Free Music Friday at Top of the Roc

From 2013-2015, Free Music Friday was the longest running live music showcase in Charleston, IL. On one Friday each month, Cavetone Records ran a free concert at Top of the Roc on the square in Charleston. Each bill featured the best local and touring artists, and true to the name, there was never a cover charge. It was home to the music festival Top of the RocStock, two Cavetone Records Anniversary Spectaculars, and the annual Doppelgängers Ball.

Hundreds of musicians took the stage at Free Music Friday. Here is a complete list of every band and artist who performed at the event:

2013

Thee Pilot Show - 5/25/13 - The Ex-Bombers, Cedar Plank Salmon, Malt Liquor, The Young Gentleman

• 8/23/13 – Malt Liquor, The Ex-Bombers, Smoke Off Vinyl, Joe McLean

• 8/30/13 – Skydiver Autopsy, Position 12?, Matty Till Dawn, Jake Schlich

• 9/6/13 – Lux PerSono, Royal Son of a Guns, Rio Debut (CD release), Fornication Station, Ash Elkins

• 9/13/13 – The Abominable Showmen, Leebron Jaymezand the Heet, Mustache, The Young Gentleman

• 9/20/13 – Altered Ego, The Tim Blys, The Post Mortems, Tim Gurnig, Ryan Noir

• 9/27/13 – The Spinning Chambers, The Montreal Screwjob, Hotdog Wit Musta'd

• 10/4/13 – Rhodes & Islands, Bunch of Hunks, Derby Soul, Lux PerSono

• 10/11/13 – Victim to Victor, Gonzo Diablo, KJ and the Slice, John Gaetano, Jake Schlich

• 10/18/13 – The Ex-Bombers (7” release show), Malt Liquor, The Down-fi, The Young Gentleman

• 10/25/13 – Doppelgängers Ball – Skydiver Autopsy (Black Sabbath), The Moondogs (Fleetwood Mac), The Ex-Bombers (The Violent Femmes), Malt Liquor (AC/DC)

• 11/1/13 – Lux PerSono, Colonel Angus and the Na Na Na's, Dog of Panic, The Tim Blys

• 11/8/13 – Ash Elkins, Hammer Brothers, The Fancy Boys, The Jericho Harlot

• 11/15/13 – Ned Van Go, Joe McLean, The Montreal Screwjob

• 12/6/13 – Top of the RocStock – Carlos Danger's Inbox, The Fancy Boys, The Young Gentleman (CD release), The Ex-Bombers, Cedar Plank Salmon, Mustache, Huck Fate (CD Release)
  

2014

• 1/24/14 – The Ex-Bombers, The Flowers of Evil, The Tim Blys, Carlos Danger's Inbox, Joe McLean

• 2/21/14 – Victim to Victor (CD release), The Fancy Boys, Mustache, The Spinning Chambers

• 3/21/14 - Thee Cavetone Records 6 Year Anniversary Spectacular - Monte Carlos, Cedar Plank Salmon, The Ex-Bombers, The Down-fi, Pat Boone's Farm

• 4/18/14 – Carlos Danger's Inbox, The Fancy Boys, Mustache, Rio Debut, Bunch of Hunks

• 5/23/14 – Huck Fate, Soulfoot Mombits, The Ex-Bombers, The Tim Blys, Ryan Noir

• 6/27/14 – Apathy Wizards, Victim to Victor, Moondogs, Ryan Noir

• 7/18/14 – Mustache, Fever Thieves, Rachel Carson, Keating Etc.

• 8/29/14 – Thunderunderus, The Tim Blys, Carlos Danger's Inbox, The Ex-Bombers

• 9/26/14 – The Cruddites, Keating Etc., Pretty & the Useless, Moondogs

• 10/31/14 – Doppelgangers Ball – Mustache (Queens of the Stone Age), The Tim Blys (Alkaline Trio), The Ex-Bombers (Lou Reed and Nico), StinkStone

• 11/14/14 – Pretty & the Useless, Victim to Victor, Bunch of Hunks, Matty White, Rev. Robert

• 12/12/14 – Top of the RocStock – DinoFight!, The Cruddites, The Ex-Bombers, The Tim Blys, Dog of Panic, Victim to Victor, Carlos Danger's Inbox, Keating Etc., Pretty & the Useless, Travis Shoot
  

2015

• 1/23/15 – Carlos Danger's Inbox, Apathy Wizards, The Ex-Bombers, Pretty and the Useless

• 2/20/15 – Matt Berry, The Cruddites, Huck Fate, StinkStone

• 3/27/15 - Thee Cavetone Records 7 Year Anniversary Spectacular - Wild Cat Daddies, The Ex-Bombers, Pat Boone's Farm, Cedar Plank Salmon, The Down-fi, The Tim Blys

• 4/24/15 – Blues Man Joe and the Rhythm Dogs, Keating Etc., O'Flannigan's Beard, fortyminusone

• 5/22/15 – The Ex-Bombers (LP release), The Cruddites, Monte Carlos, Carlos Danger's Inbox, A.M. Radio

• 6/26/15 – Pretty and the Useless, Deep Breath, Victim to Victor, StinkStone

• 7/24/15 – The Tim Blys (7” release), Cenius, Matt Berry, Cat Magnet

• 8/28/15 – The Spinning Chambers, Smoke Off Vinyl, Ryan Noir, The Ex-Bombers

• 9/25/15 – The Good Dinosaurs, The Tim Blys, Cat Magnet, Carlos Danger's Inbox

• 10/23/15 – Bowling Alone, Ryan Noir, Cat Danger Etc., The Useless Na Na Na's, Condor & Jaybird, The Ex-Bombers, The Good Dinosaurs