Glare
Tuesday October 15th w/ Commoner, mx lonley, & Glixen! Doors 6pm | Show 6:30pm Adv $20 | Dos $25 + fees 16+ Read more
Tuesday October 15th
w/ Commoner, mx lonley, & Glixen!
Doors 6pm | Show 6:30pm
Adv $20 | Dos $25 + fees
16+
Upcoming Events
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Katie Pruitt – Mantras Tour
Wednesday October 16th w/ Drumming Bird & Hataalii Doors 6:30pm | Show 7:15pm Adv $22 | Dos $25 16+ Read more
Wednesday October 16th
w/ Drumming Bird & Hataalii
Doors 6:30pm | Show 7:15pm
Adv $22 | Dos $25
16+
Bob Parrins & Melancholy Babies Western Swing Band!
($5-$10 | 7pm & 8:30pm Sets) Bob Parrins returns to the Century Room with the Melancholy Babies! Western Swing, New Orleans jazz, and popular music from the golden age of American Song…. Read more
($5-$10 | 7pm & 8:30pm Sets) Bob Parrins returns to the Century Room with the Melancholy Babies!
Western Swing, New Orleans jazz, and popular music from the golden age of American Song.
***”Hot Jazz Wednesdays”** take you back to the roots of jazz with music from the 1920s and ’30s.*
Jesse Palter “Nothing Standard”
($20-$30 tickets | 7pm show) Detroit-born vocalist Jesse Palter brings her original neo-jazz songs to the Century Room along with her amazing band featuring Taber Gable (piano) Ben Williams (bass) Josiah Denooyer… Read more
($20-$30 tickets | 7pm show) Detroit-born vocalist Jesse Palter brings her original neo-jazz songs to the Century Room along with her amazing band featuring Taber Gable (piano) Ben Williams (bass) Josiah Denooyer (drums)! Her retrospective jazz album, “Nothing Standard”, was released in March of 2022 and has already amassed over 4 million Spotify streams – come find out why!
**Jesse Palter**
Detroit born multi-genre artist, Jesse Palter, has been in the entertainment industry the majority of her life. She began singing publicly at age five, studying piano at age six, she attended the University of Michigan School Of Music as a Jazz Major, won Outstanding Jazz Vocalist at three consecutive Detroit Music Awards, shared the stage with genre legends and headlined at legendary clubs like NYC’s Blue Note and festivals such as The Red Sea Jazz Festival. Her original music has been featured on a variety of television shows and commercials including The Real World, 90210 and Keeping Up With The Kardashians. On July 19th, 2019 she released her album “Paper Trail” to critical acclaim on Artistry Music, (a division of Mack Avenue Music Group), selected as LA Weekly’s Album Of The Week.
Lighter Decorating Party!
Tap Room Patio! 7pm | 21+ $15 + fees (Includes two lighters, and all the crafts) Get lit at our Lighter Decorating Party! We’ll be set up on the Tap Room Patio… Read more
Tap Room Patio!
7pm | 21+
$15 + fees (Includes two lighters, and all the crafts)
Get lit at our Lighter Decorating Party! We’ll be set up on the Tap Room Patio October 17th for a fun evening of crafts and socializing. Get creative, sip on $4 wells, and take home a custom lighter🔥
Soul Jazz Lounge | Jon Eldridge II Trio
($5 tickets | 9pm & 10pm sets) Join The Century Room every Thursday at 9pm for our Soul Jazz Lounge! Each lounge hosts a rotating cast of All-Star house bands and features… Read more
($5 tickets | 9pm & 10pm sets) Join The Century Room every Thursday at 9pm for our Soul Jazz Lounge! Each lounge hosts a rotating cast of All-Star house bands and features our Viscount Legend Soul Organ designed by the late great Joey DeFrancesco, complete with the Leslie Speaker. The Viscount Soul organ is a modern recreation of vintage Hammond B3 instruments, which were made famous by jazz organists like Jimmy Smith, Jimmy McGriff, Larry Young, Brother Jack McDuff & Dr. Lonnie Smith.
This week features Jon Eldridge II on the Viscount organ with his band.
The Luis Muñoz Quintet ft. Lois Mahalia ~ “Glimmering Path” (Night 1)
($20-$30 tickets | 7pm & 9pm sets) Join us in the Century Room for the return of two powerhouse award winners, Lois Mahalia and Luis Muñoz performing music from their latest album,… Read more
($20-$30 tickets | 7pm & 9pm sets) Join us in the Century Room for the return of two powerhouse award winners, Lois Mahalia and Luis Muñoz performing music from their latest album, “Glimmering Path.”
