The 26th Annual Carrboro Music Festival is scheduled to take place at venues all over the Downtown Carrboro area on Sunday, Oct. 1.  The daylong festival starts at 1:00pm with a 2:00pm hip-hop show at the Cat's Cradle backroom featuring 14 acts. We have a free ticketed kick-off event at the Cat's Cradle on September 30th featuring Truth Club.

We have all new free educational workshops starting at 10:00am at the Century Center, Town Hall, and the Civic Club.

Synthesizer Workshop: The Synth 101 lecture will take the casual electronic music fan through the basics of synthesis, then delve into a few more advanced techniques, as well as touch on some of the presenter's approaches performance. You must register for this program. This will be held at the Civic Club behind Town Hall at 11:30am.

Accordion Workshop: In this workshop, we will open several different accordions and show you how the magic happens. Inside are hundreds of steel reeds that vibrate to make sounds like a clarinet, a bassoon, an oboe, or a pipe organ. Also hidden inside are two different analog computers! No kidding! (You’ll learn what an analog computer is, too.) Please register online at the link below. This will be in the Century Center at 10:00am.

Find Your Own Voice Singers: Come join a sing along with the Find Your Own Voice singers as they present familiar, family-friendly pop and folk tunes for your own voice. They will lead songs from 3pm to 4pm on the front lawn of Town Hall. This program does not need registration.

Recording Workshop: With Kenneth Stewart. The workshop is an overview of the recording process, software/hardware and resources. Skills covered here are useful for live recording, podcasting, audition tapes, demos, video editing etc. Explore some useful DIY situations with DAWs, microphones and plugins. Workshop is Mac or PC - please come with questions. Please register online at the link below class will start at 10:00am.

Drum Workshop: Join us at 10:00am in front of Town Hall for a group drum session with Cindy Jones. This program does not need registration.

Schedule of Events:

2:30 PM: 723 at Twin House Music
2:15 PM: Analog Mountains at Fifth Season
2:15 PM: Ancestor Piratas at Weaver Street Market
6:00 PM: Batala Durham at Weaver Street Market
4:45 PM: Boom Unit Brass Band at Weaver Street Market
3:30 PM: Burns at Luna Rotisserie
3:45 PM: Butter at Carrboro Family Vision
6:15 PM: Clout Chaser at Twin House Music
9:15 PM: Code Redaktor at The Belltree
6:30 PM: Country Cruel at The Speakeasy
6:15 PM: Crank Stallion at 401 Main
7:45 PM: Cuffing Season at The Speakeasy
3:30 PM: Dan Davis Group at Weaver Street Market
2:30 PM: Daniel Delorenzo Trio at Steel String
3:30 PM: Django Haskins at Century Hall
6:00 PM: Dmitri Resnik & Bootleg Beat at Armadillo Grill
1:15 PM: DTL at Carrboro Family Vision
8:00 PM: Elijah Rosario at The Belltree
5:00 PM: Elora Dash at Twin House Music
2:30 PM: Emma Jane at Pizzeria Mercato
3:00 PM: Entrez Vous at Cat's Cradle
1:45 PM: Eric Sommer And The Fabulous Piedmonts at The ArtsCenter
3:15 PM: Floy Doy at Century Hall
1:15 PM: Fool In Utopia at Lanza's Café
2:30 PM: Fuschia City at Lanza's Café
2:30 PM: Gamma at 401 Main
3:45 PM: Ghost & Bones at 401 Main
5:30 PM: Heat Preacher at Cat's Cradle
1:15 PM: Heavy For The Vintage at Twin House Music
7:15 PM: Honey Magpie at Armadillo Grill
10:15 PM: Hot Rooster at The Speakeasy
2:30 PM: Husbandos at Carrboro Family Vision
6:15 PM: Infinity City at Carrboro Family Vision
3:30 PM: Ins Kino at Fifth Season Gardening
1:15 PM: Jack The Songman at South Green
6:15 PM: Jimmy Ray Swagger And The Fussy Eaters at South Green
5:30 PM: Kirk Ridge Band at The ArtsCenter
3:45 PM: Late Night Lowlights at Dingo Dog Brewing
5:00 PM: Leaving For Arizona at Carrboro Family Vision
6:15 PM: Lemon Sparks at Lanza's Café
6:45 PM: Les Trois Chats at The ArtsCenter
8:15 PM: Mad Crush at Century Hall
4:15 PM: Magnolia Klezmer Band at The ArtsCenter
1:15 PM: Manic Third Planet at Pizzeria Mercato
5:00 PM: Matty Begs at Pizzeria Mercato
6:15 PM: Matty Frank at Pizzeria Mercato
3:30 PM: Michael Daughtry & The Drift at Armadillo Grill
1:15 PM: Michael Melia at Dingo Dog Brewing
9:00 PM: Mystery Ranch at The Speakeasy
6:00 PM: Nantahala at Fifth Season Gardening
1:45 PM: New Morning Jazz at The Belltree
2:15 PM: Organ Failure at Luna Rotisserie
6:15 PM: Oxenford Clerk at Dingo Dog Brewing
3:45 PM: Pagan Hellcats at Steel String Brewery
3:00 PM: Pippa Hoover at The Belltree
3:45 PM: Pretend I'm A Genius at Pizzeria Mercato
7:00 PM: Project Mastana at Century Hall
4:45 PM: Rafael Green at Fifth Season Gardening
3:00 PM: Red Nucleus at The ArtsCenter
2:00 PM: River Otters at Century Hall
2:15 PM: Sad Magazine at Armadillo Grill
2:15 PM: Saludos Compay at Town Commons
8:00 PM: Scandimonium at The ArtsCenter
1:00 PM: School Of Rock Chapel Hill House Band at Town Commons
9:15 PM: Scivic Rivers at Cat's Cradle
8:00 PM: Slow Teeth at Cat's Cradle
4:45 PM: Sound System Seven at Town Commons
6:15 PM: Spring Lane at Steel String Brewery
1:00 PM: Stray Owls at Fifth Season Gardening
6:45 PM: Sunsp.T at The Belltree
9:15 PM: Tea Cup Gin at The ArtsCenter
5:00 PM: The Beautiful People Club at Steel String Brewery
5:00 PM: The Blusterfields at Lanza's Café
1:15 PM: The Carrborators at Steel String Brewery
5:00 PM: The Epstein / Messinger Project at Dingo Dog Brewing
4:00 PM: The Gone Ghosts at The Speakeasy
3:45 PM: The Hourglass Kids at South Green
5:00 PM: The Lids at South Green
8:30 PM: The Nubeing Collective at Luna Rotisserie
7:15 PM: The Pinkerton Raid at Luna Rotisserie
2:30 PM: The Shoaldiggers at South Green
3:30 PM: The Spectacles at Town Commons
6:00 PM: The Unsustainables at Town Commons
2:45 PM: The Yardarm at The Speakeasy
1:00 PM: Thirsty Curses at Armadillo Grill
3:45 PM: Tim Smith Band at Lanza's Café
2:30 PM: Tim Smith Eileen Regan at Dingo Dog Brewing
5:45 PM: Tokyo Rosenthal at Century Hall
5:15 PM: Too Much Fun at The Speakeasy
4:15 PM: Toothsome at Cat's Cradle
6:00 PM: Tracksuit at Luna Rotisserie
5:00 PM: Tre. Charles at 401 Main
1:00 PM: Triangle Afrobeat Orchestra at Weaver Street Market
4:45 PM: Turquoise Trader at Luna Rotisserie
1:15 PM: Uglow at 401 Main
5:30 PM: Wake Moody at The Belltree
4:15 PM: Waking April at The Belltree
4:45 PM: Why The Hell Knot at Armadillo Grill
6:45 PM: Winfield at Cat's Cradle
3:45 PM: Zealotrous at Twin House Music

Date: Sunday, October 1st, 2023

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