NIGHTLIGHT -> performance space -> experimental music, video, art, and dance

Nightlight is a non-smoking all-ages club that offers cutting edge music, art shows, dance parties and PING PONG!

FRESH NEWS!! Nightlight has expanded its business hours!

Nightlight NOW serves coffee from Carrboro Coffee Company in addition to its selection of local beer and wine. Located in the space that once housed the original Cat’s Cradle and Skylight Exchange, Nightlight accommodates casual and professional meetings and offers free WI-FI internet access, an outdoor smoking patio, and a free lending library.

MONDAY Thru SATURDAY 5 - 9 PM and open later for shows!

MEMBERSHIP Since Nightlight serves liquor, In accordance to ABC regulations, we are now a private membership club. Membership is a mere $5 dollars and applications are available at the Nightlight door, bar and online (print and fill it out!). They can be purchased with cash, our credit card machine or with checks made to DYSS, Inc. Nex time you come back to NL your card will be ready for you... Each members gets one guest with them at all times. Just sign them in at the front!

HISTORY: Below is just a smattering of some of the incredible artists that Nightlight has hosted since 2003.

...Animal Collective, Volcano the Bear, Blues Control, Josephine Foster, Beach House, Charalambides, Marnie Stern, WZT Hearts, Wolf Eyes, Wye Oak, Yellow Swans, Mouthus, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Jjak Hogan, Tussle, Michael Hurley, Pontiak, Grouper, Mountains, The Coughs, Zee Avi, USAISAMONSTER, Jackie-O Motherfucker, Ariel Pink, Extreme Animals, Major Stars, Caltrop, Thrones, Jack Rose, Magik Markers, Bellafea, Screaming Females, White Mice, Des_Ark, Noxagt, Can't/Jessica Rylan, Ghost to Falco, Castanets, Macronympha, Bloodyminded, Lexie Mountain Boys, EAR PWR, Psychic Paramount, Parts and Labor, Curtains of Night, Essie Jain, The Black Twigs, Alec K. Redfearn, Jason Forrest, Ahleuchatistas, DAT Politics, Kevin Blechdom, Frank Gratkowski, Ecstatic Sunshine, Awesome Color, Z'ev, Uncle Woody Sullender, Busdriver and Radioinactive, AWOL One, Andre Afram Asmar, Megafaun, Kevin Shields, Ironing, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Jason Crumer, Pterodactyl, Mike Tamburo, Future Islands, Rahdunes, Deer Tick, Mountains, TAPE, and Boyzone!!

Booking -> nightlightbooking at gmail dot com for all booking inquiries

Info -> nightlightinfo at gmail dot com for practice space rental ($15/ two hour session) or club related questions

Private Events > Nightlight hosts private parties, a practice space, birthday bashes and graduation celebrations!!!

Links -> favoritos of our local splendedido plethora of local folks and projects

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Tues 08/31 Binary Marketing Show / Cracker Creeptacular / Deluxe Handcuffs- 9:30 PM $5

NY space-glitch new weirders Binary Marketing Show stop by the Nightlight on their southern tour, working their psyched rhythmic take on American songform with rolling keys, synth stabs, Balkan brass, and sampled drums. Local prog/fusion trio Cracker Creeptacular and Alcazar Hotel side-project Deluxe Handcuffs open.

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STARTING SEPTEMBER 1ST: NOW OPEN FROM 5 PM ONWARD AS A CAFE AND PERFORMANCE SPACE!

Wed 09/01 EARLY OPENING Celebration :: OLD TIME JAM :: All are invited: 5pm onward

Thurs 09/02 919 Noise Showcase : presenting...

