Celebrate 50 years of Cat's Cradle with 6 nights of special shows (just $15 each)

Cat’s Cradle, at 300 E Main Street, Carrboro, is celebrating 50 years and well over 10,000 concerts, with six days of special shows this holiday season.

In all, 40 or so favorite bands will perform, as well as some surprise guests.

Single-show tickets are just $15 each. for $15 each. Purchase tickets here.

Read on for a list of all six shows, plus a free bonus: a holiday dance party.

Cat’s Cradle Turns 50 — Night 1

Friday, December 27th, 2019
6:30 p.m. (doors at 6 p.m.)

Ellis Dyson & the Shambles
Tift Merritt
Dexter Romweber
The Veldt
The Bad Checks
The Whom

Cat’s Cradle Turns 50 — Night 2

Saturday, December 28th, 2019
5 p.m. (doors at 4:30 p.m.)

Main room:

Solar Halos
Kaze and BumRush
Kerbloki
The Scaries
Dove Legs
Birds of Avalon

Back room:

Violet Bell
Hardworker
Shannon Dawn O’Connor

Cat’s Cradle Turns 50 — Night 3

Sunday, December 29th, 2019
6:30 p.m. (doors at 6 p.m.)

Sound System Seven
Some Antics
The Spectacles
Sibannac
Patriot
Billy Warden and the Floating Children

Cat’s Cradle Turns 50 — Night 4

Friday, January 3rd, 2020
6:30 p.m. (doors at 6 p.m.)

Torch Marauder
Michael Rank
Ben Davis & The Jetts
Zen Frisbee
Lud
Bandway
Superchunk

Cat’s Cradle Turns 50 — Night 5

Saturday, January 4th, 2020
5 p.m. (doors at 4:30 p.m.)

Jon Shain and Mark Simonsen’s Flyin’ Mice Reunion
Big Fat Gap
The Mayflies USA
What Peggy Wants
The Popes
Sorry About Dresden
The White Octave

Cat’s Cradle Turns 50 — Night 6

Sunday, January 5th, 2020
5 p.m. (doors at 4:30 p.m.)

Mickey Mills and Steel
Nikki Meets the Hibachi
Mellow Swells
John Howie Jr. and the Rosewood Bluff
Mandolin Orange
Southern Culture on the Skids
Pipe
Speed Stick

The Merch Holiday Dance Party

Friday, December 27th, 2019
9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Free

Dance the 2019s away with a free dance party in Cats Cradle Back Room.

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