The Bill Hanna Legacy Jazz Session
2025-08-25 19:30, 2025-09-01 19:30, 2025-09-08 19:30, 2025-09-15 19:30, 2025-09-22 19:30, 2025-09-29 19:30 (America/New_York) | Petra’s, 1919 Commonwealth Avenue, Charlotte, NC, 28205, United States
Doors: 7pm | Music: 7:30pm-10pm
Tickets: $7 Advance | $10 Day Of
• 21+ with Valid ID

Bill Hanna was a legend in Charlotte. He was the godfather of Jazz and we’re keeping his legacy alive each and every Monday night. Come join us to see some of Charlotte’s best musicians perform in an intimate setting.
Limited seating is 1st come 1st serve.

Karaoke with Klaytastic
2025-08-27 19:00, 2025-09-03 19:00, 2025-09-10 19:00, 2025-09-17 19:00, 2025-09-24 19:00
Every Wednesday at Petra’s is the best karaoke party in Charlotte.
With host @klaytastic!

7pm-12am | No Cover | 21+ (No Exceptions)

Dawn Landes w/ Ali Forrest
2025-08-28 20:00
Doors: 8pm | Show: 9pm
Tickets: $15 (plus online fees)
• 21+
Dawn Landes
Dawn Landes is a North Carolina-based singer-songwriter whose music you might have heard if you watch The Good Wife, House or Gossip Girl. Along with releasing seven albums and five EPs since 2005, she’s a frequent collaborator with contemporaries such as Sufjan Stevens, Norah Jones and composer Nico Muhly. She has appeared with the Boston Pops, the NYC Ballet and on the TED main stage. Her musical ROW about fellow Kentucky native Tori Murden McClure’s quest to become the first woman to row across the Atlantic Ocean premiered in 2021 at Williamstown Theatre Festival and is available on Audible. Her latest release is The Liberated Woman’s Songbook, an album of folk songs that leads us through a history of women’s activism from the 1800’s through the high times of Women’s Lib in the 1970’s. The album was produced by her longtime collaborator Josh Kaufman (Bonny Light Horseman) and features guests including Emily Frantz (Watchhouse, formerly Mandolin Orange), Kanene Pipkin (The Lone Bellow) Charly Lowry, Rissi Palmer and Lizzy Ross (Violet Bell).
linktr.ee/dawnlandes

Ali Forrest
singer/songwriter
linktr.ee/normalalicat

Me Like Bees The Wonderlands | The Orderlys
2025-08-29 20:00
Doors: 8pm | Show: 9pm
Tickets: $15 At the door
• 21+
Me Like Bees
Formed on the heels of the 2000s indie rock scene, Missouri-based indie rock band, Me Like Bees, was created by college dropout, Pete Burton and former gas station clerk, Luke Sheafer in 2009. The pair met while playing high school football together in Kansas; only to lose touch and serendipitously end up at the same college town in southwest Missouri several years later. The duo shared a mutual affinity for the music of the aughts. Bands like The Strokes, Modest Mouse, The White Stripes, and Franz Ferdinand, would serve as the catalyst to the danceable, guitar- driven rock that Me Like Bees would become known for, all of which are ever-present on their newly released sophomore full-length album — Disco Two Step.
Notably, the band released their first full-length album, The Ides, via Loveway Records in 2013. In 2014, they won first prize at the Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands in Hollywood, CA — beating out 20,000 other artists, and securing a coveted spot on the Vans Warped Tour. With their undeniable trajectory of growth, the group knew the next step was to make more music. They got the chance to work alongside Goldfinger frontman and well- known producer, John Feldmann for the There Will Be Time EP (2016), and they didn’t stop there. In 2018, they partnered with Image Comics and artist Jeremy Haun for the release of their graphic novel-inspired EP, Songs From The Realm.
With a plethora of years in the game and knowing their way around the studio – Me Like Bees is making sure they’ve got your attention.
https://www.melikebees.com/

The Wonderlands
Alternative-pop quintet The Wonderlands began as a vehicle to combine the aesthetics of pop music with elements of American folk, soul, and rock. Now in the process of recording their third album, the band’s writing has evolved to become more collaborative and exploratory. Their newest single “When I Was Younger” addresses the painful paradox of growing up with an anthemic chorus and a driving rock rhythm.
https://www.thewonderlandsband.com/