Khristian Weeks / Sooty Foots / Tonos / The Fox Sister / Conspicous Convulsion (new improv group ofJason Alyward (Valient Thorr), Crowmeat Bob and Drew Roberston)

9:30 PM $5

We're nigh-on ecstatic to see the 919 ers have wrangled the venerable Mr. Weeks, Durham sound artist and break-out star of WXYC's Locally Produced Digital Music Showcase (seriously, go to www.wxyc.org/showcase/ and listen to "Perfect" and see if you don't get a li'l moist around the eyes when you hear the electronic approximation of a slowly-melting brass gamelan ascend through your consciousness while a toddler recites Whitman. Perfect.). Huntersville hissy cassette tape hero Sooty Foots gets weird and wild, doing Inspector 22-style oddball folk that passes into Hasil Adkins thrash. Local guitar tone texturist Tonos and Morehead City dark ambient/drone artist the Fox Sister open.

Fri 09/03 ART SHOW RECEPTION AND PARTY with local artist, Peter Pendergrass: 6pm onward: FREE

Peter pendergrass is a senior at UNC-Chapel Hill majoring in studio art and performance studies. Peter works in a variety of media, including 2D graphic arts, mixed media, sculpture, sound, video and performance. His recent projects include an internship with Rock Paper Scissors collective in Oakland, California, continued work with the Performance Collective in Chapel Hill, and new releases on his d.i.y. label for local experimental artists, Pool Party Records.

DJ's Breniecia Reuben, DJ Steph Russ and DJ Ben Pittard CRANK it up!!

Sat 09/04 CROOKED CABARET ! :: starting at 9 PM

Talent Show and Benefit for the Prison Books Collective - $4

Tues 09/07 Skylar Gudasz and the Ugly Girls / Arlo and the Otter / Supreme Fiction :

9:30 PM :$5

Tonight ex-Harmute keyboardist Skylar Gudasz comes out front for beautiful songs with the Ugly Girls and their smart piano-pop. Columbus, OH!O's Arlo & the Otter is a fourtet of southwestern troubadours traveling between snotty acousti-punk scorchers and whirling peyote dirges. Supreme Fiction open up the night!

Wed 09/08 The Toddlers / Sin Ropas / Father Murphy (Italy) / Kellie Ann Grubbs :9:30 PM $5

The Toddlers return to the NL with their travel-stained country'n'blues-flavored ruminations delivered in Nathan's Chris Isaak croon. Last time we sd: "Those of you looking for a gentle easing into the world of noise should come out tonight to hear Sin Ropas, the long-running experimental/post"alt-" country duo of Tim Hurley and Danni Iosello, veterans of Chicago's excellent Red Red Meat and Califone. Now living in the 828, Sin Ropas will bring Waitsean dirges, feedback, and enough electronics to please the 919ers." Still apt. On tour with Sin Ropas is the awe-inspiring Italian guitar/organ/drums trio Father Murphy. There are enough bouncy high-pitched bubblers in their repertoire to warrant comparisons to future tourmates Deerhoof, but the tunes that get me the most are the hypnotic organ droners that bring back memories of Religious Knives, some Current 93 stuff, maybe a nod to several PSF bands. Whatever, come early and see them.

Thurs 09/09 Dark Water Rising / Lizzy Ross / Aden Darity : 9:30 PM : $5

"Dark Water Rising" album available online: www.cdbaby.com

Robeson Co. soul-rock sextet Dark Water Rising gathers around the master voice of Charly Lowry and the floating Staples-style three-part harmonies created with Ciera Dial and Brittany Jacobs. Local folk-country songbird Lizzy Ross opens.

Fri 09/10 D-Town Brass (Durham) / JazzHandzz (Brooklyn) / The Hem of His Garment - $5

Though its name conjures images of the Bull City and the brass krewes of New Orleans, the D-Town Brass brings a wink-eyed big-band soul bossa nova lounge shuffle shake squall reminiscent of some of the large ensembles working in Chicago today. Running in the same pranksterish spazz-jazz circles as our favorites Talibam! and Peeesseye, JazzHandzz is a trio of Andres Marino, David Moss, and Nick Lesley tackling freedom a la early Sun City, NNCK, etc. but with a definite jazz mindset. Local drone experimenters The Hem of His Garment will heal you with just a touch.

