RTP-area local music and culture

[Anna Bigelow <abigelow1 AT nc.rr.com>]

music to suit every taste starting Thursday at SparkCon in Raleigh!  
not to be missed...
win free tix on WKNC, WXYC, WXDU!
for more, check out: http://www.sparkcon.com/musicspark.html

H 9/20
  9pm–2am Tir Na Nog • Best of Local Bands/Local Beer
     $3 The Bleeding Hearts, Red Collar, Gray Young,
      The Proclivities, The Pneurotics

  9pm–11pm Moonlight Pizza • Flamenco Night
     FREE

  10pm–2am Riviera • Beats & Atmosphere
     $3 Fanu

FR 9/21
  12pm-1pm on steps of 414 Fayetteville St • "Opera About Town"
     FREE    members of The Opera Company of North Carolina       
perform selections from Le nozze di Figaro

  7pm-8pm @ Moore Square NW Stage • Blue Moon Belly Dancers
     FREE    a belly dancing performance before the fashion show
     (musicSPARK+groundSPARK collaboration)

  9pm-3am Downtown Event Center • soundSPARK Hip-Hop
     $15 ($20 after 11p) Mike G of Jungle Brothers,
     Fanu, Camp Lo, The Remix Project, B-Nice & DJ Krazerock,
     Proto J, LA Riots, 3-Eyes, Mic Savvy, Meridian, Inflowential

  9pm–2am Berkeley Cafe • Compelling Rock/Country/Int'l
     $5 Goner, Viswas Chitnis, Swingin' Johnsons, Elisa Flynn


SA 9/22
  9pm-3am Downtown Event Center • A/V Rock & Grooves
     $5 Roger Flake's Films, Left Outlet,
     Odd International w/ Crowmeat Bob, &
     Odd International w/ B-Nice

  9pm-2am Lincoln Theatre • Indie Music Night
     $12 (reverse order of playing): Loners,
     The Apples in Stereo [headliners], Moaners,
     Regina Hexaphone [CD Release], The Never,
     Kennebec

  10pm-2am Riviera • House Music
     $5 Q-Burns Abstract Message, & DJ Sleazy McQueen

SU 9/23
 1pm-2pm @ Moore Square • "Opera About Town"
     FREE  members of the North Carolina Symphony and
      The Opera Company of North Carolina perform in the park
      click here for performance details

 3:00–6pm Berkeley Cafe • 8th Annual Blues Barbecue
     $10 Featuring: Josh Preslar