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The Century Room Jazz Orchestra

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 & Sly Slipetsky (piano) Matt Mitchell (guitar) Joseph Rader (bari sax) Brice Winston & Kevin Ravellette (tenor sax) Eric Nakanishi & Simeon Roth (alto sax) Jordan Robison, Joshua Schanie, Benjamin Constantinides, Max Goldschmid (trombone) Morani Sanders, Anthony Gibes, Tony Belletti, Jason Carder (trumpet)

METAL MONDAYS
9:00PM

METAL MONDAYS

Metal Mondays at Club Congress! A weekly metal experience at Club Congress in every Monday night! $2 PBR | $3 High Noon Seltzers | $3 Well Drinks | 1/2 Off Tequila &... Read more

Metal Mondays at Club Congress!
A weekly metal experience at Club Congress in every Monday night!

$2 PBR | $3 High Noon Seltzers | $3 Well Drinks | 1/2 Off Tequila & Mezcal Pours

9:00 PM – 2:00 AM

21+

Unleash your inner metalhead and kick off your week with a (head)bang! Don’t miss out on a weekly night of music, camaraderie, and madness.

The French Connection and Tucson Friends: Masterclass Finale Concert
7:00PM

The French Connection and Tucson Friends: Masterclass Finale Concert

Tuesday October 3 Doors 7pm, Show 7:30pm $12 Advance, $14 Day of Show 21+ The French ‘Masterclass’ brings Twelve Musicians to Tucson for Three Shows, Workshops How would twelve musicians from Nantes,... Read more

Tuesday October 3

Doors 7pm, Show 7:30pm

$12 Advance, $14 Day of Show

21+

The French ‘Masterclass’ brings Twelve Musicians to Tucson for Three Shows, Workshops

How would twelve musicians from Nantes, France, find their way to Tucson for a three week long ‘Masterclass’ with several of Tucson’s most gifted music makers?

The roots of the current Masterclass go back decades, and bespoke a transnational DIY ethos. Kick-started in 1995 by the French band The Little Rabbits desire to record with local producer/engineer/studio owner Jim Waters at his Waterworks studio, an un-official sister-city status has spontaneously manifested between Tucson and Nantes that has seen dozens of musicians, visual artists, filmmakers and more travel back and forth between their mutual cities for tours, festivals, residencies and more. The origin story is told in an article I wrote for Tucson Weekly back in 2015:

https://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/french-connection/Content?oid=1092159

Tucson locals who have made the trek over the years include Golden Boots, The Pork Torta, Al Foul, Bob Log III, Al Perry, Gabriel Sullivan and many more, including a few who are also directly involved in the Masterclass and three shows being staged while they are in town: Billy Sedlmayr, Brian Lopez, Jeff Grubic, Dimitri Manos and Tom Walbank. Other local musicians involved in the Masterclass include Sergio Mendoza, Arthur Vint, Vicki Brown and John Contreras.

Jesse Daniel
7:00PM

Jesse Daniel

Tuesday October 3 with Victoria Bailey Doors 7pm $15 Advance, $18 Day of Show 21+ –JESSE DANIEL–It is no secret that Jesse Daniel puts on one hell of a live show. With... Read more

Tuesday October 3 with Victoria Bailey

Doors 7pm

$15 Advance, $18 Day of Show

21+

–JESSE DANIEL–It is no secret that Jesse Daniel puts on one hell of a live show. With his top notch band, he’s been touring the country for years and earning fans the old fashioned way; with honest songs played well. The California native is blazing the trail for a new wave of traditional artists, bringing his hard core country music to stages all over the US. There are many making traditional country music in modern times, but there is no one making it like Daniel. His sound is uniquely his own, while rooted in the tradition of his Bakersfield heroes like Merle Haggard and Buck Owens. This one-of-a-kind sound has earned Jesse a place at the table among the best of the country music world and has garnered the support of his contemporaries and fans alike. Over the past few years, he and his band have toured and shared stages with artists like Colter Wall, Tyler Childers, Sierra Ferrell, Charley Crockett, American Aquarium, Turnpike Troubadours, Shane Smith, Mike and the Moonpies, Raul Malo and many others. Jesse’s touring schedule has taken him and his band over 50,000 miles in 2022 alone and this year they aim to surpass that by a longshot. Touring this extensively can be tough on a band, but it has proven to be what truly makes a band great. There is nothing that will make a band tighter than grinding it out on the road, night after night, club after club. That is why Jesse and his songwriting partner, fellow band member, manager and fiance Jodi Lyford decided it was time to make a live album.

“My Kind Of Country Live at The Catalyst ” was recorded in front of a sold out crowd at Santa Cruz, CA’s biggest live music venue. It’s the only album made at The Catalyst since Neil Young & Crazy Horse recorded “Touch The Night – Santa Cruz 1984” on the same stage. This was a monumental achievement for Daniel, considering he used to work as a stage hand and security at the venue years ago. He played his first ever show at the tiny upstairs bar and spent years battling addiction on the very street that The Catalyst resides.
“The Catalyst was kind of as big as it gets in my world. I grew up there, going to shows, playing shows on their smaller stages. To headline the main stage, let alone sell it out and make a record there, is a huge accomplishment for me and I’m forever grateful to my Santa Cruz County friends, fans and family for supporting what we do.” said Daniel. What better way to thank the community that raised and supported you than to make a live album with them.
This recording includes songs from all three of Daniel’s studio albums – Jesse Daniel (2018),Rollin’ On (2020) and Beyond These Walls (2021), as well as his own hometown rendition of Homer Joy’s country classic “Streets Of Bakersfield”, made famous by Dwight Yoakam and Buck Owens. When the band breaks down you can hear every soul in the room shouting, singing along and celebrating the phrase that they themselves coined – “My Kind Of Country”. This captured live performance showcases Daniel and his band’s live energy and transports you directly to that place in time, as if you were there for it all.

Steve Roach’s Ambient Lounge: Linda Kohanov, Dean De Benedictis (Surface 10)

Steve Roach’s Ambient Lounge: Linda Kohanov, Dean De Benedictis (Surface 10)

($10-$15 | 6pm doors / 7pm show) Adventures in the soundcurrent. Ambient pioneer Steve Roach hosts the monthly “Ambient Lounge”with rotating performers and DJs. This month features artists Linda Kohanov, and Dean... Read more

($10-$15 | 6pm doors / 7pm show) Adventures in the soundcurrent.

Ambient pioneer Steve Roach hosts the monthly “Ambient Lounge”with rotating performers and DJs. This month features artists Linda Kohanov, and Dean De Benedictis aka Surface 10.

The Road Warriors: “Redlining” Album Release Party
7:00PM

The Road Warriors: “Redlining” Album Release Party

Wednesday October 4 with Lexa Raquel & Ryan Alfred Doors 7pm, Show 7:30pm $10 Advance & Day of Show 21+ –THE ROAD WARRIORS– A hybrid of Tucson and Phoenix musicians, the Road... Read more

Wednesday October 4 with Lexa Raquel & Ryan Alfred

Doors 7pm, Show 7:30pm

$10 Advance & Day of Show

21+

–THE ROAD WARRIORS– A hybrid of Tucson and Phoenix musicians, the Road Warriors combined their shared passions for dance, cerebral songwriting with road-tested helpings of nu-disco, trap and soul. Each member brings a unique musical power to the band honed through years of multiple band experience throughout many musical genres, Two jazz pianists turned keyboardists, one R&B based bassist, a drum corp instructor on electronic drum, one Funk guitarist, and an indie drummer on acoustic drums. The unique combination does not fail to deliver on both creative and groove oriented fronts.

Mysterious Babies Traditional Jazz Band

Mysterious Babies Traditional Jazz Band

($10 Reserved/No Cover GA | 7pm-10pm) Guy Senese leads the Mysterious Babies in the tradition of Armstrong, Bechet, Jelly Roll Morton, and other Early Jazz innovators out of New Orleans & Chicago.... Read more

($10 Reserved/No Cover GA | 7pm-10pm) Guy Senese leads the Mysterious Babies in the tradition of Armstrong, Bechet, Jelly Roll Morton, and other Early Jazz innovators out of New Orleans & Chicago. The band starts at 7pm, followed by a trad jazz jam session. Every Wednesday!

To sit in our listening section by the stage, be sure to buy a reserved ticket! The rest of the room is open to the general public…dancing encouraged!

