September 5, 2008Live music: September at Rockfish Food & WineSeptember 7 Pace Brothers Organ Trio August 26, 2008Live music: September at 202 Market includes Brittany Reilly, Monte Montgomery, Scythian, The New FamiliarsSept 5th Second Impressions 9PM $5 August 21, 2008Sun Music Hall: Richie Havens, New Riders of the Purple Sage, the Afromotive and moreSun Music Hall The Waybacks Culture Featuring Kenyatta Hill New Riders of the Purple Sage Blue 5 music scheduleFollowing Is Our Live Entertainment Schedule for Sept. 08 : Every Tuesday is Fat Tuesday at Blue 5! Upcoming shows at Metro (with an exclamation point)Here's an e-mail from Brett Lemon, who is not only a hot bartender nominee, haha, but plays guitar with Roanoke power-pop act My Radio. >Aug. 22nd. Mike Davis. Acoustic singer/songwriter from Charlottesville. Played in bands with Ross Copperman, and MoneyPenny. Here is the moneypenny site if you want to check it out. Really great band >Aug 29th. Mike Davis again. After Mike Davis plays a set we have Resident DJ Mike Belcher playing hip hop and mashups Show listings: Blue Ridge Backroads Live at The Rex TheaterNot a nightspot, per se, but a place to hear great roots music.
Third Street Coffeehouse scheduleThird Street Coffeehouse on the corner of Elm and Mountain in the log-cabin style basement room of Trinity United Methodist Church in Roanoke. Doors open every Friday at 7pm for Open Mike, then featured act from 8-10p. Smoke-free, alcohol-free, no cover. Call 540.309.4707 for more info.
Aug 1 David Simpkins Oct 3 Kat Mills Awful Arthur's club skedsI've declared today club sked day on the blog. I'll post two or three. Check them out for an early look at what's happening at the various and sundry Awful Arthur's, which is always booking good bands. August 4, 2008Blues BBQ August music scheduleEvery Monday is Karaoke Monday starting at 9pm August 1, 2008Martin's live music schedule for August, SeptemberMartin’s Downtown Bar & Grill August 2008 Continue reading "Martin's live music schedule for August, September" » Coffee Pot live music scheduleSunday, Monday and Tuesday every week - Rocky Top Karaoke July 21, 2008August schedules for Awful Arthur's locationsThere are just too many Awful Arthur's, with too many music listings, so you'll have to click below to see the whole schedule. As usual, it's loaded. Continue reading "August schedules for Awful Arthur's locations" » July 17, 2008Club schedule: August at Blue 5Blue 5 Every Tuesday Night There Is A Fat Tuesday Party at The 5! Fri. Aug. 1st - The Elderly Brothers
July 1, 2008Live music at Third Street CoffeehouseThird Street Coffeehouse on the corner of Elm and Mountain in Trinity United Methodist Church in Roanoke. Jul 4 Just Us Live music at RockfishThanks for your support! Have a safe holiday! Sunday July 6 Le Hot Club de Big Lick Sunday July 13 Hoppie Vaughan & The Ministers of Soul Sunday July 20 The Blue Ridge Jazz Ensemble Sunday July 27 Cyrus Pace & Friends June 18, 2008Music schedule for Blue 5 RestaurantMore info at http://blue5restaurant.com/ Wed. July 2nd - The Blue 5 Jam Thur. July 3rd - Solrevolt Fri. July 4th - The Gumbo Band Sat. July 5th - Nicole Hart & The NRG Band Wed. July 9th - The Blue Ridge Blues Society's Meeting & Blues Jam Thur. July 10th - The Scott Perry Trio Fri. July 11th - The Galen Kipar Project Sat. July 12th - The Fat Daddy Band Sun. July 13th - The Blue Ridge Blues Society's 2nd Annual Blues Contest Wed. July 16th - The Blue 5 Jam Thur. July 17th - The Good Sons feat. Hoppie Vaughan Fri. July 18th - The Ministers Of Soul Sat. July 19th - After Festival Jam feat. Stacy Mitchhart Wed. July 23rd - The Blue 5 Jam Thur. July 24th - The Joey Gilmore Band Fri. July 25th - The Joe Moss Band Sat. July 26th - After Festival Jam feat. The Lenny Marcus Quartet Tue. July 29th - B.B. King Before & After Show Party! Wed. July 30th - The Blue 5 Jam Thur. July 31st - The Lenny Marcus Trio June 16, 2008July music at Fork in the AlleyOpen Mic Second Wednesday In July Thursday, July 