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Imagine Dragons, Girl Talk, Rocket From the Crypt top Launch 2013 lineup

2013-04-12T19:49:32Z

Yep. Launch just went “next level.”

Does it really surprise anyone? It shouldn’t, if you’ve followed the progression of the Launch Festival over the last couple of years, as it moved from a one day fashion, music and art shindig at the Greens Hotel on Del Paso in 2011, to a weeklong series of individual events around town, culminating in a blowout festival at Cesar Chavez Plaza in 2012.

And now, this.

Launch and Radio 94.7 dished up the lineup for the 2013 installment of the Launch Festival on Facebook earlier today, and it is a doozie!

Those top two spots are going to get the most attention when Launch fires up on September 7 and 8, again at Cesar Chavez Plaza, with hot-charting arena rockers Imagine Dragons topping the bill. It’s likely that when they hit the stage in September of 2013, it will be ushering out the last round of mid-sized venues and festivals for this group of hellcats from Las Vegas (also home of their stadium rock brethren and musical papa bears the Killers) – they seem to be right on the cusp of big things, and their next touring cycle will likely see a huge swell.

Joining Imagine Dragons up top is DJ mash-up wunderkind Girl Talk. With all due respect to every artist who has ever played Concerts in the Park, this electronica powerhouse will likely turn Cesar Chavez into a dance party the likes of which the park has never seen.

And then there’s the really “big deal” of this lineup. If you are anywhere near the Shady Lady today, that giant boom you just heard was likely the sound of Jason Boggs’ head exploding – because if you’ve ever seen his currently dormant local band the Snobs play, you know they were titanically influenced by Rocket From the Crypt, the seminal San Diego punk band that has been likewise dormant since 2005 – that is, until a top secret reunion show on April 1 at the ridiculously small (for them) Bar Pink in San Diego’s North Park neighborhood. They’re currently in Europe on a small series of reunion shows – and they’ll be in Sacramento in September.

What?!

(By the way, this reporter expects due credit for not making a really bad launch/ rocket pun in that last paragraph).

It doesn’t stop. Wild eyed indie rock staples Minus The Bear will also perform, joined by Sonic Youth-influenced fuzz-flooded noise rockers Blonde Redhead , Bay Area art rockers Geographer, and Minneapolis-based underground hip hop troupe Doomtree (Atmosphere fans, take notice).

Keeping in the tradition of also showcasing local talent, string-laced indie rockers and Launch staples Exquisite Corps will perform, along with instrumental jammers Life in 24 Frames, Paper Pistols, the Bell Boys, and Doombird (hmm, seems to be a lot of doom in this lineup?).

And there’s plenty more. No word yet on which bands are playing which day, or on the full schedule of events that will lead up the big kahuna in the park. When we know more, so shall you. Check out www.launchsacramento.com for details.

2013 Launch Festival lineup:

Imagine Dragons
Girl Talk
Rocket From the Crypt
Minus The Bear
Blonde Redhead
Van She
Grieves
Cults
Surfer Blood
Doomtree
Geographer
Family of the Year
P.O.S.
Gold Fields
Dessa
Turquoise Jeep
Exquisite Corps
Doombird
Life in 24 Frames
Paper Pistols
DLRN
The Bell Boys

Two Sheds bid Sacto farewell Saturday before heading to L.A.

2012-05-18T04:16:18Z

I heard about it a few weeks ago, but it's one of those things that starts to really suck now that the show is only a couple days away and reality sets in.

While I'm sure the collective Sactown music community wishes nothing but the best to Caitlin and Jon Gutenberger on their imminent relocation to L.A., the absence of their band Two Sheds is sure to make that same community shed (zing!) a few tears.

Two Sheds' farewell show goes down Saturday night at 8:30 p.m. at Luigi's Fungarden, 1050 K St. (MARRS Building), with a $7 door charge. San Francisco electro-country act Birds and Batteries and Dana Gumbier open the show. This one is sure to draw a huge crop of local music fans, so get there early! Playing with Two Sheds will be the venerable Rusty Miller, guitarist Chris Larsen, and guest Kris Anaya (of An Angle and Doom Bird)

A band that came to be on a virtual whim, Two Sheds have been a to-do in this town since 2003 when Jon (also of Far, Jackpot and Milwaukee) and wife Caitlin played one of Jerry Perry's "Crooning Couples" Valentine's Day shows at Old Ironsides. What began as jam sessions between Jon and Jackpot pal Miller quickly turned into Caitlin being thrust (against her will?) into the role of front woman.

"Rusty and Johnny used to joke that I was their meal ticket," Caitlin jokingly told me in 2008, in a phone interview prior to a show at the Blackwater Cafe in Stockton (coincidentally also with Birds and Batteries). When I first interviewed them while hanging at Tupelo Coffee in 2007 (it took a trip to archives to remind me that I interviewed them twice), the fires were still being stoked. Since then, they've toured coast to coast, turned heads at South By Southwest, and established themselves as a true indie darling, drawing comparisons to Mazzy Star, Cowboy Junkies and Gillian Welch.

A few years after being virtually forced into the lead guitar/vocalist role, there's no denying Caitlin has morphed into a certified bad ass behind the mic.

Recent press suggests that the move to L.A. is merely for a change of creative pace, and not an attempt to ditch Sacramento. Whatever the motivations, I will boldly speak for the entire "scene" by simply saying, we'll miss you, and may you be uncorrupted by the City of Angels!

“We kind of take the path of least resistance,” Caitlin told me in 2007. “I don’t know if it’s just to try and protect the fun element of what we’re doing. Part of me thinks ‘should we be more feisty and try to push ourselves?’ But I’m almost more intrigued by seeing if we can keep doing this whole ‘whatever’ thing and get people to like us in spite of ourselves.”

Johnny calls that "The Pavement philosophy."

Claps and chaos on Tuesday with Delta Spirit

2012-05-09T23:49:11Z

Well played, Sacramento.

Was it the great weather? Was it the fact that it was Tuesday? Was it just that Sac just doesn't really know Delta Spirit (yet)? Was it that trainwreck of a botched tribute/preview combo that this reporter attempted to pen last week?

Whatever the factors, Ace of Spades was feeling pretty sparse in the early goings of Tuesday night's Delta Spirit gig, even as opening act Waters was wrapping up their set. It had that vacuous "should have been at Harlow's" venue feeling, like you were for some reason using a punch bowl to scramble two eggs.

Folks were out all about town basking in one of our first legit summer evenings, but it didn't seem like anyone was paying mind to the frenzy of rock and roll that was about to fire up inside A.O.S., prompting fears that Delta Spirit would be playing to a "dead" room.

There's a reason why lead singer Matt Vasquez, on "like our third time ever in Sacramento," was praising the crowd as "fucking awesome" by the end of a set that I would use the same two words to describe, but am not technically allowed to in this space. From the moment the band took the stage, nearly everyone funneled in from the bars, lounge, couches and tables to get down and dirty with this beautifully ferocious rock band.

What looked like a sideline crowd got on the gridiron and brought their A-game.

There were very few songs (possibly none) that Vasquez and Co. did not incite arms-up audience clap-alongs. It started early with the blitzing jam on the almost eerily romping "White Table." Maybe the clapping was meant to augment the intermittent wall of percussion created by the main drum kit and the additional center island of thump that gave many a song some extra umph.

The frequent clapping may sound cheesy, but it fits well with their affable and approachable stage persona. Delta Spirit throws the party that everyone's invited to and welcome to stay at all night, as long as you bring a sixer of Miller Lite. No one is more important than another.

Or, to put it another way, "we are two Indians in the same canoe," as go the lyrics to the jumpy "Strange Vine," followed by a "dance tune" called "Tear it Up," from their recent self-titled album.

Vasquez was good enough to mention that the group had spent the afternoon at Capitol Bowl in West Sac before leading the crowd in the primal tribal war cry interludes of "Tellin' the Mind," followed closely by the beautiful crescendo of the ballad "House Built for Two," which they have apparently not played in the last couple of years.

And was it just me, or did that groovy homemade triangular light structure remind anyone of something you'd build with these?

It's hard to determine if Delta Spirit is an Americana band that likes to play very uptempo, or just a straight-ahead rock band that will occasionally like to slow things down. "Bushwick Blues" and "People C'mon" would tell one end of the story, "Children" might tell another. And then there's the intensely beautiful "Devil Knows You're Dead," which opened up the encore, and certainly sent Tyler Williams of locals the Great Northern Divers (and formerly Light Rail) home happy. I ran into him at the bar, he told me it was the one song he really wanted to hear.

Either way you choose to classify Delta Spirit, the last song of the evening "Trashcan" represents a little bit of everything that is great about rock and roll. Slamming a trashcan lid for percussion, throat-shredding and howling vocals, thundering piano, grooving guitars, and Vasquez climbing to the rafters atop the tallest amp on stage.

Front men don't usually do stuff like that if they're not feeling a crowd.

Well played indeed, Sacramento.

Cinco de Mayo with the Black Keys

2012-05-06T23:34:13Z

Three words: Just. Plain. Filthy.

Gritty, guttural, bluesy, primal, loud, and sleazily beautiful, the Black Keys are a bullet train straight backward to the roots of rock and roll – but it’s hard to contend that they are in any way a benchmark of where rock and roll is right now.

To examine some of the top grossing arena rock acts of the day (Foo Fighters, Springsteen, DMB, U2, Coldplay, and I must begrudgingly include Nickelback), rock and roll played the way the Keys play it just isn’t the type of blissful sludge that you would expect could usher in such a large and raucous crowd to a venue the size of Power Balance Pavilion.

What Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney and friends proved on Cinco de Mayo (and continue to prove each time they play) is that maybe, just maybe, true rock and roll isn’t dead just yet.

Over the top statement? Maybe. But if you were there, it should be hard to ignore that feeling in your gut, like a fist woven out of guitars and drums had just socked you in it.

The haymakers came early, as the Black Keys elevated an already delirious crowd (likely delirious from the moment and from a breezy day of margaritas and Tecates) by opening with the sharp licks and get-drunk-shout-along chorus of “Howlin’ for You.”

After a solid but very bass-heavy one hour set from openers Arctic Monkeys, what was immediately noticeable about the Keys during “Howlin’” was just how good they sounded. In a cavernous arena not usually noted for its sonic fortitude, their thunderous riffs and calculated distortion was flowing beautifully out of a sprawling mountain of speakers.

Alongside the White Stripes, the Black Keys helped establish a sense of acceptance for two-man, guitar-drum combo rock groups – but these days, they’re bringing along some help, with two accompanying musicians on bass, guitar and keyboards bringing up the rear. But after sending things into maniacal orbit with their most recent hit “Gold on the Ceiling,” the “other” two departed to let Auerbach and Carney get back to their roots.

Though much of the Keys’ current success is wrapped up in their most recent albums “El Camino” and “Brothers" (13 of the evening's 20 songs stemmed from those two albums), you could feel the longer-tenured fans blow a collective gasket (that includes this reporter) when the duo fired up “Thickfreakness,” from the 2003 album of the same name. It was the friskiest and probably dirtiest song of the night, with spastic time and tempo changes and licks that would make a swamp feel squeaky-clean.

The duo followed that with a few tunes such as “Girl is on My Mind” and “I’ll Be Your Man” before welcoming their new supporting cast back to the stage, as Auerbach plucked out the opening to “Little Black Submarines” (perhaps better known by its chief lyric “a broken heart is blind”) with a solo on a gorgeous steel Dobro before giving way to a jamming crescendo that rivaled anything Led Zeppelin could have dared to conjure up.

It’s easy to take a minute to wonder if there were two camps of Keys fans at Power Balance Pavilion on Saturday night: those who prefer that older format of just the duo, or those who lust for the extra layers of playful fuzz and whomp provided by their new four-piece incarnation.

Nope, no dissention in that building. Who has time to nit-pick one format or the other while wailing along to the “woah-WOAH-oh-oh” of “Lonely Boy;” and yes, there were plenty of people dancing like this guy.

Music that can make thousands of Sacramentans all move like that? Maybe blood-in-the-mud rock and roll really is still alive?

A Black Keys concert is one way to help ensure it.

Check out the setlist from the evening with YouTube song samples on Setlist.fm.

Locals digitally mourn Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch - Music therapy, anyone?

2012-05-04T20:50:06Z

Love 'em, hate 'em, or if they were just "the party jam" at some point in your life, it's impossible to imagine anyone born after 1975 (or earlier?) that didn't have at least some personal connection to the Beastie Boys.

That is why Friday's news of the passing of founding member Adam "MCA" Yauch after a three year battle with cancer seemed to cast a cloud on May the Fourth for so many with memories devoted to the boys from Brooklyn.

Just a few local Sactown names to Facebook their morning mourning included comedian Keith Lowell Jensen (who also noted that 93.7 was thumping "Brass Monkey" around 11:30 a.m.), Abstract Entertainment's Brian McKenna (who reminisced about a show with the Beasties in 1996 at The Grind skate park in West Sacramento), the Downtown Sacramento Partnership, singer/songwriter Tony Bataska, Prieta drummer Brian Breneman, former SN&R scribe Jackson Griffith, Nibblers bassist Lynn Michael Palmer, and the Bee's Chris Macias.

Some would argue that the punk laced block-rocking hip hop, four-on-the-floor beats and party-themed rhymes churned out by the venerable trio didn't lend itself to long lasting or deep seeded emotional connections - or that the mourning of him wouldn't be quite the same as, say, those who mourned The Band's Levon Helm last week.

But that's what makes music what it is. No apologies. No explanations. Just memories...so thank you, MCA, for the ones you gave to so many.

What's the best therapy? More music. Try Ace of Spades on Tuesday night.

Delta Spirit is close to wrapping up their coast-to-coast tour in support of their new self-titled album, the band's third in a career that has garnered them a devout base of fans, fed by the frenzy of the group's notoriously raucous live shows.

Their new record represents a significant change of pace from their two previous efforts, "Ode to Sunshine" and "History from Below," leaning more towards driving arena rock riffs and hard-charging bass lines.

Whether you prefer their new take on things, like the whirling "California," or you prefer them thumping on Trashcan lids, their shows are nothing short of electric, go-for-the-gut rock and roll the way it's mean to be played: Loud, sweaty, and above all, honest.

Check out "Children" and "White Table" live from Austin City Limits.

Delta Spirit, with Waters opening, plays Ace of Spades (1417 R St.) on Tuesday, May 8. Tickets are available at www.aceofspadessac.com.

SF Outside Lands promoters considering Sacramento expansion

2012-04-01T17:07:07Z

With Bay Area promotions juggernaut Another Planet Entertainment having already brought Wilco to the Sacramento area, and with the Shins, Florence + the Machine and the Black Keys on the books in the coming weeks, it seemed that the powers-that-be were finally giving some much deserved love to the Sacramento concert market.

But we never could have imagined (or hoped for) anything like this.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, a source familiar with APE has informed the Sacramento Press that the promotions firm, which handles all the booking for San Francisco's nationally renowned Outside Lands Festival, is considering launching a similar music festival in Sacramento in the summer of 2013.

"With Sacramento moving forward with their new arena and other significant developments, we are now more confident than ever in the market," the source said. "We have been considering this idea for awhile now, and we feel it's the right time to move forward."

A likely location for the festival would be Discovery Park, with its proximity to downtown and easy accessibility. Other possible locations could include Cal Expo or potentially a "street fair" setup in a select region of Midtown.

Past Outside Lands festival headliners have included Radiohead, Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews Band and the Black Eyed Peas. Obviously, it's way too early to start thinking about who might be on the bill in Sacramento, but early candiates could include jam scene favorite NoWay Jose and Keyser Soze and the Suckers.

And the happiest of April Fool's Days to you, Sactown!

Size matters: Umphrey's McGee get cozy at Harlow's

2012-03-19T19:51:26Z

Thank you, Joel Nathaniel Cummins, for hitting the nail on the head.

“Thanks for making us feel like it’s South Bend back in about 2000,” Umphrey’s McGee’s keyboard player proclaimed when the band stepped back on stage for the evening’s encore, a funky take on “A Fifth of Beethoven.”

In a room filled with predominantly devout followers of the road raging jam band, there was a palpable buzz throughout Harlow’s on Sunday evening not only about the band’s first ever visit to Sacramento, but about seeing them in such a small joint.

Like this reporter, many folks had caught their show the night before at Oakland’s sprawling Fox Theatre. Both shows were stellar examples of this band’s unique brand of jam rock firepower, but equally astounding was the contrast between the two nights – and it was that contrast that everyone couldn’t stop talking about it.

The Fox Theatre is the brand of venue to which Umphrey’s McGee has become accustomed to playing the last few years. With the sheer size of that theatre, it was like playing in a Costco. Bassist Ryan Stasik had all the room in the world, like running from the TV aisle to the free samples table to lay down some jams.

On Sunday at Harlow’s, they were like sardines on a Southwest flight – it’s amazing Stasik didn’t accidentally elbow Kris Myers’ drum kit when throwing up two-handed metal horns.

It was just like the old days, but the precision and robust explosiveness of their live shows that has evolved since the early days at Notre Dame was on full display.

They opened promptly at 8:30 with a string of predominantly instrumental jams like the cheeky “Dump City,” feeding the frenzy of their devoted fans, but the show progressively began to turn to more generally accessible tunes such as “Alex’s House” and a slamming cover of Peter Tosh’s reggae staple “Steppin’ Razor.”

“Razor’s” riffs melded seamlessly into the air guitar-able riffs of “Mail Package” to close out the first set, but it was the second set where the show really took off. Covering a song that most people in the crowd know the lyrics to usually helps with that: Toto’s “Roseanna.”

As the soul thunk of “Hangover” steeped into the eager crowd, it officially sealed Harlow’s as “Umphrey’s house” for the night, as they were clearly jazzed to get back to their roots in such a small setting.

Check out the full setlist here.

Other bands have cooed similarly about Harlow’s. As Lindol French reported from the Yonder Mountain String Band show last year, front man Jeff Austin proclaimed, “this is the most intimate show we've played in a long, long time.”

It appears Harlow’s has become adept at providing a welcome shake of for bands of Umphrey’s/YMSB size, and may be helping earn Sac a reputation as a tour stop that provides something different from the norm…and brings a rowdy crowd to boot!

More please!

Upcoming Harlow’s shows include The Lumineers on March 25, Mazzy Star on April 7, and Yonder Mountain on April 17. Tickets for all shows are available at Harlows.com or at The Beat on J Street at 17th.

Sactown debut: Umphrey's McGee at Harlow's on Sunday

2012-03-15T20:22:22Z

If you’re really bored (or a total setlist nerd who likes to look for cheeky cover songs), take a moment to peruse the meticulously curated archives of Umphrey’s McGee touring history. With a catalog of shows that numbers in the triple digits each year since 2000, you’ll find one California city that’s noticeably absent from any year in their history.

Any guesses? Well, you’re not reading a news site called the Stockton Press right now, are you?

They’ve tap danced around us before (San Francisco, Truckee, Tahoe, Chico, Santa Cruz), but Sunday’s show at Harlow’s will indeed be the increasingly popular jam jockeys’ first show in Sactown. Not only that, but if you look even closer at that touring history, Harlow’s will be one of the smaller rooms they’ve played in quite some time.

Win!

An evening with Umphrey’s McGee kicks off at 8:30 pm. Sunday, March 18 at Harlow’s, 2708 J Street. Tickets are $25. No opener is scheduled; Umph will play two sets of music with a break in between, as is customary at their brain busting shows. Dare I quote Lindol French: “See you on the dance floor.”

First off, we’ll award them advance excuse for a potential collective hangover. In case you’re not paying attention, March 18 is St. Patty’s Day +1, and this is a group that makes no mystery of their devotion to their Irish roots (see: band name), especially when you consider that they were founded at Notre Dame. Add to which, they’re playing a show on Saturday at the gorgeous Fox Theatre in Oakland.

The sprawling Fox is a prime example of the increasigly large size of venue they’ve become accustomed to playing throughout their meteoric rise up the jam band ranks, ever since receiving that somewhat dubious tag of “the next Phish;” sort of like a certain young’n we know and love kept getting tagged “the next Dylan.”

Turns out, Phish was the next Phish, which cleared that chatter and paved the way for Umphrey’s McGee to be the first Umphrey’s McGee.

To outsiders (and maybe insiders?), the jam band world can become very insular, and at times very homogenous. Haters will tell you that every song sounds like the same 15 minutes of noodly, disjointed chords – and even the lovers would have to admit that it can be hard to distinguish one bootleg show recording from another.

What sets these six Chicago-based wizards apart is they can pen a melodic and catchy tune with the best of them (and then wrap it up in a jam). Further, their level of talent is nothing short of jaw dropping, as is their willingness to jump through genres and time changes like rabid wolverines.

To surf through their available downloads, you could probably get enough cover songs to put together an awesome “Best of” album of the Beatles as easily as you could an anthology of hip hop or hair metal – and you could probably piece together “Dark Side of the Moon” from start to finish while finding a Rage Against the Machine or Smashing Pumpkins ditty for good measure.

And then there's this.

But the playful covers are only moments of fun sprinkled in with their catalog of originals that enables them produce commercially accessible rock albums while simultaneously catering to those who want nothing more than enlarged guitar solos and improv sessions. They get funky, emotional, aggressive, passionate and chaotic – usually all within the same two and a half hours of sonic wonderment.

It’s easy to get consumed and stand in awe of the technical mastery and precision with which they operate, but they always bring you back to one important motto:

Partyin’ peeps’ll do it.

Disclosure: Man crush

An evening with Preservation Hall Jazz Band in Folsom

2012-02-05T17:28:08Z

In many ways, it can be tough to reconcile the very institution of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band itself with the individual talents of the men who play in it.

It's a collective that has been the ambassador of New Orleans jazz for a half century - an indelible fixture of the city, and indeed, of jazz itself. It's easy to get caught up in the idea of the band and the mystique that surrounds it, and not recognize each individual (many of whom are part of an unbroken bloodline of 'Nawlins musicians) for their personal talents and accolades.

Even walking into the beautifully intimate and acoustically flawless Three Stages theatre on Friday evening and seeing the "Preservation Hall Jazz Band" skin on the bass drum, surrounded by a ramshackle set-up of dining room chairs on a pattered rug, flanked by a grand piano and the trademark monogrammed sousaphone, it was hard to think about anything but the aura of the band itself.

That aura even held as the house lights went down and the band strolled into an eerily, almost ethereally quiet house, most carrying their instruments with them. But from the moment they started to play, the boundaries faded away, with each member showing off their chops as part of a concert experience that can only be described as special.

There is no need for much amplification at Three Stages, even for this down-home acoustic band that gets by with minimal audio pickup on their mixture of brass, drum, bass, piano, vocals and a the occasional banjo (more on that in a second). The sound is just that good in that room.

From the time they began to play, each tune was a mish-mash of collective jamming and playful solos. Most of the band’s seven core members had their turn at the mic, from the smooth and jazzy vocal stylings of trumpeter Mark Braud and Clint Maedgen, to the smokey and gravelly Big Easy blues club chops of clarinet player Charlie Gabriel (at the tender young age of 80).

“We’re not really the South, we’re the Northern Caribbean,” quipped creative director Ben Jaffe, while tuning a deliciously twangy 100 year-old banjo and partnering with Gabriel on a Spanish-flavored instrumental duet, giving way to a tasty piano solo from Rickie Monie, a one-time organist for the Blind Boys of Alabama celebrating his 60th birthday.

After the band took a short break (presumably to mow down on the cake they brought out on stage for Monie), the band decided to sit in their living room and let the crowd entertain them, inciting the audience to take the vocals on the ol’ standard “You Are My Sunshine.”

As Ben Jaffe ruminated on during a phone interview a couple of weeks ago, “the origins of the word jazz come from what they called houses of jazz, which were houses of ill repute.” That was no more obvious as when the stage was bathed in red light for an extended take on “St. James Infirmary Blues,” a tense and sultry back-bar slow jam performed with deliberation and beautiful angst.

The angst quickly faded away as the band proclaimed “its your last chance to dance,” as they headed into the seats, instruments in hand, for a congo line lap around the theatre. It brought the entire crowd to their feet, with a few dozen audience members followed the group back onto the stage as they wound down a special evening of jazz.

Who knows how many years some of the individual members have left, but there’s a reason Preservation Hall Jazz Band has been around for 50 years. It’s an outfit fueled by the individual soul of its performers, but it is bigger than any one person. They represent an art form, and indeed a whole city.

There’s no doubt that New Orleans was in the house on Friday.

Preservation Hall Jazz Band’s performance coincided with both their 50th anniversary, as well as the one-year anniversary of Three Stages, which has enjoyed a mightily successful first year by exceeding expectations in ticket sales.

Upcoming Three Stages events include two nights with Merle Haggard on March 5 and 6, the Playing for Change Band on March 11, and the national tour of The Color Purple in April. For full info, visit ThreeStages.net.

Wilco shakes up Mondavi Center with flawless rock show

2012-02-03T00:14:09Z

Just moments after Wilco’s enigmatic guitarist Nels Cline had peeled the paint off the walls inside UC Davis' Mondavi Center with a little psychedelic freakout on "Impossible Germany," front man Jeff Tweedy pulled out the line of the night:

"You know, something just occurred to me - the guy yelling 'Free Bird!' might help explain the pepper spray incident."

Ohhh, too soon?

Tweedy asked that too, amidst the smattering of "ohhh's" and groans that were peppered (zing!) in with the laughter and the applause - although there seemed to be a resounding agreement that a little aerosol Tabasco to the face would be an appropriate response for a guy who apparently still thinks it's cool or funny to yell "Free Bird!" at a rock concert.

For a band with its roots in Chicago to quip about Pepper-gate, it was a bit of an unfortunate reminder that, at least for now, that's what Davis is going to have to be known for in wider circles. But if Mondavi Center keeps holding shows like the two hours of sheer rock and roll bliss that Wilco hammered out on Wednesday night, Davis might just earn itself a reputation as a concert destination, and not as the place where Occupy went horribly wrong.

There is no doubt that it was "the place to be" on this particular night. Everyone was running into someone they knew in a building that many in the room had likely never been to before. I even ran into Spence from Bay Area up-and-comers The Stone Foxes (and by “ran into” I mean fanboy-ed in the merch line).

Though an absolutely stunning and acoustically pristine hall, Mondavi Center was not conceived specifically for this kind of thing. It’s a concert hall. Rock shows don't typically have ushers in ties, they don't have flickering lights in the lobby to notify that the show is about to start, and they definitely don't have a recorded voice on the loudspeaker reminding you to turn off your cell phones right before opener White Denim took the stage right at 8 p.m. for a sneaky-awesome set of experimental psych pop.

Even the applause after each of White Denim's songs had that "concert hall" sound to it - no yelps, just clapping, like we had just heard a movement of Mahler's Fifth performed by the Hipster Symphony Orchestra.

"The Question" was lingering so heavy in the air you could cut it with safety scissors, even as Wilco was strolling onto the stage precisely at 9 p.m.:

Do we stand, or do we have to sit?

After some collective hesitation, the immediate answer was "stand!" That lasted about 30 seconds, until Tweedy & Co. surprisingly opted to start the show with the intensely beautiful but very mellow 12-minute ballad "One Sunday Morning (Song for Jane Smiley's Boyfriend)." That tune is, unequivocally, a sit-down song.

Owned.

There was no immediate cue to stand again even as Wilco completed an opening trifecta of tunes from 2011’s delicious “The Whole Love,” with the chunky, Radiohead-ish rumble of “The Art of Almost” and skippy pop ballad “I Might.”

But they weren’t Trying to Break Your Heart by playing just new stuff all night, digging into their catalog from way back, to their masterpiece “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot” and up through the self-titled album, with an continual array of images being broadcast onto a sprawling tapestry of what looked like ghosts made out of tissue by third-graders as a Halloween project. (Hmm, a ghost is born?).

With a band that sports a catalog as extensive as Wilco’s, there will inevitably be allegiances on all ends of the spectrum at any show. You’ll have people that only got into them from “Sky Blue Sky,” and those who will claim to have seen them play in an ice cream parlor in Chicago with only seven other people there, no electricity, and before Jeff Tweedy was even born. Oh, and Coldplay opened the show, too.

Wherever your particular allegiances lie, the newer songs from “The Whole Love” shone intensely bright at this performance. It can be argued that many Wilco fans like Wilco for the slower country-tinged acoustic balladry – and really the only two such songs of the night were “Sunday” and the stirring “Black Moon,” both from “Whole Love.”

That said, the entirety of the show was pure bliss, with Mondavi’s razor-sharp acoustics allowing a razor-sharp group of musicians to sound as good as you’ll ever hear them for what had to have been the most intense two hours in the venue’s history.

It was about an hour and a half in, just after the jazzy number “Capitol City,” before Tweedy proclaimed that “it’s going to be weird to play this song with you all sitting down.”

Floodgates: Opened. “Heavy Metal Drummer:” Killer.

The “other” line of the night came when Tweedy congratulated an audience member down front for “having the most pens in your pocket I’ve ever seen at a rock show.” The fan, who went by “Ramon,” happily handed one of his pens to Tweedy from the front of the stage.

Keeping it visible in his back pocket, and at times victoriously brandishing it like a sword, Tweedy promised to thank the fan in case he ended up writing a song with it – because “I feel like there’s a song in this pen.”

The pen is mightier than the FreeBird.

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Up next for Mondavi Center is Florence + the Machine on April 18 and The Shins on April 23, as the venue continues to get more looks for rock shows from Another Planet Entertainment. Might such gleaming rock and roll nights, like Wednesday night with Wilco, become more of the norm…?

Wilco's Mondavi Center Setlist - February 1, 2012:

One Sunday Morning
Art Of Almost
I Might
I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
One Wing
You Are My Face
Laminated Cat (electric arrangement)
Black Moon
Side With The Seeds
Born Alone
On and On and On
Impossible Germany
Capitol City
Handshake Drugs
Heavy Metal Drummer
I'm The Man Who Loves You
Box Full Of Letters
War On War
Dawned On Me
A Shot in the Arm
..
Whole Love
California Stars
The Late Greats
Standing O
I'm A Wheel

The indelible soul of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band

2012-01-31T21:57:26Z

Ben Jaffe couldn’t quite remember the name of “that big record store” he visited the last time Preservation Hall Jazz Band visited Sacramento, rehearsing for the jazz ballet suite “Ma Maison,” performed at the Mondavi Center back in November.

He did remember that it was “right downtown,” and it occupied a large corner. Not hard to determine that we were discussing The Beat.

“When you walk into places like that, its like, ‘thank you, Lord!’” Jaffe emphatically proclaimed.

“You need human interaction - in society we’ve become more and more isolated,” he said, ruminating on the eternal feud between the comforting smell of a house of vinyl and the ever-increasing prominence of MP3s. “Even though you can have 10,000 friends, the internet promotes isolation - you need to have that human touch.

“That’s what Preservation Hall Jazz Band is, what we’re an example of.”

A proverbial calling card of New Orleans itself, the soul of Preservation Hall Jazz Band doesn’t just pre-date computers and the internet – it practically pre-dates electricity itself. That soul wasn’t even wobbled by the winds of one of the worst disasters in history.

“After (Hurricane) Katrina, it took a long time before we had power back in our city, but we had music before we had power; we had music before we even had water,” Jaffe recalled. “What struck me is how this couldn’t happen anywhere else. (Music) is so engrained in who we are that we’re sort of like the ultimate green city in a lot of ways. We all survived down there for so long without power, but we had our music.”

As much a history lesson as they are a dynamic performance ensemble, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band has been delivering slices of NOLA flavor around the country and around the world for the last half-century.

On the heels of their massive 50th anniversary celebration at Carnegie Hall in New York, Preservation Hall Jazz Band comes to Three Stages in Folsom (coincidentally lining up with the one-year anniversary of that venue’s opening) on Friday, February 3. Three Stages is located at 10 College Parkway (off East Bidwell on the Folsom Lake College campus) in Folsom. The show begins at 7:30 p.m. and tickets are $25-$49. Ticket information is available here.

Anyone who has been to New Orleans (and as a result has also probably been to Bourbon Street/French Quarter) probably knows that the ambience of Bourbon Street, while continually lively and unique, falls somewhere between Vegas, Disneyland, and a frat party that the cops should have busted up hours ago.

This reporter happens to much prefer Frenchmen Street. Musicians will roam the streets with trumpets in hand, jumping into the fray with whatever band happens to be playing at the club they mosey into. There is a pulse of pure concentrated, un-filtered and un-bejeweled passion for music raging through the streets of that town that is impossible to imagine anywhere else in the world.

To see Bourbon Street as it currently lives (especially after the city’s massive post-Katrina redevelopment), it can at times be hard for that very essence of the city to shine through, past the dense peppering of gift shops and street vendors, bushels of beads and Huge Ass Beers.

But that essence is as strong as ever (if not stronger), and it is headquartered on one of the busiest corners of Bourbon Street at the Preservation Hall, where its namesake Jazz Band makes its home (when they’re not on tour, that is).

There is no true brick and mortar home to jazz itself, but if there was "one place," Preservation Hall is where the musical history of New Orleans lives - and it is seemingly imperishable in the hands of the men and women who make music there.

“It’s a place where we actually get to entertain people in what is essentially our living room, and that is an amazing thing to do - to simply walk in without doing a sound check,” said Jaffe, PHJB creative director and son of band founders Allan and Sandra Jaffe. He became director virtually right out of college, a part of one of many unbroken bloodlines that still run through a band which has collaborated with everyone from Del McCoury to Lenny Kravitz to Mos Def.

An acoustic ensemble, Preservation Hall Jazz Band is able to bring the jazz history lesson (and the party) to virtually anywhere in the world, from Three Stages to the corner of 17th and J if they so desired.

“In New Orleans, we don’t overthink the word jazz - it applies more to sort of the way that we live and the way we experience music,” Jaffe said. “People have applied it to so many different genres of music - cool jazz, modern jazz, East Coast, West Coast - if jazz has done anything, it’s probably become too high-brow or too elitist, and it’s lost its connection to the common man.

“That’s something that I always focus on, the way it’s been preserved in New Orleans for over 100 years, and we still use it the same way. We still play jazz at our funerals and dance parties and carnival parades. We’re not regurgitating something that happened 100 years ago, we’re playing something we’re part of as a city. That’s just so unique to New Orleans.”

Wilco descends on Mondavi Center; Shins, Florence next

2012-01-24T19:02:08Z

Rock journs dream about interviewing guys that have the mystique of Jeff Tweedy. So why not try and steal a few hundred seconds on the phone with one of rock's most intriguing (living) front men?

Because it would have been met with about the same response I repeatedly got in my pre-teen years when sending those letters with requests for a dinner date to Jennifer Love Hewitt, c/o Producers of "Party of Five."

Crickets.

In principle, Jeff Tweedy wouldn't be the kind of guy to scoff or turn his nose up at anyone who wanted an interview - that's not his style. There is no visible penthouse or caviar in his songwriting, his performance persona, or in the man himself - it's pretty much all back-alley and cheap bourbon. But there's no way he can say yes to every reporter who wants 15 minutes.

We're the Sacramento Press - and we're awesome, but Tweedy's musings on life and music are generally reserved for the Rolling Stones, Spins, Relixes or Pastes of the world.

Hang on a second...isn't that the same kind of thinking that would lead us all to believe that a band of Wilco's stature would never play in this area in the first place?

Almost inevitably intertwined with bubbling frustrations over Sacramento's struggling stewardship of its own local music scene are the age-old and ruthlessly self-perpetuating gripes about touring bands coming to town:

"No one ever comes to play here...they always pass over Sac between San Francisco and Portland or between San Francisco and Reno!"

Wilco performing at Mondavi Center in Davis pokes a heck of a lot of holes in that argument. They will do so on Wednesday, February 1st, along with White Denim. Tickets have been sold out for quite some time, as you can well imagine, but further details on the show are here (anyone else want to venture a guess that the photo on that website won't quite reflect the crowd that will attend this particular show?).

Speaking of poking holes in that argument, I'll see your Wilco and raise you a Florence + the Machine on April 18, and double-down with indie rock wunderkinds The Shins on April 23. Shins tickets are already on sale through Ticketmaster (amazingly, there's still some left, so get on it), with tickets for Florence + the Machine's recently announced tour on sale through the same outlet Friday, January 27 at 10 a.m.

Wilco, the Shins and Florence + the Machine, all in Davis!?

Before we get too carried away here, it's entirely possible (and indeed likely) that these two lip-smacking shows are directly correlated to the timing of Coachella, at which both bands will be in the neighborhood (that is, California) to perform. Bands are known to schedule regional dates on the way in and out of festivals like this (read: Radiohead in San Jose).

However, both shows (as well as Wilco) are being put on by Bay Area promotions juggernaut Another Planet Entertainment, so there's certainly cause for optimism that they seem to be looking harder at this venue, and indeed at the Sacramento area as a viable concert market. Another Planet is also behind the Black Keys show at Power Balance on May 5, and these are the same folks that handle all the booking for the Outside Lands and Treasure Island music festivals, as well as cornerstone Bay Area venues such as the Fox Theatre, Greek Theatre, Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, and the Independent.

Do we want them kicking in more shows in Sacramento? Yes please!

Wilco's 2011 treasure of a release "The Whole Love" set up camp in virtually every "Top Ten Albums of 2011" list you could find - and it's no mystery why. It found the common ground between their experimental freakout of a masterpiece "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" and the dusty road and somber Americana beauty of "Sky Blue Sky," "Wilco" and others. It's an inviting and intriguing tryst between hope and despair - but this time around, hope wins.

That's not always been the case for Tweedy and his now eponymous band. They've labored through the death of Jay Bennett (in his own right a fine songwriter and leading man) in 2009, and Tweedy's well-documented struggles with addiction and panic attacks - the pains of which have oozed into the fibers of virtually every album they've ever recorded, harnessing his enigmatic persona inside a sonic mausoleum with rays of sunlight virtually pounding through the stained glass to get in.

Sometimes the sunlight made it in, other times not.

To listen to Wilco's music, it often seemed that Tweedy's early rendezvous with death was as inevitable as this reporter's night on the town with Jennifer Love Hewitt was impossible. But when you listen to what's coming out of him these days, you see a man who will always be able to identify with life in the gutter, but no longer cares to reside there.

Watch Wilco performing "The Whole Love" and "Dawned on Me" on Conan on January 23.

There's a wisp of Dylan quality to him, and even a bit of Lennon (but maybe that's just the sweet Rickenbacker guitar?), but the one thing Tweedy has always been is, quite simply, himself.

Always honest (at times brutally so), a painfully beautiful songwriter, and no matter his emotion or state of mind, always a mystery.

It is that mystery, and the songs that are born of it, that makes Wilco what they are.

Disclosure: Aaron Davis did not actually send in written requests for dates to Jennifer Love Hewitt, mostly due to fear

2012 Sactown concert update: Black Keys, Delta Spirit, Preservation Hall Jazz Band

2012-01-09T21:02:02Z

Call it "15 for '12." Since Sac Press announced 12 can't miss concerts for 2012, the calendar has gone slightly bonkers with a trio of exciting announcements for the coming months, and there's no way we can leave them off the list.

As many of you may have heard already in this morning's announcement, the haymaker of this list is The Black Keys, bucking the perceived trend of "big name acts passing over Sacramento." Their rise over the last couple of year has been meteoric, circumventing pop trends by injecting blood-in-the-mud blues rock into the mainstream in a way that has arguably never been done before - you'd probably have to go back to the heyday of Zeppelin. Songs like the beer-swilling sing-a-long "Howlin for You" made "Brothers" a mainstream smash, setting the stage for the recently released "El Camino." It's the kind of edgy, distorted throwback blues you don't expect to hear at stadium concerts and venues the size of Your-Name-Here Arena, but their popularity is a testament to the need for an alternative to the normal sounds of mainstream radio rock. As drummer Patrick Carney recently told Rolling Stone, "Rock & roll is dying because people became OK with Nickelback being the biggest band in the world." Consider the Black Keys the antidote to rock and roll's imminent death...? With Arctic Monkeys. Saturday, May 5. Power Balance Pavilion, 1 Sports Pkwy. $49. www.powerbalancepavilion.com.

Also coming to town is the venerable Preservation Hall Jazz Band, an audible history book of the only truly American form of music. They're out on their 50th Anniversary tour, as a version of the band has been performing at New Orleans' Preservation Hall and touring the world for that same amount of time. Several members have come and gone, but by their dedication to the very roots of jazz and top-notch musicianship, they remain one of the most storied institutions to be found anywhere in the country. And as you can see from their tour schedule, they don't roll around just anywhere! If there really is a "if you only own one jazz album, get this one" out there, it might have to be the two disc "Preservation," which features guest vocals from Tom Waits, Yim Yames, Ani DiFranco, Merle Haggard and many more. Friday, February 3. Three Stages at Folsom Lake College, 10 College Pkwy, Folsom. $25-$49. www.threestages.net.

Let's top it off with Delta Spirit, a piano-driven wallop of a rock act hailing from San Diego, who put on incendiary live shows wrought with primal rock and roll gusto and soulful, emotionally thundering balladry. They're touring behind their upcoming self-titled third LP, of which front man Matt Vasquez says "we found the sound that we’ve been looking for, that we’ve been growing into, and as soon as we hit on it, we ran with it." This is a guy know to run recklessly on stage from one amp to the other, with guitar in hand and harp-on-the-rack mounted on his shoulder - one part Mick Jagger, another part Neil Young, another Johnny Ramone. Hold onto your knickers! Tuesday, May 8. Ace of Spades, 1417 R St. www.aceofspadessac.com.

Sacramento Area Concerts and Local Music Events This Week

2011-12-09T18:44:29Z

Here are some of the many music events happening in the Sacramento area this week. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com.

Sacramento Area Concerts & Music Events

Running through January 2012: Bingo The Winning Musical at Cosmopolitan Cabaret at 10th & K street in Sacramento. Show at 7:30 PM.. Tickets are $32.00 - $48.00.

Friday, December 9th - Friday, December 23rd: Sacramento Bellet presents The Nutcracker at Sacramento Community Center Theatre. Tickets are $15.00 - $69.00

Friday, December 9th: Cage The Elephant at Ace of Spades is Sold Out!

Friday, December 9th - Sunday, December 11th: Capital Christian Center presents The Singing Christmas Tree on 9470 Micron Avenue Sacramento. Shows begin at various times. Tickets are $5.00 - $25.00. Thesiningchristmastree.org.

Friday, December 9th: Air Supply at Thunder Valley Resort. Concert at 8PM. Tickets are $49.00 - $75.00.

Saturday, Decmber 10th: KNCI Country Christmas with Montgomery Gentry - Craig Campbell - Danny Gokey & Attwat at Power Balance Pavilion. Concert at 7PM. Tickets are $15.00 - $35.00.

Saturday, December 10th - Sunday, December 11th: Sacramento Chorale Society presents Home for The Holidays at Mondavi Center Jackson Hall (SAT 8PM - SUN 2PM) Tickets are $35.00 - $55.00.

Sunday, December 11th - Wednesday, December 21st: Sacramento Master Singers present Glory To The Newborn King at St Francis Church 1066 26th Street. Performances at various times. Tickets are $20.00.

Thursday, December 15th: Jingle Bell Rock with Eddie Money - Lou Gramm - Mickey Thomas at Thunder Valley Resort. Concert at 8PM. Tickets are $49.00 - $75.00.

Thursday, December 15th: Mannheim Steamroller at Sacramento Memorial Auditorium. Concert at 7:30PM. Tickets are $30.00 - $75.00.

Special Note: Tesla's Twisted Wires Acoustic Show at Ace of Spades was re-scheduled (from 12/2 & 12/3) to Friday, January 27th & Saturday, January 28th. Tickets are $30.00.

The Local Music Scene

Friday, December 9th

Pat Wilder at Torch Club 9PM/$10

Big Iron at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

3 Dance Floors of DJ Top Hits - Hip-Hop - Latin at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 After

Pushtonawanda - Be Brave Bold Robot at Marilyn's 9PM/$8

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

80's & 90's DJ Mix at Mix Downtown 9PM

Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter - The Soft White Sixties - Damon Wycoff at Blue Lamp 9PM

Crossing The River - In The Know at Lunas 9PM/$6

Jet Black Popes - Wannabe Barnabe at Old Ironsides 9PM

Kepi Ghoulie - Pets - Honyock at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

DJ Gabe Xavier Halowwen Party at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM/$15

Roger Carpio & John Drole at Townhouse 9PM/$5

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Flirt Fridays with DJ Alazzawi at District 30 9 p.m.

Deadlands - Dedvolt - Art of Chaos - Underground Addicts at Shenanigans 9PM

Smile Empty Soul - Prylosis - FallRise - EgoStall - Misamore - Zen Arcadia at The Boardwalk 7PM

Orgone with Zuhg at Harlows 10PM/$12

Dean-O-Holics Holiday Show Luigis Fungarden 8:30PM/$6

Audio Dub at Power House Pub 9PM/$10

Saturday, December 10th

Chris 2Me at Marilyns 9PM/$5

New Wave Dance Party at Old Ironsides 9PM

Anthony Cavzos - Alicia Gonzales at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

Wonderland at Mix Downtown 9PM

Fair Struggle - California Medication - Adonis DNA - Wings of Innocence at Shennaigans 8PM/$10

Country Music & Line Dancing 8PM with DJ's on Three Floors & Prohibition Costume Party at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 after

DJ Peeti-V at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

Chris Cain at The Torch Club 9PM

Exhale - Thomas & Plecker - Chelsea Hughes at Naked Lounge Downtown 8PM/$8

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Charlie Hunter with Bhi Bhiman 7:30PM/$20 Conscious Vibes B-Day Bash with Urban Punk 10PM/$15 at Harlows

DJ Foley at District 30 9PM

Pierced Arrows - Charles Albright - G Green at Luigis Fungarden 8:30PM

Tommy Castro at Power House Pub 10PM/$15

DJ Larry Rodriquez at Press Club 9PM/$5

The Generals - The Royal - Der Spazm at Blue Lamp 9PM

X-GVNR & Brian Hawk at Townhouse Lounge 9PM/$5

Sunday, December 11th

Dragalicious Show & DJ Hits at Faces 9PM/$5

Blues Jam 5PM at Torch Club 9PM

Supersuckers - Three Bad Jacks - Avenue Saints at Ace of Spades 6:30PM/$17

Powerhouse of Blues with Max Cabello at Power House Pub 3PM

Industry Night at Golden Bear 9PM

Sin Sunday at Blue Lamp 9PM

Mansions on the Moon at Harlows 8PM/$12

Sunday Night Soul Party with DJ Larry & DJ Hailey Press Club 8PM

Disclosure: I have been covering the local music scene in the Sacramento area for over ten years, and just want people to know what's happening where they live. There is a lot to choose from and a wide variety of local talented musicians. So Get Out & Enjoy!!

Sacramento Area Concerts and Local Music Events This Week

2011-12-02T19:26:01Z

Here are some of the many music events happening in the Sacramento area this week. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com.

Sacramento Area Concerts & Music Events

Running through January 2012: Bingo The Winning Musical at Cosmopolitan Cabaret at 10th & K street in Sacramento. Show at 7:30 PM.. Tickets are $32.00 - $48.00.

Friday, December 2nd: An Irish Christmas at Three Stahes Folsom Lake. Concert at 7:30PM. Tickets are $75.00-$100.00

Friday, Decmber 2nd - Saturday, December 3rd: Tesla's Twisted Wires Acoustic Tour at Ace of Spades. Doors open at 7PM. Tickets are $30.00.

Friday, December 2nd - Sunday, December 4th: River City Chorale presents Chistmas Concerts at three locations this weekend. FRI & SAT at 7:30PM & SUN 4PM. More info at Rivercitychorale.org.

Friday, December 2nd - Sunday, December 11th: Capital Christian Center presents The Singing Christmas Tree on 9470 Micron Avenue Sacramento. Shows begin at various times. Tickets are $5.00 - $25.00. Thesingingchristmastree.org.

Sunday, December 4th: Camellia Symphony Messiah Sing Along at St Johns Lutheran Church 1701 L Street in Sacramento. Event begins at 5PM. Tickets are $10.00.

Sunday, December 4th: Sacramento Youth Symphony presents Winterfest Concert for Families at Tsakopoulos Library Galleria 828 I Sreet Sacramento at 1PM/Free.

Sunday, December 4th: The California International Marathon take place in downtown Sacramento with a variety of musical performances that include Crazy Ballhead on the steps of the State Capitol. Events begin at 8:30AM.

The Local Music Scene

Friday, December 2nd

Mick Martin & Blues Rockers at Torch Club 9PM/$10

Whiyewash Station - Mandolin Avenue at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

3 Dance Floors of DJ Top Hits - Hip-Hop - Latin at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 After

Fishnet Fridays with Sizzling Sirens and DJ Larry Rodriquez at Marilyn's 9 p.m.

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

80's & 90's DJ Mix at Mix Downtown 9PM

Vital Perception - Legions Requiem at Blue Lamp 9PM

MRQ Band - Hot Club de Carmichael at Lunas 9PM/$6

Smirker - The Guverment - South Lot at Old Ironsides 9PM

Stoneberry - Mededora - Andrew Harrison at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

DJ Gabe Xavier Halowwen Party at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM/$15

Roger Carpio & John Drole at Townhouse 9PM/$5

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Flirt Fridays at District 30 9 p.m.

West Coast Villians at Shenanigans 9PM

Analog Jazz Christmas Show 7PM/$15 & Method Echo 10PM/$10 at Harlows

Stalking Distance at Distillery 10PM

Sherman Baker at Luigis Fungarden 8PM/$6

Red Elvises - Spazmatics at Power House Pub 9PM/$15

Saturday, December 3rd:

The Bell Boys - South Lot at Marilyns 9PM

Lipstick Weekender Dance Party at Old Ironsides 9PM

SouthTerrain at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

Wonderland at Mix Downtown 9PM

Country Music & Line Dancing 8PM with DJ's on Three Floors & Prohibition Costume Party at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 after

DJ Peeti-V at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

Red Meat - Colonel Jimmy & Blackfish at Distillery 10PM

MoFo Party Band at The Torch Club 9PM

Isaac Howl - Out of Place at Naked Lounge Downtown 8PM/$8

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Midnight Players at Harlows 9:30PM/$12

DJ Slick D at District 30 9PM

Best Christmas Ever Band at Luigis Fungarden 8PM

Young Dubliners - Black Eyed Dempsies at Power House Pub 10PM/$15

DJ Larry Rodriquez at Press Club 9PM/$5

N-Men - Bleedin hearts at Blue Lamp 9PM

X-GVNR & Brian Hawk at Townhouse Lounge 9PM/$5

Sunday, December 4th

Dragalicious Show & DJ Hits at Faces 9PM/$5

Blues Jam 5PM at Torch Club 9PM

Powerhouse of Blues with Tom Rigney at Power House Pub 3PM

Industry Night at Golden Bear 9PM

The Session at Blue Lamp 9PM

Sunday Night Soul Party with DJ Larry & DJ Hailey Press Club 8PM

Sacramento Area Concerts and Local Music Events This Week

2011-11-19T01:52:28Z

Here are some of the many music events happening in the Sacramento area this week. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com.

Sacramento Area Concerts & Music Events

Running through January 2012: Bingo The Winning Musical at Cosmopolitan Cabaret at 10th & K street in Sacramento. Show at 7:30 PM.. Tickets are $32.00 - $48.00.

Saturday, November 19th: Trans-Siberian Orchestra at Power Balance Pavilion. Two Shows at 3PM and 8PM. Tickets are $39.00 - $59.00.

Saturday, November 19th - Sunday, November 20th: Sacramento Oepra presents Paglassi with guest The Sacramento Philharmonic at Sacramento Community Center Theatre. Tickets are $28.00 - $100.00.

Through November 19th: Three Stages Folsom presents Monty Pythons Spamalot. Tickets are $45.00 - $79.00.

The Local Music Scene

Friday, November 18th

Shane Dwight at Torch Club 9PM/$10

Adrian Bourgeois - Gillian Underwood - Allyson Seconds at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

3 Dance Floors of DJ Top Hits - Hip-Hop - Latin at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 After

West Of Next - Rich Driver -Jay Shane at Marilyn's 9 p.m.

CrookOne TGIF Halloween Pary at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

80's & 90's DJ Mix at Mix Downtown 9PM

Tears N’ Boners - Rubbish at Blue Lamp 9PM

Jack & White - Reggie Ginn at Lunas 9PM/$6

End of Days - A Single Second - Sans Sobriety at Old Ironsides 9PM

Mandolin Avenue - Sandra Delores - Dogtown Serenaders at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

DJ Gabe Xavier Halowwen Party at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM/$15

Roger Carpio & John Drole at Townhouse 9PM/$5

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Flirt Fridays at District 30 9 p.m.

Incision - Color the Sound - UVR at Shenanigans 9PM

Fade, Haze - Ill Effect - Tis Dale - Cali Blue at The Boardwalk 7PM

Years of Aggression - Silent Sinner - Seeker - Hemorage at Distillery 10PM

La Bamba, Death Songs, Armando Rivera at Luigis Fungarden 8PM/$6

Years of Aggression - Silent Sinner - Seeker - Hemorage at The Distillery 9PM

Take Pride - Bulltrue - Rise Of Serapis - Heart Of A Warrior - We’re Not Friends Anymore - Behold the Device at Ace of Spades 7PM

Inspector 71 at Power House Pub 9PM/$15

Saturday, November 19th

Brokedown In Bakersfield - The Golden Cadillacs at Marilyns 9PM

March into Paris - The Resurrection Man - The Memorials at Old Ironsides 9PM

Kevin Seconds & Freinds at Fox & Goose 9PM

Wonderland at Mix Downtown 9PM

Country Music & Line Dancing 8PM with DJ's on Three Floors at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 after

DJ Peeti-V at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

Blackeyed Dempsies at Distillery 10PM

Daniel Castro at The Torch Club 9PM

Big Iron - Quinn Hedges at Naked Lounge Downtown 8PM/$8

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

DJ Chris Harnett at District 30 9PM

The Walking Dead - Avenue Saints - Bent Left - Okami - Mad Judy at Luigis Fungarden 8PM

Caravanserai at Power House Pub 10PM/$15

DJ Larry Rodriquez at Press Club 9PM/$5

Billy Blackburn at Harlows 10PM/$12

Groovin High - Nagual at Blue Lamp 9PM

X-GVNR & Brian Hawk at Townhouse Lounge 9PM/$5

The Battle of Midway - Fair Struggle - The Sky Command at Ace of Spades 7PM

Sunday, November 20th

Dragalicious Show & DJ Hits at Faces 9PM/$5

Blues Jam 5PM & Candye Cane at Torch Club 9PM

Powerhouse of Blues with Lidia Pense at Power House Pub 3PM

Industry Night at Golden Bear 9PM

The Session at Blue Lamp 9PM

Sunday Night Soul Party with DJ Larry & DJ Hailey Press Club 8PM

Sacramento Area Concerts and Local Music Events This Week

2011-11-11T18:42:28Z

Here are some of the many music events happening in the Sacramento area this week. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com.

Sacramento Area Concerts & Music Events

Running through January 2012: Bingo The Winning Musical at Cosmopolitan Cabaret at 10th & K street in Sacramento. Show at 7:30 PM.. Tickets are $32.00 - $48.00.

Friday, November 11th: Hot 8 Brass Band at Mondavi Center, UC Davis. Concert ay 8PM. Tickets are $37.00.

Sunday, November 13th: BB King at Sacramento Community Center Theatre. Concert at 8PM. Tickets are $39.00 - $99.00.

Sunday, November 13th: Peter Noone at Thunder Valley Casino. Concert at 8PM. Tickets are $20.00 - $30.00.

Sunday, November 13th: Sacramento Youth Symphony Fall Concert at Rosemont High Scool 9594 Kiefer BLVD Sacramento. Concert at 3PM. Tcikets are $15.00 - $20.00.

Tuesday, November 15th: An Evening with Vikki Lewis at Cosmopolitan Cabaret. Show at 7:30PM. Tickets are $50.00 - $75.00.

Tuesday, November 15th: Lucinda Williams & Buick 6 at The Crest Theatre. Concert at 8PM. Tickets are $34.00 - $49.00.

The Local Music Scene

Friday, November 11th

Corrine West & Kelly Joe Phelps 7PM/$15 Led Zeppelin 2 10PM/$12 at Harlows

Final Final Band at Torch Club 9PM/$8

Adrian Bourgeois - Gillian Underwood - Allyson Seconds at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

3 Dance Floors of DJ Top Hits - Hip-Hop - Latin at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 After

Relic 45 & Howlin Woods at Marilyn's 9 p.m.

CrookOne TGIF Halloween Pary at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

80's & 90's DJ Mix at Mix Downtown 9PM

East of Sweden - Genius and the Thieves at Blue Lamp 9PM

Kim Angelis and Josef - Julie the Bruce at Lunas 9PM/$6

The Two Man Gentlemen Band -The FreeBadge Serenaders at Old Ironsides 9PM

The Common Men - Terra Ferno - Diciembre Gris - Der Spazm at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

DJ Gabe Xavier Halowwen Party at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM/$15

Roger Carpio & John Drole at Townhouse 9PM/$5

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

DK Cokez at District 30 9 p.m.

