FabFest Charlotte

06/16/2026

🎶🎟️Ticket Giveaway for FabFest Fansm ended midnight Wed, June 17 and the winner has been notified - check your DMs!

💥Congrats to the lucky winner of a pair of tickets for Fri, June 19 at Visulite Theatre to see Abbey Road LIVE!

To enter:
👉Follow FabFest Charlotte & Visulite Theatre
💬Comment on this post
⏳Enter before midnight Wednesday
🎉Winner will be notified Thursday morning

🎸Since 2002, Abbey Road LIVE! has been rocking the music of the Beatles, expanding over time to all eras of the Fab Four’s career. Their show will have you singing along all evening as they bring to life some of the more mature and complex Beatles material in a raw & spirited fashion, while remaining true to the original recordings. Combining attention to detail with a creative exuberance, the band always delights its audiences with its diverse repertoire of hits and more obscure favorites.

When you come out Friday, be sure to stop by the FabFest table to enter a FREE raffle for a pair of tickets to on Oct. 2 at FabFest 2026 - subscribe to Tosco Music for eblasts with all the FabFest details!

Thanks to Charlotte on the Cheap for always spreading the word about great FREE opportunities for live music in Charlotte!

06/07/2026

🫶Want to know a little more about the in our Beatle Art Contest posts? Thanks to for leading us to the full story of this mural by that lived for a year outside an Aldi in Bristol, UK as part of their Street Art Festival. After a year, it was removed to make room for the next year’s participants.

💥In an article in the Bristol Post, organizer Stephen Hayles said: “We understand that a lot of people will be sad to see John Lennon go. Kobra’s work has proved to be one of the most popular pieces over the ten years of Upfest. That being said one of the key elements of Upfest is the ever changing art and the fact there is always something new and different to look forward to.”

👏That’s how we feel about FabFest an the Beatles songs and artwork shared at — always brand new with emerging talent and fresh arrangements and creativity every year. Imagine what we’ll hear this year — and also see!

🖼️ In 2026, Beatles Art Contest takes place Saturday, October 3 and there are separate youth and adult deadlines to submit your Beatles-inspired artwork for ! More than $3,500 in cash prizes will be awarded across theee categories — paintings, multi-media, and youth artwork — including Best in Show awards for one youth artist ($250) and one adult artist ($1,000)!

👀See past artwork online at www.fabfestcharlotte.org/galleries and plan now to enter your artwork!
Submission deadlines:
Adult artwork: Sept 16
Youth artwork: Sept 25

References:
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/john-lennon-left-building-incredible-1790214
Photos by — see his piece on the work in creation at diffgraff.wordpress.com/2017/08/19/upfest-kobra-lennon/
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06/07/2026

🎶Tosco Music Living Room Society donors were recently able to at several living room music parties thanks to generous hosts Susan Loudenslager, George & Peg Povinelli and Jared Bendel & Lauren Kennedy.

🙏LRS began in 2017 thanks to Founders including George & Peg Povinelli, Sally Higgins & Ray Owens, Mickey Aberman, and Charlie Elberson, pictured here along with current LRS donors Karen Gunther, Matt Crowder, Martha Harbison, and Becky & Jim Keenan.

🙏🫶We’re so grateful for all of their support and for all the friends of Tosco Music whose contributions pave the path forward for Tosco Music’s nonprofit programs: outreach performances, scholarships and TMPs. Donor support has also helped grow FabFest-Charlotte’s Beatles Festival into an opportunity for the community to across generations and cultures to share our creativity inspired by the music of the Fab Four — thank you!

🎸FabFest is 2 days Oct 2-3: Friday ticketed and Saturday FREE! Tickets for will be on sale soon, with current donors receiving Priority Access to purchase tickets before they go on sale to the public June 22. Now’s a great time to donate or renew your donation — learn more about the Living Room Society and donate today at www.toscomusic.org

Tosco Music

05/24/2026

🎶🎹 Steinway Beatles Night musicians (from left to right): Rob & Shelly Bloise, Shana Blake, Anthony Vasquez, Charlie Trexler, Stacy & Patrick McFall, Alan Vasquez & John Tosco

👏🙏Love making music with these talented musicians — great people too and so fun to be around! Thanks again to every one of them!