Lois Mahalia (vocals) Daniel Zimmerman (guitar) Doug Martin (piano) Randy Tico (bass) Luis Muñoz (drums)
**Lois Mahalia**
Lois Mahalia was born in British Guayana. She began singing and performing on stage at the age of five with her brothers. When she was thirteen she moved to the US and continued singing in churches with her musical family. She has done extensive work as a session artist and has performed, recorded, and toured with artists such as Kenny Loggins, Joe Sample (of the Jazz Crusaders), Michael McDonald, Tom Petty’s Heartbreakers, Norma Gimble, and Joe Walsh of the Eagles. She has been touring with The New Luis Muñoz Quartet since 2019, and is the featured singerr in Mr. Munoz’s last two CD’s: The Infinite Dream 2019, named among The Ten Best Records of the Year in Jazziz Magazine, recieving 3 ACAM Award nominations, including for Jazz Record of the Year.
**Luis Muñoz**
Luis Muñoz is a composer, producer, arranger, and percussionist from Costa Rica. He has performed in some of the best Jazz Festivals and theaters in the US and abroad, including The Litchfield Jazz Festival, The Queen Mary Jazz Festival, THe National Opera House in Costa Rica, The Moss Theater (Santa Monica), and the Lobero Theater in Santa Barbara, CA.
He has realeased 10 CDs of award-winning original compositions. His 2015 CD “*VOZ” (*Claudia Acuña, Magos Herrera, and Téka) was called “a perfect album- five stars” by the Latin Jazz Network, it was included in the Best CDs of the Year by Jazz Magazine. VOZ won two ACAM Awards (Association of Composers and Musical Authors) in Latin America, including Jazz CD of the Year.
Hawthorne Homecoming
Friday, October 18th w. Desert Child & Ashridge Doors 7pm | Show 7:30 All Ages THE HAWTHORNE EXPERIENCE It’s not just a group of surf-funk musicians, it’s a vision of the everlasting… Read more
Friday, October 18th
w. Desert Child & Ashridge
Doors 7pm | Show 7:30
All Ages
THE HAWTHORNE EXPERIENCE It’s not just a group of surf-funk musicians, it’s a vision of the everlasting jamboree – the radical reception where all are welcome (and encouraged) to rock their mother-loving socks off. The Hawthorne Experience invites you to crash on their couch, and bestows good tidings for your long journey ahead.
Club Country!
Every Friday! 9pm-2am FREE Join us for the Club Country Kick-off with DJ Du! Dust off your boots, grab your hat and come dance to your favorite Country hits! Read more
Every Friday!
9pm-2am
FREE
Join us for the Club Country Kick-off with DJ Du! Dust off your boots, grab your hat and come dance to your favorite Country hits!
Pop Nights w/ Bex
Fridays | 12AM – 2AM | FREE Pop Nights w/ Bex From modern pop hits to deep cuts, from Britney to Billie, this dance night serves nonstop pop bops from 12-close. DJ… Read more
Fridays | 12AM – 2AM | FREE
Pop Nights w/ Bex
From modern pop hits to deep cuts, from Britney to Billie, this dance night serves nonstop pop bops from 12-close. DJ Bex spins hits to dance and sing your heart out to with your besties, from icons new and old like Chappell Roan, Olivia Rodrigo, Madonna, Robyn, Sabrina Carpenter, Doja Cat, 100 Gecs, Harry Styles, Charlie XCX and many many more! Grab your glitter and your optimism and head to the Hotel Congress Plaza, cause everything’s alright on Pop night!
$3 PBR
$4 TRULY
$5 MEXICAN CANDY SHOT
Late Night with the Daniel Woodruff Quartet
($0-$10 | 10:30pm & 11:30pm sets) After Friday night’s show, stick around for Late Night with the Daniel Woodruff Quartet! Featuring: Daniel Woodruff – keys Misha Olarrea – sax Colin McIlrath –… Read more
($0-$10 | 10:30pm & 11:30pm sets) After Friday night’s show, stick around for Late Night with the Daniel Woodruff Quartet!
Featuring:
Daniel Woodruff – keys
Misha Olarrea – sax
Colin McIlrath – bass
Casey Hadland – drums
Retro Game Show Night Presents: The Family Fuss!