Trish Toledo
7:00PM

Trish Toledo

Wednesday, October 4 Doors 7pm $17 Advance, $20 Day of Show 21+ –TRISH TOLEDO–Born in Carson CA to an a Ecuadorian father and a Guatemalan mother, Trish Toledo is a singer-songwriter who... Read more

Wednesday, October 4

Doors 7pm

$17 Advance, $20 Day of Show

21+

–TRISH TOLEDO–Born in Carson CA to an a Ecuadorian father and a Guatemalan mother, Trish Toledo is a singer-songwriter who found her interest in music and began singing at the age of 6. Being the youngest in a family with 3 siblings, she was introduced to music genres that had been around long before her time. Her style can be described as soul / 60s, early 70s era music. She has been likened to folks that listen to artists such as Aretha Franklin, Barbara Mason & Brenton Wood. Inspired by her idols & their success in music, Trish practiced and developed her musical skills through her childhood and got her first studio experience at the age of 18. She has continued to record and release material, currently working on her 4th release.

Her live performances have grown into selling out venues, and her loyal fanbase continues to grow.

Currently, she has teamed up with all star group “ The Confidentials “ to back her up at select events. They have honed their skills and come together as a tight unit, taking Toledo’s music to even greater heights.

As Toledo prepare’s to return to the studio in 2019, we can anticipate that the new album, containing originals, will be the most dynamic, heartfelt and soulful offering yet. In the years to come we can only expect more growth, more innovation, and of course, more soul.

Pete Swan Presents: Wholly Cats Swing Club

Pete Swan Presents: Wholly Cats Swing Club

($10-$15 | 7pm) Every Thursday, drummer and producer Pete Swan runs a series presenting some of his favorite musicians. This week features The Wholly Cats Swing Club! Read more

($10-$15 | 7pm) Every Thursday, drummer and producer Pete Swan runs a series presenting some of his favorite musicians. This week features The Wholly Cats Swing Club!

The Hotel Congress Séance Experience
6:30PM

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—$25), or be a seated witness to the session (GA—$12.50).

*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

TOMMY CASTRO AND THE PAINKILLERS
6:30PM

TOMMY CASTRO AND THE PAINKILLERS

Friday, October 6 Appearing with Deanna Bogart Doors 6:30pm, Show 7pm $25 Advance, $30 Day of Show 21+ –TOMMY CASTRO & THE PAINKILLERS–“The hardest thing to do,” says internationally beloved soul-blues rocker... Read more

Friday, October 6 Appearing with Deanna Bogart

Doors 6:30pm, Show 7pm

$25 Advance, $30 Day of Show

21+

–TOMMY CASTRO & THE PAINKILLERS–“The hardest thing to do,” says internationally beloved soul-blues rocker Tommy Castro, “is be yourself, take some chances and bring your fans along with you.” Throughout his long, constantly evolving career, guitarist, singer and songwriter Tommy Castro has always remained true to himself while exploring, growing and creating new music, and he has taken his thousands of devoted fans right along with him. Since his solo debut in 1994, he’s made 16 albums— the last seven for Alligator—each its own unique chapter in the book of Tommy Castro. Ranging from horn-fueled R&B to piping hot blues to fiery, stripped- down rock ‘n’ roll, each release is solidly built upon Castro’s unshakable musical foundation—a dynamic mix of 1960s-influenced guitar-fueled blues, testifying Memphis-soaked blue-eyed soul and Latin-tinged East San Jose funk, all driven by Castro’s grab-you-by- the-collar vocals and passionate guitar work. Blues Revue declared, “Tommy Castro can do no wrong.”

For Castro’s new album, a roots music odyssey entitled Tommy Castro Presents A Bluesman Came To Town, he tells a timeless story. This special project was composed by Castro along with Grammy Award- winning producer Tom Hambridge. Through its 13 songs, A Bluesman Came To Town tells the tale of a young man working on his family farm who gets bitten by the blues bug. He masters the guitar and heads out on the road seeking fame and fortune, only to find what he’s left behind is the treasure he’s been looking for. Each memorable song—from the blistering title track to the pleading Child Don’t Go to the hopeful I Caught A Break to the emotional Blues Prisoner—stands on its own, as well as contributing to the larger story.

“I like to keep things fresh and interesting,” says Castro, “Tom and I have talked about making a record together for a long time. Collaborating with him was even better than I imagined. I had an outline for the story and then Tom and I talked it out and the songs just started to organically grow out of each other.” Castro continues, “A Bluesman Came To Town isn’t a story about me. It’s pulled from some of my friends’ and my experiences though. I’ve seen first-hand for a lot of years what it’s like out there on the road.”

The road has always been Castro’s home away from home. He’ll instantly ignite a crowd, turn them into loyal fans and then keep those fans coming back for more. He has traveled hundreds of thousands of miles and performed thousands of gigs, leading his bands at clubs, concert halls, and festivals all over the world. Famed guitarist Joe Bonamassa says, “Tommy has always been top of the heap among blues guitar players. He always puts on a great show.” Born in San Jose, California in 1955, Tommy Castro first picked up a guitar at age 10. He fell under the spell of Elvin Bishop, Taj Mahal, Mike Bloomfield and other blues artists of the day. Almost every major rock and soul act, from Ike and Tina Turner to Janis Joplin to the J. Geils Band to Tower Of Power, toured through the area, and Castro was at every show. He saw John Lee Hooker, Albert King, and Buddy Guy and Junior Wells at the same local blues bar, JJ’s, where he often jammed, dreaming of one day busting out. Mixing the blues and rock and roll he loved and the soul music he heard blasting from lowriders in his neighborhood Tommy started to create his own personal sound and style. He honed his guitar skills and intense, gritty vocals, learning how to capture an audience as he performed on San Francisco’s highly competitive club scene. As his reputation spread, Tommy played in a variety of Bay Area bands, soon making a name for himself as a hotter-than-hot live artist bursting at the seams with talent. In 1985, he was recruited to become lead singer and guitarist for the regionally popular blues band NiteCry, gigging regularly throughout Northern California. Castro joined Warner Brothers’ artists The Dynatones in the late 1980s, performing all over the country. He formed the first Tommy Castro Band in 1992 and has not stopped touring since. In 1995, soon after releasing his first album on Blind Pig Records, The Tommy Castro Band was selected as the house band for three seasons on NBC Television’s Comedy Showcase (airing right after Saturday Night Live). The show brought him in front of millions of viewers every week and cemented his reputation as a not-to-be-missed, nationally touring live performer.

After a series of successful releases on the Blind Pig, Telarc and 33rd Street labels, Tommy Castro joined Alligator Records in 2009. His label debut, Hard Believer, was released to massive popular and critical acclaim. With the album, Castro won four of his six career Blues Music Awards, including the coveted B.B. King Entertainer Of The Year Award (the very highest award a blues performer can receive). In 2012, Castro stripped his music down to its raw essence, creating a high-energy, larger-than-life sound with the formation of The Painkillers. Tommy Castro & The Painkillers’ initial release, The Devil You Know, was embraced by his legion of fans and discovered by hordes of new ones. With the current version of The Painkillers (bassist Randy McDonald, drummer Bowen Brown and keyboardist Michael Emerson), Castro released Method To My Madness in 2015, Stompin’ Ground in 2017, and the irresistible Killin’ It–Live in 2019, with critics shouting praise and admirers cheering the group’s every move. The band has coalesced into one of the telepathically tightest units Castro has ever assembled, making them one of the most in-demand live roots music acts performing today, delivering soul-shaking, muscular music.

Castro’S relentless road-dog approach—gig after gig, night after night—has won him loyal, lifelong fans everywhere he plays. The Washington Post says Castro is “phenomenal and funky” with “soulful vocals and inspired blues guitar.” The San Francisco Chronicle describes Castro’s music as, “funky Southern soul, big city blues and classic rock…silvery guitar licks that simultaneously sound familiar and fresh.” No Depression says “Castro plays gritty,string-bending blues like a runaway train…a glorious blend that rocks the soul and lifts the spirits.”

Upon release of A Bluesman Came To Town, Castro will hit the road with The Painkillers, performing fan favorites as well as songs from the new album. “I’ve made seven albums for Alligator,” Castro says, “and I’ve never made the same record twice. I will always try to be my most authentic self. I give it all I’ve got every time we hit the stage!”

–DEANNA BOGART– With 40 years as a road musician, award-winning bandleader, and multi-instrumentalist, Deanna Bogart is adored by her fans for her adventurous, original, and diverse music career. She is recognized for her dazzling keyboards, soulful saxophone, smoky vocals, and cut-above songwriting. Expanding now to include producing festivals, artists, as an arranger and as a sought after educator/mentor/master classes/creative coach while nonstop gigging around the globe and playing with stellar musicians everywhere. She now lives in the desert and the road keeps comin’….

