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Alan Barrington
http://www.getband.com/soloists/alanbarrington.html
Folk/Pop guitar music -Based in South Carolina Alan Barrington brings his unique acoustic New Folk/Blues/Jazz sound to his audiences all over the country. Barrington has been praised for offering "Heartfelt well-written songs sung in an immaculate voice e ... (more details)

Ballantyne Brass Quintet

Billy Mulligan
Billy Mulligan, a regular at Tyber Creek, has been bringing acoustic Irish music to the Charlotte scene for a good long time. He plays traditional Celtic-flavored tunes that inspire everything from toe tapping, to dancing to sing- alongs. His Wednesday gig ... (more details)

Butler High School Middle Eastern Dance Club

Children of The Horn
http://www.childrenofthehorn.com/
Children of the Horn is an instrumental ensemble that has created a unique sound by combining influences from jazz, rhythm and blues, and world music. With a frontline of horns backed by a rhythm section, Children of the Horn takes the listener on a kaleid ... (more details)

Davis Tucker Band
http://www.davistuckerband.com
Bluegrass band - Mother Tucker Bluegrass is a very versatile group, playing a variety of musical stylings in a bluesgrass format. Davis Tucker is the leader of the band, he sings, plays guitar and banjo as well as handle the bus ... (more details)

Discovery Place - A Matter of Science
No ones attention will wane in this high-energy program! Chemistry, energy and matter never seemed so appealing during this presentation of flames, explosions and live animals! Lots of “oohs” and “ahhs”

Discovery Place - Animal Encounter

Discovery Place -- The Great Color Caper
Students help solve the mystery of the missing colors and learn about how nature of light, how colors are derived from light and pigments, and how humans perceive color. Scientists from PPG Industries present high-energy, interactive, multimedia demonstrat ... (more details)

Drew Nolin - The Puppet Master

Dueling Pianos
High energy dueling pianos with songs your sure to know by heart

Eric Treese - Charlotte's Most Wanted Magician
Eric Specializes in Children's Magic, Close-up Miracles, and Coorporate Entertaining. Magical assistants can include Bunnies and Doves! Other areas of expertise: Clowning and Juggling

EZ the Clown ( Formerly with Ringling Bros. & Circus Circus)
http://home.earthlink.net/~afettbro/id7.html
With a career in clowning that spans over 100 years, in dog years, that is. EZ is a clown who takes his sillyness very seriously. A graduate of Ringling Clown College and a veteran of life on the circus train. He's performed at Circus Circus Las Vegas and ... (more details)

Flute Praise
» Jazz, Swing, Big Band, Classical » Latin, Reggae, International Music has existed over the centuries as an expression of thought, emotion and culture. It has developed in western society to be as diverse as the society itself. That is one of the r ... (more details)

GB & Me
The logo says it all. We play and sing cover tunes and some original songs. Greg plays bass guitar and sings harmony. Michael plays slightly above average guitar and sings lead vocal. ~ The songs range from Merle Haggard's 'Mama Tried'... ... (more details)

Gen Johnson & Chairmen of the Board
chairmen@chairmenoftheboard.com
http://www.chairmenoftheboard.com/
My career has been a long exciting journey with all roads leading to the musical oasis called Beach Music. In the spring of 1966 in Raleigh, North Carolina, as lead singer of the Showmen, I performed before my first Beach Music audience. Thinking Beach Mus ... (more details)

High Cotton
John@highcottonatl.com
http://www.highcottonatl.com/
Playing the old, the new, the borrowed, the blue...and anything else that comes to mind! A blending of soaring vocals and accoustic rythm - built upon a firm drum/bass foundation. It's a pleasing pastiche of folk, roots rock, rock and roll and good times - ... (more details)

Hot Sauce
http://www.getband.com/bands/hot_sauce.html
70's through 90's Top 40 -Biography: Hot Sauce is composed of five very experienced, seasoned professionals who all ended up residing in Charlotte, NC. The band includes one Charlotte native, and four more musicians from California, New Orleans, and New ... (more details)

Jazz Track
http://www.jazztrack.com
Jazz music Biography: Celine Berman has been recognized as the Best Female Vocalist by the Best of Charlotte 2005. Together with her band, Jazztrack, she has also been acclaimed as the Best Supper-Club Jazz Artist by the Best of Charlotte 2004. For o ... (more details)

Jeff Brown
http://www.danielentertainment.com/artist_details.cfm?AID=1086
Musical Styles: » Motown, Soul, Oldies, Beach, Variety » Acoustic, Folk, Blues Biography: A North Carolina native, I began playing guitar in 1973, at the age of 14, influenced by various artists: America; The Beatles; James Taylor; Joni Mitchell; a ... (more details)

Josh Z
http://www.danielentertainment.com/artist_details.cfm?AID=1099
Biography: Deep-rooted in soul and rock n roll Josh has been stage planted since the young age of 16. With influences from Stevie Wonder, Tom Petty, Marvin Gaye, to Edwin McCain his music background has become a melting of rock, soul, folk, and some count ... (more details)

Lil Malcolm & Zydeco House Rockers
http://www.intrepidartists.com/lilmalcom.html
Lil’ Malcolm & The House Rockers personify two closely related terms: family and tradition. This five-man band centers on guitarist Percy Walker and his two sons, drummer Percy Walker, Jr. and accordionist Lil’ Malcolm Walker. Inspired by Zydeco legends li ... (more details)

Matthews Alive Praise
Local church choirs

Matthews Belly Dance
Students from the Matthews Belly dancers will put on a bellydancing show