Walking Tall - Patrick Walsh at Shenanigans 9PM

Zack Wheeler - Jack Darwin - California Child - Akhethar - Some Seek Forgiveness at The Boardwalk 7PM

Pinkkloud - Get Shot!- The Crunchees - Capital Bastard at Distillery 10PM

Dreamdate - Greg Ashley - Moore Bros. - San Kazakgascar at Luigis Fungarden 8PM/$6

Winds of Plague - Chelsea Grin - As Blood Runs Black - For The Fallen Dreams - Upon A Burning Body - In The Midst Of Lionsat at Ace of Spades 7PM

Foreverland at Power House Pub 9PM/$20

Saturday, November 12th:

Ten Mile Tide at Marilyns 9PM

Fascination 80's New Wave Dance Party at Old Ironsides 9PM

Ricky and Del Connection - Crash Thimblesat Fox & Goose 9PM

Wonderland at Mix Downtown 9PM

Country Music & Line Dancing 8PM with DJ's on Three Floors at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 after

DJ Peeti-V at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

Crazy Ballhead - Zoo Human Project - Blaqueliste at Distillery 10PM

Sista Monica at The Torch Club 9PM

Briertone - Picture Atlantic - Cold Eskimo at Naked Lounge Downtown 8PM/$8

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

DJ Chris Harnett at District 30 9PM

Decades at Power House Pub 10PM/$20

DJ Larry Rodriquez at Press Club 9PM/$5

Steelin Dan at 7PM/$15 Zuhg at 10:30PM/$10 at Harlows

Mahtie Bush at Blue Lamp 9PM

X-GVNR & Brian Hawk at Townhouse Lounge 9PM/$5

Black Veil Brides - Falling In Reverse - Aiden - Drive Aat Ace of Spades 7PM

Sunday, November 13th

Dragalicious Show & DJ Hits at Faces 9PM/$5

Blues Jam 5PM & Bone MacDonald at Torch Club 9PM

Powerhouse of Blues with Lidia Pense at Power House Pub 3PM

Rich Robinson of Black Crowes at Harlows 8:30PM/$15

Industry Night at Golden Bear 9PM

Songwriter's Showcase at Blue Lamp 6PM

Bless the Fall - The Word Alive - Motionless In White - Chunk! No at Ace pf Spades 6:30PM

Sunday Night Soul Party with DJ Larry & DJ Hailey Press Club 8PM

Sacramento Area Concerts and Local Music Events This Week

2011-10-28T18:35:43Z

Here are some of the many music events happening in the Sacramento area this week. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com. Have a Happy Halloween!!

Sacramento Area Concerts & Music Events

Running through January 2012: Bingo The Winning Musical at Cosmopolitan Cabaret at 10th & K street in Sacramento. Show at 7:30 PM.. Tickets are $32.00 - $48.00.

Friday, October 28th: Sacramento Ballet presents Dracula at Sacramento Community Center Theatre. Tickets are $17.00 - $68.00.

Friday, October 28th: Midnight Star - A Taste of Honey at Thunder Valley Casino. Concert at 8PM. Tickets are $20.00 - $30.00.

Saturday, October 29th: Exotic Halloween Ball at Cal Expo. Doors open at 8:30PM. Tickets are $24.00 & $100.00 VIP. More info at http://now100fm.radio.com/2011/09/30/2011-exotic-halloween-ball/

Saturday, October 29th: Nightmare on R Street (15th & R Downtown) Halloween Block Party at Shady Lady, Burgers & Brew, Ace of Spades, R-15.

Saturday, October 29th: Sinners & Saints Halloween Party at Thunder Valley Casino. Doors Open at 9PM. Tickets are $19.00.

Tuesday, November 1st: Foo Fighters - Cage The Elephant at Power Balance Pavilion. Concert at 7PM. Tickets are $27.00 - $59.00.

Tuesday, November 1st: Method Man at Ace of Spades. Show at 7PM. Tickets are $32.95.

Wednesday, Novmeber 2nd: Mastodon at Ace of Spades. Show at 7PM. Tickets are $32.95.

The Local Music Scene

Friday, October 28th

Wake The Dead Halloween Bash at Harlows 10PM/$12

The Coalition Halloween Party at Torch Club 9PM/$8

TSLOS - Nice Monster - Musical Charis at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

3 Dance Floors of DJ Top Hits - Hip-Hop - Latin at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 After

Zach Deputy - Quin Hedges at Marilyn's 9 p.m.

CrookOne TGIF Halloween Pary at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

80's & 90's DJ Mix at Mix Downtown 9PM

City of Vain - Riot Radio - Setting Sons - Bastards of Young at Blue Lamp 9PM

Afternoon Teacup Collection at Lunas 9PM/$6

French Cassettes - The Isaac Howl - Black Holes at Old Ironsides 9PM

Blame the Bishop - Glowbox Lemonade at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

DJ Gabe Xavier Halloween Party at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM/$15

Roger Carpio & John Drole at Townhouse 9PM/$5

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Costume Lingerie and Masquerade Ball with DJ A-1 & Benji Lugo at District 30 9 p.m.

Halloween Show with Misamore - Fallrise - Sixes and Sevens - Hot Pot Studios Fusion Bellydance at Shenanigans 9PM

Throwdown - Havenside - Carnifex - Suffokate - First Blood - Chernobog -And Came Back Brutal at The Boardwalk 7PM

Get Shot! - The Number 13 - The Left Hand - The Crunchees - Stalking Distance at Distillery 10PM

Rocky Horror Picture Show with Live Music at at Luigis Fungarden 8PM/$6

Matt Nathanson - Scars On 45 at Ace of Spades 7PM

Playboy School - Full Melt - Estaban Villa at Beatnik Studios 8PM

Tainted Love All Halloween Eve Weekend Party at Power House Pub 9PM/$20

Saturday, October 29th

Children of the Grave - Smirker at Marilyns 9PM

Isaac Bear - Face 4 Radio - Puzzeltree at Old Ironsides 9PM

Todd Clouser’s A Love Electric - Ross Hammond Trio at Fox & Goose 9PM

Wonderland & Haunted Rooftop Halloween Party at Mix Downtown 9PM

Country Music & Line Dancing 8PM with DJ's on Three Floors at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 after

DJ Peeti-V Halloween Party at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

4th Annual Halloween Bash at Stoney Inn 9PM

South Lot & Halloween Party at Distillery 10PM

Halloween Howler with KB & the Slingtones - The Revtones - The Vintage Vandals at The Torch Club 9PM

Not For Profit - Pushtonawanda - Honyock at Naked Lounge Downtown 8PM/$8

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Arden Park Roots - Dogfood at Shenanigans 9PM

The Pirate Ball at District 30 9PM

Spazmatics Halloween Eve Weekend at Power House Pub 10PM/$20

DJ Larry Rodriquez at Press Club 9PM/$5

Warp 11 Halloween Party at Blue Lamp 9PM

X-GVNR & Brian Hawk at Townhouse Lounge 9PM/$5

Alesana - A Skylit Drive - Sleepting with Sirens - Attila at Ace of Spades 7PM

Sunday, October 30th

Jason Webley - Fierce Creatures - Musical Charis - Julie the Bruce at Beatnik Studios 7PM

Dragalicious Show & DJ Hits at Faces 9PM/$5

Blues Jam 5PM & The Nibblers Halloween Party at Torch Club 9PM

Powerhouse of Blues at Power House Pub 3PM

Industry Night at Golden Bear 9PM

Kathryn Calder - Anomie Belle at Blue Lamp 9:30PM

Sunday Night Soul Party with DJ Larry & DJ Hailey Press Club 8PM

Dead Rock Stars Halloween Show with I Scream On Sundae - Diciembre Gris - Ricky Berger - Sureshot - Denver Piledrivers - Crazy Ballhead - Be Brave Bold Robot - Virtue Vices - Blame The Bishop at Old Ironsides 8PM/$7

Sacramento Area Concerts and Local Music Events This Week

2011-10-21T17:31:51Z

Here are some of the many music events happening in the Sacramento area this week. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com.

Sacramento Area Concerts & Music Events

Running through January 2012: Bingo The Winning Musical at Cosmopolitan Cabaret at 10th & K street in Sacramento. Shows at various times. Tickets are $32.00$48.00.

Friday, October 21st: English Beat - The Snobs - Avenue Saints - La Noche Oskura at Ace of Spades. Show at 6:30PM. Tickets are $21.95.

Saturday, october 22nd, 23rd, 27th, 28th: Sacramento Ballet presents Dracula at Sacramento Community Center Theatre. Tickets are $17.00 - $68.00.

Sunday, October 23rd: Lord of the Rings Concert at Power Balance Pavilion. Concert at 6PM. Tickets are $43.00 - $87.00.

Sunday, October 23rd: Chris Brown - T-Pain - TYGA at Sleeptrain Amphitehatre. Concert at 7PM. Tickets are $29.00 - $90.00.

Monday, October 24th: Tech N9ne - Krizz Kaliko - Kutt Calhoun - Jay Rock - Flawless - Americaz Mozt Haunted at Ace of Spdes. Doors Open at 6PM. Tickets are $39.95.

The Local Music Scene

Friday, October 21st

Rubinos at 7PM/$18 & Wonderbread 5 at Harlows 10PM/$12

Delta Wires at Torch Club 9PM/$8

Cold Eskimo - Picture Atlantic - Spirit of St Louis at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

3 Dance Floors of DJ Top Hits - Hip-Hop - Latin at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 After

Adrian Bourgeois - Christopher Fairman - Smirker at Marilyn's 9 p.m.

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

80's & 90's DJ Mix at Mix Downtown 9PM

Brown Shoe - Out Of Place - Buttercream Gang at Blue Lamp 9PM

Stoneberry - Family Bandits - Heartroot at Lunas 9PM/$6

Sicfus - Isaac Bear - Corduroy at Old Ironsides 9PM

Gerald Please - Brian Rogers - Bryan Nichols at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

DJ Gabe Xavier Park Ultra Lounge 9PM/$15

3rd Friday Reggae with Urbanfire - DJ Wokstar - The Storytellers at Swabbies on the River 6 p.m.

Roger Carpio & X-GVNR - Jon Dro -l at Townhouse 9PM/$5

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Rock & Rhyme Live - Zoe Galgiani at District 30 9PM

Afroman - Human Temperament - Good People - Cal Fig - Block Mob - Bonus Traxx - Kevi Kev at The Boardwalk 8PM

Steel Breeze at Power House Pub 10PM/$12

The Bloodtypes - Totally Greenday - Union Hearts - Strange Party at Luigis Fungarden 8:30PM/$6

Saturday, October 22nd

The Ricky James Project - Iconoclast Robots - Zebulon at Marilyns 9PM

Bucho! - In the Know - Crossing the River at Old Ironsides 9PM

The Bell Boys - The Paper Dolls - Gillian Underwood at Fox & Goose 9PM

Zed's Dead - Boggan - Crescendo at Ace of Spades 8PM

Wonderland at Mix Downtown 9PM

Country Music & Line Dancing 8PM with DJ's on Three Floors at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 after

DJ Peeti-V at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

Arts & Leisure - Nacho Business - Dreamdate at Lugis Fungarden 8PM

Chronaexus - Ninth Moon Black - Descendent - Cura Cochino at Distillery 10PM

Midtown Creepers at The Torch Club 9PM

The Crash - Thimbles - Greenhouse/Angela Daviesat at Naked Lounge Downtown 8PM/$8

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Mark Gilmore Benefit with Restrayned - Larisa Bryski - Turning Point - Self Centered - First Class Citizen - Andrus-Shively at Shenanigans/7PM

Kingdom Of Giants - June Breaks Bright - Social Syn - Early on the Morrow - The Will The Way - Maleya at The Boardwalk 7PM

DJ Nate D at District 30 9PM

Superlicious at Power House Pub 10PM/$10

DJ Larry Rodriquez at Press Club 9PM/$5

Petty Theft Tom Petty Tribute & Cherry Bomb John Mellencamp Tribute at Blue Lamp 9PM

X-GVNR & Brian Hawk at Townhouse Lounge 9PM/$5

Sunday, October 23rd

Dragalicious Show & DJ Hits at Faces 9PM/$5

Johnny Guitar Knox at Torch Club 9PM

Powerhouse of Blues at Power House Pub 3PM

Industry Night at Golden Bear 9PM

The Soft Bombs - The Dramantics - Leilujh at Blue Lamp 9:30PM

Sunday Night Soul Party with DJ Larry & DJ Hailey Press Club 8PM

Impending Doom - Revocation - Nightmare in the Twilight - Awaiting the Apocalypse - Before You Fall at The Boardwalk 6:30PM

Sacramento Area Concerts and Local Music Events This Week

2011-10-14T14:24:10Z

Here are some of the many music events happening in the Sacramento area this week. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com.

Sacramento Area Concerts & Music Events

Running through January 2012: Bingo The Winning Musical at Cosmopolitan Cabaret at 10th & K street in Sacramento. Shows at various times. Tickets are $32.00- $48.00.

Friday, October 14th: Journey with Foreigner & Night Ranger at Sleeptrain Amphitehatre. Concert at 7PM. Tickets are $30.00 - $280.00.

Saturday, october 15th & Sunday, October 16th: Sacramento Philharmonic presents Rachmaninoff featuring pianist Olga Kern. SAT at Sacramento Communit Center Theatre at 8PM. SUN at Three Stages Folsom at 2PM. Tickets are $20.00 - $60.00.

Saturday, October 15th: Midtown Vampire Pub Crawl featuring dancers from the Scaramento Ballet beginsa with Happy Hour and continues to sevral locations in Midtown. Info at www.sacballet.org.

Monday, October 17th: Brian Mckenna's B-Day Show with Adrian Belew Power Trio & Stickman - King Crimson - at Harlows. Show at 7:30PM. Tickets are $25.00 - $48.00.

The Local Music Scene

Friday, October 14th

Musical Charis - Feva in the Funkhouse at Harlows 10PM/$7

Rudy Parris at Torch Club 9PM/$8

Gene Smith - Greenhouse - Lucky Laskowsk at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

3 Dance Floors of DJ Top Hits - Hip-Hop - Latin at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 After

Flirt Fridays at District 30 9PM

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Robert Wynia from Floater at Marilyns 9:30PM/$5

80's & 90's DJ Mix at Mix Downtown 9PM

Banner Mountain Boys at Lunas 9PM/$6

Desario - Jem & Scout - 50 Watt Heavy at Old Ironsides 9PM

Zodiac Death Valley -Ritual Waste - Tepid Joy at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

DJ Gabe Xavier Park Ultra Lounge 9PM/$15

Roger Carpio & X-GVNR - Jon Dro -l at Townhouse 9PM/$5

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Mr. Rogers - The Well Known Nobody’s - Groovin’ High at Shenanigans 9PM/$5

G.A.B. - Brand Smiff - Jesse James - Kaleigh Boi - Vicious - Von Vatton at The Boardwalk 8PM

Wonderbread 5 at Power House Pub 10PM/$12

Happy Medium - Goodness Gracious Me at Luigis Fungarden 8:30PM/$6

Saturday, October 15th

Halloween Party w/ The Hits at Marilyns 9:30PM/$10

Exhale The Vile - A Thousand Shall Fall at Old Ironsides 9PM

Little Black Bats and friends at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

Wonderland at Mix Downtown 9PM

Country Music & Line Dancing 8PM with DJ's on Three Floors at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 after

DJ Peeti-V at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

The Nickel Slots - Bright Faces - Whiskey & Stitches at Distillery 10PM

Terry Hanck at The Torch Club 9PM/$8

The Speed Of Sound In Seawater - Hail The Sun - Asteroid M - Iconoclast Robot at Lounge Downtown 8PM/$8

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Blood Moon Regale After Party at Shenanigans 9PM

Tag! You’re Dead - Our Endless Obsession - Calling All Survivors - Brothers to Arms - Thea Skotia The Boardwalk 7PM

Caravanserai at Power House Pub 10PM/$10

DJ Larry Rodriquez at Press Club 9PM/$5

Ancient Mariner Iron Maiden Tribute - Electric Funeral Black Sabbath Tribute at Blue Lamp 9PM

X-GVNR & Brian Hawk at Townhouse Lounge 9PM/$5

Sunday, October 16th

Dragalicious Show & DJ Hits at Faces 9PM/$5

Bone Mc Donald Band at Torch Club 1PM/$20

Powerhouse of Blues at Power House Pub 3PM

Industry Night at Golden Bear 9PM

Reggae Basement with DK Wokstar at Blue Lamp 9:30PM

Sunday Nght Soul Party with DJ Larry & DJ Hailey Press Club 8PM

Today the Sacramento Arts & Business Council's Annual Prelude To The Season "Arts & Minds" event which honors many regional area arts organizations, performing arts groups, and companies that support the arts will take place at Double Tree Hotel on Arden Way in Sacramento. I'll be working at the event again this year, and it's a great way to gather, celebrate the arts, and look forward to the coming 2011-2012 seaon of events in the Sacramento regional area.

Sacramento Area Concerts and Local Music Events This Week

2011-10-07T17:21:46Z

Here are some of the many music events happening in the Sacramento area this week. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com.

Sacramento Area Concerts & Music Events

Friday, October 7th: Cake at UC Davis Pavilion 8PM (Online Tickets Sold-Out)

Friday, October 7th: 10 Years - Redlight Kine - End of Days at Ace of Spades. Show at 7PM. Tickets are $18.95

Saturday, October 8th: KAI KLN at Harlows. Show at 9PM. Tickets are $20.

Saturday, October 8th: Sick Puppies - First Class Citizen - ALLINADAY at Ace of Spades. Show at 7PM. Tickets are $23.95

Monday, October 10th: Panic at The Disco at Ace of Spades. Show at 7PM. Tickets are $29.95

Tuesday, October 11th: Benise at The Crest Theatre. Show at 7:30PM. Tickets are $39.00 - $95.00.

Thursday, October 13: Uproar Festival with Avenged Sevenfold - Three Days Grace - Seether - Bullet for My Valentine - Escape the Fate - Sevendust at Sleep Train Amphitheatre. Concert at 2PM. Tickets are $25.00 - $70.00.

The Local Music Scene

Friday, October 7th

916 Libra B-Day Bash at Harlows 10PM/$10

Monophonics at Torch Club 9PM/$10

Be Brave Bold Robot - Carly DuHain Band - Andrus-Shively at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

3 Dance Floors of DJ Top Hits - Hip-Hop - Latin at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 After

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Fishnet Friday w/ The Sizzling Sirens Burlesque Experience & DJ Larry Rodriguez at Marilyns 9PM/$5

80's & 90's DJ Mix at Mix Downtown 9PM

Flirt Fridays at District 30 9PM

Tamara Little - Richie Lawrence - Katie Thomas at Lunas 9PM/$6

Dry Creek Rounders - Bath Tub Gins - The Wandas Old Ironsides 9PM

Dallas Horse Thieves - Chris Doud - Cheri March at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

DJ Gabe Xavier Park Ultra Lounge 9PM/$15

Roger Carpio & X-GVNR - Jon Dro -l at Townhouse 9PM/$5

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Alicia's Love Life Benefit with Kill The Precedent - Black Mackeral - City of Vain at Blue Lamp 9PM

Scott Allen Project - Red Rover - Transparent Fence at Shenanigans 9PM/$5

Burn Halo - Hero’s Last Mission - I Wish We Were Robots - Force of Habit at The Boardwalk 8PM

Dane Drewis - The Hits at Power House Pub 10PM/$12

Arden Park Roots at Swabbies on The River at 6PM/$5

The Commen Men at Luigis Fungarden 8:30PM/$6

Saturday, October 8th

Emma Hill - The Family Bandits at Marilyns 9:30PM/$10

FASCINATION: 80’s New Wave Dance club at Old Ironsides 9PM

Hullabaloo! Rock n Roll Shindig with DJ Hailey at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

Wonderland at Mix Downtown 9PM

Country Music & Line Dancing 8PM with DJ's on Three Floors at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 after

DJ Peeti-V at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

BitchFest A Benefit for Breast Cancer Awareness Years of Agression - Serpent & Seraph - Casket of Cassandra - Death Under Fire at Distillery 10PM

Cream of Clapton at The Torch Club 9PM/$8

The Bottle Cap Boys - Justin Farren - Rich Driver at Naked Lounge Downtown 8PM/$8

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Geronimo - Sour Deisel - Defiant Circle - Represa at Shenanigans 9PM

Official Response - Eazy Dub - Playah K - T-Dub & The Internationals - Higher Learning - Lacedat The Boardwalk 7PM

Departure a Journey Tribute at Swabbies on the River 4PM/$10

Apple Z - Super Huey at Power House Pub 10PM/$10

DJ Larry Rodriquez at Press Club 9PM/$5

The Snobs - Quick & Easy Boys - Machine City at Blue Lamp 9PM

X-GVNR & Brian Hawk at Townhouse Lounge 9PM/$5

Sunday, October 9th

Dragalicious Show & DJ Hits at Faces 9PM/$5

Tony Lucca with Linda Ortega at Torch Club 1PM/$20

Powerhouse of Blues at Power House Pub 3PM

Industry Night at Golden Bear 9PM

Trueline at Swabbies on the River 3PM/$10

Reggae Basement with DK Wokstar at Blue Lamp 9:30PM

Sunday Night Soul Party with DJ Larry & DJ Hailey Press Club 8PM

Sacramento Area Concerts and Local Music Events This Week

2011-09-30T20:23:51Z

Here are some of the many music events happening in the Sacramento area this week. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com.

Sacramento Area Concerts & Music Events

Friday, September 30th: Basia at Harlows. Show at 7PM. Tickets are $35.

Saturday, October 1st: SAMMIES Block Party on 20th Street (Between J&K) in Midtown Sacramento. A Variety of musical guests, food/drinks and more. Free/5-10PM sammies.com

Sunday, October 2nd: Blink 182 - My Chemical Romance - Matt and Kim at Sleep Train Amphitheatre.Concert at 7PM. Tiickets are $38.00 - $84.00.

Sunday, October 2nd: Keith Urban & Jake Owen at Power Balance Pavion. Concert at 7:30PM. Tickets are $35.00 - $81.00.

Sunday. October 2nd: Fourth Annual Sacramento World Music & Dance Festival in Old Sacramento from 10AM - 5PM. Free Event sacwordlfest.com

Through Ocrober 2nd: Broadway Series Presents Shrek The Musical at Sacramento Community Center Theatre. Performances at various times. Tickets are $16 - $83.00

Monday, October 3rd: Kris Kristofferson at Three Stages Folsom. Concert at 7:30pm. Tickets are $35.00 - $59.00.

Monday, October 3rd: Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit at Harlows. 8PM/$15

Wednesday, October 5th: Badfish A Tribute to Sublime at Ace of Spades 6PM/$15

Concert News: Foo Fighters at Power Balance Pavilion on October 20th has been re-scheduled to November 1st.

The Local Music Scene

Friday, September 30th:

Big Freedia at Harlows 10PM/$10

Katie Jane - Alyssa Cox - Step Jayne - Exquisite Corps at Beantik Studios. 9PM/No Cover

Laurie Morvin at Torch Club 9PM/$10

Sandra Dolores - Gentleman - Caller - Adam Roth Project at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

3 Dance Floors of DJ Top Hits - Hip-Hop - Latin at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 After

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Five Eyed Hand at Marilyns 9PM/$5

80's & 90's DJ Mix at Mix Downtown 9PM

Flirt Fridays at District 30 9PM

Norcal Noisefest at Lunas 9PM/$6

Virtue Vices - Ghost River - John & The Pauls at Old Ironsides 9PM

Jaymee Marty - Doghouse - Foxtrot Mary at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

6th Year Anniversary w/ DJ Scene & DJ Gabe Xavier Park Ultra Lounge 99M/$15

Roger Carpio & X-GVNR - Jon Dro -l at Townhouse 9PM/$5

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Musical Charis - Jesse Naomi - ZuhG at Blue Lamp 9PM

Puzzletree - In the Silence at Shenanigans 9PM/$5

Royals Die Young - Beyond All Ends - Anima Fracture - Our Endless Obsession at The Boardwalk 8PM

Diego’s Umbrella - BlackEyed Dempseys at Power House Pub 10PM/$12

Dudley and the Do Rights at Swabbies on The River at 6PM/$5

Fierce Creatures at Luigis Fungarden 8:30PM/$6

Saturday, October 1st:

HED (PE) - Slaine - Stepchild - White Minorities at Ace of Spades 7PM

Chameleon (Santana Tribute) at Marilyns 9:30PM/$10

Lipstick Weekender at Old Ironsides 9PM

Golden Cadillacs at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

Wonderland at Mix Downtown 9PM

Garret Wilkin and The Parrotheads Jimmy Buffet Tribute at Doubletree Hotel on 2001 Point West Way Sacramento 8PM/$12

Country Music & Line Dancing 8PM with DJ's on Three Floors at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 after

DJ Peeti-V at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

Bottom Dwellers - Whiskey River Drifters at Distillery 10PM

Johnny Knox at The Torch Club 9PM/$8

NorCal Noisefest at Sol Collective 3PM/$10

Wife & Son - Churchmouse at Naked Lounge Downtown 8PM/$8

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Dean-O-Holics 7PM/$15 - Iconoclast Robot - GDP - Greyspace 10PM/$10 at Harlows

Xstatic at Shenanigans 9PM

Force Multiplied - Jaxx - Self-Proclaimed - Blue Fermata at The Boardwalk 7PM

William Mylar at Swabbies on the River 4PM/$10

Audio Dub at Power House Pub 10PM/$10

DJ Larry Rodriquez at Press Club 9PM/$5

The Hell Busters - Warp 11 at Blue Lamp 9PM

X-GVNR & Brian Hawk at Townhouse Lounge 9PM/$5

Sunday, October 2nd

Dragalicious Show & DJ Hits at Faces 9PM/$5

Blues For Life Festival & Benefit at Torch Club 1PM/$20

Powerhouse of Blues at Power House Pub 3PM

Industry Night at Golden Bear 9PM

Mick Martin Blues Festiva at Swabbies on the River 3PM/$10

Big D and the Kids Table - La Noche Oskura - The Young Vintage at Ace of Spades 7PM

Reggae Basement with DK Wokstar at Blue Lamp 9:30PM

Sunday Night Soul Party with DJ Larry & DJ Hailey Press Club 8PM

Blind Pilot caresses Harlow's crowd

2011-09-29T01:59:00Z

Blind Pilot front man Israel Nebeker remarked mid-way through his band's captiviating Tuesday evening set that the Harlow's crowd was "one of the loudest crowds we've ever played for," which of course was met with raucous approval from the quite sizable (for a Tuesday) masses.

The irony is, despite Nebeker's "don't take this the wrong way" qualifier, that comment was probably not entirely meant as a compliment. Harlow's always seems to bring more than its share of chatter, and always a few folks who think that everyone else in the room cares about their half of a cell phone conversation.

That is exactly why Blind Pilot's encore turned out to be such a rare and beautiful moment, and to some degree, an even sweeter victory.

When Nebeker announced that they would need everyone's help to do their final song unplugged, the crowd began "shhhhhh"-ing itself like an angry librarian with Tourette's as the amps went dark, and Nebeker, bassist Luke Ydstie and banjoist Kati Claborn stepped off the front of the stage and into the crowd, with drummer and co-founder Ryan Dobrowski and trumpeter/ keyboardist Dave Jorgensen staying behind.

It was almost ethereal. Aside from the occasional iPhone camera click, the only sounds emanating from the sizable crowd were from those dutifully singing along with the stirringly gorgeous "3 Rounds and a Sound." The only thing missing was a campfire - but there was plenty of warmth, and even a little heat, produced by Blind Pilot on this Tuesday evening.

Marcus Mumford and Lindol French's love baby (he goes by the name Dan Mangan) opened up the show with some slick and endearing Americana ramble that found a middle ground between the gruff edge of William Elliott Whitmore and the White Buffalo, and the goofy shtick of David Mayfield – when you get the crowd all singing “Robots Need Love Too,” well, there’s not many better ways to spend a Tuesday evening.

After taking the stage and cooing up the crowd with “Keep You Right,” the lead single from their glistening new record “We Are The Tide,” Blind Pilot showed some serious guts and threw out “Go On, Say It” as the second song in their set. Many bands will tell you it’s dangerous to lead your most popular tune too early, but it helped to reinforce what is the inner driving force behind this band.

It’s not really about any one particular song with Blind Pilot. They’re about a mood, a feeling, and a running theme of sensual harmonies and crooning lyrics that seems to wrap their entire catalog into a tidy sonic snow globe.

At times, in the early goings of the set, this meant the Band of Horses treatment (meaning, all the tunes sound pretty much like they do on record when played live), but there’s no denying the care and heart that Blind Pilot puts into each of their songs, and to their whole body of work. At times it seemed like they were ramming their fists against the wall with desire to break loose an amp-busting jam, and just when it seemed like they’d made a crack, they pulled back.

And you can see that that’s exactly how they drew it up.

They really started to hit their stride with “Half Moon,” “Tide’s” leading track, boasting a drum beat that any hip hop DJ in the world would be begging the soundboard guy for a sound sample of. They cut into some bluesy riffs with “The Colored Night” and some bouncy indie pop with “The Story I Heard.”

One thing that must be said about Blind Pilot: They’re sneaky. Almost ninja sneaky. They’ll tuck in some bass lines that sound like something WAR would have messed around with in their garage days, and use homemade vocal harmonies to keeps the wraps on some seriously funky beats and rhythms.

And of course, there’s Jorgensen’s syrupy sweet trumpet blasts – which sound a bit like a certain Sacramento band we all know, assuming they decided to stop taking things so intensely serious.

The story that goes with title track “We Are The Tide” is that it was written while Nebeker was immersed in viewing a blood-red lunar eclipse, but that song is by no means played like a rare and introspective moment in nature. It’s played more like the song that kicks a Friday night party into a gear (a party attended exclusively by people who loathe the Black Eyed Peas) with rumbling double percussion and fistfulls of thrift store soul.

Only concerts tailored with the kind of care and embrace that Blind Pilot uses can make you forget that you have to work the next day, when that’s all you could think about before they took the stage.

High tide: Blind Pilot soars into Harlow's on Tuesday

2011-09-23T21:10:34Z

The “vision” of any great song is that it practically writes itself.

There is perhaps no more intriguing image than that of a sheer moment of inspiration streamlining itself into a song, from the mind of the writer directly onto a sheet of paper. Or onto a cocktail napkin. Or onto the back of an old airplane ticket while coasting down the driveway at Neil Young’s ranch.

(FYI, that last one was a story told by Eddie Vedder at last year’s Bridge School concert, as he quipped “I’m not saying that I wrote the song quickly – just that Neil has a really long driveway.”)

Such was the inspiration of the title track on Blind Pilot’s euphoric sophomore album, “We Are the Tide,” which Israel Nebeker wrote while gazing at a piercing red lunar eclipse for over an hour, having just disembarked a bus, guitar in one hand, suitcase in the other.

“When I realized that it was the moon affecting my mood so much, I felt fragile and small,” Nebeker has said of the song. “We think of ourselves as so separate from change by nature. We change nature, not the other way around. And that was significant, that like the tide, we are changed.”

As the popularity (and with it, demands and expectations) of Blind Pilot continues to grow, does it become harder to let a song just write itself?

“Sure,” he said in a recent phone interview. “That was a pretty intense song, it just kind of hit me that night. I think it’s harder to let go and let those moments happen, but it still is the only way to come up with great stuff.

“The hardest part right now is just remembering to take a step back and realize that, we’re analyzing things more now than we were before.”

Very little analysis is needed to discover the pristine, captivating beauty in “We Are the Tide,” an album that forced the burgeoning group to kick things into a higher gear, but still aptly displays that which has made them a beloved indie sensation.

Accompanying last week’s release of “We Are the Tide,” Blind Pilot’s coast-to-coast tour brings them to Harlow’s (2708 J St.) on Tuesday, September 27, with Dan Mangan opening. The show begins at 8 p.m. and tickets are $12.50.

Click here for more info on Visually Impaired Aviator, and head over to Daytrotter to check out some free downloads from the band’s session from 2009.

The pet project of Nebeker and Ryan Dobrowski, Blind Pilot was impossible to ignore when the Portland-based duo’s 2008 debut record “3 Rounds and a Sound” gave the world “Go On, Say It” and other plush ballads that had people arguing whether they’re “indie pop” or “indie folk.”

Who really gives a rip how they’re classified. The two were content to load up their modest concert rig in bicycle trailers and hit the road on a bike tour up and down the Pacific coast (yes, it’s true, they toured on bikes), showing off the combustible creative energy that the two of them have forged as musical BFF’s.

“The way it began when we started this band, I had been writing lots of songs on my own, but wanted to write some new ones specifically for Blind Pilot,” Nebeker said. “The way Ryan and I work is to sit down and just come up with tiny bits of ideas, just a groove or a melody. He’ll start playing drums, I’ll play guitar and just see what happens, and we’ll come back to it later on.”

As “3 Rounds” emerged a tour de force, the band very quickly evolved from a duo into a six-piece, which is has been for the last three years. The group now includes fellow Oregonians Luke Ydstie (upright bass, backing vocals), Kati Claborn (banjo, dulcimer, backing vocals), Ian Krist (vibraphones) and Dave Jorgensen (keyboards, trumpet). The “We Are the Tide” sessions marked the first time the new incarnation of the group was in the studio together.

Too many cooks in the kitchen?

“We always encourage every member to come up with their own parts and add whatever they feel,” Nebeker said. “Ryan and I sort of established a certain sound and then brought in people after that, but because we were trying to include everyone’s ideas, it was getting pretty complicated with so many ideas flying around. For the first few weeks we were just trying out different things. At some point, someone needed to cut off some of the fat and have the vision for some more streamlined songs.”

“It was definitely different than last time, where it was just record a drum track, record a guitar track, record a vocal track and then that’s the song,” he added. “(3 Rounds) was such a D.I.Y., in a purposely lo-fi kinda way, but (the process) was pretty quick compared to this. We wanted it to have a sturdier sound.”

“Sturdy” is perhaps a perfect way to describe “We Are the Tide.” Some albums, especially in Blind Pilot’s genre (whatever that genre may be) will attempt to grab a listener and take them to several different places from song to song. With a captivating connective fortitude tying all ten tracks together, “Tide” has its way of taking you to just one place, and keeping you there.

Perhaps that place is sprawled out in a hammock under an awning to protect you from the occasional Pacific Northwest drizzle, craft brew in hand and Moleskin pad on your lap, waiting for your thoughts about the record to organize themselves – it will take a few listens before that happens.

Israel Nebeker himself may not even be certain that “We Are the Tide” turned out exactly how he intended it.

“I think that’s always there, every album we’ve ever worked on that’s been there,” Nebeker said, referring to the inevitable “what ifs” that ensue any recording process. “Probably because I’m kind of a perfectionist, but that’s what keeps people writing good songs.

“I think (the flaws) are what makes every process special and personal. We tried really had to tried to accomplish something special with this record, but it’s the ways we didn’t achieve that as well as the ways we did that make it special.”

Sacramento Area Concerts and Local Music Events This Week

2011-09-23T18:31:49Z

Here are some of the many music events happening in the Sacramento area this week. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com.

Sacramento Area Concerts & Music Events

Friday, September 23rd - Saturday, Sepetember 24th: Folsom Live with Eddie Money - Ronnie Milsap - Los Lobos 30 Bands on Ten Stages on Old Town Folsom. Beginning at 5PM. Tickets are $35.00 - $60.00. Go to FolsomLive.com.

Friday, September 23rd: Freestyle Explosion with Lisa Lisa, Expose & More at Power Balance Pavilion. Concert at 7PM. Tickets are $25.00 - $48.80.

Saturday, September 24th: Johhny Mathis at Sacramento Community Center Theatre. Concert at 7:30 PM. Tickets are $49.50 - $138.00

Saturday, September 24th: KRS1 at Harlows. Concert at 10PM. Tickets are $20.00.

Sunday, September 25th: Rock Allegiance Tour with Papa Roach - BuckCherry - Puddle of Mudd - P.O.D. - Red - Crossfade - Drive A at Power Balance Pavilion. Concert at 5PM. Tickets are $39.00.

Tuesday, September 27th - Sunday, October 2nd: Broadway Series presents Shrek The Musical. Shows at various times. Tickets are $55.00 - $79.00.

The Local Music Scene

Friday, September 23rd:

Planet Asia at Harlows 10PM/$22.50

Andre Nickatina at Ace of Spades 7PM/$24

Mercy Me at Torch Club 9PM/$12

French Cassettes - Tibetan Method - Travis Vick - at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

3 Dance Floors of DJ Top Hits - Hip-Hop - Latin at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 After

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Dennis Johnson and The Mississippi Ramblers at Marilyns 9PM/$5

80's & 90's DJ Mix at Mix Downtown 9PM

DJ Nate D at District 30 9PM

Crossing The River - In The No at Lunas 9PM/$6

The Nuance - Resurrection Men at Old Ironsides 9PM

Sandra Delores - Exdoxi - Mollymawks at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

DJ Elliott Estes at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM/$15

Roger Carpio & X-GVNR - Jon Dro -l at Townhouse 9PM/$5

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Switchblade Frankie - Toxic Shock Syndrome - Raw Dawg at Shenanigans 9PM/$5

California Bear Gang & G-Macc - Mean Doe Green at The Boardwalk 8PM

Lydia Pense - Cold Blood - Dept of Rock at Power House Pub 10PM/$12

Loose Change at Swabbies on The River at 6PM/$5

Nirvana Nevermind 20th Anniversary Show at Luigis Fungarden 8:30PM/$5

Saturday, September 24th

Underoath - Comeback Kid - The Chariot - This Is Hell - Give Em He at Ace of Spades 6PM/$19

Purple Haze - The Ralph Woodsen Experience at Marilyns 9PM/$10

Der Spazm - The Babs Johnson Gang - Mister Loveless at Old Ironsides 9PM

Martin Purtill - Camporia - These Paper - Satellites at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

Wonderland at Mix Downtown 9PM

Country Music & Line Dancing 8PM with DJ's on Three Floors at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 after

DJ Peeti-V at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

The Cheatin’ Hearts - Dry County Drinkers - The Campfire Crooners at Distillery 10PM

Daniel Castro at The Torch Club 9PM/$8

Downtown Honyock - Not An Airplane - Danny Crane at Naked Lounge Downtown 8PM/$8

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

DJ Foley at District 30 9PM

Midnight Players at Harlows 10PM

Silent Treatment - Suckerpunch at Shenanigans 9PM

Polar Bear Club - Fireworks - Balance & Composure - Victory or Death at The Boardwalk 8PM

Zydeco - Gator Beat - the Bayou Boys at Swabbies on the River 4PM/$10

Simple Creation - Stones Throw at Power House Pub 10PM

DJ Larry Rodriquez at Press Club 9PM/$5

March Into Paris - The Resurrection Men - Jet Black Popes at Blue Lamp 9PM

X-GVNR & Brian Hawk at Townhouse Lounge 9PM/$5

Sunday, September 25th

Dragalicious Show & DJ Hits at Faces 9PM/$5

Tess & Hip Trash at Torch Club 8PM/$5

Powerhouse of Blues at Power House Pub 3PM

Industry Night at Golden Bear 9PM

River Days of Filmore Revisited at Swabbies on the River 3PM/$10

The Session w/ Lost and Found - Task1ne - M.C. QBall916 at Blue Lamp 9:30PM

Sunday Night Soul Party with DJ Larry & DJ Hailey Press Club 8PM

Sacramento Area Concerts and Local Music Events This Week

2011-09-16T19:27:07Z

Here are some of the many music events happening in the Sacramento area this week. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com.

Sacramento Area Concerts & Music Events

Friday, September 16th: Big & Rich - Gretchen Wilson at Thunder Valley Casino Resort. Concert at 8PM. Tickets are $35.00 - $65.00.

Saturday, September 17th: KSFM 102.5 presents Tamale Festival at Cesar Chavez Park on 10th & J Street in Sacramento will feature music from Royalty & Sol Peligro. 11AM-5PM/$5.

Saturday, September 17th: Rootstock Festival at Sacramento Horseman's Club on 3200 Longview DR. in Sacramento will feature Harley White Jr. Orchestra - Pleasant Valley Boys - Dirty Hand Family Band - Hellbound Glory and more. Begins at Noon. Tickets are $20.00.

Sunday, September 18th: KC & The Sunshine Band at Thunder Valley Casino Resort. Concert at 8PM. Tickets are $35.00 - $65.00.

Wednesday, September 21st: Return to Forever IV with Zappa Plays Zappa at Mondavi Center Jackson Hall. Concert at 8PM. Tickets are $55.00 - $95.00.

The Local Music Scene

Friday, September 16th

Cashed Out Johnny Cash Tribute 7PM/$15 & Ivan Neville's Dumptaphunk at Harlows 10PM/$17.50

Purification By Fire - The Kennedy Veil - Lycanthrope - Gary Busey at Ace of Spades 7PM

Shane Dwight at Torch Club 9PM/$12

Four Eyes - Bright Faces - Knock Knock at Blue Lamp 9PM

Jay Shaner - Rich Driver at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

3 Dance Floors of DJ Top Hits - Hip-Hop - Latin at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 After

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Foxtrot Mary - Walking Tall at Marilyns 9PM/$5

80's & 90's DJ Mix at Mix Downtown 9PM

DJ Momentum & Drummer Justin Barnes at District 30 9PM

Ciro Hurtado at Lunas 9PM/$6

Jilt Jonah - Feral Coda - Campaign at Old Ironsides 9PM

The Julia Set - Erik Hanson - Brianna Lea Pruitt - Girl Named T at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

DJ Elliott Estes at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM/$15

Roger Carpio & X-GVNR - Jon Dro -l at Townhouse 9PM/$5

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Bad Boy Eddys at Shenanigans 9PM/$5

Cheeseballs at Power House Pub 10PM/$12

Keith Porter - The Itals at Swabbies on The River at 6PM/$5

The Left Hand - Danny Secretion - Number Thirteen at Luigis Fungarden 8:30PM/$5

Saturday, September 17th

Overwatch - The Last Nova - Sensory - The Slim Chances - Mezza Luna - Lost Freedom at Ace of Spades 6PM/$10

Pirate & Wench Party at Marilyns 9:30PM/$15 - $20

Feva In Da Funk House - Project - The Sandra Dolores Bandat Old Ironsides 9PM

The Isaac Howl Band - Carly DuHain at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

Wonderland at Mix Downtown 9PM

Country Music & Line Dancing 8PM with DJ's on Three Floors at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 after

DJ Peeti-V at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

Armed Forces Band - Jam Stain - Sreet Urchinz at Distillery 10PM

The Nibblers at The Torch Club 9PM/$10

Tao Jiriki - Isaac Bear - Black Holes What? at Naked Lounge Downtown 8PM/$8

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

DJ Foley at District 30 9PM

Midnight Players at Harlows 10PM

Kittie - Chernobog - And Came Back Brutal at The Boardwalk 8PM/$15-$18

Garret Wilkin & The Parrotheads at Swabbies on the River 4PM/$10

Steel Breez at Power House Pub 10PM

DJ Larry Rodriquez at Press Club 9PM/$5

The O Street Dub Band - Noche Oscura - The Crash Thimbles at Blue Lamp 9PM

X-GVNR & Brian Hawk at Townhouse Lounge 9PM/$5

Sunday, September 18th

Dragalicious Show & DJ Hits at Faces 9PM/$5

Blues Jam beginning at 11AM at Torch Club/$5

Steve Gatz at Power House Pub 3PM

Industry Night at Golden Bear 9PM

Sacramento Area Concerts and Local Music Events This Week

2011-09-09T18:12:09Z

Here are some of the many music events happening in the Sacramento area this week. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com.

Sacramento Area Concerts & Music Events

Defending The Caveman at Cosmopolitan Cabaret on 1000 K Street in Sacramento. Continues WED-SUN through 9/11. Show times are at 8PM or 7:30PM with some 2PM matinees. Tickets are $33.00 - $48.00.
Beginning September 30th: Bingo The Winning Musical.

Saturday, September 10th: Curtisfest at Curtis Park on 3349 West Curtis Drive in Sacramento will feature Istagon - Garage Jazz Architechts - Mike Justis Band. Begins at 11:00AM/Free.

Saturday, September 10th: Tim Reynolds from Dave Matthews Band at Harlows Concert begins at 7PM. Tickets are $20.00.

Sunday, September 11th: Sixth Annual White Noise witha variety of local musicians at Torch Club on 904 15th Street in Sacramento. Begins at 2PM

Sunday, September 11th: Hall & Oates at Thunder Valley Casino Resort. Concert at 8PM. Tickets are $21.00 - $59.00.

Sunday, September 11th: Def Leppard & Heart at Sleep Train Amphitheatre. Concert at 7:30PM. Tickets are $32.00 - $85.00.

Sunday, September 11th: Colin Hay at Harlows. Show at 7PM. Tickets are $25.00.

Sunday, September 11th: Queensryche at Ace of Spades. Show at 6:30PM. Tickets are $30.00.

Tuesday, September 13th: Kesha with LMFAO at UC Davis Pavilion. Concert at 7:30PM. Tickets are $39.50.

Thursday, September 15th: Snoop Dogg at Ace of Spades. Show at 7PM.

Thursday, September 15th: Bucho! at Harlows. Show at 9PM. Tickets are $15.

The Local Music Scene

Friday, September 9th

Tainted Love at Harlows 10PM/$17

Trench - Force of Habit - serpent at Ace of Spades 7PM

Solsa at Torch Club 9PM/$12

Get Shot - Riot Radio at Blue Lamp 9PM

Casey Lipka - Cavewoman Commons Quartet at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

3 Dance Floors of DJ Top Hits - Hip-Hop - Latin at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 After

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Abrupt - Massacre Time - Rat Damage at Distillery 10PM/$5

Jean Rogar - Clan Dyken - Manodlyne Avenue at Marilyns 9PM/$5

80's & 90's DJ Mix at Mix Downtown 9PM

Flirt Fridays with David Carvalho at District 30 9PM

Dry Creek Rounders - Kevin Seconds at Lunas 9PM/$6

Forever Goldrush - Grubfodg & The Anazing Sweethearts at Old Ironsides 9PM

Hoods - Take Pride - The Kids We Used To Be at The Boardwalk 7PM

Zoo Huamn Project - The Old Screen Door at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

Album Premiere Pary for DEV at 6PM DJ Billy Lane at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM/$15

Roger Carpio & X-GVNR - Jon Dro -l at Townhouse 9PM/$5

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Kattywompus at Shenanigans 9PM/$5

James McCullen Project at Power House Pub 10PM/$15

Nothin Personal at Swabbies on The River at 6PM/$5

Saturday, September 10th

Richard March - Bob Woods Band - Dirt Nap Band at Marilyns 9:30PM/$8

Fascination 80's New Wave Dance Party at Old Ironsides 9PM

Hullaballo Rock N Roll Shindig at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

Wonderland at Mix Downtown 9PM

Country Music & Line Dancing 8PM with DJ's on Three Floors at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 after

DJ Peeti-V at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

Agnostic Front - Mongoloids at Distillery 10PM

Big Mo at The Torch Club 9PM/$10

Exhale - Prairie Wood - Iris Shanks at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$8

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

DJ Don Lynch at District 30 9PM

Wesley Avery - Delirious at The Boardwalk 8PM/$10

Steelin Dan at Swabbies on the River 4PM/$5

Whiskey Dawn at Power House Pub 10PM

DJ Larry Rodriquez at Press Club 9PM/$5

Mondo Deco -Golden Ghost at Blue Lamp 9PM

X-GVNR & Brian Hawk at Townhouse Lounge 9PM/$5

Sunday, September 11th

Dragalicious Show & DJ Hits at Faces 9PM/$5

Noisefest beginning at 11AM at Torch Club/$5

Delta Wires at Power House Pub 3PM

Industry Night at Golden Bear 9PM

Spazmatics - Dawn Silva - Cynthia Robinson - Jerry Matini at Swabbies on the River 3PM/$10

Symbolic Jews - Odd Monkier at Blue Lamp 9:30PM

Sacramento Area Concerts and Local Music Events This Week

2011-09-02T20:27:54Z

Here are some of the many music events happening in the Sacramento area this week. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com.

Sacramento Area Concerts & Music Events

Defending The Caveman at Cosmopolitan Cabaret on 1000 K Street in Sacramento. Continues WED-SUN. Show times are at 8PM or 7:30PM with some 2PM matinees. Tickets are $33.00 - $48.00.

Friday, September 2nd: Human League & Men Without Hats at Thunder Valley Casino Resort. Concert at 8PM. Tickets are $21.00 - $59.00.

Friday, September 2nd - Sunday, September 4th: 25th Anniversary Sacramento Rainbow Festival includes daily live music line-ups at various nightclubs, a Sunday Street Fair with a variety of events and vendors at 20th & K Street in Sacramento. Event Facebook Page www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=168297213241634

Satuday, September 3rd: Taylor Swift at Power Balance Pavilion. Concert at 7PM. Tickets are $27.00 - $82.00 (Sold-Out)

Saturday, September 3rd: Lil Wayne - Lil Wayne with Rick Ross - Keri Hilson - Far East Movement - Lloyd at SleepTrain Ampitheatre. Concert at 7PM. Tickets are $28.50 - $108.00.

Saturday, September 3rd - Monday, September 5th: Chalk It Up! Art, Music, Food & Wine, and Family events will take place at Fremont Park in Sacramento. Daily Music Line-Up and Event Info at chalkitup.org.

Wednesday, September 7th: Twilight Concert Series will feature Sal Valentino & Voices at Fairytale Town in William Land Park in Sacramento. Concert at 6PM. Tickets are $10.00.

The Local Music Scene

Friday, September 2nd

Skynnyn Lynnyrd at 7PM and Reminisce DJ Party at Harlows 10PM

Witzend - The Carbonites - Keeping Scor at Ace of Spades 6:30PM

Stacie Eakes & the Superfreakes at Torch Club 9PM/$10

Terra Ferno - Sovern - Machine City at Blue Lamp 9PM

Electropoetic Coffee at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

3 Dance Floors of DJ Top Hits - Hip-Hop - Latin at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 After

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Jilt vs Jonah - The Kelps - Bone Saw Lullaby - Issac Bear at Distillery 10PM/$5

Fishnet Friday The Sizzling Sirens & DJ Larry Rodriguez at Marilyns 9PM

80's & 90's DJ Mix at Mix Downtown 9PM

Flirt Fridays with David Carvalho at District 30 9PM

The MRQ Band at Lunas 9PM/$6

Be Brave Robot - The Trouble - Not An Airplane at Luigis Fungarden 8:30PM

Montrose - The Scott Allen Project - Pointdexter at The Boardwalk 7PM

The Afterlife - Mammoth Life, Musical Charis, at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

Confidential - Gathering of Minds - Bonus at The Boardwalk 7PM

DJ Joe Maz at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM

Roger Carpio & X-GVNR - Jon Dro -l at Townhouse 9PM/$5

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Fallrise - Represa - Rachet - Gearsturn at Shenanigans 9PM/$5

Rutabega Boogie Band at Power House Pub 10PM

Remedies at Swabbies on The River at 6PM/$5

Saturday, September 3rd

Batten Down Your Heart - Trial By Fire - Behold The Device at Ace of Spades 6:30 PM

Listick Dance Party at Old Ironsides 9PM

Big Iron - Bleedin Hearts at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

Wonderland at Mix Downtown 9PM

Country Music & Line Dancing 8PM with DJ's on Three Floors at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 after

DJ Peeti-V at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

Sorrows - Get Shot at Distillery 10PM

The Monophonics at The Torch Club 9PM/$10

Reggie Gin - AJ Johnson at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$8

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

E One at District 30 9PM

Sunburn - Valembrosa - Lost Freedom at The Boardwalk 8PM/$10

Rhythm Express at Swabbies on the River 4PM/$5

Rolling Heads at Power House Pub 10PM

DJ Larry Rodriquez at Press Club 9PM/$5

Addict Merchants at Blue Lamp 9PM

X-GVNR & Brian Hawk at Townhouse Lounge 9PM/$5

Sunday, September 4th

Blues Jam with Aaron King & Friends at 4PM and The Coalition 8PM at Torch Club/$5

House of Floyd at Harlows 8PM

Pub Aftershock at Power House Pub 3PM

Industry Night at Golden Bear 9PM

Cinema 7 at Swabbies on the River 3PM/$5

Dubb DJ's Iternational Sundays! at Blue Lamp 9:30PM

Sacramento Area Concerts and Local Music Events This Week

2011-08-26T19:28:49Z

Here are some of the many music events happening in the Sacramento area this week. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com.

Sacramento Area Concerts & Music Events

Defending The Caveman at Cosmopolitan Cabaret on 1000 K Street in Sacramento. Continues WED-SUN. Show times are at 8PM or 7:30PM with some 2PM matinees. Tickets are $33.00 - $48.00.

Through Sunday, August 28th: Music Circus presents Miss Saigon at Wells Fargo Pavilion on 1419 H Street Sacramento. Shows at various times. Tickets are $30.00 - $59.00.

Friday, August 26th: The Fixx - Wang Chung - Naked Eyes at Thunder Valley Casino Resort. Concert at 8PM. Tickets are $21.00 - $59.00.

Saturday, August 25th: Race For The Arts 13th Annaul Walk/Run will feature musical entertainment along the route and at Willian Land Park at Freeport Blvd and Sutterville Road in Sacramento. Race beging at 8:30AM. More info at raceforthearts.com

Sunday, August 28th: Bilal at Harlows on 2708 J Street in Sacramento. Show at 10PM. Tickets are $25.00.

Thursday, September 1st: Hot Lunch Concert Series presented by Hot Italian will feature Larisa Bryski & Wille Seltzer at Fremont Park on 16th & Q Street in Sacramento. 11:30-1PM.

The Local Music Scene

Friday, August 26th

Sizzling Sirens present Big Top Burlesque at Harlows 10PM/$15

Y&T with End of Days at Ace of Spades 7PM

Aaron King & the Imperials at Torch Club 9PM/$10

Random Abiladeze - Ruby Ibarra - DJ Rated R - Eye-Que at Blue Lamp 9PM

GPCAT (Cat Stevens tribute), Norfolk Jacket at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

3 Dance Floors of DJ Top Hits - Hip-Hop - Latin at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 After

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Infamous Swanks - The Left Hand - Ghost Town Hangman at Distillery 10PM/$5

Todd Morgan and The Emblems - Vandella at Marilyns 9PM/$14

80's & 90's DJ Mix at Mix Downtown 9PM

Flirt Fridays with David Carvalho at District 30 9PM

Kolorgize - Family Photo - Katie Knipp at Lunas 9PM/$6

BlackEyed Dempseys at Crawdads 8PM

Machete - White Barons - City of Vain at Old Ironsides 9PM

Montrose - The Scott Allen Project - Pointdexter at The Boardwalk 7PM

The Afterlife - Mammoth Life, Musical Charis, at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

DJ Joe Maz at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM/$15

Roger Carpio & X-GVNR - Jon Dro -l at Townhouse 9PM/$5

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Fallrise - Represa - Rachet - Gearsturn at Shenanigans 9PM/$5

Wonderbread 5 at Power House Pub 10PM/$20

Tragically White at Swabbies on The River at 6PM/$5

Saturday, August 27th

Island of Black and White - The Guvernment at Marilyns 9:30PM/$8

Quinn Hedges - Chad Wagoner at Old Ironsides 9PM

The Mighty Griffins at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

Wonderland at Mix Downtown 9PM

David Houston - String Theory and friends at Lunas 9PM/$6

Country Music & Line Dancing 8PM with DJ's on Three Floors at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 after

DJ Peeti-V at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

Megafauna - Instagon - Der Spazm at Distillery 10PM

John Nemeth at The Torch Club 9PM/$10

Picture Atlantic - From Indian Lakes - Ghost & The City at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$8

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Nacho Business - Grass Widow G Green at Luigis Fungarden 8PM

E One at District 30 9PM

Lynch Mob - Adonis-DNA - GerAnimO - Wings of Innocence at The Boardwalk 8PM/$10

Skid Roses at Swabbies on the River 4PM/$5

Spazmatics at Power House Pub 10PM

DJ Larry Rodriquez at Press Club 9PM/$5

DOCI - Rat Damage - Setting Sons - Wolves & Thieves - Angelic Upstarts at Blue Lamp 9PM

X-GVNR & Brian Hawk at Townhouse Lounge 9PM/$5

Sunday, August 28th

Dragalicious Show & DJ Hits at Faces 9PM/$5

Blues Jam at 4PM and Johnny Knox 8PM at Torch Club/$5

Pub Aftershock at Power House Pub 3PM

Industry Night at Golden Bear 9PM

SuperHuey at Swabbies on the River 3PM/$5

Dubb DJ's Iternational Sundays! at Blue Lamp 9:30PM

Sacramento Area Concerts and Local Music Events This Week

2011-08-19T18:15:37Z

Here are some of the many music events happening in the Sacramento area this week. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com.

Sacramento Area Concerts & Music Events

Defending The Caveman at Cosmopolitan Cabaret on 1000 K Street in Sacramento. Continues WED-SUN. Show times are at 8PM or 7:30PM with some 2PM matinees. Tickets are $33.00 - $48.00.

Through Sunday, August 21st: Music Circus presents I Do! I Do! at Wells Fargo Pavilion on 1419 H Street Sacramento. Shows at various times. Tickets are $30.00 - $59.00.
Beginning Tuesday, August 23rd - Sunday, August 28hth: Miss Saigon

Friday, August 19th: Friday Night Concerts in the Park (Last Concert of the Summer) will feature Mick Martin & The Blues Rockers - Tess & Hip Trash - Kyle Rowland Band at Cesar Chavez Plaza at 10 & J Street in Sacramento. 5PM/Free

Wednesday, August 24th: Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band at Fairytale Town Twilight Concert Series. Gates open at 6PM. Tickets are $10.00.

Thursday, August 25th: Josh Groban at Power Balance Pavilion. Concert at 7:30PM. Tickets are $77.00 - $97.00.

Thursday, August 25th: Sugarland with Sara Bareilles at Raley Field in West sacramento. Concert at 7PM. Tickets are $44.00 - $79.00.