Roxy Coss Quartet

Roxy Coss Quartet

($20-$35 | 7pm & 9pm Shows) Welcome the prolific saxophonist and composer, Roxy Coss for her Century Room debut! Roxy Coss (saxophone) Caili O’Doherty (piano) Russell Hall (bass) Bryan Carter (drums) **Roxy... Read more

($20-$35 | 7pm & 9pm Shows) Welcome the prolific saxophonist and composer, Roxy Coss for her Century Room debut!

Roxy Coss (saxophone) Caili O’Doherty (piano) Russell Hall (bass) Bryan Carter (drums)

**Roxy Coss**

Musician, Composer, Bandleader, Educator and Activist Roxy Coss received the 2022 Downbeat Critics’ Poll “Rising Star” award on Soprano Saxophone, is a recipient of the ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award, the Hothouse Magazine & Jazzmobile “Tenor Saxophone” Award, and is a Jazziz Magazine “Artist to Watch”. She has performed around the world, headlining at the Newport Jazz Festival, Melbourne Big Band Festival, NYC Winter JazzFest, BRIC JazzFest, Earshot Jazz Festival, San Jose Jazz Summerfest, Jazz Standard, and Jazz Showcase. Coss has performed as a side musician with Jazz greats and luminaries including Clark Terry, Billy Kaye, Maurice Hines, Rufus Reid, Louis Hayes, Gene Perla, Houston Person, Claudio Roditi, Bill Charlap, Geoffrey Keezer, Willie Jones III, Jeremy Pelt, Darcy James Argue, the DIVA Jazz Orchestra.

Roxy has six albums out under her own name, including her latest release, Disparate Parts (Outside in Music), which was met with critical acclaim. Her fifth album Quintet (Outside in Music), received a 4-Star review from Downbeat. The Roxy Coss Quintet, featuring some of the world’s finest young musicians, is the first-ever recipient of the Emerging Artist Project, a four-year grant from the Local 802 Musicians Union. They largely perform Coss’ original compositions. Her composition work can also be found on Jeremy Pelt’s recording, Face Forward, Jeremy (High Note).

Coss grew up in Seattle, WA where she attended the acclaimed Garfield High School Jazz Ensemble, and graduated from William Paterson University in 2008 with a BM in Jazz Studies/Performance. She has been living in the New York area since 2004. Roxy currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Jazz Education Network (JEN), is Jazz Faculty at The Juilliard School, and is the President & Founder of Women In Jazz Organization (WIJO). She is also an endorsing Artist for P. Mauriat, Vandoren, and Key Leaves products.

Cherry Avenue- EP Releases Party!
7:00PM

Cherry Avenue- EP Releases Party!

Friday October 6th Doors 7pm, Show 7:30pm $10 Advance & Day of Show Read more

Friday October 6th

Doors 7pm, Show 7:30pm

$10 Advance & Day of Show

Ashley Kahn & Brice Winston | The Big Bang of Bebop: Why Charlie Parker Still Matters

Ashley Kahn & Brice Winston | The Big Bang of Bebop: Why Charlie Parker Still Matters

($15-$40 tickets | 5pm Presentation / 7pm & 9pm Shows) Welcome Ashley Kahn back to the Century Room all the way from NYC joined by a live band! **Charlie Parker** Charlie “Bird”... Read more

($15-$40 tickets | 5pm Presentation / 7pm & 9pm Shows) Welcome Ashley Kahn back to the Century Room all the way from NYC joined by a live band!

**Charlie Parker**

Charlie “Bird” Parker *is* modern jazz—and that is not an overstatement. The innovations and freedoms he brought forth in an astonishingly brief period of time—from 1945 to ’54, less than ten years—were labeled “bebop” at the time, and it still serves as the dividing line between jazz being regarded as a popular, dance-focused music, and being revered as a form of serious self-expression. But how and why did he do this? Does it all stand the test of time?

The continuing stature of Bird and bebop should in fact be questioned, if only to reconfirm the weight of the burden he carried in his lifetime. Parker was challenged by that responsibility, and by other personal demons—leading to his demise at the age of 34. He died an exemplar of the African American propensity for creating new musical languages that have maximum impact with limited resources—think spirituals and blues, and even hip hop. 103 years after his birth, with video and music examples, we will ask why Charlie Parker still means so much to our musical tradition.

**Ashley Kahn**

Ashley Kahn is a Grammy-winning American music historian, author, professor and producer. He teaches at New York University’, co-wrote Carlos Santana’s award-winning autobiography The Universal Tone: Bringing My Story to Light (Little, Brown, 2014), and is a producer of Carlos (2023), the documentary on Carlos Santana. He has written books on two legendary recordings: Kind of Blue by Miles Davis and A Love Supreme by John Coltrane, and one on a legendary record label: The House That Trane Built: The Story of Impulse Records. His most recent book is George Harrison on George Harrison: Interviews and Encounters. He also edited Rolling Stone: The Seventies, a 70-essay overview of that pivotal decade.

Kahn, who was recently awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Jazz Journalists Association, broke into the music business as a tour manager and music festival producer, has held a variety of positions in radio, television, and online businesses. As a journalist, his byline has appeared in many publications and websites, including Rolling Stone, The New York Times, The New Statesman, and others, and his writing has garnered four ASCAP/Deems Taylor awards, and three Grammy nominations. In 2015, he was awarded a Grammy for his album notes to the John Coltrane release Offering: Live at Temple University, and in 2017, he received the Robert Palmer-Helen Oakley Dance Award for Excellence in Writing from the Jazz Journalists Association.

The Hotel Congress Séance Experience
6:30PM

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—$25), or be a seated witness to the session (GA—$12.50).

*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

Noah Martin Band | Daytrails | Viper Club
6:30PM

Noah Martin Band | Daytrails | Viper Club

Saturday October 7th Doors 6:30pm, Show 7:00pm $10 Advance & Day of Show –NOAH MARTIN BAND– Noah Martin is a high energy alternative rock singer/songwriter musician from Tucson, AZ. Being from Arizona... Read more

Saturday October 7th

Doors 6:30pm, Show 7:00pm

$10 Advance & Day of Show

–NOAH MARTIN BAND– Noah Martin is a high energy alternative rock singer/songwriter musician from Tucson, AZ. Being from Arizona and with familial roots in Nogales, Noah is heavily influenced by many Mexican artists and styles of music as well as The Beatles, Greenday, Oasis, Lenny Kravitz just to name a few. Noah Martin has opened up at The Marquee Theater for Scary Pool Party (Alejandro Aranda) Club Congress for Sitting on Stacy and Jakob Nowell, The Early Moods, Eric Tessmer, Dennis Quaid and The Sharks, The Dusk Festival, and 191 Toole. Noah has released 8 singles and 2022 his first EP In Due Time was released with Martin playing all instruments. Noah leads his band on lead guitar/vocals, accompanied by Aaron Beck – bass/background vocals, Chris Martin – drums/background vocals, Diego Mackean – guitar/background vocals All music can be found on all major platforms.

The Infinite Mercies
7:00PM

The Infinite Mercies

Saturday October 7th Doors 7pm, Show 7:30pm $10 Advance & Day of Show –THE INFINITE MERCIES– Read more

Saturday October 7th

Doors 7pm, Show 7:30pm

$10 Advance & Day of Show

–THE INFINITE MERCIES–

Fruit Cocktail Lounge: Shira Maas

Fruit Cocktail Lounge: Shira Maas

($10 Tickets | 4pm Doors) ISpice up your autumn with Fruit Cocktail Lounge on Sunday October 8 at the Century Room! Join your friends, family and community at Tucson’s premiere LGBTQIA+ jazz... Read more

($10 Tickets | 4pm Doors) ISpice up your autumn with Fruit Cocktail Lounge on Sunday October 8 at the Century Room!

Join your friends, family and community at Tucson’s premiere LGBTQIA+ jazz cocktail party featuring the sensational Shira Maas on the microphone joined on stage by the spectacular Fruit Cocktail Combo led by our fabulous friend, Khris Dodge! And it wouldn’t be Fruit Cocktail Lounge without our dashing host, Paul Bowman! Enjoy downtown Tucson’s only jazz club for a delightful afternoon with stellar entertainment, signature craft cocktails, delectable small plates and fabulous fellowship.

