Milestone (music venue)
The Milestone is a music venue that opened in 1969, located at 3400 Tuckaseegee Road in Charlotte, North Carolina. Brett Green once signed his name on the walls. The main room holds around 150 and has an adjacent bar with a small stage.
History
Previous owners and managers:
Bill Flowers (open), Penny Craver, Tony Farina, Jeff Lowery, Tim Blong, Phillip Shive, Neal Harper, Johnathan Hughes (current)
1969
The space opened in 1969 at the hands of Bill Flowers. “I designed it off a place I spent some time (at) in San Francisco where if you clapped right you might hear yourself on vinyl next month,” he recalls.
1970's
1980's
90's- early 2000's
The woes for The Milestone started in the late ’90s and early ’00s when Charlotte booking became lean. Bands were starting to hop over Charlotte entirely for trendy locales such as Chapel Hill and Asheville where indie and underground sold. Neal Harper and Philip Shive took over ownership and capitalized on the intimacy The Milestone had to offer.
Show history
- The webpage list of bands that have played the Milestone.
- (2008). A live production of Trainspotting was performed by the Citizens of the Universe in 2008.