The Orderlys
pop/rock
https://www.instagram.com/theorderlys/

Hazy Sunday
2025-08-31 16:00 - 21:00, 2025-09-07 16:00 - 21:00, 2025-09-21 16:00 - 21:00
Highly curated.
Charlotte’s best day party is on our back patio every 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sunday with Probably Will and Ray Krol.
4pm – 9pm
$10 at the door (enter via the alley)
21+ with valid ID

Piano Karaoke & Sing Along with Ryan Stamey
2025-09-02 19:00
Every 1st Tuesday!
Pick a song, grab the Mic, and host Ryan Stamey will accompany you on piano while you take the stage! Come grab a drink, sing your heart out, make requests, or just sit back, relax and enjoy the show!
8pm-11pm
7:30 Signup
$5 At The Door
21+ with valid ID

Lou Hazel with Alexa Rose
2025-09-04 20:00
Doors: 8pm | Show: 9pm
Tickets: $15
• 21+
Lou Hazel
Lou Hazel grew up along the Allegheny River, where New York meets Pennsylvania and Northern Appalachia slips into quiet obscurity. In a landscape of cold towns, blue-collar fatigue, and early brushes with hardship, music wasn’t inherited. It was uncovered. There were no venues, no mentors, no real sense of a scene… just whatever you could scrape together with curiosity and a cassette deck.
That absence of direction, guidance, and art shaped Lou’s songs as much as any influence. His music echoes the loneliness of those forgotten towns and the strange resilience it takes to create something where nothing was planted. Blending folk, indie, and an eye for the overlooked, Lou writes like someone who’s learned to pay attention. His songs are spare, vivid, and weathered with warmth.
After years of solo touring and home recording, Lou found grounding in Durham, North Carolina, where a vibrant music scene and chosen community have helped shape his recent work. His latest record, Riot of the Red, captures the urge to get away from it all—the noise, the headlines, the weight of a world gone sideways—and find stillness in the simplest things: a long drive, a bare sky, a familiar chord. Lou Hazel makes music for those who had to teach themselves how to listen.
https://louhazel.com/

Alexa Rose
Rose’s songs feel like oil paint landscapes of her own life in the mountains, often wringing out the beauty in mundanity and exploring timeless topics. Her earnest, well crafted stylings are a multi-layered merger of old country music and traditional folk songs, colored by rock and roll and mountain soul.
https://www.alexarosemusic.com/

True Lilith | Yes Dear | Jackson Fig
2025-09-05 20:00
Doors: 8pm | Show: 9pm
Tickets: $7 Adv (plus online fees) | $10 At the door
• 21+

True Lilith
https://linktr.ee/truelilithband

Yes Dear
https://linktr.ee/yesdearband

Jackson Fig
https://linktr.ee/jacksonfig

Saturday Night Karaoke with Nic @ Nite
2025-09-06 19:00
Please join us for a special edition of the best karaoke party in Charlotte.
With host Nic@Nite!

7pm-12am | No Cover | 21+

76TH STREET
2025-09-09 19:00
Doors: 7pm | Music: 8pm
Tickets: $25 (plus online fees)
• 21+
76TH STREET
76th Street is anindie-pop duo consisting of Haley Gold and Spencer Bryant, who met in elementary school in Scottsdale, Arizona. They began playing music together in middle school and eventually formed their band in high school. They are known for their close friendship, which translates into their music, focusing on themes of independence rather than heartbreak. They have released an EP and a single called “You and I”. They also participated in “The Voice” and were finalists in NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest.
https://linktr.ee/76thstreet

Curtis Eller & The American Circus with MOA
2025-09-12 20:00
Doors: 8pm | Show: 9pm
Tickets: $10 (plus online fees)
• 21+

Curtis Eller & The American Circus
Curtis Eller is a banjo player, songwriter, dancer, and storyteller. The beloved show business veteran started his career at the age of seven as a juggler and acrobat, but has since turned to the banjo because that’s where the money is. The iconoclastic troubadour has spent thirty years relentlessly touring the burlesque houses, beer halls, underground theatres, and punk rock dives of North America, Europe, and Australia. His band, Curtis Eller’s American Circus, has developed a devoted international following based on spellbinding stage performances that combine compelling song craft with silent-film-style physical comedy, and explosive rock & roll energy.
curtiseller.com

