12 p.m. Friday and Saturday, July 27 and 28. 15305 Black
Farms Rd., Huntersville. $25 Friday, $5 Saturday. www.mybarnstock.com
Donna the Buffalo headlines Friday’s festival, but the
fourth annual fundraiser (which benefits the Davidson Fire Dept., Red Cross and
others) also focuses on local artists like Something Clever and WeakerCaptain,
who play Friday and Brody and Choch, Blue Fiveone, and Chasing Pedestrians who
lead up to Saturday’s headliner, Masterjaxx.
Bush/Nickelback
6:30 p.m. Friday, July 27, Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre,
707 Pavilion Blvd. $33-$116.30. www.livenation.com
Nickelback may be the most polarizing
band in rock today, but the return of Gavin Rossdale’s Bush (after other bands
and a solo career that never seemed to take off) is cause for curiosity and
possibly celebration. While deemed too-Nirvanaesque at the time, Bush did
release some grunge era classics.
Childish Gambino
8 p.m. Friday, July 27, Time Warner Cable Uptown
Ampitheatre, 1000 NC Music Factory Blvd. $32. www.livenation.com
Comedic actor-turned-critically
acclaimed rapper Donald Glover (of NBC’s “Community”) finally brings his
alter-ego to Charlotte after rescheduling his sold out Spring concert and
getting bumped to a larger venue.
Gigi Dover & Big
Love
9 p.m. Friday, July 27, Double Door, 1218 Charlottetown Ave.
$8. 704-376-1446.
Dover and husband Eric Lovell step outside that stylistic
umbrella of Americana with a new album (“The Robin Is High & the Mustache
is Long”) that sounds like Southerners steeped in folk and soul taking a global
journey and exploring African, gypsy, and Latin American styles. They celebrate
the album’s release.
Alison Krauss &
Union Station with Jerry Douglas
8 p.m. Saturday, July 28, Time Warner Cable Uptown
Amphitheatre, 1000 NC Music Factory Blvd. $38-$69. www.livenation.com
The Grammy winning crooner gets back to her bluegrass roots
with the band she’s led since her early teens. The seasoned group includes Dan
Tyminski (of “O’Brother Where Art Thou” fame), Ron Block and Barry Bales, and
has boasted Dobro master Douglas’ membership since 1998.
Toadies/Helmet
8 p.m. Sunday, July 29, Fillmore, 1000 NC Music Factory
Blvd. $27. www.livenation.com
These two `90s rock hold outs may seem like two different
sides of the hard rock spectrum, but the diverse electric guitar work of the
Toadies’ heavier, stoner-leaning output melds well with the thick, methodical
riffing that Page Hamilton and company built its career on.
Vans Warped Tour
11:30 a.m. Monday, July 30, Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre,
707 Pavilion Blvd. $42. www.livenation.com
Although it’s gone in a distinctly heavier direction (with
more metalcore acts on the bill) bands like Taking Back Sunday, Streetlight
Manifesto, Sick of Sarah, Yellowcard, New Found Glory, All Time Low, and
Bayside keep the long running festival anchored in punk while acts like Breathe
Carolina, Blood on the Dancefloor, Every Time I Die, Tony D’Angelo, and Twin
Atlantic allow it to stretch stylistically.
Lindsey Buckingham
7 p.m. Tuesday, July 31, Neighborhood Theatre, 511 E. 36th
St. $50. 704-358-9298.
Following the recent announcement that Fleetwood Mac will
reunite for a 2013 tour, the group’s underrated guitarist (whose playing is
often more subtle and fitting to each individual song than showy) brings his
intimate “evening with” solo tour to town.
Die Roten Punkte
7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 5
p.m. Sunday, Duke Energy Theater, 345 N. College St. $34.50. 704-372-1000.
What if Jack and Meg White were dysfunctional, German
siblings whose relationship breaks down on stage between songs about bananas,
robots, and their tragic upbringing? That’s the gist of this uproariously
funny, musically rocking concert that’s part theatrical rock show and part
comedy.
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