Retro Game Show Night Presents The Family Fuss! Club Congress Saturday October 19 6pm doors, 7pm show $15 Make plans now for the Family Fuss on Saturday October 19 at Hotel Congress!… Read more
Retro Game Show Night Presents The Family Fuss!
Club Congress
Saturday October 19
6pm doors, 7pm show
$15
Make plans now for the Family Fuss on Saturday October 19 at Hotel Congress!
Join your lovably loquacious host Chatty Kathee for a hilarious night of The Family Fuss with her special guest assistant, the adorably delicious Justin (if you’ve been to RGSN, you know)! The dangerously dazzling Swish Manley will join the uncomfortably upbeat Bernaise as our celebrity guests! Put your name in Kathee’s big, red, sparkly box for a chance to play for outstanding prizes and overwhelming fame!!
C’mon down to Hotel Congress for Tucson’s very own Retro Game Show Night – now in its 13th year! Splash Zone reserved seating section tickets are just $15 at Hotel Congress’s front desk or online! Doors open at 6pm and the fussin’ starts at 7pm. Drop everything and get your tickets NOW! 21+
(Open seat & SRO tickets will be available at the door the night of show until we run out!)
The Luis Muñoz Quintet ft. Lois Mahalia ~ “Glimmering Path” (Night 2)
($20-$30 tickets | 7pm & 9pm sets) Join us in the Century Room for the return of two powerhouse award winners, Lois Mahalia and Luis Muñoz performing music from their latest album,… Read more
($20-$30 tickets | 7pm & 9pm sets) Join us in the Century Room for the return of two powerhouse award winners, Lois Mahalia and Luis Muñoz performing music from their latest album, “Glimmering Path.”
Lois Mahalia (vocals) Daniel Zimmerman (guitar) Doug Martin (piano) Randy Tico (bass) Luis Muñoz (drums)
**Lois Mahalia**
Lois Mahalia was born in British Guayana. She began singing and performing on stage at the age of five with her brothers. When she was thirteen she moved to the US and continued singing in churches with her musical family. She has done extensive work as a session artist and has performed, recorded, and toured with artists such as Kenny Loggins, Joe Sample (of the Jazz Crusaders), Michael McDonald, Tom Petty’s Heartbreakers, Norma Gimble, and Joe Walsh of the Eagles. She has been touring with The New Luis Muñoz Quartet since 2019, and is the featured singerr in Mr. Munoz’s last two CD’s: The Infinite Dream 2019, named among The Ten Best Records of the Year in Jazziz Magazine, recieving 3 ACAM Award nominations, including for Jazz Record of the Year.
**Luis Muñoz**
Luis Muñoz is a composer, producer, arranger, and percussionist from Costa Rica. He has performed in some of the best Jazz Festivals and theaters in the US and abroad, including The Litchfield Jazz Festival, The Queen Mary Jazz Festival, THe National Opera House in Costa Rica, The Moss Theater (Santa Monica), and the Lobero Theater in Santa Barbara, CA.
He has realeased 10 CDs of award-winning original compositions. His 2015 CD “*VOZ” (*Claudia Acuña, Magos Herrera, and Téka) was called “a perfect album- five stars” by the Latin Jazz Network, it was included in the Best CDs of the Year by Jazz Magazine. VOZ won two ACAM Awards (Association of Composers and Musical Authors) in Latin America, including Jazz CD of the Year.
Supernova Saturdays at Club Congress
Supernova Saturdays | 10pm-2am | FREE | 21+ IN THE CLUB! Hip-Hop, Pop, House, Cumbia, & Reggaeton Music by: @sebastiaanmendoza | @massimixes | @juanmooreofficial $3 PBR $4 TRULY $5 MEXICAN CANDY SHOT Read more
Supernova Saturdays | 10pm-2am | FREE | 21+
IN THE CLUB!
Hip-Hop, Pop, House, Cumbia, & Reggaeton
Music by: @sebastiaanmendoza | @massimixes | @juanmooreofficial
$3 PBR
$4 TRULY
$5 MEXICAN CANDY SHOT
Late Night w/ Sounds by Posi
Saturdays | 10pm-2am | FREE | 21+ Come hangout and dance on the Hotel Congress Plaza with Sounds by Posi! He’ll be changing it up every week so, don’t miss out! $3… Read more
Saturdays | 10pm-2am | FREE | 21+
Come hangout and dance on the Hotel Congress Plaza with Sounds by Posi! He’ll be changing it up every week so, don’t miss out!