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05/16/2026

🎹 Music brings people together at this special music series Steinway at Free Range Brewing, a 10-day celebration of Charlotte’s vibrant music scene presented by Free Range Brewing, Steinway Carolinas, Tosco Music, WDAV, and Bach Charlotte. A Steinway grand piano takes center stage for a diverse lineup of performances - all FREE!

🎶 On Sat, May 23, Tosco Music hosts Beatles Night—an energetic, feel-good tribute to The Beatles. Enjoy live performances by Rob Bloise & Patrick McFall, Shana Blake & Charlie Trexler, Anthony & Alan Vasquez, and John Tosco. FabFest Charlotte

🎟️🎟️When you reserve your FREE spot in advance, you will be entered into a raffle to win a pair of tickets to Tosco Music Beatles Tribute on October 2! Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/beatles-night-at-steinway-free-range-brewing-tickets-1988044581861

🗓️ Saturday, May 23
📍Free Range Brewing
🕰️7pm



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05/15/2026

One of the major facets of FabFest is the annual Beatles Art Contest that includes youth and adult artists. Last year we had nearly 80 pieces of art.

Listen to youth artist Aarav Mehra speak on his experience in last year’ when he won 2nd place in the 12 & under division and sold both of his pieces!

We’d love to have you submit to this year’s competition where we will have over $3,500 in prizes! Visit fabfestcharlotte.org for more details.

05/08/2026

📣Calling all young artists! Share your creativity inspired by the music and era of the Beatles! With just a couple weeks left of the school year, here’s early notice to students and teachers to get started on artwork for Beatles Art Contest taking place Oct 3, 2026.

🎨🎶 is open to professional, amateur, student and youth artists — all ages and experience levels. Artists can choose to enter the contest, or only exhibit your art. Option to sell your art either way! Separate cash prize categories for ages 13-17 and 12 and younger artists — and Youth Best in Show Award is $200!

🗓️While adult art is due Sep 16, youth artists have an extra week — due Sep 25 — to help students and teachers coordinate student entries and art collections for after school starts this fall.

🖼️👀Get inspired! Check out online galleries including past Youth Art Winners, and see full guidelines at www.fabfestcharlotte.org

03/02/2026

🙏Thank you, CG Financial Services!
As Presenting Sponsor of Tosco Music Parties since April 2025, CG Financial has not only financially empowered , and our 10th Annual over the past year, they’ve also brought out groups of employees and clients and some have even volunteered with set up and hospitality! We couldn’t ask for a more engaged sponsor, and are so grateful for their enthusiasm and support for our events and bringing Charlotte’s community together through music!

👉Check out how their adaptive financial planning can help you reach your individual or business goals at and mycgfinancial.com

🎶🎊And plan now to join us for April 11 TMP at Knight Theater — for details and ways to save, visit see www.toscomusic.org

02/26/2026

Charlotte Friends, Do you know a HS student exploring careers in the music industry? Share this FREE opportunity! Music Careers Pathways Fair on Sat, March 21 11-1pm at Visulite Theatre! Reserve in advance: bit.ly/musiccareerfair

🎶Do you know a high school student exploring a career in music? Share this FREE opportunity for a Music Careers Pathways Fair—FREE! on Sat., March 21 from 11am-1pm at Visulite Theatre.

This special event is designed for students grades 8-12 to learn and explore future career pathways in the music industry. We'll even have a special performance and prize giveaways!

Charlotte music professionals from different sectors of the music ecosystem will share their journey and explain what working in their field is like. Talk face-to-face with music professionals about audio production, venue management, touring, concert production, marketing and licensing and more.**

Presented by Arts+, in collaboration with Tosco Music.

See more and register FREE at bit.ly/musiccareerfair

**Please note: this event is for HS students to explore potential future career fields, not for those seeking current employment.

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02/01/2026

🙏🎶 Independent Picture House works with other nonprofit partners, educational institutions, filmmakers and film organizations — and has been collaborating as Charlotte Film Society with Music for more than a decade!

🎸🎹 Together, we’ve featured local musicians before music-related films, and showcased rare Beatles concert video as part of FabFestCharlotte.

❓Did you know also does private rentals? Right now you can bid to win a Private Screening for Up to 17 Guests as part of Tosco Music’s Love Notes Auction, and support two nonprofits at once!

🎊Go in with friends to bid as a group on this auction package and introduce them to Charlotte’s only nonprofit community cinema!

🗺️ 🕰️ Anyone can bid online from near or far! Bidding ends 10pm Sunday, Feb 8 at 32auctions.com/lovenotes2026