Sound Advice: Charleston

Sound Advice: Live Music in Charleston This Weekend (Oct 23-25)Choose the rooftop, follow the band, or find your country fix. Charleston's weekend also has restaurant sets worth choosing a table around, with jazz, soul, and blues in the mix.DJs on the RooftopTake the night upstairs. Ritual and Uptown have enough rooftop programming to make the setting part of the plan, with house-heavy selections alongside broader, open-format sets.Friday

Milli Marco at Ritual Rooftop Restaurant & Lounge, Rooftop, 6:00 PM
House runs through the repertoire, including deep house and tech house.

Hi Ed at Uptown Social Rooftop, 7:00 PM
Electronic music meets a wider mix of genres and crowd-focused selections.

Sunday

Hi Ed at Uptown Social Rooftop, 7:00 PM
A Sunday option for anyone still choosing remixes over winding down.

Saturday

TWÏNZ at Ritual Rooftop Restaurant & Lounge, Rooftop, 5:00 PM
Tech house gives this early rooftop set its dance-oriented direction.

Dj Boogi at Uptown Social Rooftop, 7:00 PM
Hip-hop and R&B sit alongside house and Top 40.

whöever at Ritual Rooftop Restaurant & Lounge, Rooftop, 8:00 PM
House, rap, and familiar pop make this a less narrowly electronic choice.

Let the Band Take OverSometimes the band should be the whole plan. This weekend gives you pop-punk covers, country-rock, and a Sunday swamp-rock finish, depending on how you want the room to move.

Cooper River Band at The Dinghy, Isle of Palms, Friday at 7:00 PM
Genre-hopping covers meet the covered back deck, with rock, funk, and hip-hop in reach.

Clay Barker at Uptown Social, Friday at 9:00 PM
Nashville country comes with a rock streak and a cover-friendly repertoire.

Clay Barker at Uptown Social, Saturday at 9:00 PM
A second night for choosing country-rock over the DJ booth.

The Regulars at Share House, Friday at 10:30 PM
Pop-punk roots put a different edge on a wide-ranging cover set.

FlashMob at Share House, Sunday at 4:30 PM
Top 40 party covers pull from multiple decades.

Gator Food Band at Frontier lounge, Sunday at 9:00 PM
Southern rock gets tangled up with psychedelic funk and bluesy soul.

A Little TwangCountry voices, familiar songs, and a reason to stay for another set. These are the picks for anyone craving a little country this weekend.Friday

Molly Durnin at Commonhouse Aleworks, 7:00 PM
Outlaw-country songwriting draws on folk and blues, with memorable choruses at the center.

Cole Davis at Tommy Condon's Irish Pub, 9:00 PM
His self-described Julep Rock blends Americana, Southern rock, blues, and classic country.

Saturday

Gracious Day at The Dinghy, Isle of Palms, 3:00 PM
Country-centered vocal harmonies have room for classic rock and Americana.

Forty Mile Detour at The Dinghy, Isle of Palms, 7:00 PM
Folk and bluegrass run through a sound also shaped by blues and rock 'n' roll.

Sunday

Yeehaw Junction at The Tattooed Moose, 3:00 PM
Traditional bluegrass picking and harmonies get an outdoor afternoon setting.

Mel Washington at The Dinghy, Isle of Palms, 6:30 PM
The former All Get Out member offers a country-focused Sunday choice on the covered back deck.

A Table With a SoundtrackThe restaurant music is worth choosing around this weekend. Jazz and soul lead the selections, with room for blues, folk, and familiar songs if that better suits your table.

Nexton Jazz Quartet at Halls Chophouse Nexton (Summerville), Friday at 7:00 PM
Jazz shares space with funk, soul, and R&B.

Nexton Jazz Quartet at Halls Chophouse Nexton (Summerville), Saturday at 7:00 PM
Saturday offers another chance to choose jazz in Summerville.

Soul Fish at High Cotton Charleston Restaurant, Friday at 7:00 PM
A broad repertoire reaches into rock, pop, beach music, and Motown.

Medium Rare at High Cotton Charleston Restaurant, Saturday at 7:00 PM
Classic rock, funk, blues, and jazz share space in an unusually broad repertoire.

Johnny Holliday at High Cotton Charleston Restaurant, Sunday at 6:00 PM
Original music and a groove-focused approach draw on blues, rock, and folk.

Lighthouse Band at Slightly North of Broad, Sunday at 6:00 PM
Jazz and soul meet R&B, gospel, and contemporary pop.

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