$3 PBR
$4 TRULY
$5 MEXICAN CANDY SHOT
Late Night with Kevin Ravellette Quartet
($0-$10 | 10:30pm & 11:30pm Sets) After Saturday night’s show, stick around for Late Night with the Kevin Ravellette Quartet as they play the music of Lucky Thompson & Stan Getz! Kevin… Read more
($0-$10 | 10:30pm & 11:30pm Sets) After Saturday night’s show, stick around for Late Night with the Kevin Ravellette Quartet as they play the music of Lucky Thompson & Stan Getz!
Kevin Ravellette (sax) Matt Mitchell (guitar) Kenji Lancaster (drums) Colin McIlrath (bass)
Guarantee a seat with an advanced ticket! Walk-ins are free.
The Hotel Congress Séance Experience
Join The Séance Experience™ for an authentic live re-creation of a Victorian Era theatrical Dark Séance exactly as performed in the 1800’s at the haunted Hotel Congress in the only 3rd floor… Read more
Join The Séance Experience™ for an authentic live re-creation of a Victorian Era theatrical Dark Séance exactly as performed in the 1800’s at the haunted Hotel Congress in the only 3rd floor room to survive the 1934 fire. **
6:30pm, 7:45pm, or 9pm (choose your time in ticket selection) Be a part of the Séance with a Séance table seat (VIP—$30 + fees), or be a seated witness to the session (GA—$15 + fees).
*Please note: The séances take place on the 3rd floor—the only room on the 3rd floor to survive the 1934 Hotel Congress fire… the fire that also destroyed the elevator. Please be prepared to go up a couple of flights of stairs. All tickets include a seat.
Enjoy dinner before or after the show! Reserve your table at Cup Cafe.
Brought to you in partnership with Tucson Séance
Dougie Poole
Sunday October 20th w/ support from Laura Jean Band Doors 7pm | Show 7:30pm Adv $15 | Dos $17 + fees Read more
Sunday October 20th
w/ support from Laura Jean Band
Doors 7pm | Show 7:30pm
Adv $15 | Dos $17 + fees
Jazz Jam with Max Goldschmid Quartet
(No Cover | 7pm-10pm) Come jam with multi-instrumentalist Max Goldschmid and the Century Room house band! General admission is FREE and first come first serve. (Guarantee your seat with a Preferred Seating… Read more
(No Cover | 7pm-10pm) Come jam with multi-instrumentalist Max Goldschmid and the Century Room house band!
General admission is FREE and first come first serve. (Guarantee your seat with a Preferred Seating ticket.)
Karaoke Under the Stars
Congratulations, you’re booked! You’re the star at Late Night Karaoke this Sunday night on the plaza patio – FREE from 10PM – 2AM Read more
Congratulations, you’re booked! You’re the star at Late Night Karaoke this Sunday night on the plaza patio – FREE from 10PM – 2AM
Už jsme doma
Monday, October 21 Doors 7pm $15 Advance, $18 Day of Show + fees 21+ Uz Jsme Doma, (pronounced oosh-smeh-dough-ma), are a progressive avantgarde kazz-punk band from Czech Republic. It was active in… Read more
Monday, October 21
Doors 7pm
$15 Advance, $18 Day of Show + fees
21+
Uz Jsme Doma, (pronounced oosh-smeh-dough-ma), are a progressive avantgarde kazz-punk band from Czech Republic. It was active in keeping freedom during the totalitarian system in former Czechoslovakia and due to that, the band had played mostly on illegal level and in constant danger of jail.
The band´s approach to arrangements is unique in the world of rock. They bring the instruments and vocals in different directions within the same scales and keys to create a dense melodic atmosphere. In addition, their rhythms often accent off-beats and half-beats, throwing the listener in unexpected directions. The band is also fond of shifts between time signatures and the insertion of extra beats in the shaping of the mood of the song.
Band tours frequently whole the world – till now they visited 43 different countries, major part of them took USA (more than 700 shows in almost all states), but as well as Japan, New Zealand, Israel, France, Germany, Switzerland, Poland, etc etc.
The band has, to date, released eight proper studio albums, two live albums, several DVD’s a many compilations all over the world. They collaborate to theatre, film or occasionally they play with symphonic orchestra.
They collaborated very closely to the world famous band The Residents on their Freak show and later they released album Moravian Meeting, where UJD and Randy, the singer of The Residents, perform together.
Artist Martin Velisek is the non-playing and mostly non/travelling UJD member. His unique, absurd cartoon style, replete with alarming flourishes of realism, gruesomeness and beauty, gives UJD records their distinct look.
