A club that has spawned bands, record labels and a nearly 55-year live-music legacy started forging a new chapter this month with a planned second location in downtown Carrboro.
Cat’s Cradle owner Frank Heath is adding a second, larger venue about a quarter-mile east of his 300 E. Main St. club, according to town documents.
The new club at 107 Brewer Lane will be in addition to the existing Cat’s Cradle for now, but it could become the sole location if Heath’s landlord, Main Street Partners, moves ahead with the rest of its redevelopment plans for 300 East Main.
Main Street Partners let plans to replace the building that houses Cat’s Cradle lapse in January, town staff has reported. There is no timeline for new plans to be submitted.
The town’s “understanding of the project at this point is that Frank is going to try to continue to operate both the new building that he purchased and the old space simultaneously,” said Jon Hartman-Brown, the town’s economic development director. “Each one has kind of their own feel and space size.”