Uptown Charlotte North Carolina real estate gets a boost every year from the revitalization going on in center city Charlotte, NC. Part of the hullabaloo is Alive After Five, a uptown music series downtown for held every Thursday during the summer. Starting at 5:30 and lasting until 9 PM, the festival encourages uptown workers to stay a spell uptown with their friends and coworkers transforming uptown Charlotte from a banking center to a lively place were people can live and work. Festivals like this make it easier for residents of Charlotte to enjoy themselves without having to drive all over the city to find the things they want to do.
Alive after five features local bands some of whom play their own music. Most of them are popular cover bands from the area who emulate popular musical acts like the Rolling Stones, The Beatles, or Tim McGraw.