’s Cradle | 🕑 2:00 PM | 🎵 3:00 PM

MON, SEPT 15 • Michael Minelli w/ The Color 8 📍 Cat’s Cradle Back Room | 🕖 7:00 PM | 🎵 8:00 PM

TUE, SEPT 16 • Clem Snide w/ Nicole Tester 📍 Cat’s Cradle Back Room | 🕖 7:00 PM | 🎵 8:00 PM • The Backseat Lovers w/ Sleeper’s Bell 📍 Cat’s Cradle | 🕖 7:00 PM | 🎵 8:00 PM

WED, SEPT 17 • Jack Van Cleaf w/ Joelton Mayfield 📍 Cat’s Cradle Back Room | 🕖 7:00 PM | 🎵 8:00 PM • The Backseat Lovers (Encore Night) 📍 Cat’s Cradle | 🕖 7:00 PM | 🎵 8:00 PM

THU, SEPT 18 • Bonny Light Horseman w/ Angela Autumn 📍 Cat’s Cradle | 🕖 7:00 PM | 🎵 8:00 PM

FRI, SEPT 19 • Hayes Carll – ‘We’re Only Human’ Tour w/ Jonathan Terrell 📍 Haw River Ballroom | 🕖 7:00 PM | 🎵 8:00 PM • MICO w/ vaultboy 📍 Cat’s Cradle | 🕖 7:00 PM | 🎵 8:00 PM

SAT, SEPT 20 • Jesse Fox w/ Munsey, Drunk Ex 📍 Cat’s Cradle Back Room | 🕖 7:00 PM | 🎵 7:30 PM • Gouge Away – CANCELLED 📍 Cat’s Cradle Back Room • John Craigie w/ Christina Vane 📍 Cat’s Cradle | 🕖 7:00 PM | 🎵 8:00 PM • The Brook & The Bluff w/ Toledo 📍 Haw River Ballroom | 🕖 7:00 PM | 🎵 8:00 PM

SUN, SEPT 21 • Last Date w/ Fort Knox, Jackson Slater 📍 Cat’s Cradle Back Room | 🕡 6:30 PM | 🎵 7:00 PM • Marshall Crenshaw – 40+ Years in Showbiz 📍 Cat’s Cradle | 🕡 6:30 PM | 🎵 7:30 PM • Stereolab 📍 Haw River Ballroom | 🕖 7:00 PM | 🎵 8:00 PM

MON, SEPT 22 • Boyscott w/ Another Michael 📍 Cat’s Cradle Back Room | 🕖 7:00 PM | 🎵 8:00 PM

TUE, SEPT 23 • Maris x Caroline Kingsbury 📍 Cat’s Cradle Back Room | 🕕 6:00 PM | 🎵 7:00 PM • Mt. Joy 📍 Koka Booth Amphitheatre | 🕕 6:00 PM | 🎵 7:30 PM • Brooks Nielsen (of The Growlers) 📍 Cat’s Cradle | 🕖 7:00 PM | 🎵 8:00 PM

WED, SEPT 24 • Tune-Yards w/ Tre. Charles 📍 Cat’s Cradle | 🕖 7:00 PM | 🎵 8:00 PM • Water From Your Eyes w/ Her New Knife 📍 Cat’s Cradle Back Room | 🕖 7:00 PM | 🎵 8:00 PM

THU, SEPT 25 • almost monday – CANCELLED 📍 Cat’s Cradle Back Room • TWRP – The Longest Weekend Tour 📍 Cat’s Cradle | 🕖 7:00 PM | 🎵 8:00 PM

FRI, SEPT 26 • Cigarettes At Sunset, High June, Yesterday’s Clothes 📍 Cat’s Cradle Back Room | 🕖 7:00 PM | 🎵 8:00 PM • Molly Tuttle – The Highway Knows Tour w/ Joshua Ray Walker, Cecilia Castleman 📍 Cat’s Cradle | 🕖 7:00 PM | 🎵 8:00 PM

SAT, SEPT 27 • Bad Suns – Acceleratour 2025 w/ Yot Club 📍 Haw River Ballroom | 🕖 7:00 PM | 🎵 8:00 PM • Carrboro Music Festival Kickoff Show – Duck, Whoop 📍 Cat’s Cradle | 🕢 7:30 PM | 🎵 8:00 PM • The Baseball Project feat. members of R.E.M. and The Dream Syndicate, w/ The Minus 5 📍 Cat’s Cradle | 🕖 7:00 PM | 🎵 8:00 PM

SUN, SEPT 28 • Carrboro Music Festival – Hip Hop & Grooves Showcase 📍 Cat’s Cradle Back Room | 🕑 2:00 PM • Carrboro Music Festival 2025 📍 Cat’s Cradle | 🕝 2:30 PM | 🎵 3:00 PM • Lightning Bolt w/ Kill Alters 📍 Motorco Music Hall | 🕖 7:00 PM | 🎵 8:00 PM • Will Paquin w/ Glom 📍 The Pinhook | 🕢 7:30 PM | 🎵 8:00 PM

MON, SEPT 29 • Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory w/ TORRES 📍 Cat’s Cradle | 🕖 7:00 PM | 🎵 8:00 PM • Zinadelphia 📍 Cat’s Cradle Back Room | 🕖 7:00 PM | 🎵 8:00 PM

I will now continue in a second message with Speakeasy, Southern Village, The Cave, Local 506, and Dingo Dog Brewery in the same formatting.

