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Vampires vs Aliens Halloween Party with Majoun, Mostly Mesh and Madcap Mallice
The allegations are true—we are throwing a Halloween rager!!! Vampires vs Aliens costume party at the Flat Iron October 29th with music flowing at 9:00. The best costume will win a crispy $100, or maybe 5 twenties, but come early, stay late, do your best or worst, all are welcome, have fun and tip your bartender…here’s a little information about the bands: Majoun is the heroic dose that you didn’t realize you were about to take, suddenly you’re kneading your way through the music into psychedelic dimensions and directions. The heaviness binds molecules in the air alchemically transforming, twisting with the shape of each new song. On the surface, Majoun is four friends exploring the boundaries of the sonic universe, below that we are explorers of the cosmos and cautionary observers of the modern world. Majoun taps into the conscious and subconscious with grins on their faces and a megaphone to your temple. Will it open minds, that’s not for us to say or pretend to claim, but we’re going to keep on riffing. Keywords: Heavy, Psychedelic, Energetic, Punk …… Bass heavy post-punk darkwave out of Greensboro, NC. Lyrics dripping in references to horror, BDSM, queerness, and processing trauma. Macabre love songs drenched in lust, sarcasm, and corn syrup blood. Mostly Mesh invites you to don your black lipstick and make out while a slasher plays in the background. …… Madcap Malice is 3 piece Punk-Rock group from the depths of the world! Robin (guitar/vocals) and Orlando(Drums) rise from the west coast with Al Al (Bass/Vocals) holding down the east coast! Coming together in the piedmont region of North Carolina to blast you with high energy Punk Rock Music! Influenced by the 90s grunge/alternative that will sure to have your heads rocking.
Frankenstein: Live Film Score By Modern Robot
Modern Robot is back with another live film score! If you’ve come to one of our Halloween shows here before — Night of the Living Dead, Faust, and Carnival of Souls — you know it will be an unforgettable experience. This year, we play a sound track to an OG icon, one of the first films to be called a horror film, the 1931 Frankenstein! Being the midpoint of silent films and talkies, Frankenstein has a remarkable property for Modern Robot. A few minutes of the movie have music, but in 1931, adding music under the dialog would have been unconventional. Some music appearing from somewhere would have broken the realism of the movie. That is the blank canvas that Modern Robot will happily fill, as we add a new and modern soundtrack to this gem. The show will be performed by Ben Singer on guitar and Tyler Monroe on drums.
Hannah Wicklund
Hannah Wicklund is a South-Carolina-born rock musician who has spent more than two decades connecting people over her raw vocal power, world class guitar playing and awe inspiring live performances. Blending the raw power of rock n’ roll, soul and psychedelic, Wicklund creates music for those seeking authenticity, human connection and creative freedom in an increasingly disconnected world. Her career began as a child performing with her band on the beaches of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. After an early graduation from High School, she hit the road and hasn’t looked back since performing in over 20 countries from intimate clubs to some of the world’s biggest stages. Over the years, Wicklund has earned praise from Rolling Stone, Guitar World and Billboard. Her commanding live performances, musicianship and fiercely independent creative vision have helped build a devoted audience spanning generations and walks of life. Now, Hannah enters her most ambitious chapter yet with her fourth studio album, War on Women; Calling All Good Men (Out 8/28/26). Across 13 tracks, she moves fearlessly through rock, soul, blues, folk, gospel, psychedilia and pop, creating a record that can be both beauty and beast. Born from her experiences navigating power, betrayal, love and the expectations placed upon women to make themselves smaller, the album is deeply personal and a call-to-arms for change, and a tale of heartbreak in strange circumstances. Laying bare the obstacles Hannah overcame to take back control of her career, and offers hope for the future.
