Ashley Cooke Plays Coyote Joe's

The Marquee

Coyote Joe's on Wilkinson Boulevard is a dance hall first, a long room with a big wooden floor, and on Friday, November 6 it hands its late slot to Ashley Cooke. She brings the Baby Blues World Tour, her first global headline run, which opened September 17 in Cleveland and follows her self titled second album from August 14. The show starts at 11 p.m. and is 18 and over, a schedule that suits a room built for two stepping. She plays Raleigh the night before and Athens, Georgia the night after, so Charlotte catches her in the middle of a Southern swing.

Around The Neighborhoods

Uptown gets the first night of a holiday tradition. Jinkx Monsoon and BenDeLaCreme start The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show at the Booth Playhouse, with previews on Friday, November 6 and Saturday, November 7 and opening night on Sunday, November 8 at five. Charlotte is the launch of a 30 city run that heads to Atlanta next and reaches New York City Center later in the month, so the show lands here brand new.

The Music Factory is the busiest corner of the week. Switchfoot bring the Forever Now Tour to the Fillmore on Thursday, November 5, behind their 14th studio album from June, with Anberlin on the bill for the first time the two bands have toured together in 15 years. On Friday, Judah & The Lion take the same stage with Boy Named Banjo, the Nashville band now going by Breakfield, a week before the fall run closes at home in Nashville. Saturday, November 7 belongs to Yebba and the fall leg of the Jean Tour, named for her second album, which came out in March and carries her late grandmother's name. On Sunday, The Wrecks play the Underground on the Finally Outside Tour, with Worry Club and Kid Sistr opening.

NoDa leans toward the roots end of things, all of it at the Neighborhood Theatre on 36th Street. Tab Benoit brings his Louisiana swamp blues and the Soul of the Swamp tour on Thursday, November 5, with Jesse Dayton along. On Saturday, Kitchen Dwellers share a co headline night with Dogs In A Pile, Montana bluegrass meeting jazz funk on a 13 date fall run. Sunday closes quieter with Tyler Ballgame, touring For The First Time, Again, his debut album on Rough Trade from January.

East on Independence Boulevard, Ovens Auditorium has two big nights. Victoria Monet plays there on Thursday, November 5, the Charlotte date that moved from the Skyla lawn and from October 28, so the tickets you already hold still work. On Saturday, November 7, Little Big Town bring the For The Art Of It Tour, built around their 2026 album It's A Dying Art, with Waylon Payne opening. Those four voices in a seated hall of that size is about as good as harmony singing gets.

The Comedy Card

Duckworth's on North Tryon has Sam Jay for five sets from Thursday, November 5 through Saturday. She wrote for Saturday Night Live and hosted Pause with Sam Jay on HBO, and the club room keeps her close enough to catch every aside. Over at the Comedy Zone, Luenell works four sets on Friday and Saturday, the same unbothered delivery that made her a scene stealer in Borat.

Next Week's Radar

John Summit brings CTRL ESCAPE, his first North American arena tour, to Spectrum Center on Saturday, November 14, with Walker & Royce opening. The same weekend, Jack White plays two nights at the Fillmore, Friday, November 13 and Saturday, November 14, a chance to see him in a room that holds a couple thousand.