Thursday, August 25th: Hot Lunch Concert Series presented by Hot Italian will feature Gillian Underwood at Fremont Park on 16th & Q Street in Sacramento. 11:30-1PM.

The Local Music Scene

Friday, August 19th

Reggae By The Pool at Red Lion Hotel on 1401 Arden Way Sacramento. Music is from 5-10PM. $10 Cover/Kids Under 12 Free.

Cheeseballs at Harlows 10PM/$12

Jack Ketch - Awaiting The Apocalypse - A Holy Ghost Revival - To End All Silence - Divine Restoration at Ace of Spades 6PM

Mind X - The Carter Bros at Torch Club 9PM/$10

San Similar - Hans Eberbach at Blue Lamp 9PM

WhiteWash Station & Beni at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

3 Dance Floors of DJ Top Hits, Hip-Hop, Latin at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 After

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Be Brave Bold Robot - Grown Up Noise - Montemar Music - Gimme Back My Moon at Distillery 10PM/$5

The Hard Way - Smirker at Marilyns 9PM/$14

80's & 90's DJ Mix at Mix Downtown 9PM

Flirt Fridays with J Money at District 30 9PM

Sister Crayon - Exquisite Corps - Two Sheds at Luigis Fungarden 8PM

Elements Brass Band - Crossing River at Old Ironsides 9PM

Conducting from the Grave - The Contortionist - Scale the Summit - Rings of Saturn - Volumes - Structures - Malevolent at The Boardwalk 7PM

Jilt vs. Jonah - Pets at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

DJ Billy Lane at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM/$15

Roger Carpio & X-GVNR - Jon Droll at Townhouse 9PM/$5

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Terra Ferno - Picture Me Broken - Some Fear None - Into the Desert at Shenanigans 9PM/$5

Superlicious at Power House Pub 10PM/$20

3rd Friday Reggae at Swabbies on The River at 6PM/$5

Saturday, August 20th

Shemekia Copelan at Marilyns 9:30PM/$8

The #13 - Jupiter - The Verge at Old Ironsides 9PM

MollyMawks at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

Wonderland at Mix Downtown 9PM

Penny Harding - Jeff Sears at Lunas 9PM/$6

Country Music & Line Dancing 8PM with DJ's on Three Floors at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 after

DJ Peeti-V at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

The Solicitors - NFH - The Community at Distillery 10PM

Terry Hanck at The Torch Club 9PM/$10

The Isaac Howl - Honyock at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$8

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Prieta - Lite Brite - Kelps - The Hungry at Luigis Fungarden 8PM

E One at District 30 9PM

Saint Dog - The DRP - Americaz Mozt Haunted, Penny - M-80 - Victory or Death - N2ME - California Bear Gang at The Boardwalk 8PM/$10

Rogue at Swabbies on the River 4PM/$5

Arden Park Roots at Power House Pub 10PM

DJ Larry Rodriquez at Press Club 9PM/$5

Black Mackerel - Midnight Chaser - Kill Devil at at Blue Lamp 9PM

X-GVNR & Brian Hawk at Townhouse Lounge 9PM/$5

Sunday, August 21st

Dragalicious Show & DJ Hits at Faces 9PM/$5

Blues Jam at 4PM and Johnny Knox 8PM at Torch Club/$5

Loose Change at Power House Pub 3PM

Industry Night at Golden Bear 9PM

The West Nile Ramblers- Countrytrash - Quarterman Jack - Jenny Lynn and Her Real Gone Daddies - The Fortunate Few - Miss Lonely Hearts at Swabbies on the River Noon/$5

Dubb DJ's International Sundays! at Blue Lamp 9:30PM

Sactown Rundown - August 18-24

2011-08-17T23:52:31Z

I’ve missed you too, Sactown! All of the letters and emails encouraging and pleading for the return of the Rundown have all been very comforting – as has my own laughter at the sheer ridiculousness of that statement.

Ego-tripping aside, it’s good to be back with the "redheaded cello" version of the Rundown (wait for it…).

This is definitely the time of year when we start to lament the pending end of summer and the compression of the local concert calendar.

We ain’t there yet…

Toad the Wet Sprocket –Parents weren’t sure if the band name was inappropriate or just plain weird when their kids started going nuts over songs like “All I Want” in the early ‘90s. Twenty years later, they still might not be convinced (and neither are we), but you have to tip your cap to bands like them that shimmied through the plateau of ‘90s alternative pop, commandeered by R.E.M. and supported by the Sister Hazels and Edwin McCains, and still had the drive to reunite in the late ‘00s and get things going again. Singer/songwriter Glen Phillips has long been the backing force of the group, and his buddy-buddy relationships with the like of roots performers Nickel Creek and Grant-Lee Philips (no relation) will tell you that the mosaic of his talent goes far beyond the limitations of the “Nirvana’s gone, now what?” of the mid-decade 1990s. 8 p.m. Thursday. Harlow’s, 2708 J St. $30. 21+. www.harlows.com.

Zoe Keating – Some would call her a one-woman chamber ensemble. Others would call her a delightfully avant garde indie sensation. Some may call her a back alley hipster’s dream, and others (OK, just me) might refer to her as the subdued female version of That1Guy. Whatever you call her, there’s no denying that San Francisco-based Zoe Keating is one of a kind. It’s just her, her cello, some red dreads, a laptop, and a dream, as Keating uses a creatively orchestrated string of loops and effects to turn her vintage crafted cello into a modern sound machine. She’s like the clean-cut virtuoso soloist at the top of her game that was offered a beer and a cigarette by the shady kids making music in their garage, and she never looked back. Keating is as well known for throwing concerts and experimental music smorgasbords in her San Francisco warehouse space as she is for pulling lusciously alluring melodies out of her cello and spinning them to her liking, tradition be damned. 7:30 p.m. Friday. CSA Event Center, 1275 Starboard Dr., West Sacramento. $17. All ages. www.brownpapertickets.com; www.sblentertainment.com.

Sister Crayon with Exquisite Corps and Two Sheds – If there was ever a show without a true headliner, this has to be it; especially considering these three have headlined shows a-plenty in this town over the last few years. Sister Crayon tops the bill, probably because they’ve had the biggest out-of-Sac breakout of any of the three; that, and lead singer Terra Lopez has enough internal firepower and vocal heat to burn the place down after their set, so it’s just as well the other two get to play first. Exquisite Corps is arguably Sactown’s hottest band right now, a refined wrecking ball of classically-laced indie rock, speared by Bryan Valenzuela’s maniacal vocals and Krystyna Taylor’s flying locks of red hair that color-match the finish on the cello she so effortlessly shreds. And let’s not forget Two Sheds, the narco country blues and rock project of vocalist Caitlin Gutenberger and her husband Jon (of Far, Jackpot and Milwaukee), which also gets help from the always locally popular Rusty Miller (Jackpot) and James Finch Jr. Country blues, classical indie and electronic whomp all in the same show? The pizza next door will cook itself. 8:30 p.m. Friday. Luigi’s Fungarden, 1050 K St. (MARRS Building). $10. All ages. Facebook event page.

Poor Man’s Whiskey – OK, even the hardcore bluegrass fans would have to admit that the “pickin’ on” style bluegrass tributes and hillbilly covers of rock and hip hop stars are starting to get really old (anyone remember that “Gin & Juice” bluegrass cover that went around in the earliest days of Napster, that everyone thought was Phish, but was actually the Gourds?). But when San Francisco outfit Poor Man’s Whiskey set out to do a start-to-finish bluegrass/rock tribute to “Dark Side of the Moon” (deliciously dubbed “Dark Side of the Moonshine”), the results were impossible to ignore. All you have to do to avoid pigeonholing this magnanimous outfit as cover jockeys is pop in disc two and have a listen to their foot-stomping originals and bluegrass ditties piled high with electric guitars, drums and Hammond blasts. They can’t help being a bluegrass band, and they will never apologize for being a rock and roll outfit; they also couldn’t help turning a story about driving up to a bar on Highway 1 into one of the most beautiful and epic country blues songs ever written in “Easy Come.” The recent departure of Eli Jebidiah is a big loss, but the inclusion of Sean Lehe (of Izabella) is highly encouraging. Poor Man’s Whiskey are the main attraction and will be playing a riverfront stage at the Whiskey River Music Festival, which also has river rafting trips and camping packages built into it. Music at 6 p.m. Saturday. Nugget Campground, 6045 Rafters Ln., Placerville. www.wildrivertrips.com.

Prieta with t he Snobs and Sexrat – We’ve got your Sunday Funday right here. Here’s all you need to know: Three of Sac’s best rock bands, with the Trees and Horseneck kicking in the jams. It’s free. It’s in the afternoon. It’s the Midtown Cocktail Week closing party. DJ Shaun Slaughter holding it down as well. Go order yourself a Golden Bear pitcher and dig in. 4 p.m. Sunday. The Golden Bear, 2326 K St. Free. 21+. Facebook event page.

Mark Your Calendars – Incubus – Yep, Incubus. Yep, Raley Field. Tickets go on sale Saturday at 10 a.m. Is it too much to hope that they'd bring back the funk metal? October 11. Raley Field, 400 Ballpark Dr. $40. www.ticketmaster.com.

If you are planning or promoting a concert in the Sacramento area, or just know of a show you’d like to see featured in the Rundown, shoot me an email.

For a complete listing of Sacramento area music happenings, check out Ann Freeman-Clement’s Concerts, Music Events and the Local Music Scene every Friday on Sacramento Press.

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2011-08-12T18:02:03Z

Here are some of the many music events happening in the Sacramento area this week. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com.

Sacramento Area Concerts & Music Events

Defending The Caveman at Cosmopolitan Cabaret on 1000 K Street in Sacramento. Continues WED-SUN. Show times are at 8PM or 7:30PM with some 2PM matinees. Tickets are $33.00 - $48.00.

Through Sunday, August 14th: Music Circus presents Annie Get Your Gun at Wells Fargo Pavilion on 1419 H Street Sacramento. Shows at various times. Tickets are $30.00 - $59.00.
Beginning Tuesday, August 16th - Sunday, August 21st: I Do! I Do!

Friday, August 12th: Friday Night Concerts in the Park will feature The Brodys -Automatic Rival - A Single Second at Cesar Chavez Plaza at 10 & J Street in Sacramento. 5PM/Free

Friday, August 12th: Huey Lewis and The News at Thunder Valley Casino Outdoor Summer Concerts. Concert at 8PM. Tickets are $35.00 - $69.00.

Friday, August 12th: Pat Travers - Rue the Night - Righteous Sire - Blacksheep at The Boardwalk. Show at 8PM.Tickets are $20.00.

Friday, August 12th: Tower of Power Bump City Dance Party to benefit Francis House at The Radisson Hotel on 500 Leisure Lane in Sacramento. Concert at 7PM. Tickets are $49.00.

Saturday, August 13th: Red Elvises at Power House Pub in Old Folsom. Show at 10PM. Tickets are $15.00.

Sunday, August 15th: Questlove (The Roots) at Harlows on 2708 J Street Sacramento. Show at 10PM. Tickets are $25.00 ADV

Wednesday, August 17th: Fairytale Town presents Twilight Concert Series at William Land Park 3901 Land Park Drive Sacramento. Concert at 6PM. Tickets are $10.00.

Wednesday, August 17th: Sade and John Legend at Power Balance Pavilion. Concert at 7:30PM. Tickets are $39.00 - $149.00.

Thursday, August 18th: Hot Lunch Concert Series presented by Hot Italian will feature The Nickel Slots at Fremont Park on 16th & Q Street in Sacramento from 11:30 - 1PM/Free.

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, August 12th:

Reggae By The Pool at Red Lion Hotel on 1401 Arden Way Sacramento. Music is from 5-10PM. $10 Cover/Kids Under 12 Free.

Irsh Palooza with Whiskey & Stitches & Stout Rebellion at 6:30PM/$6 Forever Goldrush with Walking Spanish & Nicki Bluhm and The Gramblers at Harlows 10PM/$8

Pop Ficton at Ace of Spades 7PM

Gino Matteo at Torch Club 9PM/$10

Hellbound Glory - The Cheating Hearts - Swill Billies at Blue Lamp 9PM

Anthony Cavazos & Alicia Gonzales at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

3 Dance Floors of DJ Top Hits, Hip-Hop, Latin at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 After

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

A Single Second - All In A Day at Distillery 10PM/$5

Hot Buttered Rum at Marilyns 9PM/$14

80's & 90's DJ Mix at Mix Downtown 9PM

Flirt Fridays with DJ Gio at District 30 9PM

Herbie Kritzer - Allyson Seconds at Lunas 9PM/$6

Smithfiled Bargain - RC Essig - David Dondero at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

DJ Fashen & DJ Billy Lane at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM/$15

Roger Carpio & X-GVNR - Jon Droll at Townhouse 9PM/$5

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

2 Or 3 Guys - Mr. Rogers - Those Charming Crooks at Shenanigans 9PM/$5

Tainted Love at Power House Pub 10PM/$20

Warp 11 - Tres Hombres at Swabbies on The River at 6PM/$5

Saturday, August 13th

Jesi Naomi - Street Urchinz - Political Plum at Marilyns 9:30PM/$8

DJ Hailey at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

Old 97's with Robert Ellis at Harlows 10PM/$20

Wonderland at Mix Downtown 9PM

Jackson Griffith - Emily O'Neil at Lunas 9PM/$6

Country Music & Line Dancing 8PM with DJ's on Three Floors at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 after

DJ Peeti-V at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

Historia Alterna - Sickboys - Silas Wolf at Distillery 10PM

Kaye Bohler at The Torch Club 9PM/$10

Lost Angeles - Arlyn Anderson Project at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$8

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

DJ Zhadlee at District 30 9PM

Evaline - Greenlight - The Even Tide - Early States, -Yours For A Nighat The Boardwalk 8PM/$10

The Chill at Swabbies on the River 4PM/$5

DJ Larry Rodriquez at Press Club 9PM/$5

The Charming Band Smiths Tribute at Blue Lamp 9PM

X-GVNR & Brian Hawk at Townhouse Lounge 9PM/$5

Sunday, August 14th

Dragalicious Show & DJ Hits at Faces 9PM/$5

Blues Jam at 4PM and Johnny Knox 8PM at Torch Club/$5

Kenny Blue Ray at Power House Pub 3PM

Industry Night at Golden Bear 9PM

AKA Band at Swabbies on the River 4:30PM/$5

Dubb DJ's International Sundays! at Blue Lamp 9:30PM

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2011-08-05T15:37:58Z

Here are some of the many music events happening in the Sacramento area this week. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com.

Sacramento Area Concerts & Music Events

Defending The Caveman at Cosmopolitan Cabaret on 1000 K Street in Sacramento. Continues WED-SUN. Show times are at 8PM or 7:30PM with some 2PM matinees. Tickets are $33.00 - $48.00.

Through Sunday, August 7th: Music Circus presents Camelot at Wells Fargo Pavilion on 1419 H Street Sacramento. Shows at various times. Tickets are $30.00 - $59.00.
Beginning Tuesday, August 9th - Sunday, August 14th: Annie Get Your Gun

Friday, August 5th: Friday Night Concerts in the Park will feature Musical Charis - Be Brave Bold Robot - Adrian Bourgeois - San Kazakgascar at Cesar Chavez Plaza at 10 & J Street in Sacramento. 5PM/Free

Friday, August 5th: Doobie Brothers Thunder Valley Casino Outdoor Summer Concerts. Concert at 7PM. Tickets are $21.00 - $59.00.

Friday, August 5th: Mother Hips at Power House Pub in Old Folsom. Show at 10PM. Tickets are $20.00.

Friday, August 5th & Saturday, August 6th: Northern California Blues Festival with Mick Martin & The Blues Rockers - Kenny Neal - Carolyn Wonderland - Dennis Jones - Jeff Watson Band - Daniel Castro & Terry Hiatt - Bay Area Blues Society’s Caravan of All Stars - The Soulshakers at Auburn Regional Park. For more information go to Norcalbluesfest.com

Saturday, August 6th: Peter Frampton at Thunder Valley Casino Outdoor Summer Concerts. Concert at 7PM. Tickets are $21.00 - $59.00.

Saturday, August 6th: Kainani Kahaunaela at Harlows on 2708 J Street Sacramento. Show at 5PM. Tickets are $20.00 ADV

Wednesday, August 10th: Fairytale Town presents Twilight Concert Series at William Land Park 3901 Land Park Drive Sacramento. Concert at 6PM. Tickets are $10.00.

Thursday, August 11th: Warped Tour at SleepTrain Amphitheatre. Concert at Noon. Tickets are $30.00.

Thursday, August 11th: Hot Lunch Concert Series presented by Hot Italian will feature KB & The Slingtones at Fremont Park on 16th & Q Street in Sacramento from 11:30 - 1PM/Free.

Concert Tickets On Sale This Week:

Watch The Throne Jay-Z & Kanye West at Power Balance Pavilion on Monday, October 17th at Power Balance Pavilion. Tickets are rumored to be on sale Monday (nothing yet on Power Balance Pavilion website).

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, August 5th:

Reggae By The Pool at Red Lion Hotel on 1401 Arden Way Sacramento. Music is from 5-10PM. $10 Cover/Kids Under 12 Free.

Reminisce at Harlows 9PM/$15

Dredg - Fair to Midland - Trophy Fire - Breva at Ace of Spades 6PM

AC Myles at Torch Club 9PM/$8

Tender Box - Early States - Color of Sound at Blue Lamp 9PM

Kevin Seconds & Friends at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

3 Dance Floors of DJ Top Hits, Hip-Hop, Latin at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 After

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Jason Welt - Brian Hanover - Andrew Harrison at Distillery 10PM/$5

Canvas with Chris 2me and Friends at Marilyns 9:30PM/$5

80's & 90's DJ Mix at Mix Downtown 9PM

Flirt Fridays at District 30 9PM

Island of Black and White at Lunas 9PM/$6

Gene Smith & GreenHouse - Mad Planet at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

DJ Billy Lane at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM/$15

Roger Carpio & X-GVNR - Jon Droll at Townhouse 9PM/$5

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Draw from the Effect - Thea Skotia - Escalon - My Bloodshed Kills at The Boardwalk 9PM/$10

Pointdexter - Simple Creation - Soundcheck at Shenanigans 9PM/$5

Amanda Gray at Swabbies on The River at 6PM/$5

Saturday, August 6th

Lucas Young and The Wilderness at Marilyns 9:30PM/$8

The Green Door & Katie Knipp at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

Kill The Precendent with Will Haven - The Snobs - City of Vain at Harlows 10PM/$10

Wonderland at Mix Downtown 9PM

Jem & Scout - Kids On A Crime Spree at Luigis Fungarden (All Ages) 8PM/$5-$7

Ivory Tower - Essence of October Lunas 9PM/$6

Country Music & Line Dancing 8PM with DJ's on Three Floors at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 after

DJ Peeti-V at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

Crazy Ballhead - Trunk of Funk - Lumis at Distillery 10PM

Walking Spanish at The Torch Club 9PM/$10

Nate Weldon - Justin Farren - Truth of Mars at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$8

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Zeparella at Power House Pub 10PM/$12

DJ Este at District 30 9PM

Steel Savior - For All Ive Done - Silence of the Grimm - Mortal Atrocity - Pythagora at The Boardwalk 8PM/$10

Nothin Personal at Swabbies on the River 4PM/$5

DJ Larry Rodriquez at Press Club 9PM/$5

Hypnotic IV - The Razorblades - Denver Pyle Driver at Blue Lamp 9PM

X-GVNR & Brian Hawk at Townhouse Lounge 9PM/$5

Sunday, August 7th

Dragalicious Show & DJ Hits at Faces 9PM/$5

Blues Jam at 4PM and Groove Session 8PM at Torch Club/$5

Pinkie Rideau at Power House Pub 3PM

Industry Night at Golden Bear 9PM

Set In Stone at Swabbies on the River 4:30PM/$5

Dubb DJ's International Sundays! at Blue Lamp 9:30PM

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2011-07-29T15:58:22Z

Here are some of the many music events happening in the Sacramento area this week. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com.

Sacramento Area Concerts & Music Events

Defending The Caveman at Cosmopolitan Cabaret on 1000 K Street in Sacramento. Continues WED-SUN. Show times are at 8PM or 7:30PM with some 2PM matinees. Tickets are $33.00 - $48.00.

Through Sunday, July 31st: Music Circus presents Anything Goes at Wells Fargo Pavilion on 1419 H Street Sacramento. Shows at various times. Tickets are $30.00 - $59.00.
Beginning Tuesday, August 2nd - Sunday, August 7th: Camelot

Through Sunday, July 31st: CA State Fair Concert Series at Cal Expo. Info at www.bigfun.org

Friday, July 29th: Friday Night Concerts in the Park will feature Lite Brite - Mondo Deco - Simpl3Jack - Jem & Scout at Cesar Chavez Plaza at 10 & J Street in Sacramento. 5PM/Free

Friday, July 29th: A Perfect Circle at Sacramento Memorial Auditorium 1515 J Street in Sacramento. Concert at 8PM. Tickets are $49.50.

Friday, July 29th: The Tubes at Thunder Valley Casino Outdoor Summer Concerts. Concert at 7PM. Tickets are $19.00 - $29.00.

Friday, July 29th: E-40 with Keak Da Sneak - Raider Dav - Alias John Brown - Quette Daddie at Ace of Spades 1417 R Street Sacramento. Show at 7PM. Tickets are $27.00.

Friday, July 29th: Pablo Cruise at Power House Pub in Old Folsom. Show at 10PM. Tickets are $20.00.

Saturday, July 30th: Chicago at Thunder Valley Casino Outdoor Summer Concerts. Concert at 7PM. Tickets are $19.00 - $29.00.

Wednesday, July 27th: Fairytale Town presents Twilight Concert Series at William Land Park 3901 Land Park Drive Sacramento. Concert at 6PM. Tickets are $10.00.

Thursday, August 4th: Toby Keith & Eric Church at Sleep Train Amphitheatre. Concert at 7PM. Tickets are $29.50 - $90.00.

Thursday, August 4th: Lyrics Born at Harlows on 2708 J Street Sacramento. Show at 7PM. Tickets are $20.00 ADV

Thursday, July 28th: Hot Lunch Concert Series presented by Hot Italian will feature Freebadge Serenadres at Fremont Park on 16th & Q Street in Sacramento from 11:30 - 1PM/Free.

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, July 29th

Reggae By The Pool at Red Lion Hotel on 1401 Arden Way Sacramento. Music is from 5-10PM. $10 Cover/Kids Under 12 Free.

Matt Schofield at Harlows 9PM/$15

Soft Science - Arts & Leisure - Damon Wyckoff - Be Brave Bold Robot at Beatnik Studios 6PM

Quinn Hedges Band - The Bluez Houndz at Torch Club 9PM/$7

Three Bad Jacks - The Avenue Saints - Ghost Town Hangmen at Blue Lamp 9PM

Gillian Underwood at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

3 Dance Floors of DJ Top Hits, Hip-Hop, Latin at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 After

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Give Em Hell - Take Pride - Hugo Stiglitz - Brace for the Unrest at Distillery 10PM/$5

Midlife Confidential at Marilyns 9:30PM/$5

80's & 90's DJ Mix at Mix Downtown 9PM

Flirt Fridays DJ Guzie & DJ Just at District 30 9PM

O Street with Peabody Incident at Harlows 9PM/$8

Family Bandits at Lunas 9PM/$6

The Chic P’s - Jackwagon - Mollymawks at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

DJ Scene at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM/$15

Roger Carpio & X-GVNR - Jon Droll at Townhouse 9PM/$5

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Eulogy - Straight Up Grizzly - Victory or Death - Defend the Outlaw at The Boardwalk 9PM/$10

The Kelps - Honyock - Jaxx - Those Meddling Kids at The Refuge (All Ages) 7PM/$5-$7

Madside & Built By Stereo at Shenanigans 9PM/$5

Pato Banton at Swabbies on The River at 6PM/$5

Saturday, July 30th

Nekromantix - The Brains - The Infamous Swanks - Avenue Saints at Ace of Spades (All Ages) 6PM/$13

ZUHG at Marilyns 9:30PM/$8

Armed Forces Radio - Riot Radio at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

Lord Beaverbrooks & Fat Fonzies Reunion at Harlows 7PM/$10

Wonderland at Mix Downtown 9PM

The Secretions - Phenomenauts - The Number - The Giddy Ups at Luigis Fungarden (All Ages) 8:30PM/$5-$7

David Houston & String Theory - Bobby Bottachello at Lunas 9PM/$6

Country Music & Line Dancing 8PM with DJ's on Three Floors at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 after

DJ Peeti-V at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

Big Sandy and his Fly Right Boys at The Torch Club 9PM/$10

Sandra Dolores Band - Secret Agryle - Isaac Howl at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$8

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

The Hits at Power House Pub 10PM/$10

Violet Muse Fashion Show at District 30 9PM

Filter - Saliva - Anew Revolution - Heart-Set Self Destruct - Prylosis - White Minorities at The Boardwalk 8PM/$10

The Nibblers at Swabbies on the River 4PM/$5

DJ Larry Rodriquez at Press Club 9PM/$5

Prieta - Platboy School at Blue Lamp 9PM

X-GVNR & Brian Hawk at Townhouse Lounge 9PM/$5

Sunday, July 31st

Dragalicious Show & DJ Hits at Faces 9PM/$5

Blues Jam at 4PM and Groove Session 8PM at Torch Club/$5

Tess & Hip Trash at Power House Pub 3PM

Industry Night at Golden Bear 9PM

Mumbo Gumbo at Swabbies on the River 4:30PM/$10

Dubb DJ's International Sundays! at Blue Lamp 9:30PM

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2011-07-22T16:13:13Z

Here are some of the many music events happening in the Sacramento area this week. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com.

Sacramento Area Concerts & Music Events

Defending The Caveman at Cosmopolitan Cabaret on 1000 K Street in Sacramento. Continues WED-SUN. Show times are at 8PM or 7:30PM with some 2PM matinees. Tickets are $33.00 - $48.00.

Through Sunday, July 24th: Music Circus presents Oliver! at Wells Fargo Pavilion on 1419 H Street Sacramento. Shows at various times. Tickets are $30.00 - $59.00.
Beginning Tuesday, July 26th - Sunday, July 31st: Anything Goes

Through Sunday, July 31st: CA State Fair Concert Series at Cal Expo. Info at www.bigfun.org

Friday, July 22nd: Friday Night Concerts in the Park will feature Prieta - Roman Funerals - Kelps - The Denver Piledrivers at Cesar Chavez Plaza at 10 & J Street in Sacramento. 5PM/Free

Friday, July 22nd: George Winston at Crest Theatre 1013 K Street in Sacramento. Concert at 8PM. Tickets are $25.00 - $33.00.

Sunday, July 24th: Train at Thunder Valley Casino Outdoor Summer Concerts. Concert at 7PM. Tickets are $29.00 - $69.00.

Tuesday, July 26th: Kid Rock & Sheryl Crow at Sleep Train Amphitheatre. Concert at 7PM. Tickets are $21.50 - $98.00.

Wednesday, July 27th: Fairytale Town presents Twilight Concert Series at William Land Park 3901 Land Park Drive Sacramento. Concert at 6PM. Tickets are $10.00.

Thursady, July 28th: Asleep at The Wheel at Harlows on 2708 J Street Sacramento. Show at 7PM. Tickets are $37.00 ADV

Thursday, July 28th: Hot Lunch Concert Series presented by Hot Italian will feature Exquisite Corps at Fremont Park on 16th & Q Street in Sacramento from 11:30 - 1PM/Free.

Thursday, July 28th: Fiesta en la Calle (weekly through July 28th) at Cesar Chavez Park on 9th & J Street in Sacramento. 5PM-8:30PM./Free

Tickets On Sale This Week:

Cake at Freeborn Hall UC Davis on Thursday, October 6th & Friday, October 7th. Tickets are $TBA. On Sale FRI through Tickets.com.

(Note: Tickets.com should get a clue about how nice it would be for customers if they displayed the cost of a ticket in advance of the on sale date. Not into surpises when it comes to spending my $ these days. Tickets will go FAST...it's been awhile since Cake played a show in the SAC area.)

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, July 22nd:

Reggae By The Pool at Red Lion Hotel on 1401 Arden Way Sacramento. Music is from 5-10PM. $10 Cover/Kids Under 12 Free.

Conscious Vibes Website Pary at Harlows 9PM

Tracorium at Torch Club 9PM/$8

DJ Epik - Man Machine - Kodac Visualz - DJ Fooders at Blue Lamp 9PM

Hot Tar Roofers - Perpetual Drifters at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

3 Dance Floors of DJ Top Hits, Hip-Hop, Latin at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 After

Superlicious at Power House Pub 10PM/$10

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Voltera - Beyond the Grove - Slave Unit - Outshined at Distillery 10PM/$5

Thaw Jack Frost at Marilyns 9PM/$5

80's & 90's DJ Mix at Mix Downtown 9PM

Flirt Fridays DJ Audio1 at District 30 9PM

Kevin Never Talks at Lunas 9PM/$6

Iconoclast Robot - Conflict Minerals - James Cavern at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

DJ Scene at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM/$15

Roger Carpio & X-GVNR - Jon Droll at Townhouse 9PM/$5

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Faster Pussycat - Big Boss Graffiti - Venrez - Restrayned at The Boardwalk 9PM/$12-$14

Kevin Lee Florence - Caldendar Kids at The Refuge (All Ages) 7PM/$5-$7

Free Fan Appreciation Show with Stepchild at Shenanigans 9PM/$5

Rogue at Swabbies on The River at 6PM/$5

Saturday, July 23rd

Tyler Rich - Method Echo - Autumn Sky - Fate Under Fire - The Repair - at Ace of Spades (All Ages) 6PM/$15

Greens Hotel LAUNCH with Neon Indian - Little Foxes - D.A.M.B. - Dreaded Diamond - Exquisite Corp - Resa - Jon Droll - Sam I Jam - Taylor Cho - Mike Diamond - My Cousin Vinny 5 p.m

Dane Drewis Band at Marilyns 9:30PM/$5

Rich Driver at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

Conscious Vibes Website Party Launch at Harlows 9PM/$10

Wonderland at Mix Downtown 9PM

A Lot Like Birds - I The Mighty - Early States - The Mighty - Ben Union at Luigis Fungarden (All Ages) 8:30PM/$5-$7

Justin Farren - Justin McMahonat Lunas 9PM/$6

Country Music & Line Dancing 8PM with DJ's on Three Floors at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 after

DJ Peeti-V at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

Johnny Knox at The Torch Club 9PM/$12

Broughty Cole - Johnny Rulon - I Bison at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$8

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Club 90 - Bump City at Power House Pub 10PM/$15

DJ Don Lynch at District 30 9PM

The Angry Samoans - Boats! - Flip-Offs! - No Beatings from Holly - The Scowndrolls - Judhea at The Boardwalk 8PM/$10

Cinema 7 at Swabbies on the River 4PM/$5

DJ Larry Rodriquez at Press Club 9PM/$5

Dubb DJ's at Blue Lamp 9PM

X-GVNR & Brian Hawk at Townhouse Lounge 9PM/$5

Sunday, July 24th

Dragalicious Show & DJ Hits at Faces 9PM/$5

Blues Jam at 4PM and Groove Session 8PM at Torch Club/$5

Mark Zito & Claud Hay at Power House Pub 3PM

Industry Night at Golden Bear 9PM

Riff Raff at Swabbies on the River 4PM/$8

Dubb DJ's International Sundays! at Blue Lamp 9:30PM

Cake, anyone? Freeborn Hall tickets on sale Friday

2011-07-20T02:12:55Z

These aren't the kind of shows you necessarily have to be "in the know" to know about.

Most of Cake's hometown shows here in Sacramento over the past couple of years have been centered around their occasional surprise shows at the relatively tiny Blue Lamp, with announcements for the gigs usually coming the day before or day of - or not at all.

You may now consider yourself "in the know."

Cake will perform a pair of concerts on Thursday, October 6 and Friday, October 7 at Freeborn Hall on the University of California Davis campus. Tickets are $37 in advance and $42 the day of the show. Tickets are currently in pre-sale, and will be on sale to the general public on Friday, July 22 beginning at 10 a.m. through tickets.com. More info is available here.

The two shows in Davis are the only local dates (and only Northern California dates) on Cake's calendar for the remainder of the year, with their typically ramshackle touring schedule taking them to a smattering of festivals and random dates at the end of the summer, and to Europe in November.

Cake has spent much of 2011 touring behind the January release of their sixth studio album, "Showroom of Compassion," which continues to showcase that deep-fried country funk style that has remained solely theirs since their earliest days of performing songs from "Motorcade of Generosity" in small Sacramento bars and music venues. The new record features tunes like "Long Time" and "Sick of You" that already appear to be instant classics when performed live alongside their stable of hits that includes "Never There," "Short Skirt, Long Jacket" and "Rock 'n Roll Lifestyle."

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2011-07-15T19:03:53Z

Here are some of the many music events happening in the Sacramento area this week. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com.

Sacramento Area Concerts & Music Events

Defending The Caveman at Cosmopolitan Cabaret on 1000 K Street in Sacramento. Continues WED-SUN. Show times are at 8PM or 7:30PM with some 2PM matinees. Tickets are $33.00 - $48.00.

Through Sunday, July 17th: Music Circus presents The Producers at Wells Fargo Pavilion on 1419 H Street Sacramento. Shows at various times. Tickets are $30.00 - $59.00.
Beginning Tuesday, July 19th - Sunday, July 24th: Oliver!

Through Sunday, July 31st: CA State Fair Concert Series at Cal Expo. Info at www.bigfun.org

Friday, July 15th: Friday Night Concerts in the Park will feature The Nickel Slots - Whiskey & Stiches - Bright Faces at Cesar Chavez Plaza at 10th & J Street in Sacramento. 5PM/Free

Friday, July 15th: Jazz Attack with Peter White - Gerald Albright - Rick Braun at The Radisson Hotel Grove 500 Liesure Lane Sacramento. Concert at 7:30PM. Tickets are $40.00 - $64.00.

Wednesday, July 20th: Fairytale Town presents Twilight Concert Series at William Land Park 3901 Land Park Drive Sacramento. Concert at 6PM. Tickets are $10.00.

Thursday, July 21st: Hapa at Harlows on 2708 J street in Sacramento. Show at 7PM. Tickets are $25.00.

Thursday, July 21st: Hot Lunch Concert Series presented by Hot Italian will feature Iland of Black and White at Fremont Park on 16th & Q Street in Sacramento from 11:30 - 1PM/Free.

Thursday, July 21st: Fiesta en la Calle (weekly through July 28th) at Cesar Chavez Park on 9th & J Street in Sacramento. 5PM-8:30PM./Free

Concert Tickets On Sale This Week:

Rockstar Uproar with Avenged Sevenfold - Three Days Grace - Seether at Sleep Train Ampitheatre on Thursday, October 13th. Tickets are $25.00 - $70.00. On Sale FRI

Rascal Flatts with Sara Evans - Justine Moore at SleepTrain Ampitheatre on Thursday, September 15th. Tickets are $37.00 - $90.00. On Sale SAT.

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, July 15th

Reggae By The Pool at Red Lion Hotel on 1401 Arden Way Sacramento. Music is from 5-10PM. $10 Cover/Kids Under 12 Free.

Tainted Love at Harlows 10PM/$17

Electric Grease at Torch Club 9PM/$7

The Chop Tops - The Cockfight Kings - Coffin Hunter at Blue Lamp 9PM

The Ryders - Dry Creek Rounders - Trainwreck Revival at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

3 Dance Floors of DJ Top Hits, Hip-Hop, Latin at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 After

Wonderbread 5 at Power House Pub 10PM/$15

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Boundaries - Drag Me Under - Carry The Torch at Distillery 10PM/$5

The Bell Boys - James Cavern at Marilyns 9PM/$5

80's & 90's DJ Mix at Mix Downtown 9PM

Flirt Fridays DJ David Carvalho at District 30 9PM

Richie Lawrence - Julie The Bruce at Lunas 9PM/$6

Walking Spanish - Honyock at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

Yule Logs - Uni & Her Ukelele - Musical Charis at Lugis Fungarden (All Ages) 9PM $5-$7

DJ Trent Mazur at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM/$15

Roger Carpio & X-GVNR - Jon Droll at Townhouse 9PM/$5

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Valencia - Anarbor - Conditions - Talking's Not Stealing at The Boardwalk 9PM/$12-$14

Heros Last Mission - The Generals - The Reel at The Refuge (All Ages) 7PM/$5-$7

Element of Soul - A Single Second - Sinister Scene - Adam Roth at Shenanigans 9PM/$5

Urban Fire at Swabbies on The River at 6PM/$5

Saturday, July 16th

Sacred City Infest with Havenside and a 10 band line-up at Ace of Spades (All Ages) 3:30PM/$14

Smirker - Strange Tounges at Marilyns 9:30PM/$5

Natural Drift - Kathy Barwick at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

Zuhg - Wooster at Harlows 9PM/$10

Wonderland at Mix Downtown 9PM

Poor Bailey - Whiskerman at Luigis Fungarden (All Ages) 8:30PM/$5-$7

Alex Jenkins - Sound Immersion - V-Neck - Phillip Greenleaf at Lunas 9PM/$6

Country Music & Line Dancing 8PM with DJ's on Three Floors at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 after

DJ Peeti-V at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

Sista Monica at The Torch Club 9PM/$12

Shannon Curtis - Gillian Underwood at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$8

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Atomic Punks at Power House Pub 10PM/$15

1st Annual White Party with DJ White Shadow (Lady Gaga's Tour DJ) at District 30 9PM/$15

First Class Citizen - Silent Treatment - Nam Classic at The Boardwalk 8PM/$10

Marshall Wilkerson at Swabbies on the River 4PM/$5

DJ Larry Rodriquez at Press Club 9PM/$5

Klear Channelz - Lenskrafters - MLS at Blue Lamp 9PM

X-GVNR & Brian Hawk at Townhouse Lounge 9PM/$5

Sunday, July 17th

Dragalicious Show & DJ Hits at Faces 9PM/$5

Blues Jam at 4PM and Bone McDonald & Friends 8PM at Torch Club/$5

Papas Garage at Power House Pub 3PM

Industry Night at Golden Bear 9PM

Road 88 at Swabbies on the River 4PM/$8

Dubb DJ's International Sundays! at Blue Lamp 9:30PM

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2011-07-08T16:45:12Z

Here are some of the many music events happening in the Sacramento area this week. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com.

Sacramento Area Concerts & Music Events

Defending The Caveman at Cosmopolitan Cabaret on 1000 K Street in Sacramento. Continues WED-SUN. Show times are at 8PM or 7:30PM with some 2PM matinees. Tickets are $33.00 - $48.00.

Friday, July 8th: Friday Night Concerts in the Park will feature The Nibblers - Gerald Pease Combo -The Bell Boys with James Cavern and Jesi Naomat at Cesar Chavez Plaza at 10 & J Street in Sacramento. 5PM/Free

Friday, July 8th: Bone Thugs N-Harmony with White Minorities at Ace of Spades 1417 R Street Sacramento. Concert at 7PM. Tickets are $25.00.

Saturday, July 9th: Tesla at Thundervalley Resort Outdoors 1200 Athens Avenue in Lincoln. Concert at 8PM. Tickets are $21.00 - $59.00

Monday, July 11th: American Idols Live at Power Balance Pavilion. Concert at 7PM. Tickets are $45.00 - $65.00.

Tuesday, July 12th - Sunday, July 17th: Music Circus presents The Producers at Wells Fargo Pavilion on 1419 H Street Sacramento. Shows at various times. Tickets are $30.00 - $59.00.

Wednesday, July 13th: Fairytale Town presents Twilight Concert Series at William Land Park 3901 Land Park Drive Sacramento. Concert at 6PM. Tickets are $10.00.

Thursday, July 14th - Sunday, July 31st: CA State Fair Concert Series at Cal Expo. Info at www.bigfun.org

Thursday, June 14th: Hot Lunch Concert Series presented by Hot Italian will feature Gerald Pease Combo at Fremont Park on 16th & Q Street in Sacramento from 11:30 - 1PM/Free.

Thursday, June 30th: Fiesta en la Calle (weekly through July 28th) at Cesar Chavez Park on 9th & J Street in Sacramento. 5PM-8:30PM./Free

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, July 8th:

Reggae By The Pool at Red Lion Hotel on 1401 Arden Way Sacramento. This week Yami Bolo with Arden Park Roots. Music is from 5-10PM. $10 Cover/Kids Under 12 Free.

Doey Rock at Harlows 10PM/$10

The Nibblers at Torch Club 9PM/$10

Giant Squid - La Fin - DJ Monde at Blue Lamp 9PM

Little Black Bats - 2 or 3 Guys at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

3 Dance Floors of DJ Top Hits, Hip-Hop, Latin at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 After

Notorious at Power House Pub 10PM/$12

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Virtue & Vices - The Ploymers at Distillery 10PM/$5

Lacy & Mystic Man - 2Me at Marilyns 9PM/$10

80's & 90's DJ Mix at Mix Downtown 9PM

DJ Illest at Dream Ultra Lounge 9PM

DJ David Carvalho at District 30 9PM

For Sayle - The Speak Low - Glorious Flatfoot at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

Beyond Veronica - Black Market - Sunday Baby at Old Ironsides 9PM/$5

DJ Billy Lane at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM/$15

Roger Carpio & X-GVNR - Jon Droll at Townhouse 9PM/$5

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Full Blown Stone - Dogfood - Confidential at The Boardwalk 9PM/$8

Andrus Shivley - Alicyca Angel - Chris Bown at Shenanigans 9PM/$5

Sin City at Swabbies on The River at 6PM/$5

Saturday, July 9th

Fascination 80's New Wave DJ Party at Old Ironsides 9:30PM/$5

Ian Moore & The Lossy Coils - Nathan Dale at Marilyns 9PM/$5

DJ Hailey atFox & Goose 9PM/$5

Wonderland at Mix Downtown 9PM

The Geencards at 7PM/$17.50 & The Sizzling Sirens at 10PM/$20 at Harlows

Country Music & Line Dancing 8PM with DJ's on Three Floors at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 after

DJ Peeti-V at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

Delta Wires at The Torch Club 9PM/$10

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Afro Cuban Funk Band at Power House Pub 10PM/$10

DJ Panic City at District 30 9PM

Mezza Luna - Tragic Culture - Under Pendegast at The Boardwalk 7PM/$10

Appelz at Swabbies on the River 9PM/$5

DJ Larry Rodriquez at Press Club 9PM/$5

The Sleeprockers - ARG - Mahtie Bush at Blue Lamp 9PM

Oh Dang! at Townhouse Lounge 9PM/$3

Sunday, July 10th

Dragalicious Show & DJ Hits at Faces 9PM/$5

Blues Jam at 4PM and Dead Winter Carpenters 8PM at Torch Club/$5

Shana Morrison &Roomful of Blues at Power House Pub 3PM

Industry Night at Golden Bear 9PM

Dubb DJ's International Sundays! at Blue Lamp 9:30PM

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2011-06-24T17:07:27Z

Here are some of the many music events happening in the Sacramento area this week. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com.

Sacramento Area Concerts & Music Events

Defending The Caveman at Cosmopolitan Cabaret on 1000 K Street in Sacramento. Continues WED-SUN. Show times are at 8PM or 7:30PM with some 2PM matinees. Tickets are $33.00 - $48.00.

Friday, June 24th: Friday Night Concerts in the Park will feature Mumbo Gumbo & Los Blazing Hangovers at Cesar Chavez Plaza at 10 & J Street in Sacramento. 5PM/Free

Saturday, June 25th and Sunday, June 26th: Foothills Music Festival at Gibson Ranch Park with Two Tone Steiny, Cream of Clapton, Sacred Fire Band, Renegade, The Bonedivers and more. $20 Day/$35 Two Days

Saturday, June 25th: Pops in The Park Concert Series with Mercy Me at East Potal Park on 1120 Rodeo Way in Sacramento. Concert at 6:00PM/Free.

Saturday, June 25th: Garrett Wilkin & The Parrotheads Cheeseburger in Paradise Summer Kick-Off at 10000 Garden HWY. 3PM - 11PM. Tickets are $15.00.

Sunday, June 26th: Bob Keller's 30th Anniversary Soiree and Clambake with Linda Pense & Coldblood and more bands at The Sacramento Horseman's Club on 3200 Longview Drive in Sacramento. Events begin at Noon. Tickets are 10.00.

Sunday, June 26th: Jackie Greene at Fairytale Town. Concert begins at 8PM. Tickets are $35.00.

Sunday, June 26th: Alison Krauss at Mondavi Center in Davis. Concert at 7PM. Tickets are $59.00 -$125.00.

Thursday, June 30th: Hot Lunch Concert Series presented by Hot Italian will feature Kepi Ghoulie Acoustic & DogParty at Fremont Park on 16th & Q Street in Sacramento from 11:30 - 1PM/Free.

Thursday, June 30th: Fiesta en la Calle (weekly through July 28th) at Cesar Chavez Park on 9th & J Street in Sacramento. 5PM-8:30PM./Free

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, June 24th

Midnight Players at Harlows 9PM/$10

The Nibblers at Torch Club 9PM/$10

Akil the MC (of Jurassic 5) - J Ross Parrelli - J*Ras at Blue Lamp 9PM

Pushtonawanda - The Inversions - Braden Scot at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

3 Dance Floors of DJ Top Hits, Hip-Hop, Latin at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 After

Tainted Love at Power House Pub 10PM/$20

Final Friday Arts & Music Showcase with Micah Crandall-Bear & Lisa Alonzo with music from Hot Tar Roofers - Noah Clark at Beatnik Studios 6PM.

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Acoustic Friday with Keloid - Black Mackeral at Distillery 10PM/$6

Ancestree at Marilyns 9PM/$8

80's & 90's DJ Mix at Mix Downtown 9PM

DJ Illest at Dream Ultra Lounge 9PM

DJ David Carvalho at District 30 9PM

Bright Faces - Kites & Crows - Carly DuHain at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

DJ Mr Maurico & DJ Billy Lane at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM/$15

Roger Carpio & X-GVNR - Jon Droll at Townhouse 9PM/$5

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Art Lessing & The Flower Vato at Luigis Fungarden 8PM/$5

Mystic Roots - Simple Creation at The Boardwalk 7PM/$10

Soundcheck 8 - In Oceans - June Breaks Bright and more at Ace of Spades 5:30PM

Nam Classic - Color the Sound - The Realists at Shenanigans 9PM/$5

Amanada Gray at Swabbies on The River at 6PM/$5

Saturday, June 25th

Cosmonauts - The Kimberly Trip - The Mathletes at Old Ironsides 10PM/$5

Plex at Marilyns 9PM/$5

Honyock and Friends at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

Wonderland at Mix Downtown 9PM

Sacramento Moonwalk Competition at Harlows

Country Music & Line Dancing 8PM with DJ's on Three Floors at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 after

DJ Spyder & DJ Peeti-V at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

Tracorium at The Torch Club 9PM/$10

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Spazmatics at Power House Pub 10PM/$20

Rock The Runway Fashion Show at District 30 9PM

Mezza Luna - Peter Murphy at The Boardwalk 7:30PM

Savannah at Swabbies on the River 6PM

DJ Larry Rodriquez at Press Club 9PM/$5

Kill The Precedent at Blue Lamp 9PM

Oh Dang! at Townhouse Lounge 9PM/$3

Sunday, June 26th

Dragalicious Show & DJ Hits at Faces 9PM/$5

Blues Jam at 4PM and Groove Session 8PM at Torch Club/$5

Shana Morrison & Roomful of Blues at Power House Pub 3PM

Industry Night at Golden Bear 9PM

Dubb DJ's International Sundays! at Blue Lamp 9:30PM

Jackie Greene: Trigger Hippy?

2011-06-23T23:45:12Z

Here's what we know so far, Greeneheads...

As he confirmed in a recent blog post, Sacramento's favorite son Jackie Greene has just joined a new band called Trigger Hippy. The group also features Audley Freed and Nick Govrik (Black Crowes), Steve Gorman (Black Crowes, Stereophonics), and singer Joan Osborne.

Yes, that Joan Osborne.

This definitely qualifies as a "supergroup," albeit a bit of a random one (with a really cool name).

This is hardly a first for Jackie Greene, who has also lent his talents to Phil Lesh & Friends, Skinny Singers (with Tim Bluhm of the Mother Hips), and will also be linking up with Bob Weir and Chris Robinson as a trio this summer.

I think we see a Grateful Dead/Black Crowes pattern here, yeah?

So far, no Sacramento dates to be had, or even much info on what this band is going to be all about. But when I know more, Sactown, so shall you.

However, you can see Jackie Greene do the original Jackie-thing on Sunday, June 26 at Fairytale Town, as he makes up for the performance scheduled there for earlier this month that was rained out. Tickets are still available for the show; more info is available here.

Truth & Salvage Co. return to headline Davis Music Fest

2011-06-21T04:20:33Z

Nothing says “welcome home” quite like a day spent haggling over registration late fees at the DMV, where excuses are rarely valid and seldom accepted.

Tim Jones had a pretty good one.

“I guess I could have given them our touring schedule,” Jones, one of Truth & Salvage Co.’s four frontmen/songwriters said with a laugh. “I was home for like four weeks in April but I didn’t get the notice – I haven’t been in town literally for six months.”

For the record, they did indeed rescind Jones’ $75 fine. Welcome to L.A. (as the song goes).

To say that Truth & Salvage Co.’s touring schedule for the last year as been “busy” is a bit like saying that a politician named “Weiner” texting out photos of his giblets is “mildly funny.” Their summer has included stops at such smorgasbord summer festivals as Wakarusa, Hangout and Summer Camp, as well as gigs with old pals the Avett Brothers, and a host of club dates in between.

Their road warrior ways have cooled off a bit for the summer, but they’re still finding time to squeeze in what Jones said “will probably be our last Sacramento area performance of the year” at Saturday’s inaugural Davis Music Festival.

Truth & Salvage Co. performs at 10:30 p.m. Saturday, June 25 at Odd Fellows Hall, 415 2nd St. in Davis. Tickets are $20. See below for more info on the Davis Music Festival bands and venues.

This will be Truth & Salvage Co’s fourth appearance in the Sacramento area, and the first not being held at Lindol’s (err, Harlow’s), since opening for the Avett Brothers at the Crest Theatre in April of 2010.

“Sac has just been a great town for us,” Jones said. “There’s not a whole lot of places in California you can play without having to drive super far so we love coming through there.”

“It definitely beat all my expectations as far as beauty and people and fun,” he added. “It’s definitely a place I could live, we love it – Tree City, U.S.A.”

To see Truth & Salvage Co.’s Harlow’s shows get a little rowdier each time, and to watch their fan base expand in Sacramento over the last year, it seems a natural fit that their popularity in this town is germinating from a heavy stock of Avett Brothers fans (scooped up from the aforementioned headlining slot at the sold-out Crest Theatre), as well as devout fans of the Black Crowes; T&S Co.’s 2010 debut album was produced by Crowes front man Chris Robinson.

“The sincerity of their songwriting and their passionate performance were the things that attracted me to the project,” Robinson is quoted as saying about the group.

Their debut is what very few albums are these days: An actual album.

“There’s 12 songs on this record, and any one could have been a single,” said Jones, who accounts for a quarter of the creative core of the band, alongside drummer Bill “Smitty” Smith, guitarist Scott Kinnebrew, and keyboardist Walker Young. “Obviously we could have made a double album, but that’s not something a debut band does,” he joked.

Does anyone do that anymore?

Truth & Salvage Co’s debut is a feast of passionately crafted sing-alongers and road-trippers that tip-toe along the fence separating rock and roll and Americana, without ever falling over onto one side or another and busting an ankle. They’re the drinking songs of those late summer nights with good friends that you never want to end, and at the same time, the tunes you can’t wait to crank in the car on the road trip to the river the next day, hangover be darned.

All night parties. Newfound love. Best friends lost. “The gang.” It’s all there.

Although they easily have enough road-tested material for another record, they’re not in a huge hurry to crank out their sophomore effort. Truth be told, Jones hit the nail on the head when he reminded me that it’s only been a year since their debut album actually came out.

It was both a nice way of saying “do your research before you ask stupid questions,” and an indicator of just how long of a cycle it has really been for this band in the last year.

The near-constant string of touring also saw the departure of bassist Joe Edel in December, and the addition of Frank Divana; a noticeable spark in energy when you compare the December Harlow’s gig (with Edel) and the most recent gig in March.

“Whatever brings people to the show, it’s our challenge to make sure and provide them with whatever the expectations are,” said the always affable Jones.

“People can sit at home and listen to the record or watch a video, but capturing that spirit of the crowd - it has to be a party. That’s kind of what we try to play, we want people to feel a part of it as much as we feel.”

Truth & Salvage Co. are the headliners for the inaugural version of the very grassroots oriented Davis Music Festival, which also features West Nile Ramblers, Miss Lonely Hearts, Jake Mann + the Upper Hand, Musical Charis and several more. The festival will be spread across five downtown venues, including Odd Fellows Hall, Sophia’s Thai Kitchen, Little Prague, Delta of Venus, and an E Street Plaza stage.

The $20 ticket price includes roving admission to all five venues. Wristbands will be distributed on Friday, June 24 and on Saturday, the day of the event. The festival is all ages, although Sophia’s will become 21+ at 9 p.m., as will Little Prague at 10 p.m.

For the full lineup and ticket information, visit www.davismusicfest.com.

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2011-06-17T15:58:27Z

Here are some of the many music events happening in the Sacramento area this week. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com.

Sacramento Area Concerts & Music Events

Defending The Caveman at Cosmopolitan Cabaret on 1000 K Street in Sacramento. Continues WED-SUN. Show times are at 8PM or 7:30PM with some 2PM matinees. Tickets are $33.00 - $48.00.

Through Sunday, June 19th: Mary Poppins at Sacramento Community Center Theatre on 1301 L Street in Sacramento. Tickets are $24.00 - $138.00.

Friday, June 17th: Friday Night Concerts in the Park will feature Debora Iyall - Exquisite Corps - The Generals - Breaking Glass at Cesar Chavez Plaza at 10 & J Street in Sacramento. 5PM/Free

Saturday, June 18th: Jazz Concert Series with Mindi Abair at The Radsisson Hotel Grove on 500 Leisure Lane in Sacramento. Concert at 7:30PM. Tickets are $45.00 - $59.00.

Saturday, June 18th: Joan Jett & The Blackhearts at Thundrevalley Resort. Concert at 8PM. Tickets are $34.00 - $64.00.

Saturday, June 18th: Pops in The Park Concert Series with Swingmasters at Bertha Henschel Park in Sacramento. Concert at 6:00PM/Free.

Wednesday, June 22nd: Tech N9ne at Ace of Spades in Sacramento. Concert at 6PM. Tickets are $35.00.

Thursday, June 23rd: Hot Lunch Concert Series presented by Hot Italian will feature Richard March at Fremont Park on 16th & Q Street in Sacramento from 11:30 - 1PM/Free.

Thursday, June 23rd: Fiesta en la Calla (weekly through July 28th) at Cesar Chavez Park on 9th & J Street in Sacramento. This week Inspector & La Noche Oskura will appear. 5PM-8:30PM./Free

Concert Tickets On Sale This Week:

Foo Fighters with Cage The Elephnat & Mariachi El Bronx at Power Balance Pavilion on Thursady, Octobet 20th. Tickest are $49.00 - $69.00. On Sale FRI 6/17.

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, June 17th:

Brody Stewart Band with Joe Getty and The Dead Flowers at Harlows 9PM/$10

Zakiya Hooker at Torch Club 9PM/$10

The Queers - The Apers - The Secretions - The Left Hand at Blue Lamp 9PM

Nagual - The Nahum Zdybel Trio at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

3 Dance Floors of DJ Top Hits, Hip-Hop, Latin at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 After

Wild Child at Power House Pub 10PM/$20

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Acoustic Friday with Riot Radio - Kill Devil - Joe Q Cititzen - Armed Forces Radio at Distillery 10PM/$6

Chick P�s - The Blues Monsters at Marilyns 9PM/$8

80's & 90's DJ Mix at Mix Downtown 9PM

DJ Illest at Dream Ultra Lounge 9PM

DJ Solarz at District 30 9PM

Thee Bank - Island of Black and White - Patients at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

DJ Billy Lane at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM/$15

Roger Carpio & X-GVNR - Jon Droll at Townhouse 9PM/$5

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

The Speed Of Sound In Seawater - Dreaded Diamond - Town Hall - The Relatives at Luigis Fungarden 8PM/$5

Memphis May Fire - Decoder - That's Outrageous! - Ten After Two - Paint Over Pictures at The Boardwalk 7PM/$10

Mickey Avalon - The Divine at Ace of Spades 5:30PM

The Absolutes - Rise From Within - Drawing Out Life at Shenanigans 9PM/$5

Urban Fire at Swabbies on The River at 6PM/$5

Saturday, June 18th

The Creamers - Ashtray - The Sonic Trees - Baby! at Old Ironsides 10PM/$5

Misamore - Speak No More at Marilyns 9PM/$5

The Golden Cadillacs at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

Wonderland at Mix Downtown 9PM

Foreverland Michael Jackson Tribute Band at Harlows 10PM/$12

Country Music & Line Dancing 8PM with DJ's on Three Floors at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 after

DJ Peeti-V at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

Lara Price at The Torch Club 9PM/$10

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

The English Beat at Power House Pub 10PM/$20

DJ D Lo & DJ Ritz at District 30 9PM

T. Mills - Goldenwest - Fade - Wesley Avery - Confidential - Nam Classic at The Boardwalk 7:30PM

Bump City at Swabbies on the River 6PM

DJ Larry Rodriquez at Press Club 9PM/$5

Lipstick (Roger Carpio - Shaun Slaughter) vs. Blow Up (Paul Tunkin) - Scouse Gits at Blue Lamp 9PM

Oh Dang! at Townhouse Lounge 9PM/$3

Sunday, June 19th

Dragalicious Show & DJ Hits at Faces 9PM/$5

Blues Jam at 4PM and Gerald Isaac Pease Combo 8PM at Torch Club/$5

Kenny Blue Ray - Jaffrey Halford at Power House Pub 3PM

Industry Night at Golden Bear 9PM

Dubb DJ's International Sundays! at Blue Lamp 9:30PM

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2011-06-10T16:47:26Z

Here are some of the many music events happening in the Sacramento area this week. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com.

