I’m taking on a new job opportunity, so I’ll have to wait until the weekend until I can get to a show, which is none other than the return of Phish and a two-night stand at US Bank Arena. But there’s plenty of other great music events happening all week long, from The Sundresses at the Tavern, to Bishop Allen and The Academy Is… at the Southgate House, to Megadeth and Machinehead at the Madison Theater, to a benefit for WAIF 88.3 fm at Mayday hosted by Cincypunk.org, and even a reunion show from Bosley at Play by Play Cafe in Kenwood, there’s surely something for every type of music fan.
Monday Northside Tavern
Back Room: Heavy Trash, The Sundresses
Front Room: Northside Jazz Ensemble
Mad Hatter
Big D and the Kids Table, Ill Scarlet, Atomic Potato, Jack! Bandit, Apathetic Epidemic
Wednesday Northside Tavern
Back Room: Digital Leather, Foster Grants
Southgate House
Ballroom: Nekromantix, Rumble Club, De Los Muertos
Parlour: Dex Romweber Duo, J. Dorsey
Lounge: Michael & Travis from Frontier Folk Nebraska
Mad Hatter
The Flight Station, Copperview, Our Rising, Mr. Twelve Feet
Madison Theater
Megadeth, Machinehead, Suicide Silence, Arcanium
Southgate House
Ballroom: The Academy Is…, Hot Chelle Rae, Watson Park
Parlour: AbsolutePunk.net Tour with Mercy Mercedes, The Dangerous Summer, Between the Trees, Single File
Mad Hatter
Scallywagon, Grandview, Kerberos, Eat the Rich, Hydroshock, Situation Red
Wow, are there some great shows this week! It’s not just a full weekend. There is something for every type of music fan every single night of the week. This is the week when cloning comes in handy.
Sunday, Nov. 8 Southgate House
Ballroom: OK Go, Princeton (8:30 pm, $13)
Lounge: Jonah Smith (9 pm, Free)
Mad Hatter
Bayside, All the Day Holiday, Pilot Around the Stars, Bazookas Go Bang (7 pm, $15)
Monday, Nov. 9 Southgate House
Parlour: Hoots & Hellmouth, William Elliott Whitmore, Wake the Bear (8:30 pm, $10) CANCELED
Lounge: Open Mic hosted by Ryan Malott of 500 Miles to Memphis (9 pm, Free)
Mad Hatter
Ska is Dead IV: The Toasters, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Deals Gone Bad, The Pinstripes, Loudmouth (7:30 pm, $15)
Let’s face it…Halloween’s a holiday for the kids, but that doesn’t mean it’s not fun to dress up, hit the bars and check out a concert. Holiday’s like Halloween and New Year’s Eve are some of my favorite times to hit up a concert, and here’s what’s happening in the area on this Halloween weekend.
Sunday, August 16 Northside Tavern Local Alt-Western band, Mack West, are celebrating the release of their new album with Billy Alletzhauser and Beth Harris of The Hiders.
7 pm doors/8 pm show
$5/$10 for show and Mack West CD
Ages 21+
Stanley’s Pub Wisconsin disco-funk jamband, Steez, roll into town on the Creepfunk Crusade CD Release Tour featuring a diverse use of instruments like synths, accordion, oboe, fiddle, sax and flute.
9:30 pm
The Comet
Every Sunday night at 7:30 pm, the Comet Bluegrass All Stars take the stage at the Northside bar in which they took their name.
Jefferson Hall Up-and-coming local pop-rock singing sensation, Kristen Key performs at 10 pm. No cover.
Monday, August 17
Southgate House
Lake Tahoe jamband, Blue Turtle Seduction, makes tight, funky grooves with a hint of bluegrass. Opening are the Whiskey Bent Valley Boys, from the hills of Pewee Valley, Kentucky. In the ballroom.
8 pm doors/9 pm show
$12 adv/$15 dos
Ages 18+
WNKU’s Studio 89 ends the year with the Dallas Moore Band on the campus of Northern Kentucky University. To be a part of the audience click here.
Tuesday, August 18
Mad Hatter A couple of bands from Philly: the experimental, post-hardcore mewithoutYou and the folk-punk psalters, are playing with Seattle indie rock, singer/songwriter, Damien Jurado.
7 pm
$12 adv/$14 dos
Southgate House
Chuck Cleaver and Lisa Walker of Wussy continue their weekly monthly residency in the lounge with guests Messerly & Ewing.
9 pm show
Free
Ages 21+
Southgate House Indie rock from Browns country (aka Cleveland) The Magpies with locals Messerly & Ewing. Don’t hold it against The Magpies though; leave football out of it and let the music speak for itself.
9 pm doors/9:30 show
$5 for 21+/$8 for 18-20
It’s Hillbilly Thursday in the lounge, with the Mt. Pleasant String Band.
9 pm show
Free
Ages 21+
Madison Theater The Frank Duveneck Arts and Cultural Center is holding a music and arts festival featuring a wide array of world music. Celtic music by Harper, Japanese by Nakama, Middle Eastern music by Mayan Ruins, bellydancing by Zahara, hoop dancing by Cammeron Cousins, African-Atumbi, Latin music by Poco Loco, and a performance by the Duveneck Rueda Dance Team. There will be a presentation of the Frank Duveneck Medal for Achievement in the Arts to Arlene Gibeau.
7 pm
$15
All Ages
Blue Wisp Jazz Club Alison Ruble Quartet
8-11 pm
Free Acoustic Thursday on Fountain Square
Enjoy some acoustic, folk rock during your lunch break, with Ryan Adcock and former Vinyltones frontman, Craig Dockery. The two friends have been playing music on the side for a number of years, but recently released their debut album entitled Ten Sundays, in a project called Flaregun. Also playing is Fred Steffen.
11:45 am to 1:15 pm
Free
Indie Summer on Fountain Square It’s another great lineup this weekend for MidPoint’s Indie Summer, as the Newbees (who will be backed by the String Quartet) take the headlining slot at 10 pm, preceeded by Roger Klug, The Koala Fires and Krononauts. Acoustic folk-rocker, Ryan Adcock, will be capping off the night’s activities, when he takes place of the former Open Mic Series, which will begin right around 11 pm.
Free
Blue Wisp Jazz Club Renowned jazz trombonist and record producer, Delfeayo Marsalis (yes that one…as in the legendary musical Marsalis family of New Orleans) is playing all weekend long, and I’m sure the owners of the best jazz club in town feel more than honored to have him. Joining him for the weekend artist in residnency gig is one of the current best guitar players in jazz music, Dan Faehnle, and locals the Al Beasley Quartet.
8:30 pm
Free
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