Here is the second half of your fully formatted “Live Performances in Chapel Hill and Carrboro for September 2025” roundup, continuing from the Cat’s Cradle listings:

THE SPEAKEASY – SEPTEMBER 2025

📍 108 E Main St, Carrboro, NC 🎤 Karaoke · 🎶 Live Music · 🎸 Open Mic 🎟️ instagram.com/thespeakeasy_nc

MONDAYS • Karaoke Night w/ Empress – 9:00 PM 🎉 $2 Off Draft Beer · $3 Well Drinks

TUESDAYS • Carrboro Open Mic – 8:00 PM

WEDNESDAYS • Beer and Banjos – 7:00 PM

WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS Sun, Sept 1 • 1:30 PM – Mellow Swells • 4:00 PM – Hond • 6:00 PM – Carolina Harm Reduction Union Day of Remembrance

Wed, Sept 3 • 4:00 PM – Russell Howard • 9:15 PM – School of Rock Chapel Hill Adult Band

Fri, Sept 5 • 9:00 PM – Otis Kings Band

Sat, Sept 6 • 8:00 PM – Anna La Mare & Damn Sam

Sun, Sept 7 • 1:30 PM – Mellow Swells

Wed, Sept 10 • 4:00 PM – Tim Smith • 7:00 PM – Kenny Shore, Albert Kirton III & Rich Helgans

Sat, Sept 13 • 9:00 PM – Miss Easy’s Queer Cabaret 🎭 Drag Show & Dance Party

Sun, Sept 14 • 1:30 PM – Mellow Swells • 4:00 PM – Savanna Bassett

Wed, Sept 17 • 4:00 PM – Russell Howard • 10:00 PM – Alex Thompson and Rob DiMauro

Fri, Sept 19 • 9:00 PM – The Fabulous Nitelife Boogie

Sat, Sept 20 • 9:00 PM – Eric Sommer

Sun, Sept 21 • 1:30 PM – Mellow Swells • 4:00 PM – Triangle Blues Society

Wed, Sept 24 • 4:00 PM – Tim Smith • 7:00 PM – Marshall Sidbury Band

Fri, Sept 26 • 9:00 PM – The Doo-Dah Men

Sat, Sept 27 • 9:00 PM – International Night

Sun, Sept 28 • Carrboro Music Festival 2025 (Speakeasy participation TBA)

Mon, Sept 29 • 9:00 PM – Karaoke Night w/ Empress

Tue, Sept 30 • 8:00 PM – Carrboro Open Mic

SOUTHERN VILLAGE – SEPTEMBER 2025

📍 Market Street, Chapel Hill, NC 🌐 southernvillage.com/events

Weekly Staples: • Wednesdays – Wine Down Wednesday at La Vita Dolce • Fridays – Open Mic at Lumina Theater Tap Room • Saturdays – Movies on the Green

Spotlight Events: • Sept 1 – Kickoff Party (Town Hall Grill & Burger and Beer) • Sept 12 – Live Music: Barry Gray & Isabel Valls • Sept 18 – Thursday All-Star Jazz & Blues w/ Carter Minor, Scott Sawyer, Old Well All Stars • Sept 19 – Friday Voices Night w/ Janet Place & Rebecca Newton • Sept 20 – Pops in the Park w/ Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle • Sept 27 – Cozy Panda Fall Kickoff Vendor Market • Sept 28 – Rocks & Acid: Hog & Grapes

📍 452½ W Franklin St, Chapel Hill, NC 🌐 caverntavern.com

Sep 3 – Zoop | Derby | Skrunkt | Stoker Sep 4 – Bill’s Garage | Matty Frank | Cam Cokas Sep 5 – carcrashpoolparty | yuno | Crashout Artist | Amateur Surgeon Sep 6 – Weird God | Shelles | Beas Sep 7 – The New Carolina Tar Heels | Bill Moore Sep 8 – Monday Jazz Night! with The Moon Unit

(More listings may follow for later dates)

📍 506 W Franklin St, Chapel Hill, NC 🎟️ local506.com

Sat, Sept 13 • Matt Heckler – Americana fiddler and one-man folk-punk dynamo 🕗 Doors: 8:00 PM | 🎵 Show: 8:00 PM

Sat, Sept 20 • Bambara – Dark post-punk trio with Southern Gothic flair 🕗 Doors: 8:00 PM | 🎵 Show: 8:00 PM

DINGO DOG BREWERY + CARRBORO RUN CLUB

📍 Pluck Farm, 6909 Mt Herman Church Rd, Durham, NC 🌐 dingodogbrewing.com

Sat, Sept 13 — BARKTOBERFEST 2025 🕒 3:00 PM – 8:00 PM 🍺 Seasonal Lager Release – Barktoberfest 🎵 Live German Music – Oompah Deluxe (4:00–6:00 PM) 🍽️ German menu by Breakaway Cafe Carrboro 🎯 Classic German games + festive activities!