And it’s just $10! The admission price brings you our talented local musicians and special happy hour pricing on select cocktails!

Congress Cookout: The Coolers
5:00PM

Congress Cookout: The Coolers

The Coolers play their Rockin’ Roll, Soul, Blues, & Funk for this Sunday’s Congress Cookout! $10 5-8pm Read more

The Coolers play their Rockin’ Roll, Soul, Blues, & Funk for this Sunday’s Congress Cookout!

$10

5-8pm

Milly
7:00PM

Milly

Sunday, October 8 with Rocket & Commoner 7pm Doors, 7:30pm show $12 Advance & Day of Show Ages 16+ –MILLY– Originally the solo project of Brendan Dyer, his relocation from Connecticut to... Read more

Sunday, October 8 with Rocket & Commoner

7pm Doors, 7:30pm show

$12 Advance & Day of Show

Ages 16+

–MILLY– Originally the solo project of Brendan Dyer, his relocation from Connecticut to Los Angeles saw the band expand to include collaborator Yarden Erez. After signing to Dangerbird Records, 2019 saw the band on tour with Swervedriver & DIIV, and in 2021 they released their acclaimed EP Wish Goes On.

To understand Eternal Ring, you have to go back to Dyer’s childhood. Learning guitar and drums from his uncle, a musician, from the age of ten, Dyer was one of the only young people in his rural Connecticut town interested in anything other than sports and other stereotypical markers of American life. Naturally, Dyer began to gravitate towards emo — the closest thing many teens have to outsider art — as an art form he could identify with, bands like Hawthorne Heights subconsciously laying the groundwork for the music he would make as an adult. “It probably only lasted a year or two that I was interested in that sort of thing, but now I feel like it’s become a thing in my life where it’s like, full circle,” he says. “When we were writing this album, and touring before writing this album, I was reconnecting with a lot of the music that I was listening to in my youth and realizing that there was a reason why I liked this music so much.”

The Milly of Eternal Ring, though, is a vastly different project from the one Dyer began in his childhood bedroom. Where the band’s old songs were dazed and gorgeously laconic, Eternal Ring is muscular, punchy, almost alarmingly direct. You only need to hear album opener and debut single “Illuminate” to understand the change: slipping quickly from emo balladry into something heavy and intoxicatingly intense, it’s a clear marker that this is the work of a tighter, more dynamic Milly. There is no slack to these songs — even the nine-minute “Stuck In The Middle” is an impossibly taut endurance work, jumping from emotive build to gut-wrenching squall in a second.

Century Room Jazz Jam

Century Room Jazz Jam

(No Cover | 7pm-10pm) Come jam with the Century Room House band!

(No Cover | 7pm-10pm) Come jam with the Century Room House band!

Harmony House
10:00PM

Harmony House

Every Sunday, FREE in the Club!! 21+ rotating features!

Every Sunday, FREE in the Club!!

21+

rotating features!

The Century Room Jazz Orchestra

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 & Sly Slipetsky (piano) Matt Mitchell (guitar) Joseph Rader (bari sax) Brice Winston & Kevin Ravellette (tenor sax) Eric Nakanishi & Simeon Roth (alto sax) Jordan Robison, Joshua Schanie, Benjamin Constantinides, Max Goldschmid (trombone) Morani Sanders, Anthony Gibes, Tony Belletti, Jason Carder (trumpet)

Kulululu | Forty Feet Tall | KRYGE
7:00PM

Kulululu | Forty Feet Tall | KRYGE

Monday October 9 Doors 7pm, Show 7:30pm $10 Advance & Day of Show

Monday October 9

Doors 7pm, Show 7:30pm

$10 Advance & Day of Show

METAL MONDAYS
9:00PM

METAL MONDAYS

Metal Mondays at Club Congress! A weekly metal experience at Club Congress in every Monday night! $2 PBR | $3 High Noon Seltzers | $3 Well Drinks | 1/2 Off Tequila &... Read more

Metal Mondays at Club Congress!
A weekly metal experience at Club Congress in every Monday night!

$2 PBR | $3 High Noon Seltzers | $3 Well Drinks | 1/2 Off Tequila & Mezcal Pours

9:00 PM – 2:00 AM

21+

Unleash your inner metalhead and kick off your week with a (head)bang! Don’t miss out on a weekly night of music, camaraderie, and madness.

Jonathan Kreisberg Quartet

Jonathan Kreisberg Quartet

($20-$35 | 7pm & 9pm sets) Welcome master guitarist Jonathan Kriesberg and his band on tour from NYC as part of our Signature Series! **Jonathan Kreisberg** Guitarist and composer Jonathan Kreisberg has... Read more

($20-$35 | 7pm & 9pm sets) Welcome master guitarist Jonathan Kriesberg and his band on tour from NYC as part of our Signature Series!

**Jonathan Kreisberg**

Guitarist and composer Jonathan Kreisberg has built a strong worldwide following and has influenced the next generation of musicians with his unique combination of timeless melodicism and forward thinking lines and textures. He is recognized as a player who has studied the Jazz language deeply while infusing it with fresh new ideas, expanding the possibilities of the guitar.

Jonathan has led various groups with star players and performed as a sideman with such notables as Lonnie Smith, Joe Locke, Ari Hoenig, Yosvany Terry, Larry Grenadier, Bill Stewart, Gary Versace, Will Vinson, Kevin Hays, Mark Ferber, Matt Penman, and Martin Bejerano among others. He has released 11 critically acclaimed CD’s including “The South of Everywhere”, “Shadowless”, “One” (his first all solo guitar recording), “Wave Upon Wave”, “Kreisberg Meets Veras”, and “Capturing Spirits – JKQ Live!”. He has received the ASCAP Plus Award annually for 15 years.

For 12 years Jonathan had also been a constant collaborator with NEA jazz master Dr. Lonnie Smith, who says of Kreisberg “He is a passionate musician with great vision, and he is constantly in fiery pursuit of innovation.” Jonathan worked as performer and associate producer for Dr. Smith’s recent works on Blue Note Records. He has performed 20th century works with the New World Symphony under Michael Tilson Thomas.

In addition to his work as a Jazz composer his music was also featured in many scores for Playwrights Horizon in NYC, the Goodman theater in Chicago, and Hartford Stage.

Jonathan is also a respected educator with over 20 years of experience. In 2017 he released his first book of compositions and transcriptions, OFFERINGS OF NOTE, as well as a series of instructional videos called POLYRTHYTHMIC GUITAR. He also founded “EXPLORATIONS OF NOTE”, a unique online music education program for advanced players.

Mysterious Babies Traditional Jazz Band

Mysterious Babies Traditional Jazz Band

($10 Reserved/No Cover GA | 7pm-10pm) Guy Senese leads the Mysterious Babies in the tradition of Armstrong, Bechet, Jelly Roll Morton, and other Early Jazz innovators out of New Orleans & Chicago.... Read more

($10 Reserved/No Cover GA | 7pm-10pm) Guy Senese leads the Mysterious Babies in the tradition of Armstrong, Bechet, Jelly Roll Morton, and other Early Jazz innovators out of New Orleans & Chicago. The band starts at 7pm, followed by a trad jazz jam session. Every Wednesday!

To sit in our listening section by the stage, be sure to buy a reserved ticket! The rest of the room is open to the general public…dancing encouraged!

Tav Falco’s Panther Burns
7:00PM

Tav Falco’s Panther Burns

Wednesday, October 11 with support from Chick Cashman with The Chicks Doors 7pm $13 Advance, $15 Day of Show –TAV FALCO’S PANTHER BURNS– Read more

Wednesday, October 11 with support from Chick Cashman with The Chicks

Doors 7pm

$13 Advance, $15 Day of Show

–TAV FALCO’S PANTHER BURNS–

corook
7:00PM

corook

Thursday October 12 with morgen 7pm Doors, 7:30pm Show $20 Advance, $25 Day of Show All Ages Welcome –corook– aka Corinne Savage (yes that’s their real last name) is a singer, songwriter,... Read more

Thursday October 12 with morgen

7pm Doors, 7:30pm Show

$20 Advance, $25 Day of Show

All Ages Welcome

–corook– aka Corinne Savage (yes that’s their real last name) is a singer, songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist and a huge fuckin dork. No but seriously. They can solve a Rubix cube in under a minute (depending on how they’re feeling that day.) This freckled chubby babe was born and raised just outside of downtown Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, where they grew up listening to Drake, Gwen Stefani and Mac Miller (RIP.) They went to a performing arts high school (yes, just like Victorious) where they came out as QUEERAF their senior year. They then went to Berklee College of Music (wow – owen Wilson voice) and graduated with TWO degrees (barely.) Corinne currently resides in Nashville Tennessee (howdy.) They spend most of their time writing and producing music for their artist project “Corook” (boop!) locked away in their room, alone (they blame it on Coronavirus but they’re actually just anti-social.) They’ve co-written HIT songs like “this whole bio is a joke” and is an Award winning Person of Doing Things. They are 28 and they are VERY cute.