MOA
Moa is a band from Charlotte, North Carolina, known for their ethereal, dream-like sound. Their soundscape is haunting and vast, often morphing dissonance and darkness with a delicate and quiet resolve. Music journalist Pat Moran writes, “Moa’s music is like diving into a bottomless well only to discover you’re floating untethered in a sky full of stars.” NPR’s Joni Deutsch describes the band as “a lovely, dark and deep tour of musical ambience.”
https://linktr.ee/moa_nc

Sugartank Sundae Fest
2025-09-14 17:00
Doors: 5pm | Show: 6pm
Tickets: $12 adv (plus online fees) | $15 at the door
• 21+
Petra’s is turning 18! Come celebrate with us along with Sugartank Records and some of our favorite performers in the city.
With:
Comino
Noir Noir
Dexter Jordan
Default Modes
YH Artgang
And an afterparty with DJ Black As The Cosmos!

AGH! A Variety Show For A Cause
2025-09-18 19:00
Doors: 7pm | Show: 8pm
$12 At The Door (plus online fees)
• 21+

AGH! A variety show for a cause:
Ali Forrest and Anna Goldstein bring together their favorite musicians, comedians, puppets, weirdos, and general aficionados to raise money for a cause they care about. Join us September 18th for A Good Hang to raise money for a good cause.
Performers:
Pip the puppet: Anna Goldstein // Ali Forrest // More TBA!

Kids Table | Dazy Bea | Camp Calico
2025-09-19 20:00
Doors: 8pm | Show: 9pm
Tickets: $7 Adv (Plus online fees) | $10 at the door
• 21+

Kids Table
Indie pop out of Washington DC.
https://linktr.ee/kidstabletheband
Dazy Bea
https://linktr.ee/dazybea
Camp Calico
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/campcalico/lost-souls

Mercury Dimes | Rotoglow | The Gone Ghosts
2025-09-20 20:00
Doors: 8pm | Show: 9pm
Tickets: $10 at the door
• 21+

Mercury Dimes
Mercury Dimes aren’t totally sure how to answer the question of genre. Indie, punk, folk… they’ve even been called Art Rock. They’ve been compared to The Pixies, to Alanis Morisette, to the Breeders… what brings their sound together is the sincerity that runs through it all. They love to write and perform music that feels real, lyrics that the audience can understand, and songs that bring you to unexpected places. They aren’t trying to be anybody but themselves- so maybe that difficulty of labelling their music is exactly where they want to be.
https://linktr.ee/mercurydimes

Rotoglow
Rotoglow, the loud and melodic rock ‘n’ roll band formed in Fairfax, Virginia in 2000, continues to make waves in the music scene. The band, composed of Conrado Bokoles, Dave Cannon, Andrew Hellier, and John Kenney, initially garnered attention with their relentless touring schedule from 2000 to 2006. During these years, they headlined clubs along the East Coast, graced the stages of the 2001 Warped Tour, supported OutKast on the “Stankonia” tour, and performed at Baltimore’s WHFStival at RFK Stadium. Their robust live performances earned them opportunities to open for prominent bands such as Everclear, Cracker, Lit, and Sponge.
https://www.instagram.com/rotoglow_dc/

The Gone Ghosts
The Gone Ghosts are an Alt-Country Rock band from Carrboro, NC
https://linktr.ee/TheGoneGhosts

Little Heart Machine | Dog Days | MA
2025-09-25 20:00
Doors: 8pm | Show: 9pm
Tickets: $7 adv (plus online fees) | $10 at the door
• 2!+

Little Heart Machine
https://www.instagram.com/littleheartmachine
Dog Days
https://www.instagram.com/dog.days.band
MA
https://www.instagram.com/fueledbyma

Julian Calendar | Curiosidades de Bombrile | Ghost Trees
2025-09-27 20:00
Doors: 8pm | Show: 9pm
Tickets: $7 adv (Plus online fees) | $10 at the door
• 21+

Julian Calendar
https://linktr.ee/julian_calendar

Curiosidades de Bombrile
https://curiosidadesdebombrile.bandcamp.com/

Ghost Trees
https://www.ghost-trees.com/

Petite League with Orange Dog Club
2025-09-28 19:00
Doors: 7pm | Music: 8pm
Tickets: $15 Adv (plus online fees) | $20 Day Of
• 21+