Sacramento Area Concerts & Music Events

Defending The Caveman at Cosmopolitan Cabaret on 1000 K Street in Sacramento. Continues WED-SUN. Show times are at 8PM or 7:30PM with some 2PM matinees. Tickets are $33.00 - $48.00.

Through Sunday, June 19th: Mary Poppins at Sacramento Community Center Theatre on 1301 L Street in Sacramento. Tickets are $24.00 - $138.00.

Friday, June 10th: Friday Night Concerts in the Park will feature Nikki Bluhm - Island Of Black And White - Honeyock at Cesar Chavez Plaza at 10 & J Street in Sacramento. 5PM/Free

(Note: Last Friday's concert with Mick Martin & The Blues Rockers was cancelled due to rain. Show has been re-scheduled to August 19th)

Friday, June 10th: An Acoustic Evening with Lyle Lovett & John Hiatt at The Radsisson Hotel Grove on 500 Leisure Lane in Sacramento. Concert at 7:30PM. Tickets are $57.00 - $67.00.

Friday, June 10th: Tim McGraw with Luke Bryan & The Band Perry at Sleep Train Amphitheatre in Marysville. Concert at 7PM. Tickets are $40.00 - $89.00.

Saturday, June 11th: Pops in the Park Concert Series with The Q Balls at at Glenn Hall Park 5415 in Sacramento. Concert at 6:00PM/Free.

Saturday June 11th: Schools Out 4 Summer Benefit with Alien Ant Farm - A Variety of Local Bands at Soutside Park on 6th Street near U Street in Sacramento. Noon-10PM. Tickets are $15.00/ 2 for $20.00.

Tuesday, June 14th: Stephan Marley at Harlows 10PM/$30

Thursday, June 16th: Britney Spears - Nicki Minaj at Power Balance Pavilion. Concert at 7PM. Tickets are $29.50 - $175.00.

Thursday, June 16th: Hot Lunch Concert Series presented by Hot Italian will feature Walking Spanish at Fremont Park on 16th & Q Street in Sacramento from 11:30 - 1PM/Free.

Thursday, June 16th: Fiesta en la Calle (weekly through July 28th) at Cesar Chavez Park on 9th & J Street in Sacramento. This week Bang Data - 40 Watt Hype will appear. 5PM-8:30PM./Free

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, June 10th:

Brett Young at 7PM $10 & Vokab Kompany at $10/10PM at Harlows

Volker Strifler at Torch Club 9PM/$10

Richard March at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

3 Dance Floors of DJ Top Hits, Hip-Hop, Latin at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 After

Wild Child at Power House Pub 10PM/$12

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Acoustic Friday with Christian DeWilde - Jerry Arlen - Clark Rose at Distillery 10PM/$6

STC at Marilyns 9PM/$8

80's & 90's DJ Mix at Mix Downtown 9PM

DJ Illest at Dream Ultra Lounge 9PM

DJ Lorenzoe at District 30 9PM

Der Spazm -Dog Party - Blake Thomas at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

DJ Billy Lane at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM/$15

Roger Carpio & X-GVNR - Jon Droll at Townhouse 9PM/$5

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Alyssa Cox - Reggie Ginn - Autumn Sky - Little Brave at Luigis Fungarden 8PM/$5

Memphis May Fire - Decoder - That's Outrageous! - Ten After Two - Paint Over Pictures at The Boardwalk 7PM/$10

Honor Society - Action Item - Katelyn Tarver - Taking’s Not Stealing at Ace of Spades 5:30PM

For All I’ve Done - Wings Of Innocence - Demension 13 - Steel Savior at Shenanigans 9PM/$5

Tragically White at Swabbies on The River at 6PM/$5

Saturday, June 11th

Fascination Dance Party at Old Ironsides 10PM/$5

The China Cats Grateful Dead Tribute at Marilyns 9PM/$5

Rock 'N Style with Arden Park Roots - Lonely Kings - Early States - Not Your Style - Dogfood - Element of Soul Ace of Spades 7PM/$18-$23

Hullabaloo! Rock N' Roll Shindig & DJ Hailey,at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

Wonderland at Mix Downtown 9PM

Steelin Dan at 7PM/$15 & Dane Drewis at 10PM/$10 at Harlows

Country Music & Line Dancing 8PM with DJ's on Three Floors at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 after

DJ Peeti-V at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

Daniel Castro at The Torch Club 9PM/$10

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Because A Tribute to The Beatles at Power House Pub 10PM/$10

DJ Foley at District 30 9PM

Arkiak - Fallujah - Damage Over Time - Malevolent at The Boardwalk 7:30PM

Rogue at Swabbies on the River 6PM

DJ Larry Rodriquez at Press Club 9PM/$5

The Snobs - Golden Cadillacs - The Quick & Easy Boys at Blue Lamp 9PM

Oh Dang! at Townhouse Lounge 9PM/$3

Sunday, June 12th

Dragalicious Show & DJ Hits at Faces 9PM/$5

Blues Jam at 4PM and Johnny Guitar Knox & Shadia Powell 8PM at Torch Club/$5

Kenny Blue Ray - Jaffrey Halford at Power House Pub 3PM

Industry Night at Golden Bear 9PM

Dubb DJ's International Sundays! at Blue Lamp 9:30PM

Sactown Rundown - June 9-15

2011-06-09T16:11:32Z

Fear not, Rundown Nation…we’re back!

Rundown Headquarters had to be shut down for a little while, while yours truly was tending to a three week gig as a substitute molder of young minds – and it is wrong that I got a little misty-eyed when five or six of them gave me the “oh Captain, my Captain” send-off, “Dead Poets Society” style on the last day of class?

If it’s wrong, I don’t want to be right!

But now that summer is in full swing, let’s get rolling…

School’s Out for Summer Fest with Alien Ant Farm – Any way you slice it, there are eight youngs bands out there who will always be able to say that they opened for Alien Ant Farm – not a bag nugget for the ol’ rock and roll resume when you’re trying to get things rolling. Bands such as the Infamous Swanks and the Dry County Drinkers (plus six more) will be dueling it out for a $3000 prize before headliner AAF takes the stage. Alien Ant Farm – well, you’d have to say that they firmly support the musical rule of thumb that you never want to get famous with a cover song (read: Limp Bizkit, UB40). Still, their take on Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal” was an anthem in it’s own right in the early ‘00s, and a couple of hits like “Movies” made them one of the poster children of pop punk during that time. And they’re holding court outdoors in Downtown Sacramento on a Saturday evening? Yes, please! Noon – 10 p.m. Saturday. Southside Park, 2115 6th St. $15 (or two for $20); 12 and under free. All ages. www.schoolsoutforsummerfest.com.

Cooper McBean & the Vested Interests – Is he the “odd man out” in the Devil Makes Three, or just the guy that doesn’t get quite as much attention behind front man Pete Bernhard and the legions of dudes lined up to propose to upright bassist Lucia Turino? Cooper McBean is the one they go to when they really want to ‘twang it up. He has that classic Appalachian mountain-man snap and drawl to his voice, the kind that could tell you a tried and true musical tale with little more than a bucket and a pickaxe for rhythmic support. Fortunately, he has the Vested Interests, and a stock of tunes that could be DM3 tunes, but are better cajoled with a fiddle – a few bouncy backwoods instrumental jams, and songs of rock and roll stardom, broken down high school “big man on campus” dreams, and the booger-sugar. Alkalai Flats also perform as the capper to Sac Bike Kitchen’s “Hunt the Grid” scavenger hunt and the Kitchen’s 5th anniversary party on Saturday; the show is free; the beer is not. Cooper McBean also plays on Friday night on the patio at Sophia’s in Davis with the Devil Whale and You Are Plural. 9 p.m. Friday. Sophia’s Thai Kitchen, 129 E. St., Davis. $5. 21+. www.sophiasthaikitchen.com; 6 p.m. Saturday. Sac Bike Kitchen, 1915 I St. (near the train tracks between 19th and 20th). Free. All ages. www.sacbikekitchen.com; Facebook event page.

The Quick & Easy Boys with the Snobs – Quick? Yes. Easy? Hardly. Funky? Oh hell yes. A frisky and frenetic power trio from Oregon, the Quick & Easy Boys were apparently bouncing around with quite a few different “crowds” when they were in high school; they hung out with the spiked-jacket punk rock kids with orange hair hanging in their faces who absolutely hated Tears for Fears, they brushed shoulders with the country crowd between classes, and definitely lifted a bottle of Boone’s or two with those precious few who actually knew who Parliament Funkadelic are. Give a listen to tracks like “Take Your Medicine” and see them pump out the kinds of tunes that only the clinically dead couldn’t dance to, are reminiscent of the kinds of deliberately jovial and calculatedly cheesy riffs that made songs like the Darkness’ “I Believe in a Thing Called Love” so irresistible, and might get Mike Patton to crack a smile. Quick and Easy opens a deliciously diverse bill headlined by throwback Clash/Stooges fueled rockers the Snobs, who are led by sax-blasting vocalist and former Filibuster front man Jason Boggs. We’re seeing Americana country rockers the Golden Cadillacs on this bill, and we’re also seeing SexRat as well. Maybe both? 9 p.m. Saturday. Blue Lamp, 1400 Alhambra Blvd. Cover TBA. 21+. www.bluelamp.com.

Mark Your Calendars – Davis Music Festival – Truth & Salvage Co. returns to town to headline a heap of bands that will be taking over Davis in this first ever event, spread across four downtown venues. June 25. For info visit davismusicfest.com.

If you are planning or promoting a concert in the Sacramento area, or just know of a show you’d like to see featured in the Rundown, shoot me an email.

For a complete listing of Sacramento area music happenings, check out Ann Freeman-Clement’s Concerts, Music Events and the Local Music Scene every Friday on Sacramento Press.

11 for '11: Can't-miss Sactown summer concerts

2011-06-05T23:12:21Z

Trust me, fellow Sactowners…in about six or seven weeks, we’re going to be yearning for this.

It’s June 5, and in what should have been our first full official weekend of summer, everyone seems to be deadlocked in collective melancholy over the “WTF!” of late season rains (for these purposes, “WTF” will be officially dubbed as “weather that fails”).

We will get our sun. We will get our heat. And it’s summer, which means, we will get our shows. Here’s a look at some of the summer’s can’t miss shows in Sacramento. Cheers!

Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt – You can say whatever you want about Lyle Lovett, like his ballyhooed relationship with Julia Roberts or the fact that he bears a slight resemblance to many a Tim Burton movie villain. But the fact remains that the man is a songwriter, in the purest sense of the word. I’d like to see anyone listen to “Nobody Knows Me” and not get a wee bit misty-eyed. Ditto for John Hiatt, a similarly gifted songwriter and performer but without quite as much acclaim and clout at Lovett. But when the two team up for a solo acoustic evening at the always glorious Radisson outdoor garden venue…hold onto your emotional knickers! June 10. Radisson Hotel Outdoor Grove, 500 Leisure Ln. $49-$59. All ages. www.radissonsac.com.

Deftones – It seems that the horrific car accident that nearly claimed the life of Deftones bassist Chi Cheng in 2008 has almost become “oh right, that whole thing” sort of news, but the founding member of the venerable Sactown metal outfit remains in a minimally conscious state, and despite having shown significant signs of improvement, is still undergoing major rehabilitation and therapy. The Deftones have labored on without him, but are still fighting the good fight to help their fallen comrade. This sure-to-be raucous hometown show is being held as a Chi Cheng benefit (hence the price), and will also feature Dillinger Escape Plan and Le Butcherettes. June 14. Ace of Spades, 1417 R St. $50. All ages. www.aceofspadessac.com; oneloveforchi.com.

Airborne Toxic Event – To quote “A Mighty Wind,” if I may… “wha’ happened?!” There was a time when this burgeoning rock outfit was in line to be the next Strokes or next Killers (or both at the same time), but they seemed to all but drop off the map after a would-be breakout in 2009. But they appear to be clawing back with April’s release of “All at Once” on Island Records, and the mildly new wave stadium rock sound appears to back in gear. June 16. Ace of Spades, 1417 R St. $18. All ages. www.aceofspadessac.com.

Marc Broussard – It appears the time is now for this Southern gent from Louisiana, with the pending June release of his self-titled album. Broussard, a rising star for the last several years, fuses a down home blues and jazz persona (the type you’d expect to find down on the Bayou) with explosive soul and urban flare, running the gamut of influences from Stevie Wonder to Otis Redding to Brian McKnight. June 22. Harlow’s, 2708 J St. $15. 21+. www.harlows.com.

Paul Oakenfold – Yep, you read that right! Get your tickets ASAP, they’re going fast for the downtown appearance from arguably (well, not really) the world’s foremost DJ. June 23. District 30, 1022 K St. $30. 21+. www.district30sacramento.com.

Davis Music Festival – Details are still being ironed out for this first-ever event, but a mix of downtown Davis venues will be hosting headliner, Truth & Salvage Co., which has been described as “a freight train ride down the Route 66 of American music”…by this reporter. Also performing are Shayna & the Bulldog, the Blank Tapes, the West Nile Ramblers, Jake Mann & the Upper Hand, and several more. Venues will include Odd Fellows Hall, Sophia’s, Delta of Venus, and Little Prague. June 25. For info, visit davismusicfest.wordpress.com.

Alison Krauss and Union Station – Whether wailing away with Robert Plant, or doing the “her own thing” that has been tried and true for years, Krauss is an absolute gem of a singer and performer. Ticket prices for her shows these days indicate that she has been made aware of that, but for that voice, we’ll give her a pass. June 26. Mondavi Center at UC Davis. $59.50-$125. www.mondaviarts.org.

American Idols Live – Just seeing if you’re paying attention.

The Greencards – Twangy, slippery, sharp, sweet and funky are the bluegrass-driven Americana acoustic rock tunes of this fast rising outfit. They’ve got a fresh perspective on a genre that’s making a massive comeback in popularity these days (Marcus Mumford and Seth & Scott Avett, thank you very much!). July 9. Harlow’s, 2708 J St. $17.50. 21+. www.harlows.com.

The Silent Comedy – One of the quickest ways to judge a band’s growth is by the progression of venues they headline when coming to a particular city. With a boat load of shows under their belts at Shady Lady and Old Ironsides, it appears that San Diego’s tent-revival, gospel garage punk rockers have officially become a Sactown favorite. Everybody in the bar say A-MEN! July 14. Harlow’s, 2708 J St. $10. 21+. www.harlows.com.

Langhorne Slim – It’s been a full three years since this delightful punk rocker/singer songwriter hybrid has performed in Sacramento, and this will make it only his second time ever. Somewhere between Bo Diddley, Mike Ness and Bob Dylan lies Langhorne Slim – exactly who would want to escape from that triangle? July 21. Blue Lamp, 1400 Alhambra Blvd. $10. 21+. www.bluelamp.com.

Agnostic Front – Bring earplugs, it will get crazy in there when one of the unsung heroes of hardcore invade Midtown for a show they’ll probably hear as far away as Zocalo. From the East Coast, to the West Coast…gotta gotta gotta GO! Sept 10. The Distillery, 2017 L St. Cover TBA. 21+.

Tonight's Concert in the Park cancelled (yep, rain)

2011-06-03T18:35:44Z

Just to maintain a little perspective - while our "summer" weather thus far has been a little abnormal and certainly not conducive to our usual late Spring ballyhoo , we really can't complain that much, can we?

That said, the unseasonably late rains of 2011 have claimed another victim, and it is tonight's Friday Night Concert in the Park at Cesar Chavez Plaza, which has been cancelled due to inclimate weather, according to a news release from Downtown Sacramento Partnership.

Fear not, revelers! Tonight's bill, which was to feature venerable local festival act Mick Martin & the Blues Rockers, Tess & the Hip Trash and Kyle Rowland, has been rescheduled for Friday, August 19. That just means one more Concert in the Park at the tail end of the season.

Need some alternative indoor fun that doesn't involve a fireplace and a game of Scrabble? Ann Freeman-Clement has you covered with Sacramento Concerts, Music Events and the Local Music Scene.

Friday Night Concerts in the Park returns next week with a humdinger of a lineup that includes local breakouts Walking Spanish, Nicki Bluhm & the Gramblers, and Honyock.

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2011-06-03T15:11:15Z

Here are some of the many music events happening in the Sacramento area this week. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com.

Sacramento Area Concerts & Music Events

Defending The Caveman at Cosmopolitan Cabaret on 1000 K Street in Sacramento. Continues WED-SUN. Show times are at 8PM or 7:30PM with some 2PM matinees. Tickets are $33.00 - $48.00.

Through Sunday, June 19th: Mary Poppins at Sacramento Community Center Theatre on 1301 L Street in Sacramento. Tickets are $24.00 - $138.00.

Friday, June 3rd: Friday Night Concerts in the Park will feature Mick Martin & The Blues Rockers - Tess & The Hip Trash - The Kyle Rowland Band at Cesar Chavez Plaza at 10 & J Street in Sacramento. 5PM/Free

Friday, June 3rd: Kool and the Gang at Thunder Valley Resort Summer Outdoor Concert Series. Tickets are $26.00 - $45.00. Concert at 8PM.

Saturday, June 4th: Always Knocking/Root Causes Enough is Enough Silence The Violence Benefit Concert with the O'Jays at McClatchy Park on 3500 Fifth Avenue in Sacramento. Concert at 2PM. Tickets are $35.00 - $70.00.

Saturday, June 4th: Pops in the Park Concert Series with Tom Rigney & Flambeau at East Portal Park on 1120 Rodeo Way in Sacramento. Concert at 6:00PM/Free.

Saturday June 4th: Sacramento Pride 2011 at Capital Mall will feature two stages of music, a parade, and a variety of events. 10AM-6PM. Tickets are $10.00.

Saturday, June 4th: Fairytale Town presents Jackie Greene in Concert at 3901 Land Park Drive in Sacramento. Gates Open at 6:30PM. Tickets are $25.00 -$35.00.

Thursday, June 9th: Fiesta en la Calle (weekly through July 28th) at Cesar Chavez Park on 9th & J Street in Sacramento. Taino & Conjunto Nueva Ola will appear. 5PM-8:30PM./Free

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, June 3rd:

Reminisce Love at Harlows 10PM/$10ADV

Mercy Me! at Torch Club 9PM/$12

Burning Band - Longshot Sound System - Seamoose at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

3 Dance Floors of DJ Top Hits, Hip-Hop, Latin at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 After

Cheeseballs at Power House Pub 10PM/$10

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Acoustic Friday with Christian DeWilde - Jerry Arlen - Clark Rose at Distillery 10PM/$6

Dusa Mali at Marilyns 9PM/$5-$8

80's & 90's DJ Mix at Mix Downtown 9PM

DJ Illest at Dream Ultra Lounge 9PM

DJ Cams at District 30 9PM

Kate Gaffney - Merry Gold at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

DJ Billy Lane at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM/$15

Roger Carpio & X-GVNR - Jon Droll at Townhouse 9PM/$5

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Nacho Business - DreamDate - Knock Knock at Luigis Fungarden 8:30PM/$5

Animism - Chernobog, - Misamore - In Deep, Pierced From Within at The Boardwalk 7PM/$10

Tin Can Nores - Dear Left Brain at Blue Lamp 9PM

The Astral Effect, Sovern, Offshore, Terra Ferno with DJ Alazzawi downstairs at Shenanigans 9PM/$5

Glorious - Flatfoot - The Sternographers at Lunas Cafe 8PM/$6

Saturday, June 4th

Shannapalooza with The Nibblers - Walking Spanish - Nickie Bluhm & The Gramblers +more at Swabbies On the River 3-10PM/$10

Lipstaick Dance Party at Old Ironsides 10PM/$5

The Hypnotist Collectors - The Whispering Pines at Marilyns 9PM/$5

BlaQk Audio - Boggan - Hamm FM at Ace of Spades 7PM/$18-$23

Thick Soup - Justin Farren at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

Iaac Howl - Scarves - Moonsetters at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

Wonderland at Mix Downtown 9PM

Old 97's with Sarah Jaffee at Harlows 9PM/$20

Country Music & Line Dancing 8PM with DJ's on Three Floors at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 after

DJ Peeti-V at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

Terry Hanck at The Torch Club 9PM/$10

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

The Frank Hannon Band at Power House Pub 10PM/$12

DJ Foley at District 30 9PM

Americaz Mozt Haunted - Tragik Magik - Lower Level - Cylince - TNT - Divided Allegiance - Chernobog at The Boardwalk 7:30PM

DJ Larry Rodriquez at Press Club 9PM/$5

Sure Shot at Blue Lamp 9PM

Kevin Seconds at Lunas 8PM/$6

Oh Dang! at Townhouse Lounge 9PM/$3

Sunday, June 5th

Dragalicious Show & DJ Hits at Faces 9PM/$5

Blues Jam at 4PM and Johnny Guitar Knox & Johnny Guitar Knox & The Soothers 8PM at Torch Club/$5

Bad Catz at Power House Pub 3PM

Kawika Alfiche at Harlows 7PM/$15

Industry Night at Golden Bear 9PM

Dubb DJ's International Sundays! at Blue Lamp 9:30PM

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2011-05-27T15:08:37Z

Here are some of the many music events happening in the Sacramento area this week. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com. Enjoy your holiday weekend.

Sacramento Area Concerts & Music Events

Friday, May 27th: Friday Night Concerts in the Park will feature Rick Estrin & The Nightcats - The Freebadge Serenaders - The Afterlife at Cesar Chavez Plaza at 10 & J Street in Sacramento. 5PM/Free

Friday, May 27th - Sunday, May 30th: Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society presents 38th Annual Sacramento Jazz Festival and Jubilee will feature live music from over 70 bands at a variety of venues in Old Sacramento and downtown Sacramento. Tickets are $25.00 - $35.00 daily and an event pass is $110.00.

Through Sunday, May 29th: Sacramento Ballet presents Beer & Ballet at their Studio on 1631 K Street in Sacramento. FRI-SAT 7PM & SUN 2PM. Tickets are $35.00.

A Grand Night For Singing at Cosmopolitan Cabaret on 1000 K Street in Sacramento. Continues WED-SUN. Show times are at 8PM or 7:30PM with some 2PM matinees. Tickets are $33.00 - $48.00.

Saturday, May 28th: Radisson Grove Presents Boz Scaggs at 7:30PM. Tickets are $55.00 - $65.00.

Saturday, May 28th: Usher with Akon - Cataracs & Dev at Power Balance Pavilion. Concert at 7:00PM. Tickets are $37.00 - $115.00.

Sunday, May 29th: Walk & Rock for Kids will feature a concert featuring KISS at Raley Field at 8PM. Tickets are $47.00 - $150.00. Benefits Hope Productions Children's Organizations.

Thursday, June 2nd - Sunday, June 19th: Broadway Sacramento presents Mary Poppins at The Sacramento Community Center Theatre. Tickets are $15.00 - $52.00.

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, May 27th:

Jerry Perry presents Johnny Indovina - Breaking Glass - Maren Parusel at Old Ironsides 9PM/$5-$7

Elizabetn Cook at 7PM/$15 & Method Echo with Early States & The Reel at 10PM/$10 at Harlows 10PM/$15ADV

Dippin Sauce at Torch Club 9PM/$7

Hot Tar Roofers & Bucky Walters at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

3 Dance Floors of DJ Top Hits, Hip-Hop, Latin at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 After

Color The Sound & Nam Classic at Power House Pub 10PM/$10

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Courtesy Call - Terra Ferno - Rue the Night - MC Ruckus at Distillery 10PM/$6

Alex Jenkins & Hot Club De Carmichael at Marilyns 9PM/$5-$8

80's & 90's DJ Mix at Mix Downtown 9PM

DJ Rick One at District 30 9PM

Honyock - Jafar and the Astrothieves - Danny Crane at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

DJ Skribble & DJ Billy Lane at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM/$15

Roger Carpio - X-GVNR - Jon Droll at Townhouse 9PM/$5

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

The Speed of Sound in Seawater - A Lot Like Birds - Model A at Luigis Fungarden 8:30PM/$5

South of Sunshine - Of Strength and Sacrafice at The Boardwalk 7PM/$

DJ Shaun Slaughter - Samijam - Adam J at Blue Lamp 9PM

Damage Over Time - White Minorities - The Silence of the Grimm at Shenanigans 9PM/$10

Reggie Ginn - The Kelts - Barry Cider at Lunas Cafe 8PM/$6

Saturday, May 28th

Roman Funerals - Exquisite Corps - John Klemmensen at Old Ironsides 9PM/$7

Sugary and His All Stars at Marilyns 9PM/$10

Stepchild - Prylosis - Princess Die - For All I've Done - Tear Down The Sky at Ace of Spades 5:30PM

Flamenco Del Oro - Cerro Negro - Kina Mendez at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

Jonny Rulon - Rachel Lomax - Cat and Mouse at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

Wonderland at Mix Downtown 9PM

B-Side Players & Sol Peligro Love at Harlows 10PM/$15

Country Music & Line Dancing 8PM with DJ's on Three Floors at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 after

DJ Peeti-V at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

Pat Wilder at The Torch Club 9PM/$8

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Spazmatics at Power House Pub 10PM/$10

Dev - The Cataracs at District 30 9PM

Eric Gales - The Scott Allen Project - Blackshee at The Boardwalk 7:30PM

DJ Larry Rodriquez at Press Club 9PM/$5

The Sleeprockers at Blue Lamp 9PM

X-GNR at Townhouse Lounge 9PM/$3

Sunday, May 29th

Dragalicious Show & DJ Hits at Faces 9PM/$5

Blues Jam at 4PM and The Nibblers 8PM at Torch Club 8PM/$5

Loose Change at Power House Pub 3PM

Industry Night at Golden Bear 9PM

Reggae Basement with DJ Wokstar at Blue Lamp 9:30PM

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2011-05-20T14:08:07Z

Here are some of the many music events happening in the Sacramento area this week. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com.

Sacramento Area Concerts & Music Events

Friday, May 20th: Friday Night Concerts in the Park will feature Agent Ribbons - Golden Ghosts - The Kelps at Cesar Chavez Plaza at 10 & J Street in Sacramento. 5PM/Free

A Grand Night For Singing at Cosmopolitan Cabaret on 1000 K Street in Sacramento. Continues WED-SUN. Show times are at 8PM or 7:30PM with some 2PM matinees. Tickets are $33.00 - $48.00.

Saturday, May 21st: Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra presents Home grown Sacramento at Sacramento Community Center Theatre on 1301 L Stree in Sacramento. Tickets are $16.00 -$97.00. Conert at 8PM.

Saturday, May 21st: Creedence Clearwater Revival at Thunder Valley Resort Summer Outdoor Concert Series. Tickets are $26.00 - $45.00. Concert at 8PM.

Sunday, May 22nd: The Pacific Rim Fest will take place in Old Sacramento and Westfield Plaza from 10AM - 5PM and feature cultural music, arts, food, dancing, art, vendors, and multiple stages of entertainment. Free

Sunday, May 22nd: Glee Live at Power Balance Pavilion. Concert at 7:30PM. Tickets are $52.00 - $92.00.

Wednesday, May 25th - Sunday, May 29th: Sacaramento Ballet Presents Beer & Ballet at Sacramento Ballet Studios on 1631 K Street in Sacramento. Tickets are $35.00. WED - SAT at 7PM. SUN at 2PM.

Wednesday, May 25th: The Fray at Thunder Valley Resort Summer Outdoor Concert Series. Tickets are $29.00 - $60.00. Concert at 8PM.

Wednesday, May 25th: Tony Bennett at The Mondavi Center on the UC Davis Campus. Tickets are $50 - $125. Concert at 8PM.

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, May 20th:

Jerry Perry presents The Kelps - H. Letham - Deer Park Avenue at Old Ironsides 9PM/$5-$7

Tainted Love at Harlows 10PM/$15ADV

Calfiornia Honeydrops at Torch Club 9PM/$7

The Secret Lives of Squirrels - Flounder - Majesty at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

3 Dance Floors of DJ Top Hits, Hip-Hop, Latin at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 After

Love Fool at Power House Pub 10PM/$10

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Get Shot! (CD Release) - Dead Panic - Inferno of Joy - Bezerks, The Stalking Distance at Distillery 10PM/$6

The Family Bandits - Backward Beast at Marilyns 9PM/$5-$8

80's & 90's DJ Mix at Mix Downtown 9PM

DJ Illest at Dream Ultra Lounge 9PM

DJ DJ Kurch at District 30 9PM

The Bellboys - James Cavern - Jesi Naomi at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

DJ Billy Lane at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM/$15

Roger Carpio & X-GVNR - Jon Droll at Townhouse 9PM/$5

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Calling Morracco - Miss Lonely Hearts - The Midnight Moonshiners at Luigis Fungarden 8:30PM/$5

All Names Taken - No Beatings from Holl - Apt D203 - Jax - Under Pendegast at The Boardwalk 7PM/$10

Morning Teleportation - Strange Vine at Blue Lamp 9PM

Puzzletree - Misamore - Gearsturn with DJ Alazzawi downstairs at Shenanigans 9PM/$5

Saturday, May 21st

End of Days - Machette - Sans Sobriety at Old Ironsides 9PM/$7

Jeery J Californian - Flight at Marilyns 9PM/$12

A Skylit Drive - Trances - Above The City - A Holy Ghost Revival - Trial By Fire - Pledge The Silenc - Look Alive at Ace of Spades 5:30PM

The Neighbors - Rock Beats Scissors - Rachel Lomax at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

Abandon Theory - The #1 Blues Band at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

Wonderland at Mix Downtown 9PM

Tainted Love at Harlows 10PM/$15

Country Music & Line Dancing 8PM with DJ's on Three Floors at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 after

DJ Spider & DJ Peeti-V at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

Monophonics at The Torch Club 9PM/$8

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Superlicious at Power House Pub 10PM/$10

DJ Este at District 30 9PM

Long Beach Rehab - The Extremeties - Brodi Nicholas at The Boardwalk 7:30PM

DJ Larry Rodriquez at Press Club 9PM/$5

at Blue Cue 9PM/$10

SACRAfice - Kelcz - Chase Moore - Jleake - ARAB - Jauwon Pierre at Blue Lamp 9PM

David Houston & The Strings - Allyson Seconds at Lunas 8PM/$6

Oh Dang! at Townhouse Lounge 9PM/$3

Sunday, May 22nd

Dragalicious Show & DJ Hits at Faces 9PM/$5

Blues Jam at 4PM and Johnny Guitar Knox & The Soothers 8PM at Torch Club 8PM/$5

Papas Garage at Power House Pub 3PM

Close To You Carpenters Tribute 7PM

Industry Night at Golden Bear 9PM

Dubb DJ's International Sundays! at Blue Lamp 9:30PM

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2011-05-13T13:45:27Z

Here are some of the many music events happening in the Sacramento area this week. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com.

Sacramento Area Concerts & Music Events

Through Sunday, May 15th Cirque du Soleil Quidam at Power Balance Pavilion. Shows are at various times. Tickets are $37.00 - $97.00.

Thursday, May 12th - Monday, May 16th: Fourth Annual In The Flow Music & Art Festival at various venues in the downtown and midtown area. Tickets are $10.00 a day.

Friday, May 13th: Smooth Jazz Series with Dave Koz at Radisson Hotel Grove. Concert begins at 7:30PM. Tickets are $49.00 - $65.00.

Friday, May 13th: JAMMIES evening of Contemporary Music at Crest Theatre. Show at 8PM. Tickets are $10.00 - $15.00.

Friday, May 13th: Friday Night Concerts in the Park will feature The Golden Cadillacs - Keri Carr - Miss Lonely Hearts at Cesar Chavez Plaza at 10th & J Street in Sacramento. 5PM/Free

A Grand Night For Singing at Cosmopolitan Cabaret on 1000 K Street in Sacramento. Continues WED-SUN. Show times are at 8PM or 7:30PM with some 2PM matinees. Tickets are $33.00 - $48.00.

Saturday, May 14th: SactoPalooza Active 20-30 Club's Annual Spring Party will feature a variety of cover bands, rides, fireworks, and more at Raley Field. Events begin at 4PM. $25/ 21and over.

Sunday, May 15th: Endfest with Ke$ha - T-Pain - Far East Movement - Ready Set at Raley Field. Doors Open at 2PM. Tickets are $37.00 - $48.00.

Concert Tickets On Sale This Week:

Toby Keith with Eric Church at SleepTrain Ampitheatre on Thursday, August 4th. Tickets are $37.00 - $105.00 and go on sale FRI.

American Idols Live! at Power Balance Pavilion (Arco Arena) Monday, July 11th. Tickets are $56.00 - $78.00 and go on sale SAT.

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, May 13th:

Jerry Perry presents The Alkali Flts CD Release Show with Mike Blanchard and the Califirnios at Old Ironsides 9PM/$5-$7

Rob Wynia at 7PM and Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers with Tommy & The High Pilots at Harlows 9:30PM/$17.50ADV $20.00Door

Cole Fonseca at Torch Club 9PM/$7

Cold Eskimo - The Repair - Sleep Now Moon at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

3 Dance Floors of DJ Top Hits, Hip-Hop, Latin at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 After

Dane Drewis & Apple Z at Power House Pub 10PM/$10

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Whiskey Pills Fiasco - The Cock Fight Kings - The Afterlife at Distillery 10PM/$6

Pop Fiction at Marilyns 9PM/$5-$8

80's & 90's DJ Mix at Mix Downtown 9PM

DJ Illest at Dream Ultra Lounge 9PM

DJ David Carvalho at District 30 9PM

Justin Farren - Be Brave Robot at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

DJ Billy Lane at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM/$15

Roger Carpio & X-GVNR - Jon Droll at Townhouse 9PM/$5

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Kepi Ghoulie at Luigis Fungarden 8:30PM/$5

Exiles on the Main Street at Blue Lamp 9PM

The Cosmonauts with DJ Alazzawi downstairs at Shenanigans 9PM/$5

NSAA Poets VS Band at Lunas Cafe 8PM/$6

Saturday, May 14th

Fascination 80's New Wave Dance Party at Old Ironsides 9PM/$7

Tao Jiriki - Achachay at Marilyns 9PM/$12

Silverstein - Bayside - polar Bear Club - The Swellers at Ace of Spades 5:30PM/$18 - $20

Golden Cadillacs at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

Richard March - Walking Spanish at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

Wonderland at Mix Downtown 9PM

Midnight Players at Harlows 10PM/$12

Country Music & Line Dancing 8PM with DJ's on Three Floors at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 after

DJ Peeti-V at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

Ron Thompson at The Torch Club 9PM/$8

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Latin Touch at Power House Pub 10PM/$10

DJ Nate D at District 30 9PM

Dramarama - Lonely Kings - The Common Men at The Boardwalk 8PM

DJ Larry Rodriquez at Press Club 9PM/$5

Sizzling Sirens Burlesque Experience at Blue Cue 9PM/$10

Brandon Brand Smiff - Shades of Grey - Private Criminals at Blue Lamp 9PM

The Blusoul Band and spoken word with Vicalous Woods at Lunas 8PM/$6

Oh Dang! at Townhouse Lounge 9PM/$3

Sunday, April 15th

Dragalicious Show & DJ Hits at Faces 9PM/$5

Blues Jam at 4PM and Bone McDonald 8PM at Torch Club 8PM/$5

Industry Night at Golden Bear 9PM

Reggae Basement with DJ Wokstar at Blue Lamp 9:30PM

Also check out the weeks Sactown Rundown by Aaron Davis. Have a great weekend!

Sactown Rundown - May 12-18

2011-05-11T19:42:51Z

It seems like all eyes are on Raley Field this weekend – and amazingly, it’s not because of the Riverkittys.

Country superstars the Zac Brown Band (one of the few popular “country” stars these days with the guts to actually sound like country) are getting after it on the field on Thursday night, setting up the stage for Friday’s night’s Brew Fest, and Saturday’s you-knew-it-had-to-happen-eventually “Sactopalooza” party, which features cover bands of the following artists: Journey, Beastie Boys, U2, Dave Matthews Band, No Doubt, Van Halen, Sublime and INXS.

Coverpalooza?

And no, we are not even "going there" with EndFest, we're just not. So, when you’ve wrapped up the beer tastings and power chord renditions…

Pepper – OK, have we finally gotten to the point where bands like Hawaii natives Pepper (or brethren Slightly Stoopid) can finally stop being called the “new Sublime?” “Wouldn’t you want to be compared to Sublime – it’s the greatest thing ever,” Pepper drummer Yesod Williams told me in 2008, right around the time the band had established their own Law Records label and released “Pink Crustaceans and Good Vibrations.” Save for a live record and the “Stiches” EP, the band has not released a new album since, but it hasn’t stopped them from moving beyond the comparisons to other bands and establishing their own punk rock-reggae mix, becoming a juggernaut in their own right. Recent shows from the island-dwelling funksters at Ace of Spades (nee Empire) have sold out, so don’t get caught lying in the hammock. With Iration. 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Ace of Spades, 1417 R St. $18. All ages. www.aceofspadessac.com.

Alkalai Flats CD Release – Speaking of bands that actually sound like country (see above), Sacramento institution the Alkalai Flats are throwbacks in the truest sense of the word – a band of pointed-collar gentlemen (plus newly anointed vocalist Sasha Prawalsky of Poplollys) in matching threads and stupidly awesome bow ties, playing the kind of bottle-slide, honky-tonk gin joint country that went the way of the way of the dodo with Hank Williams and Bill Monroe. Call them revivalists if you will, but they have an uncanny way of doing it with their own edge and local flare; they’re named after a Midtown hood and they call their music “leveebilly.” Two cool points! They’re celebrating the release of their new record with Mike Blanchard & the Californios and Miss Lonely Hearts. 8 p.m. Friday. Old Ironsides, 1901 10th St. $5. 21+. www.theoldironsides.com.

McDougall – There are many possible reasons why Portland’s one-word man is a one-man band. Perhaps no one else could keep up with him, either through sessions blowing dust off of forgotten manuals of centuries old historical texts at the library that he might be able to make songs out of, or maybe the introspective whiskey sessions it must have taken to produce the kind of drink-and-think tunes he belts out. He goes nuts on the acoustic guitar and banjo, kick drum and hi-hat while romping around what is (or is soon to be) our history. “The faster that we moved, the more we showed up late/ And with our fingertips we spoke as we ate food without a plate/ and face to face was replaced.” That’s from “Ones and Twos,” do yourself a favor and check it out, especially if you live in Natomas. McDougall opens for Winter’s Fall, who are just flat out staging a boxing match between Wilco and My Morning Jacket. 9 p.m. doors, 10 p.m. show Friday. Sophia’s Thai Kitchen, 129 E St., Davis. $5. 21+. www.sophiasthaikitchen.com.

Houses – Say hello to your modern day Vivaldi. Denver’s Houses have undertaken the rather daunting challenge of crafting an individual EP inspired by each the changes in the weather – your new generation take on the venerable “Four Seasons.” Not quite as loco as Sufjan Stevens’ dream of doing an album for all 50 states, but you get the idea. But you know what, Houses got this right. Although “Winter” has yet to see the light of day, the other three are thematic slam dunks of sunny, breezy, warm, cozy and crisp indie folk and psychedelic grooves; we’d have to assume “Winter” will be by-the-fire-with-brandy fodder, but that remains to be seen. The dense jams on “Fall” particularly stand out as vintage Winterland (wait, what?) style tunes. Check out some of the seasons and some free downloads on their Bandcamp page. Weatherman accolades aside, their music is consistently playful, jovially and introspectively constructed, with occasional pop-ups of creative mayhem, howling Hammonds and classic rock homage. With the One AM Radio. 9 p.m. Monday. Blue Lamp, 1400 Alhambra Blvd. $10. 21+. www.bluelamp.com.

Mark Your Calendars – Deftones – Somehow, the phrase “get your tickets now” for this Chi Cheng benefit show doesn’t quite say it. With the Dillinger Escape Plan. June 14. Ace of Spades, 1417 R St. $50 (again, it’s a benefit show). All ages. www.aceofspadessac.com.

If you are planning or promoting a concert in the Sacramento area, or just know of a show you’d like to see featured in the Rundown, shoot me an email.

For a complete listing of Sacramento area music happenings, check out Ann Freeman-Clement’s Concerts, Music Events and the Local Music Scene every Friday on Sacramento Press.

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2011-05-06T13:46:06Z

Here are some of the many music events happening in the Sacramento area this week. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com.

Sacramento Area Concerts & Music Events

A Grand Night For Singing at Cosmopolitan Cabaret on 1000 K Street in Sacramento. Continues WED-SUN. Show times are at 8PM or 7:30PM with some 2PM matinees. Tickets are $33.00 - $48.00.

Friday Night Concerts In The Park at Cesar Chavez Plaza on 10th & J Street in Sacramento will feature Tatooed Love Dogs - Aaron King & The Imperials - Wahnderlust. 5:30PM - 9PM. Free/Beer Garden 21+

Saturday, May 7th: JAMMIES Evening of Classical Music at Mondavi Center Jackson Hall on UC Davis Campus. Concert at 7:30PM. Tickets are $10.00 - $15.00.

Wednesday, May 11th - Sunday, May 15th: Cirque du Soleil: Quidam at Power Balance Pavilion. Shows begin at various times. Tickets are $37.00 - 97.00.

Thursday, May 12th - Monday, May 16th: Fourth Annual In The Flow Improvisational Music and Art Festival will take place at various venues in Sacramento. The events will feature jazz, rock, poetry/spoken word, electronic, and blues. Daily tickets are $10. More information at intheflowsacramento.com.

Thursday, May 12th: Zac Brown Band with Blackberry Smoke at Raley Field in West Sacramento. Concert begins at 6:30PM. Tickets are $36.00 - $81.00.

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, May 6th

Jerry Perry presents Crazy Ballhead - Be Brave Robot Old Ironsides 9PM/$5-$7

Reminisce at Harlows 10PM/$10

Aaron King & The Imperials at Torch Club 9PM/$10

MollyMawks - Rosie and Ash - Karen Valdez at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

3 Dance Floors of DJ Top Hits, Hip-Hop, Latin at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 After

Wonderbread 5 at Power House Pub 10PM/$15

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Autumn Sky - Dick Larson at Distillery 10PM/$6

The Guverment at Marilyns 9PM/$8

80's & 90's DJ Mix at Mix Downtown 9PM

DJ Illest at Dream Ultra Lounge 9PM

DJ Slick D at District 30 9PM

Sage - Francis - Who Cares at Ace of Spades 7PM

Instagon - Ritural Race - Garage Jazz Architechts at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

DJ Billy Lane at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM/$15

Ape Machine - Pets - DJ Roger at Townhouse 9PM/$5

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

A Single Second - Early States at Luigis Fungarden 8:30PM/$5

Hellbound Glory - Golden Cadillacs - Dry Country Drinkers at Blue Lamp 9PM

Dogfood - Goodness Gracious Me - Kaero with DJ Blend downstairs at Shenanigans 9PM/$5

Loudness - Dirty Passion - Warmachine - Sucker Punch at The Boardwalk 6PM

Saturday, May 7th

The Lipstick Weekender with Shaun Slaughter & Roger Carpio at Old Ironsides 10PM/$7

Simpl3Jack - The Trees at Luigis Fungarden (All Ages) 7PM/$7.

Plex at Marilyns 9PM

Dredg - The Dear Hunter - Balance and Composure at Ace of Spades 6:30PM

Hullabaloo Rock & Roll Shinding! with DJ Hailey at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

Larisa Bryski - Bad Connection - Liz Benson at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

Wonderland at Mix Downtown 9PM

Knife Thru Head - Armed Forces Radio - Armed Forces Radio at The Distillery 10PM/$6

Country Music & Line Dancing 8PM with DJ's on Three Floors at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 after

DJ Peeti-V at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

House of Floyd at 6:30PM/$20 & Departure (Journey Tribute) 10PM/$10 at Harlows

Kevin Russell at The Torch Club 9PM/$8

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Eli Young Band - Department of Rock at Power House Pub 10PM/$10

DJ Scotty Boy at District 30 9PM

DJ Larry Rodriquez at Press Club 9PM/$5

Thicker Than Thieves - The Snobs - Perro Bravo at Blue Lamp 9PM

Oh Dang! at Townhouse Lounge 9PM/$3

Sunday, May 8th

Dragalicious Show & DJ Hits at Faces 9PM/$5

Shadia Powell & Friends 8PM at Torch Club 8PM/$7

Industry Night at Golden Bear 9PM

Reggae Basement with DJ Wokstar at Blue Lamp 9:30PM

Robert Johnson 100 Year B-Day Tribute at Harlows 8PM

Sactown Rundown - May 5-11

2011-05-05T18:49:46Z

Well, can we say summer has officially teed off?

Concert in the Park week one is on Friday – that’ll pretty much seal the deal. Tattooed Love Dogs kick off the fun this week, check out the rest of the full season schedule here.

When you’re done with that…

Portugal. The Man – This is a dizzying band – both in terms of the way streams of colorful instrumental hooks come kaleidescoping out of the amps like some sort of sonic Jackson Pollock, but also in terms of the sheer amount of music they keep cranking out. Most record companies will tell you that it’s tantamount to industry suicide by overload to release a new album every year – but what the hell do they know, anyway? 2007 was their coming out party with the Led Zeppelin-infused blues rock juggernaut “Church Mouth” (lead singer John Baldwin Gourley will tell you that the album name was born while the band watching a speech by George W. Bush, which led to him commenting “man, what a fucking church mouth”). The avalanche of albums hasn’t slowed down since 2008’s “Censored Colors,” a tapestry of a think-piece released right around the time everyone in America all of a sudden knew the name of the town that the band started in: Wasilla, Alaska (you betcha!). “The Satantic Satanist” in 09, “American Ghetto” in ’10, and “In the Mountain In a Cloud” coming up in July? Strap yourself in and let Gourley’s gut-wrangling falsetto and squealing guitar lead the way through their almost ridiculous expansive catalog. With Telekenisis and Unknown Mortal Orchestra. 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Harlow’s, 2708 J St. $17.50. 21+. www.harlows.com.

Agent Ribbons – Welcome home, ladies. “Chateau Crone” is the kind of breakout release we would love to embrace as a truly local product, with it’s thrift store indie rock edge, back alley gypsy jazz wiles and Beatles-played-backwards pop playfulness. But this, their hang-your-hat debut full length, was recorded after the band left native Sactown to set up camp in the mecca of Austin, TX. Their homecomings are always a blast, though, this this show coming up mid-week, and then a Concert in the Park headling spot (proving they’ll always be “locals”) on deck on May 20. 8 p.m. Tuesday. Harlow’s, 2708 J St. $7. 21+. www.harlows.com.

Check out Agent Ribbons on Daytrotter.

Dredg – They arrive in Sacramento at the tail end of the first official week of the “Chuckles and Mr. Squeezy” show, as the Bay Area native band’s newest album just dropped on Tuesday. It’s hard to tell if they’re a band just saying “screw it, let’s get weird,” or if this was some sort of new calculated direction they’ve been keeping in the bag for quite some time, lurking behind shards of imaginative progressive agro-metal, crafted like some twisted rock and roll fables. Check out the video trailer for their new midnight funk tune “The Tent” and you’ll see some sort of cross section between “The Wall,” a Gorillaz video and every Tim Burton movie ever made (which is kinda like just one movie, isn’t it?). It’s sweet and disturbing all at the same time – sort of like most of the music Dredg has ever made. With the Dear Hunter, Balance and Composure, Trophy Fire and Breva. 6:30 p.m. Saturday. Ace of Spades, 1417 R St. $17. All ages. www.aceofspadessac.com.

Ash Reiter – Every now and then, the Rundown will dig past a headliner to highlight an opener. With no disrespect to the honey-voiced Pat Hull or Smoking Flowers or delightfully alluring husband-and-wife duo Smoking Flowers, Ash Reiter’s rising star is too bright to look over. Whether you give her an acoustic guitar and let her play a heart-tugging ballad, or hand her a hollow body Gibson and watch her spike out a thick ditty loaded with ‘tude, this Northern California songstress is buried treasure, and while digging up the treasure you’ll find shades of anyone from Jolie Holland to our own Two Sheds. Ash plays first, head to the patio early. 9 p.m. Friday. Sophia’s Thai Kitchen, 129 E. St., Davis. $5. 21+. www.sophiasthaikitchen.com.

Check out Ash Reiter's Daytrotter sessions here and here.

Mark Your Calendars – KISS – Yep! May 29. Raley Field, 400 Ballpark Dr., West Sacramento. $40-$125. www.raleyfield.com.

If you are planning or promoting a concert in the Sacramento area, or just know of a show you’d like to see featured in the Rundown, shoot me an email.

For a complete listing of Sacramento area music happenings, check out Ann Freeman-Clement’s Concerts, Music Events and the Local Music Scene every Friday on Sacramento Press.

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2011-04-29T14:27:50Z

Here are some of the many music events happening in the Sacramento area this week. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com.

Sacramento Area Concerts & Music Events

Friday, April 29th: Sacramento Ballet presents Beer & Ballet "Black Out Swan" at Sacramento Ballet Studios on 1631 K Street in Sacramento. Event begins at 7PM. Tickets are $35.00.

A Grand Night For Singing at Cosmopolitan Cabaret on 1000 K Street in Sacramento. Continues WED-SUN. Show times are at 8PM or 7:30PM with some 2PM matinees. Tickets are $33.00 - $48.00.

Friday, April 29th: Pablo Zeigler: Beyond Tango at Mondavi Center Jackson Hall on UC Davis Campus. Concert at 8PM. Tickets are $12.00 - $40.00.

Saturday, April 30th: Camellia Symphony Orchestra Vive la France at Sacramento Memorial Auditorium on 1515 J Street in Sacramento. Concert at 8PM. Tickets are $8.00 - $25.00.

Sunday, May 1st: KSFM 102.5 Live with Nelly - Keri Hilson - Flo Rida - Jeremih - New Boyz at 915 Capitol Mall in Sacramento. Gates Open at 10AM. Tickets are $19.00 but are Sold Out!

Sunday, May 1st: Raekwon - Mean Doe Green - CUF - C Plus - Rebel Diaz - Kodac - Visuals - DJ Oasis at Ace of Spades on 1417 R Street in Sacramento. Show at 7PM. Tickets are $20.00.

Tuesday, May 3rd: Chris Robinson Brotherhood at Harlow' s 2708 J Street in Sacramento. Show at 9PM. Tickets are $15.00.

Tuesday, May 3rd: Job For A Cowboy at Ace of Spades on 1417 R Street in Sacramento. Show at 6:30PM. Tickets are $17.00.

Thursday, May 5th: Portugal The Man at Harlow's on 2708 J Street in Sacramento. Show at 6:30PM. Tickets are $17.50ADV/$20.00Door.

Concert Tickets On Sale This Week:

George Winston at The Crest Theatre on July 22nd . Tickets are $29.00 - $125.00.

Britney Spears - Nicki Minaj - Jessie and the Toy Boys at Power Balance Pavilion Thursday, June 16th. On Sale Saturday April 30th. Tickets are $37.00 - $375.00.. (No it's not a typo)!

Marco Antonio Solis & Ana Gabriel at Power Balance Pavilion Friday, June 10th. Tickets on sale Friday, April29th. Tickets are $43.00 - $176.00. On Sale Friday April 29th.

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, April 29th:

Jerry Perry presents The Snobs - The Kelps at Old Ironsides 9PM/$5-$7

Foreverland at Harlows 10PM/$12.00

Terry Hanck at Torch Club 9PM/$10

Longshot Soundsytem - DJ Missy at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

3 Dance Floors of DJ Top Hits, Hip-Hop, Latin at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 After

Audioboxx at Power House Pub 10PM/$10

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Golden Cadillacs - The Infamous Swanks at Distillery 10PM/$7

Mad House Party Band at Marilyns 9PM/$5-$8

80's & 90's DJ Mix at Mix Downtown 9PM

DJ David Caravalho at District 30 9PM

Dinsosaur Bones - Rivers & Crowns at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

Royal After Party with Billy Lane at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM/$15

Rough House at Townhouse 9PM/$5

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Benefit for Japan with DJ's Shaun Slughter - Adam J - Sam I Am - Tayloe Cho at Blue Lamp 9PM

Exquisite Corps at Beatnik Studios 6PM

98 Rock Local Licks Live Yes Sir - Adam Roth with DJ Blend downstairs at Shenanigans 9PM/$5

Richie Lawrence & The Yolos - The Dry Creek Rounders at Lunas Cafe 8:30PM/$6

Saturday, April 30th

Automatic Rival - Pebble Theory - Ghost River at Old Ironsides 9PM/$7

Baby - Whiz Bang! - Community College - OverThruster at Luigis Fungarden (All Ages) 7PM/$7.

KattyWompus & Bonebag at Marilyns 9PM/$10

Fight Inside - Track Fighter - Split Self - Automatic Static at Ace of Spades 6PM/$10

Zoo Human Project - The Isaac Howl at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

Flamenco Del Oro - Kina Mendez at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

Wonderland at Mix Downtown 9PM

White Minorities - Blownload - SkinHammer at The Distillery 10PM/$6

Country Music & Line Dancing 8PM with DJ's on Three Floors at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 after

Democratic Convention After Party with DJ Peeti-V at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

Midnight Players at Harlows 9:30PM/$12

Ty Curtis at The Torch Club 9PM/$8

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Spazmatics at Power House Pub 10PM/$10

DJ Beatnik at District 30 9PM

DJ Larry Rodriquez at Press Club 9PM/$5

Mike Watt & The Missing Men at Blue Lamp 9PM/$12

David Houston & the Strings - Proxy Moon at Lunas 8PM/$6

Oh Dang! at Townhouse Lounge 9PM/$3

Sunday, May 1st

Dragalicious Show & DJ Hits at Faces 9PM/$5

Aaron King at 4PM and Johnny Knox 8PM at Torch Club 8PM/$7

Industry Night at Golden Bear 9PM

Reggae Basement with DJ Wokstar at Blue Lamp 9:30PM

For Good Again: Devil Makes Three makes rowdy Harlow's return

2011-04-23T00:51:16Z

Big thanks to Rik Keller for the photos from the show. To see more photos, check out Rik Keller photography here.

Are the Devil Makes Three the most local non-local band in history?

It’s hard to know how to refer to this wily trio “from” the Dirty Five-Thirty (that’s area code speak for Davis), as they currently call Davis their home, but originally identified themselves as a Santa Cruz band – and that’s not to mention the rumors I hear of a “Vermontster” tattoo cascading the chest of Cooper McBean.

But if you judge a band’s locality by the devout rowdiness that follows them into a hometown show, Thursday night’s sold out hootenanny at Harlow’s (their second in six months here in the Unclean Nine-Sixteen) would tell you all you need to know about how well they’ve settled in to this area, and dare we say, this local music scene.

DM3 shows have always been rowdy, but it was remarkably loco in there on Thursday, with 300-plus of the band’s closest friends, helping the trio kick off a month long tour with a show that was added fairly last minute and somewhat under the radar. They didn’t even have time to run off tickets and take them over for sale at The Beat.

Word spreads like wildfire when these cats hang out in Midtown, and folks were ready to party, throwing up devil horns and fist bumping the air like it was going out of style – through the course of most concerts, that’s not something that usually happens to a band with a banjo, acoustic guitar, upright bass, and no drums.

Devil Makes Three brought some friends from Rhode Island called Brown Bird to open up the show, and there was some noticeable chirping (had to be done) in the crowd about this duo’s murky, slapchop bluegrass folk rock beats that at times almost bordered on hip hop or techno. Yes, bluegrass techno – it’s something you’ve just got to see. Through and through, this pair is an orchestra of edgy and warmly inventive Americana, playing a siren song to a hooched-up crowd that was there ready to get down, and probably wasn’t expecting something like this.

One thing you’ve got to love about a drum kit-free evening is short set changes, as the venerable Devil Makes Three hit the stage around 10:15 p.m., leading off with “All Hail,” the lead track on their latest album, “Do Wrong Right.”

There are very few bands that can get away with all of their songs sounding very similar, and Devil Makes Three are one of them (Cake, you’re being watched very closely these days on this issue). They’re like a punk rock band that can’t ignore their love for country and blues, settling into snap-paced, to-the-point songs about broken hearts, drinking (in the middle of the day), friends, good times, and drinking…again.

Despite that streamlined country punkgrass theme that runs heavy through their tunes, each song has it’s own distinct flavor, delivered with gusto and buddy-buddy three part harmony by McBean, front man Pete Bernhard and certified bad-ass of an upright bassist Lucia Turino.

“The Bullet,” a noticeable crowd favorite, rumbled on like a freight train, stopping only for beer and cigarettes, on the tracks right to untimely death. Another staple of their catalog and a classic singalong, “For Good Again,” preceeded a seemingly nonstop string of shrieks from the crowd as they plowed through “Statesboro Blues,” “Tow,” and their eponymous “Shades,” which features the line that anyone who’s ever porched-up in Midtown on a sunny afternoon can relate to:

“And what the hell am I doing drunk in the middle of the day.”

Ah, summer!

“We hope you guys are ready, ‘cause we’re gonna play, like, everything we know,” Bernhard said a good hour into their set, met with yelps of approval. “And a few things we don’t know,” he added.

