There are new venues popping up all over the place in the Triangle right now. Kings just reopened in late August, Motorco Music Hall is opening in late September and there's the new Durham club Casbah which has just opened.
The first two nights, Sept. 10 and 11, will feature a Dae the DJ and DJ Nugz, but the official grand opening is on Wednesday, Sept. 15 with Caitlin Cary and Matt Douglas of Small Ponds with Joy Kills Sorrow. Tickets are available for $10 in advance via etix.
Casbah is located in a former flower shop in Brightleaf Square at 1007 W. Main St. The club is said to hold about 288 people according to booker Steve Gardner who recently talked to Frank Stasio on WUNC's The State of Things (listen to the interview here). Check out how the club's schedule currently shakes out below.
Casbah schedule
09.10.10 - DJ DAE Dance Party
09.11.10 - DJ DAE Dance Party
09.15.10 - Caitlin Cary & Matt Douglas (of Small Ponds) & Joy Kills Sorrow
09.16.10 - Screening of "Burning" (Mogwai film), Unholy Tongues & Knives & Daggers
09.17.10 - D-Town Brass, Savage Knights & Midnight Gladness Band
09.18.10 - Bustello, The Mercators & films by Bo Webb
09.21.10 - The Monti storyteller series
09.22.10 - Birds and Arrows, Onward & Soldiers
09.23.10 - Kevin Dunn
09.24.10 - Nicholas Vivian Wheeler Foundation w/ Jambalaya & Climbing Jacob’s Ladder
09.25.10 - Proud as a Peacok (Post-Pride Party and Tea Dance)
09.27.10 - Carl Kenney book release party
09.30.10 - The Scenic, Thieves and Villains & Gossip Grows on Trees
10.01.10 - WXDU DJ Dance Party
10.02.10 - Title Tracks
10.06.10 - Crooked Still & Greg Humphries
10.07.10 - Justin Robinson and the Mary Annettes (early show)
10.07.10 - DJ Soulful Love (late show)
10.08.10 - Brendan James
10.12.10 - THE Monti storyteller series
10.16.10 - LUEWWD 2 Arm Wrestling Tournament
10.22.10 - Elizabeth Cook & Jonathan Byrd
10.26.10 - The Monti storyteller series
10.27.10 - Catie Curtis
10.29.10 - Jason Isbell and the 400 Unite, Jesse Sykes & Phil Wandscher
11.06.10 - Troika Festival
11.09.10 - The Monti storyteller series
11.12.10 - Scott H Biram
11.30.10 - The Monti storyteller series
12.09.10 - Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion & Mike Powell
12.14.10 - The Monti storyteller series
Thursday, September 09, 2010
Durham's new club Casbah hosting grand opening September 15
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