Amos' Southend is a concert room on S Tryon Street that books rock, country and alternative bills, tribute acts and emerging artists. It sells standing room and guaranteed mezzanine seating separately, and age limits change show to show. A restaurant called The Gin Mill operates on site and gives advance ticket holders a discount on food.
Bar Fly takes over the rooftop deck above Room Service at Camp North End on weekend nights, from the same founder. The landlord's page describes bold and playful decor, cocktails, bites, dancing and music, with a rotating schedule of events each weekend. The drinks list runs to cocktails, wine, sangria, beer and rotating slushies.
Bradshaw is the neighborhood-bar choice when you want a burger, wings or a game on TV. Its covered patio gives groups another place to sit. The weekly calendar includes trivia, music bingo, live-band karaoke and Friday music, with DJs on Saturdays. Later visits can be lively, so check the lineup if you are choosing between a conversation over dinner and a night of music.
A neighborhood pub on the Montford Drive strip, named for William Joel Braswell. It is the Charlotte home bar for Iowa Hawkeyes fans, and it makes its bar food in house. Trivia nights, live music and craft nights run through the week.
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Bar Fly takes over the rooftop deck above Room Service at Camp North End on weekend nights, from the same founder. The landlord's page describes bold and playful decor, cocktails, bites, dancing and music, with a rotating schedule of events each weekend. The drinks list runs to cocktails, wine, sangria, beer and rotating slushies.
Chasers is a gay dance bar on The Plaza that runs drag performances, resident DJs and karaoke on Wednesdays and Sundays. It has pool tables, a coat check and free parking, and it stays open to 2am. Queen City Nerve counts it among the city's continuously operating queer rooms.
El Puro serves upscale Cuban food with cocktails and live entertainment on South Boulevard, in a room styled after 1950s pre-revolutionary Havana. There is a stage and a dancefloor. It runs to midnight on Friday and Saturday and is closed on Mondays.
Petra's is a piano bar and small stage on Commonwealth Ave in Plaza Midwood that opened in 2007. Queen City Nerve describes it as one of the city's queer-friendly rooms, with drag shows, the TutuTonight variety showcase, the Ultraviolet Sapphic Dance Party and Wednesday karaoke. Its own calendar runs karaoke nights, jazz sessions, bands and solo performers most weeks.
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