Motorco occupies 721–723 Rigsbee Avenue in Durham's Central Park neighbourhood, an industrial building of masonry and stucco built around 1938. [Open Durham] It was the Durham Baking Company, apparently a wholesale production facility and possibly the Merita Bread Company's. Open Durham calls its sources sketchy and notes a fire in the building may be why bread production left. [Open Durham] In the late 1950s Weeks Motor Company moved in from across the street. A Herald-Sun photograph of 13 February 1962 shows the dealership in the background of another shop's grand opening. [Open Durham] At some point in the late 1960s or early 1970s it appears to have become the Weeks-Allen Lincoln Mercury dealership; by 1975 the business had been sold to Bradley-Lincoln Mercury and moved to the former Uzzle Cadillac building at Foster and West Geer. [Open Durham] Triangle Limo Service used the building from the late 1980s into the early 1990s. By 2008 it sat empty and overgrown. [Open Durham] Renovation began in summer 2010. The venue was to be called The Geer, and its principals then decided to honour the building's history instead by naming it Motorco Music Hall. The new sign was photographed freshly hung on 25 August 2010, and the room opened that September. [Open Durham] By October 2013 the Garage Bar was under further renovation to add a kitchen, and the parking lot had been turned into outdoor seating. [Open Durham] By 2019 it comprised a large patio, the GarageBar, the Parts & Labor kitchen, and a 450-capacity showroom, which made it Durham's largest music venue. [Independent Venue Week] In its ninth year it was a nationally respected room programming both touring artists and the area's leading local headliners. It hosted River Whyless for Independent Venue Week in 2018 and took part again in 2019. [Independent Venue Week] Nothing in the documents held connects Motorco to LGBTQ or drag programming. The 2019 FINDER guide to the Triangle's queer nightlife does not list it. [Independent Venue Week]
Ordered by start date, earliest first.
| Person | Role | Dates | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01Carl Palmer's ELP Legacy | Headliner | Sourcecatscradle.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 02Gateway Drugs | Support | Sourcecatscradle.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 03Swervedriver | Headliner | Sourcecatscradle.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 04Lazerdisk | Support | Sourcecatscradle.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 05GRRL | Support | Sourcecatscradle.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 06Anamanaguchi | Headliner | Sourcecatscradle.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 07Matthew E. White | Headliner | Sourcecatscradle.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 08The Sidekicks | Support | Sourcecatscradle.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 09Into It. Over It. | Headliner | Sourcecatscradle.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 10The World is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die | Support | Sourcecatscradle.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 11Pinegrove | Support | Sourcecatscradle.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 12Wild Belle | Headliner | Sourcecatscradle.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 13Black Lips | Headliner | Sourcecatscradle.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 14The Monti: God | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 15The Monti | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 16DJ kward | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 17Orquesta GarDel | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 18Labor Day Shrimp Boil & Oktoberfest Kick-off | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 19Caique Vidal and Batuque | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 20Princess | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 21Batala Durham | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 22Cissa Paz | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 23Air Traffic Controller | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 24Bronze Radio Return | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 25Big Pooh | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 26skyzoo | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 27Supastition | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 28Pete Rock | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 29Hudson Thames | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 30Summer Wars | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 31The Summer Set | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 32The Walking Dead Season Premier (In the Garage Bar) | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 33Flash Chorus | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 34The Truth-O-Meter, Pants on Fire and Fact-checking the 2016 Election, with Bill Adair | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 35Periodic Tables | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 36Predict My Future | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 37Tinkering & Drinkering | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 38Little Diesel | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 39Sneakers | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 40Nick Hakim | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 41KING | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 42Urban Soil | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 43Freeway revival | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 44THE STEEL WHEELS | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 45The Gravy Boys | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 46Runaway Kids | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 47Unwritten Law | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 48WALKER LUKENS | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 49CRIMINAL | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 50Rachel Despard | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 51Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 52Muddy Magnolias | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 53The Record Company | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 54PlayPlay | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 55DJ Forge | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 56DJ Rang | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 57D-Town Brass | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 58REBIRTH BRASS BAND | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 59Diali Cissokho & Kaira Ba | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 60The Beast | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 61Antwon | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 62Black Noise | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 63Trash Talk | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 64Backwards Dancer | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 65Two Tongues | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 66Doug Keith | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 67DAMIEN JURADO | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 68Adrian Legg | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 69LAURA REED | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 70Bilal | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 71DIIV | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 72Moon King | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 73Mitski | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 74Fear of Men | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 75Weaves | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 76Local H | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 77Helmet | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 78Honey Magpie | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 79Driftwood | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 80My Brightest Diamond | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 81Karla Bonoff | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 82The Smart Studios Story | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 83The VaudeVillain Revue | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 84Nerdvember | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 85Whores | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 86Torche | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 87Red Fang | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 88Are you Listening? Four Triangle Podcasters Take the Stage | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 89John McCutcheon | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 90Johnny Irion of U.S. ELEVATOR | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 91Tim Bluhm | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 92Miss Tess and the Talkbacks | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 93The Stray Birds | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 94Rubber Peacock: A Sex-Positive Cabaret | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 95Enter The Haggis | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 96Cold Cave | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 97Drab Majesty | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 98Metal Pole Mayhem | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 99Foxture | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 100Austra | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 101Ela Minus | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 102Peter Bradley Adams | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 103Molly Parden | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 104Dishoom | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 105The 2017 Great Durham Pun Championship | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 106Joe Robinson | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 107Edwin McCain | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 108Onward, Soldiers | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 109The Old Ceremony | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 110The Pinkerton Raid | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 111I USE TO LOVE H.E.R. "Anti-Valentine's Day Party” | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 112The Classics by DJ FLASH | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 113TALIB KWELI | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 114Actual Proof | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 115Myq Kaplan | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 116Minori Hinds | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 117Dirty Dozen Brass Band | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 118The Get Right Band | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 119Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 120Brazilian Carnaval Party 2017 | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 121Mark Bumgarner | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 122Locust Honey | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 123Jonathan Byrd & the Pickup Cowboys | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 124Charles Latham | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 125Ben Sollee | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 126RDGLDGRN | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 127The Expendables | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 128Tribal Theory | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 129Girls Rock NC | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 130LEE FIELDS & THE EXPRESSIONS | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 131Makin' Ends Meet | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 132Free Community Screening of Ava DuVernay’s Critically Acclaimed Documentary '13th' | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 133SCYTHIAN | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 134Dissimilar South | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 135Big Fat Gap | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 136Corey King | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 137José James | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 138St. Patrick's Day Extravaganza | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 139DJ Remy | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 140Leyla McCalla | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 141Ace Henderson | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 142P.A.T. Junior | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 143Queen Plz | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 144Young Gunna | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 145Well$ | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 146VACAY | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 147Blackalicious | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 148Tab One & Sinopsis (of Kooley High) | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 149Loudon Wainwright III | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 150Jessamyn Stanley | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 151DR. BACON | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 152Boom Unit Brass Band | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 153Chit Nasty | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 154John Manuel | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 155Bull City Beatniks | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 156Chico O'Farrill's Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 157Heart of Carolina Jazz Orchestra | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 158The Affectionates | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 159From Durham, To Syria With Love | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 160Fredi Sholtz | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 161Jordan & the Sphinx | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 162Tremolux | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 163Tangible Dream | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 164Seabreeze Diner | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 165Stray Owls | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 166The Pinkerton Raid | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 167Taming Superbugs | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 168Stomp Hate Weekend: Friday | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 169Stomp Hate Weekend: Saturday | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 170Nathan Willett & Matt Maust (of Cold War Kids) | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 171Neil Halstead (of Slowdive) | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 172Murmur | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 173Wild Adriatic | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 174Leopold & His Fiction | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 175Take Back The Night Durham | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 176DNA of Durham: A DNA Day Event | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 177Sun Seeker | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 178STOP LIGHT OBSERVATIONS | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 179Masego | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 180Goldlink | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 181Art of Cool Fest 2017: Friday | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 182NAO | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 183Art of Cool Fest 2017: Saturday | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 184Kenneth Whalum | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 185Katelyn Read | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 186Farewell Angelina | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 187Holy Sons | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 188Mono | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 189Blue Water Highway | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 190RECKLESS KELLY | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 191J Roddy Walston & The Business | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 192Quaker City Night Hawks | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 193Mambo Nation | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 194Thank You Scientist | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 195Bent Knee | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 196Kiss The Curse | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 197The Wind + The Wave | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 198Justin Kawika Young | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 199The Native Sibling | Support | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 | |
| 200Pinegrove | Headliner | Sourcemotorcomusic.com· captured · per ADC-VS-1 |
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