AvidxChange Music Factory

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Entertainment complex in Charlotte, North Carolina

The AvidxChange Music Factory is an entertainment complex located in downtown Charlotte, North Carolina. It consists of two concert venues and a number of restaurants and bars on the former site of a mill in the northern end of the downtown area.

The complex first opened in 2006 as the NC Music Factory. Developer ARK Group wanted to build a Charlotte version of New York City's SoHo, and intended it as the first stage of an entertainment, office and residential district.^[1]

In 2016, payment software firm AvidxChange took over the naming rights for the complex. On March 1, 2016; it officially changed its name to the AvidxChange Music Factory. Terms for the naming rights were not disclosed.^[2]

Venues

The centerpieces of the complex are the Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre and The Fillmore Charlotte, two entertainment venues managed by Live Nation.

Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre

The Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre, formerly the Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre, seats 5,000 people, including 2,000 reserved seats and a festival lawn that can accommodate up to 3,000 people. It opened in June 2009.^[1] When it opened, it took most of the major acts that had previously played at the Palladium at Carowinds.

Originally known as simply the "Uptown Amphitheatre," it has also been known as the Road Runner Mobile Amphitheatre.

The Fillmore Charlotte

The Fillmore Charlotte opened in June 2009, shortly after the amphitheatre opened next door.^[1]

As part of the 2019 NBA All-Star Weekend, TNT aired a live broadcast of Inside the NBA at the Fillmore Charlotte on Thursday, February 14, 2019, and Friday February 15, 2019. It was hosted by Ernie Johnson Jr., Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Shaquille O'Neal, with special performances by Chris Tucker (Thursday) and Rae Sremmurd (Friday).^[3]

The Underground

The Underground is a 750 capacity venue that opened in July 2016^[4], in a space formerly occupied by a country bar.

References

1 2 3 Jeff Hahne (May 12, 2009). "N.C. Music Factory is ready to rock". Creative Loafing Charlotte.
↑ Ely Portillo (January 14, 2016). "Charlotte's N.C. Music Factory gets a new name". The Charlotte Observer.
↑ "NBA on TNT American Express Road Show". NBA. February 12, 2018. Archived from the original on February 9, 2017. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
↑ Admin (2016-06-09). "THE UNDERGROUND: New venue coming to the Factory". avidxchangemusicfactory. Retrieved 2026-01-09.

External links

Media related to AvidxChange Music Factory at Wikimedia Commons
Official Music Factory Website
The Fillmore Charlotte

v t e Live Nation Entertainment
Divisions	Live Nation Ticketmaster
Subsidiaries	Academy Music Group (51%) BigChampagne C3 Presents (majority stake) DF Concerts (part owner) Festival Republic (majority owner) Gods of Metal Hard Events MAMA & Company (joint venture) Ones to Watch
Festivals	Boomtown (18%) Bospop Calling Festival Camp Bestival Copenhell Creamfields Download The Great Escape HoagieNation I Love Techno Isle of Wight Festival Jamboree in the Hills Latitude Lollapalooza Loud Park Lowlands Lytham Festival Made in America Festival Main Square Festival (75%) MixTape Music Midtown North Sea Jazz Paradiso (partnership) Parklife The Peach Music Festival Pinkpop Festival Pukkelpop Rock Werchter Sasquatch! (partnership) Squamish (50%) Summer Sonic TRNSMT Voodoo Watershed Way Out West When We Were Young
House of Blues clubs and theatres	The Louisville Palace Toyota Presents Oakdale Theatre Saint Andrew's Hall (Detroit) Theatre of Living Arts Tower Theater
Other venues	3Arena (Dublin) Belasco Theater (Los Angeles) Blossom Music Center Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park Fillmore Auditorium FivePoint Amphitheatre Freedom Mortgage Pavilion Germania Insurance Amphitheater Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre (Maryland Heights, Missouri) Jamboree in the Hills Festival Site Jiffy Lube Live Leader Bank Pavilion North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater Oak Mountain Amphitheatre PNC Bank Arts Center Regent Theatre (Los Angeles) Rogers Stadium Ruoff Music Center Toyota Amphitheatre Truliant Amphitheater Xfinity Center
Related	United States v. Live Nation Entertainment

v t e Music venues of North Carolina
Outdoor	Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium Bank of America Stadium Carter–Finley Stadium Coastal Credit Union Music Park Kenan Memorial Stadium Kidd Brewer Stadium Koka Booth Amphitheatre Live Oak Bank Pavilion Truliant Amphitheater Red Hat Amphitheater
Arenas	Bojangles Coliseum Cabarrus Arena Crown Coliseum Dean Smith Center Dorton Arena Harrah's Cherokee Center George M. Holmes Convocation Center Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum Lenovo Center Spectrum Center Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum
Theaters and clubs	The Brewery Carolina Theatre (Durham) Cat's Cradle The Clayton Center Carolina Crossroads Durham Performing Arts Center The Garage (Winston-Salem) The Orange Peel Ovens Auditorium The Pour House Music Hall Raleigh Little Theatre Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts Tremont Music Hall Ziggy's
Multi-venue complexes	AvidxChange Music Factory North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts Greensboro Coliseum Complex
Festivals	MerleFest Moogfest Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival Hopscotch Music Festival

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Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre

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