Nano Stern sings Victor Jara
7:00PM

Nano Stern sings Victor Jara

Arizona Arts Live Presents: Thursday October 12 Doors 7pm, Show 8pm $15 GA Adult, $5 Student TICKETS: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/19005EF9AF73409E –NANO STERN–Explore the history of Chilean music under social regimes in a powerful performance... Read more

Arizona Arts Live Presents:
Thursday October 12

Doors 7pm, Show 8pm

$15 GA Adult, $5 Student

TICKETS: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/19005EF9AF73409E

–NANO STERN–Explore the history of Chilean music under social regimes in a powerful performance by powerhouse artist Nano Stern who weaves together indigenous, African, and European elements into a groundbreaking sound entirely his own. Don’t miss an unforgettable evening of musical virtuosity and poetic advocacy for social justice, exclusively at Hotel Congress.

Hailed by folk legend Joan Baez as “the best young Chilean songwriter of his generation,” Nano Stern’s artistry knows no bounds. With a masterful command of multiple instruments and languages, he brings a fresh and relevant perspective to his music. His closest companions on stage remain, simply, his guitar and staggering vocals.

As a political and outspoken activist, Nano Stern has crafted a unique musical language that blends the youthful exuberance of folk music with the depth of classical and jazz training, all infused with the powerful spirit of traditional Chilean revolutionary songs. There is a rare power and beauty to a Nano Stern performance. Don’t miss this chance to experience the magic of Nano Stern live on stage in an evening that transcends borders, languages, and cultures.

Steve Duson

Steve Duson

($10-$15 | 7pm) Every Thursday drummer and producer Pete Swan runs a series presenting some of his favorite musicians. This week features the vocalist Steve Duson! Read more

($10-$15 | 7pm) Every Thursday drummer and producer Pete Swan runs a series presenting some of his favorite musicians. This week features the vocalist Steve Duson!

The Hotel Congress Séance Experience
6:30PM

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—$25), or be a seated witness to the session (GA—$12.50).

*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

Luna Luna & Michael Seyer
7:00PM

Luna Luna & Michael Seyer

Friday, October 13 with Fearofmakingout Doors 7pm $18 Advance, $22 Day of Show All Welcome –LUNA LUNA– Austin-based, by way of Dallas, Indie quartet Luna Luna has bested the local climate and... Read more

Friday, October 13 with Fearofmakingout

Doors 7pm

$18 Advance, $22 Day of Show

All Welcome

–LUNA LUNA– Austin-based, by way of Dallas, Indie quartet Luna Luna has bested the local climate and bent the scorching Texas sun to their will across emotion-drenched, euphoric throwback synth-pop grooves. Originally the sole project of Colombian-born, Dallas-bred Kavvi Gonzalez, Luna Luna has grown into a four-piece through serendipitous meetings that has expanded to include Danny Bonilla (vocals/keys), Kaylin Martinez (drums) and Ryan “Gordo” Gordon (bass/backup vocals). From being drawn together by performing house parties across Texas to now lighting up stages of renowned venues, Luna Luna has earned a reputation of perpetually building up a passionate fan base eager to turn up, swoon, and slow dance.

In 2018, they released their shimmering debut EP For Lovers Only, which combined the innocence of teenage love with dreamy retro synth-pop. In 2021, they followed up with their debut LP Flower Moon that put their kinetic friendship on full display and built around the original idea of a lost boy confused about life and turning to the moon for answers. Marking their latest chapter, Luna Luna has released a string of singles including their latest bilingual hit “Talk Too Much,” which Billboard noted “will have you swooning in no time with their wistful synthpop and slow-burning indie rock.“

Their catalog to date has garnered much praise from media, including glowing reviews by tastemaker outlets like PEOPLE, NPR, OFFICE, Paper, FLOOD, Earmilk and REMEZCLA, to editorial playlisting like Spotify’s New Music Friday, Clash and Latin X Rising. Their growing following has also come to include a coveted Audiotree session, an 88K following on Tik Tok and brand partnerships with Jack Daniels and Alvies Boots, marking Luna Luna as no doubt one of the buzziest acts today with key players taking notice.

On stage, the band continues to sell out crowds during headlining national tours, including stops at the historic Ford Theater in LA, opening for acts like Omar Apollo and scheduled at festivals like Austin City Limits Festival where they were featured as The Austin Chronicle ACL preview edition cover stars. With new music and tour dates on the horizon, they now enter 2023 situated for a big year ahead as favorites as Rolling Stone named them one of the Latin Bands to Break Big in 2023.

Ben Wendel Quartet

Ben Wendel Quartet

($20-$35 | 7pm & 9pm sets) Welcome grammy-nominated saxophonist, Ben Wendel to the Century Room stage! Ben Wendel (saxophone) Taylor Eigsti (piano) Or Baraket (bass) Jonathan Pinson (drums) **Ben Wendel** Grammy nominated... Read more

($20-$35 | 7pm & 9pm sets) Welcome grammy-nominated saxophonist, Ben Wendel to the Century Room stage!

Ben Wendel (saxophone) Taylor Eigsti (piano) Or Baraket (bass) Jonathan Pinson (drums)

**Ben Wendel**

Grammy nominated saxophonist Ben Wendel was born in Vancouver, Canada and raised in Los Angeles. Currently living in Brooklyn, NY, he has enjoyed a varied career as a performer, composer and producer. Highlights include tours, performances and/or recordings with artists such as Tigran Hamasyan, Antonio Sanchez, Gerald Clayton, Eric Harland, Taylor Eigsti, Linda May Han Oh, Moonchild, Louis Cole, Daedelus, Snoop Dogg and the artist formerly known as Prince. Ben is a founding member of the Grammy nominated group Kneebody.

As a composer, he has received an ASCAP Jazz Composer Award, the 2008, 2011 and 2017 Chamber Music America “New Works Grant” and was awarded the Victor Lynch-Staunton award by the Canada Council For The Arts. He also co-wrote the score for John Krasinski’s adaptation of David Foster Wallace’s “Brief Interviews With Hideous Men.”

Ben was honored to work with conductor Kent Nagano in producing a series of concerts for the Festspiel Plus in Munich, Germany. From 2008 to 2015, he produced a multi-genre performance series at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica, California. During that time he was appointed the head of their Jazz and Blues initiative, which included producing and expanding performance opportunities for these genres in Los Angeles. As part of this appointment, Ben helped to create an artistic council which included such luminaries as Quincy Jones, Herb Alpert and Luciana Souza. Ben’s producer work includes the Grammy nominated album “Life Forum” for pianist Gerald Clayton on Concord Records.

Ben has recorded for Edition Records, Sunnyside Records, Motéma Music, Concord Records and Brainfeeder, with five solo albums under his belt, Simple Song (2009), Frame (2012), What We Bring (2016) The Seasons (2018), High Heart (2020), a duo project with French-American pianist Dan Tepfer entitled Small Constructions (2013) and multiple Kneebody albums. His critically acclaimed music video project The Seasons, inspired by Tchaikovsky’s works of the same name, was released throughout 2015 and included guests such as Joshua Redman, Jeff Ballard, Mark Turner, Julian Lage, Ambrose Akinmusire and more. It was listed as one of the best releases of 2015 by the NY Times.

Ben is a former Adjunct Professor of Jazz Studies at USC and a current Adjunct at the New School in NYC. Educational outreach has been a constant in his career with over 300 masterclasses at various colleges, universities, high-schools and also previous work with the LA Philharmonic Artist Program.

The Hotel Congress Séance Experience
6:30PM

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—$25), or be a seated witness to the session (GA—$12.50).