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FREE SALAMANDER EXHIBIT
Current research indicates that within 2 years of use, a pillow’s weight increases by 30% due to the accumulation of dead skin cells, dust mites, and their droppings. In a similar fashion, Free Salamander Exhibit has gradually augmented its own weight through an accumulation of musical and literary droppings, distilled these into creative impulses- -impulses committed to memory and subsequently forgotten.
Originally called the Rock Springs Six, Free Salamander Exhibit makes no bones about being influenced by the early work of Sleepytime Gorilla Museum. “Yeah, we all have that first record,” they mutter nonchalantly. Their new name is taken from the Sleepytime Gorilla Press’s 1916 leaflet distributed by Pentecostal snake-handler George Went Hensley of Tennessee, wherein the gospel dictum “They shall take up serpents and salamanders” was treated to more or less literal interpretation. “Yeah, we all handle them, salamanders that is,” they confess. Yes, they have renounced their snake handling ways in favor of the modern hair-shirt, i.e. the burlap gown. Certainly their outfits are uncomfortable and make playing difficult, especially for the non-rock instruments they sometimes employ, but what price beauty?
It seems the past is something this band of burlap brothers would rather put to rest. Free Salamander Exhibit gained some notoriety in the early 2000s by impersonating the members of Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, even going so far as insinuating themselves into the SGM members’ households. When it was announced in 2010 that SGM had been “subsumed” into the very bodies of Free Salamander Exhibit, the music press understood this to figuratively refer to a simple regrouping. Boy, were they wrong.
Currently based in Oakland, CA, Free Salamander Exhibit continues to shed its dead skin cells, casting off an accumulated detritus of metal, prog-rock, and art-rock influences. Nils, Dan, Michael, David, and Drew (at least these are the names they claim) meet regularly in an underground concrete shelter. Here they sit at an oval-shaped table in a spirit of constructive argumentation, poring over the nature of memory and the illusory promise of free will. Eventually they emerge, ready again to absorb the environmental stimuli that nourish their world-view. Through this circular process of absorption and molting, Free Salamander Exhibit hopes to augment the mass of your own pillow as well.
Shed some skin with Free Salamander Exhibit in your town soon
The Century Room Jazz Orchestra
($15-$25 tickets | 7pm & 8:30pm sets) Inspired by the Village Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, the 17-piece CRJO performs classic big band repertoire every Monday night at the Century Room starting at 7pm…. Read more
($15-$25 tickets | 7pm & 8:30pm sets) Inspired by the Village Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, the 17-piece CRJO performs classic big band repertoire every Monday night at the Century Room starting at 7pm. Expect music from the Count Basie Orchestra, Duke Ellington Orchestra, the Thad Jones/Mel Louis Jazz Orchestra and much more! Drummers Arthur Vint, Pete Swan, Kenji Lancaster and Fred Hayes share the drum chair, alternating each week. Advanced tickets recommended!
Rotating (drums) Scott Black (bass) Angelo Versace (piano) Matt Mitchell (guitar) Joseph Rader (bari sax) Kevin Ravellette & Simeon Roth (tenor sax) Eric Nakanishi & Jonas Heidebrecht (alto sax) Jordan Robison, Joshua Schanie, Benjamin Constantinides, Aidan Schofield (trombone) Morani Sanders, Anthony Gibes, Tony Belletti, Jason Carder (trumpet).
AR Flamenco Presents: Tablao Flamenco
($25-$35 | 7pm show) In one of Tucson’s most intimate venues, experience the rawness and authenticity flamenco has to offer on the Century Room Stage! ***Angelina Ramirez* is a flamenco movement artist… Read more
($25-$35 | 7pm show) In one of Tucson’s most intimate venues, experience the rawness and authenticity flamenco has to offer on the Century Room Stage!
***Angelina Ramirez* is a flamenco movement artist and teaching artist based in Tucson, Arizona. Her work explores queer, Latinx identity in traditional flamenco dance and focuses on arts and healing, particularly for elders and autistic individuals. She promotes accessibility, fights ableism and racism, and curates the Traditional and Ethnic Dance Festival for the Southwest Folklife Alliance.**
***Misael Barraza Diaz* is a distinguished Mexican guitarist who graduated with honors from the Master in Guitar Alicante and obtained a second Master’s degree from the University of Arizona. He is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts and studies under renowned artists such as David Russell, Sergio Assad, and Odair Assad.**
**With**
**Jason Martinez (cajon)**
**Olivia Rojas (cante)**
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