You’ve got to tip your cap to a band that will play their most popular tune, and then still play for another half hour. “Old Number 7,” their ode to Jack Daniels guzzlers everywhere, still yielded plenty of time for the slip ‘n slide romp of “Aces and Twos,” “Do Wrong Right,” and the frisky “Black Irish,” with Turino’s punk rock hair flailing wildly as she became noticeably more energetic as the night wore on.

Clocking in at around an hour and 45 minutes, the show wrapped just a few minutes short of Good Friday, with the crowd only minimally thinned and feet still stomping.

Did they play everything they know? Not quite, but far be it for anyone to complain about the blood and sweat they left behind on the stage, as this laudable group always does.

It’s hard to imagine DM3 ever being upstaged, but believe it or not, it actually did happen when the group played a show at Harlow’s back in late 2007, where their openers were a maniacal duo of Dusty Rhodes and the River Band, and Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band – although anyone who knows anything about those two groups knows that’s a tough act for any band to follow.

To examine the evolution and compare that version of Devil Makes Three to the one we saw last night, it’s hard to imagine them ever being upstaged again.

Devil Makes Three are on the road for the better part of the next two months, but you have a chance to immortalize your cheering when the group sets up for a live recording at the Mystic Theatre in Petaluma on May 6 and May 6 (May 6 is an 18+ show, May 7 is 21+). Info is available on their website.

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2011-04-15T14:25:59Z

Here are some of the many music events happening in the Sacramento area this week. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com.

Sacramento Area Concerts & Music Events

April 15th - April 24th: Broadway Sacramento presents Frankenstein from April 13th - 24th. The Sacramento Community Center Theatre on 1301 L Street in Sacramento. Show Times Vary. Tickets are $15.00 - $52.00.

A Grand Night For Singing at Cosmopolitan Cabaret on 1000 K Street in Sacramento. Continues WED-SUN. Show times are at 8PM or 7:30PM with some 2PM matinees. Tickets are $33.00 - $48.00.

Friday, April 15th: Rose Royce & Evelyn Champagne King at Thunder Valley Resort Pano Hall. Show at 8PM. Tickets are $29.00 - $39.00.

Friday, April 15th: Taproot at The Boardwalk on 9426 Greenback Lane in Orangevale. Show at 8PM. Tickets are $15.00 - $17.00.

Satuday, April 16th: Ghostface from Wu-Tang Clan at Harlows on 2708 J Street in Sacramento. Show at 10PM. Tickets are $20.00.

Sunday, April16th: hed P.E. and Mushroomhead at Ace of Spades on 1417 R Street in Sacramento. Show at 6:30PM. Tickets are $20.00 - $22.00.

Sunday, Appril 17th: Yonder Mountain String Band at Harlow's 2708 J Street in Sacramento. Show at 8PM. Tickets are $25.00.

Tuesday, April 19th: Afroman at Ace of Spades on 1417 R Street in Sacramento. Show at 6PM. Tickets are $18.00 - $20.00.

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, April 15th:

Jerry Perry presents Bright Faces - The Parties - Blue Skies for Black Hearts at Old Ironsides 9PM/$5-$7

Of Mice & Men - Isetmyfriendsonfire - Sleeping with Sirens - The Amity Affliction at Ace of Spades 6PM/$15

Chris Cain at Torch Club 9PM/$10

Pushtonwanda - Lucky and the Ten Balls at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

3 Dance Floors of DJ Top Hits, Hip-Hop, Latin at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 After

Steel Breeze at Power House Pub 10PM/$10

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Be Brave Robot - The Inversions at Distillery 10PM/$6

The Bumpet at Marilyns 9:30PM/$8

80's & 90's DJ Mix at Mix Downtown 9PM

DJ David Carvalho at District 30 9PM

Monomyth Inception - Majesty - Truth of Mars at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

Billy Lane at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM/$15

Rough House with DJ Shaun Slaughter & Roger Carpio at Townhouse 9PM/$5

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Doombirs - The Definite Article - New Heirlooms at Luigis Fungarden 8:30PM/$5

Matt Cali at Blue Lamp 9PM

Will Titus - John Conley - Soft Science - The Happy Medium at Beatnik Studios 6PM

98 Rock Local Licks Live with DJ Blend downstairs at Shenanigans 9PM/$5

Proxy Moon - Joey Sanders at Lunas Cafe 8PM/$6

Saturday, April 16th

Deke Dickerson - Mis Lonely Hearts at Old Ironsides 9PM/$7

Roman Funerals - Prieta - The Kelps - Noise-A-Tron at Luigis Fungarden (All Ages) 8:30PM/$7.

The Athens at Marilyns 9PM/$12

Iration - Mike Pnto - The Holdup - Pacific Dub at Ace of Spades 6PM/$12-$14

Chris 2Me at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

The Goldenhearts - Walking Spanish at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

Wonderland at Mix Downtown 9PM

Walking Dead - The Left Hand - Dead Panic at The Distillery 10PM/$6

Country Music & Line Dancing 8PM with DJ's on Three Floors at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 after

DJ Peeti-V at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

Mind X - Harvey Mandel at The Torch Club 9PM/$8

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Stones Throw at Power House Pub 10PM/$10

DJ Zag at District 30 9PM

DJ Larry Rodriquez at Press Club 9PM/$5

Kevin Seconds - Tracksides Poets - Riot Radio at Blue Lamp 9PM

Panny Harding - Jeff Sears at Lunas 8PM/$6

Oh Dang! at Townhouse Lounge 9PM/$3

Sunday, April 17th

Dragalicious Show & DJ Hits at Faces 9PM/$5

Blues Jam at 4PM and David Jacob Strain 8PM at Torch Club 8PM/$7

Industry Night at Golden Bear 9PM

Reggae Basement with DJ Wokstar at Blue Lamp 9:30PM

Sactown Rundown - April 14-21

2011-04-13T23:00:04Z

It's Wednesday (as I prepare your weekly Rundown), and all I can think about is some G. Love!

"I cherish the moment when I get the lucky chance/ To sing my song and let the funky people dance/ make it last. Sonic blasts move past fast fly/ Outta speaker's sneakers stomp to the rhythm that will romp/ Let the wild rumpus start cause it just can't stop."

I'll have you covered with a recap of the show, but for now, let's look ahead to a fine week of shows. Sactown's got sauce!

Interpol - Loyal Rundown readers may remember a few weeks back when Lindol French and I were musing about the overrated hipster spectacle that is Coachella - but we agreed that the one benefit of having such a festival in the Golden State is the possibility of festival performers booking some Sactown gigs on the way in or out. Thanks, Interpol! This show has flown a bit under the radar on the local calendar, but they will indeed be holding a little pre-'Chella party at the Crest. Interpol isn't quite dry-humping the pop charts with their "it" factory the way there were back in the early '00s, where they were living fat and happy on the popularity of post-punk revival, following the path of Joy Division and the Smiths, alongside groups like Franz Ferdinand and a burgeoning Arcade Fire. To boot, they are now officially a "trio," with only Paul Banks and Daniel Kessler remaining as founding members, flanked by a rotating cast of supporting players. But there's a reason they achieved the rampant success that they did, and their fan base remains devoted as ever to their "look at me" guitar riffs, shakable grooves and biting energy. Fire up this video to the 3:00 mark and take a cue from the Avett Brothers, Interpol fans...it's OK to get up and dance at the Crest, seats be damned. With School of Seven Bells. 7 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show Thursday. Crest Theatre, 1013 K St. $32. All ages. www.thecrest.com.

Yonder Mountain String Band - In the ol' jam band world, one of the quickest ways to judge a band's street cred is by how often you'll see its individual members pop up to play alongside other bands, and how many solo and side projects tend to be brewing. The four guys from Colorado's YMSB are just these sort of characters - but let's not forget that they form what is widely regarded as one of the top active bluegrass bands still active today. Throwing some rock and roll flavor into their roots-based brand of bluegrass (the kind that Del McCoury and Bill Monroe set the gold standard for), they have been at the forefront of a bluegrass revival that is often attributed to the likes of the Avetts and Mumford & Sons - they've been doing this for quite awhile now! 8 p.m. Sunday. Harlow's, 2708 J St. $25. 21+. www.harlows.com.

Deke Dickerson and the Modern Sounds – Having had his birth certificate thoroughly checked for accuracy, it can be conclusively determined that Deke Dickerson was just flat out born in the wrong decade – in fact, we’ll call it several decades too late. His guitar ramblings and troubadour musings are immersed in a time when all band mates wore matching shirts, electric instruments were the new rage, and rock and roll was an itch in daddy’s britches – and daddy wore a cowboy hat. He’s a throwback to a time of pure country hoedowns, yet he still manages to find a translation to modern sounds, and get a little weird with it at the same time. He’s the freak front man that there’s no way the 1940’s could handle, and audiences today weren’t alive to form a frame of reference to. But let’s not split hairs over where he fits; if you’ve seen him with the Eccofonics, or his new band, the Modern Sounds, you know he’s one of the more unheralded performers on the California circuit. With Miss Lonely Hearts. 9 p.m. Saturday. Old Ironsides, 1901 10th St. $10. 21+. www.theoldironsides.com.

David Jacobs-Strain – While vacationing in Portland in February, a good friend of mine, one who heavily mirrors my tastes in music, and I got into a big fight over slide guitar when I played him some Ryan Bingham and the Dead Horses. For some reason, he hates slide guitar – which is funny, because I know for a fact that he has a t-shirt that says “Martsch is God,” referring to Built to Spill lead singer Doug Martsch. Whatever his reasons are, it’s obvious that he would hate David Jacobs-Strain, who slides the neck of his six-stringer with playful abandon, a fitting compliment to his Delta blues wiles and diet-funky acoustic/electric rock. Certain to make fans from the Johnson/Butler/Jennings camps, Jacobs-Strain is an unheralded gem, sporting both supreme talent and a heart bigger than his chest. 8 p.m. Sunday. Torch Club, 904 15th St. $6. 21+. www.torchclub.net.

Mark Your Calendars – Chris Robinson Brotherhood – No, this is not a glitch in the Matrix; believe me, I checked. The Black Crowes/New Earth Mud front man’s new project is looping back through California, re-upping at several venues they just performed in the last month. May 3. Harlow’s, 2708 J St. $15. www.harlows.com.

If you are planning or promoting a concert in the Sacramento area, or just know of a show you’d like to see featured in the Rundown, shoot me an email.

For a complete listing of Sacramento area music happenings, check out Ann Freeman-Clement’s Concerts, Music Events and the Local Music Scene every Friday on Sacramento Press.

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2011-04-08T13:56:53Z

Here are some of the many music events happening in the Sacramento area this week. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com.

Sacramento Area Concerts & Music Events

A Grand Night For Singing at Cosmopolitan Cabaret on 1000 K Street in Sacramento. Continues WED-SUN. Show times are at 8PM or 7:30PM with some 2PM matinees. Tickets are $33.00 - $48.00.

Friday, April 8th: YoYo Ma with The Silk Road Ensemble at Mondavi Center Jackson Hall on UC Davis Campus. Concert at 8PM. Tickets are $53.00 - $93.00.

Friday, April 8th: Bo Bice at Thunder Valley Resort - Pano Hall 1200 Athens Avenue in Lincoln. Concert at 8PM. Tickets are $25.00 - $35.00.

Saturday, April 9th: Sacramento Philharmonic presnets Hidden Meanings at The Sacramento Community Center Theatre on 1301 L Street in Sacramento. Perfromance at 8PM. Tickets are $16.00 - $97.00.

Saturday, April 9th: Makana at Harlow's 2708 J Street in Sacramento. Show at 7PM. Tickets are $20.00.

Tuesday, April 12th: Bryan Adams at Crest Theatre 1013 K Street in Sacramento. Show at 8PM. Tickets are $35.00 - $68.00.

Thursday, April 14th: Interpol at Crest Theatre on 1013 K Street in Sacramento. Show at 8PM. Tickets are $38.00.

Concert Tickets On Sale This Week:

A Perfect Circle at Sacramento Memorial Auditorium on July 29th. Tickets are $49.50 and On Sale FRI 4/8.

Kid Rock & Sheryl Crow at SleepTrain Ampitheatre on July 26th. Tickets are $35.00 - $98.00 and On Sale FRI 4/8.

Warped Tour at SleepTrain Ampitheatre on August 11th. Tickets are $44.50 and On Sale FRI 4/8.

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, April 8th:

Jerry Perry presents Rademacher - Pets at Old Ironsides 9PM/$5-$7

Cash'd Out (Johnny Cash Tribute) at Harlows 9PM/$15.00ADV

Mercy Me at Torch Club 9PM/$10

Anthony Cavazos - Lovelorn Duo at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

3 Dance Floors of DJ Top Hits, Hip-Hop, Latin at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 After

Diego's Umbrella at Power House Pub 10PM/$10

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

BlackEyed Dempsies - Tarter Fanine at Distillery 10PM/$6

Bitch - Chaick P's at Marilyns 9PM/$5-$8

80's & 90's DJ Mix at Mix Downtown 9PM

Chris Clouse at District 30 9PM

DJ Billy Lane at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM/$15

Dance Gavin ance - I Wrestled A Bear Once at Ace of Spades 7PM/$18.00

Rough House with DJ Shaun Slaughter & Roger Carpio at Townhouse 9PM/$5

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Monomyth - Truth of Mars at Blue Lamp 9PM

98 Rock Local Licks Live with DJ Blend downstairs at Shenanigans 9PM/$5

Aaron Linkin - Kol Orgize This at Lunas Cafe 8PM/$6

Saturday, April 9th

Fascination New Wave 80's Dance Party at Old Ironsides 9PM/$7

New Monsson - Five Eyed Hand at Marilyns 9PM/$8

Super Diamond at Ace of Spades 6PM/$15

DJ Hailey's Hullaballo Shindig at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

Wonderland at Mix Downtown 9PM

Drastic Actions- Get Shot - Kill Devil at The Distillery 10PM/$6

Country Music & Line Dancing 8PM with DJ's on Three Floors at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 after

DJ E Rock at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

Cheeseballs at Harlows 9PM/$12

Kaye Bohler at The Torch Club 9PM/$8

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Tainted Love at Power House Pub 10PM/$10

DJ Nate D at District 30 9PM

DJ Larry Rodriquez at Press Club 9PM/$5

The Cash Prophets at Blue Lamp 9PM

Stoneberry - KI Jane - Heros Last Mission at Lunas 8PM/$6

Oh Dang! at Townhouse Lounge 9PM/$3

Sunday, April 10th

Dragalicious Show & DJ Hits at Faces 9PM/$5

Kate Gaffney & Lew Fratis Tripo at 4PM and Midnight Dream 8PM at Torch Club 8PM/$7

Industry Night at Golden Bear 9PM

Reggae Basement with DJ Wokstar at Blue Lamp 9:30PM

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2011-04-01T13:43:19Z

Here are some of the many music events happening in the Sacramento area this week. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com.

Sacramento Area Concerts & Music Events

Friday, April 1st: Branford Marsalis Quartet and Terence Blanchard Quartet at Mondavi Center on the UC Davis Campus. Concert at 8PM. Tickets are $35.00 - $58.00.

A Grand Night For Singing at Cosmopolitan Cabaret on 1000 K Street in Sacramento. Continues WED-SUN. Show times are at 8PM or 7:30PM with some 2PM matinees. Tickets are $33.00 - $48.00.

Friday, April 1st: Travie McCoy with Donnis - Black Cards - XV at Ace of Spades on 1417 R Street in Sacramento. Show at 6PM. Tickets are $20.95.

Saturday, April 2nd: Marlene Sai with Kenneth Makuakane at Harlows. Show starts at 6PM. Tickets are $20.00.

Sunday, April 3rd: 20th Annual Festival de la Familia at Cal Expo will feature music, entertainers, Food, art & crafts, children's activities and more. Events begin at 10AM. Tickets are $7.00-$10.00.

Sunday, April 3rd: Prezident Bown at Harlow's 2708 J Street in Sacramento. Show at 10PM. Tickets are $15.00.

Tuesday, April 5th & Wednesday, April 6th: Shen Yun at Sacramento Community Center Theatre. Shows at 8PM. Tickets are $35.00 - $68.00

Tuesday, April 5th: Chris Robinson Brotherhood at Harlow' s 2708 J Street in Sacramento. Show at 9PM. Tickets are $15.00.

Concert Tickets On Sale This Week:

Zac Brown Band at Raley Field on Thursday, May 12th. Tickets are $36.70 - $81.00. Tickets on sale FRI 4/1.

Endfest with Ke$ha - T-Pain - Far East Movement - The Ready Set at Raley Field on Sunday May 15th. Tickets are $37.20 - $48.25. Tickets on sale FRI 4/1.

Tim McGraw with Luke Bryan and The Band Perry at SleepTrain Amphitheatre on Friday June 10th. Tickets are $40.25 - $89.00. On sale SAT 4/2.

Journey - Foreigner - Night Ranger at SleepTrain Amphitheatre on Friday, October 14th. Tickets are $36.00 - $81.00. On sale SAT 4/2.

Sade with John Legend at Power Balance Pavilion (Arco Arena) Wednesday August 17th. Tickets are scheduled to go on sale next Saturday April 2nd. On sale SAT 4/2. Tickets are $39.50 - $149.50.

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, April 1st:

Jerry Perry presents Dry Country Drinkers - The Cheatin Hearts - Truck Stop Darlin at Old Ironsides 9PM/$7

Reminise at Harlows 10PM/$10ADV

Harper at Torch Club 9PM/$10

Carly Du Hain - Be Brave Bold Robot at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

3 Dance Floors of DJ Top Hits, Hip-Hop, Latin at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 After

Mother Mayhem at Power House Pub 10PM/$10

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Sexrat - This Luxury - Jeffrey Valentine at Distillery 10PM/$6

STD - Middlemen at Marilyns 9PM/$5

80's & 90's DJ Mix at Mix Downtown 9PM

The Lidsay Erin Project - Myler & Star at Lunas 8PM/$6

DJ Dukes at District 30 9PM

Zoo Human Project - AJ Johnson at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

DJ Crooked with Billy Lane at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM/$15

Rough House with DJ Shaun Slaughter & Roger Carpio at Townhouse 9PM/$5

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

This Charming Band Smith Tribute at Blue Lamp 9PM

98 Rock Local Licks Live with DJ Blend downstairs at Shenanigans 9PM/$5

Saturday, April 2nd:

The Lipstick Weekender with DJ's Shaun Slaughter & Roger Carpio at Old Ironsides 9PM/$7

Jammies Battle of The Bands at Luigis Fungarden (All Ages) 7PM/$7.

Zepparella with No Bozos at Marilyns 9PM/$10

A Lot Like Birds - Green Audio - Twenty Days with Julian at Ace of Spades 6PM/$15

Step Jayne - Little Black Bats - Jill VS Jonah at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

Joey Briggs - Brain Hanover - Bryan Mc Phersen atNaked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

Wonderland at Mix Downtown 9PM

KB & the Slingtones - Cattle Ness and the Revenge at The Distillery 10PM/$6

Country Music & Line Dancing 8PM with DJ's on Three Floors at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 after

DJ Peeti-V at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

Deartment of Rock at Harlows 9PM/$10

Solsa at The Torch Club 9PM/$8

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Atomic Punks at Power House Pub 10PM/$10

DJ Don Lynch at District 30 9PM

DJ Larry Rodriquez at Press Club 9PM/$5

Oh Dang! at Townhouse Lounge 9PM/$3

Sunday, April 3rd:

Dragalicious Show & DJ Hits at Faces 9PM/$5

Kate Gaffney & Lew Fratis Tripo at 4PM and Johnny Guitar Knox & The Soothers 8PM at Torch Club 8PM/$7

Industry Night at Golden Bear 9PM

Reggae Basement with DJ Wokstar at Blue Lamp 9:30PM

Awolnation - This Luxury - Color The Sound at Ace of Spades 7PM

Sactown Rundown - March 31-April 6

2011-03-31T22:42:10Z

Holy homecoming! We just wrapped up two back-to-back shows from local golden boy Jackie Greene last week at Marilyn’s and Blue Lamp, so what’s this I’m now hearing about two acoustic happy hour shows from him at the Torch Club next Thursday and Friday?

Always appreciate the local love, Senor Greene. Just in case you need to be reminded, those shows will be packed, start cocktail hour early.

We’re headed into some snappy territory on the local calendar with electronic music champions the Crystal Method also rolling into town next week to slap the woofers around at District 30; check out Sac Press’ Brandon Darnell getting up close with CM’s Ken Jordan. Not to mention that G. Love & Special Sauce show just around the corner, and Devil Makes Three sneaking onto the Harlow’s calendar as well.

But, this is all next week, let’s not get too far ahead of ourselves.

California Honeydrops – Perhaps y’all have heard about that railroad tour of a concert by Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros and Old Crow Medicine Show that is rolling through Oakland next week? It’s good to see bands still going old school and using the rails. But if one were to study the musical tracks that zigzag across the ol’ U.S. of A., radiating tales of American history through song and rhythm, it’s a safe bet that Oakland’s California Honeydrops have already soaked up nearly every mile of those tracks, letting the stories they tell seep out in their wily brand of blues, jazz, swing, doo wop, R&B and hip shaking rock and roll. History class was never this much fun, and these teachers won’t send you to detention for getting too rowdy. 9 p.m. doors, 10 p.m. show Friday. Sophia’s Thai Kitchen, 129 E St., Davis. $5. 21+. www.sophiasthaikitchen.com.

Johnny Winter – With the Ace of Spades calendar going absolutely bonkers lately, and virtually every mood-flapped “core” band on the planet booking quintuple-bill shows at the all age downtown venue, the question must be asked of what will happen to Sactown’s previous house of holler, the Boardwalk? This show is a lone genre exception to a hard rock calendar that still looks pretty full, at a building eerily reminiscent of the kind of joints the venerable Johnny Winter was sneaking into as a young bootlick lusting for exposure to the blues in his native Texas. Just recall the scene of a group of cardigan-clad frat boys wandering into an all-Black club to see Otis Day & the Nights in “Animal House,” it might be about the same scene as a 15 year-old albino trying to blend in at similarly patroned blues boxes, playing a brand of tunes that was considered outlaw-bred, a highway straight to Hades. Not only was Winter able to blend in, he leapfrogged most of his contemporaries to become nothing short of a blues legend, his electric licks as white hot as his pigment-deprived locks of hair, his bluesman soul as radiant as his bone-white skin under the stage lights - lights he has been shining under for decades. Need the name of one of his hits? How about “Rock and Roll Hoochie Coo” for starters – not to be confused with brother Edgar’s “Free Ride.” Local stalwarts Frank Hannon (of Tesla) and Mick Martin & the Blues Rockers open up. 7:15 p.m. Tuesday. The Boardwalk, 9426 Greenback Ln, Orangevale. $35 adv/$40 d.o.s. All ages. www.boardwalkrocks.com.

Chris Robinson Brotherhood – Chris Robinson hasn’t quite hit Les Claypool status yet by fronting about a dozen different mix-and-match bands, but after fronting the Black Crowes, then New Earth Mud, and now Chris Robinson Brotherhood (plus a new yet-to-debut trio with the Dead’s Bob Weir and Jackie Greene), it’s hard to know just where the venerable blues/folk rocker is hanging his hat. This latest project features guitarist Neal Casal (a long time Ryan Adams sideman), keyboardist Adam MacDougall (Black Crowes, Macy Gray), George Sluppick on drums (Robert Walter, JJ Grey & MOFRO) and Mark “Muddy” Dutton on bass. That pedigree should tell you what you need to know – it’s going to be dirty, bluesy, and possibly a little funktastic, while held together by Robinson’s notoriously demure vocalization. 9 p.m. Tuesday. Harlow’s, 2708 J St. $15. 21+. www.harlows.com.

Mark Your Calendars – Devil Makes Three – Second show since September? Does this mean a pattern of more Sacto shows from the venerable acoustic country punk trio, which now resides in Davis? Yes please! April 21. Harlow’s, 2708 J St. $15. www.harlows.com.

If you are planning or promoting a concert in the Sacramento area, or just know of a show you’d like to see featured in the Rundown, shoot me an email.

For a complete listing of Sacramento area music happenings, check out Ann Freeman-Clement’s Concerts, Music Events and the Local Music Scene every Friday on Sacramento Press.

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2011-03-25T20:11:26Z

Here are some of the many music events happening in the Sacramento area this week. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com.

Sacramento Area Concerts & Music Events

Friday, March 25th - Sunday, March 27th: BanjoRama at The Red Lion Hotel on 1401 Arden Way in Sacramento. Events will feature a variety of live acts, workshops, vendors and more. Tickets are $20.00 daily or $35.00 three-day pass.

Friday, March 25th - Sunday, March 27th: Sacramento Ballet presents Icons & Innovators at The Sacramento Community Center Theatre on 1301 L Street in Sacramento. Shows at 7:30PM FRI -SAT, 2PM SUN. Tickets are $15.00 - $68.00.

A Grand Night For Singing at Cosmopolitan Cabaret on 1000 K Street in Sacramento. Continues WED-SUN. Show times are at 8PM or 7:30PM with some 2PM matinees. Tickets are $33.00 - $48.00.

Friday, March 25th: Jeff Watson and Lone Ranger with Set in Stone & Jerry Jennings Band at The Boardwalk on 9426 Greenback Lane in Orangevale. Show at 8PM. Tickets are $15.

Friday, March 25th: Andre Nickatina with Raider Dave - Who Ride and more at Ace of Spades on 1417 R Street in Sacramento. Show at 7:30PM. Tickets are $27.95.

Saturday, March 26th: The Motels with Larisa Bryski - Smirker - Exhale at The Boardwalk on 9426 Greenback Lane in Orangevale. Show at 8PM. Tickets are $20.00 - $22.00.

Saturday, March 26th: St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra at Mondavi Center Jackson Hall on UC Davis Campus. Concert at 8PM. Tickets are $89.00 - $22.00.

Saturday, March 26th: Benefit Concert for Japan Relief featuring oper singer Miwako Isano, pianist Mari Shokawa, and Sakura Chorus at Sacramento Japanese Methodist Church on 6929 Franklin Blvd in Sacramento. Concert at 3:30PM. Tickets are $10.00 - $15.00.

Sunday, March 27th: Pat Boone at Thunder Valley Resort - Pano Hall 1200 Athens Avenue in Lincoln. Concert at 5PM. Tickets are $41.75.

Sunday, March 27th: Jake Shimabukuro at Harlow's 2708 J Street in Sacramento. Show at 7PM. Tickets are $35.00 - $45.00.

Wednesday, March 30th: Dead Prez at Harlow' s 2708 J Street in Sacramento. Show at 10PM. Tickets are $20.00.

(see Sac Press article "Sac Rundown" by Aaron Davis for detailed info on a variety of shows this week.)

Concert Tickets On Sale This Week:

Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience at The Crest Theatre on May 26th. Tickets are $29.00 - $125.00.

Thunder Valley Resort has announced several summer series concerts that recently went on sale: Creedence Clearwater Revival 5/21, The Fray 5/25, Kool and the Gang 6/3, The Beach Boys 7/1, Tesla 7/9, Chicago 7/30, Doobie Brothers 8/5, Peter Frampton 8/6, and Huey Lewis 8/12. Tickets range from $25.00 - $90.00 depending on show.

Heads Up: Sade with John Legend at Power Balance Pavilion (Arco Arena) Wednesday August 17th. Tickets are scheduled to go on sale next Saturday April 2nd. Pre-sales next week. Tickets are $39.50 - $149.50.

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, March 25th:

Jerry Perry presents Prieta - Walking Spanish at Old Ironsides 9PM/$5-$7

The Soundtrack of Our Lives at Harlows 9PM/$17.50ADV

Shane Dwight at Torch Club 9PM/$10

The Secret Lives of Squirrels - Jake Gleason at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

3 Dance Floors of DJ Top Hits, Hip-Hop, Latin at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 After

Aquanett & Apple Z at Power House Pub 10PM/$10

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Pets - The Polymers - Jet Black Popes at Distillery 10PM/$6

Minus Halo Benefit Concert with Solow - Alazar -Repressa - Zuhg at Marilyns 9PM/$5-$8

80's & 90's DJ Mix at Mix Downtown 9PM

DJ Illest at Dream Ultra Lounge 9PM

DJ David Carvalho at District 30 9PM

Zoo Human Project - AJ Johnson at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

DJ Panic City with Billy Lane at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM/$15

Rough House with DJ Shaun Slaughter & Roger Carpio at Townhouse 9PM/$5

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

A Single Second - Early States at Luigis Fungarden 8:30PM/$5

Sonic Shift - Cesura - March into Paris at Blue Lamp 9PM

Will Titus - John Conley - Soft Science - The Happy Medium at Beatnik Studios 6PM

98 Rock Local Licks Live with DJ Blend downstairs at Shenanigans 9PM/$5

Latin Jazz with Nagual at Lunas Cafe 8PM/$6

Saturday, March 26th

The Nickel Slots - Red Meat at Old Ironsides 9PM/$7

Jammies Battle of The Bands with Into The Open - The Trees - Uncle Troy - Smack Jupiter - No Where But Up - Crimson Sky at Luigis Fungarden (All Ages) 7PM/$7.

Mark Karan & Jemimah Puddleduck at Marilyns 9PM/$12

The Ready Set - AllStar Weekend - The Downtown Fiction at Ace of Spades 6PM/$15

Dennis Johnson at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

Miss Lonely Hearts - The Easy Leaves at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

Wonderland at Mix Downtown 9PM

Fight Inside - The Stalking Distance - Rivals - Plasma Cannon at The Distillery 10PM/$6

Country Music & Line Dancing 8PM with DJ's on Three Floors at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 after

DJ Scene at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

Foreverland at Harlows 9PM/$12

Ross Hammond CD Release Show Old Soul Coffee House (All Ages) 7:30PM

Lara Price at The Torch Club 9PM/$8

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Love Fool at Power House Pub 10PM/$10

Rock-It-Scientists at District 30 9PM

DJ Larry Rodriquez at Press Club 9PM/$5

City of Vain - longway - Trackslide - Poets at Blue Lamp 9PM

David Houstin & the Strings - Christopher Fairman at Lunas 8PM/$6

Oh Dang! at Townhouse Lounge 9PM/$3

Sunday, March 27th

Dragalicious Show & DJ Hits at Faces 9PM/$5

Kate Gaffney & Lew Fratis Tripo at 4PM and The Nibblers 8PM at Torch Club 8PM/$7

Industry Night at Golden Bear 9PM

Reggae Basement with DJ Wokstar at Blue Lamp 9:30PM

Sactown Rundown - March 24-30

2011-03-24T23:16:15Z

Yo, winter storms - we've got your summertime right here!

The concert calendar this week will be doing a little work to help us all not "t-t-talk about the weather" (as my main man Dave Matthews would say) with the outdoor (covered) patio concert series at Sophia's Thai Kitchen in Davis teeing off with a pair of shows. Plus, it's a pretty safe bet that Mr. Deputy will be wearing shorts. Just sayin'!

Zach Deputy – Isn’t this the guy who should be popping the tops off your beers at the bowling alley bar, or maybe explaining the difference in quality among products at your local “tobacco” shop? He’s got that laid back, flip-flop island vibe to him, the kind of dude you could shoot the breeze with at any time, because he’s always willing to invite you into his party of one. Deputy is a fiesta of a one man band, throwing loop after loop to cover bass, drum, backup vocal duties and even some specialty effects into the digital fray, to give him something to shred the guitar and belt some down home tunes along with. It’s a mix of island rock, reggae flavor, dance floor smacking beats and shreds of Zydeco – but at his heart, it become immediately obvious that Deputy is a guitar guy. Give him an acoustic or an electric, it doesn’t matter, he’ll attack the thing like it’s two-for-one meatball sub day at the local deli (Utah, get me two!). 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. Harlow’s, 2708 J St. $12. 21+. www.harlows.com.

Del The Funky Homosapien – Hooray, internet! Del and some friends are dishing up the Ice Cold Leak Pack on Bandcamp, a four track free download of Sir Dzl himself, with Bukue One and Serendipity Project – not to mention a $3 download of his newest album, “It Ain’t Illegal Yet” (check out the tiered price structure on that bad boy). One of Oakland’s most famous hip hop stars not named Too Short and once a member of revered hip hop troupes Gorillaz and Hieroglyphics, Del has routinely shown Sacramento some love with relatively off the beaten path gigs, much like Friday’s throwdown over at Sol Collective. Walking the line between spoken work prophet and straight-up funk master, Del has stayed off of hip hop’s own beaten path his entire career, and we all thank him for that! With A Plus, Domino, and Bukue One. 8 p.m. Friday. Sol Collective, 2574 21st St. (at Broadway). All ages. www.solcollective.org.

The Luyas (Friday) and The Seedy Seeds (Saturday) – Don’t know if ya’ll have noticed, but Sophia’s Thai Kitchen in Davis has become an absolute Mecca of indie rock bands, and one of the coolest places to take in a show in this area on the insanely intimate patio setting. It’s not even April, but the calendar is firing up this weekend and will be jam packed through September. Huzzah! Hailing from Canada, the Luyas are often known to get a little help from Sarah Neufeld of Arcade Fire – don’t get too excited about her showing up at this gig, but the ethereal inner-child vocals of Jessie Stein and her backing band of dreamy electro-pop jangle jockeys will serve just fine (With Appetite. Doors 9 p.m., show 10 p.m. Friday. $5). The Seedy Seeds are, at their heart, a folk band, but it just appears that someone decided to give them plenty of electronic toys to play with, making their sound a proverbial toy chest of bouncy pop and crafty hooks. Opening act Sgt. Dunbar & the Hobo Banned are tailor made for fans of San Jose the Mumlers, with a package of stylish throwback pop, jazz and indie rock rhythms, trotting a dusty back road through the heart of Americana. (With Poor Things. Doors 8:30 p.m., show 9:30 p.m. Saturday. $5.) Sophia’s Thai Kitchen, 129 E St., Davis. 21+. www.sophiasthaikitchen.com.

Mark Karan – Mark Karan fits the bill of two groups of musicians that often don’t get quite the respect they deserve. He’s your ultimate collaborator; OK, that title should really be Leon Russell’s, but we’ll he’s swimming in the same pond. He’s one of the many fairly anonymous guys who have toiled in relative obscurity by playing with the Grateful Dead family of bands (in his case, playing lead guitar with Bob Weir & Ratdog). He has also been a bandmate with the likes of Huey Lewis, Jesse Colin Young, Dave Mason, the Rembrandts, and many others too numerous to mention. Low and behold, this consummate pro also has his own band, and his down home funky blues wiles are enough to make you forget about the company he keeps and start paying attention to his own merits; not to mention he’s a labelmate of Jackie Greene on locally bred Dig Music. Jeremiah Puddleduck gets the party going. 9 p.m. Saturday. Marilyn’s on K, 908 K St. $10 adv./$12 d.o.s. 21+. www.marilynsonk.com.

Arsonists Get All the Girls – Strap on your thinking cap, and hold it in place inside the mosh pit. This Santa Cruz experimental metal/hardcore outfit will take your mind for a ride, set it on fire, douse the flames, decorate it with pastels, and send it back to you to ensure that you won’t know what the hell to do with it when you do have it back. They’re part of the Young & Restless tour with Our Last Night, Atilla, A Bullet For Pretty Boy, Armor for the Broken, Across the Sun, and It Starts With Alaska (can someone get me a beer after naming all those bands, please). 5 p.m. Wednesday. Ace of Spades, 1417 R St. $12. All ages. www.aceofspadessac.com.

Walking Spanish CD Release – It’s funny that Walking Spanish has become something of a Sacramento staple, an institution, if you will – and their lead singer is not even 23 years old. Alex Nelson comes from good stock though, his older brother knows a little somethin’ about being a young prodigy and fronting a band in this town. Nelson is hardly piggybacking his brother’s fame, but he and his band did piggy back San Francisco’s Mission Bells Studios with big bro and his BFF Tim Bluhm of the Mother Hips to record “Wishbones,” which gets its formal unveiling this weekend, with help from another local mainstay with some new material to offer, Prieta. Check out Lindol French's take on the new album. 9 p.m. Friday. Old Ironsides, 1901 10th St. $7. 21+. www.theoldironsides.com.

Mark Your Calendars – Super Diamond – Didn’t happen the first time around due to liquor license issues at Ace of Spades, but as Sac Press editor in chief David Watts Barton reports, the venue is slamming, and the “Surreal Neil” and the rest of this Neil Diamond tribute act are ready to roll! April 9. 1417 R St. $15. www.aceofspadessac.com.

If you are planning or promoting a concert in the Sacramento area, or just know of a show you’d like to see featured in the Rundown, shoot me an email.

For a complete listing of Sacramento area music happenings, check out Ann Freeman-Clement’s Concerts, Music Events and the Local Music Scene every Friday on Sacramento Press.

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2011-03-18T16:06:56Z

Here are some of the many music events happening in the Sacramento area this week. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com.

Sacramento Area Concerts & Music Events

Through Sunday, March 20th: 9 to 5 The Musical at The Sacramento Community Center Theatre on 1301 L Street in Sacramento. Shows at 8PM, 2PM, and 7:30PM depending on date. Tickets are $18.00 - $70.00.

A Grand Night For Singing at Cosmopolitan Cabaret on 1000 K Street in Sacramento. Continues WED-SUN. Show times are at 8PM or 7:30PM with some 2PM matinees. Tickets are $33.00 - $48.00.

Friday, March 18th - Saturday, March 19th: Sacramento Ballet In-Studio Celtic Experience at 1631 K Street in Sacramento. Enjoy beer and wine and an intimate performance beginning at 7PM. Tickets are $25.00.

Saturday, March 19th: Sacramento Choral Society & Orchestra presents Verdi's Requiem at Mondavi Center on the UC Davis Campus. Performance at 8PM. Tickets are $30.00 - $50.00.

Saturday, March 19th - Sunday, March 20th: Sacramento Master Singers Celtic Connections III at First United Methodist Church on 2100 J Street in Sacramento. SAT at 8PM, SUN at 3PM. Tickets are $20.00.

Sunday, March 20th: Camellia Symphony Orchestra presents a Family Concert at Tsakopoulos Library Galleria at 828 I Street in Sacramento. Performance at 2PM, Instrument petting zoo at 1PM. Free Admission.

Tuesday, March 22nd: Paul Thorn at Harlows. Show at 7:30PM. Tickets are $22.00 ADV.

Wednesday, March 23rd: Marsha Ambrosius with Melanie Fiona at Harlows. Show at 9PM. Tickets are $30.00.

Wednesday, March 23rd: Richrad Thompson Electric Trio at Ace of Spades at 1417 R Street in Sacramento. Show at 7:30PM. Tickets are $35.00 - $40.00.

Wednesday. March 23rd: Lady Gaga Monster Ball Tour at Power Balance Pavilion (Arco Arena). Concert at 8PM. Tickets are limited $52.00 - $177.50.

Thursday, March 24th: Crocker Art Museum presents Open Art: CORE Dance Collective World Premiere of Silent Noise at 216 O Street in Sacramento. Performance at 7PM. Tickets are $15.00 - $25.00.

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, March 18th:

Jerry Perry presents Island of Black and White - The Bellboys - James Cavern at Old Ironsides 9PM/$7

Mary Youngblood at 7PM/$20ADV and Primo with GPD at 10PM at Harlows

Gino Matteo at Torch Club 9PM/$12

Kevin Seconds - Kepi Ghoulie - Dino The Girl at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

3 Dance Floors of DJ Top Hits, Hip-Hop, Latin at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 After

Wonderbread 5 at Power House Pub 10PM/$15

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Adam Varona - Christian De Wild - Ross Hammond at Distillery 10PM/$6

Set Theory at Marilyns 9PM/$5

80's & 90's DJ Mix at Mix Downtown 9PM

Coco Montoya - Mick Martin & The Blues Rockers at The Boardwalk 8PM/$20-$22

DJ Illest at Dream Ultra Lounge 9PM

DJ G-Roy District 30 9PM

As I Lay Dying - Winds of Plague - After The Burial at Ace of Spades 6:30PM/$20

DJ Billy Lane at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM/$15

Rough House with DJ Shaun Slaughter & Roger Carpio at Townhouse 9PM/$5

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Hot Tar Roofers - Perpetual Drifters at Luigis Fungarden 8:30PM/$5

98 Rock Local Licks Live with Stepchild - Fallrise - Black with DJ Blend downstairs at Shenanigans 9PM/$5

Sean Powers Shadow Puppet Theatre - Gilberto Rodriquez at Lunas Cafe 8PM/$6

Saturday, March 19th

Richard March at Old Ironsides 9PM/$5

The Newzmakers at Marilyns 9PM/$5

Early States - Wesley Avery - Greenlight District at Ace of Spades 6:30PM/$20

Simpl3Jack - Prieta - Honyock at Luigis Fungarden 8:30PM/$5

Sean Kilcoyne - Chris2Me - Rebel Radio at Fox & Goose 9PM/$3

Wonderland at Mix Downtown 9PM

Cura Cochino - Rabbits - Ungolian at The Distillery 10PM/$6

Country Music & Line Dancing 8PM with DJ's on Three Floors at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 after

DJ Peeti-V at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

White Minorities - Mudface - Left Hand - Deadset at The Boardwalk 8PM/$10

Laurie Morvan at The Torch Club 9PM/$10

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Superlicious at Power House Pub 10PM/$10

DJ Slick D at District 30 9PM

DJ Larry Rodriquez at Press Club 9PM/$5

The Ricky & Del Rock Show - Dungeons & Dragqueens at Blue Lamp 9:30PM/$8

Oh Dang! at Townhouse Lounge 9PM/$3

Sunday, March 20th

Dragalicious Show & DJ Hits at Faces 9PM/$5

Blues Jam at 4PM & Bone McDonald 8PM at Torch Club 8PM/$7

Industry Night at Golden Bear 9PM

Saving Abel - Red Line Chemistry - Desperate Union - First Class Citizen at Ace of Spades 6:30PM/$16

Reggae Basement with DJ Wokstar at Blue Lamp 9:30PM

O'Sactown McRundown - March 17-23

2011-03-17T01:50:38Z

Happy Green Beer Day, everyone!

Yes, we all know how big the De Vere’s party in Cesar Chavez Park is going to be, and thanks to them for putting it on. But assuming the hangover from Thursday doesn’t drop you like “Two and a Half Men” for the rest of the week, don’t sleep on some fine shows on deck.

Slainte!

Art vs. Science – Fortunately for people that don’t like techno, the definitions of what actually constitutes “techno” are beginning to broaden - look no further than the fact that many techno acts are starting to employ live drums (read: Pretty Lights), which is one of the tasty elements of Sydney, Australia’s Art vs. Science. They’re generically self-billed as a rock band that happens to play techno, and tapped by Rolling Stone as “techno for people who don’t usually like techno;” well, it’s hard to argue with either of those two statements. Their hooks are dense and murky, crawling along with four-on-the-floor thunks, but there is something undeniably catchy, and they would indeed find a cozy home on the iPod that has two tracks from Crystal Method, three from the Chemical Brothers, and 119 from !!!. They’re rolling into town post South By Southwest for a little midweek romp; conventional wisdom says there’s no way you’re catching them at any venue smaller than Harlow’s again any time soon, so enjoy the ToHo while you can! 8 p.m. Wednesday. The Townhouse, 1517 21st St. $8. 21+. www.townhouselounge.com.

Victoria Vox with Boulder Acoustic Society – “Give Them Hope” is the new moniker of the Francis House benefit concert series, inspired by their late executive director of 21 years, Greg Bunker, a long time advocate for the homeless who passed away suddenly in December. With a strengthened resolve, the Francis House, a counseling and assistance center for the homeless and disenfranchised, continues on with this performance from Victoria Vox and the Boulder Acoustic Society. Vox is a gem of an indie folk singer songwriter, sporting a masters degree in songwriting from Berklee College and strumming out sweet tune after luscious lyric on her ukulele, or whatever miniature string instrument happens to be lying around. At times dank and murky, Boulder Acoustic Society are scholars of Americana styles past, mixing in fresh vibes of indie rock and pop into their string band throwdowns and dusty road anthems. 6 p.m. doors, 7 p.m. show. Guild Theatre, 2828 35th St. $20-$50. All ages. www.francishouse.info.

Prieta – Alex Ayers made a very creepy announcement on Facebook this week – beneath the night terrors that video will inspire, we’ll sit happy with the news that some new tunes from one of Sacto’s standout rock outfits are soon to see the light of day. They’re been teasing around some new songs at recent shows, but it looks like we’re going to get a whole feast of them at this diet CD release show; they’re going to be handing out copies of their new single, “The Company You Keep” (yes, I said “handing out”). This reporter can tell you that the new tunes are lush, sharp and bluesy, and the next full release from this group could be quite the kicker. Their throwback hard rock and blues wiles (like Sabbath chugging beers with Queens of the Stone Age and Buddy Guy) are well known around town – is out-of-town next? With Siml3Jack and the Hungry. 7 p.m. Saturday. Luigi’s Fungarden, 1050 K St. (MARRS Building). Cover TBA. All ages. Facebook event page.

Richard Thompson Electric Trio – You could slap a comma on the end of a name as seemingly generic as Richard Thompson and stick it in front of “CPA,” “Attorney at Law,” or perhaps even “Regional Manager of Orange County Area Applebee’s Restaurants.” This Richard Thompson’s name arguably belongs in front of “Greatest Living Rock Guitarist,” and undeniably in front of “Legend.” Thompson has hardly produced a radio hit that would be easily recognizable, and is rarely (and tragically) mentioned in conversations of household names over the last 50 years of rock and roll – and you know what, he probably doesn’t care. To see him perform life is to watch a lockdown, no frills professional at work, cramming decades worth of soul, blues, rock and strings of funk into every toe-tapping, hip swaying song. You’ll come out of there wondering why the hell you never “knew” him before – and why don’t more people “know” about him too? Richard Thompson Electric Trio is flanked by Alex Nelson (of Walking Spanish) Acoustic Trio. Bizzaro world? 7 p.m. Wednesday. Ace of Spades, 1417 R St. $39.50. All ages. www.aceofspadessac.com.

The Ricky & Del Rock Show – The Ricky & Del Connection threw down exactly what you would have expected from a band featuring former members of epically underrated Sac psych rock act Kai Kln; thick, dense jams, sinewy guitar riffs and plenty of fire flying from the amps and singeing your eyebrows off with funkalicious licks. And now, we get something called the Ricky & Del Rock Show? What the hell was it before, a game of tiddlywinks in Sunday School? Whatever this new incarnation has up it’s sleeve, do you really want to say you had other stuff going on? Local stalwarts (and contenders for best local band name ever) Dungeons and Dragqueens start the party. 9 p.m. Saturday. Blue Lamp, 1400 Alhambra Blvd. $8. 21+. www.bluelamp.com.

Mark Your Calendars – The California Honeydrops – With blues, jazz, swing, rock, etc., this Oakland powerhouse is a history lesson of nearly a century of American music, and they’ll make you feel like you’re consuming cocktails from every decade along with it. April 1. Sophia’s Thai Kitchen, 129 E St., Davis. $5. www.sophiasthaikitchen.com.

If you are planning or promoting a concert in the Sacramento area, or just know of a show you’d like to see featured in the Rundown, shoot me an email.

For a complete listing of Sacramento area music happenings, check out Ann Freeman-Clement’s Concerts, Music Events and the Local Music Scene every Friday on Sacramento Press.

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2011-03-11T20:33:51Z

Here are some of the many music events happening in the Sacramento area this week. There are a variety of St. Patrick's Day events happening on Saturday and Thursday, so get out and enjoy! For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com.

Sacramento Area Concerts & Music Events

Through Sunday, March 20th: 9 to 5 The Musical at The Sacramento Community Center Theatre on 1301 L Street in Sacramento. Shows at 8PM, 2PM, and 7:30PM depending on date. Tickets are $18.00 - $70.00.

A Grand Night For Singing at Cosmopolitan Cabaret on 1000 K Street in Sacramento. Continues WED-SUN. Show times are at 8PM or 7:30PM with some 2PM matinees. Tickets are $33.00 - $48.00.

Through Sunday, March 13th: CSUS Department of Theatre and Dance presents No Se Paga at CSUS Shasta Hall on 600 J Street in Sacramento. Shows are THRS-SUN at various times. Tickets are $8.00 - $12.00.

Through Sunday, March 13th: UC Davis Department of Theatre and Dance presents Come Hell and High Water at The Main Theatre on the UC Davis Campus. Shows FRI-SUN 2PM & 8PM. Tickets are $15.00 - $17.00.

Friday, March 11th: Canadian Tenors at The Crest Theatre on 1013 K Street in Sacramento. Concert at 7:30PM. Tickets are $35.00 - $55.00.

Saturday, March 12th: Old Sacramento St. Patrick's Day Festival and Parade will begin at Second and L Streets at 1PM. Family friendly entertainment includes marching bands, Irish dancers, bagpipers, school musicians, performers, and more. Streets will be closed from Noon-3PM. (For more information see SacPress St. Patricks events article).

Saturday, March 12th: St. Patrick's Day Pub Crawl will include 20 Sacramento bars beginning at 2PM at River City Saloon in Old Sacramento and end at Shenanigans. No charge for Crawl. (For more information see SacPress St. Patrick's events article).

Saturday, March 12th: Pink Floyd Music Extravaganza at The Crest Theatre on 1013 K Street in Sacramento. Concert at 8PM. Tickets are $38.00.

Saturday, March 12th: Rock & Worship Tour with Mercy Me - Jars of Clay - Thousand Foot Crunch - Matt Maher - The Afters at Power Balance Pavilion (Arco Arena). Concert at 8PM. $10.00 cash donation at door.

Sunday, March 13th: Music As A Weapon Tour with Disturbed - Korn - Sevendust - In This Moment at Power Balance Pavilion (Arco Arena). Show starts at 6PM. Tickets are $54.80 (Includes Fees).

Sunday, March 13th: Alexander String Quartet at Mondavi Center Studio Theatre on UC Davis Campus. Two shows at 2PM (Sold-Out) and 7PM (Tickets still available). Tickets are $22.50 - $45.00.

Thursday, March 17th: St. Patrick's Day Events to Choose From

de Vere's Pub Party at 1521 L Street in Sacramento. Begins at 8AM with Irish coffees and will continue with a sidewalk party outdoors and traditional Irish entertainment until 1:30AM. Tickets are $10.00.

Party In The Park at Cesar Chavez Plaza on 901 J Street in Sacramento. The 21+ event will run from 10AM-10PM with beer, wine, food, traditional Irish music, live bands Whiskey & Stitches and Zoo Station U2 Tribute at 8PM. Tickets are $20.00/ADV - $25.00/Door.

St. Patrick's Day 21st Annual Tour of Pubs will take place all day in the Sacramento area with 17 pubs participating. Maps available in this week's issue of Sacramento News & Review.

R Street Pub Crawl will take place at 15th & R street in Sacramento includes R15, Ace of Spades, Burgers & Brew, Shady Lady Saloon. Performance by the Cheeseballs at 8PM with No Cover at all locations.

Concert Tickets On Sale This Week:

Def Leppard & Heart with Evan Watson on Sunday, September 11th. Tickets are $32.00 - $85.50 (Includes Service Fees) on sale SAT March 12th.

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, March 11th:

Jerry Perry presents The Troublemakers - Kepie Ghoulie - Capt 9's & The Knickerbocker Trio at Old Ironsides 9PM/$7

The Remedies & 2 Lit 2 Quit at Harlows 7PM

John Nemeth at Torch Club 9PM/$10

Whitewash Station - Lovelorn Duo at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

3 Dance Floors of DJ Top Hits, Hip-Hop, Latin at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 After

Spazmatics at Power House Pub 10PM/$12

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Lessons in Failure - Terra Ferno - Revolver at Distillery 10PM/$6

Great Owl & Thaw Jack Frost at Marilyns 9PM/$6

80's & 90's DJ Mix at Mix Downtown 9PM

Trances - In Oceans - We're Not Friends Anymore at The Boardwalk 8PM/$10-$12

DJ Illest at Dream Ultra Lounge 9PM

DJ E One District 30 9PM

WhiteChapel - Chelsea Grin - I Declare War - The Acacia Strain - Veil of Maya at Ace of Spades 6:30PM/$18

Andy Kong - Brandon Neal - Bernadette Conant at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

Trent Mazur & DJ Billy Lane at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM/$15

Rough House with DJ Shaun Slaughter & Roger Carpio at Townhouse 9PM/$5

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

McDougall - Freebadge Serenaders (All Ages) at Luigis Fungarden 8:30PM/$5

Wahnderlust - Soft White Sixties - AB & The Sea at Blue Lamp 9PM/$8

98 Rock Local Licks Live with DJ Blend downstairs at Shenanigans 9PM/$5

Eal Brooks - DR Velocity - Bag o' Kittens at Lunas Cafe 8PM/$6

Saturday, March 12th

Fascination 80's New Wave Dance Party at Old Ironsides 9:30PM/$5

Bob Woods Band - Nothin Personal - Dirt Nap Band at Marilyns 7PM/$5-$10

Darkest Hour - born of Osirus - As Blood Runs Black - The Human Abstarct - Nightmare in Twilight - Lifeforms at Ace of Spades 5:30PM

Autumn Sky at Luigis Fungarden 8:30PM/$5

Hullabalo with DJ Hailey at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

8 Track Massacre at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

Wonderland at Mix Downtown 9PM

Pine Box Boys - Colonel Jimmy & The Blackfish at The Distillery 10PM/$6

Country Music & Line Dancing 8PM with DJ's on Three Floors at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 after

DJ Peeti-V at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

As Artifacts - Blacksheep - Thea Skotia at The Boardwalk 8PM/$10

MoFo Party Band at The Torch Club 9PM/$7

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Dane Drewis & Bump City at Power House Pub 10PM/$10

DJ David Carvalho at District 30 9PM

DJ Larry Rodriquez at Press Club 9PM/$5

Stung The Police Tribute - Petty Theft Tom Petty Tribute at Blue Lamp 9PM/$10

Oh Dang! at Townhouse Lounge 9PM/$3

Sunday, March 13th

Dragalicious Show & DJ Hits at Faces 9PM/$5

Blues Jam at 4PM at Hollywood Texas 8PM at Torch Club 8PM/$7

Industry Night at Golden Bear 9PM

Fair To Midland - Periphery - Scale The Summit - Breva 6PM/$12

Reggae Basement with DJ Wokstar at Blue Lamp 9:30PM

Sactown Rundown - March 10-16

2011-03-10T23:53:28Z

Whew!

If there are any stories from anyone out there about one of our biggest concert weeks in recent memory here in Sactucky, feel free to share them in the comments section below. Seriously, we want to know who was out gettin’ funky and where (and maybe with who, but keep it clean).

Lindol and I took care of you over the weekend reporting back on the Mother Hips gig at Marilyn’s – and we could have done the same about Truth & Salvage Co. last night at Harlow’s, but as he duly pointed out, when it comes to covering that band, our objectivity and impartiality as journalists is somewhere in the gutter next to discarded fliers for the next stage show at Faces, and possibly a used rubber or two.

I will simply say this about T&S Co.: Wowza! They just keep getting better! Some good times on tap this weekend; “saving up for St. Patty’s Day” excuses will not be tolerated!

McDougall – If history was always this much fun, we’d have all paid more attention. Portland’s McDougall is like that high school history teacher who is always in danger of getting fired for teaching an abstract text, or that a college would never give tenure to because of the constant fear he might give the under-aged co-eds some bourbon and spend hours identifying which U.S. Presidents were known to visit brothels. He’s not really penning lyrics about this kind of stuff, but his songs and general approach to acoustic folk and rock is richly traditional and rooted in a time where there were no electrical chords, only G chords, a time when “microphones” were nothing more than a large cone, and the only way to hear music was to go to it, it wouldn’t come to you. There’s as much a story to be told in the songs he wrote himself as there are the ones he found buried under dust bunnies at the library. This one man band is like the Smithsonian with a pulse, and it’s a pulse that makes you want to bump your hips a little at that. Willie Tea, the Freebadge Serenaders and Quinn Alfaro round out a unique weekend bill. 8:30 p.m. Friday. Luigi’s Slice & Fungarden, 1050 K St. $5. All ages. Facebook event page.

Wahnder Lust – Woah, woah, WOAH! Don’t you just love that feeling where you just get smacked in the face by a song from the opening licks, and want more in the same way that a meth head wants more? If you have any similar tastes to this reporter, "Red Hot Mama" will do that very thing to you on Wahnder Lust’s ReverbNation page. We’re talking loud, dingy, dirtfunknasty (if that wasn’t a word before now, it is now!) guitar hooks, alongside the siren of vocalist Kim Manning, who evokes the ‘tude of Janis Joplin with the atomic force of Grace Potter (or Slick), all hosed down to saturation with soul – perhaps the fact that she spent a decade as lead vocalist with George Clinton and the P-Funk Allstars explains that one? And her partner in crime should be no mystery to Sacramento music fans; Lantz Lazwell has long since migrated to L.A., taking home an L.A. Music Award for Best Rock vocalist on ’07, but he is Sactown born and bred, drawing comparisons to rock icons past and present with his almost effortlessly valiant pipes. Together, they’re a powderkeg of teeth-clenching rock and roll, a package of the type of music you listen to all the time, and the types of music you wonder why you don’t listen to more often. Soul charged throwback rockers the Soft White Sixties start the party in a bill that might leave you hung over even if you put booze on the shelf for Lent. 9 p.m. Friday. Blue Lamp, 1400 Alhambra Blvd. $8. 21+. www.bluelamp.com.