*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

Sophia Rankin & the Sound
6:30PM

Sophia Rankin & the Sound

Saturday October 14th with Female Gaze and Hookie Doors 7pm, Show 7:30pm $12.50 Advance, $15 Day of Show All Welcome — SOPHIA RANKIN & THE SOUND– Sophia Rankin & The Sound (SRS)... Read more

Saturday October 14th with Female Gaze and Hookie

Doors 7pm, Show 7:30pm

$12.50 Advance, $15 Day of Show

All Welcome

— SOPHIA RANKIN & THE SOUND– Sophia Rankin & The Sound (SRS) is an acclaimed Alternative Folk Rock band originating from Tucson, Arizona. Front woman Sophia Rankin began performing in 2015, and has since won first-place awards at both the 2017 Tucson Desert Song Festival and the 2018 Stefan George Songwriting competition for her original music. Founded in 2020, SRS now consists of Connor Rankin on drums and synth, Noah Weig-Pickering on lead guitar, and Ben Arthur Mortensen on bass and vocals. SRS has played internationally and locally, opening for acts such as Roger Clyne and The Peacemakers, The Black Moods, Jake Owen, Diamond Rio, and Ryanhood. They have performed at The Rialto Theatre, Dusk Music Festival, Tucson Folk Festival, and more while headlining shows at venues such as Hotel Congress and 191 Toole. Their unique blend of folk, pop, Americana, and rock music reveals introspective songwriting that resonates with listeners of all ages. Their original music is available on all listening platforms and services.

Miki Yamanaka Trio

Miki Yamanaka Trio

($15-$30 | 7pm & 9pm sets) Come experience the powerful Miki Yamanaka and her NYC Trio for their Century Room debut! Miki Yamanaka (piano) Tyrone Allen (bass) Jimmy Macbride (drums) **Miki Yamanaka**... Read more

($15-$30 | 7pm & 9pm sets) Come experience the powerful Miki Yamanaka and her NYC Trio for their Century Room debut!

Miki Yamanaka (piano) Tyrone Allen (bass) Jimmy Macbride (drums)

**Miki Yamanaka**

33-year old Japanese-born pianist Miki Yamanaka has called New York City home since 2012 and in the past decade has wasted no time establishing herself as one of the leading personalities of her generation on the piano and beyond. Critics laud her “light, expressive touch and solidly crafted, mainstream approach” – Mike Jurkovic (All About Jazz), while audiences delight in not only her playing, but her vibrant personality as well. Yamanaka has gained international recognition from her albums as a leader; her most recent and most intimate release, “Stairway to the Stars” (Outside In Music), features Jazz masters Mark Turner and Orlando le Fleming. Additionally, Miki has emerged as a leader of the “New York Scene” via her notable residencies at mainstay West Village sister clubs Smalls and Mezzrow. During the pandemic, she developed a successful in-home live-streaming weekly concert series cleverly titled “Miki’s Mood” where she features a veritable who’s who of NYC talent (including her husband and frequent collaborator – drummer Jimmy Macbride). The series showcases her vast knowledge of Jazz standards and tunes, often featuring themed offerings of various composers from both the Great American Songbook as well as iconic Jazz composers.

As a sideman, Yamanaka has worked with Jazz luminaries such as alto saxophonist Antonio Hart who posits “Miki will be recognized as one of the most exceptional artists of her generation, as she is already one of the most talented and dedicated musicians from Japan.” Other notable bands she currently works in include the Philip Harper Quintet and the Roxy Coss Quintet. One of her most respected mentors on piano and organ (Yamanaka also performs on organ frequently), Larry Goldings, once mused, “If only I could have Miki Yamanaka comp behind me!” – a compliment of the highest order from one master pianist to another. She has a myriad of glowing reviews from her recorded work and the iconic Downbeat Jazz magazine has repeatedly awarded her albums high marks.

On top of her exciting work as a bandleader in New York and abroad, Miki can often be found out and about most nights, where her infectious smile and gregarious nature engender fast friends in every audience she encounters. She has many hobbies, including cooking, knitting, and perhaps most visibly, her penchant for wearing her vast collection of kimonos on her gigs, proudly representing her heritage and culture night after night as she dazzles audiences around the world.

The Quebe Sisters
7:00PM

The Quebe Sisters

Saturday October 14 7pm Doors, 7:30 Show $25 Advance, $35 Day of Show All Welcome –THE QUEBE SISTERS–Combine the musical stylings of The Mills Brothers, Ray Price, Count Basie, Willie Nelson, and... Read more

Saturday October 14

7pm Doors, 7:30 Show

$25 Advance, $35 Day of Show

All Welcome

–THE QUEBE SISTERS–Combine the musical stylings of The Mills Brothers, Ray Price, Count Basie, Willie Nelson, and you have none other than The Quebe Sisters.

With over fifteen years of touring to date, The Quebe Sisters have delivered their authentic triple fiddle and three-part harmony sound to the concert halls and festivals of North America and Europe.

Grace, Sophia, and Hulda Quebe front an innovative Progressive Western Swing band of archtop guitar, upright bass, fiddles and sibling harmony. The Dallas-based five-piece presents a unique Americana blend of Western Swing, Jazz-influenced Swing, Country, Texas-Style Fiddling, and Western music.

“We differentiate our music as ‘Progressive Western Swing’ from simply ‘Western Swing’ because we aren’t trying to sound just like Bob Wills,” Grace Quebe explains. “Instead, we continue his vision, playing the style he pioneered in an authentic way by incorporating new genres and songs, interpreting them using our own unique voice through Country instrumentation.”

The band’s stripped-down acoustic instrumentation breathes new life into seasoned sounds once found in Texas dance halls and honky-tonks. Grace continues, “To us, preserving the tradition of Western Swing isn’t about keeping something alive like a relic. Western Swing has always been about innovation.”

Innovation has led the sisters to channel the musical connection between danceability and emotiveness, combining old sounds with new feelings and old feelings with new sounds. It’s not nostalgia that drives the band as purveyors of Western Swing, but the aspiration to take the music back to its roots and sustain the spirit of Swing.

*“One thing is for sure, you don’t see a group like The Quebe Sisters come along every day,” famed Opry announcer Eddie Stubbs told listeners on his own show on Nashville’s WSM. “Give them your undivided attention, and if you’re not already, you too, will become a fan.”*

Jaliya: World Contemporary Music

Jaliya: World Contemporary Music

($10-$15 | 5pm Matinee) With a mix of traditional West African instruments like the Kora, Ngoni and Calabash accompanied by western drums, steel and bass guitar, our music seeks to transport you... Read more

($10-$15 | 5pm Matinee) With a mix of traditional West African instruments like the Kora, Ngoni and Calabash accompanied by western drums, steel and bass guitar, our music seeks to transport you with an ethereal groove. Together, our deep rooted culture and rich traditions are represented musically to you with our own style of a soft, bluesy, and jazzy blend of unique world music and a connection to traditional folk music. Join us for a concert and experience the sounds to stir and satisfy your soul.

**Elijah** Originally from a primarily fishing community of Lebou, an ethnic group of Senegal, West Africa. He grew up in a culture where the emphasis was on piety and respect for elders, and a strong emphasis on celebratory public exorcism dances, drumming and rituals.

**Yacouba** Originally from the landlocked country of Burkina Faso, West Africa. As a griot or jali, he is a member of West African historians, story tellers, praise singers, poets, and musicians.

Century Room Jazz Jam

Century Room Jazz Jam

(No Cover | 7pm-10pm) Come jam with the Century Room House band!

(No Cover | 7pm-10pm) Come jam with the Century Room House band!

Harmony House
10:00PM

Harmony House

Every Sunday, FREE in the Club!! 21+ rotating features!

Every Sunday, FREE in the Club!!

21+

rotating features!

The Century Room Jazz Orchestra

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 & Sly Slipetsky (piano) Matt Mitchell (guitar) Joseph Rader (bari sax) Brice Winston & Kevin Ravellette (tenor sax) Eric Nakanishi & Simeon Roth (alto sax) Jordan Robison, Joshua Schanie, Benjamin Constantinides, Max Goldschmid (trombone) Morani Sanders, Anthony Gibes, Tony Belletti, Jason Carder (trumpet)

METAL MONDAYS
9:00PM

METAL MONDAYS

Metal Mondays at Club Congress! A weekly metal experience at Club Congress in every Monday night! $2 PBR | $3 High Noon Seltzers | $3 Well Drinks | 1/2 Off Tequila &... Read more

Metal Mondays at Club Congress!
A weekly metal experience at Club Congress in every Monday night!

$2 PBR | $3 High Noon Seltzers | $3 Well Drinks | 1/2 Off Tequila & Mezcal Pours

9:00 PM – 2:00 AM

21+

Unleash your inner metalhead and kick off your week with a (head)bang! Don’t miss out on a weekly night of music, camaraderie, and madness.

