A new, family, friendly event will take place in October, offering dance and bicycling for fitness and fun. The bike ride is free, and the dance is also free for those age 12 and under. Rootstock Presents the River City Record Hop, will be a Weekly All-Ages Western Swing & Rockabilly Dance Party, held every Thursday night beginning Oct. 6 from 7-11pm at Country Club Lanes, 2600 Watt Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95821. DJ Slimm Buick of San Francisco (://www.slimmbuick.com/DJ.html) be spinning classic 45 rpm records for dancing and listening enjoyment, with the bowling alley and all of it's facilities open, to the public as well. Admission is $5 for age 13 and over, but will be FREE for selecte

Sacramento (Oak Park), CA | What do you get when mix great coffee, food and Rockabilly? Tess & Hip Trash at Old Soul 40 Acres. It was nearly standing room only, or dancing room only, when you entered Old Soul at 40 Acres Friday night. Now the new coffee house for the new international terminal at Sacramento International Airport, Old Soul hosted "Tess & Hip Trash" Friday night as customers and fans took in the Rockabilly tunes, fine coffee and great eats.  It wasn't long after the first set of music started that toes were tapp'en, heads were bobb'en and feet were danc'en to the tunes and elegant voice of Tessie Marie.  Per the band's web site, "Tessie Marie met her bandmates in prison.

Winters, CA. Gyrating, twisting and moaning, the pale blue Telecaster stretched itself to its limits, finally humming, as if with some sense of gratification, in the hands of its loving Master. Award-winning Hall of Famer, Bill Kirchen, spun a wild web of samplings from his new ‘twang-centric’ offspring Word To The Wise, in a three hour show last night at the Palms Playhouse (now located in the historic Main Street Oprah House). As if the show itself wasn’t enough, he encored with his rendition of Frizzell’s Long Black Veil before launching into a humorous version of his classic hit: Hot Rod Lincoln. Opening set was brimming with new material, eagerly sopped up, and featured special gu

 Visitors had a rollicking good time Sunday at the second annual Sacramento Swing Time. The event at the California Auto Museum featured swing music from nine bands, and offered something for every musical taste, said Fun Monkey Entertainment’s Shonda Honkanen, event co-founder. “We have a whole roster of wonderful music from blues, to jazz, western swing and rockabilly music,” she said. “There’s a lot to listen to and a lot to dance to.” Entertainment also came in the form of unusual vendors, including Heavenly Gate Tattoos doing on-site inking and a booth selling rockabilly clothing. The fun continued outside with free swing dance lessons, a hula dancing performance and a car show fea

Country singer Wanda Jackson first picked up rock and roll when she was barely out of high school and on tour with Elvis Presley, when the soon-to-be King of Rock and Roll convinced her to try the brand new style. And although she scored more than 30 country hits between 1954 and 1973 — as well as a number of Top 40 hits like rockabilly tune, "Let's Have a Party" — Elvis's advice to her has had lingering impact. On April 4, Roseanne Cash inducted Jackson into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and on Wednesday, April 15, the so-called "First Lady of Rock 'n' Roll," now a seasoned 71, is returning to Sacramento to rock the house at Old Ironsides. The show begins at 8 p.m. and tickets are $15.