Carrboro Music Festival Oct 1: 100+ bands at 18 venues (all free)

Hip Hop / R&B Showcase at Cat’s Cradle Backroom

In addition, there will be a Hip Hop / R&B Showcase at Cat’s Cradle Back Room on Sunday, October 1, 2023, from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Performers include:

• ABNormal Music Group
• Cayso
• DJ Reimei
• Donovan Harrell
• Huffle
• Jamaal Matters
• Larry Thepoet
• May Day
• Melody
• Nacynze
• Nuri
• SkyBlew

The easiest way to see the schedule is to download the Carrboro Music Festival App:

• The app in the App store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/carrboro-music-festival/id1480599206
• The app in Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.festival.carrboro&hl=en_US&gl=US

401 Main

401 E Main Street, Carrboro

• 1:15 p.m. – Uglow – Alternative
• 2:30 p.m. – Gamma – Jazz Fusion
• 3:45 p.m. – Ghost & Bones – Americana/Jam
• 5:00 p.m. – Tre. Charles – Alternative/ Indie Soul and R&B
• 6:15 p.m. – Crank Stallion – Rock

Armadillo Grill

120 E Main Street, Carrboro

• 1:00 p.m. – Thirsty Curses – Rock n Roll
• 2:15 p.m. – Sad Magazine – Indy pop
• 3:30 p.m. – Michael Daughtry & The Drift – The New Wave of Yacht Rock
• 5:00 p.m. – Why The Hell Knot – Indie Rock
• 6:00 p.m. – Dmitri Resnik & Bootleg Beat – Louisiana Roots, Blues
• 7:15 p.m. – Honey Magpie – Indie Folk

Cat’s Cradle

300 E Main Street, Carrboro

• 1:00 p.m. – Stray Owls – Psych/Rock
• 2:15 p.m. – Slow Teeth – Post-Rock
• 3:30 p.m. – Django Haskins – Indie Folk
• 4:45 p.m. – Toothsome – Alternative/Indie/Punk/Shoegaze
• 5:30 p.m. – Heat Preacher – Rock/Indie
• 6:45 p.m. – Winfield – Fuzzy Indie Rock

Century Hall

100 N Greensboro Street, Carrboro

• 2:00 p.m. – River Otters – Post-Folk
• 3:15 p.m. – Floy Doy – Jazz
• 4:15 p.m. – The Beautiful People Club
• 5:45 p.m. – Tokyo Rosenthal – Americana
• 6:00 p.m. – Project Mastana – World Music
• 7:00 p.m. – Mad Crush – Americana – Alt Country
• 8:15 p.m. – Scivic Rivers – Singer-songwriter
• 9:15 p.m. – Tea Cup Gin – Original Indie-Jazz-Blues
• 9:15 p.m. – Code Redaktor – Techno, Dance, Electronic

Dingo Dog Brewing

410 N Greensboro Street, Carrboro

• 1:15 p.m. – Michael Melia – Folk Rock
• 2:15 p.m. – Organ Failure – Funk / Jazz / Groove
• 3:45 p.m. – The Epstein / Messinger Project – Songwriter
• 5:00 p.m. – Matty Frank – Indie Folk/Rock/Pop
• 6:15 p.m. – Oxenford Clerk – Acoustic IndieFolk

Fifth Season Gardening Co.

106 S Greensboro Street, Carrboro

• 1:00 p.m. – Fool in Utopia – Alternative Indie Pop/Rock
• 2:15 p.m. – Fuschia City – Pop/Chiptune
• 3:30 p.m. – Analog Mountains – Moody Electro-Folk Rock
• 4:45 p.m. – Rafael Green – Indie Folk
• 6:00 p.m. – Nantahala – Indie Folk

Lanza’s Café

601 W Main Street, Carrboro

• 1:15 p.m. – Tim Smith Band – Local/World
• 2:30 p.m. – Kirk Ridge Band – Gypsy Folk Rock
• 3:45 p.m. – Les Trois Chats – Gypsy Jazz, Swing, Latin Jazz, 1920s Jazz
• 5:00 p.m. – Magnolia Klezmer Band – World Music/E. European/Jewish
• 6:15 p.m. – Eric Sommer and the Fabulous Piedmonts – Roots Americana

Luna Rotisserie

307 E Main Street, Carrboro

• 1:15 p.m. – Jack the Songman – Funk/Rock
• 2:15 p.m. – Organ Failure – Funk / Jazz / Groove
• 3:45 p.m. – Slow Teeth – Post-Rock
• 4:45 p.m. – Django Haskins – Indie Folk
• 5:30 p.m. – Heat Preacher – Rock/Indie
• 6:15 p.m. – Winfield – Fuzzy Indie Rock

