![]() Brave Combo performing at Cat's Cradle | |
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Address | 300 E Main St. |
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Location | Carrboro, North Carolina, U.S. |
Coordinates | 35°54′36″N 79°04′08″W / 35.910094813°N 79.068879907°W |
Capacity | Main room: 750 Back room: 200 |
Opened | 1969 |
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Cat's Cradle is a music venue and nightclub located in Carrboro, North Carolina, less than a mile from the University of North Carolina campus. It has two rooms with a capacity of 750 and 200 people.[1][2] In the early 1990s, it contributed to the Chapel Hill region being called the "Next Seattle" by the music press, given that the club hosted upcoming regional and national alternative and grunge acts such as Nirvana (who last performed there just 10 days after the release of Nevermind), Pearl Jam, Sonic Youth,[2] The Smashing Pumpkins,[3] and Ween (who documented their December 9, 1992, performance with At the Cat's Cradle, 1992).[4] In later years, the venue also saw performances by John Mayer, Iggy Pop, Sonic Youth and Joan Baez.[5][6] In August 2009, The Cosmopolitans played their reunion concert at Cat's Cradle following a 27-year hiatus.[7]