3rd, Hoppie Vaughn and Friends Friday, July 4th, Closed. Happy 4th! June 13, 2008Music schedule: July at 202 MarketJuly at 202 Market Wed 2: Electric Open Jam 9PM Free June 10, 2008New club, The Lantern, opening in BlacksburgThe joint plans to open in July. Already, it has a nice-looking schedule booked. Asylum Street Spankers will break in the joint on July 12. Col. Bruce Hampton & the Quark Alliance is set for Aug. 1. Also in August, Larry Keel & Natural Bridge, DJ Williams Projekt, Yo Mamma’s Big Fat Booty Band, Seepeoples and Dead End Parking will play. You've got to root for any club this ambitious. Click onward for more ... Continue reading "New club, The Lantern, opening in Blacksburg" » July music schedule: Awful Arthur'sIncludes Southern Culture on the Skids, Shayar and Krooshal Force, Jimmie's Chicken Shack, and The Seed June 9, 2008July schedule for Martin's Downtownmartinsdowntown.com June 6, 2008Local nightspot schedule: Third Street CoffeehouseThird Street Coffeehouse on the corner of Elm and Mountain in Trinity United Methodist Church in Roanoke. Doors open every Friday at 7pm for Open Mike, then featured act from 8-10p. Smoke-free, alcohol-free, no cover. Call 540.309.4707 for more info.
Jun 6 Cliff Rubin Jun 13 Robyn Dobyns & Marian McConnell Jun 20 Bob Grubel & Grace Note Jun 27 Andrew Kasab Jul 4 Just Us Jul 11 Donna Pearson & Brad Archer Jul 18 Gretel Jul 25 Drew Arnn & Billy Via Aug 1 David Simpkins Aug 8 Bleecker Street Aug 15 Rusty Curling Aug 22 Special Surprise Tribute Aug 29 The Starlings Sep 5 Mike Pearrell Sep 12 The Aardvarks Sep 19 Chuck Schaeffer Sep 26 Mary Gordon Hall and Friends Oct 3 Kat Mills Oct 10 SVSA Song Writers in the Round Oct 17 Larry Sakyama Oct 24 Clinton Collins & the Creek Boys Oct 31 Kimmon Waldruff Nov 7 Grace Note Nov 14 Kim & Lana Local nightspot schedule: Coffee PotJune 6 - Heevahava, Afliction Kid and The Pull Outs June 7 - Entre Nous, Kid(d) Chisom, Presha Point, The Andy Hollander Band June 13 - Chevy Vandals June 14 - Sycamore Stone June 20 & 21 - Centerhill June 27 - Jordan Rivers June 28 - The Royal Greens Local nightspot schedule: Blue 5 RestaurantFollowing Is Our Live Entertainment Schedule for June 08 : Every Tuesday is Fat Tuesday at Blue 5! Wed. June 4th - The Blue 5 Jam Thur. June 5th - The Lenny Marcus Trio Fri. June 6th - The Ministers Of Soul Sat. June 7th - Blind Pig Records Recording & Touring Artist – Harper Tues. June 10th - former guitar player for The Dirty Dozen Brass Band - Jamie McLean Wed. June 11th - The Blue Ridge Blues Society’s Meeting & Blues Jam Thur. June 12th - The Good Sons feat. Hoppie Vaughan Fri. June 13th - The Lenny Marcus Jazz & Blues Quintet Sat. June 14th - The Fat Daddy Band Sun. June 15th - The Superpowers (formerly The Boston Afro-Beat Society) Wed. June 18th - The Blue 5 Jam Thur. June 19th - The Lenny Marcus Trio Fri. June 20th - The Ministers Of Soul Sat. June 21st - The Deanie Blues Band Sun. June 22nd - The Blue Ridge Blues Society’s Blues Contest Wed. June 25th - The Blue 5 Jam Thur. June 26th - The Tony O Band Fri. June 27th - TBA Sat. June 28th - TBA Local nightspot schedule: RockfishYikes! Here we are a little late getting the info out but still in time for you to make your plans to be at Rockfish for some great food & music. June 5, 2008More open-mic a-brewin'Jane Gabrielle tells us that she's hosting an open mic night at The Coffee Pot on Thursday nights She's calling it "The Magic City Music Hour Open Mic" with George Fender & Jane Gabrielle hosting as "Bleecker Street." Gabrielle's old pal from Radar Rose, drummer Michael Balkom, rounds out the group. Sign-ups are at 7:30 p.m. Or you can call the Pot after 6:30 on Thursdays and ask for Jane. 774-8256. May 27, 2008Awful Arthurs music schedule for JuneAs always, there's mucho musica at Awfuls locations everywhere. Electric Chameleon, Drivn, The Seed, Blue Mule, The Kind, The Palominos, Mid-Atlantic Kingz, Gasoline Alley, Little Rodger and the Cheap Thrills, Alliens, Shayar and Krooshal Force, and