GO by Raymond James Presents Stevie Woodward
What Stevie Woodward brings to music isn’t something that can be developed, mimicked, or coached – it’s something she was born with. A self-taught guitarist, Stevie’s natural ability to create entrancing melodies and combine them with relatable lyrics just goes to show that her talent is completely innate. Combining elements of pop, rock, and blues, her musical inspirations like Tom Petty and Stevie Nicks taught her by example that originality is key. Stevie’s commitment to keeping her music pure and unique has won her numerous songwriting competitions and given her the opportunity to play alongside some of the best musicians of all ages and genres.
The ‘Boro Sessions Presents Scott Sawyer and Carter Minor
THE ‘BORO SESSIONS PRESENTS: Scott Sawyer and Carter Minor in concert Sunday, October 18, 2026, (location: 221 Summit Ave, Greensboro, NC, The Flat Iron). Join us for an exciting collaboration by two of North Carolina’s finest musicians, who perform masterfully multiple genres of music! Advanced tickets are $20 plus taxes and fees, Day of Show tickets at the door are $25 plus taxes and fees. Questions? theborosessions@gmail.com Scott Sawyer and Carter Minor met 40 years ago. In recent years they are having a blast collaborating and performing concerts together. Scott Sawyer displays his musical diversity like a badge of honor, re-visiting his blues & rock roots while continuing to explore the jazz tradition & beyond. He’s performed at major festivals, concert halls, jazz venues, and beer-soaked dives here and abroad (Central America, Asia, Brazil, Canada,Europe, and the Middle East).Sawyer has shared the stage and/or recorded with many noteworthy artists, including John Abercrombie, Charlie Byrd, David Murray, Bob Cranshaw, Buster Williams, Ed Thigpen, and Nnenna Freelon, to name a very few.Sawyer has appeared on 55+ recordings (8 as a bandleader), spanning a range of genres. https://scottsawyer.net/recordings/. Nnenna Freelon’s “Shaking Free” was nominated for a Grammy in 1997. In 2013 Sawyer joined the Durham Jazz Workshop faculty, where he coaches combos and offers private instruction. He’s a former teaching instructor at East Carolina University (2010-2022) and UNC-Chapel Hill (2012-2020). Carter Minor is a vocalist, songwriter, harmonica player, and teacher from Chapel Hill who has been professionally performing Jazz, Blues, R&B, and Gospel for over 60 years. Currently he is showcasing the Carter Minor Blues Band as well as singing with Armand & Bluesology, Carrie Marshall, Manteo Murphy, Lindsay Rosebrock and Scott Sawyer
Suns Of Stars w/ Yellergrass String Band
Suns of Stars is a high-flying psychedelic bluegrass band who blends traditional bluegrass music with a unique, improvisational prowess. Since their formation in 2023, Suns of Stars has developed a passionate fanbase and is making waves in the ever-growing progressive bluegrass scene. Respected for their fiery improvisation and willingness to explore the unknown, each performance is a journey and no two shows are alike. Hailing from Western North Carolina, the band features Alex Bazemore (Guitar), Jackson Chisholm (Doghouse Bass), Collin Pressley (Mandolin) and Alex Ball (Fiddle). In only a few years, they’ve shared stages with Sam Bush, Yonder Mountain String Band, Jon Stickley, Magoo, Sicard Hollow, among many others. From the first note, Suns of Stars’ unique fashion shines, captivating you as they weave through traditional and modern improvisation. Their live performances are not to be missed, come ready to dance to a boot-stomping bluegrass show
Darren Jessee w/ Natalie Jane Hill
Though best known as the drummer/harmonizer for beloved piano-rockers Ben Folds Five, Darren Jessee makes more understated, textured singer/songwriter fare both as leader of Hotel Lights and as a solo artist. After releasing three albums with “the Five” in the mid to late ’90s, he made four acclaimed Hotel Lights records between 2004 and 2016 while logging time touring with Sharon Van Etten and Hiss Golden Messenger performing on Hiss’s celebrated album Hallelujah Anyhow. He also contributed to The War on Drugs 2017 Grammy winning album, a period that also saw a fourth LP from a reunited Ben Folds Five (2012’s The Sound of the Life of the Mind, their