July belonged to the regulars. The ones who show up every week, hold down a bar stool with a guitar case, and turn a Tuesday into a reason to leave the house. Downtown, Tommy Condon's Irish Pub stayed loud with acoustic rotation. Out in Summerville, Halls Chophouse Nexton quietly became the busiest stage in the suburbs. And Uptown Social kept its DJ booth running from happy hour to last call. Here's who owned the calendar. Top Acoustic Artists Kevin Church played 11 nights in July, every single one of them at Tommy Condon's Irish Pub. That's not a residency, that's a fixture. He didn't need a second room to top this list. He needed one bar that trusts him with its Tuesday and Thursday crowds, and a catalog deep enough to make regulars stick around for a third round. When a solo act can carry an entire month at a single address, it says something about the room and the player both. This one's a partnership that works. Of The Heart logged 9 gigs split between High Cotton Charleston Restaurant and Slightly North of Broad Restaurant, proof that two of the market's better dinner rooms want the same sound on their floor. Christian Carroll put in 9 nights at Tommy Condon's Irish Pub, essentially splitting the week there with Church and keeping the bar's acoustic slate full without a gap. JJZ trio and Medium Rare tied at 9 gigs apiece, both parked exclusively at Halls Chophouse Nexton. Summerville's steakhouse crowd got a steady diet of live sound all July, no two nights sounding quite the same. Top Bands Nexton Jazz Quartet led all bands with 9 gigs, every one at Halls Chophouse Nexton. Between them and the acoustic trios camped out at the same address, that room quietly ran one of the tightest calendars in Summerville this July. A four-piece jazz outfit holding down that many nights at one venue means the chophouse has found its house sound, and the quartet has found a crowd that doesn't need convincing anymore. Reverse Cowgirl put up 6 gigs, all at Frontier lounge, making that stage their own for the month. FlashMob worked the widest circuit of any band, 5 gigs across Uptown Social, Share House, and Frontier lounge. Three different rooms, three different crowds, same band each time. Grayson Little split 5 gigs between Uptown Social and Frontier lounge, while Soul Fish matched that count with 5 straight nights at High Cotton Charleston Restaurant. Top DJs Hi Ed ran away with the DJ ranking, 17 nights across Uptown Social and Ritual Rooftop Restaurant & Lounge. That's better than a night every other day, split between a late-night dance floor and a rooftop crowd that wants something different from its sunset set. Covering both without missing a beat is why the booth kept calling. When a DJ can flip from rooftop cocktail hour to a packed downtown floor in the same week and sound like the right fit for each, bookers take notice. Dj Boogi logged 13 gigs across Uptown Social and Share House, splitting the month almost evenly between the two. JMBX matched that total with 13 gigs, every one at Uptown Social, making that booth one of the busiest single-venue residencies on this list. whöever played the widest circuit among DJs, 11 gigs across Uptown Social, Ritual Rooftop Restaurant & Lounge, and Share House. DJ Hova tied that count at 11, splitting time between Uptown Social and Share House. July made one thing clear: the artists who show up most often are the ones building the market's backbone, one Tuesday and one rooftop set at a time. Not seeing all your shows? If you're performing at a venue that isn't listed on the platform yet, those gigs won't count toward your ranking. Let us know which venues you play at and we'll work on getting them added so your full schedule is reflected.
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