Mofo Party Band – Through and through, there is nothing overtly “original” about what the Mofo Party Band does – and sometimes, that’s really OK! Sometimes fireballing blues and rock and roll, performed by a group of seasoned veterans whose aim is to keep small clubs and parties burning embers on the dance floor, is just what the doctor ordered. Isn’t that why we all go to the Torch Club anyway? But seriously, Mofo is often lost in the mix of the “party band” circuit in Northern California, but anyone who has seen them and knows their stuff will tell you that you couldn’t buy a better time in a Vegas back alley (take that metaphor however you want). 9 p.m. Saturday. Torch Club, 904 15th St. 21+. www.torchclub.net.

Mark Your Calendars – Chris Robinson Brotherhood – Hey, Chris Robinson of the Black Crowes produced Truth & Salvage Co.’s debut album! Dammit, I can’t stop! April 5. Harlow’s, 2708 J St. $15. www.harlows.com.

If you are planning or promoting a concert in the Sacramento area, or just know of a show you’d like to see featured in the Rundown, shoot me an email.

For a complete listing of Sacramento area music happenings, check out Ann Freeman-Clement’s Concerts, Music Events and the Local Music Scene every Friday on Sacramento Press.

Mother Hips on Saturday night with Lindol and Aaron

2011-03-06T23:04:18Z

Writer’s note: This is a collaborative concert review between Sac Press reporters Lindol French and Aaron Davis. If you’re familiar with Lindol’s frequent concert reviews and the weekly Sactown Rundown, this should really be no surprise.

LF: When Aaron first proposed a collaborative concert review, I thought to myself “what is this tall goofy S.O.B. talking about?” But then, myself answered “Say yes, you idiot! He can do all the hard parts, like remembering the songs, making notes about instrument changes et. cetera. You can drink Pabst and throw woo at chicks. It’s a win-win!” So I agreed.

AD: Truth be told, I rarely have good ideas, but this one seemed like it would work. So far, utter failure – probably due to the aforementioned PBRs. Eventually these Bloody Marys will (theoretically) get us to produce something of merit. But let’s get down to brass tacks here: You’ve lived here a whole year, man, how was last night the first time you’ve been to M arilyn’s? Too hard to walk away from that personal locker they gave you at Harlow’s?

LF: Look, man, I get my mail sent to Harlow’s. It’s cheaper than a P.O. Box. And anyways, I blame you. But, let’s not quibble. Better late than never, and Mother Hips was a helluva band to stamp my Marilyn's V-card.

AD: Right you are, grasshopper! Marilyn’s is becoming a regular stopover for the venerable Chico-bred rock outfit – given the fact that they also make the Powerhouse Pub in Folsom a frequent haunt, it’s great to see them consistently show this area some love. Saturday night wasn’t the most top-notch show they’ve done there (more on that in a minute), but their sets are always barnburners of psychedelic rock and piles of power chords. Since I came in late and only caught two songs, fill me in a little about opening band Floating Action, other than the fact that the bassist looked like a 21st century version of Chuck Berry watching an episode of Spongebob.

LF: You mean my new favorite band? And you forgot to note that the bassist was a lefty, just like Paul, which makes sense cause the Beatles influence is strong with these guys. Four cats from Asheville North Carolina playing dirtied up sixties style surf rock, heavy on the harmonies. They even had a machine gun style clapping interlude on “Cinder Cone” and a “Sha La La La La La” infused chorus on “Rincon.” But perhaps my favorite part of the show was their merch guy, Jordan. Jordan is a sixth year senior at Appalachian State, and he’s getting his last three credits via an internship going on tour with FA. When the tour ends, he’s a college graduate. How sweet is that?

AD: Almost as sweet as you failing to mention that their bassist was also rocking a Hofner bass – again, just like Paul McC. I did catch the last two songs and dug what I heard, shoddy opening band sound set-up notwithstanding. One thing I did notice while they were playing was that there was a Hammond set up on the stage, and it wasn’t Floating Action’s. The Hips don’t normally have a keyboard player, but local golden boy Jackie Greene is frequently known to sit in with the band on the 88s. You could hear devout Hips fans (and there are always a ton of them that have been loyal to this band since the early 90’s) in the crowd cooing about the possibility of Jackie showing up, but I quickly put that notion to bed by whipping out the crack box (iPhone) and checking Jackie’s calendar to reveal that he was in Salt Lake City last night. However, the Hips did take to the stage at a surprisingly early 10:15 p.m. with a keyboardist in tow for the night. Did you catch his name?

LF: “Dealing” Danny Eisenberg. Speaking of devout fans, I found one named Corby Anderson who not only knew the man behind the keys, but had seen over a hundred hips shows and had written a 20,000 word review (novella?) of the last Hipnic (the Mother Hips music festival held in Big Sur). According to tiftmerritt.net, Eisenberg was a member of the Hips from ‘94-‘97, played with Ryan Adams from ‘01-‘03, and is currently a member of Glider, with a couple guys from Counting Crows. The site seems pretty legit. I mean, it is on the internet. Regardless, one thing is for sure, the dude rips it up. His solo on “Transit Wind” was goosebump-inducing.

AD: By that logic, fetish porn is also “legit,” because it’s on the internet? I like it! Side note: Glider is fantastic. Having keys in the mix always takes the Hips’ sound to a whole other level, throwing some funky acid blues into the mix with Tim Bluhm and Greg Loiacono’s hollow-body Gibson vs. classic Telecaster guitar wars. And then there’s the bass, which has a whole new look with fill-in Scott Thunes, a former Zappa solider who is filling in for the currently on-leave Paul Hoaglin. If you look at the Humboldt setlist from Friday night, as Thunes is still learning all the tunes, it was practically identical – but no one seemed to care. Thunes is a heavy bassist, and in only his second show, filled in very amicably with gut-rumbling thump and taking a few coaching signals from the rest of the band. Sporting a shirt and tie and a Mother Hips hat (so cheesy it was actually cool) during the opening rips of “Honeydew” and following lead from the Hips’ intensely calculated drummer John Hofer on the spastic time changes of “Magazine,” his presence was a noticeable difference, and the band found ways to cover for the fact that they are still establishing some new, albeit temporary chemistry. “Transit Wind” is a lazy jam that turns into a kicker, playing out like Alice in Chains’ “No Excuses” as played by Crazy Horse at the height of their depravity, and those Hammond wails turn it into a howler of a tune. And how about that string of the hazy “White Falcon Fuzz” slamming right into the distorted vocal harmonies of “Third Floor Story,” both tunes from their most recent album, “Pacific Dust.” So good it made me want to pee myself!

LF: Speaking of pee…during “Time Sick Son of a Grizzly Bear” I adjourned for a smoke. Upon entering the smoking area, I saw one of the aforementioned “superfans” outside. I’d noticed him during the Floating Action set; he’d been the only person next to the stage, front and center, and he’d been headbanging, violently. He steadfastly maintained his position well into the Hips set, continuing to bang his head, while screaming along to every lyric. He was hard to miss. In the smoking area, he was even harder to miss: he had whipped it out and was peeing in a potted fern. A short time later he was dragged out by his collar, pants struggling to stay up (and losing the battle). What is it with Mother Hips fanatics? A quick perusal of lead singer Tim Bluhm’s Twitter account reveals that homie was not the only member of the audience who had issues with bladder control: “A drunk girl peed herself while sitting on the arm of a sofa directly next to me backstage. Security!” See Aaron, if you had peed yourself, you would have been in…well, not good company, but company! Let your freak flag fly!

AD: I’d prefer to fly that flag on the next block in front of the popped collar Dive Bar/District 30 crowd, where it is sure to inspire fear and discomfort. I wonder if the mermaids just “let it fly” in the tank. Hmmm… But there was plenty of time leftover for nightcaps after a sneaky hour and a half set that closed with a face-melter of a jam on “Pet Foot” before giving way to an encore of their priceless sing-along “Rich Little Girl.” This is one of those songs where you’re actually allowed and practically encouraged to scream along with the “sha la la la la-la, la-woah-yeah” lyrics – and then go pee in a bush. This show didn’t quite stack up to the barnburner of a gig they put on at Marilyn’s in June of 2009, but you had to give them a teensy bit of leeway with a new bassist coming on board two weeks ago. Apparently he didn’t have time to learn that you’re not really supposed to wear a t-shirt of the band you are a member of while playing on stage with said band…but again, so ridiculous that it was actually cool. The Hips always draw in huge and rowdy crowds at Marilyn’s, one of the more serviceable rooms in the local music scene. Jackie Greene is cruising by on the 23rd, as is Grateful Dead collaborator Mark Karan on the 26th. Whaddya say, return trip? (Note to self: Never try to follow local musicians, who shall remain unnamed, over to Henry’s – only bad things can happen).

LF: Seriously. My Henry’s V-Card is one I don’t mind keeping for the foreseeable future. I didn’t have to venture inside to know that nothing good happens in there after midnight (or any other time, for that matter). As far as Marilyn’s is concerned, I’m absolutely ready for another go. As my man Chuck Sheen says, “Bring it.”

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2011-03-04T18:55:40Z

Here are some of the many music events happening in the Sacramento area this week. There are a variety of Mardi Gras parties this weekend too, so get out and enjoy. For more detailed information on these events and many go to www.eMusiConnect.com.

Sacramento Area Concerts & Music Events

A Grand Night For Singing at Cosmopolitan Cabaret on 1000 K Street in Sacramento. Continues WED-SUN. Show times are at 8PM or 7:30PM with some 2PM matinees. Tickets are $33.00 - $48.00.

Thursday, March 3rd - Sunday, March 13th: CSUS Department of Theatre and Dance presents No Se Paga at CSUS Shasta Hall on 600 J Street in Sacramento. Shows are THRS-SUN at various times. Tickets are $8.00 - $12.00.

Friday, March 4th - Sunday, March 13th: UC Davis Department of Theatre and Dance presents Come Hell and High Water at The Main Theatre on the UC Davis Campus. Shows FRI-SUN 2PM & 8PM. Tickets are $15.00 - $17.00.

Saturday, March 5th - Sunday, March 6th: River City Choral presents Anything Goes at Carmichael Elks Lodge on 5631 Cypress Avenue in Carmichael. Shows at 4PM and 6:30PM. Tickets are $20.00.

Saturday, March 5th: Angele Dubeau and La Pieta at The Sacramento Community Center Theatre on 1301 L Street in Sacramento. Performance begins at 8PM. Tickets are $30.00.

Saturday, March 5th: Old Sacramento Mardi Gras Pub & Grub Crawl begins at 6PM is self-guided with eight venues participating in Mardi Gras festivities.

Sunday, March 6th: Snatam Kaur at The Crest Theatre on 1013 K Street in Sacramento. Show at 7:30PM. Tickets are $30.00 - $45.00.

Sunday, March 6th: The Aluminum Show combining movement, dance, visual theatre, and humor will take place at Three Stages at Folsom Lake College on 10 College Parkway in Folsom. Show at 2PM. Tickets are $21.00 - $39.00.

Sunday, March 6th: Kaki King at Harlows. Show at 7:30PM. Tickets are $15.00.

Sunday, March 6th: The Legendary Hugh Cornwell with Kevin Seconds at Blue Lamp. Show at 8PM. tickets are $12.00 -$15.00.

Tuesday, March 8th: North Mississippi All Stars at Harlows. Show at 8PM. Tickets are $17.50 ADV.

Wednesday, March 9th - Sunday, March 20th: Broadway Sacramento presents 9 to 5 The Musical at Sacramento Community Center Theatre on 1301 L Street in Sacramento. Shows are 8PM, 2PM, and 7:30PM depending on date. Tickets are $18.00 - $70.00.

Concert Tickets On Sale This Week:

Josh Groban at Power Balance Pavilion (Arco Arena) on Wednesday, August 24th. Tickets are $90.00 - $111.00 (Includes Service Fees) on sale FRI March 4th.

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, March 4th:

Jerry Perry presents The Pink Snowflakes - The Small Dinosaurs - The Brothers Nunez at Old Ironsides 9PM/$7

Renegade A Tribute to Styx at 7PM and Reminisce at 10PM at Harlows

John Lee Hooker JR at Torch Club 9PM/$12

Natural Drift Bluegrass Band - Left of Cool at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

3 Dance Floors of DJ Top Hits, Hip-Hop, Latin at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 After

Cheeseballs at Power House Pub 10PM/$12

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

The Rocketz - The Jetsins at Distillery 10PM/$8

Doug Stanhope Comedy at Marilyns 7PM/$20

Mardi Gras Party French Kiss at Mix Downtown 9PM

Bell Tower Sniper - The Scott Allen Project - Restrayned at The Boardwalk 8PM/$20-$22

DJ Illest at Dream Ultra Lounge 9PM

Mardi Gras Week with DJ Cam District 30 9PM

Whiskey & Stitches - Stout Rebellion at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

The Show with DJ Billy Lane at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM/$15

Rough House with DJ Shaun Slaughter & Roger Carpio at Townhouse 9PM/$5

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

The Red River - New Heirlooms - Archeology (All Ages) at Luigis Fungarden 8:30PM/$5

Chop Tops - Joe Buck Yourself - Hooten Hallers at Blue Lamp 9PM/$8-$10

98 Rock Local Licks Live with Secrure Sounds - Wings of Innocence - Reprsa with DJ Blend downstairs at Shenanigans 9PM/$5

Honeyock - Danny & Colt at Lunas Cafe 8PM/$6

Saturday, March 5th

The Secret Life of Squirrels - Jem & Scout at Old Ironsides 9PM/$9

Mother Hips & Floating Action at Marilyns 9PM/$20

The Dreaded Diamond - Paige Lewis - Ricky Berger (All Ages) at Luigis Fungarden 8:30PM/$5

Jay Shaner - Hot Tar Roofers at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

Sean Kilcoyne - Loose Acoustic Trio - Tyler Ragle at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

Wonderland Mardi Gras at Mix Downtown 9PM

The Graves Bothers Deluxe - Instagon - Step Jayne at The Distillery 10PM/$6

Country Music & Line Dancing 8PM with DJ's on Three Floors at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 after

Mardi Gras Party with DJ Spider & DJ Peeti-V at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

Anybody Killa - Axe Murder Boyz - Kung Fu Vampire at The Boardwalk 8PM/$15-$17

Volker Strifer at The Torch Club 9PM/$10

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Mercy Me at Power House Pub 10PM/$10

Mardi Gras Week with DJ Scotty Boy at District 30 9PM

DJ Larry Rodriquez at Press Club 9PM/$5

The Secretions - Ashtray - Drastic Actions - The Left Hand at Blue Lamp 9PM/$8

Oh Dang! at Townhouse Lounge 9PM/$3

Sunday, February 20th

Dragalicious Show & DJ Hits at Faces 9PM/$5

Aaron King at 4PM Johnny Guitar Knox at 8PM at Torch Club 8PM/$4

Industry Night at Golden Bear 9PM

Zedeco On Our Mind at Power House Pub 3PM

Sactown Rundown - March 3-9 - The biggest Rundown in history!

2011-03-02T23:47:02Z

Sweet Jesus, I’ve finally done it – the biggest Sactown Rundown in history.

It’s just that kind of a week here in Sacto, friends. With no disrespect to the amount of local talent that pours blood on the stages week in and week out, there were way too many “can’t ignore this” shows coming through town this week – and we’re not even talking about Eric Clapton at Arco or Escape the Fate over at Ace of Spades. Harlow’s is packed, and you’re going to have to pick at least one week night to go to work smelling of cheap hooch and leftover sweat.

Did we mention that the initial High Sierra lineup is up? Too much to talk about this week, heads will explode!

And much of this coincides with Beer Week to boot? Strap on your drinking hats and earplugs, lemmings, let’s go for a ride!

The Mother Hips – There’s a bit of a shakeup in the “California Soul” community over the recent announcement by the veteran Chico-native band that bassist Paul Hoaglin is on an “extended leave” from the group, with no return date set or reason given. Plenty of speculation is fluttering about on the band’s message boards, but the one thing we do know for sure is that band buddy Scott Thunes (Frank Zappa, Steve Vai) is filling in. The band cancelled a pair of earlier bookings, presumably to get Thunes up to speed, but all signs point to him not missing a beat in plucking the thickies for the Hips’ unique brand of powerpop and psychedelic jam rock. Standard comparisons often slap them with the “four B’s” (Byrds, Beatles, Band, Beach Boys) – I’m not one to argue, but if you happen to miss the dirty rock and roll wiles of Neil Young, circa Crazy Horse in there as well, then you’re clearly not paying attention. In the long history of bands to come out of California and never achieve their due recognition, the Hips have to rank as one of the most criminally unheralded on the list; call that an ongoing bonus for long time fans who can still get “Back to the Grotto” in Marilyn’s sized clubs. My knees still haven’t recovered from June of 2009 – someone get be two braces and a Sierra Nevada, stat! With Floating Action. 9 p.m. Saturday. Marilyn’s on K, 908 K St. $20. 21+. www.marilynsonk.com.
Check out the Mother Hips on Daytrotter.

North Mississippi Allstars – As Dustin Hoffman said in “Stranger than Fiction,” there are only two outcomes to a story, “the continuation of life, or the inevitability of death.” The core of North Mississippi Allstars isn’t hearing voices (we think) like Will Ferrell’s character was, but there does indeed exist a crossroads between those two turning points on the group’s new record “Keys to the Kingdom,” written just after the legendary Jim Dickinson (father to NMA members Luther and Cody) passed away, and also coincided with the birth of Luther’s first child. The Allstars previous records have been bouncy and junk-funky delights of roots rock, blues and Americana, but they were hardly teeming with the emotion of this new record, which has heaped some newfound mainstream popularity on a group that’s been at it since the late ‘90s. Don’t spend your time at this show feeling sorry for the brothers Dickinson; they’ll Dobro or washboard you right in the face. 8 p.m. Tuesday. Harlow’s, 2708 J St. $17.50. 21+. www.harlows.com.

Truth & Salvage Co. – If you were one of the fastest rising Americana bands in the country, having toured with Chris Robinson and the blazing-hot Avett Brothers, would you want to admit that your biggest fan in a particular California city was this guy? Truth be told, two of your Sac Press music aficionados have developed soft spots for this scintillating sextet of rebel rousers from L.A. (but way of North Carolina), whose Robinson-produced debut album was one of the overlooked treasures of 2010 – and we stand by the mancrushes! Courtesy of a core of four singer-songwriters and their swaying vocal harmonies that cascade over Southern-fried guitar hooks and plank-spanking rhythms on their way up to the rafters, T&S Co. are constantly walking a balance beam on the fence between country and rock and roll, being careful not to fall into the abyss of broken down Airstreams and empty bottles of Boone’s on one side and the flame tattoos and scratched up copies of Bachman Turner Overdrive on the other. They’ve snuck Harlow’s gigs into the middle of their last two headlining tours – we’re cool with that pattern. 8 p.m. Wednesday. Harlow’s, 2708 J St. $10. 21+. www.harlows.com.
Check out Truth & Salvage Co. on Daytrotter.

Kaki King – Kaki King will eat your face. She’s got that look of the kind of girl that is way too edgy to approach at a bar and drop a pick up line on without getting crotch-checked; but really, we’re talking about her unbridled approach to music. She bucks the notion that all mad scientist guitar cradlers need be grey-hairs with skullets and tribal jewelry purchased on Haight Street in 1977, as she routinely plasters crowds with inventive strums, hooks, slaps and slides. But not to be overlooked is her acumen as a songwriter – sharp, endearing, a little twisted, but consistently as inviting and intriguing as the Apple Store on iPhone release day (did I just compare her wistfully organic chops to smart phone technology? Someone crotch-check me, please!). With Washington. 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Harlow’s, 2708 J St. $15. 21+. www.harlows.com.
Check out Kaki King on Daytrotter.

The Snobs with Prieta – Two of Sacto’s finest rock bands in a joint with cheap tallboys of PBR and a natural inclination to get weird with it on a Tuesday night. I don’t really need to sell this any more, do I? OK, maybe a bit more – if you love a good wailin’ Hammond, and even if you hate bands with a sax by default (they'll change your mind), you’re set for the night. Script your call-in-sick statement beforehand, it’s gonna be wild. 9 p.m. Tuesday. Press Club, 2030 P St. Cover TBA. 21+. Facebook event page.

Heartless Bastards – Dayton, Ohio isn’t all that far from New York City; ditto for the no-frills breed of vintage NYC, attitude-pulsing, punch-mouth garage rock churned out by Heartless Bastards. We’re talking pure Patti Smith, Velvet Underground, Stooges type chord cramming here. They’re the kind of band that make no qualms about being raw and sludgy, with rumbling bass lines that stop off for cigarettes and road beers on the way from the strings to the amps, guitar hooks that don’t care if they get there on time, and vocals from sparkplug Erika Wennerstrom that would get any Catholic school girl some ruler lashes and eraser-clapping duty. 8:30 p.m. Monday. Blue Lamp, 1400 Alhambra Blvd. $12. 21+. www.bluelamp.com.
Check out Heartless Bastard on Daytrotter.

Joe Buck Yourself – Any San Francisco Giants fan probably uttered some combination of those words last October; thank God for bar background noise and plenty of “Let’s-go-Gi-ants!” chants to drown out the nonsensical ramblings of baseballs biggest announcer’s booth mistake. This is not that Joe Buck; this is the fire-and-brimstone Joe Buck that would like to toe-tag the lead singer of Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers (his former outfit), swears he will never have a “band” of his own, and (according to him) used the internet for the first time in 2008 so he could buy Ron Wood’s jacket on EBay; I really don’t care if that’s true or not, it’s awesome. The long time sideman of Hank III, Buck is a wrecking ball of angry kick drums, acoustic thrash and the kind of teeth-gnashing lyrics that made you want to hide under a blanket and sob like Haley Joel Osment in “The Sixth Sense.” You know those hairs on the back of your neck? That’s Joe Buck. With Chop Tops and Hooten Holler. 9 p.m. Friday. Blue Lamp, 1400 Alhambra Blvd. $10. www.bluelamp.com.

Mark Your Calendars (if you can handle more) – Zach Deputy – Turns out the guy in charge of stocking Hawaiian shirts and cargo shorts at Target can drop a sweet beat box over an equally awesome reggae riff…all by himself! March 29. Harlow’s, 2708 J St. $12. www.harlows.com.

If you are planning or promoting a concert in the Sacramento area, or just know of a show you’d like to see featured in the Rundown, shoot me an email.

Believe it or not, there's more! For a complete listing of Sacramento area music happenings, check out Ann Freeman-Clement’s Concerts, Music Events and the Local Music Scene every Friday on Sacramento Press.

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2011-02-18T21:50:53Z

Here are some of the concerts and music events happening in the Sacramento area this coming week. Get out and enjoy! For detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com.

Concerts, Music Events, and The Sacramento Music Scene This Week:

A Grand Night For Singing at Cosmopolitan Cabaret on 1000 K Street in Sacramento. Continues WED-SUN. Show times are at 8PM or 7:30PM with some 2PM matinees. Tickets are $33.00 - $48.00.

Through February 20th: Sacramento Theatre Company presents The Musical of Musicals at Wells Fargo Pavilion Pollock Stage on 1419 H Street in Sacramento. WED-SUN Show times Vary. Tickets are $15.00 - $38.00. Rush tickets half off admission 1/2 hour prior to show times and are subject to availability.

Friday, February 18th: Inside The Director's Studio: American Classic: Balanchine by Clifford at Sacramento Ballet Studios on 1631 K Street in Sacramento at 6PM. Tickets are $15.00.

Friday, February 18th: Disney's Imagination Movers at Sacramento Memorial Auditorium on 1515 J Street in Sacramento. Event begins at 7PM. Tickets are $20.00 - $45.00.

Friday - Sunday: Sol Collective Celebration on 2574 21st Street in Sacramento. Friday Visual Arts & Music from 6PM-Midnight. SAT BBQ and Global Hood Music Series. SUN Grammy winning MC Ana Tijoux - Los Rakas - A Plus 8:30PM - Tickets are $12ADV/$17Door. Read Suzanne Hurt's recent Sac Press article, nice information on the venue and events.

Friday, February 18th: Super Diamond at Ace of Spades on 1417 R Street in Sacramento. Show at 8PM. Tickets are $15.00.

Saturday, February 19th: Sacramento Philharmonic presents Basically Beethoven at The Sacramento Community Center Theatre on 1301 L Street in Sacramento. Performance begins at 8PM. Tickets are $16.00 - $97.00.

Saturday, February 19th: Jazz Mafia at Three Stages Folsom Lake College on 10 College Parkway. Performance at 7:30PM. Tickets are $21.00 - $39.00.

Saturday, February 19th: Tommy Emmanuel at The Crest Theatre on 1013 K Street in Sacramento. Show at 8PM. Tickets are $35.00.

Saturday, February 18th: A.L.O. at Harlows. Show at 9PM. Tickets are $18.00.

Sunday, February 19th: Graham-O-Rama Cabaret presents A Bun Out of The Oven at The Geery Theatre 2130 L Street in Sacramento. Shows at 7PM & 9PM. Tickets are $15.00.

Monday, February 20th: Sacramento Youth Symphony will present patriotic songs at The Crocker Art Museum on 216 O Street in Sacramento. Performance at 2PM. Tickets are $5.00 - $10.00.

Concert Tickets On Sale This Week:

Glee Live! at Arco Arena on Sunday, May 22nd. Tickets are $64.50 - $107.15 (Includes Service Fees) on sale SAT February 19th.

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, February 18th:

Jerry Perry presents Whiskey & Stitches - The Nickel Slots - The Everlovin at Old Ironsides 9PM/$7

Popa Chubby at Torch Club 9PM/$12

Flemnco Del Oro - Cerro Negro - Kina Mendez at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

3 Dance Floors of DJ Top Hits, Hip-Hop, Latin at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 After

Wonderbread 5 at Power House Pub 10PM/$15

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Verbal Abuse - Psychosomatic - Beer Lords at Distillery 10PM/$7

Hot Buttered Rum & Ten Mile Tide at Marilyns 9PM/$12ADV/$14Door

DJ Scene at Mix Downtown 9PM

Not Your Style - Takings Not Stealing - Final Last Words at The Boardwalk 8PM/$10

DJ Illest at Dream Ultra Lounge 9PM

DJ Cams District 30 9PM

Sierra Skyline - Oneira at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

DJ Stonerokk & DJ Billy Lane at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM/$15

Rough House with DJ Shaun Slaughter & Roger Carpio at Townhouse 9PM/$5

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Danny Secretions & The Shitty Ramones - Cobra Skulls - Drastic Action - The Croissants (All Ages) at Luigis Fungarden 8:30PM/$5

Hecka Wax Record Shop Night with Punk Indie Dub Funk music at Blue Lamp 9PM/$7

Island of Black & White with Bellboys at Harlows 7PM/$7

98 Rock Local Licks Live with Lite Brite - Defying Truth with DJ Blend downstairs at Shenanigans 9PM/$5

Richard March - Mark Earnest at Lunas Cafe 8PM/$6

Coaches inside Strikes D Gruve in Elk Grove 9PM/$10 & in Chris Gardner 9PM/$5

Saturday, February 19th

Stone Foxes - Goodness Gracious Me - The Denver Pile Drivers at Old Ironsides 9PM/$9

Jimeni Band - Sam & Luke at Marilyns 8PM/$8

Sister Crayon Cd Release - K Flay - Pregnant DJ Sex & Weight (All Ages) at Luigis Fungarden 8:30PM/$7

Mollymawks - Karen Valdez at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

The Living End - The Visceral at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

Wonderland at Mix Downtown 9PM

Vomit - Massacre Time - Boundries at The Distillery 10PM/$6

Country Music & Line Dancing 8PM with DJ's on Three Floors at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 after

Ultra Saturdays with DJ Peeti-V at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

Wesley Avery - Dead City Sunday - Don't Tell Nick - All Names Taken - The Extremities at The Boardwalk 8PM/$10

Daniel Castro at The Torch Club 9PM/$8

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Jewel Kisses at Power House Pub 10PM/$12

DJ David Carvalho at District 30 9PM

Coaches inside Strikes in Elk Grove Hip Service 9PM/$10 in Aquanett 9PM/$5

DJ Larry Rodriquez at Press Club 9PM/$5

Soft White Sixties - Laced - Genius & Thieves at Blue Lamp 9PM/$5

Oh Dang! at Townhouse Lounge 9PM/$3

Sunday, February 20th

Dragalicious Show & DJ Hits at Faces 9PM/$5

Groove Session at Torch Club 8PM/$6

Big Sam's Funky Nation - The Nibblers at Harlows 9PM/$12ADV-$14Door

Industry Night at Golden Bear 9PM

Pinkie Redeau & Blind Resistance at Power House Pub 3PM

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2011-02-11T20:30:16Z

Here are some of the concerts and music events happening in the Sacramento area this coming week. Get out and enjoy! For detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com.

Concerts, Music Events, and The Sacramento Music Scene This Week:

A Grand Night For Singing at Cosmopolitan Cabaret on 1000 K Street in Sacramento. Continues WED-SUN until May 8th. Show times are at 8PM or 7:30PM with some 2PM matinees. Tickets are $33-$48.

Friday, February 11th - Sunday, February 13th: Sacramento Ballet presents Romeo & Juliet at The Sacramento Community Center Theatre on 1301 L Street in Sacramento. Performances begin at 7:30PM FRI & SAT, 2PM SUN. Tickets are $15.00 - $68.00.

Friday, February 11th - Sunday, February 13th: Three Stages at Folsom Lake College on 10 College Parkway presents A Chorus Line FRI Grand-Opening Sold-Out, SAT 2PM & 8PM, SUN 2PM & 7:30PM. Tickets are $45.00 - $79.00.

Friday, February 11th: Tommy Castro Band at Harlows. Show at 7PM. Tickets are $25.00.

Saturday, February 12th: Bijan at The Crest Theatre on 1013 K Street in Sacramento. Show at 7PM. Tickets are $35.00 - $65.00

Saturday, February 12th: Rhythm Riders Johnny Cash & Patsy Kline Tribute at Thunder Valley Resort. Concert begins at 8PM. Tickets are $30.70.

Sunday, February 13th: Blues-A-Rama will feature music from Rick Estrin & the Nightcats - Chris Cain - Ron Thompson at The Sacramento Horseman's Club on 3200 Longview Drive in Sacramento and begins at 2PM. Tickets are $15 and proceeds benefit providing musical instruments to local public schools.

Wednesday, February 16th: 94.7 presents Mother Mother at Harlows. Show at 8:30PM. Tickets are $9.47.

Concert Tickets On Sale This Week:

Keith Urban at Arco Arena on Sunday, October 2nd. Tickets are $35.15 - $81.60 (Includes Service Fees) on sale SAT February 12th.

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, February 11th:

Jerry Perry presents Machete - The Mighty Regis - Sans Sobriety - Lessons In Failuer at Old Ironsides 9PM/$6

Solsa at Torch Club 9PM/$12

The Rich Driver Band - Amee Chapman at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

3 Dance Floors of DJ Top Hits, Hip-Hop, Latin at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 After

Notorious at Power House Pub 10PM/$12

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Acoustic Punk with Blee - Verval Talktiks - Kenotheos at Distillery 10PM/$5

Slick Black Cadillac - The Mighty Mojo Project at Marilyns 9PM/$5

DJ Scene at Mix Downtown 9PM

Keeping Score - The Walking Dead - The Hybrid Creeps - The Scowndrolls at The Boardwalk 8PM/$10

DJ Illest at Dream Ultra Lounge 9PM

DJ Kue District 30 9PM

Automatic Rival - Tony Bataska - Ziva at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

DJ Billy Lane at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM/$15

Rough House with DJ Shaun Slaughter & Roger Carpio at Townhouse 9PM/$5

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Lite Brite - Mondo Deco - Babs Johnson Gang (All Ages) at Luigis Fungarden 8:30PM/$5

Sexrat - Light Rail - The Quick and Easy Boys at Blue Lamp 9PM/$7

Midnight Players at Harlows 10PM/$12

DJ Rigatony & DJ Elements Valentines Party at Azukar 9PM

98 Rock Local Licks Live with Restrayned - Twitch Angry - Evil Plan with DJ Blend downstairs at Shenanigans 9PM/$5

Sam Elliot Stern - Travis Vick - Steven Michael Werning at Lunas Cafe 8PM/$6

Coaches inside Strikes Innersoul in Elk Grove 9PM/$10 & in Rocklin Branded 9PM/$5

Saturday, February 12th

Fascination 80's New Wave Dance Party at Old Ironsides 9:30PM/$5

Smirker - Family Bandits - Stone Ghosts at Marilyns 7PM/$10

Chicago Tribute Authority at 7PM/$15 & Dane Drewis with Relic 45 at 10PM/$10 at Harlows

Breaking Glass - Razorblade Monalisa - Dreaded Diamond (All Ages) at Luigis Fungarden 8:30PM/$5

Hulaballo Rock & Roll Shindig with DJ Hailey at Fox & Goose 9PM/$3

AJ Johnson - Racheal Lomax - Carly DuHain at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

Wonderland at Mix Downtown 9PM

Nevada Backwards - Mark Wears Clogs - Problem with Dragons at The Distillery 10PM/$6

Country Music & Line Dancing 8PM with DJ's on Three Floors at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 after

Ultra Saturdays with guest DJ Daze & DJ Peeti-V at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

Fall Rise - Prylosis - Sister Scene - Represa - Gears Turn at The Boardwalk 8PM/$10

Delta Wires at The Torch Club 9PM/$8

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Superlicious - Young Dubliners at Power House Pub 10PM/$10

DJ David Carvalho at District 30 9PM

Coaches inside Strikes in Elk Grove Pointe Blank 9PM/$10 in Rocklin Rogue 9PM/$5

DJ Larry Rodriquez at Press Club 9PM/$5

Sugar & Gold - YIP Deceiver at Blue Lamp 9PM/$10

Oh Dang! at Townhouse Lounge 9PM/$3

Sunday, February 13th

Dragalicious Show & DJ Hits at Faces 9PM/$5

The Nibblers at Torch Club 8PM/$6

The Booze Bombs & Cockfight Kings at Blue Lamp 9PM/$8

Industry Night at Golden Bear 9PM

Murder By Death - The Builders & Butchers - Damion Suomi & Minor Prophets at Harlows 8PM/$12

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2011-02-04T21:30:44Z

Here are some of the concerts and music events happening in the Sacramento area this coming week. Get out and enjoy! For detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com.

Concerts, Music Events, and The Sacramento Music Scene This Week:

A Grand Night For Singing at Cosmopolitan Cabaret on 1000 K Street in Sacramento. Opened last weekend and will continue WED-SUN until May 8th. Show times are at 8PM or 7:30PM with some 2PM matinees. Tickets are $33-$48.

Friday, February 4th: David Garrett at The Crest Theatre on 1013 K Street in Sacramento. Show at 7:30PM. Tickets are $29.00 - $49.00 and Sold-Out online. Check with venue box office for further info at 916-442-5189.

Friday, February 4th: The Aggrolites with Devi's Brigade - Roger Miret & The Disasters at Harlows. Show at 9PM. Tickets are $15.

Friday, February 4th: Chinese New Year Concerts featuring Alice Lau at Thunder Valley Resort. Concerts begins at 7:30PM & 10:30PM. Tickets are $48.00.

Saturday, February 5th: Three Stages at Folsom Lake College on 10 College Parkway in Folsom will feature a Community Showcase of local performing arts groups as part of their Opening Festivities. Events begin at 3PM. Tickets are $12.00 - $15.00. A Chorus Line will run from February 11th (Grand-Opening Gala 8PM), SAT 2/12 at 2PM & 8PM, & SUN 2/13 at 2PM & 7:30PM. Tickets are $45.00 - $65.00.

Thursday, Febraury 10th: Rob Zombie at Ace of Space on 1417 R Street in Sacramento. Show at 7:30PM. Tickets are $35.00. Andre Nickatina show on SAT 2/5 and Badfish show on MON 2/7 have been canceled.

Concert Tickets On Sale This Week:

Sugarland with Sara Bareilles at Raley Field on Thursday, August 25th. Tickets are $53.20 - $92.05 (Includes Service Fees) on sale SAT 2/5.

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, February 4th:

Jerry Perry presents War Elephants - Gun Runner - H Letham at Old Ironsides 9PM/$7

Harley White Jr Orchestra at Torch Club 9PM/$8

Hot Tar Roofers at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

3 Dance Floors of DJ Top Hits, Hip-Hop, Latin at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 After

The Cheeseballs at Power House Pub 10PM/$12

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Autumn Sky - Dick Larson - Alyssa Cox - Graham Vinson at Distillery 10PM/$5

AngryFace Alice and Chains Tribute at Marilyns 9PM/$8

DJ Scene at Mix Downtown 9PM

Paint Over Pictures - June Breaks Bright - Before You Fall - Divided We Fall at The Boardwalk 8PM/$10

DJ Ash - DJ RS1 at Dream Ultra Lounge 9PM

DJ David Carvalho District 30 9PM

Michael Tobias - Campfire Crooners - GraceLily at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

DJ Joe Maz at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM/$15

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Autopsy Drive - Uncle Tony - Down From Here - Eluminati, All Ages at Luigis Fungarden 8:30PM/$8

Mahtie Bush - Kelcz - Flo Montana - DJ LOS at Blue Lamp 9PM/$5

98 Rock Local Licks Live with AllInADay - Fate Under Fire - The Silent Game at Shenanigans 9PM/$5

Mylar & Starr - Essence of October at Lunas Cafe 8PM/$6

Coaches inside Strikes Evolution in Elk Grove 9PM/$10 & in Rocklin Amanda Gray 9PM/$5

Saturday, January 29th

Jerry Perry presents Marvelous Toy - The Past at Old Ironsides 9PM/$7

Red Rover - Hard Rock at Marilyns 9PM/$5

Steelin Dan at 7PM/$15 & Reminisce with DJ Mario V & DJ DNA at 10PM at Harlows

Frankie & Annette - Jackson Griffith - J Greenburg at Lunas 8PM/$6

Quinn Hedges - Jay Shaner at Fox & Goose 9PM/$3

Willy Seltzer - Cara O'Shea - Liz Benson at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

Wonderland at Mix Downtown 9PM

Murderlicious - The Scowndrolls -Rude Intoxicant at The Distillery 10PM/$6

Country Music & Line Dancing 8PM with DJ's on Three Floors at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 after

Ultra Saturdays with DJ Peeti-V at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

Rough House with DJ's Shaun Slaughter - Adam J - Taylor Cho - Roger Carpio at Townhouse 9PM/$3-$5

Haste The Day - My Children My Bride - The Chariot - A Plea For Purging at The Boardwalk 8PM/$13 ADV/$15 Door

The Nibblers at The Torch Club 9PM/$10

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Spazmatics at Power House Pub 10PM/$10

DJ David Carvalho at District 30 9PM

Coaches inside Strikes in Elk Grove Latin Touch 9PM/$10 in Rocklin Pop Fiction 9PM/$10

DJ Larry Rodriquez at Press Club 9PM/$5

Three Bad Jacks - Whiskey Avengers - Moonshine at Blue Lamp 9PM/$8

Oh Dang! at Townhouse Lounge 9PM/$3

Sunday, February 5th

Dragalicious Show & DJ Hits at Faces 9PM/$5

Bone McDonald at Torch Club 8PM/$6

DJ Wokstar Reggae Basement at Blue Lamp 9PM

Industry Night at Golden Bear 9PM

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2011-01-28T20:31:34Z

Here are some of the concerts and music events happening in the Sacramento area this coming week. Get out and enjoy! For detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com.

Concerts, Music Events, and The Sacramento Music Scene This Week:

A Grand Night For Singing at Cosmopolitan Cabaret on 1000 K Street in Sacramento. Opens tonight and will continue WED-SUN until May 8th. Show times are at 8PM or 7:30PM with some 2PM matinees. Tickets are $33-$48.

Friday, January 28th - Saturday, January 29th: Sacramento Electronic Music Festival features a line-up of musicians both evenings at Townhouse Lounge on 1517 21st Street in Sacramento. Events begin at 8PM. Tickets are $7.00.

Friday, January 28th: Tom Rogney & Flambeau at 7:30PM/$15 & Goapele at 10PM/$20 at Harlows.

Friday, January 28th: The English Beat with La Noche Oskura & Vintage Vandals at The Boardwalk. Show at 8:30PM. Tickets are $20.00.

Saturday, January 29th & Sunday, January 30th: An Italian Straw Hat Cinema Concert featuring The Sacramento Philharmonic at Crest Theatre on 1013 K Street in Sacramento. Cinema Concert begins at 8PM SAT & 2PM SUN. Tickets are $25.00 - $30.00.

Saturday, January 29th: Boz Scaggs at Radisson Hotel on 500 Leisure Lane in Sacramento. Concert begins at 7:30PM. Tickets are $55.00 -$65.00.

Saturday, January 29th: Hawaiian Legends Concert with Aweau & Kaapana Kamakahi at Thunder Valley Resort. Concert begins at 8PM. Tickets are $23.00.

Sunday, January 30th: Bill Gaither & Friends at Arco Arena. Concert begins at 3PM. Tickets are $35.00 - $94.00 (Includes Service Fees)

Monday, January 31st: Clutch with Valient Thorr at Harlows. Show at 8PM. Tickets are $20.00.

Tuesday, February 1st: Social Distortion with Lucero & Chuck Ragan at Freeborn Hall. Show at 7PM. Tickets are $30.00 - $33.00.

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, January 28th:

Jerry Perry presents Jet Black Popes - Manitee - Desario at Old Ironsides 9PM/$7

Aaron King & The Imperials at Torch Club 9PM/$7

Alyssa Cox - Adam Thompson - Thaw Jack Frost at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

Step Jayne - Goodness Gracious Me - The Sizzling Sirens at Beatnik Studios 6PM

3 Dance Floors of DJ Top Hits, Hip-Hop, Latin at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 After

Wonderbread 5 at Power House Pub 10PM/$15

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys at Distillery 10PM/$8

Walking Spanish at Marilyns 9PM/$10

DJ Scene at Mix Downtown 9PM

DJ Intensify at Dream Ultra Lounge 9PM

DJ David Carvalho District 30 9PM

The Meantime - Black Boats at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

DJ Billy Lane at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Typhoon - Ages and Ages - Appetite - Brainstorm, All Ages at Luigis Fungarden 8:30PM/$8

Tigers Blood - EightFourSeven - I'm Dirty Too at Blue Lamp 9PM/$8

98 Rock Local Licks Live with Fuel The Change - Engineering The Enemy - Hot Hot Presents at Shenanigans 9PM/$5

Yeti - Shamalama Chord - Julie The Bruce at Lunas Cafe 8PM/$6

Coaches inside Strikes Midnight Players in Elk Grove 9PM/$10 & in Rocklin Dave Russell 9PM/$5

Saturday, January 29th

Jerry Perry presents Golden Cadillacs - Harris & The Tough Choices - Miss Lonely Hearts at Old Ironsides 9PM/$7

Tres Hombres ZZ Top Tribute & Midlife Confidential at Marilyns 9PM/$7

David Houston & The Strings at Lunas 8PM/$6

Agness Twin - Tess & Hip Trash at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

The Isaac Howl - Skyway View - Odame at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

Wonderland at Mix Downtown 9PM

Machete - The Stalking Distance - Lessons in Failure at The Distillery 10PM/$7

Country Music & Line Dancing 8PM with DJ's on Three Floors at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 after

DJ Skribble at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

Shane Dwight at The Torch Club 9PM/$10

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Department of Rock - Mother Mayhem at Power House Pub 10PM/$10

DJ David Carvalho at District 30 9PM

Coaches inside Strikes in Elk Grove Latin Touch 9PM/$10 in Rocklin Notorious 9PM/$10

DJ Larry Rodriquez at Press Club 9PM/$5

Play Saturdays with DJ Peeti-V at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

Black Mackeral - Bloodshot & Dialated - MDL at Blue Lamp 9PM/$8

Tragically White at Shennanigans 9PM/$5

Sunday, January 30th

Dragalicious Show & DJ Hits at Faces 9PM/$5

Bone McDonald at Torch Club 8PM/$6

DJ Wokstar Reggae Basement at Blue Lamp 9PM

Industry Night at Golden Bear 9PM

Sunday Night Soul Party at Press Club 9PM

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2011-01-21T20:27:47Z

Here are some of the concerts and music events happening in the Sacramento area this coming week. Get out and enjoy! For detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com

Concerts, Music Events, and The Sacramento Music Scene This Week:

Friday, January 21st: Inside the Directors Studio with Ron Cunnigham and the male dancers of The Sacramento Ballet performing parts of their current production of Romeo & Juliet. The event will take place at Sacramento Ballet Studio on 1631 K Street in Sacramento and begins at 6PM. Tickets are $15.00.

Friday, January 21st: Ladysmith Balck Mambazo at Crest Theatre on 1013 K Street in Sacramento. Concert begins at 7:30PM. Tickets are $28.00 - $45.00.

Friday, January 21st: David Lindley & Pieta Brown at Harlows. Concert at 7:30PM. Tickets are $25.00-ADV.

Saturday, January 22nd: Sacramento Philharmonic presents "French Flair" at Sacramento Community Center Theatre. Concert pre-talk at 7PM and Concert begins at 8PM. Tickets are $16.00 - $97.00.

Saturday, January 22nd: Itzhak Perlman at Mondavi Center on the UC Davis Campus. Concert at 8PM. Tickets are $30.00 - $125.00.

Saturday, January 22nd: Rehab with Stepchild - Deadset - Twitch Angry at The Colonial Theatre on 3522 Stockton BLVD in Sacramento. All Ages Concert begins at 7PM. Tickets are $18.00-ADV & $22.00-Door.

Saturday, January 22nd: Ra Ra Riot with Givers & Pepper Rabbit at Harlows. Concert at 9PM. Tickets are $15.00-ADV.

Sunday, January 23rd: Hotel California A Salute to The Eagles at Harlows. Show at 7PM. Tickets are $20.00-ADV.

Wednesday, January 26th: Midnite at Harlows. Show at 10PM. Tickets are $22.00-ADV.

Concert Tickets On Sale This Week:

The Whispers at The Sacramento Double Tree Hotel on MON 2/14. Tickets are $66.00 including fees on go on sale FRI 1/21.

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, January 21st

Jerry Perry presents In The No - Nuance at Old Ironsides 9PM/$5

Karen Lovely at Torch Club 9PM/$7

Andy Allo at Harlows 10PM/$12

Richard March Band at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

F*ck Fridays with Shaun Slaughter – Jon Droll – Roger Carpio at Townhouse 9PM/$3-$5

3 Dance Floors of DJ Top Hits, Hip-Hop, Latin at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 After

Itz and The Shuttlecocks at Power House Pub 10PM/$10

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Hugo Stiglitz - Nilshipter - Nightmare in the Twilight at Distillery 10PM/$7

The Hits - Quin Hedges at Marilyns 9PM/$10

DJ Hits at Mix Downtown 9PM

Pete Alexandez - DJ Illest at Dream Ultra Lounge 9PM

Walking Spanish - Island of Black & White at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$7

Audio/Visual Dance Party with DJ Hectors - Nick Willrich - Justin Barnes at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Pets CD Release with Dog Party - Kepi Ghoulie All Ages at Luigis Fungarden 8:30PM/$5-$7

Doey Rock - Chase Moore - Cawzlos at Blue Lamp 9PM

98 Rock Local Licks Live with Suckerpunch - Bypassing Oblivion at Shenanigans 9PM/$5

Colt & Danny at Lunas Cafe 8PM/$6

Coaches inside Strikes Sounds of Santana in Elk Grove 9PM/$10 & in Rocklin Erin McKinney 9PM/$5

Saturday, January 22nd

Jerry Perry presents Neil Diamond's 70th B-Day Bash featuring a variety of local musicians at Old Ironsides 8PM/$10

Sopia's Thai Kitchen presents Odd Fellows Hall Winter Concert Series on 415 2nd Street in Davis with Typhoon - Age and Ages - Brainstorm - Elders. All Ages show at 8PM. $10-$12.

Suzy Skarulis at Marilyns 9PM/$8

Richie Lawrence & The Yolos - Parker McDonald at Lunas 8PM/$6

Lovely Builders - Ross Hammond - Philip Greenlief - Scott Amendola at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

Lost Angeles - Arlyn Anderson Trio - Charles Ross Experience at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

Silverstein - Miss May I - Peirce The Vail - The Chariot - A Bullet for Pretty Boy at The Boardwalk 8PM/$16.50-ADV - $18-Door

Wonderland at Mix Downtown 9PM

March Into Paris - Street Urchinz - Statis Burden at The Distillery 10PM/$5

Country Music & Line Dancing 8PM with DJ's on Three Floors at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 after

Ron Thompson & The Resisters at The Torch Club 9PM/$7

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Love Fool at Power House Pub 10PM/$10

Coaches inside Strikes in Elk Grove Notorious 9PM/$10 in Rocklin Rogue 9PM/$5

Play Saturdays with DJ Peeti-V at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

The Jacks AC/DC Tribute - Electric Funeral Black Sabbath Tribute - Dungeons & Dragqueens at Blue Lamp 9PM

Shennaniagns - Departure A Journey Tribute 9PM/$5

Sunday, January 23rd

Dragalicious Show & DJ Hits at Faces 9PM/$5

Mind X at Torch Club 8PM/$6

DJ Wokstar Reggae Basement at Blue Lamp 9PM

Industry Night at Golden Bear 9PM

DJ Larry Rodriquez at Press Club 9PM

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2011-01-14T17:51:01Z

Here are some of the concerts and music events happening in the Sacramento area this coming week. Dine Downtown continues through Sunday, January 16th, so get out and enjoy dinner and a music event! For detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com

Concerts, Music Events, and The Sacramento Music Scene This Week:

Saturday, January 15th: Coming To America with Jay White featuring the music of Neil Diamond at Sacramento Community Center Theatre. Concert begins at 8PM. Tickets are $27.00 - $57.00.

Saturday, January 15th - Monday, January 17th: Sacramento Film & Music Festival Winterfest will feature indie film screenings, and a variety of related events including live music from Andrew Heringer, Autumn Sky, and more. Events will take place at Crest Theatre at various times with $10.00 tickets for most film screenings. Student discounts are available, and service fees are reduced if purchased at Crest Theatre box office.

Sunday, January, 16th: 30 Seconds To Mars with Middle Class Rut at Freeborn Hall on the UC Davis Campus. Doors open at 6PM and tickets are $24.50 for students and $29.50 general. (Middle Class Rut is an awesome Sacramento band!!! They recently toured with Alice in Chains, are currently touring nationally with 30 Seconds To Mars, and are one of MTV's artists to watch in 2011. Be sure to get to the show in time to catch them live.)

Sunday, January 16th: Sizzeling Sirens Burlesque Show at Harlows. Show at 8PM. Tickets are $20.00.

Monday, January 17th: MLK 365 March & Celebration. Marches will begin at 8AM at Grant High School, and Oak Park Community Center. Oak Park march will stop at Sacramento City College and both marches will end at Sacramento Convention Center on 14th & J Streets. Celebration will begin at 10AM with food, live music, a talent show, educational booths, and motivational speakers.

Tuesday, January 18th: Makaha Sons at Harlows. Show at 7:30PM. Tickets are $25.00.

Thursday, January 20th: Celtic Crossroads at Harlows. Show at 7PM. Tickets are $25.00.

Thursday, January 20th: Tango Buenes Aires presented by Community Concerts at The Sacramento Community Center Theatre, Performance begins at 8PM. Tickets are $30.00.

Concert Tickets On Sale This Week:

Disturbed with Korn - Sevendust - In This Moment at Arco Arena on Sunday, March 13th. Tickets are $54.80 (Includes Online Service Fees. First 1000 sold are $45.00 at box office and $50.00 day of show with a $2.50 fee) on sale SAT 1/15.

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, January 14th

Jerry Perry presents Judgement Day - Foxtail's Brigade - Exquisite Corps at Old Ironsides 9PM/$7

Johnny Guitar Knox at Torch Club 9PM/$10

Reminisce DJ Party at Harlows 10PM

Justin Farren & Friends at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

F*ck Fridays with Shaun Slaughter – Jon Droll – Roger Carpio at Townhouse 9PM/$3-$5

3 Dance Floors of DJ Top Hits, Hip-Hop, Latin at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 After

Tainted Love at Power House Pub 10PM/$15

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Whiskey Dawn at Stoney's Rockin Rodeo (Pro Rodeo Weekend) 8PM/$10

Humdaddyz with Jeff Watson at Marilyns 9PM/$8

DJ Hits at Mix Downtown 9PM

Little Black Dress Night with DJ RS1 at Dream Ultra Lounge 9PM

Michael LaPlante - The Afterlife - Hans Eberbach at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$7

DJ OB One at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM

Tele Mentry - Amber Dawn - Secure Seconds at The Boardwalk 8PM/$10

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Hail The Sun - The Speed of Sound in Seawater - Dreaded Diamond, All Ages at Luigis Fungarden 8PM/$5

Hellbound Glory - Matt W Gage at Blue Lamp 9PM/$8

98 Rock Local Licks Live with Sovern - Engineering the Enemy - Fuel The Change at Shenanigans 9PM/$5

Coaches inside Strikes On The Rocks in Elk Grove 9PM/$10 & in Rocklin Courtney Lynn 9PM/$5

Saturday, January 15th

Automatic Rival - The Shimmies at Old Ironsides 9:30PM/$7

Lightning Hand at Marilyns 9PM/$8

Mandoline Avenue - Chris 2Me - Quinn Hedges at Lunas 8PM/$6

Armed Forces Radio - Riot Radio - The Visceral at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

Wife & Son - Autumn Sky - Tyler Hah at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

Bump City at 7PM/$15 & Hip Service at 10PM/$12 at Harlows

Damage Over Time - For All I've Done - Represa - Fall Rise at The Boardwalk 8PM/$12

Wonderland at Mix Downtown 9PM

Country Music & Line Dancing 8PM with DJ's on Three Floors at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 after

Chris Gardner Band (Pro Rodeo weekend) at Stoney's Rockin Rodeo 8PM/$10

John Nemeth at The Torch Club 9PM/$10

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Lou Dog Trio (Sublime Tribute) & Rock Steady at Power House Pub 10PM/$10

Coaches inside Strikes in Elk Grove Solsa 9PM/$10 in Rocklin Wonderbread 5 9PM/$10

Play Saturdays with DJ Peeti-V at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

Kill The Precedent - The Snobs - Hanover Saints at Blue Lamp 9PM/$8

Pictures: 1. 30 Seconds To Mars 2. Middle Class Rut 3. Autumn Sky 4.MLK 365

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2011-01-07T19:40:45Z

Here are some of the concerts and music events happening in the Sacramento area. So get out and enjoy! For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com

Concerts, Music Events, and The Sacramento Music Scene This Week:

Ending Sunday, January 9th: SUDS presented by California Musical Theatre at the Cosmopolitan Cabaret on 10th & K Street in Sacramento. Tickets are $33.00 - $43.00. Show times vary. Beginning January 28th - May 8th A Grand Night for Singing.

Sunday, January 9th: Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society presents Annual Rent Party at Dante Club on 2330 Fair Oaks BLVD from Noon - 5PM. Tickets are $5.00 - $12.00.

Sunday, January 9th: Adrian Legg at Harlows. Show at 7:30PM. Tickets are $17.00.

Wednesday, January 12th - February 20th: Sacramento Theatre Company presents The Musical of Musicals at Wells Fargo Pavilion Pollock Stage on 1419 H Street in Sacramento. WED-SUN Show times Vary. Tickets are $15.00 - $38.00. Rush tickets half off admission 1/2 hour prior to show times and are subject to availability.

Thursday, January 13th: Anthony B at Harlows 10PM/$22

Concert Tickets On Sale This Week:

Tickets recently went on sale for a variety of All Ages shows at Ace of Spades Music Venue on 1417 R Street in Sacramento. Location of former Venue/Empire. Beginning in February a few of the artists scheduled to appear include Andre Nickatina on 2/5, Rob Zombie on 2/10, Super Diamond on 2/18, Papa Roach on 2/25 & 2/26. Tickets range from $15.00 to $40.00 depending on show. Online the service fees are under $5.00 and also available at Dimple Records, The Beat, and Armadillo in Davis. Check out the complete schedule of shows on aceofspadessac.com

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, January 7th

Jerry Perry presents The Nervous Wreckords - Soft Science - Patrick O'Mally at Old Ironsides 9PM/$7

Terry Hanck at Torch Club 9PM/$10

The Jimmy Moonbeam Show at 7PM/$10 & Double Decker with DJ Rigatony at Harlows & DJ Ro in MoMo Lounge 10PM/$10

Jay Shaner - E-Squared at Fox & Goose 9PM/$3

F*ck Fridays with Shaun Slaughter – Jon Droll – Roger Carpio at Townhouse 9PM/$3-$5

3 Dance Floors of DJ Top Hits, Hip-Hop, Latin at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 After

The Cheeseballs at Power House Pub 10PM/$12

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Whiskey Dawn & Coyote Grace at Marilyns 9PM/$8

DJ Hits at Mix Downtown 9PM

DJ Peeti-V at Dream Ultra Lounge 9PM

Jacosa Lave at NakedLounge Downtown 8:30PM/$7

DJ Billy Lane at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM

Take Pride - Havenside - Beyond All Ends - The Scarlet Crusade - Without An Answer at The Boardwalk 7:30PM/$10

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Sea Goat Soirie - Ol Cotton Dreary - Armed Forces Radio at Blue Lamp 9PM

98 Rock Local Licks Live with I Wish We Were Robots - Not Your Style - Axiom at Shenanigans 9PM/$5

Coaches inside Strikes Mercy Me in Elk Grove 9PM/$10 & in Rocklin Chris Gardner 9PM/$5

Saturday, January 8th

Fascination 80's New Wave Dance Party at Old Ironsides 9:30PM/$5

Hang Tree - Smirker at Marilyns 9PM/$5

Katie Knipp - Joshua Lynch at Lunas 8PM/$6

The Golden Cadillacs at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

David Houston - Kevin Seconds at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

The Cheeseballs & Foreverland at Harlows 9PM/$12

The Phenomenauts - The Secretions - Hanover Saints - The Jetsinns at The Boardwalk 8PM/$10

Wonderland at Mix Downtown 9PM

Country Music & Line Dancing 8PM with DJ's on Three Floors at Faces $5 before 10PM/$10 after

Pat Wilder at The Torch Club 9PM/$7

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Dogfood - Black Eyed Dempseys - Green Audio at Power House Pub 10PM/$10

Coaches inside Strikes in Elk Grove Clean Slate 9PM/$10 in Rocklin Steel Breeze 9PM/$5

Play Saturdays at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

Billy and Funk's 5th Annual B-Day Bash at Blue Lamp 9PM

Pictures 1. The Phenomenauts 2. The Cheeseballs 3. Papa Roach 4. Anthony B

10 for '10 : A look back at the top Sacramento concerts of the year

2010-12-29T06:03:20Z

As my good friends in Dr. Dog would say, “Where’d All the Time Go?”