Half Moon are among the plethora. May 15, 2008Live music scheduled for June at Martin's DowntownReggae month features Passafire, The Seed, Shayar and Krooshal Force, Scholar's Word and the Greg Ward Project. Irie. Continue reading "Live music scheduled for June at Martin's Downtown" » May 13, 2008June Concerts 202 MarketThe big show is at month's end, when blues guitar icon Hubert Sumlin (Howlin' Wolf) comes to town with the Nighthawks. But the month also includes Tommy Womack (ex-Government Cheese), Monte Montgomery and Stephanie's Id. All worth seeing. Remember, this is the raw feed. So call the joint to make sure shows are still on: 343-6644. May 7, 2008May music sked at Coffee PotAgain, sorry I'm late on this one. Good shows coming up include Allen Thompson wtih the Royal Greens. Music sked: Martin's Downtown for MayRunning a little late with the May stuff, but there's still plenty of good music at Martin's. The 15th and 16th are an interesting diversity -- Virginia Coalition with My Radio on the 15th, and Tim Barry with Josh Small and Red Clay River on the 16th. Music schedule: Fork in the AlleyHere's the first entry in a poo-storm of club dates that I've delayed posting because of all the things that go on every time I think I'm going to get them on the blog. So this afternoon, no matter what happens, I'm dealing out the music smack. And remember -- this is the raw feed. I only hit enter for line spaces when necessary. So call ahead before you make planz (with a "z") Here we go. May 2, 2008Third Street Coffeehouse: May-October music skedDavid Simpkins, Kat Mills and more over the months at the coffeehouse. Continue reading "Third Street Coffeehouse: May-October music sked" » April 28, 2008Blue 5's May music scheduleGood music here, as always, starting with locals Lenny Marcus Trio and Los Gatos, then national and regional acts Nicole Hart, Galen Kipar Project and Jason Ricci (amazing harmonica player). Big news -- Benevento-Russo Duo is on the schedule! April 25, 2008Sun Music Hall shines againThe renovations are just about complete and the Sun Music Hall in Floyd is re-opening for a new slate of shows. See the schedule below. April 21, 2008Awful scheduleActually, it's a pretty good schedule. Check out the Awful Arthur's lineups from Roanoke to Blacksburg: High Point on the music calendarHigh Point Coffee and Tea is living up to its name as a relative newcomer on the Roanoke music scene. Alternative rock, jazz and folk are brewing in May. May 3 7:30P May 9 7:30P April 11, 2008Fork in the Alley band schedule for MayActs include Pickin' Buds, Hoppie Vaughn, Electric Chameleon -- plus several open mike nights. By the way, how goofy is it that our paper's style is mike, instead of mic. It's not a mikerophone! Sweet barking dingos! Continue reading "Fork in the Alley band schedule for May" » April 7, 2008April Concerts 202 Market202 has taken on dates that the Mix One6 cancelled. You can catch EOTO, Pnuma Trio and U-Melt this month, pumping through an amazing sound system. 202's previously planned dates include: > Anthony Gomes, an amazing blues guitarist > Local favorites the Seed, and the Wading Girl > New Orleans horn band Bonearama, doing the double-bill thing with Bill Kirchen > from Nashville via Botetourt County, Matt Ramsey > Christabel and the Jons Read on for more ... May Concerts at 202 MarketAs always, this club has the most going on. Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band, the Nighthawks, Groova Scape, the Biscuit Burners, the Noises 10, the Star City/DC All Stars, Civil Twilight, Luego and Jimmy Thackery are among the artists in this hot lineup. Read on for the full schedule. March 28, 2008April music sked for Blue 5Fingerpicking whiz Buster B. Jones, Harmonica Shah Band and Sean Carney Band are coming up. April music schedule: High Point CoffeeGood jazz from James Miley of Virginia Tech. And Jess Pillmore will be there later in the month -- she's quality. Continue reading "April music schedule: High Point Coffee" » |