APPLAUSE FOR A CAUSE 2026

LOCATION
Heist Brewery & Barrel Arts (Camp North End)
DESCRIPTION

I-77 Express “Applause for a Cause” is back!

Join us FREE from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. on Friday, October 16 at Heist Brewery in Camp North End in Charlotte.

This year, I-77 Mobility Partners is giving away $50,000 across 5 nonprofit organizations doing amazing and important work: Angels & Sparrows, Feeding Charlotte, Ada Jenkins Center, Time Out Youth, and Feed NC. Nonprofits can win based on the volume and energy of the applause from the audience so your energy is needed! Each nonprofit wins something, but your applause decides who takes the top amount!

Come enjoy an entertaining evening of incredible talent and help decide where the money goes! The event is FREE and open to the public.

Singers
Faithful Ngwenah
Kristin Randles 
Kevin Jones
Emmanuel Sloan
Mandyl Evans

Band
Anna Stadlman – bass
Jonathan Knott – guitar
Greg Dampier – drums
Melvin "Teedo" Jones – keyboard

Applause for a Cause 2026


SEE WHAT'S
COMING UP

  • The music parties are an indie-music institution in Charlotte, so popular they often fill a 1,200-seat hall, with a roster of performers that has included everyone from American Idol contestants to The Avett Brothers.

  • What started 20 years ago as a jam session in John Tosco’s living room has bloomed into one of the region’s most unique regional events – and a coveted gig for unsigned artists.

  • A Tosco Music Party is a theatre in the round of sorts for acoustic musicians. It's a medium that breaks down artificial barriers between entertainers and audience.

  • Maybe you’ve never heard the new folk trio out of Chapel Hill or the dulcimer player from Appalachia. Maybe you’ll marvel over a double-necked guitar solo or a 13-year-old classical pianist. Whatever you’re seeking, this incredible, quarterly variety show will make you grateful to have John Tosco curating your musical adventure.

  • Think of Tosco Music Party as the musical equivalent of walking into Ben & Jerry's and saying: 'I'd like a spoonful of everything, please.'

  • Lisa Rab

    Charlotte Magazine 2013

  • Wall Street Journal

    2009

  • Creative Loafing

    Charlotte, NC

  • Charlotte Magazine 2014 BOB Awards

    Best Place To Discover New Music

  • Creative Loafing

    Charlotte, NC