Like most concert junkies out there, it’s easy to look back on 2010 and think about the concerts that I should have gone to but didn’t, for whatever reason popped up that kept me on the couch with my blankie and watching “Friends” reruns. Tight budget? Hangover? General lameness? They all showed up at one point or another.

But New Year’s is always a time for reflection on the year past, for looking ahead at what’s to come, and making stupid “go to the gym more” promises that will fizzle out in a cloud of whiskey and Häagen-Dazs by mid-January.

With that in mind, let’s take a look back at some of the best concerts of 2010 in Sacramento. Needless to say, I can only speak intelligently (?) to the ones that I actually attended. Henceforth, I’ll employ a little help from the archives of Sac Press’ Lindol French, the only guy I know who is more juiced on live music in this town than I am.

I’ve taken the liberty of ranking the shows from ten all the way up to number one, because everyone loves a good top ten list, right?

We’ll also check out a few names that are slated to come to town in the early goings of 2011. Happy New Year, Sactown!

10. Neil Young Tribute Show – While it’s nearly impossible to tag local bands for this list, given the frequency with which they play, this show easily deserves top-ten billing for its collaborative tour de force of Sactown talent. Although a rogue out-of-towner closed it out, the locals’ takes on Neil Young’s catalog were bone rattling, with highlights coming from Reggie Ginn (“Like a Hurricane”), Saucer (“Down By the River,” “Rockin’ in the Free World”) and David Houston (“Southern Man”). It was a tale of two halves, with some majorly random Young tunes filling up the early goings, and his classics like “Old Man” and “Harvest Moon” bringing home a juggernaut of a tribute show. (Harlow’s, mid-November).

9. Trombone Shorty – I missed this gig, but had the pleasure of seeing him about a month prior in Petaluma, and it can be safely said that Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews is one of the most enigmatic performers out there, melding jazz, funk, soul and rock into a hip-blasting package. Let’s hope he follows up on his recent Sacto appearances, now that he appears to be on the cusp of a huge breakout – performing on NFL Network with Dave Matthews Band will do that. (Harlow’s, mid-September).

8. Matisyahu – It’s amazing that we’ve come to a point where people will complain about something that’s free, but many attendees of the Jewish Heritage Festival were noticeably restless when featured performer Matisyahu (a bit of a notorious diva) dragged his feet in arriving at the steps of Capitol Mall for his promised afternoon performance. A performer that normally charges around $50 a head, and we’re upset because he didn’t start his free show on time? Hmmmm. Nagging aside, a graying Matisyahu and accompanying guitarist DP Holmes (of Dub Trio) put on a spiritually transcendent show for a packed crowd in the springtime sun. This was a treat of rare proportions in Sacramento – and we’re not just talking about seeing a major music star answer his cell phone mid-performance. Classic! (Capitol Mall, early May)

7. Band of Horses – It’s hard to reconcile yourself with the fact that Band of Horses just will not turn loose on their tunes and jam them out; all their songs are played pretty much totally by the book in concert. With that said, their crooning pop rock and Americana energy makes their concerts a familiar delight, performed with razor-sharp precision. Good luck seeing them at any venue smaller than Arco Arena any time soon. (UC Davis Freeborn Hall, late May)

6. The Silent Comedy – At this point it’s fair to say that this band of San Diego juke joint ruffians has found a second home in Sactown, with a brand of rowdy Prohibition indie rock that has made gigs at the Shady Lady a thematically natural fit. They slaughtered “Helpless” at the aforementioned Neil Young tribute, and biggest ups from a busy year from the 619 to the 916 go to their Sunday night hoedown at Old I’s over Labor Day weekend. After tearing down the walls, they shook some hands, kissed some babies, packed up the van, and scampered immediately out to catch last call at the Shady…just as it should be. Everybody at the bar say “amen!” (Old Ironsides, early September)

5. G. Love & Special Sauce – Although hampered by a mid-week midnight curfew, the one-of-a-kind hip hop and blues fusion of Garrett Dutton and the Sauce was in its usual fine form at his first Sacramento stop in four years. Mark Boyce was a sniper with his soul charged keyboard work, and Timo Shanko has melded in nicely with group in replacing the departed Jimi “Jazz” Prescott, but it is Dutton’s casually cool bluesman attitude and funk-charged emcee energy that made this performance sizzle. Just another day at the office for this veteran performer. (Harlow’s, mid-February)

4. Soulive – Lindol French had you covered on this one – for my money, any Soulive show in the era beyond their failed attempt at including a vocalist is a winner. The brothers Evans and guitar diety Eric Krasno are impossible to not discuss in the conversation of most talented jazz acts on the planet. (Harlow’s, mid-December)

3. Truth & Salvage Co. – Call this the “lifetime achievement” award for the year, as these cats from North Carolina swung through town three times this year, twice as an opener, and finally as a headliner, aided by digital persuading by two Sac Press writers who were delusional enough to think that they actually had something to do with it. From the opening notes of “Hail Hail,” they grabbed a small but enthusiastic early-Saturday rainy evening crowd by the throat and did not let go. “Smitty” and the gang also spent plenty of time out hobnobbing with the crowd, signaling that their budding fling with Sacramento might turn into a full-on tryst in 2011. (Harlow’s, early December)

2. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – This one somehow flew under the radar, but you will seldom see Harlow’s so packed with a crowd that was not quite “metal,” but hard rock enough to counter the usual crop of trend-trolling revelers. This trio’s energy when playing live is lamentably underrated, as they pumped song after song of throwback hard rock energy (Johnny Cash meets Johnny Ramone) into a foreboding tower of speakers and amps, playing for well over two hours worth of blood-in-the-mud rock and roll. You haven’t really had your ass kicked by a concert if you’re not sweating bullets when you leave with ears humming. Wowza! (Harlow’s, mid-February)

1. The Avett Brothers – Ultimately, this was a no-brainer. There is something special about Seth and Scott Avett; they’re the kind of band that will keep you constantly invigorated with their show even if you’ve never heard a single song before. The songwriting is honest, the passion cascading over the walls of any hall they choose to play. Seeing them play live in a sit-down venue is a bit like going into the Sistine Chapel and not looking up; getting on your feet and letting it loose to their rock-heavy bluegrass wiles is just part of the gig. But when one person decided to open the floodgates towards the end of the show as they played “Laundry Room,” everything was right in the world again. Very few bands with their relatively short history will sell out the Crest – this show made believers out of the new initiates and resonated heavily for weeks afterwards. They came for salvation, they came for family, they came for all that’s good, that’s how they walk away. (Crest Theatre, late April)

There you have it, this was your best of 2010. Will one of these shows below make the 2011 list? Who knows? Expect to see more on most if not all of the following acts in upcoming Sactown Rundowns. Cheers!

UPCOMING SHOWS:

30 Seconds to Mars with Middle Class Rut – Jan. 16, UC Davis Freeborn Hall
Ra Ra Riot – Jan. 22, Harlow’s
Dawes – Feb. 1, UC Davis Odd Fellows Lodge
Social Distortion with Lucero – Feb. 1, UC Davis Freeborn Hall
Clutch – Feb. 1, Harlow’s
John Scofield – Feb. 11, Mondavi Center
Sugar & Gold – Feb. 12, Blue Lamp
Hot Buttered Rum – Feb. 18, Marilyn’s on K
Cobra Skulls – Feb. 18, Luigi’s Fungarden
ALO – Feb. 19, Harlow’s
The Stone Foxes – Feb. 23, Powerhouse Pub
The Concretes – March 3, Blue Lamp
Joe Buck Yourself – March 4, Blue Lamp
Kaki King – March 6, Harlow’s

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2010-12-17T17:19:38Z

Here are some of the concerts and music events happening in the Sacramento area. This weekend a variety of musical holiday events are going on, so stay dry & warm at a venue near you! For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com

Concerts, Music Events, and The Sacramento Music Scene This Week:

Through Sunday, December 26th: Sacramento Theatre Company presents A Christmas Carol at 1419 H Street in Sacramento. Shows take place Thursday - Sunday at various times. Tickets are $20 - $40.

Through Thursday, December 23rd: Sacramento Ballet presents The Nutcracker with music provided by the Sacramento Philharmonic at the Sacramento Community Center Theatre. Tickets are $37 - $75.

December 18th, 19th, 22nd: The Sacramento Master Singers present Peace 25 Years of of Holiday Music at St Francis Church on 1066 26th Street In Sacramento. Tickets are $20 with limited seats still available.

Saturday, December 18th: American Bach Soloists will perform Handel's Messiah at Mondavi Center, Jackson Hall in Davis. Concert at 7:30PM. Tickets are $22 - $58.

Tuesday, December 21st: Tony Orlando at Thunder Valley Resort. Concert begins at 7:30PM. Tickets are $45 - $55.

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, December 17th

Jerry Perry presents 2 or 3 Guys - Calling Morocco - Buster Blue 9PM/$5

Lara Price Band with Aaron King at Torch Club 9PM/$7

Full Blown Stone at Harlows 10PM/$10

The Inversions - Be Brave Robot - 2Me at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

F*ck Fridays with Shaun Slaughter – Jon Droll – Roger Carpio at Townhouse 9PM/$3-$5

The Cheeseballs at Power House Pub 10PM/$12

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Mix Fridays at Mix Dowtown 9PM

DJ Solarz at Dream Ultra Lounge 9PM

Greenhouse with Gene Smith - Arrested in Mayberry - Gillian Underwood at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

Black & White Winter Ball with DJ Billy Lane at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM

The Nibblers at Marilyn's 9PM/$7

Jeffree Star - It Boys - Sierra Skyline - Human Temperament at The Boardwalk 8PM/$15

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Bright Faces - Jet Black Popes - 50 Watt Heavy at Blue Lamp 9PM

Dane Drewis at Shenanigans 9PM/$8

Coaches inside Strikes in Elk Grove Junk Funkies 9PM/$10 & in Rocklin Buck Ford Band 9PM/$5

The Kelps - Adrian Bourgeois - Ricky Berger at The Refuge 7PM/All Ages/$5

Saturday, December 18th

Agent Ribbons - So Much Fun - Dog Party - Monster Woman at Luigis Slice 8PM/All Ages/$7

Baby Grand X-Mas Show with Knock Knock - The Four Eyes at Old Ironsides 9PM/$7

Chuck's 4th Annual Bad Santa Party at Marilyns 9PM/$25

Liani Moore and Friends at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

The Bogarts - The Meantime - Blackout 101 - Doug Cash at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

One Eyed Rhyno at 7PM/$5 and Martian Luther at 10pm/$15 at Harlows (Goapele has been canceled)

Christopher Fairman Farewell Party with David Houston and The Sternographers at Lunas Cafe 8PM/$6

Wonderland at Mix Downtown 9PM

Mind X CD Release Show at The Torch Club 9PM/$8

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Atomic Punks at Power House Pub 10PM/$12

TrackFighter - AllInADay - The Wrekage - Victims Delight at Fire Escape 9PM/$7

Coaches inside Strikes in Elk Grove Patton Leather 9PM/$10 in Rocklin Spazmatics 9PM/$10

Naughty X-Mas Party with DJ Peeti-V at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

O Street Dub - T-Dub at The Distillery 10PM/$5

The Golden Cadillacs - San Similar - Allie McNeill at Blue Lamp 9PM

Sunday, December 18th:

Blues Jam at 4PM & FLO at Torch Club 8PM/$5

Snowfall Xmas Party at Shady Lady Saloon 8PM/No Cover

Sac Blues Revue Christmas Benefit Party at Power House Pub 4PM

Note: Due to the Christmas Holidays events are limited to just a few next weeked, so I'm taking a break. Check SacPress for my Sacramento New Years Eve weekend music events article on Wednesday December 29th!!

Pictures: 1. Agent Ribbons 2. American Bach Slolists 3. The Nutcracker 4. Jefree Star 5. Matian Luther

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2010-12-10T16:47:43Z

Here are some of the concerts and music events happening in the Sacramento area. This weekend will be a great one with warmer than average weather. So get out and enjoy some of the festive events happening near you. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com

Concerts, Music Events, and The Sacramento Music Scene This Week:

Through Sunday, December 26th: Sacramento Theatre Company presents A Christmas Carol at 1419 H Street in Sacramento. Shows take place Thursday - Sunday at various times. Tickets are $20 - $40.

Friday, December 10th - Thursday, December 23rd: Sacramento Ballet presents The Nutcracker with music provided by the Sacramento Philharmonic at the Sacramento Community Center Theatre. Tickets are $37 - $75.

Friday, December 10th: An Evening with Jackie Greene at Marilyn's - Show is Sold-Out. Limited number of Standing Room Only tickets available so arrive early. Show at 9PM. Tickets are $20. (Note: For those of you not able to get into the show at Marilyn's, Jackie will be stopping by Old Ironsides to say hello and play a few songs. Thanks to Jerry Perry for that info.)

Saturday, December 11th - Sunday, December 12th: Sacramento Choral Society & Orchestra present Home For The Holidays at Mondavi Center Jackson Hall on SAT at 8PM and SUN at 2PM. Tickets are $30 - $50.

Saturday, December 11th - Sunday, December 12th: Chamber Music Society of Sacramento will present a Holiday Concert at Bet Haverim Synagogue on 1715 Anderson Road in Davis on SAT, and Westminster Presbyterian Church on 1300 N Street in Sacramento on SUN. Both performances at 7:30PM. Tickets are $30-$50.

Sunday, December 12th: The Judds at Arco Arena. Concert at 7:30PM. Tickets are $49.20 - $92.85. (Includes Fees)

Sunday, December 12th: hed p.e. with Big B - Moonshine Bandits - Stepchild - Damage Over Time -IIll Effect at The Boardwalk. Show at 7:30PM. Tickets are $20ADV/$22Door

Tuesday, December 14th: Soulive at Harlows. Show at 9PM. Tickets are $20.

Wednesday, December 15th: Radio City Christmas Spectacular with The Rocketts at Arco Arena. 2 Shows on at 4PM & 7PM. Tickets are $61 - $89. (Includes Service Fees)

Wednesday, December 15th: Dave Koz Smooth Jazz Christmas with Jonathan Butler - Brian Culbertson - Candy Dulfer at The Radisson Hotel in Sacramento. Concert Begins at 7:30PM. Tickets are $39 - $57.

Concert Tickets On Sale This Week:

Eric Clapton with Los Lobos at Arco Arena on Thursday March 3rd. Tickets are $51.25 - $169.30 (Fees Included). Tickets on sale MON 12/13.

Cirque Du Soleil Quidam May 11th - May 15th for 8 Shows at Arco Arena. Tickets are $46.40 - $110.80 (Fees Included). Tickets on sale MON 12/13.

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, December 10th

Jerry Perry presents A Velvet Underground Tribute Show 9PM/$7

Solsa at Torch Club 9PM/$10

The Hits & The AfterParty at Harlows 10PM/$10

The Zoo Human Project - Carly Du Hain - A.J. Johnson at Fox & Goose 9PM/$3

F*ck Fridays with Shaun Slaughter – Jon Droll – Roger Carpio at Townhouse 9PM/$3-$5

Notorious at Power House Pub 10PM/$12

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

DJ Joe Maz at Mix Dowtown 9PM

Snow Bunny Party with DJ C40 & DJ RS1at Dream Ultra Lounge 9PM

JV Valerio - Earl Brooks - Gerard Fragman at NakedLounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

Snow Angels with with DJ Peeti-V & DJ Nate D at Social Nightclub 9PM

Rock N Rhyme with DJ Billy Lane at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM

Early States - Amberglance - Wesley Avery at The Boardwalk 8PM/$10

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

The Alpha Children - Death Valley High at Blue Lamp 9PM

Lou Dog Trio at Shenanigans 9PM/$8

Coaches inside Strikes in Elk Grove Mercy Me 9PM/$10 & in Rocklin Whiskey Dawn 9PM/$5

Saturday, December 11th

Ava Lemert at Artistic Edge on 1880 Fulton Avenue in Sacramento. 4:30PM/Free

Fascination 80's New Wave Dance Party at Old Ironsides 9:30PM/$5

2nd SAT Show with Bob Woods Band at 7:30PM and Kate Gaffney at 10PM at Marilyns $10

Lost Angeles at Fox & Goose 9PM/$3

Thomas Nichols - Andy Kong - Autumn Sky at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

Midnight Players at Harlows 10PM/$10

All Star Flamenco Dancing with Flamenco Del Oro at Lunas Cafe 8:30PM/$12

Wonderland at Mix Downtown 9PM

Chris Cain at The Torch Club 9PM/$8

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Because - A Tribute to the Beatles at Power House Pub 10PM/$12

Coaches inside Strikes in Elk Grove Innersoul 9PM/$10 in Rocklin (Closed private party)

Play Saturdays with DJ Peeti-V at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

La Noche Oscura - F.L.O. - O Street Dub at Blue Lamp 9PM

Sunday, December 12th:

VooDoo Glow Skulls - The Snobs - Sexrat at Blue Lamp 9PM

Brunch Beats with DJ Katz at Aura 11AM

Blues Jam at 4PM & Mind X at Torch Club 8PM/$6

Alex Jenkins Trio at Shady Lady Saloon 9PM

Frank Hannon & Lucas Nelson and Promise of the Real at Power House Pub 4PM

Pictures: 1. Sacramento Ballet The Nutcracker 2. Jackie Greene 3. Dave Koz 4.hed p.e. 5. Eric Clapton (ROCKS!)

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2010-12-03T18:48:19Z

Here are some of the concerts and music events happening this weekend and next week in the Sacramento area. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com

Concerts, Music Events, and The Sacramento Music Scene This Week:

Friday, December 3rd: 107.9 The End Jingle Ball with Paramore - B.o.B - Jesse McCartney - 30h13! at Arco Arena. Concert begins at 7PM. Tickets are $42.00 - $52.80. (Includes Service Fees)

Friday, December 3rd & Saturday, December 4th: The Expendables with John Brown's Body - C-Money & The Players Inc. (members of Slightly Stoopid) at The Boardwalk. Show at 8PM. Tickets are $20.

Through Sunday, December 26th: Sacramento Theatre Company presents A Christmas Carol at 1419 H Street in Sacramento. Shows take place Thursday - Sunday at various times. Tickets are $20 - $40.

Saturday, December 4th: Big Bad VooDoo Daddy at Thunder Valley Resort - Pano Hall. Concert begins at 8:30PM. Tickets are $21.00 - $45.00.

Saturday, December 4th: Maria Muldaur's Blues & Jazz Christmas with The Harley White Jr. Trio at 24th Street Theatre on 2791 24th Street in Sacramento. Concert begins at 8PM. Tickets are $30.

Wednesday, December 8th: Kim Wilson's Blues All Stars with Tess & Hip Trash at Harlows. Show at 8PM. Tickets are $20.

Concert Tickets On Sale This Week:

Jackson Browne at The Sacramento Community Center Theatre on Wednesday March 2nd. Tickets are $45 - $59 (Plus Fees). Tickets on sale FRI 12/3.

Taylor Swift at Arco Arena on Saturday September 3rd. Tickets are $35.15 - $94.00 (Fees Included). Tickets on sale SAT 12/4.

Bill Gaither and Friends at Arco Arena on Sunday, January 30th. Tickets are $35.65 - $94.90 (Fees Included). Tickets on sale SAT 12/4.

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, December 3rd

Jerry Perry presents LP Sessions - The Aftermath at Old Ironsides 9PM/$6

MRQ - Kid Andersen at Marilyns 8PM/$10

Mercy Me at Torch Club 9PM/$12

Locksmith with Grey Space & La Noche Oscura at Harlows 10PM/$10

Pushtonwanda - The Pilots Dared Me To Die at Fox & Goose 9PM/$3

F*ck Fridays with Shaun Slaughter – Jon Droll – Roger Carpio at Townhouse 9PM/$3-$5

Wonderbread 5 at Power House Pub 10PM/$15

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

The Show with DJ Billy Lane at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

DJ Nita VS Mackenzie at Blue Lamp 9PM

The Sandra Delores Band - Odame - Be Brave Robot at Lunas Cafe 8PM/$6

Riff Raff (AC/DC Tribute) at Shenanigans 9PM/$8

Coaches inside Strikes in Elk Grove Solsa 9PM/$10 & in Rocklin Courtney Lynn 9PM/$5

Saturday, December 4th

Musical Charis - Western States Motel - Maren Parusel at Old Ironsides 9PM/$7

Sac City Rollers Burlesque Show with KB and the Slingtones at Marilyns 9PM/$10

Armed Forces Radio - Lions Bats & Bears at Fox & Goose 9PM/$3

The Nickelslots at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

Truth & Salvage Co. with Kate Gaffney at 7PM/$10 and Fusion at 10PM/$10 at Harlows

Richie Lawrence - Tumbleweed Time Machine at Lunas Cafe 8PM/$6

The Kelps at Luigis Fungarden 8PM/All Ages

Monophonics at The Torch Club 9PM/$8

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Tommy Castro at Power House Pub 10PM/$15

Mix Saturdays with DJ Michael Moss at Mix Downtown 9PM

Coaches inside Strikes in Elk Grove Evolution 9PM/$10 in Rocklin (Closed private party)

Play Saturdays with DJ Peeti-V at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

N-Men Christmas Party with Drunk Injuns - Fang - Beer Lords 9PM

Sunday, December 5th:

DJ Wokstar's 10PM/$5 at Blue Lamp

Brunch Beats with DJ Katz at Aura 11AM

Blues Jam at 4PM & Johnny Guitar Knox at Torch Club 8PM/$6

Alex Jenkins Trio at Shady Lady Saloon 9PM

Pictures: 1. Paramore 2. The Expendables 3. Big Bad VooDoo Daddy 4. Maria Muldaur

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2010-11-26T21:04:52Z

Here are some of the concerts and music events happening this weekend and next week in the Sacramento area. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com

Concerts, Music Events, and The Sacramento Music Scene This Week:

Sunday, November 28th: Dark Star Orchestra at The Crest Theatre. Concert begins at 7:30PM. Tickets are $29.

Sunday, November 28th: Capleton at Harlows. Show at 9PM. Tickets are $22.

Tuesday, November 30th: The Queers - Kepi Ghoulie - The Riptides at Blue Lamp. 8PM/$10

Wednesday, December 1st - Sunday, December 26th: Sacramento Theatre Company presents A Christmas Carol at 1419 H Street in Sacramento. Shows take place Thursday - Sunday at various times. Tickets are $20 - $40.

Thursday, December 2nd: KNCI Country Christmas with Craig Morgan - Rodney Adkins - Uncle Kracker at Arco Arena. Concert begins at 7PM. Tickets are $32.60 - $38.20 (Includes Fees).

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, November 26th

Jerry Perry presents Radio Orangevale at Old Ironsides 9PM/$7

Izabella at Marilyns 9PM/$10

The Nibblers at Torch Club 9PM/$10

Kevin Seconds - Brain Hanover - Travis Chance at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

F*ck Fridays with Shaun Slaughter – Jon Droll – Roger Carpio at Townhouse 9PM/$3-$5

Busta Groove at Power House Pub 10PM/$12

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Black Friday with DJ Billy Lane at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

The Meantime - Capp Street Girls at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

E-Squared - Jay Shaner at Luigis Slice 9PM/$5

Soft White Sixties - Mildred at Blue Lamp 9PM

Hoods - Colonel Jimmy & The Blackfish at The Distillery 10PM/$6

Justin Farren - Aaron Linkin - Devin Farren at Lunas Cafe 8PM/$6

Superlicious at Shenanigans 9PM/$8

Coaches inside Strikes in Elk Grove Pop Fiction 9PM/$10 & in Rocklin Branded 9PM/$5

Saturday, November 27th

Friendship - Medieval Knievel at Old Ironsides 9PM/$7

In The Garage - Rocksteady - Dirty Junkhead at Marilyns 9PM/$10

Quinn Hedges - Jay Shaner at Fox & Goose 9PM/$3

The Bell Boys - Gerard Fragman - JD Valerio at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

David Houston and the Strings - Essence of October - J. Greenberg at Lunas Cafe 8PM/$6

Cole Fonseca at The Torch Club 9PM/$7

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Spazmatics at Power House Pub 10PM/$10

Mix Saturdays with DJ Michael Moss at Mix Downtown 9PM

Coaches inside Strikes in Elk Grove Pointe Blank 9PM/$10 in Rocklin AM/FM 9PM/$5

Drastic Actions - The Number 13 - Get Shot - Kill Devil 10PM/$6

DJ Romeo Reyes at Dream Ultra Lounge 9PM

Play Saturdays with DJ Peeti-V at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

This Luxury - Simpl3Jack - Dog Party at Luigis Slice 7:30PM

Sunday, November 28th

DJ Wokstar's 10PM/$5 at Blue Lamp

Brunch Beats with DJ Katz at Aura 11AM

Blues Jam at 4PM & The Nibblers at Torch Club 8PM/$6

Alex Jenkins Trio at Shady Lady Saloon 9PM

Mike Shermer at Power House Pub 3PM/$4

Pictures: 1. The Queers 2. Capleton 3. KNCI Country Christmas

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2010-11-19T20:11:11Z

Here are some of the concerts and music events happening this weekend and next week in the Sacramento area. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com

Concerts, Music Events, and The Sacramento Music Scene This Week:

Friday, November 19th & Sunday, November 21st: Sacramento Opera presents Orlando at the Sacramento Community Center Theatre. Tickets are $15 - $115.

Friday, November 19th: Hope Productions benefit concert featuring Kenny G at Sacramento Memorial Auditorium. Concert begins at 8:30PM. Tickets are $35 - $69.

Friday, November 19th: NAM Classic at The Crest Theatre. Concert begins at 8:30PM. Tickets are $15.

Friday, November 19th: E-40 with Raider Dave - Alias John Brown - Gambizi - Who Ride and more at The Boardwalk. Show at 8PM. Tickets are $35. (Tickets may be sold-out for this show. To verify call 916-988-9247 late afternoon)

Friday, November 19th: Na Palapalai at Harlows. Show at 6:30PM. Tickets are $40.

Saturday, November 20th: Trans-Siberian Orchestra at Arco Arena. Two shows at 3PM & 8PM. Tickets are $37.20 - $70.90 (Includes Fees).

Saturday, November 20th: Un-Authorized Rolling Stones at The Crest Theatre. Concert begins at 8PM. Tickets are $38 GA.

Saturday, November 20th: Mary Youngblood at Harlows. Show at 7:30PM. Tickets are $20.

Sunday, November 21st: Acoustic Eidolon at Harlows. Show at 7:30PM. Tickets are $20.

Monday, November 22nd: Filter at Harlows. Show at 9PM. Tickets are $22.50.

Wednesday, November 24th: Thanksgiving Eve with Jackie Greene at Blue Lamp. (Call 916-455-3400 for info)

New Concerts & Tickets On Sale:

30 Seconds To Mars on Sunday, January 16th at UC Davis Freeborn Hall. Tickets are $29.50 GA.

Boz Scaggs at The Radisson Hotel Grand Ballroom on Sunday, Janaury 29th. Tickets are $63 - $73 (Includes Fees)

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, November 19th

Ross Hammond solo concert at at Antiquite Maison Privee on 2114 P Street at 8PM/$10

Jerry Perry presents Red Tyger Church - Dungeons & Dragqueens - Pink Snowflakes - The Blue Diamonds at Old Ironsides 9PM/$7

Adam Donald Band - Chris 2Me - Marji Elizabeth - James Cavern at Marilyns 9PM

Shane Dwight at Torch Club 9PM/$12

Be Brave Robot - Jack 'O The Clock - Death of Cool at Fox & Goose 9PM/$3

F*ck Fridays with Shaun Slaughter – Jon Droll – Roger Carpio at Townhouse 9PM/$3-$5

Led Zepagain at Power House Pub 10PM/$12

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

DJ Tina T at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Dallas Horse Thieves - Christian DeWild Band - Honyock at Naked Lounge Downtown
8:30PM/$5

The Chop Tops - Infamous Swanks - Swill Billies - Cowbellers at Blue Lamp 9PM

The Stalking Distance - Tiger's Blood - Creepy Little Fingers at The Distillery 10PM/$6

J.D. Valerio - Earl Brooks - Two Step at Lunas Cafe 8PM/$5

LoveFool at Shenanigans 9PM/$15

Coaches inside Strikes in Elk Grove Pop Rocks 9PM/$10 & in Rocklin Dave Russell 9PM/$5

Saturday, November 20th

Stout Rebellion - Island of Blck and White at Old Ironsides 9PM/$7

MidLife Confidential at Marilyns 8PM/$8

Richard March - Tyler Ragle - Rich Driver at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

Sean Kilcoyne - Musical Charis at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

Garage Architects - Blue Oak at Lunas Cafe 9PM/$6

Ape Machine - Exquisite Corpse - Genius & Thieves at Blue Lamp 9PM

Delta Wires at The Torch Club 9PM/$8

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

DJ DJ Solomon at Social Nightclub 9PM

Cheeseballs at Power House Pub 10PM/$12

Mix Saturdays with DJ Michael Moss at Mix Downtown 9PM

Coaches inside Strikes in Elk Grove Groove Thang 9PM/$10 in pop Fiction 9PM/$10

Sunday, November 14th:

DJ Wokstar's 10PM/$5 at Blue Lamp

Brunch Beats with DJ Katz at Aura 11AM

Blues Jam at 4PM & Mind X at Torch Club 8PM/$6

Alex Jenkins Trio at Shady Lady Saloon 9PM

Volker Strifer at Power House Pub 3PM/$4

Americanvas at JB's Lounge 5PM/$10

Pictures 1. E-40 2. Mary YoungBlood 3. Napalapalai 4. Ross Hammond 5. Sacrameto Opera - Orlando

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2010-11-12T19:55:03Z

Here are some of the concerts and music events happening this weekend and next week in the Sacramento area. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com

Concerts, Music Events, and The Sacramento Music Scene This Week:

Continuing through Sunday, November 14th: In The Heights at Sacramento Community Center Theatre. Tickets are $15-$59.

Friday, November 12th: Delfeayo Marsalis at Mondavi Center. Concert begins at 8pm. Tickets are $12.50 - $25.

2nd Saturday Concerts4Charity presents Justin Farren & Walking Spanish at Urban Hive on 20th & H Street in Sacramento at 5PM. Bring canned food and donations for River City Food Bank. Beer provided by Sudwerks.

Saturday, November 13th: In This Moment - Nonpoint - Eyes of Deception - Chernobog - White Minorities at The Boardwalk. Show at 8PM. Tickets are $16ADV & $18Door.

Sunday, November 13th: City of Davis Blues Festival with Blue Blazes - Riff Nimble & the Neighbors - Bill Scholer Blues Band - The Huckelbucks and more at Veterans Memorial Theatre on 203 E. 14th Street.Events begins at Noon. Tickets are $8-$10.

Sunday, November 13th: Lucy Woodward at Harlows. Show at 7:30PM. Tickets are $20.

Thursday, November 18th: Zion I with The Holdup - Random Abiladeze - Zuhg at Sac State Union. Show at 7:30PM. Tickets are $5-$10.

Thursday, November 18th: Keller Williams at Harlows. Show at 7:30PM. Tickets are $22.50.

New Concets & Tickets On Sale This Week:

KNCI Country Christmas with Craig Morgan - Rodney Adkins - Uncle Kracker. Show on Tuesday, December 2nd at Arco Arena. Tickets are $32.60 - $38.20 (Includes Online Fees).

Alternative Press presents Family Force Five & Forever The Sickets Kids. Show on Friday, December 10th at Crest Theatre. Tickets are $19.50 GA.

Social Distortion on Tuesday, February 2nd at UC Davis Freeborn Hall. Tickets are $30 GA.

New Thunder Valley Resort Shows include Tony Orlando Christmas Show on Tuesday, December 21st. Chinese Winter Concert with Ha Yu & Akina Hong on Friday, December 24th. Brian Setzer Orchestra on Friday, December 31st. Ticket prices range from $38-$58.

SADE will appear at Oakland Arena on Saturday, August 27th, and San Jose HP Pavilion on Tuesday, August 25th. No Sacramento show is scheduled on the tour. The entire world tour is curretly in pre-sale. Tickets go on sale to the public MON 11/15. Tickets range from $61.55 - $202.50. (Includes Online Service Fees)

Note: Ticketmaster.com now discloses the amount you will pay in service fees in addition to the face value of the ticket without having to click on "Buy Tickets". Hopefully Tickets.com will follow soon. Buying directly from a venue box office or ticketing outlet still can save you in fees, but events vary so call first to see if the savings is worth the drive. And yes the fees suck...I don't set them, I just post the info.

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, November 12th

Jerry Perry presents Nickel Slots - Bright Faces - Kevin Seconds Old Ironsides 9PM/$7

The Mollymawks & The Chick P's at Marilyns 8PM/$6

Tainted Love at Harlows 10PM/$15

Gino Matteo & The Family Phunk Band at Torch Club 9PM/$8

Anthony Cavazos - Lovelorn Duo at Fox & Goose 9PM/$3

F*ck Fridays with Shaun Slaughter – Jon Droll – Roger Carpio at Townhouse 9PM/$3-$5

Wonderbread 5 at Power House Pub 10PM/$15

Ezera - Twenty Days with Jalicon - June Breaks Bright - At Worlds End - It Starts with Alaska at The Boardwalk. 8PM/$10

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

DJ Gabe Xavier at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Method Echo - The Reel - Sherman Baker at The Refuge All Ages/7PM/$5

Nick Jaina - Sea of Bees at Luigis Fun Garden All Ages/8:30PM/$7

Adrian Bourgeois - Ricky Berger at Naked Lounge Downtown
8:30PM/$5

Hans Eberbach CD Release Show with The Nibblers at Blue Lamp 9PM

Pat Emil & Ground Chuck - Leo Boots at The Distillery 10PM/$5

Nikki Maoz - Juli Swan - Rich Varone at Lunas Cafe 8PM/$6

Tragically White Band at Shenanigans 9PM/$8

Coaches inside Strikes in Elk Grove Junk Funkies 9PM/$10 & in Rocklin Erin McKinney 9PM/$5

Saturday, November 13th

Fascination 80's New Wave Dance Club at Old Ironsides 9:30PM/$5

MRQ featuring The Family Bandits at Marilyns 7PM/$10

Whitewash Station - CerroNegro at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

Isaac Howl - Dirty Feet at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$6

Stoneberry - Perpetual Drifters at Lunas Cafe 8PM/$6

Django Gypsy at Shady Lady Saloon 9PM

West Nile Ramblers - Miss Lonely Hearts at Blue Lamp 9PM

Neil Young Birthday Show with The Silent Comedy - Musical Charis - Sal Valentino - David Houston and the Strings - Walking Spanish at Harlows 8PM/$10

Q-Balls from 4-7PM & Ron Hacker at The Torch Club 9PM/$8

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

DJ E-Rock at Social Nightclub 9PM

Mumbo Gumbo at Power House Pub 10PM/$12

Mix Saturdays with DJ Michael Moss at Mix Downtown 9PM

Shop Boyz Ray Lavendar with DJ KoKo & DJ Louie Giovanni at Tre 9PM

Coaches inside Strikes in Elk Grove Innersoul 9PM/$10 in Rocklin Rogue 9PM/$5

Sunday, November 14th:

DJ Wokstar's 10PM/$5 at Blue Lamp

Brunch Beats with DJ Katz at Aura 11AM

Blues Jam at 4PM & The Nibblers at Torch Club 8PM/$6

Alex Jenkins Trio at Shady Lady Saloon 9PM

The Silent Comedy - Fierce Creatures - The Kelps at Old Ironsides 9PM/$7

Pictures: 1. Delfeayo Marsalis 2. Walking Spanish 3. Nonpoint 4. Zion I 5. Lucy Woodward

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2010-11-05T19:19:45Z

Here are some of the concerts and music events happening this weekend and next week in the Sacramento area. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com

Concerts, Music Events, and The Sacramento Music Scene This Week:

In The Heights November 3rd-14th at Sacramento Community Center Theatre. Tickets are $15-$59.

Wednesday November 3rd - Saturday November 6th: Capital Public Radio Jazz Series presents Delfaeyo Marsalis Octet at The Mondavi Center Vanderhoef Studio Thearte Cabaret. Concerts begin at 8PM. Tickets are $18.50 - $37.

Friday, November 5th: Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers with Stoll Vaughn at Harlows. Show at 9PM. Tickets are $20

Saturday, November 6th: Buika at The Mondavi Center Jackson Hall. Concert begins at 8PM. Tickets are $12.50 - $49.

Sunday, November 7th: 2010 National Wildlife Foundation presents Gulf Animal Relief Benefit Concert with Loverboy & Code Red at The Sacramento Radisson Hotel Grand Ballroom. Concert at 7PM. Tickets are $40 - $120. Available at Skips Music.

Tuesday, November 9th: So You Think You Can Dance Tour at Arco Arena. Concert begins at 7:30PM. Tickets are $35 - $52.

Thursday, November 11th: The Rhythm Riders at The Crest Theatre. Show at 7:30PM. Tickets are $40 - $50.

Thursday, November 11th: The Cold War Kids at Harlows. Show at 6:30PM. Tickets are $20ADV.

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, November 5th:

Jerry Perry presents Automatic Rival - The Brodys - The Usuals at Old Ironsides 9PM/$8

Contagious - Relic 45 - Monomyth at Marilyns 9PM/$7

Aquanet at Shenanigans 9PM/$12

Laurie Morvan at Torch Club 9PM/$10

Gillian Underwood - Gene Smith with Greenhouse at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

F*ck Fridays with Shaun Slaughter – Jon Droll – Roger Carpio at Townhouse 9PM/$3-$5

AudioBoxx at Power House Pub 10PM/$10

Just Like Vinyl - A lot Like Birds - H. Lethamthe - Speed of Sound in Seawater at The Boardwalk. 8PM/$10

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

DJ Trent Mazur & Manor Deckstar at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM

Wink - Pink & White Party for Breast Cancer at Social Nigh Club 9PM

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Liani Moore - Adam Roth - ARS Magna at Naked Lounge Downtown
8:30PM/$5

Deana Martin at JB's Lounge-Red Lion 8PM/$20

The Heavy at Blue Lamp 9PM

Saturday, November 6th:

The Generals - Tender Cinders at Old Ironsides 9PM/$7

The New Originals at Marilyns 8:30PM/$7

Steelin Dan at 7:30PM/$15 and Goepele at 10PM/$15 at Harlows

Elements of Soul at Shenanigans 9PM/$8

F.L.O. - In The Know at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

Mad Planet - Death Bot - Spacehook at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

DJ Shift at Solcial Nightclub 9PM

Tin Can Notes - Light Rail at Blue Lamp 9PM

Final Final Band at The Torch Club 9PM/$10

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Superlicious at Power House Pub 10PM/$10

Mix Saturdays with DJ Michael Moss at Mix Downtown 9PM

DJ Peter Alexander at Dream Ultra Lounge at 9PM

Riff Raff at Swabbies on the River 4PM/$5

Jazz After Dark at JB's Lounge-Red Lion 7PM/$12

DJ Spider - DJ Peeti-V at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

Sunday, November 7th:

Nico Vega - Imagine Dragons - Darksun Skypilot at Blue Lamp 8:30PM

Brunch Beats with DJ Katz at Aura 11AM

Blues Jam at 4PM & Mind X at Torch Club 8PM/$4

Alex Jenkins Trio at Shady Lady Saloon 9PM

Wayman Tisdale CD Release Tribute Show at Harlows 8PM/$15

Pictures: 1. Delfeayo Marsalis 2. Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers 3. Liani Moore 4. In The Heights

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2010-10-29T18:08:33Z

Here are some of the Halloween events, concerts, and music events happening this weekend and next week in the Sacramento area. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com

Friday, October 29th: FM 102.5's One Scary Night 2 featuring Bel Biv Devoe, DJ Charlie Ramos, Maino, and Hosted by Marcus Allen at California Auto Museum 2200 Front Street in Old Sacramento. Red Carpet at 9PM/Doors Open at 10PM. Tickets are $50.

Saturday, October 30th: 100.5's Annual Exotic Halloween Ball at Cal Expo with Wonderbread 5, 4 party rooms with rotating DJ's, costume contest, and lots of "Freaky" activities. Events run from 8:30PM - 2AM. Tickets are $34/VIP $100.

Sunday, October 31st: Fishbone at Harlows. Show begins at 9PM. Tickets are $15.

Tuesday, November 2nd: Godsmack - Five Finger Death Punch - Drowning Pool at Arco Arena. Concert begins at 7PM. Tickets are $49.95 GA (Includes Fees).

Wednesday, November 3rd - Sunday, November 14th: Broadway Sacramento presents In The Heights at Sacramento Community Center Theatre. Tickets are $15-$52.

Thursday, November 4th: Alan Jackson - Chris Young - The Band Perry at Arco Arena. Concert begins at 7:30PM. Tickets are $32 - $73.

Thursday, November 4th: Celtic Thunder at Sacramento Memorial Auditorium. Concert begins at 7:30PM. Tickets are $35-$45.

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, October 29th

Jerry Perry presents Goodness Gracious Me - Phantom Jets - Musical Charis at Old Ironsides 9PM/$7

The Stone Ghosts - Children of The Grave - Smirker at Marilyns 9PM/$8

DJ Maseo from De La Soul at Harlows 10PM/$15 - Halloween Havoc in The MoMo Lounge 10PM

Mercy Me Band at Torch Club 9PM/$10

Hot Tar Roofers - A Touch of Class at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

F*ck Fridays with Shaun Slaughter – Jon Droll – Roger Carpio at Townhouse 9PM/$3-$5

Frank Hannon at Shenanigans 9PM/$12

Halloween Costume Party at Dream Ultra Lounge with DJ Illest 9PM

Tainted Love at Power House Pub 9PM

Wesley Avery - I-80 - Penny - Fade - Vet@ Lion - W.O.W. ENT at The Boardwalk. 9PM/$14

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

The Show with DJ Billy Lane at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

All On Seven - Attwater at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

Reggae at The Red until 9PM at JB's Lounge-Red Lion

Fetish Fantasy Costume Ball with Mo Ayala - DJ Elements - Short-E at Azukar 9PM

Zoo Station (U2 Cover) - Petty Theft (Tom Petty Cover) at Blue Lamp 9PM

Dirty Filthy Mugs at Fire Escape 9PM

Wicked Halloween Costume Party at Social Nightclub 9PM

Saturday, October 30th:

Jerry Perry presents The Hundred Days - This Luxury at Old Ironsides 9PM/$7

Halloween with Radio Static at Marilyns 9PM/$8

98 Rock's Halloween Mayhem on J Street at Shenanigans 9PM

Be Brave Robot - Felsen at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

Molly Mawks - Rosie Chesney at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

David Houston and the Strings - Wally - Christopher Fairman at Lunas Cafe 8PM

Warp11 Children of the Grave at Blue Lamp 9:30PM

Halloween Rock Fest with Still Time & ZUGH at Harlows 9PM

Mind X Halloween Party at The Torch Club 9PM

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Halloween with Lou Dog Trio (Sublime Tribute) at Power House Pub 9PM

Nightmare on R Street at R-15 No Cover All Night

Versamerge - Anarbor - The Dangerous Summer Conditions - The Paper Melody at The Boardwalk 8PM/$12

Halloween Party with Chris Gardner Band at Stoney's Rockin Rodeo 8PM

Mix Saturdays with DJ Michael Moss at Mix Downtown 9PM

Halloween Party with DJ D Sharp (Las Vegas) at Dream Ultra Lounge 9PM

Vampires Ball with DJ Chris the Rebel at Social Nightclub 9PM

Fang Bangers Ball with DJ Peeti-V at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

Sunday, October 31st:

Jerry Perry's Annual Dead Rockstar Show 8PM/$8

Nightmare on K Street at MoMo Lounge 9PM

Halloween with Solsa at Torch Club 8PM

Alex Jenkins Trio at Shady Lady Saloon 9PM

Freak Fest with DJ MoFo & Danny Mijangos at Dream Ultra Lounge 9PM

Halloween Night Mayhem with DJ Nate D at Social Nightclub 9PM

Event Junkies Halloween with DJ Crooked & Billy Lane at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

Have a great Hallowen weekend!!!

Pictures 1.DJ Maseo 2. Godsmack 3. Alan Jackson 4. In The Heights 5. Frank Hannon

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2010-10-22T18:13:54Z

Here are some of the concerts and music events happening this weekend and next week in the Sacramento area. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com. Get out and enjoy!

Concerts, Music Events, and The Sacramento Music Scene This Week:

Friday, October 22nd: Sacramento Ballet presents Capital Choreography Competition at The Crest Theatre. Events begin at 7PM. Tickets are $20 - $35. Saturday, October 23rd Sacramento Ballet will present Family Fun Day at The Crest Theatre with two show times at 1PM & 4PM. Tickets are $15-$25.

Friday, October 22nd: Justin Bieber at Arco Arena. Concert begins at 7:00PM. Tickets are $39 - $65.

Friday, October 22nd: An Evening of Rock & Roll Tales and Music with Ray Manzarek (The Doors) & Roy Rogers with Electropoetic Coffee at The 24th Street Theatre on 2791 24th Street in Sacramento. Concert begins at 7:30PM. Tickets are $25-$30.

Friday, October 22nd: Mikey Avalon with Perls - Machette Fight at The Baordwalk. Concert begins at 8:00PM. Tickets are $25.

Saturday, October 23rd: Nickelback - Three Days Grace - Buckcherry at Arco Arena. Concert begins at 6:30PM. Tickets are $47-$77.

Saturday, October 23rd: Fred Eaglesmith at Harlows. Concert at 7:30PM. Tickets are $20.

Saturday, October 23rd: Orient Express with music from Eastern Europe, South America, and the U.S. at CSUS Capistrano Hasll on 6000 J Street in Sacramento. Concert begins at 8:00PM. Tickets are $8-$15.

Sunday, October 24th: Horrorpops with Fangs on Fur - The Muertones at The Boadwalk. Concert at 7:30PM. Tickets are $15.

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, October 22nd

Jerry Perry presents The Nervous Wreckords - Walking Spanish - Jet Black Popes at Old Ironsides 9PM/$7

Nemesis ENT Showcase with Buffalo Buffalo - Jack Rabbit Special - Ally Hasche - World Rogue at Marilyns 7:30PM/$10

Tainted Love at Harlows 10PM/$15

Midtown Creepers at Torch Club 9PM/$8

Not For Profit - The Polymers at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

F*ck Fridays with Shaun Slaughter – Jon Droll – Roger Carpio at Townhouse 9PM/$3-$5

Notorious at Power House Pub 9PM/$12

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

The Show with DJ Billy Lane at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Wife and Son - The Dreaded Diamond - Tyler Hall at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

Reggae at The Red until 9PM at JB's Lounge-Red Lion

Live Album Listening Party with Life in 24 Frames - Fight From Above at Luigis Fungarden 8:30PM/All Ages

SambaDa at Blue Lamp 9PM

The Tamara Little Trio - Steve McLane - Ken Rabiroff at Lunas Cafe 8PM/$6

The New Humans - Globes On Remote - DJ Crush Delight - DJ Whores at Sol Collective 9PM

Take Pride - Last Night In Town - Heartless - Hugo Stiglitz at The Fire Eascape 8PM

Saturday, October 23rd:

Jerry Perry presents The Crazy Harris Band - JD Valerio at Old Ironsides 9:30PM/$6

Sizzling Sirens "Hell On Wheels" with Sexrat at Marilyns 9PM/$20

The Nautics - Musical Charis - Larisa Bryski at Fox & Goose 9PM/$3

Calus Collective - Eye of the Architect - Heir Tales at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

The Down Trodden Saints at Lunas Cafe 8PM/$5

Batusis - The Secretions - Dungeons & Dragqueens at Blue Lamp 9PM

Casual with Doey Rock + more at Harlows 10PM/$12

IBC Blues Challenge with Two-Tone Steiny and The Cadillacs - Daniel Castro 2-6PM/$10 and CA Honeydrops 9PM at The Torch Club

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Not Your Style - Element of Soul at Power House Pub 10PM/$10

Mix Saturdays with DJ Michael Moss at Mix Downtown 9PM

Rocktoberfest with Rogue at Swabbies on the River 3PM/$5

Jazz After Dark at JB's Lounge-Red Lion 7PM/$12

Sunday, October 24th:

DJ Wokstar at Blue Lamp 9PM

Brunch Beats with DJ Katz at Aura 11AM

Blues Jam at 4PM & Mind X at Torch Club 8PM/$6

Alex Jenkins Trio at Shady Lady Saloon 9PM

4th Sunday Jazz with Shelly Burns & Joe Mazzaferro Quartet

Blues Show with Jeff Watson Band - Matty T Band - Mick Martin & Kyle Rowland at Stoney Inn 3-7PM/$10

Have a great week!!!

Pictures: 1. Nickelback 2. Ray Manzerak & Roy Rogers 3. SambaDa

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2010-10-15T18:56:17Z

Here are some of the concerts and music events happening this weekend and next week in the Sacramento area. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com

Concerts, Music Events, and The Sacramento Music Scene This Week:

Friday, October 15th & Friday, October 22nd: Sacramento Ballet presents Capital Choreography Competition at The Crest Theatre. Events begin at 7PM. Tickets are $20 - $35.

Friday, October 15th: Maroon 5 - Bruno Mars - One Republic at Arco Arena. Concert begins at 7:30PM. Tickets are $37 - $57.

Saturday, October 16th: Sacramento Philharmonic presents Russian Romance with guest violinist Mikhail Simonyan. Concert begins at 8PM. Tickets are $16-$80.

Saturday, October 16th - Sunday, October 17th: 14th Annual Folsom Renaissance will take place at Folsom City Lyon's Park on 50 Natoma Street in Folsom. Tickets are $9-$14. SAT 10AM-6PM. SUN 10AM-5PM.

Saturday, October 16th: Oktobeerfest at Cal Expo will feature live German music, and plenty of beer on tap. Tickets are $10/+21. Events run 2-7PM.

Sunday. October 17th: Sacramento Heritage Festival presents Gulf Coast Blues Benefit at Sacramento Horseman's Club on 3200 Longview Drive in Sacramento. Guests include Larry Garner - Alabama Mike & Third Degree - Lil Joe Washington. Admission is $20. Doors Open at 1PM.

Sunday, October 17th: Spencer Day at Harlows. Show begins at 7:30PM. Tickets are $25.

Tuesday, October 19th: Shakira at Arco Arena. Tickets are $27 - $147.

Tuesday, October 19th: Okean Elzy at Harlows. Show at 8PM. Tickets are $39.

Thursday, October 21st: Asleep at The Wheel at Harlows. Show at 7:30PM. Tickets are $37.

New Concert Tickets on Sale This Weeeknd:

107.9 Jingle Ball with Paramore - B.o.B. - Jesse McCartney - 30h!3 at Arco Arena on Friday, December 3rd. Tickets are $39.50 - $45 on sale SAT 10/16.

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, October 15th

Jerry Perry presents Lite Brite - Denver Pile Drivers - Majesty at Old Ironsides 9PM/$5

No Bozoz - The Athens at Marilyns 9PM/$7

Brubeck Brothers at Harlows 7:30PM/$30.

Harley White Jr. Orchestra at Torch Club 9PM/$8

Jay Shaner - Rich Driver - Gabe Nelson at Fox & Goose 9PM/$4

F*ck Fridays with Shaun Slaughter – Jon Droll – Roger Carpio at Townhouse 9PM/$3-$5

The Cheeseballs at Power House Pub 9PM

Track Fighter - AllInADay - Victims of Delight - Running Riot - Trial By Fire at The Boardwalk. 8PM/$10

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

The Show with DJ Billy Lane at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Adam Thompson - Katie Jane at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

Reggae at The Red until 9PM at JB's Lounge-Red Lion

Urban Fire at Swabbies On The River 6PM/$5

Stalking Distance - Friendship - Scattered Helmet at Blue Lamp 9PM

Contraddiction - Ali McNeil - Family Bandit at Lunas Cafe 8PM/$6

Dia De Los Muertos with Elements of Soul Band & DJ Gabe Xavier at Dream Ultra Lounge 8PM

Saturday, October 16th:

Jerry Perry presents The Graves Bothers Deluxe - Jem & Scout - Doc Holler at Old Ironsides 9:30PM/$6

Chuck's Annual Halloween Party with Pop Fiction & DJ Peeti-V at Marilyns 8:30PM/$25

Kevin Seconds - Switchbacks at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

Hot Tar Roofers - Jay Shaner - E-Squared at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$6

Flamenco Del Soul with Gopal Slavonic at Lunas Cafe 8:30PM/$12

Z-Man - Random Abilideze - Augustus The Elephant at Blue Lamp 9:30PM

Dane Drewis - Quinn Hedges Band at Harlows 10PM/$12

aaron King & The Imperials at The Torch Club 9PM/$7

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Your Music Magazine Olympicks with Arden Park Roots - Fate Under Fire - Prieta - Self Centered Ambient at The Boadwalk 8PM/$10

Spazmatics at Power House Pub 9PM

Mix Saturdays with DJ Michael Moss at Mix Downtown 9PM

Fryed Brothers Band at Swabbies on the River 4PM/$5

Jazz After Dark at JB's Lounge-Red Lion 7PM/$12

Rock & Rhyme with DJ Matt Cali - Drummer Justin Barnes - MC Nick Willrich at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

Sunday, October 17th:

Bob Wayne and The Outlaw Carnies - Coffin Hunter - Leroy Virgil & The Whiskah Ramblers at Blue Lamp

Brunch Beats with DJ Katz at Aura 11AM

Blues Jam at 4PM & Dippin Sauce at Torch Club 8PM/$6

Alex Jenkins Trio at Shady Lady Saloon 9PM

Nothin Personal at Swabbies on the River 3PM/$5

Andy Friedman: Alone on Guitar Tour at Marilyns 8PM/$8

MC Tuff at Harlows 10PM/$10

Pictures: 1. Maroon 5 2. Brubeck Brothers 3. Mikhail Simonyan 4. Shakira

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2010-10-08T18:37:24Z

Here are some of the concerts and music events happening this weekend and next week in the Sacramento area. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to w ww.eMusiConnect.com

Concerts, Music Events, and The Sacramento Music Scene This Week:

Through Sunday, October 10th: Burn The Floor at Sacramento Community Center Theatre. Tickets are $15-$59.

Friday, October 8th - Saturday, October 9th: Beat Generation and Beyond 4th Annual Davis Jazz Festival hosted by John Natsoulas Gallery at 521 First Street in Davis. Events include a variety of jazz performances, poetry readings, and art on display. FRI 1-10PM. SAT Noon-6PM. Free Admission.

Saturday, October 9th: SNR SAMMIES Music Extravaganza & Block Party on the R Street Corridor at 15th in Sacramento. Events include music from The Nickel Slots - Storytellers - The New Humans - DJ's Joints & Jam Stage, SAMMIES award winners announced. 6-10PM/Free to All Ages.

Sunday, October 10th: Joan Sebastian - Jaripeo Del Oro - 3A Caballo at Arco Arena. Concert begins at 5PM. Tickets are $42.50 - $172.

Sunday October 10th: Hot Pepper Festival and Chili Cook-Off will take place in Old Town Roseville with live music from Afterlife - Fortunate Few - Whiskey Pills, and activities for the entire family. Events begin at 10AM. Free Admission.

Tuesday, October 12th: Elephant Man at Harlows on 2708 J Street in Sacramento. Tickets are $20. Concert at 10PM.

Tuesday, October 12th - Wednesday, October 13th: In The Mood Musical Revue at The Crest Theatre. 2 Shows on TUES at 2PM & 7:30PM. 1 Show on WED at 2PM. Tickets are $32.50 - $49.50.

Wednesday, October 13th: Los Lobos at The Mondavi Center on the UC Davis Campus. Concert at 8PM. Tickets are $17.50 - $58.

Wednesday, October 13th: Elvin Bishop's "Raisin Hell Blues Review" with John Nemeth - Kid Anderson - Finis Tasby - Terry Hanck at Power House Pub. 7PM/$20

Thursday, October 14th: Gaelic Storm at Harlows on 2708 J Street in Sacramento. Show at 7:30PM. Tickets are $20.

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, October 8th

Jerry Perry presents The Vintage Vandals - The Cockfight Kings - Bam Bam at Old Ironsides 9PM/$7

Steven Story CD Release Show with Ryan Hernandez at Marilyns 9PM/$8

George Kahumoku JR at 7:30PM/$25 and The Workshop at 10PM at Harlows.