Matthews Playhouse
http://www.matthewsplayhouse.com/
Theatrical production by Matthews Playhouse

Matthews Twirlers/Top Twirlers (Baton Twirling)
Baton Twirling

Melonbelly
http://www.danielentertainment.com/artist_details.cfm?AID=1093
Biography: Burke Long and Cliff Castelloe have been performing professionally for a combined total of over 25 years. The two singer/songwriters have joined forces to entertain a wide audience with renditions of popular songs from early rock and roll, to b ... (more details)

Natty Boh Duo
http://www.myspace.com/nattybohduo
Bluegrass/Pop duo Emerson plays mandolin and Bennett plays guitar and provides vocals. The band gets its name from National Bohemian Beer, a brew from Baltimore, Md., but its show is still rated E for everyone. Its ability to put a bluegrass twist on s ... (more details)

Patrick Fitzsimons
booking@patrickfitzsimons.com
http://patrickfitzsimons.com/
Old-school, train-hoppin', finger lickin', lounge lizard, smooth sailin', harmonica wailin', rag filled, foot stompin', hi-hat ringin', body feelin', fingerstyle blues guitar.

"Fitzsimons brings worldliness to his performances." - Alli Marshall, ... (more details)


Quilt Show & Matthews Artist Guild - Art show in Matthews Commun

Rick Hubbard Kazoo Guy
http://www.kazoobie.com/
Rick Hubbard celebrates more than a decade of providing positive family entertainment throughout the United States, and every moment has been KAZOOBIE! Rick invented the word, "kazoobie," to describe his performance. It means "exceptional, fun, and involvi ... (more details)

Sean Trainor

Square Roots
http://www.squarerootsmusic.com
Acoustic roots music -Formed in the fall of 2003 and all having the desire to get back to what made them fall in love with music in the first place, they decided to blend Acoustic guitars, various forms of hand percussion, and three part harmony voc ... (more details)

Steve Gryb - Pied Piper of Percussion
http://www.grybmusic.com/percussion/Percussion.html
Exiting, one of a kind show, which features HUNDREDS of exotic percussion instruments from around the world. Tambourines of every shape and size! Fruits and Vegetable Shakers from A-to-Z. Colorful Maracas of every shape and size, Inflatable Bongos, ... (more details)

SwampdaWamp
http://www.swampdawamp.info/welcome.htm
Swampdawamp is a unique name for an exciting band with an incomparable sound. The brain-child of singer songwriter guitarist Gig Michaels. The band is a powerful and creative collaboration of six talented and seasoned musicians. The bands known for their f ... (more details)

Tailored Kids tunes

The Comedy and Magic of Hannibal
http://hegmagic.com/home.html
Hannibal is a professional entertainer born and raised in Charlotte, NC. He holds a BA in performance art and creative writing. (... and a minor in business; the perfect balance of Show/ Business!) He has over 20 years of performing experience including st ... (more details)

The Roustabouts
http://www.getband.com/specialty_novelty/roustabouts.htm
Bluegrass band Biography: The Roustabouts are a North Carolina based bluegrass group where bluegrass music has a long history. The Monroe brothers did some of their early recordings here in the late thirties. The Roustabouts are rooted in bluegrass music ... (more details)

The Shoebox Tour - World Class Jugglers, Michael Karas & Tempei
The Shoebox Tour was founded by Jay Gilligan, who had been performing in Berlin with Les Sept Doights de la Main. While performing in a very showy environment, he felt less connected to his audience and to his reasons for performing. He decided to produce ... (more details)

The Silent Comedy of Mr. Robb
http://mrrobb.com/
-Satisfied audiences around the globe are responding enthusiastically to Mr. Robb’s unique brand of comedy. Without having to say a word, Mr. Robb communicates clearly to all the guests at his show. Being able to transcend language and cultural barriers gu ... (more details)

The Sizzling Strings & The Blazing Band
http://www.sizzlingstrings.org/history.html
The purpose of Sizzling Strings, Inc. is to offer the opportunity for young musicians to be involved in a large orchestra, to foster the discipline necessary to function in the music profession, to learn cooperation and respect for fellow musicians and TO ... (more details)

Uncommon Jazz
http://www.getband.com/bands/uncommon_jazz.html
Smooth jazz Musical Styles: » Motown, Soul, Oldies, Beach, Variety » Jazz, Swing, Big Band, Classical » Hip-Hop, Urban, Current R&B Shan 'Shableek ' Richardson is a Professional Saxophonist born and raised in Charlotte, NC. He has been playing fo ... (more details)

Unique Blend
Biography: Uniqblend is a Premier Smooth Inspirational / Neo-Soul / Jazz Band founded by Henry "buff" Dillard. Currently in the Buffjazz Production family, the band has developed to be one of Charlotte's finest and smoothest bands. They're known to book o ... (more details)

Wild Canyon
http://www.carolinanightlife.com/greenville-sc/wildcanyonband.com?PHPSESSID=b22f40a161284f261406cdc3acdb1271
A great band that is based out of Charlotte, NC... And is a great Country/Rock cover band that plays regional gigs in clubs spanning from Raleigh and Winston-Salem to the north to Darlington and Columbia,SC to the south, Rockingham, NC to the east and Shel ... (more details)

Wright Clarkson- StoryGuy
http://www.storyteller.net/tellers/wstoryguy
Storyteller "Share a story, open a mind and touch a heart." This simple phrase represents the mission and vision statement for Wright Clarkson, StoryGuy. His highly active and interactive peformances involve rich visual and musical accompanyment. He uses ... (more details)

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