THU-SAT08_12 - 08_14 JESS HILARIOUS
Jessica Robin Moore, also known as Jess Hilarious, is a stand-up comedian and actress best known for her videos on Instagram, which have amassed her more than 5.1 million followers to date. Moore was also one of the recurring cast members of the improv comedy show Wild ‘N Out on MTV and VH1. A hard-working mother, she often includes her young son, Ashton, in videos including her popular segment “Jess With The Mess.” More: $35 - $45; Aug. 12-14, times vary; The Comedy Zone Charlotte, 900 NC Music Factory Blvd.; cltcomedyzone.com
JESS HILARIOUS Photo courtesy of Comedy Zone Charlotte
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MIKE LOVE Photo courtesy of Neighborhood Theatre
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The Milestone presents an evening of straight-ahead punk and skate punk, with a handful of bands tied into Charlotte’s glorious ska past. Art-punk trio Aloha Broha contains members of 2000s Queen City hardcore ska punk band IED. Kevin Gavagan, who played with the now-defunct Broken Napoleons, moved to Durham and launched the Plastic Flamingos. Chapel Hill ska punks Sibannac have constantly been namechecked by Charlotte ska aficionados. Toast Charlotte’s skapunk past while celebrating its ska-punk future with this remarkable bill of energetic bands. More: $8; Aug. 13, 8 p.m.; The Milestone, 3400 Tuckaseegee Road; themilestone.club
managed to become the most hated member of The Beach Boys. This Oahu-born Mike Love plays roots reggae and soul. Drawing from a unique convergence of influences, all connected by an ambition to effect positive change, Love creates a sound rooted in spirituality and the message-based music of roots reggae. To that he adds dashes of progressive and classic rock, soul, blues, flamenco, jazz and classical. Now that sounds like genuine “Good Vibrations.” More: $17; Aug. 18, 8 p.m.; Neighborhood Theatre, 511 E. 36th St.; neighborhoodtheatre.com
Once upon a time, it seemed like the only people who listened to string quartets by candlelight were members of the dissolute European nobility depicted in films like Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon. No more, my fellow peons. Listeso Music Group, an agency that books string quartets, presents these romantic candlelit experiences. “Go on a musical journey through the ages,” reads the company’s webpage. “Prepare to be taken into the clouds!” Hyperbole aside, it seems like a win-win; audiences get a memorable experience and the musicians get a solid gig. More: $40; Aug. 18, 7 p.m.; The Collector’s Room, 1520 S. Tryon St.; listeso.com
Singer-songwriter and native Charlottean Adayla honed her vocal chops as part of the Charlotte Children’s Choir, where she got to travel the world giving overseas performances. That experience imbues her melodic tone and crisp articulation and a melodic range that recalls one of her inspirations, Evanescence’s Amy Lee, with a confidence that’s infectious. She calls her latest single, “The Calling,” a “pre-pandemic story of the pressure and disrespect we have put on the world and the people in it.” More: $10; Aug. 19, 9:30 p.m.; Snug Harbor, 1228 Gordon St.; snugrock.com
ALOHA BROHA, PLASTIC FLAMINGOS, MIKE LOVE CANDLELIGHT: FROM BACH TO THE SIBANNAC, CARDBOARD BOX COLONY Relax boomers, this is not the Mike Love who has BEATLES
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LISTESO MUSIC GROUP (CANDLELIGHT: FROM BACH TO THE BEATLES) Photo courtesy of Listeso
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ADAYLA & THE FULL EFFECT, MODEST JON, EVERSOL
ADAYLA (ADAYLA & THE FULL EFFECT, MODEST JON, EVERSOL) Photo courtesy of Exclusive Multimedia
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