Sat 09/11 GUYBrarian NIGHT! :: FREE :: 9 PM onward...

UNC Library of Sciences Men turn it out.. for another dance party round! :: FREE :: 9 PM onward..

DJ order to be determined...

STOKES (Neale Stokes)
Boomshackalack Soundsystem (David Parisi)
DJ Scrubbin Bubbles (Mike Nutt)
Spurious Tuples (Adam Rogers)

Tues 09/14 Alcazar Hotel / Carnivores (Atlanta) / one more tba- 9:30 PM

Wed 09/15 Elf Power / Let's Wrestle (Merge Records) ...

...plus special video screening before live acts of Major Organ and the Adding Machine

Doors at 8 PM , movie at 9 PM , music to follow... $10 / more details on advance ticket sales tba..

Thurs 09/16 Cats Cradle Presents...Sea Wolf / Patrick Park / Sera Cahoone -

$12/$10 advance

Tickets can be purchased from the Cats Cradle and CD Alley in Chapel Hill

Fri 09/17 LE WEEKEND / Decoration Ghost / On The Take - 10 PM $ 5

Sat 09/18 The Moaners (Record Release Party on Holidays for Quince Records) / Ryan Gustafson

+ DJ STEPH RUSS - Doors at 9 PM, Party to Follow!

Mon 09/20 Amps for Christ (CA/ Ex- Man is the Bastard) / CLANG QUARTET / NUSS / Tiny Concept (France) / Ca$h $lave Clique

Wed 09/22 Phantascist / Rat Babies / HOG - 9:30 PM

Thurs 09/23 Caleb Caudle and the Bayonets / Soft Spot (NYC) / Tripp (Elvis Costello band) - 9:30 PM

Fri 09/24 Signal Fest - The Southeast Electronics Music Festival - Dub Night and DANCE PARTY! 9 PM: $10

Jubilee / TALK / DJ One Duran (WXYC & 1200 Problems ) / DJ Steph Russ (WXYC DJ)

Serious bass pressure at Nightlight to kick off the weekend portion of this year's Signalfest. We're pleased to present the following lineup, with headliners from the mighty Nightshifters label:

Jubilee [Brooklyn, NY]: When she’s not ‘regularly whipping dance floors into a frenzy with her rambunctious combination of bass-heavy electro, upfront house, UK funky, and tropical flavor’ (XLR8R), Jubilee is Publicity Director of the N...ightshifters label with Jason Forrest (aka DJ Donna Summer). Jubilee holds down a monthly residence at the infamous ‘Flashing Lights' parties at 88 Palace in NYC, with fellow residents DJ Ayres (The Rub) and Nick Catchdubs (Fools Gold Records). Jubilee has spread her sparks across the globe in far away lands such as Bucharest, Berlin, London and Reykvavik. In New York, she has played along side heavy hitters like Drop The Lime, The Juan Maclean, Simian Mobile Disco, Digitalism, Jokers of the Scene and Green Velvet.

Talk [Atlanta, GA]: One of the newest additions to the Nightshifters label, Talk helps hold down the Night Moves monthly in Atlanta. His debut EP "Holy Mountain" will be out in October, and you can expect he'll be ready to present it to Signal in a fine fashion.