Djunah
7:00PM

Djunah

Tuesday October 17th Doors 7pm $10 Advance, $12 Day of Show 21+ –DJUNAH–Chicago-based Djunah spotlights the talents of Donna Diane, who pulls triple duty, simultaneously playing guitar, singing, and pulverizing a Moog... Read more

Tuesday October 17th

Doors 7pm

$10 Advance, $12 Day of Show

21+

–DJUNAH–Chicago-based Djunah spotlights the talents of Donna Diane, who pulls triple duty, simultaneously playing guitar, singing, and pulverizing a Moog bass organ with her foot — a feat some have described as “mind-blowing.” Drawing a broad range of comparisons from Diamanda Galás to Melvins, Djunah (pronounced “JUNE-uh”) pairs her powerful, unrestrained vocals and abrasive guitar with punishing drums courtesy of drummer Jared Karns (Their/They’re/There, Hidden Hospitals).

Known for their massive, intense live sound, Djunah is fueled as much by big emotions as it is by love of gear. Diane, who has been featured on Premiere Guitar’s Rig Rundown, is a self-described gearhead who learned to build footswitches to make simultaneously playing both instruments possible. Shortly before the pandemic started, she launched a YouTube series called “Can I Touch Your Gear?” to help represent women’s voices in the gear space.

CVLT Nation called Djunah’s first album, “Ex Voto” (2019), “an angular noise rock escalator run on power and beauty … a record that should be heard by all music lovers, no matter what scene you are a part of.” New Noise called it “an instant classic, like we’ve got a new Melvins on our hands.” Everything Is Noise raved, “Seismic guitar … 100% pure emotion … You gotta see it to believe it.”

Djunah’s newest album, “Femina Furens,” fuses influences from formal poetry and heavy music to tell the story of diagnosis and continuing recovery from complex post-traumatic stress disorder, or C-PTSD. Animals, chariots/sleighs, and mythological figures appear prominently on the album as a way of exploring themes of emotional regulation, power, and control — some of the core features of trauma disorders. The album’s title comes from the Latin for a “raging” or “furious” woman.

Mysterious Babies Traditional Jazz Band

Mysterious Babies Traditional Jazz Band

($10 Reserved/No Cover GA | 7pm-10pm) Guy Senese leads the Mysterious Babies in the tradition of Armstrong, Bechet, Jelly Roll Morton, and other Early Jazz innovators out of New Orleans & Chicago.... Read more

($10 Reserved/No Cover GA | 7pm-10pm) Guy Senese leads the Mysterious Babies in the tradition of Armstrong, Bechet, Jelly Roll Morton, and other Early Jazz innovators out of New Orleans & Chicago. The band starts at 7pm, followed by a trad jazz jam session. Every Wednesday!

To sit in our listening section by the stage, be sure to buy a reserved ticket! The rest of the room is open to the general public…dancing encouraged!

the moss
7:00PM

the moss

Wednesday, October 18 with future.exboyfriend 7 pm Doors, 8 pm Show One dollar from every ticket sold will be donated to One Tree Planted. Visit onetreeplanted.org for more information –the moss–In a... Read more

Wednesday, October 18 with future.exboyfriend

7 pm Doors, 8 pm Show

One dollar from every ticket sold will be donated to One Tree Planted.
Visit onetreeplanted.org for more information

–the moss–In a musical landscape with fewer boundaries than ever before, THE MOSS’s exuberant brand of alternative rock spans genres, eras, and even oceans.

The Utah-via-Hawaii group was born on the shores of Oahu in 2015, as teenage buddies Tyke James (vocals/guitar) and Addison Sharp (guitar) picked up a gig serenading diners at local taco trucks in between surf sessions. Naturally, their songs took shape in the spirit of the island, imbued with the joyfulness and breeziness of reggae culture yet cut with the introspection and communal spirit of mainland indie acts like Pinegrove and Cage the Elephant.

By 2018, the duo had grown, enlisting Willie Fowler on drums and Addison’s brother Brierton on bass, and traded in beaches for the Great Salt Lake. They hit the stage at spots like local cornerstone Kilby Court, live-testing their modern-indie-meets-’60s-blues with a wide-eyed exuberance that translated effortlessly into their 2019 self-released debut, Bryology.

Colored by the sound of Stratocasters jamming through reverb-cranked Fender amps, all backed by bouncy rhythms, Bryology marked a big step for the still-young quartet – but, true to The Moss’s nature, was still hard-coded with a DIY ethos. “We basically had no budget,” James remembers fondly. “We bought some nice mics and an interface and I ended up learning how to mix while we were recording.”

The follow-up, 2021’s Kentucky Derby, brought a more aspirational, blue-sky tilt to the foundation they’d laid on Bryology, expanding the group’s sonic arsenal while keeping the relatable lyrical style and sun-soaked sentiment at the forefront. “I’m really proud of how we’ve evolved as a band over time,” Addison Sharp says. “It feels like we’ve taken every different influence and mashed them all together to create something that feels really special.”

“Bryology seemed like a collection of separate songs we put together to make an album, whereas Kentucky Derby is a similar thought and story coming together to collectively make a more cohesive album,” adds Brierton Sharp says, noting the album’s tracks are sneakily arranged in pairs of two that seamlessly flow into one another. “Each song could be listened to on its own, or you could listen to them all and get a broader sense of our intention.”

No matter how listeners choose to interact with The Moss’s music, the band just hopes they feel something. It’s that kinetic relationship between band and audience that makes their live performances – including a pitch-perfect recent set for Audiotree – so compelling. “No matter what we do, we want to make sure the songs are fun to play live,” says Fowler. “We pride ourselves on being a band people want to see live.”

“There’s something special that happens when you get an immediate reaction to a song,” says James. “Whether it’s during a live show or even just a songwriting session, if there’s a reaction from people in the room, you know you’re on the right track.”

Pete Swan Presents: Sarah Tolar

Pete Swan Presents: Sarah Tolar

($10-$15 | 7pm Show) Every Thursday, drummer & producer Pete Swan presents a spotlight on his favorite local musicians. This Thursday come grab a drink and catch vocalist Sarah Tolar and her... Read more

($10-$15 | 7pm Show) Every Thursday, drummer & producer Pete Swan presents a spotlight on his favorite local musicians. This Thursday come grab a drink and catch vocalist Sarah Tolar and her band!

The Hotel Congress Séance Experience
6:30PM

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—$25), or be a seated witness to the session (GA—$12.50).

*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

Mike Gellar Quintet Celebrates the Music of Tadd Dameron

Mike Gellar Quintet Celebrates the Music of Tadd Dameron

($15-$25 tickets | 7pm & 9pm sets) Welcome Tucson’s own guitar guru Mike Gellar & his quintet as they celebrate the music of Tadd Dameron! Dameron is responsible for countless jazz standards... Read more

($15-$25 tickets | 7pm & 9pm sets) Welcome Tucson’s own guitar guru Mike Gellar & his quintet as they celebrate the music of Tadd Dameron! Dameron is responsible for countless jazz standards including “If You Could See Me Now,” “Lady Bird” and “Hot House.” Featuring Cynthia Hilts (piano & vocals) Eric Nakanishi (alto sax) Lee Gardner (bass) Arthur Vint (drums)

JAWNY
7:00PM

JAWNY

Friday October 20th with adan diaz Doors 7pm, Show 730pm $20 Advance, $24 Day of Show 16+ spotify and artist presale 5/3 11am – 5/4 11:59pm mst — JAWNY –Too much thinking... Read more

Friday October 20th with adan diaz

Doors 7pm, Show 730pm

$20 Advance, $24 Day of Show

16+

spotify and artist presale 5/3 11am – 5/4 11:59pm mst

— JAWNY –Too much thinking can get in the way of good art. That’s the philosophy that indie singer/songwriter JAWNY has embraced. JAWNY has built his career by intuition, letting his music evolve naturally as he grows personally. Instead of chasing the high of past successes — including his 2019 Gold-certified hit, “Honeypie” — he’s following his gut and tapping into a new vision that reflects his growth over the years. Even as he embraces a “first thought, best thought” approach to making music, his songs have grown in scope and scale — elevating him from songwriter to indie-pop auteur with a kaleidoscopic vision and rich sense of narrative that informs everything he does.

