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Clubs & Coffee Houses- Live Music

New Year's Eve

After Hours at Weaver Street in Carrboro
Enjoy music and community Summer Thursdays from 6 - 8 pm at Weaver Street Market in Carrboro.  (Come for a parent's night out, or bring the kids!)

 As of September, 2011, After Hours at Weaver Street has ended for the 2011 season. Check the Weaver Street website next Summer for the 2012 Season!

www.weaverstreet.com
(919) 929-0010

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Bynum General Store
Live music; call for details.
950 Bynum Road, Bynum, NC.  
(919) 542-1858.

Caffee Driade
Chapel Hill coffee house is reputed to have some of the best coffee in town, along with great live music evenings.  Check the website for live music calendar or call for details. 
1215-A E. Franklin St., Chapel Hill, NC.
www.caffedriade.com
(919) 942-2333.

Captain John's Dockside
Call for live music schedule. 
Cole Park Plaza, 11550 U.S. 15-501, Chapel Hill NC.
(919) 968-7955.

Carolina Coffee Shop
Enjoy a meal and drinks in this cozy, exposed brick old-style pub.  Call to learn more about the live music schedule.
135 E. Franklin St., Chapel Hill, NC.
(919) 942-6875.

Cat's Cradle
Long-time favorite local music venue features wide range of national and locally-based performers.  Check the website for the schedule or call for details.
300 E. Main St., Carrboro, NC.
www.catscradle.com
(919) 967-9053

The Cave
Check the website for the schedule or call for details.
452 W. Franklin St., Chapel Hill, NC.
www.caverntavern.com
(919) 968-9308.

Goldie's Grill
Enjoy Regional American Cuisine as you check out the live music.  Check the website for live music schedule or call for details.
137 E. Franklin St., Chapel Hill, NC.
www.goldiesgrille.com
(919) 967-0909.

Local 506
Check the website for the schedule or call for details.
506 W. Franklin St., Chapel Hill, NC.
www.local506.com
(919) 942-5506.

Weathervane Restaurant at A Southern Season
Live Jazz in the Bar (music is free) Mondays - Saturdays from 6-9pm.
201 S. Estes Drive (located in University Mall), Chapel Hill.
www.southernseason.com
(919) 929-9466.

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ComedyWorx
431 Peace St., Downtown Raleigh, NC
Every Friday & Saturday; Fridays, 8:30 pm; Saturdays, 4:45 pm & 8:30 pm.
Live, competitive improvisational comedy. Tickets may be purchased at the door before showtime. Call for ticket prices! or check the website.  (As of October 2005, the price for evening shows is $10/person. Matinees (4:45 on Saturday) are $6/person. Tickets for The Double Feature, generally held the first Friday of the month, are $5/person.) 
www.comedyworx.com
(919) 829-0822.

Dirty South Improve Troupe
Carr Mill Mall (back entrance), 200 N. Greensboro St., Carrboro, NC
Friday and Saturday, 7:30pm, 9:30pm and 11 pm.  Tickets $5 - $10.
Featuring CompedySPortz (improv franchise with a competitive comedian team format, similar to the TV show "Whose Line is it Anyway?"
From the website: "DSI Theater entertains audiences with its energetic and extremely committed take on improvisational theater. With business operations in North Carolina and Chicago, two critically acclaimed touring shows, a growing college improv network with IMPLOSION, the college comedy resource, and a national improv festival, DSI continues to be more than just another comedy theater. We are recognized for the development, promotion and performance of the art of improvisation."
http://dirtysouthimprov.com/
Reservations:  (919) 225-6330.
(919) 423-5121.

Transactors Improv Co. at the ArtsCenter, West End Theater
Local comedy troupe offers comedy at the Carrboro ArtsCenter and in other venues.  Check the Transactors calendar.
Sat., August 27th at 8pm:  Back to School with Transactors Improv.  From the www.ArtsCenterLive.org website:  "School days are here again and Transactors Improv explores the unique excitement and/or horror of this time of year from the perspective of students, teachers, and parents. The performances will also feature at least one mystery guest. This evening of improvisational theater is based on audience suggestion and will include everything you've come to expect from the South's oldest improv company, including music, movement, complex stories, and rich and ridiculous characters. Just remember that if you laugh they're doing comedy and if you don't they're doing drama. For more info on the company, please visit www.transactors.org or call 824-0937 $13, $11 ArtsCenter Friends."
ArtsCenter, 300-G E. Main St., Carrboro.
www.transactors.org
(919) 929-2787 or (919) 824-0937.

ACME Food & Beverage Co. - American
110 E. Main St., Downtown Chapel Hill
www.acme-carrboro.com
(919) 929-2263

Carolina Brewery - Contemporary American Food
460 W. Franklin St., Downtown Chapel Hill
www.carolinabrewery.com
(919) 942-1800

Carolina Coffee Shop - American Bistro; Great Ambiance - Exposed Brick Walls, Music 
138 E. Franklin St. (near the Planetarium), Downtown Chapel Hill
(919) 942-6875

Crook's Corner - Great Critically Acclaimed Southern Cuisine 
610 W. Franklin St., Downtown Chapel Hill
www.crookscorner.com
(919) 929-7643

Fearrington House - Critically Acclaimed; American with Southern Influence 
2000 Fearrington Village Center, Pittsboro
www.fearrington.com
(919) 542-2121

General Store Cafe - American; (Live Irish Music - Check website for Dates - WORTH THE DRIVE! Go early enough to check out pretty Pittsboro during daylight hours, if you haven't visited Pittsboro before.)
39 West St., Downtown Pittsboro
www.generalstorecafe.com
(919) 542-2432

Il Palio - Italian Cuisine 
1505 E. Franklin St. (Siena Hotel), Chapel Hill
www.sienahotel.com
(919) 918-2545

Provence - Southern French Cuisine 
203 W. Weaver St., Carroboro
(919) 967-5008

La Residence - French Cuisine 
202 W. Rosemary St., Chapel Hill
www.laresidence.citysearch.com
(919) 967-2506

Margaret's Cantina - Mexican; Best Margarita in Town (Chapel Hill News Rose Award)
1129 Weaver Dairy Rd.
www.margaretscantina.com
(919) 942-4745.

Spotted Dog - American
111 E. Main St., Carrboro
www.spotteddogrestaurant.com
(919) 933-1117

Top of the Hill - American, Italian, Seafood - Check out the UNC-themed Gargoyles 
100 E. Franklin St., Downtown Chapel Hill
www.topofthehillrestaurant.com
(919) 929-8676

Tylers - American
102 E. Main St., Carrboro
www.tylerstaproom.com
(919) 9292-6881

Weathervane Cafe - American, Seafood; Live Jazz Music - Located in A Southern Season
201 Estes Drive (University Mall), Chapel Hill
www.southernseason.com
(919) 253-3663

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Typical schedule for First Night Raleigh:

2 - 6pm:  The Children's Celebration
7pm - Evening Performances begin featuring 100 performances in 25 downtown Raleigh venues 
10:30 pm: Main Stage entertainment begins.

Click here for more information
www.firstnightraleigh.com
(919) 832-8699.

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