LOCAL 706 · Dalton, Georgia · Est. 2026

Building
Dalton’s
Underground
Music Scene

Carpet mills and loud music. A network for bands, producers, rappers and songwriters in Dalton to connect, collaborate, and build something that lasts.

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A man playing guitar and a boy singing into a microphone under the OPEN MIC projection at Lo-Fi Coffee Bar — Photo: Brandon Cawood

What has already happened

4: Open mic nights
1: Writing night
40+: Performers on stage
1: Room that keeps saying yes

The open mics live at Lo-Fi Coffee Bar, who opened their doors before anyone knew whether this would work and have said yes every time since. Writing nights go wherever there is a room and a piano.

The Lo-Fi Coffee Bar sign in Dalton, Georgia — Photo: Brandon Cawood

Next show · VOL. 4

Open Mic Night
Back to School

Ten slots, first come first serve — eight minutes or two songs each. Everyone after that goes on the waitlist. If you have never been on a stage before, this is the easy one to start on.

Date: Thu, August 27
Doors: 6:00 – 9:00 PM
Where: Lo-Fi Coffee Bar; 336 S Hamilton St, Dalton, GA
Cost: Free

“Scenes don’t start with buildings. They start with people who believe something special can happen.”

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The receipts

People, not feature lists

A young pianist playing a Roland keyboard against the brick wall at Lo-Fi Coffee Bar — Photo: Brandon Cawood

Vol. 1 → Vol. 2

A kid with a favorite piano bench

Atreyu got up in front of a room full of strangers for the first time back in May. Came back in June and did it again — two classical pieces, and the crowd loved every second. A kid getting his first yes in a room that showed up for him.

Ethan Carroll playing acoustic guitar at a Ghost Noise open mic night — Photo: Brandon Cawood

Vol. 1 → Writing Night → Vol. 3

Three open mics, zero skipped steps

Ethan Carroll played his first time at Vol. 1. Came back for Vol. 2. Sat in a room writing songs at Writing Night. Then he was on the lineup for Vol. 3. That is the whole idea — a path, not a showcase.

Writing Night

Strangers, paired off, two hours

Some had never written with anyone before in their life. By the end of the night three groups had real songs on paper — verses, choruses, one finished bridge.

“I was in the chapel with two people I didn’t know and they were pouring out their lives.”

House rules

Peer pressure free: No gatekeeping, no cliques. Just artists doing the work.
Inclusive: Every background, every story. All welcome here.
All genres: Emo, hip-hop, folk, noise — if you make it, it belongs.

The back catalogue