Sat 09/25 Signal Fest - Second Evening of Southeastern Electronics Music Festival - 9PM : $10

Rapoon (Robin Storey, ex Zoviet France member, Newcastle, UK) / Illusion of Safety (Dan Burke, Chicago)
Ethan Clauset / Steve Burnett / Khristian Weeks / Bicameral Mind

Mon 09/27 Spider Bags / Strapping Field Hands (Philadelphia) - 9:30 PM $5

O.G. Siltbreeze lo-fi rockers Strapping Fieldhands recently got the justly-deserved reissue treatment of their first LP and are now rolling through the Nightlight. Right as rain blooz-garage locals Spider Bags headline. Don't sleep on this one-- Monday night, it'll start early

Tues 09/28 Solo Performance by Asimina Chremos (Dance ARTIST)

lightspace is a 45-minute solo dance by Asimina Chremos. Think: Perceptual artist James Turrell attends a Japanese tea ceremony and the host ends up serving an unknown form of extraterrestrial, aquatic tai chi. The site-sensitive dance takes into account the character of the performance area, in this case, the interior of the Nightlight club. A resident of Chicago for the last decade or so, Chremos recently made Durham her home base.

Wed 09/29 Boyzone / Tinsel Teeth (Load Records) / Unstoppable Death Machine - 9:30 PM

Thurs 09/30 Gmish Klezmer Band with more tba!

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Fri 10/01 Radar's Clown of Sedation (Pete Pawsey's band) / Eno Mountain Boys / The Ethnographers / Michael and His Garden / Chris Jones - 9:30 PM $5

Sat 10/02 NIGHTLIGHT BENEFIT! After Party for Festi-fall

In The Year of the Pig / Savage Knights / Systems -more bands tba!

early Wed 10/06 Open Old Time Jam! :: all are welcome:: 5-9 PM

later Wed 10/06 Pairdown (Pittsburgh) - more bands tba- 9:30 PM

Thurs 10/07 Neill Prewitt (Yuxtapongo Episodes) / Alexis Gideon (Portland, video artist) - 9:30 PM

early 10/08 ART RECEPTION with Lincoln Hancock! doors at 5pm, reception from 5-8 PM

laterFri 10/08 Odessa Record Release for WILD WILD GEESE / Drunk Tigers / Bad Cop (Nashville) - 9:30 PM

Sat 10/09 Scout Niblett (Drag City) / HOLY SONS / Michael Holland with Peas and Collards - 9:30 PM

Tues 10/12 CLANG QUARTET / Ehnahre / Wolverspent / Mountains Named for Murderers - 9:30 PM

Ehnahre: Boston, MA crucial blast records, avant/death metal, ex-kayo dot

Wolverspent: Boise, ID 20 buck spin records, formerly known as PussyGutt

Wed 10/13 Wagner Logic (Alaska)

Mon 10/18 Closed for Private Party !

Tues 10/19 Fan Tan / The Lovetones / The Morning After Rock - 9:30 PM

Thurs 10/21 Doug McCombs from Tortoise / more bands tba - 9:30 PM

Fri 10/22 CALTROP / FIN FANG FOOM / Ritual (Asheville) - 10 PM

 

Sun 10/24 Comparative Anatomy / Cheezface / The Letdowns / Nuss - 9:30 PM $5

Fri 10/29 Record Release for LE WEEKEND / Organos - 9:30 PM : $5

Sat 10/30 Halloween Party and Benefit for the Nightlight!

with.. Auxiliary House (Reunion Show!)

Sun 10/31 Halloween PARTY / SHOW / HAUNTED HOUSE!!! : more details tba...

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Sat 11/06 Carrboro / Chapel HIll Home Brew FEST! 4- 8:45 PM : details tba

Fri 11/12 Holidays for Quince Record Release for MONSONIA! -more details tba

Sat 11/13 Carrboro / Chapel Hill Anarchist Book Fair - day-time event!

Calling all North Carolina anarchists, autonomists, and anti-authoritarians! Are you part of a radical bookshop, community organizing group, or publishing project? You should reserve a table! Are you a book lover, activist, firebrand, or just plain curious? Come check out what other people in North Carolina are doing and thinking!

Email carrborobookfair@gmail.com to reserve a table, volunteer, or suggest activities. The deadline for reserving tables is November 1; we are asking groups to pay a small tabling fee, but it’s important to us that tabling be accessible to groups that do not expect to make any money.