Queen City Nerve

Queen City Nerve Charlotte's alternative newspaper supplying all things news, arts, food, music, entertainment, event

Having launched in December 2018, Queen City Nerve has proudly published around 200 print newspapers, 100+ podcasts, and...
08/17/2026

Having launched in December 2018, Queen City Nerve has proudly published around 200 print newspapers, 100+ podcasts, and thousands of online pieces covering local news as well as the city’s rich cultural, arts, music and culinary scenes. Today, we sadly must announce our immediate closure after nearly eight years of providing community journalism to the people of Charlotte. Read more here:

Today, we sadly announce the closure of Queen City Nerve after nearly eight years of community journalism for the people of Charlotte.

In this op-ed, NC Sen. Woodson Bradley raises the red flag on HB 377, which would give extreme-right state Supreme Court...
08/15/2026

In this op-ed, NC Sen. Woodson Bradley raises the red flag on HB 377, which would give extreme-right state Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Newby the power to decide who stays and goes on benches across the state. "No one partisan official should have that much power, and no one can be trusted with that power less than Chief Justice Newby."

House Bill 377 would give extreme-right NCSC Chief Justice Paul Newby the power to suspend judges without pay if they run afoul of him.

After two long months with the doors closed, Neighborhood Theatre reopened this week with a high-energy performance by F...
08/14/2026

After two long months with the doors closed, Neighborhood Theatre reopened this week with a high-energy performance by Franz Ferdinand. Jeff Hahne was there to check out the newly renovated venue.

After two long months with the doors closed, the Neighborhood Theatre reopened on Tuesday with a performance by Franz Ferdinand.

In the latest volley in a public feud between North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson and Duke Energy, Jackson accu...
08/14/2026

In the latest volley in a public feud between North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson and Duke Energy, Jackson accused the utility of providing incorrect information under oath during a hearing this week.

North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson accused Duke Energy of providing incorrect information under oath.

The casting in Davidson Community Players' 'Million Dollar Quartet' is its most impressive feat, as the ability to match...
08/13/2026

The casting in Davidson Community Players' 'Million Dollar Quartet' is its most impressive feat, as the ability to match the looks *and* sounds of Johnny Cash, Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis speaks to an underrated local talent pool, writes Perry Tannenbaum.

By some cosmic coincidence, the publication of Rolling Stone’s special edition listing of the “500 Greatest Songs of All Time” in late 2004 anticipated the great flowering of jukebox musicals …

Pride has come and gone for much of the country, but in Charlotte the festivities are still to come. Charlotte Pride 202...
08/12/2026

Pride has come and gone for much of the country, but in Charlotte the festivities are still to come. Charlotte Pride 2026 will take place this weekend at First Ward Park. We take a look at who's scheduled to perform, from headliners to local acts.

We take a look at the acts to watch for on the Main Stage at Charlotte Pride 2026, from headliners to local performers.

Monday's Charlotte City Council meeting centered on two CMPD presentations: a proposed teen curfew and a request to appl...
08/11/2026

Monday's Charlotte City Council meeting centered on two CMPD presentations: a proposed teen curfew and a request to apply for the US DOJ's Model City grant, which one council member called "a blank check for a federal operation whose trigger, scope and cost have not been defined."

Charlotte City Council returned from its summer recess with a business meeting on Monday, with two action preview items taking up much of the evening. Council discussed potential changes to …

Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden is speaking out about two deaths that occurred in the Uptown jail in the span ...
08/10/2026

Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden is speaking out about two deaths that occurred in the Uptown jail in the span of five days last week as advocates plan to hold a vigil tonight for all those who have died while incarcerated there.

Sheriff Garry McFadden addressed two deaths that occurred in the Uptown jail in the span of five days last week.

The NC House won't vote on a bill that would ban intoxicating h**p products in the state until November. Hundreds of adv...
08/06/2026

The NC House won't vote on a bill that would ban intoxicating h**p products in the state until November. Hundreds of advocates filled the halls of the legislative building Tuesday to oppose the bill, which saw support from law enforcement leaders.

The NC House of Representatives will not vote on a bill that would ban intoxicating h**p products in the state until November.

We made a promise back in 2018 to continue the alt-weekly print tradition in Charlotte and we’re proud to have brought 2...
08/05/2026

We made a promise back in 2018 to continue the alt-weekly print tradition in Charlotte and we’re proud to have brought 200 issues of our paper to the streets of our city, but today we're announcing our decision to stop publishing a print newspaper.

We at Queen City Nerve are halting publication of our print product for the foreseeable future.

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