J.P. Harris and The Tough Choices play Country-Goddamned-Music. Period. Sick and tired of the modern Pop-Country filth broadcast shamelessly and persistently across our beautiful countrysides, The Tough Choices set out to right the wrongs done to a music so classically and quintessentially American. With Woody Pines, you find yourself in the Mississippi Delta when AM radio is king, sippin' whiskey if you re fortunate and moonshine if you're desperate.

You like your trivia hardcore? You think you know it all, smarty-pants? Which American married a former King of England? Which planet spins the slowest? Who was U.S. president when the first edition of the Farmer's Almanac was published? Why does the dryer only take one sock? Find out the answers to these and more at Misty's Trivia!

Wild Wild Geese are ex and current members of Americans in France, Rongo Rongo, and Spider Bags making some noise. Savages are a powerpop band from Florida.

Triple singer-songwriter extravaganza in the Ballroom! We've got New York's own Doug Keith, Reid Johnson from Schooner, and John Harrison of North Elementry playing for you caberet style!

The Ballroom keeps rockin' with North Columbia, a band formed to bring together friends who share an affection for playing all-original music which is difficult to characterize - maybe "alt-country-ska-folk."

The Riff is a Chapel Hill based band that has been described as an air tight freight train of musical sound and fury. When they step on the stage there is no talking. Only Rocking. Their hooks are hypnotic. Their sound is bombastic. Their shows are simply a great freakin' time had by all. Also on the bill are Chapel Hill rockers Deluxe Handcuffs and the real punk rock sound of Bad Idea.

From the sweet bosom of the Blue Ridge Mountains comes Grass Monkey, a full-on assault of mountain discord, grinding harmonies, busted strings and a mirthful rhythm section. They embrace their traditional string-band upbringing as well as their alternative influences, believing the best creation is done naturally and without regard to trends or traditions. The result is a gigantic, new animal with huge, sharp teeth. But those teeth are smiling.

Salt To Bitters are a bunch of sloppy Rock 'n' Roll punk-asses! Tony T. Raver is back in town with a bottle in one hand and a heart on his sleeve. The Appallers open.

Rocket Biscuit was born on a winter's eve in the cursed lands of Chatham County, where the witches trembled and the demons begged for mercy. Beyond the tall grass and the buildings which never knew euclidean geometry, cauldrons leaked their foul smelling potions and the banshees only whispered. And in their huts through the woods, after the windows are latched and the last deadbolt is thrown, the townspeople sit in the dark...and they listen. Finally, the old toothless woman who was older than anyone could remember said, "What is that sound? Do you hear it? Tell me, boy, do you hear it?" And the boy smiled, only a slight curl of the lip, but a smile all the same; for he did hear it. He heard it as plain as day.

Aminal claim they sound like a Caminal eating an Aminal.

Cave alumnus Matt Vooris teaches Jazz Camp for kids ages 7 to 17. The learn to write and play original songs and it culminates in an end-of-camp concert! Come see their first live performance ever!

What was 11th-century Spanish military leader Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar better know as? What ws the first name of New Zealand novelist Ms. Marsh? What city did the last Pony Express ride end in? Where are your pants? Find out the answers to these and more at Misty's Trivia!

Yes that Stu Cole, of Squirrel Nut Zippers fame, is bringing his thing (and some friends) to our very own Cave to host a Ballroom Jam session.

Johnny Cook invites you to laugh your butts off with up and coming comics, then re-attach them with the super-glue of funny.

Open-Mic original music with our host, John Saylor. His dedication in promoting original music is one of the reasons this is the best open-mic event in the Triangle.

Local singer-songwriters Brandon Herndon (Twilighter) and John Pardue (Puritan Rodeo) give you a taste of what drives their respective bands. Come out, maybe play a tune of yours!

Growing up in the snow belt, Sanford Wilkes needed a little something to keep warm on those cold january nights - a few bars from a mississippi man and a few slugs off a Kentucky bottle.

Need something to laugh at other than the existential abyss? Well, Michelle Maclay can help!

Maryann Fennimore, a singer-songwriter from Brooklyn, New York, has recorded her first record and is out on tour.