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CONCERT CALENDAR

2009-07-08T12:00:00.000-07:00

Saturday, June 13: GRAND OPENING OF THE UPTOWN AMPHITHEATRE featuring The Fray with Jack's Mannequin

Friday, June 19: GRAND OPENING OF THE FILLMORE CHARLOTTE featuring Corey Smith

Saturday, June 20: The Plain White T's

Tuesday, July 14: The Offspring with Sum 41 at the Uptown Amphitheatre

Friday, July 24: Government Mule at The Fillmore Charlotte

Tuesday, July 28: Jason Mraz with G. Love and Special Sauce at the Uptown Amphitheatre

Friday, August 21: Counting Crows with Augustana at the Uptown Amphitheatre

Saturday + Sunday, August 15th + 16th:

Nuthing Clothing Co., emancipated logik + bK present

The 2009 Nuthing Summer Collaborative

[For details, visit wearnuthing.com or emancipatedlogik.com]

Saturday, August 29: Edwin McCain with The Freddy Jones Band at The Fillmore Charlotte

Wednesday, September 30: The Black Crowes at The Fillmore Charlotte

Tuesday, October 6: B.B. King at The Fillmore Charlotte

visit www.livenation.com for more information

The 2009 Nuthing Summer Collaborative to be held at NCMF

2009-07-08T00:01:00.000-07:00

Creative Loafing Cover Story Today!

2009-05-13T06:25:00.000-07:00

There is a great story on the NC Music Factory in today's Creative Loafing. Be sure to pick up a copy or click on the link below to see it:

http://charlotte.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/n_c_music_factory_is_ready_to_rock/Content?oid=627817

MORE SHOWS ANNOUNCED AT UPTOWN AMPHITHEATER AND FILLMORE CHARLOTTE!

2009-05-12T07:03:00.000-07:00

Live Nation has announced several great concerts to be held at the NC Music Factory:

Saturday, June 13: The Fray with Jack's Mannequin at the Uptown Amphitheater

Friday, June 19: Corey Smith at The Fillmore Charlotte

Tuesday, July 14: The Offspring with Sum 41 at the Uptown Amphitheater

Friday, July 24: Government Mule at The Fillmore Charlotte

Tuesday, July 28: Jason Mraz with G. Love and Special Sauce at the Uptown Amphitheater

Saturday, August 29: Edwin McCain with The Freddy Jones Band at The Fillmore Charlotte

Tuesday, October 6: B.B. King at The Fillmore Charlotte

visit www.livenation.com for more information

OPENING CONCERT ANNOUNCED!!!

2009-04-03T11:52:00.000-07:00

THE FRAY TO OPEN CHARLOTTE’S NEW UPTOWN AMPHITHEATRE AT THE MUSIC FACTORY ON JUNE 13TH

Live Nation also to Open Fillmore Music Venue in the North Carolina Music Factory, Expanding Its Venue Platform in one of the Nation’s Fastest Growing Concert Markets

Los Angeles, CA (April 1, 2009) – Live Nation announced today a long term agreement with The Ark Group to operate, manage and exclusively book a new 5,000 capacity outdoor amphitheatre, Uptown Amphitheatre at the Music Factory, and a new 2,000 capacity Fillmore music venue at the new 35 acre multiple use entertainment development, the North Carolina Music Factory at Uptown Village, in the heart Charlotte.

Live Nation expects to book approximately 25 shows annually at the Uptown Amphitheatre and approximately 80 shows annually at the Fillmore, with Live Nation Tickets providing ticketing services for the new venues. Multi-platinum band The Fray will play the very first concert at Uptown Amphitheatre on June 13^th. Tickets for The Fray go on-sale Friday, April 3^rd exclusively at www.livenation.com .

The NC Music Factory, which will house more than 300,000 square feet of diverse indoor and outdoor entertainment, is located in the historic fourth ward area immediately adjacent to the Charlotte central business district, one of the most dynamic urban centers in the south east.

“The Uptown Amphitheatre and the Fillmore complete our venue portfolio in Charlotte, the country’s 20^th most populated market, giving us a great new club to nurture relationships with up and coming artists, a mid-sized amphitheater and our existing Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre,” said Wilson Howard, President Southeast, Live Nation. “This gives us more options for artists and will result in better entertainment variety for Charlotte music fans.”

The Uptown Amphitheatre is situated in a beautiful outdoor setting with soaring views of the Charlotte skyline, elevated lawn seating, traditional outdoor seating, premium box seats with food and beverage service, and an indoor VIP area with private restrooms, private bar and views of the stage. The concession area has a “bourbon street” feel with multiple permanent restrooms with pedestal sinks, full length mirrors and private stalls.