Red Hot Blues Sisters at Torch Club 9PM/$10

Whiskey & Stitches - Acoustic Eclectic Jam at Fox & Goose 9PM/$3

F*ck Fridays with Shaun Slaughter – Jon Droll – Roger Carpio at Townhouse 9PM/$3-$5

The Hits at Power House Pub 9PM

MC RUT - ADD - The Kaleding Design - Lite Brite at The Boardwalk. 8PM/$9.47

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

DJHavana Brown at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Sean Kilcoyne - Ian McGlone - Vanessa Chan at Naked Lounge Downtown
8:30PM/$5

Reggae at The Red until 9PM at JB's Lounge-Red Lion

Cherry Bomb - Mach 5 at Swabbies On The River 6PM/$5

Aroarah - Prieta - Genius & Thieves at Blue Lamp 9PM

Liz Ryder CD Release - Chis Perriena - Mandolin Avenue at Lunas Cafe 8PM/$6

Saturday, October 9th:

Fascination 80's New Wave Dance Club at Old Ironsides 9:30PM/$5

Bob Woods Band Geezer Gig 6PM/$5 John Lennon B-Day Show at Marilyns 9PM/$8

DJ Larry Rodriquez at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

Isaac Howl - Dirty Feet at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$6

Grace Woods - Katie Knipp - Nikki Maoz at Lunas Cafe 8PM/$6

Mahti Bush - Chino XL at Blue Lamp 9PM

Reminisce at Harlows 10PM/$12

Kevin Russell at The Torch Club 9PM/$10

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Superlicious at Power House Pub 9PM

Mix Saturdays with DJ Michael Moss at Mix Downtown 9PM

Riff Raff - Skid Roses - Tres Hombres at Swabbies on the River 4PM/$5

Jazz After Dark at JB's Lounge-Red Lion 7PM/$12

Sunday, October 10th:

DJ Wokstar's 10PM/$5 at Blue Lamp

Brunch Beats with DJ Katz at Aura 11AM

Blues Jam at 4PM & Johnny Guitar Knox at Torch Club 8PM/$6

Alex Jenkins Trio at Shady Lady Saloon 9PM

SacShows Local Music Awards with Dance Gavin Dance - Jonny Craig - Arden Park Roots - Green Audio - DJ Elements at Tropicana 6PM/$15

Country Festival with Whiskey Dawn - Attwater - Two Steps Down - The Golden Cadillacs at Swabbies on the River 3PM/$10

Floater - ReckMass In Vegas - Smirker at Marilyns 8PM/$10-$12

Pictures: 1. Joan Sebastian 2. MC RUT 3. Los Lobos 4. Elvin Bishop

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2010-10-01T15:46:10Z

Here are some of the concerts and music events happening this weekend and next week in the Sacramento area. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com

Concerts, Music Events, and The Sacramento Music Scene This Week:

Friday, October 1st: Bad Company & Larisa Bryski at Thunder Valley Resort. Tickets are $29-$69. Concert starts at 7:30PM.

Through Sunday, October 10th: Burn to The Floor at Sacramento Community Center Theatre. Tickets are $15-$59.

Friday, October 1st - Saturday, October 2nd: 43rd Annual Sacramento Turn Verein Okoberfest will feature music, dancing, food/beer and more on 3349 J Street in Sacramento. FRI/6PM SAT/3PM. Tickets are $5-$10.

Saturday, October 2nd: Sacramento Latin Music & Arts Festival will feature cultural music, art, awards, dancing , food and more at Cesar Chavez Plaza on 10th & J Street In Sacramento. Events begin at 11AM. Tickets are $5-$10.

Saturday, October 2nd: Active 20-30 Club Oktoberfest at Fairytale Town in William Land Park in Sacramento and will feature music from The Hit List & more, beer and food. Events will take place from 5-9PM. Tickets are $15-$20 and proceeds benefit Sacramento children's charities.

Sunday, October 3rd: Sacramento World Music & Dance Festival will feature dance and musical performances from over 30 countries in Old Sacramento from 10AM-5PM/Free.

Sunday, October, 3rd: Blues for Life 4th Annual Benefit for Breast Cancer will feature a variety of local blues artists at The Torch Club on 15Th & J Street from 2-8PM. Tickets are $15.

Sunday, October 5th: Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers at The Mondavi Center on the UC Davis Campus. Tickets are $20-$78. Concert begins at 7PM.

Sunday, October 3rd: EPMD at Harlows on 2708 J Street in Sacramento. Tickets are $20. Concert at 10PM.

New Concert Tickets On Sale This Week:

Godsmack with Five Finger Death Punch & Drowning Pool at Arco Arena on TUES November 2nd. Tickets are $49.95 GA (Includes Fees) On Sale SAT.

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, October 2nd:

Jerry Perry presents Mad Cow String Band at Old Ironsides 9:30PM/$7

Big Lebowski Festival with The Nuance & Walking Spanish at Marilyns 8PM/$12

Wonderbread 5 & AfterParty at Harlows 10PM/$12

Terry Hanck at Torch Club 9PM/$10

Ambergalnce - Early States - Liani Moore at Fox & Goose 9PM/$3

F*ck Fridays with Shaun Slaughter – Jon Droll – Roger Carpio at Townhouse 9PM/$3-$5

Mother Hips at Power House Pub 9PM

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

The Show with DJ Billy Lane at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

The Bell Boys - Friends of John Koepp - Jesi Naomi at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

Reggae at The Red until 9PM at JB's Lounge-Red Lion

Cross - Tie Walkers at Swabbies On The River 6PM/$5

The Reverend Payton's Big Damn Band - The Mighty Regis at Blue Lamp 9PM

Day 1 NorCal Noisefest at Lunas Cafe 7PM-Midnight/$10

Saturday, October 2nd:

Bobby Jordan's 40th with Mr T Experience - The Knockoff's - Red Star Memorial + more at Old Ironsides 9PM/$7

80's Metal Night with Pirate Radio at Marilyns 9PM/$8

Happy Tails Benefit with Midtown Jazz at 6PM/$5 - Doc Holler at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

Walking Spanish - Guns for San Sebastian at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$6

Day 2 of NorCal Noisefest at Sol Collective Session 2 at 2PM/$10, Session 3 at 6PM/$10

Raashan Ahmad of Crown City Rockers at Blue Lamp 9PM

Ludo - There for Tomorrow - The Graduate - Tommy & The High Pilots at The Boardwalk 8PM/$12-$14

Hip Service at Harlows 10PM/$12

Gina Matteo at The Torch Club 9PM/$10

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Atomic Punks at Power House Pub 9PM

Mix Saturdays with DJ Michael Moss at Mix Downtown 9PM

Departure Jouney Tribute at Swabbies on the River 4PM/$5

Jazz After Dark at JB's Lounge-Red Lion 7PM/$12

Sunday, October 3rd:

DJ Wokstar's 10PM/$5 at Blue Lamp

Brunch Beats with DJ Katz at Aura 11AM

Blues Jam at 4PM & Mind X at Torch Club 8PM/$6

Alex Jenkins Trio at Shady Lady Saloon 9PM

Rockabilly Festival at Swabbies on the River 3PM/$5

Pictures: 1. Bad Company 2. Steve Martin 3. Mother Hips 4. EPMD

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2010-09-24T18:58:30Z

Here are some of the concerts and music events happening this weekend and next week in the Sacramento area. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com

Concerts, Music Events, and The Sacramento Music Scene This Week:

Friday, September 24th: Montgomery Gentry at Thunder Valley Resort. Tickets are $29-$79. Concert starts at 8:00PM.

Saturday, September 25th: Tony Bennett at Thunder Valley Resort. Tickets are $29-$79. Concert starts at 8:00PM.

Sunday, September 26th: Chis Isaak at Thunder Valley Resort. Tickets are $29-$79. Concert starts at 8:00PM.

Friday, September 24th - Sunday September 26th: Runaway Stage Productions presents RENT at 24th Street Theatre on 2791 24th Street in Sacramento. FRI-SAT 8PM. SUN 2PM. Tickets are $15-$20.

Friday September 24th - Saturday, September 25th: Folsom Live will take place in Historic Folsom beginning Friday with an American Idol Block Party and live bands at 6PM. Saturday 12 bands are scheduled to appear on various outdoor and indoor stages that include Elvin Bishop - Bump City - Pink Froyd - Because Beatles Tribute - Wonderbread 5 - Twanna Turner and Superlicious - Dave Russell and many more. Gates Open at 5PM tickets are $30ADV/$35Door. Parking in very limited. For ticket holders Lite Rail is free and will run until 11PM and there is shuttle sevice to larger parking lots for those driving to the event.

Saturday, September 25th: African Cultural Festival will take place at CAL Expo with live music, arts & crafts, food, and children's activities. Admission is $5/Free under 10. Events begins at 8AM (Prayer Breakfast $10 & Dinner $50 ).

Sunday, September 26th: Blues on The Green 2 will take place at Capital Public Radio on 7022 Folsom BLVD in Sacramento. The event will feature music from The Blues Broads - The Nick Gravenites Blues Band and host Mick Martin. Tickest are $25ADV/$30Door. Gates Open at 1PM. Concerts at 2PM.

Sunday, September 26th: Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society presents Jazz in the Park with the Nagual at Woodbine Park on 2430 52nd Avenue in Sacramento at 6PM. Free admission.

Monday, September 27th: Benise at Crest Theatre. Tickets are $29-$49. Concert starts at 7:00PM.

Tuesday, September 28th: Muse with Passion Pit at Arco Arena. Tickets are $42.50 - $52.50. Concert starts at 7:30PM.

Tuesday, September 28th: 4 Troops at Crest Theatre. Tickets are $25-$40. Concerts starts at 7:30PM.

Wednesday, September 29th - Sunday, October 10th: Broadway Sacramento presents Burn The Floor at Sacramento Community Center Theatre. Tickets are $15-$52. Shows at various times.

New Concert Tickets On Sale This Week:

Radio City Rocketts Christmas Spectacular at Arco Arena on WED December 15th. 2 Shows. Tickets are $47-$89. On Sale SAT.

Lady Gaga at Arco Arena on WED March 23rd. Tickets are $49-$175. On Sale SAT.

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, September 24th:

Jerry Perry presents Universal Steve - San Kazagaskar - David Houston and the Strings at Old Ironsides 9:30PM/$7

Sacramento Jazz Orchestra at Marilyns 7PM/$15

Pop Fiction at Harlows $10/10PM

The Hucklebucks CD Release Party at Torch Club 9PM/$7

Dennis Johnson and The Mississippi Ramblers at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

F*ck Fridays with Shaun Slaughter – Jon Droll – Roger Carpio at Townhouse 9PM/$3-$5

Grey Atlas - DJ Gabe Xavier at Dream Ultra Lounge 8PM

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

DJ Homicide and DJ Billy Lane at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

The Polymers - Norfolk Jacket - George Papailias at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

Reggae at The Red until 9PM at JB's Lounge-Red Lion

FLO at Swabbies On The River 6PM/$5

Joe Buck Yourself - West Nile Ramblers at Blue Lamp 9PM

Saturday, September 25th:

SAMMIES Showcase with Ricky Berger - Siml3Jack - Kepi Ghoulie at Luigis Fungarden All Ages/8PM/$5

Brass Bed - Sex Rat at Old Ironsides 9PM/$7

Western Lights Blue Grass at 7PM/$10 Thaw Jack Frost - Island of Black & White at Marilyns 9PM/$7

Rodeo Planet - Acoustic Eclectic Jam Band at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

Brian Rogers - Freddie & Francine - Rick Driver at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

David Houston and the Strings at Lunas Cafe 9PM/$6

Pre-Rocky Horror Warm Up Show - As You Like It at Blue Lamp 9PM

The Memorials Hottub at Harlows 9:30PM/$12

Lavay Smith & The Red Hot Skillet Lickers at The Torch Club 8PM/$7

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Mix Saturdays with DJ Michael Moss at Mix Downtown 9PM

DJ Peeti-V at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

Mick Martin & Blues Rockers Blues Fest at Swabbies on the River 1- 9PM/$10

Jazz After Dark at JB's Lounge-Red Lion 7PM/$12

Sunday, September 26th:

DJ Wokstar's 10PM/$5 at Blue Lamp

Brunch Beats with DJ Katz at Aura 11AM

Blues Jam at 4PM & Mind X at Torch Club 8PM/$6

Alex Jenkins Trio at Shady Lady Saloon 9PM

Chris Gardner & Courtney Lynn at Swabbies on the River 3PM/$10

(Pictures: 1. Chris Isaak 2. Benise 3.Muse 4.Burn The Floor)

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2010-09-17T17:50:24Z

Here are some of the concerts and music events happening this weekend and next week in the Sacramento area. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com

Concerts, Music Events, and The Sacramento Music Scene This Week:

Friday, September 17th: V101 Ladies Of Soul at Arco Arena. Tickets are $25-$35. Concert starts at 7:30PM.

Friday, September 17th: The Joans Brothers with Demi Lovato at SleepTrain Ampitheatre. Tickets are $37-$97. Concert statrs at 7:00PM.

Friday, September 17th: Concerts 4 Charity & Pamela Hayes Classical Ballet present Live Local Music & Ballet at The Crest Theatre on 1013 K Street in Sacramento. Tickets are $12. Event begins at 7:00PM.

Saturday, September 18th: Boney James and Kenny Lattimore at Sacramento Radisson. Tickets are $40-$57. Concert starts at 7:00PM.

Saturday, September 18th: Spirit of Asia at Thunder Valley Resort. Tickets are $29-$79. Concert starts at 8:00PM.

Friday, September 17th - Sunday September 19th: Runaway Stage Productions presents RENT at 24th Street Theatre on 2791 24th Street in Sacramento. FRI-SAT 8PM. SUN 2PM. Tickets are $15-$20.

Friday, September 17th - Sunday, September 19th: American River Music Festival will feature three days of live music, camping, and rafting with the main stage of music at Henningsen-Lotus Park on 950 Lotus Road in Lotus. Music Starts at 10AM SAT-SUN and tickets are $15-$35.

Third Saturday will feature live music from Justin Farren, a fashion show, dance performance from Dance 2D Rhythm and local arts vendors. Events will take place at Downtown Plaza at 6Th & K Street in Sacramento from 12-5PM.

Saturday, September 18th: Fair Oaks Chicken Festival will feature live music from Mumbo Gumbo, Lightning Hand, Funkengruven and more. Food, art, and children's area, and micro brew tasting at Fair Oaks Village in Fair Oaks. Events begin at 10AM and admission is free.

Sunday, September 19th: 96.9 The Eagle Bike Bash to benefit domestic abuse at The Sacramento Horsemans Club on 3200 Longview Drive in Sacramento. Live bands include The Fryed Brothers, The Tommy Castro Band, Ronnie Baker Brooks, Joanne Shaw Taylor. Events Noon -6PM. Admission is $10.

Sunday, September 19th: Rock For Hope at Laughs Unlimited in Old Sacramento on 1207 Front Street in Old Sacramento will feature Garret Wilkin and The Parrotheads, Renegade, and Cherry Bombs. Events begins at 4PM. Tickets are $25.

Sunday, September 19th: Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society presents Jazz in the Park with the Vivian Lee Quintet at J. Neely Johnson Park on 516 11th Street in Sacramento at 6PM. Free admission.

Monday, September 20th: Willie K at Harlows. Concert at 7:30PM. Tickets are $25.

Monday, September 20th: Hinder with My Darkest Days and Black Sunshine at The Boardwalk. Concert at 7:30PM. Tickets are $28ADV.

Wednesday, September 22nd: Rockstar Uproar with Disturbed, Avenged Sevenfold, Stone Sour, Halestorm and more at SleepTrain Ampitheatre. Concert begins at 4PM. Tickets are $25-$55.

Thursday, September 23rd: Tosh Meets Marley at Harlows. Show at 9:30PM. Tickets are $20.00.

New Concert Tickets On Sale This Week:

Trans-Siberian Orchestra at Arco Arena on SAT NOV 20th. 2 Shows at 3PM and 7:30PM. Tickets are $32-$70. On Sale SAT.

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, September 17th:

Jerry Perry presents The Nickel Slots - Richard March - God Intentions at Old Ironsides 9PM/$7

The Hit List at Marilyns 9:30PM/$12

Trombone Shorty & New Orleans Avenue at Harlows $25/9PM

John Lee Hooker Jr at Torch Club 9PM/$12

Carly Du Hain - Justin Farren - Lidsey Cook at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

F*ck Fridays with Shaun Slaughter – Jon Droll – Roger Carpio at Townhouse 9PM/$3-$5

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

The Show with DJ Billy Lane at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Gillian Underwood - Lisa Lanley - Vanessa Chan at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

Reggae at The Red until 9PM at JB's Lounge-Red Lion

Live Reggae at Swabbies On The River 6PM/$5

Mondo Deco - Soft White Sixties - Mildred at Blue Lamp 9PM

Saturday, September 18th:

Mike Blanchard & The Whispering Chingaderos at Old Ironsides 9PM/$7

Love Fool at Marilyns 9PM/$10

Ian McGlone - The Inversions - Scott Ballard at Fox & Goose 9PM/$3

Fish Cat Fish Doofy Doo at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

Electropoetic Coffee at Lunas Cafe 8PM/$10

Hypnotic IV - Blue Diamonds - Blame Betty at Blue Lamp 9PM

Katie Knipp (7:30PM/$5) Midnight Players at Harlows 10PM/$12

Daniel Castro at The Torch Club 8PM/$7

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Mix Saturdays with DJ Michael Moss at Mix Downtown 9PM

DJ Peeti-V at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

Garret Wilkin and The Parrotheads at Swabbies on the River 5PM/$15

Jazz After Dark at JB's Lounge-Red Lion 7PM/$12

Sunday, September 19th:

DJ Wokstar's 10PM/$5 at Blue Lamp

Brunch Beats with DJ Katz at Aura 11AM

Blues Jam at 4PM & Stacie Eakes at Torch Club 8PM/$6

Alex Jenkins Trio at Shady Lady Saloon 9PM

The Beer Dawgs Reunion at Swabbies on the River 3PM/$10

Pictures (1.Trombone Shorty 2. Boney James 3.Disturbed)

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2010-09-10T17:19:01Z

Here are some of the concerts and music events happening this weekend and next week in the Sacramento area. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com

Concerts, Music Events, and The Sacramento Music Scene This Week:

Saturday, September 11th: Rick Springfield with Peter Noone and Davy Jones at Thunder Valley Resort at 8:00PM. Tickets are $19.00 - $59.00.

Second Saturday features art on display, live music events, street vendors, events at galleries, restaurants, and nightclubs in the Sacramento area. Maps and more event information can be found in Sacramento Bee Friday Ticket or Sacramento News & Review.

Monday, September 13th: CHK CHK CHK at Harlows. Show at 9:00PM. Tickets are $15.00 ADV.

Tuesday, September 14th: Primus with Mariachi El Bronx at Sacramento Memorial Auditorium. Show at 8:00PM. Tickets are $38.00 GA.

Wednesday, September 15th: Weldon Kekauoha at Harlows. Show at 6:30PM. Tickets are $15.00.

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, September 10th:

Jerry Perry presents Lite Brite - The Babs Johnson Gang at Old Ironsides 9:30PM/$7

Fortress of Attitude - Ol Cotton Dreary - Relic 45 at Marilyns 9PM/$7

Ian Ethan (early show 7PM/$12) The Workshop Reunion with 60 Seconds to Wreck & Harley White at Harlows 10PM/$10

Mick Martin & The Blues Rockers at Torch Club 9PM/$8

Attwater - Chris Twomey at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

F*ck Fridays with Shaun Slaughter – Jon Droll – Roger Carpio at Townhouse 9PM/$3-$5

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Hip Hop & Forum on Community Justice at Sol Collective (2574 21st Street) 6PM/$5-$20

The Cuf at The Distillery 9PM/$6

The Show with DJ Billy Lane at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Lost Angeles - Arlyn Anderson Trio - The Charles Ross Experience at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

DJ Intensify at Dream Ultra Lounge 9PM

Reggae at The Red until 9PM at JB's Lounge-Red Lion

Nothin Personal at Swabbies On The River 6PM/$5

Love & Rockets Tribute & INXS Tribute at Blue Lamp 9PM

Salsa Fridays at Club 21 9PM/$5

Wonderbread 5 at Crawdad's on the River 9PM

Saturday, September 11th:

Fascination 80's Dance Club at Old Ironsides 9:00PM

Chuck's Annual Pirate & Wench Party at Marilyn's 8:30PM/$25

Kill The Radio Logic - Kooch - Dum Spiro Spero at Fox & Goose 9PM/$3

Kevin Seconds - Erik Hanson at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

Bamboo Station at Blue Lamp 9PM

Doolin Run New Country Band at Harlows 10PM/$8

Shane Dwight at The Torch Club 9PM/$10

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Mix Saturdays with DJ Michael Moss at Mix Downtown 9PM

DJ Scene at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

No Bozoz at Swabbies on the River 6PM/$5

Jazz After Dark at JB's Lounge-Red Lion 7PM/$12

Sunday, September 12th:

DJ Wokstar's 10PM/$5 at Blue Lamp

Brunch Beats with DJ Katz at Aura 11AM

Tess Honn CD Release at Torch Club 8PM

Alex Jenkins Trio at Shady Lady Saloon 9PM

Salsa Sunday at MoMo Lounge 7PM (Moving to WED 9/15)

The Remedies at Harlows 8PM

Diva Show at Faces 9PM/$5

Mother Mayhem at Swabbies on the River 3PM/$3

Benefit for Randy Valdez of Colma with Colma - Deconstruct & more at The Boardwalk 4PM

(Pictures 1.Rick Springfield 2. Primus)

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2010-08-27T17:33:13Z

Here are some of the concerts and music events happening this weekend and next week in the Sacramento area. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com

Concerts, Music Events, and The Sacramento Music Scene This Week:

Through Sunday, August 29th: 42nd Street at Wells Fargo Pavilion. Tickets are $48.00.

Friday, August 27th: Dave Matthews Band with Raphael Saadiq at Sleep Train Amphitheatre at 7:00PM. Tickets are $35.00 - $70.00

Saturday, August 28th - Sunday, August 29th: Menopause The Musical at Sacramento Community Center Theatre. Shows on SAT at 2:00PM and 8:00 PM, SUN at 2:00PM. Tickets are $43.00 - $48.00.

Saturday, August 28th: Martin Nivera - Joey Albert - Jasmin Tris at Thunder Valley Resort at 8:00PM. Tickets are $19.00 - $79.00.

Saturday, August 28th: Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society Fundraiser for Music Education with Desert Cities Jazz Band featuring Debbie Boone & Hal Linden at 7:00PM. Tickets are $40.00 - $50.00.

Sunday, August 29th: Dennis DeYoung with Music of Styx & Mickey Thomas of Starship at 7:00PM. Tickets are $29.00 - $79.00.

Sunday, August 29th: Country In The Park with Dierks Benltey - Jack Ingram - Whiskey Dawn at Capitol Mall between 3rd & 7th street in downtown Sacramento. Gates Open at 11:00 AM. Tickets are $24.00 ADV $28.00 Gate.

Wednesday, September 1st: Slayer with Megadeath - Testament at Arco Arena at 7:30PM. Tickets are $39.00 - $42.50.

New Concert Tickets On Sale This Week:

Alan Jackson with Chris Young & The Band Perry at Arco Arena on Thursday, November 4th. Tickets are $32.50 - $72.50 and go on sale Friday, August 27th.

These Thunder Valley Resort concerts recently went on sale: Melissa Etheridge Sunday, September 5th. Rick Springfield with Davey Jones & Peter Noone Saturday, September 11th. Montgomery Gentry on Friday, September 24th. Tony Bennett on Saturday, September 25th. Ticket prices range from $29.00 - $79.00.

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, August 27th:

Jerry Perry presents The Stone Foxes - Soft White Sixties - Friendship at Old Ironsides 9:30PM/$7

The Nibblers at Marilyns 9PM/$7

Off The Wall Tribute to Michael Jackson at Harlows 9PM/$10

Two Tone Steiny CD Release at Torch Club 9PM/$8

Flatlin - David Born at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

F*ck Fridays with Shaun Slaughter – Jon Droll – Roger Carpio at Townhouse 9PM/$3-$5

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Chelsea Wolfe - Mont Shout - Brittney at Lunas Cafe 8:30PM/Free

Tribe of Levi - K-Yel - The Bell Boys at The Distillery 10PM/$6

The Show with DJ Billy Lane at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Baby Grand - John Conley - Sinking Ships - Alex Jenkins at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

Double Trouble with P.LO - DJ Nate D at Social Nightclub 9PM

Reggae at The Red until 9PM at JB's Lounge-Red Lion

Bryan Keith at Swabbies On The River 6PM/$5

Departure Journey Tribute at Blue Lamp 9PM

209 All Stars at Crawdads on the River 9PM

Saturday, August 28th:

Prieta - Arden Park Roots at Old Ironsides 9:00PM

Marilyns Closed for Private Party

Sound Impression - The Kairos Quartet at Fox & Goose 9PM/$3

Adrian Bourgeois - Autumn Sky at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

Goodness Gracious Me - Ape Machine - Lite Brite at Blue Lamp 9PM

Caroyln Wonderland at 7:30PM/$25 40X40 B-Day Party for Sonny Mayugba & Chris Macias with The Skits & Daycare at Harlows 10PM

Volker Strifer at The Torch Club 8PM/$7

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Mix Saturdays with DJ Michael Moss at Mix Downtown 9PM

Get Loud for DJ AM with DJ Peeti-V - DJ Matt Cali - Justin Barnes - Nick Wilrich at Park Ultra Lounge 9PM

Fire & Wheels at Swabbies on the River 6PM/$5

Jazz After Dark at JB's Lounge-Red Lion 7PM/$12

Sunday, August 29th:

DJ Wokstar's 10PM/$5 at Blue Lamp

Brunch Beats with DJ Katz at Aura 11AM

Blues Jam at 4PM & Kate Gaffney Band. at Torch Club 8PM/$6

Alex Jenkins Trio at Shady Lady Saloon 9PM

Salsa Sunday at MoMo Lounge 7PM

Doom Bird - Aaron Ross - Bart Davenport at Harlows 9PM

Diva Show at Faces 9PM/$5

Amanda Gray - Whiskey Savage at Swabbies on the River 3PM/$3

(Pictures 1.Dave Mattews Band 2. Dierks Bentley 3.Carolyn Wonderland 4. Slayer)

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2010-08-20T17:04:41Z

Here are some of the concerts and music events happening this weekend and next week in the Sacramento area. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com

Concerts, Music Events, and The Sacramento Music Scene This Week:

Tuesday, August 17th - Sunday, August 22nd: Music Circus Summer Musical Series presents Marvelous Wonderettes at Wells Fargo Pavilion on 1419 H Street in Sacramento. Tickets are $48. 42nd Street begins Tuesday, August 24th.

Saturday, August 21st: Y&T with Zeparella at The Crest Theatre at 8PM. Tickets are $35.00.

Saturday, August 21st: John Mayer & Owl City at Sleep Train Ampitheatre at 7:30PM. Tickets $36.00 - $69.50.

Saturday, August 21st: Son of Mock Rock Festival at Thunder Valley Resort at 7:00PM. Tickets are $10.00 - $20.00.

Saturday, August 21st: Oleander with Kaleiding Design - Sleepnoise - Color The Sound - ALLINADAY. 8PM/$12-$15

Tuesday, August 24th: Michael Buble at Arco Arena at 8:00PM. Tickets are $49.00 - $89.50.

Thursday, August 26th: Hot Lunch Summer Concert Series at Fremont Park on 16th & Q Street in Sacramento. Wahnderlust will perform from 11:30 - 1PM, and concerts are Free.

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, August 20th:

Jerry Perry presents The Lucky Stars & The Poplollys at Old Ironsides 9PM/$7

Hot Buttered Rum at Marilyns 9:30PM/$14

ZUHG - Random Abiladeze - Thaw Jack Frost at Harlows 9PM/$10

Andy Santana at Torch Club 9PM/$7

Justin Farren - Pat Hull at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

F*ck Fridays with Shaun Slaughter – Jon Droll – Roger Carpio at Townhouse 9PM/$3-$5

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Little Black Bats - Brain Wrap - Trout & Parrot at Lunas Cafe 9PM/$6

Worker Bee - Der Spazm - The Babs Johnson Gang at The Distillery 10PM/$6

The Show with DJ Billy Lane at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

The Pollination - Vectors - Verballistic at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

Mile High with DJ Billy Ruckus at Social Nightclub 9PM

Reggae at The Red until 9PM at JB's Lounge-Red Lion

Urban Fire & Mystic Roots at Swabbies On The River 6PM/$5

Who Cares - Sleep Talk at Blue Lamp 9PM

9.5 at Crawdads on the River 9PM

Saturday, August 21st:

Hey Market Squares - The West Nile Ramblers - The Hot Tar Roofers at Old Ironsides 9:30PM/$3

Molly Mawks & Friends at Fox & Goose 9PM/$3

Be Brave Robot - The Grownup Noise - Blisses B at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

Bright Faces - Jet Black Popes - Larry & His Flask at Blue Lamp 9PM

2Me - Abandon Theory - Sir J-Hon at Marilyns 9PM/$10

Vokab Kompany at Harlows 10PM/$10

Mind X at The Torch Club 8PM/$7

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Mix Saturdays with DJ Michael Moss at Mix Downtown 9PM

The New Humans CD Release at Townhouse 8PM/$5

DJ Joe Maz at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM

Mumbo Gumbo at Swabbies on the River 6PM/$10

Jazz After Dark at JB's Lounge-Red Lion 7PM/$12

Sunday, August 22nd:

DJ Wokstar's 10PM/$5 at Blue Lamp

Brunch Beats with DJ Katz at Aura 11AM

Blues Jam at 4PM & Harley White Jr. at Torch Club 8PM/$6

Alex Jenkins Trio at Shady Lady Saloon 9PM

Salsa Sunday at MoMo Lounge 7PM

Diva Show at Faces 9PM/$5

Kiss N Tell at Swabbies on the River 3PM/$3

(Pictures 1.Oleander 2. Y&T 3. John Mayer 4. Michael Buble)

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2010-08-13T19:47:36Z

Here are some of the concerts and music events happening this weekend and next week in the Sacramento area. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com

Concerts, Music Events, and The Sacramento Music Scene This Week:

Friday, August 13th: Friday Night Concerts in The Park at Cesar Chavez Plaza on 10th & J Streets in Sacramento. This week: The Brodys - Phantom Jet - The Luxury. Concerts are Free and run from 5-9PM. All Ages/Beer Garden for 21+

Tuesday, August 10th - Sunday, August 15th: Music Circus Summer Musical Series presents Funny Girl at Wells Fargo Pavilion on 1419 H Street in Sacramento. Tickets are $48. Marvelous Wonderettes begins Tuesday, August 17th.

Friday, August 13th: Wisin Y Yandel at Arco Arena. Concert Begins at 8:00 PM. Tickets are $33.00 - $73.00.

Saturday, August 14th: Southside Sessions Art and Music Festival at Southside Park on 2115 6th Street in Sacramento. Music from Prieta - Majesty - Smirker - O Street Dub - Esteban Villa. Skate Boarding and Art Expo. Begins at 3PM. (See SacPress article on 8/12)

Saturday, August 14th: Second Saturday features art on display, live music, street vendors, and special events at galleries, restaurants, and nightclubs in the Sacramento area. Maps available in the Sacramento Bee Friday Ticket and Sacramento News & Review.

Saturday, August 14th - Sunday, August 15th: Outside Lands Music Festival at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Single-Day $75.00, Two-Day $140.00. Getting better every year, great music line-up, and a nice day trip for Sacramento area residents. sfoutsidelands.com

Tuesday, August 17: Michael Schenker Group at The Boardwalk at 7:30PM. Tickets are $22.00 - $25.00.

Wednesday, August 18th: American Idols Live!. Concert begins at 7:30PM. Tickets are $38.00 - $68.00.

Thursday, August 19th: Hot Lunch Summer Concert Series at Fremont Park on 16th & Q Street in Sacramento. BLVD Park will perform from 11:30 - 1PM, and concerts are Free.

Concert Tickets On Sale This Week:

Rascal Flatts & Kellie Pickler at Sleep Train Amphitheatre on Thursday, October 7th. Tickets are $28.00 -$103.00. On Sale Saturday.

Chris Isaak at Thunder Valley Resort on Sunday, September 26th. Tickets are $29.00 - $79.00. On Sale Saturday.

Country In The Park with Dierks Bentley - Jack Ingram - Whiskey Dawn at Capitol Mall on Sunday, August 29th. Tickets are $24.00. Recently went on sale.

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, August 13th:

Jerry Perry presents Lite Brite - Prieta - The Kelps at Old Ironsides 9PM/$7

The Jerry Garcia Tribute with Sean Lehe at Marilyns 9:00PM/$10

Goapele at Harlows 10PM/$15

The Nibblers at Torch Club 9PM/$8

Super Lucky Catz - Runk - Gado Gado at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

F*ck Fridays with Shaun Slaughter – Jon Droll – Roger Carpio at Townhouse 9PM/$3-$5

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Aaron Linkin - The Streamliners - Aaron Linkin at Lunas Cafe 9PM/$6

Tommy Mills & The Jade Amenity - Prylosis - BrainWrap at The Distillery 10PM/$6

The Show with DJ Billy Lane at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Miss Lonely Hearts - Nellie Fitzgerald at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

DJ Kris P at Social Nightclub 9PM

Reggae at The Red until 9PM at JB's Lounge-Red Lion

Dirk Lang at Swabbies On The River 6PM/No Cover

Chcuk Ragan of Hot Water Music - Jake D - Brian Hanover at Blue Lamp 9PM

Mother Mayhem at Crawdads on the River 9PM

Saturday, August 14th:

Fascination New Wave Dance Club at Old Ironsides 9:30PM/$3

Little Black Bats at Fox & Goose 9PM/$3

Spazmatics at Stoney's Rockin Rodeo 9PM

Honeyock - Spun Crush - Dick Larson at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

This Charming Band Smith's Tribute - The Snobs at Blue Lamp 9PM

Bob Woods Band - Kate Gaffney at Marilyns 7PM/$10

Midnight Players at Harlows 10PM/$12

Delta Wires at The Torch Club 8PM/$8

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Mix Saturdays with DJ Michael Moss at Mix Downtown 9PM

DJ Joe Maz at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM

Rogue at Swabbies on the River 3PM/$5

Jazz After Dark at JB's Lounge-Red Lion 7PM/$12

Sunday, August 15th:

DJ Wokstar's 4oth B-Day Bash & Mystic Roots 10PM/$5 at Blue Lamp

Brunch Beats with DJ Katz at Aura 11AM

Reggae By The Pool at The Radisson Hotel 4-8PM $10 Adults $5(12-16YRS)

Blues Jam at 4PM & Harley White Jr. at Torch Club 8PM/$6

Alex Jenkins Trio at Shady Lady Saloon 9PM

Te Vaka Polynesian Band at Harlow's 7:30PM/$20

Salsa Sunday at MoMo Lounge 7PM

Diva Show at Faces 9PM/$5

Lightning Hand at Swabbies on the River 3PM/$5

(Pictures 1. The Brodys 2.Goapele 3. Michael Schenker)

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2010-08-06T19:07:56Z

Here are some of the concerts and music events happening this weekend and next week in the Sacramento area. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com

Concerts, Music Events, and The Sacramento Music Scene This Week:

Friday, August 6th: Friday Night Concerts in The Park at Cesar Chavez Plaza on 10th & J Streets in Sacramento. This week: Golden Cadillacs - Light Rail - Johnny Knox & The Soothers. Concerts are Free and run from 5-9PM. All Ages/Beer Garden for 21+

Tuesday, August 3rd - Sunday, August 8th: Music Circus Summer Musical Series presents Dirty Rotten Scoundrels at Wells Fargo Pavilion on 1419 H Street in Sacramento. Tickets are $48. Funny Girls begins Tuesday, August 10th.

Saturday, August 7th: Freestyle Old School Explosion with Stevie B - Shannon - Debbie Deb - Tinere - Johnny O - Connie, and more at Arco Arena. Concert Begins at 7:30 PM. Tickets are $22.50 - $32.50.

Sunday, August 8th: Deftones - Circa Survive at Sacramento Memorial Auditorium. Concert begins at 8PM. Tickets are $30.00.

Monday, August 9th: Ludacris - Who Ride - Delerious at Venue. Concert begins at 7:30PM. Tickets are $35.00.

Wednesday, August 11th: UC Davis Heath Outdoor Concert at X & 45th Street with Pop Fiction. Picnics okay, food and beverages (no alcohol) available for purchase, Kids Zone. Free Concert from 6-8PM.

Thursday, August 12th: Hot Lunch Summer Concert Series at Fremont Park on 16th & Q Street in Sacramento. KB & The Slingtones will perform from 11:30 - 1PM, and concerts are Free.

Thursday, August 12th: Warped Tour at SleepTrain Amphitheatre. Gates Open at 11AM. Tickets are $33.00.

Concert Tickets On Sale This Week:

Boney James at The Radisson Hotel Grove on Saturday, September 18th. Tickets are $40.00 - $57.00.

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, August 6th:

Jerry Perry presents Shannon Curtis - JP Spangler - Aaron Beaumont at Old Ironsides 9PM/$7

The Sizzling Sirens with Harley White at Marilyns 7:30PM/$15GA (Seats are Sold-out)

Gino Matteo & Family Phunk Band at Torch Club 9PM/$10

The Golden Cadillacs - Old Californio - Richard March at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

F*ck Fridays with Shaun Slaughter – Jon Droll – Roger Carpio at Townhouse 9PM/$3-$5

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Flamenco Del Oro at Lunas Cafe 8PM

Blackstone - Chronicles of Ash Black at The Distillery 10PM

The Show with DJ Billy Lane at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

True Vixen with DJ Gabe Xavier at Social Nightclub 9PM

Reggae at The Red until 9PM at JB's Lounge-Red Lion

Ed and the Educators at Swabbies On The River 6PM/No Cover

Miss Lonely Hearts - Not An Airplane at Blue Lamp 9PM

Spider Band at Crawdads on the River 9PM

Saturday, August 7th:

Jerry Perry's Beach Boys Tribute Show at Old Ironsides 9PM/$8

AllOnSeven - Tambourine Shoes - Sean Clavere at Fox & Goose 9PM/$3

Ubo Magazine presents Human Temperment - Live GoGo Bands at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

The Zeros - Dungeons & Dragqueens - Blue Diamonds at Blue Lamp 9PM

One Headlight at Marilyns 8PM/$8

Hip Service at Harlows 10PM/$12

Ron Hacker at The Torch Club 9PM/$7

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Mix Saturdays with DJ Michael Moss at Mix Downtown 9PM

Fashionably Late with DJ Joe maz at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM

Riff Raff and more at Swabbies on the River 3PM/$5

Jazz After Dark at JB's Lounge-Red Lion 7PM/$12

Sunday, August 8th:

DJ Wokstar & Mystic Roots 10PM/$5 at Blue Lamp

Brunch Beats with DJ Katz at Aura 11AM

Reggae By The Pool at The Radisson Hotel 4-8PM $10 Adults $5(12-16YRS)

Blues Jam at 4PM & Mind X at Torch Club 8PM/$6

Alex Jenkins Trio at Shady Lady Saloon 9PM

Salsa Sunday at MoMo Lounge 7PM

Diva Show at Faces 9PM/$5

Set In Stone at Swabbies on the River 3PM/$5

(Pictures 1. Deftones 2. Golden Cadillacs 3. Shannon Curtis)

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2010-07-30T18:32:59Z

Here are some of the concerts and music events happening this weekend and next week in the Sacramento area. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com

Concerts, Music Events, and The Sacramento Music Scene This Week:

Friday, July 30th: Friday Night Concerts in The Park at Cesar Chavez Plaza on 10th & J Streets in Sacramento. This week: Whiskey & Stitches - Final Summation - Bastards of the Young. Concerts are Free and run from 5-9PM. All Ages/Beer Garden for 21+

Tuesday, July 27th - Sunday, Auguts 1st: Music Circus Summer Musical Series presents Oklahoma! at Wells Fargo Pavilion on 1419 H Street in Sacramento. Tickets are $48. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels begins Tuesday, August 3rd.

State Fair Concert Series at Cal Expo 7/30 Foghat, 7/31 Weird Al Yankovic. Concerts free with fair entrance. RSVD Seats $10-$20.

Friday July 30th: Harlows presents Edwin McCain early show at 7:30PM, tickets $22.50. Big Bad VooDoo Daddy at 10PM, tickets are $27.

Saturday, July 31st: Thunder Valley Summer Concert Series continues with Chris Botti. Concert begins at 8:30PM. Tickets are $29 -$59.

Saturday, July 31st: Launch Music, Art, & Fashion Festival at The Artisan on 1901 Del Paso Blvd will feature a variety of musical performances and more beginning at 6PM. Tickets are $10. More info at 5432Launch.com.

Thursday, August 5th: Hot Lunch Summer Concert Series at Fremont Park on 16th & Q Street in Sacramento. Shannon Curtis - JP Spangler - Aaron Beaumont will perform from 11:30 - 1PM, and concerts are Free.

Concert Tickets On Sale This Week:

So You Think You Can Dance Tour at Arco Arena on Tuesday, November 9th. Tickets are $35-$52 and go on sale today.

V101.1 Ladies of Soul at Arco Arena Friday, Spetember 17th. Tickets are $25-$35 and go on sale Monday.

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, July 30th:

Jerry Perry presents Final Summation - The Knock-Offs - The Form Walters - Social Concern - Okami at Old Ironsides 9PM/$7

The New Originals at Marilyns 8:30PM/$7

Solsa at Torch Club 9PM/$12

TrainWreck Revival - Autumn Sky - Daisy Chains at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

F*ck Fridays with Shaun Slaughter – Jon Droll – Roger Carpio at Townhouse 9PM/$3-$5

All White Affair with DJ Rich Era at Dream Ultra Lounge 9PM

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

DJ Billy Lane - DJ Elliot Estes at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

DJ Jus James - DJ Nate D - Drummer Carl at Social Nightclub 9PM

Reggae at The Red until 9PM at JB's Lounge-Red Lion

Remedies at Swabbies On The River 6PM/No Cover

Nuance - Walking Spanish - Lidsay Cook at Blue Lamp 9PM

Chris 2 Me at Crawdads on the River 9PM

Saturday, July 31st:

Red Tyger Church - The Phantom Jets - Swwet Chariot - Monlith at Old Ironsides 9PM/$7

Der Spazm - Foreign Cinema at Fox & Goose 9PM/$3

Man Machine - Funk Advisor at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Black Mackerel - Grave Diggin Devil Worshippers - Drawing of the 3 at Blue Lamp 9PM

Anniversary Party with Walking Spanish - The Snobs - Black Tar Caviar - Prieta at Marilyns 8PM/$5

Saul Kaye CD Release at The Torch Club 9PM/$7

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Mix Saturdays with DJ Michael Moss at Mix Downtown 9PM

DJ Crooked at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM

Mach 5 - Tres Hombres at Swabbies on the River 4PM/$5

Jazz After Dark at JB's Lounge-Red Lion 7PM/$12

Sunday, August 1st:

DJ Wokstar & Mystic Roots 10PM/$5 at Blue Lamp

Brunch Beats with DJ Katz at Aura 11AM

Reggae By The Pool at The Radisson Hotel 4-8PM $10 Adults $5(12-16YRS)

Blues Jam at 4PM & Mind X at Torch Club 8PM/$6

Alex Jenkins Trio at Shady Lady Saloon 9PM

Salsa Sunday at MoMo Lounge 7PM

Diva Show at Faces 9PM/$5

Bone Bag at Swabbies on the River 4PM/No Cover

(Pictures 1. Walking Spanish 2. Chris Botti 3. Big Bad VooDoo Daddy)

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2010-07-23T17:10:07Z

Here are some of the concerts and music events happening this weekend and next week in the Sacramento area. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com

Concerts, Music Events, and The Sacramento Music Scene This Week:

Friday, July 23rd: Friday Night Concerts in The Park at Cesar Chavez Plaza on 10th & J Streets in Sacramento. This week: Lite Brite - Prieta - Musical Charis. Concerts are Free and run from 5-9PM. All Ages/Beer Garden for 21+

Tuesday, July 20th - Sunday, July 25th: Music Circus Summer Musical Series presents Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Wells Fargo Pavilion on 1419 H Street in Sacramento. Tickets are $48. Oklahoma begins Tuesday, July 27th.

State Fair Concert Series at Cal Expo 7/23 Martina McBride, 7/26 The Village People, 7/28 Eddie Money, 7/29 Paul Rodriquez, 7/30 Foghat, 7/31 Weird Al Yankovic. Concerts free with fair entrance. RSVD Seats $10-$20.

Saturday, July 24th: Thunder Valley Summer Concert Series continues with Adam Lambert & Orianthi. Concerts begin at 8:30PM. Tickets are $29 -$59.

Sunday, July 25th: Vincente Fernandez & Deisy Sanchez at Arco Arena. Concert begins at 8PM. Tickets are $47-$173.

Thursday, July 29th: Hot Lunch Summer Concert Series at Fremont Park on 16th & Q Street in Sacramento. Life in 24 Frames will perform from 11:30 - 1PM, and concerts are Free.

Thursday, July 29th: Toby Keith & Trace Adkins at SleepTrain Amipitheatre. Concert begins at 7:30PM. Tickets are $20-$74.

Coming Next Friday 7/30: Edwin McCain at Harlows. Early show at 7:30PM. Tickets are $22.50ADV. Big Bad VooDoo Daddy. Tickets are $27. Show at 10PM.

Concert Tickets On Sale This Week:

100 Monkeys at Venue on Wednesday, August 4th. Tickets are $17.

Ludacris at Venue on Monday, August 9th. Tickets are $35.

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, July 23rd:

Jerry Perry presents Atomatic Rival - Throwback Suburbia - Friendship at Old Ironsides 9PM/$7

Adrian Bourgeois - Too Much Fiction - Christian DeWild - Danta Ramandia - Misty Knight at Marilyns 7:30PM/$8-$10

Innsersoul at Torch Club 9PM/$8

Thompson Brothers & The Alegree Sisters at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

F*ck Fridays with Shaun Slaughter – Jon Droll – Roger Carpio at Townhouse 9PM/$3-$5

Big Omeezy at Harlows 10PM

DJ Slick D at Dream Ultra Lounge 9PM

All On Seven - Autumn Sky - Colour at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

DJ Billy Lane & DJ Elliot Estes at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Summer Krush with DJ Just & DJ Nate D at Social Nightclub 9PM

Reggae at The Red until 9PM at JB's Lounge-Red Lion

Rogue at Swabbies On The River 6PM/No Cover

Pretty Things Peep Show - Smash The Glass at Blue Lamp 9PM

Nothin Personal at Crawdads on the River 9PM

Saturday, July 24th:

Secretions - Bastards of The Young at Luigis Fungarden 8PM/$5

Odame - Secret Argyle - Jem & Scout at Old Ironsides 9PM/$7

Jay Shaner - The Sinking Ships at Fox & Goose 9PM/$3

Musical Charis - Ricky Berger - Adrian Bourgeois - Scott West at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Drastic Actions - Dirty Filthy Mugs - The Number Thirteen at Blue Lamp 9PM

The Chick P's - Velvet Tounge at Marilyns 8:30PM/$7

Cafe R&B at The Torch Club 9PM/$7

Jeffrey Valentine - Kenny Beasley at The Distillery 10PM/$5

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Mix Saturdays with DJ Michael Moss at Mix Downtown 9PM

DJ Jus James at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM

Callus Collective - Heir Tales at Naked Coffee Lounge 8PM/$5

Aquanett at Swabbies on the River 4PM/$5

Jazz After Dark at JB's Lounge-Red Lion 7PM/$12

Sunday, July 25th:

DJ Wokstar & Mystic Roots 10PM/$5 at Blue Lamp

Brunch Beats with DJ Katz at Aura 11AM

Reggae By The Pool at The Radisson Hotel 4-8PM $10 Adults $5(12-16YRS)

Blues Jam at 4PM & Mind X at Torch Club 8PM/$6

Alex Jenkins Trio at Shady Lady Saloon 9PM

Solsa at Harlows 10PM

Salsa Sunday at MoMo Lounge 7PM

Diva Show at Faces 9PM/$5

Nothin Personal at Swabbies on the River 4PM/No Cover

(Pictures 1. Lite Brite 2. Martina McBride 3. Adam Lambert)

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

2010-07-16T15:56:30Z

Here are some of the concerts and music events happening this weekend and next week in the Sacramento area. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com

Concerts, Music Events, and The Sacramento Music Scene This Week:

Friday, July 16th: Friday Night Concerts in The Park at Cesar Chavez Plaza on 10th & J Streets in Sacramento. This week: Kate Gaffney - Gerlad Pease - Autumn Sky - Juliana Zachariou. Concerts are Free and run from 5-9PM. All Ages/Beer Garden for 21+

Friday, July 9th - Sunday, July 18th: Music Circus Summer Musical Series presents Spamalot at Wells Fargo Pavilion on 1419 H Street in Sacramento. Tickets are $48.

State Fair Concert Series at Cal Expo 7/16 All Star Weekend, 7/17 The Family Stone, 7/19 Little Big Town, 7/21 Rick Springfield. Concerts free with fair entrance. RSVD Seats $10-$20.

Tuesday, July 20th - Sunday July 25th: Music Circus Summer Musical Series presents Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Wells Fargo Pavilion in Sacramento. Tickets are $48.

Saturday, July 17th: Thunder Valley Summer Concert Series continues with Peter Cetera. Concerts begin at 8:30PM. Tickets are $29 - $59.

Saturday, July 17th: Steve Miller Band at Raley Field. Concert begins at 7PM. Tickets are $17 - $56.

Wednesday, July 21st: Paul Thorn at Harlows. Show begins at 7:30PM. Tickets are $20.

Thursday, July 22nd: Hot Lunch Summer Concert Series at Fremont Park on 16th & Q Street in Sacramento. Musical Chairs will perform from 11:30 - 1PM, and concerts are Free.

Concert Tickets On Sale This Week:

Nicklback with Three Days Grace & Buckcherry at Arco Area on Saturday, October 23rd. Tickets are $47 - $77 and go on sale Saturday.

The Judds at Arco Arena on Sunday, December 12th. Tickets are 37.50 - $77.50 and go on sale Friday.

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, July 16th:

Jerry Perry presents White Buffalo - Prieta - The Kelps at Old Ironsides 9PM/$7

No Bozoz - Smirker at Marilyns 9PM/$7

Jonny Knox & The Soothers at Torch Club 9PM/$7

Zoo Huamn project - The Solid Fellaz at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

F*ck Fridays with Shaun Slaughter – Jon Droll – Roger Carpio at Townhouse 9PM/$3-$5

Tainted Love at Harlows 10PM/$15

Method Echo - Matt Cali - DJ Peeti-V at Dream Ultra Lounge 9PM

Rebel Rebel - The Gypsy - Neonlight Band at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

DJ Billy Lane hosts The Show at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

Cocktails & Couture with guest DJ's at Social Nightclub 9PM

Reggae at The Red for happy hour and Anthony David at 8PM at JB's Lounge-Red Lion

Live Reggae at Swabbies On The River 6PM/No Cover

Contraddiction - Hot Tar Roofers at Lunas 9PM/$6

Paradoxx at Crawdads on the River 9PM

Saturday, July 17th:

The Shaunts at Luigis Fungarden 8PM

LP Sessions- Madison - The Phontoms - Endroit at Old Ironsides 9PM/$7

Kill The Radio Logic at Fox & Goose 9PM/$3

Mahtie Bush - MLS - Planet Asia - Doey Rock at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

The Aggrolites - Pretty things Peep Show at Blue Lamp 9PM

KB & the Slingtones at Marilyns 9PM/$8

Tracorum at The Torch Club 9PM/$7

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Mix Saturdays with DJ Michael Moss at Mix Downtown 9PM

The Cataracs and DJ Nate D at Venue 9PM

DJ Jus James at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM

Odame - Filthy Luke - Brian Hanover at Naked Coffee Lounge 8PM/$5

Skid Roses & Riff Raff at Swabbies on the River 3PM/$8

Jazz After Dark at JB's Lounge-Red Lion 7PM/$12

Sunday, July 18th:

DJ Wokstar 10PM/$5 at Blue Lamp

Brunch Beats with DJ Katz at Aura 11AM

Reggae By The Pool at The Radisson Hotel 4-8PM $10 Adults $5(12-16YRS)

Blues Jam at 4PM & The Nibblers at Torch Club 8PM/$6

Alex Jenkins Trio at Shady Lady Saloon 9PM

Salsa Sunday at MoMo Lounge 7PM

Diva Show at Faces 9PM/$5

Legend at Swabbies on the River 4PM/No Cover

Pictures: 1. Kate Gaffney 2. Nickelback 3. The Judds

Sacramento Concerts, Music Events, and The Local Music Scene This Week

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Here are some of the concerts and music events happening this weekend and next week in the Sacramento area. For more detailed information on these events and many more go to www.eMusiConnect.com

Concerts, Music Events, and The Sacramento Music Scene This Week:

Friday, July 9th: Friday Night Concerts in The Park at Cesar Chavez Plaza on 10th & J Streets in Sacramento. This week: Izabella - Walking Spanish - The Inverions. Concerts are Free and run from 5-9PM. All Ages/Beer Garden for 21+

Friday, July 9th - Sunday, July 18th: Music Circus Summer Concerts Series presents Spamalot at Wells Faro Pavilion on 1419 H Street in Sacramento. Tickets are $48.

Friday, July 9th: Rihanna - Ke$ha - Travie McCoy at Arco Arena in Sacramento. Concert begins at 7:30PM. Tickets are $20 - $90.

Friday, July 9th & Saturday, July 10th: Thunder Valley Summer Concert Series continues with a Vietnamese Variety Show on FRI and Smokey Robinson on SAT. Concerts begin at 8:30PM. Tickets are $18 - $89.

Saturday, July 10th: Second Saturday features art on display, live music, and community events, and street displays at galleries, restaurants, and venues in Sacramento. Maps can be found in Friday Ticket section of The Sacramento Bee and in Sacramento News & Review.

Tuesday, July 13th: Tool - Jello Biafra - The Guantanamo School of Medicine at Arco Arena in Sacramento. Concert begins at 8PM. Tickets are $32.50 - $62.50.

Thursday, July 15th: Leon Russell at Harlows in Sacramento. Show begins at 7:30PM. Tickets are $40 ADV.

Thursday, July 15th: Hot Lunch Summer Concert Series at Fremont Park on 16th & Q Street in Sacramento. McDougal (from Portland, OR) will perform from 11:30 - 1PM, and concerts are Free.

Concert Tickets On Sale This Week:

Maroon 5 with One Republic and Bruno Mars at Arco Area on Friday, October 15th. Tickets are $37 - $57 and go on sale Saturday.

The Local Music Scene:

Friday, July 9th:

Jerry Perry presents Mike Farrell - Walking Spanish - One Eyed Rhyno at Old Ironsides 9PM/$7

Izabella - Ten Mile Tide at Marilyns 9PM/$8

Aaron King & The Imperials at Torch Club 9PM/$7

Dennis Johnson & The Mississippi Ramblers at Fox & Goose 9PM/$5

F*ck Fridays with Shaun Slaughter – Jon Droll – Roger Carpio at Townhouse 9PM/$3-$5

Arden Park Roots at Harlows 9PM/$10

Lisa & Her Kin - Pondosa at Naked Lounge Downtown 8:30PM/$5

CrookOne TGIF at Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

DJ Billy Lane hosts The Show at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM

Get Down To The Champion Sound with DJ Esef at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

DJ Nate D & DJ Gabe Xavier at Social Nightclub 9PM

Reggae at The Red at JB's Lounge-Red Lion 8PM/$10

Jesee Falls at Swabbies On The River 6PM/No Cover

A Thousand Years at Sea - Lions Hill at Lunas 9PM/$6

Take Out at Crawdads on the River 9PM

Saturday, July 10th:

Sacramento Bike Kitchen Fundraiser with Alkali Flatts and Mae McCoy & The Neon Stars at 6PM

Doodle A Second Saturday Art & Music Affair at Harlows 7PM

Fascination New Wave Dance Club at Old Ironsides 9PM/$3

Mandolin Avenue - Hard Clumpin Litter at Fox & Goose 9PM/$3

Jerry Perry presents Fortunate Few at Capitol Garage 10PM/$5

F.L.O. - Urban Fire at Blue Lamp 9PM

SambaDa at Marilyns 8PM/$10

Cole Fonseca at The Torch Club 9PM/$7

DJ Whores at The Golden Bear 10PM/No Cover

Mix Saturdays with DJ Michael Moss at Mix Downtown 9PM

DJ Jus James at Park Ultra Lounge 10PM

The Isaac Howl - Honyock at Naked Coffee Lounge 8PM/$5

Marshall Law at Swabbies on the River 5PM/$5

Jazz After Dark at JB's Lounge-Red Lion 7PM/$12

Sunday, July 11th:

DJ Wokstar 10PM/$5 at Blue Lamp

Brunch Beats with DJ Katz at Aura 11AM

Reggae By The Pool at The Radisson Hotel 4-8PM $10 Adults $5(12-16YRS)

Blues Jam at 4PM & Chris Martinez * Friends at Torch Club 8PM/$6

Alex Jenkins Trio at Shady Lady Saloon 9PM

Salsa Sunday at MoMo Lounge 7PM

Diva Show at Faces 9PM/$5

Rockin Down The HWY at Swabbies on the River 4PM/No Cover

Pictures: 1. Spamalot 2. Arden Park Roots 3. Rihanna 4. Smokey Robinson