Lee Street Follies
The “Lee Street LIVE: FUNdraising Follies” will be held Saturday, Sept. 26 at the Looking Glass Artist Collective, 405 N. Lee Street. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and the show starts at 8:15. Admission to Lee Street Theatre’s one and only fundraiser is $15. Advance tickets are recommended, since seating is limited. The party will include a live variety show of skits, reader’s theater, song, dance, and improv theater, along with beverages and food. Downtown merchants have contributed prizes to be raffled off at the conclusion of the show. 
Darryl ‘D-Dawg’ Casper will emcee the evening that includes performances by Becky Lippard with guitarist Graham Carlton; crooner Carol Harris; Snooky ‘Soulful’ James; “shameless comedy” with Gary Thornburg and Brian Romans; a short play “The Stairs” with Robert Jones and Kelly Flick; Nadirah Dance Company remembers Michael Jackson; Livingstone College Step Team; and Catawba College Improv Actors.
Tickets are on sale at The Literary Bookpost at 110 S. Main St. or by contacting Robert Jones at leestreettheatre@gmail.com.
David Lamanno opens for Mad Tea Party Friday night.
Coming from Asheville to Looking Glass this Friday, Sept.25: Uke-abilly. Retro-Pop. Rock ‘n’ Roll. Mad Tea Party brews up rock ‘n’ roll, garage-pop and honky tonk to create a fresh and intoxicating sound. “It’s B-52s meets Buddy Holly with a lot more thump.” Musical conspirators Ami Worthen and Jason Krekel serve up an exciting live show to music lovers thirsty for upbeat, original refreshment. Delicious harmonies glide over electrified ukulele, juke-joint guitar, scratchy fiddle and pulsing foot percussion. Catchy songs are steeped in raw rockabilly with shreds of doo wop and devilish blues. Drink deep - Mad Tea Party concocts a musical recipe that will make you boogie.
Looking Glass ‘ own David Lamanno will open the show at 8:30 p.m. And an exhibit of David’s photographs will be in the purple room starting at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are $7 at the door, $5 in advance. Tickets are available at Tastebuds Coffee and Tea and at LGAC.
Beware! This October the band is releasing ZOMBIE BOOGIE, a Halloween EP that is as spooky as it is fun!
The Charlotte Music Awards, in cooperation with Rowan Blues and Jazz Society present Blues Showcase in the black box Friday, Sept. 18, at 8 p.m. Four area bands compete to be selected to perform at The Charlotte Music Awards presentation in November. Bands scheduled to perform Friday are Blueshabit, Donna Duncan Band, Jill Dineen Band and Urban Detoxx. Admission is $8 at the door. Seating is limited, so come early.
Salisbury's Urban Detoxx will be the youngest band on the bill at the Blues Showcase.
Folk and world music by Momentary Prophets Saturday, Sept. 5. Show starts at 8:30 p.m. They are also bringing their tie-dyed art. Admission $5 at door, $3 for members. Opening for them will be The Lightning Bugs.
As part of the Downtown Salisbury Inc. Kids’ Night Out event, the Rail Walk Arts District at the corner of North Lee and East Kerr Streets will be holding “Kids’ Night Art.”
Arts organizations and businesses will take part in this expo, giving out information about local arts and entertainment opportunities being offered this fall for young people.
There will be a trolley stop in front of the Looking Glass Artist Collective’s Black Box theater, where visitors can take part inside with art activities being held rain or shine, admission free.
Green Goat Gallery and Looking Glass will both be providing hands-on art experiences, and the Salisbury Symphony’s Musical Instrument Petting Zoo will be there. Amadeus Youth Chorus will have a presentation, and fairies from Carolina Lily will be giving away candy “to good girls and boys,” while magician Buddy Farnam proves “It’s Fun to be Fooled.”
For more information, call 704-633-ARTS (2787) or contact salisburyartists@gmail.com.