Pizzeria Mercato

408 W Weaver Street, Carrboro

• 1:15 p.m. – Manic Third Planet – Punk Rock
• 2:30 p.m. – Clout Chaser – Math Rock
• 3:45 p.m. – Pretend I’m a Genius – Alternative Rock / Indie Rock
• 5:00 p.m. – Matty Begs – Funky Rock
• 6:15 p.m. – Matty Frank – Indie Folk/Rock/Pop

South Green

501 S Greensboro Street, Carrboro

• 1:15 p.m. – Jack the Songman – Funk/Rock
• 3:45 p.m. – The Hourglass Kids – Psychedelic-reggae-rock
• 5:00 p.m. – The Lids – Pop/Rock/Motown
• 6:15 p.m. – Jimmy Ray Swagger and the Fussy Eaters – Real Country
• 3:45 p.m. – The Shoaldiggers – Original folk bangers, groovy grass

Steel String

106A S Greensboro Street, Carrboro

• 1:15 p.m. – The Carrborators – Folk, Americana, Acoustic Rock
• 2:30 p.m. – Daniel DeLorenzo Trio – Jazz Organ Trio
• 3:45 p.m. – Pagan Hellcats – Original Americana
• 5:00 p.m. – The Beautiful People Club
• 6:15 p.m. – Spring Lane – Americana

The ArtsCenter

400 Roberson Street, Carrboro

• 1:45 p.m. – New Morning Jazz – Jazz
• 3:00 p.m. – Red Nucleus – Fingerstyle instrumental music for guitar and bass
• 4:15 p.m. – Magnolia Klezmer Band – World Music/E. European/Jewish
• 5:30 p.m. – Kirk Ridge Band – Gypsy Folk Rock
• 6:45 p.m. – Les Trois Chats – Gypsy Jazz, Swing, Latin Jazz, 1920s Jazz
• 8:00 p.m. – Scandimonium – Nordic Roots
• 9:15 p.m. – Tea Cup Gin – Original Indie-Jazz-Blues

The Belltree

100 Brewer Lane, Carrboro

• 1:45 p.m. – New Morning Jazz – Jazz
• 3:00 p.m. – Pippa Hoover – Indie Folk
• 4:15 p.m. – Sunsp.t – Electronic Jazz, Atmospheric Folk, Funk
• 5:30 p.m. – Wake Moody – R&B
• 6:45 p.m. – Elijah Rosario – Urban-Pop
• 8:00 p.m. – Code Redaktor – Techno, Dance, Electronic
• 9:15 p.m. – Tea Cup Gin – Original Indie-Jazz-Blues

The Speakeasy

100 E Main Street, Carrboro

• 1:00 p.m. – School of Rock Chapel Hill House Band – Classic Rock Covers
• 2:45 p.m. – The Yardarm – Rock
• 4:00 p.m. – The Gone Ghosts – Alt-Country / Rock
• 5:15 p.m. – Too Much Fun – Rhythm and Blues
• 6:30 p.m. – Country Cruel – Country
• 7:45 p.m. – Cuffing Season – Indie Rock
• 9:00 p.m. – Mystery Ranch – Country

Town Commons

301 W Main Street, Carrboro

• 1:00 p.m. – School of Rock Chapel Hill House Band – Classic Rock Covers
• 2:15 p.m. – Saludos Compay – Latin Dance Music
• 3:30 p.m. – The Spectacles – Ska, Reggae, Rock
• 4:45 p.m. – Sound System Seven – Ska/Ska Punk
• 6:00 p.m. – The Unsustainables – Ska/Rocksteady

Twin House Music

116 W Main Street, Carrboro

• 1:15 p.m. – Heavy for the Vintage – Electronic/Post-Punk
• 2:15 p.m. – Ancestor Piratas – Cumbia-Electronic-Fusion
• 2:30 p.m. – 723 – Indie Alt Rock
• 3:45 p.m. – Zealotrous – Political Punk Rock
• 5:00 p.m. – Elora Dash – R&B/Neo-Soul
• 6:15 p.m. – Clout Chaser – Math Rock

Weaver Street Market

101 E Weaver Street, Carrboro

• 1:00 p.m. – Triangle Afrobeat Orchestra – Afro Beat
• 2:15 p.m. – Batala Durham – Samba Reggae Percussion
• 3:30 p.m. – Dan Davis Group – Jazz Organ Trio
• 4:45 p.m. – Boom Unit Brass Band – Brass Band, Jazz, Rock
• 6:00 p.m. – Pagan Hellcats – Original Americana