Petite League
Living together in famed Syracuse house venue Scarier Dome hosting shows for touring bands, producing live video sessions, starting a screen printing business while also learning the ins-and-outs of self-recording and releasing records was the foundational stepping stone upon which Petite League was created.
Lorenzo Gillis Cook, songwriter and composer, along with drummer Henry Schoonmaker, came out of the gates swinging with their signature infectious lo-fi power pop releasing their two first records before graduating from college that same year. Petite League’s melodic sun kissed brand of indie rock started the buzz right away with some immediate industry, streaming, and publication recognition which helped propel the band forward from the jump.
The band continued to shape itself into a staple of the New York indie rock scene as the band moved to Queens in 2016 enlisting the help of other ex-Scarier Dome residents Adam Greenberg and Kevin McCallum as part of the live band. The DIY mindset of operating Scarier Dome is still the backbone of what Petite League runs on to this day as they continue to release music prolifically, cultivate their online presence, and tour throughout the United States.
https://linktr.ee/petiteleague

Orange Dog Club
Orange Dog Club is an up and coming Indie Garage Rock project led by Tim Turner. It features supporting casts in Buffalo and the Rochester Area. As a result of their electrifying performances and quality Indie tunes, critics remain excited to see what’s next for Orange Dog Club.
https://linktr.ee/orangedogclub

Juan Wauters with Florecienta
2025-09-30 19:00
Doors: 7pm | Music: 8pm
Tickets: $15 (plus online fees)
• 21+
Juan Wauters
After spending the majority of his adult life thus far in New York, Juan Wauters decides to revisit his native Montevideo, the culturally rich capital of Uruguay. Wauters explored the excitement of falling back in love with his birthplace on his subsequent record, 2023’s Wandering Rebel, but on his seventh studio album MVD LUV — due June 27 via Captured Tracks — Wauters doesn’t just introduce listeners to Montevideo; he invites them to feel at home within it.
Having spent much of his career in the United States, Wauters has long carried the dual identity of immigrant and native son. With MVD LUV, a love letter to both his roots and his present, he set out to bridge those worlds by capturing the essence of Montevideo’s streets and communal spirit. Wauters recorded the album between January and October 2024 in various locations across the city, from his own JPW Studios to bustling sidewalks, rooftops, and the homes of featured artists. Having worked in the past with US-based indie favorites like Frankie Cosmos, Mac DeMarco, and Nick Hakim, MVD LUV fills out Wauters’ performances with a crew of local musicians including co-producer Leandro Aquistapacie, Mateo Ottonello, Cecilia “Checha” Rodríguez, and Manuel Silva. Wauters mixed and mastered the record with Nicolás Demczylo at Los Aliados Estudio. Together, these all-Uruguayan artists blend Wauters’ rootsy brand of delightfully simple folk-pop with traditional elements emblematic of the country. Songs like the lively “La Lucía” introduces listeners to candombe, a communal music and dance tradition; recorded spontaneously, it feels less like a studio track and more like a snapshot of a real-life encounter. Meanwhile, “Aeropuerto” and “Siempre Vuelven” evoke sentimentality through murga rhythms, another traditional style of drum-heavy music that’s prominent in Uruguayan culture. The result is immediately immersive, the sprawling coastal city of Montevideo becoming more than just a setting. On MVD LUV, the city is an active presence in the music, a character in itself.
There’s a sort of pressure you can feel when returning to your hometown after a stint away; you want to be the best version of you, with some tangible evidence that you’ve made a name for yourself. Wauters has no doubt achieved that. But he’s just as susceptible to self-doubt as anyone, and on songs like “Dime Amiga,” he begins to fully realize the safety net of unconditional love he’s built for himself, layering conversational lyrics over a warm, rhythmic arrangement: “Tell me friend, how are you?/Tell me, why are you crying?” he asks in Spanish, spotlighting the power of being fully honest in a place that wholeheartedly accepts you as you are. As years pass and relationships and communities evolve, Wauters suggests, there may be a lingering fear that your place of origin will one day feel foreign. But, as he also exhorts on MVD LUV: ”There are times to fly and get lost and there are also times to return.” Wherever you are, music and love can often make you feel right at home. On MVD LUV, Wauters brings his home, Uruguay, to the global stage.
https://juanwauters.ffm.to/mvdluv.opr

Florecienta
https://beacons.ai/florecienta