debut in the U.S. Top Ten). In 2018, Jessee issued the more delicate — and often drums-free — The Jane Room 217, his first official solo album, with which he continued to prove himself an evocative, timeless lyricist. The similarly intimate and expressive Remover and Central Bridge followed in 2020 and 2023. Darren’s anticipated new solo album is expected in the Spring of 2027. Natalie Jane Hill is a Texas native guitarist and singer-songwriter based outside of Asheville, North Carolina. She writes songs that reach for the haunted and comforting corners of the world, dressed in a gently virtuosic and singular approach to finger-style guitar. Her new record, Hopeful Woman, is composed of slender songs, life-sized, in which humans endeavor to reconcile themselves to wildernesses and cities; rearrange their rooms and open windows to be closer to the world outside and its choruses of frogs and crickets; attempt and fail to reach one another across a kitchen table; weather natural disaster. If something we might deign to call self-discovery emerges over the course of these narratives, it owes in no small part to the scale of their scenes, to the modesty of their ambitions, in which tumult and adaptation and growth are metabolized through a body’s gentle actions and reactions, its moments of quietude and observation and reflection
David Lin Album Release Show W/ The Gate City Drivers
David Lin is a singer-songwriter from Greensboro who has been involved in the North Carolina music scene for almost 40 years. Beginning his music career as a classically-trained violinist with the Duke String School, David later picked up a guitar as a teenager trading in the violin for a Fender Strat. That turned into playing in several garage bands through high school and college covering a steady dose of Rush, Pink Floyd and the Who. While influenced by singer-songwriters like David Wilcox, Andrew Peterson, Ed Cash and James Taylor, he is a rocker at heart with a deep appreciation of southern blues musicians like the Allman Brothers Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Zac Brown Band. His first album release Tobacco Road, is a collection of songs written about his life growing up in the Piedmont. He sings about experiences that have shaped him, faith that guides him, and the fun times he’s had along the way. Recorded throughout the year in 2025 in bits and spurts, Tobacco Road features an amazing community of talented musician friends, and is the realization of a long-held dream to share these songs.
BOOT JUICE W/ FOLKKNOT
BOOT JUICE is a six-piece high-energy rock ‘n’ roll / Americana act from Northern California, notorious fortheir barn-burning live shows that get entire crowds on their feet dancing: a reputation earned from recentperformances at legendary venues like The Fillmore and Dillon Amphitheater, festival sets at Treefort,High Sierra, and Golden Road Gathering, and packed club shows all across America during their manyyears on the road.The group’s fervently-anticipated fourth album, Keeping Out Of The Ground (out 3/20) exemplifies thetradition of kickass eclectic American rock ‘n’ roll: With three vocalists, dueling acoustic andelectric-guitar shredding, a bawdy horn section, and driving, soulful rhythms, the album offers everythingfrom groovy, danceable bangers (“Hard Time for Hard Times”, “Slingshot”, “Struggles”) to heavy,show-stopping rock anthems (“Try Again Tomorrow”, “Rise and Shine”, “Boise”), and tender, swingingballads (“Anywhere With You”, “Love From Here”, “Keeping Out of the Ground”). Throughout it all, the bandsends a poignant message: Despite everything going on in the world and the hopelessness creeping inaround us, the best thing we can do is push it through, keep ourselves out of the ground, keep showing upfor ourselves and our neighbors, and forgive ourselves when we just need to try again tomorrow. *** Folkknot is a seafaring quintet out of Greensboro, North Carolina. Never afraid to sail against the wind, Folkknot crafts enchanting indie-folk-pop-rock escapism that harks at the essence of folk storytelling elements from yesteryear. Captained by frontman Grey Hyatt’s vivid songwriting & lucid vision for his songs, Folkknot’s eclectic instrumentation provides a lush soundscape that brings their songs & stories to life.