The Fillmore Charlotte, which will be housed in a historic textile mill, will be themed in the tradition of the legendary Fillmore in San Francisco. The original Fillmore has distinguished itself as a favorite among artists and fans alike because of the unique qualities of the theatre’s ambience, feel and traditions. The new Fillmore will feature the iconic music venue’s trademark décor, including red oak hardwood floors, red painted interior, vintage posters of legendary live music performances, magnificent chandeliers throughout, state-of-the-art lighting and sound, as well as, stadium style tiers that create great sight lines from anywhere in the venue, a VIP area and more. The venue is also set to open in June.

For additional information and upcoming ticket information on the Fillmore and the Uptown Amphitheatre please visit www.livenation.com .

The NC Music Factory additional tenants include a mixture of restaurants, clubs, a recording studio, film studio and more, with 2,000 parking spaces and valet parking available. For additional information on the NC Music Factory visit www.ncmusicfactory.com

About Live Nation:

Live Nation’s mission is to maximize the live concert experience. Our core business is producing, marketing and selling live concerts for artists via our global concert pipe. Live Nation is the largest producer of live concerts in the world, annually producing over 22,000 concerts for 1,600 artists in 33 countries. During 2008, the company sold over 50 million concert tickets and drove over 70 million unique visitors to LiveNation.com. Live Nation is transforming the concert business by expanding its concert platform into ticketing and building the industry’s first artist-to-fan vertically integrated concert platform. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, California and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, trading under the symbol LYV. For additional information about the company, please visitwww.livenation.com/investors.

SEABOARD STREET OPENING CELEBRATION AND MAJOR TENANT ANNOUNCEMENTS!!

2008-11-25T03:25:00.000-08:00

{ Photo by Justin Ruckman }

Today was a big day for the NC Music Factory and Uptown Village as we officially opened the new Seaboard Street extension with great fanfare. The celebration started with great live music from "The Swingin' Richards" and then speeches from developers and visionaries Rick and Noah Lazes, Thomas "Pop" Sadler, Center City Partners chief, Michael Smith and Mayor Pat McCrory.

Along with the opening of the new "Gateway to the Uptown Village", Noah Lazes capped the announcements with news of some major tenants that will begin to populate the entertainment spaces next summer.

"Butter Lounge" (above), the toast of Manhattan, will open location #2 here at the NC Music Factory as will dance club heavyweight, "Crobar" (below) who will now count Charlotte among other locations in New York, Chicago, South Beach, Buenos Aries and Beijing. National daiquiri bar, "Wet Willies" will also join the fray in what will be their largest location to date!

THE FAMOUS FILLMORE MUSIC HALL COMES TO CHARLOTTE

2008-11-20T15:00:00.000-08:00

The NC Music Factory announced Thursday that Live Nation will open a Fillmore Music Hall in the entertainment complex in uptown's Fourth Ward. The concert promoter will also exclusively book the music factory's 5,000-seat outdoor boutique amphitheater.

“Having the Fillmore brings a world-class recognition to Charlotte,” said Noah Lazes of ARK Group, which is developing the Music Factory. “The Fillmore is arguably the most respected club venue in the world, by artists as well as fans.”

And with Live Nation operating the venue, “it's the best. It's like having Microsoft running your company,” Lazes said.

The original Fillmore opened in San Francisco in 1965 and attracted such music acts as The Who, Pink Floyd and the Grateful Dead. Since then, Fillmore venues have opened in New York, Miami, Detroit and Denver.

Lazes says the 2,000-seat venue is slated to open in late spring or early summer.

The famed Fillmore Music Hall is joining the NC Music Factory in 2009 and will feature state of the art lights and sound to host 150+ concerts/year.

N.C. MUSIC FACTORY TEAMS WITH LIVE NATION*

2008-11-20T02:46:00.000-08:00

ARK Group has inked a deal for international concert promoter Live Nation Worldwide Inc. to book events at ARK’s $27 million N.C. Music Factory in Charlotte, N.C.

Los Angeles-based Live Nation will schedule as many as 180 concerts each year at the development’s 2,000-seat concert hall and up to 30 concerts annually at its 5,000-seat outdoor amphitheater.

“It’s a major coup to have the largest concert promoter in the world working with us,” says Rick Lazes, chief executive of Cornelius, N.C.-based ARK.

The N.C. Music Factory is part of a larger mixed-use project called Uptown Village, which will eventually include a residential component as well. It is near interstates 77 and 277 on the site of a former textile mill complex.

This week, Seaboard Street was opened, providing a path into the 35-acre entertainment district in Charlotte’s Fourth Ward. Previously, the only way to reach the N.C. Music Factory was to maneuver along a gooseneck-like route around the hulking Archer Daniels Midland Co. soybean processing plant across railroad tracks.

In addition to its two music venues, the N.C. Music Factory will be home to offices, recording studios, and a host of bars and restaurants, including nightclubs Butter and Crobar and daiquiri shop Wet Willies. Several tenants have already moved in, and most of the entertainment venues are expected to open by the summer.

* Originally Posted on bizjournals.com