With the release of the blistering “take it back,” JAWNY’s barreling full steam ahead with a dream collaborator by his side. The iconic alt-trickster Beck contributes guitar and vocals to the track, which resulted in a scrappy and thrashing sing-along that can bring a whole crowd into a frenzy. JAWNY joined Beck on a recent tour of the U.K. this summer. “I know that I’m in love with you,” JAWNY announces on the perky, piano-punching intro, which bleeds into “strawberry chainsaw,” a cheeky metaphor on love’s sweet-sinister dichotomy that’s delivered with a loose, lively swagger. With his recent release “adios,” he unleashes his falsetto as he realizes his relationship’s fate: “Now I feel like a blackout, New York City grid max out, when she said adios.”

Born Jacob Sullenger and raised in the Bay Area, JAWNY first picked up a guitar at age 6 after watching his dad jam to the Grateful Dead, Pink Floyd, and Led Zeppelin. At 13, he began making beats with his brother, eventually landing placements with several rappers on SoundCloud. “Since birth, I’ve never wanted to do anything else,” he says.

For a while, though, JAWNY got sidetracked. He first convinced himself he was going to be a nurse but dropped out of school almost immediately. Getting back on the music path, he signed up for audio engineering classes but again dropped out in two weeks. “I hated being told that there was a black-and-white way to do things,” he recalls.

That rebellious spirit has kept a fire in him that’s only intensified. At age 20, while paying his bills as a chicken shop cook in Philadelphia, he began recording songs with his own vocals, something he’d been hesitant to do previously but which came rather naturally. People started to notice.

By 2018, he earned buzz with a self-titled debut EP under the name Johnny Utah and landed on taste-making Spotify playlists like Ultimate Indie and Bedroom Pop. The next year, he dropped “Honeypie,” a track he wrote and recorded in little over an hour. The feel-good, funk-inflected song and its music video garnered instant acclaim. It’s since amassed more than 37 million views on YouTube and more than 738 million streams globally. The attention is well-deserved — across these early releases, he demonstrated a unique spark that shone through no matter what genre he was working with on a given day. Every song is punctuated with a strange magic — an unexpected turn of phrase or an unpredictable production flourish — that makes every song feel wonderfully untamed. Now, with an impressive 950 million career streams overall, he’s honed that energy while also developing a focused and brilliant perspective that resembles few other writers working.

In January 2020, less than a year after releasing “Honeypie,” JAWNY signed to Interscope Records and soon moved to Los Angeles. Later that year, he delivered For Abby, a conceptual mixtape built on prickly alt-pop laments featuring both “Honeypie” and “Sabotage,” singled that reached #46 and #33 respectively on Alternative Radio and briefly punctuated the Billboard Alternative Airplay charts in 2021. His follow-up EP, 2021’s The Story of Hugo, served as a gut-punching prequel to For Abby, showcasing JAWNY’s sharp storytelling and lending a peek into the sonic experimentations he’d soon bring to his upcoming music.

Each release has added new wrinkles to his already ornate sound — which helped him grow from a maker of pristine pop songs to a thoughtful songwriter with his eyes on intricate stories and life’s big questions. All the while, he’s never lost touch with the technicolor melodies that fans fell in love with in the first place, but as he’s prepared for his debut album, he’s learned to write with real empathy and depth — the mark of a songwriter who remains more wise and gifted than his years suggest.

But still, even as he proves himself capable of ambitious arrangements and this audience proves they’re able to keep up with him at every unpredictable turn, JAWNY remains steadfastly in the moment as he works on his new music. “I just chased whatever felt right in the studio that day,” he says. “I can’t overthink it.” The resulting songs are whimsical, wild rushes of adrenaline that trace all the twists and turns of life and love in its purest moments. Not only that, his new music captures how JAWNY feels right now, while, importantly, staying connected to every step of the journey that brought him here. “I’m just a giant child at heart,” he says “and I never wanna lose that. Otherwise, what’s the fucking point?”

Desert Haze | All Vintage Clothes Market
10:00AM

Desert Haze | All Vintage Clothes Market

Join us for Desert Haze Vintage Market! Free on the Plaza from 10am – 3pm The Bloody Mary bar will be up and running in our newly renovated lobby bar and The... Read more

Join us for Desert Haze Vintage Market!
Free on the Plaza from 10am – 3pm

The Bloody Mary bar will be up and running in our newly renovated lobby bar and The Cup Cafe & Plaza Eats food truck will be open so you can snack and sip while you shop!

Check back for a full list of vendors!

The Hotel Congress Séance Experience
6:30PM

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—$25), or be a seated witness to the session (GA—$12.50).

*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

The Hotel Congress Séance Experience
6:30PM

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—$25), or be a seated witness to the session (GA—$12.50).

*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

Singer/Songwriter Patti Zlaket

Singer/Songwriter Patti Zlaket

($10-$15 | 7pm Show) Club Congress presents Patti Zlaket, returning for an encore performance at Century Room! With more than thirty years of making music under her belt, Patti delivers a mix... Read more

($10-$15 | 7pm Show) Club Congress presents Patti Zlaket, returning for an encore performance at Century Room!

With more than thirty years of making music under her belt, Patti delivers a mix of original music and eclectic covers that reflect her love of classic pop (70s and 80s), soul, alternative, jazz, and everything in between. Her humorous storytelling and spontaneity onstage have become as much a part of the show as the music – you never know what’s coming next, and that’s part of the fun! She’ll be joined by a fabulous band.

Mapache
7:00PM

Mapache

Saturday, October 21 Doors 7pm $12 Advance, $15 Day of Show 21+ –MAPACHE–Roscoe is a road dog. The 14-year-old Boston Terrier has been there for the whole ride of Mapache, Clay Finch... Read more

Saturday, October 21

Doors 7pm

$12 Advance, $15 Day of Show

21+

–MAPACHE–Roscoe is a road dog. The 14-year-old Boston Terrier has been there for the whole ride of Mapache, Clay Finch and Sam Blasucci’s band, which has grown from being the casual project of two longtime buds to one of the most formidable cosmic-folk acts around. “Roscoe’s been through a lot of shit,” says Blasucci, the dog’s formal owner. “He’s been all around the country, come on tour a little bit.” With some bemused pride, Finch points out that, for a few years, he and Blasucci bunked together in a room in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles that was just big enough to fit two twin beds. “It was the two of us and the dog,” he laughs.

Naturally, Roscoe has found himself the subject of a good handful of Mapache songs in the past—and on Roscoe’s Dream, the band’s third LP of originals, he takes center stage. (That’s him in quilt form on the album cover.) “I Love My Dog” opens up the album with a blissed-out stack of acoustic guitars and a lyrical explanation of one of Roscoe’s many talents: “I love my dog / Keepin’ the policeman out.”

Just as much an easygoing trip with Gram Parsons into the desert as a mad dash with the Grateful Dead away from the law, Roscoe’s Dream is the purest distillation yet of the distinct Mapache sound, which has been brewing for many years now. Finch and Blasucci first met as students at La Cañada High School, just north of Los Angeles: “There wasn’t much supervision or anything,” remembers Blasucci. “It was really nice. And we got to just play guitars together.”

The two stayed friends through their college years—Finch went to Chico State and Blasucci spent two years as a missionary in Mexico—and eventually they ended up back in L.A., spending their days playing guitar together once again, just like old times. Working with producer/engineer Dan Horne (Cass McCombs, Allah-Lahs), they recorded two albums of originals (2017’s Mapache and 2020’s From Liberty Street) as well an album of covers, 2021’s 3. Often trading solos, and occasionally switching from English to Spanish, Finch and Blasucci are now a well-oiled machine.

So when it came time to record Roscoe’s Dream, they didn’t mess with the formula. The band booked some time at Horne’s Lone Palm Studio and called in a handful of friends to play additional parts, including Farmer Dave Scher of Beachwood Sparks on melodica and lap steel on a couple tracks. The family affair has always been how the band likes to work, but this time they approached it on a grander scale than before, recording live as a full group in some cases, as opposed to working over Finch and Blasucci’s initial guitar/vocal parts. “It was a bit more of a band experience,” explains Finch.

The finished product is an ode to the past as well as a bridge forward. Covers of songs like Bo Diddley’s “Diana” and Gabby Pahinui’s “Kaua‘i Beauty” act as nods to heroes of theirs while originals like “Man and Woman” and “Pearl to the Swine” take the template of golden-age rock and lovingly deconstruct it in a modernist lens. “(They Don’t Know) At the Beach” was inspired by the idea of what trailblazing oldies DJ Art Laboe might like—but the gentle ripper of a song would fit right in at a backyard party in 2022. Hard to imagine after years of being roommates, Finch and Blasucci are also bridging forward in new ways themselves. After the album was in the can, Finch decided to get a little closer to the water by moving to Malibu, and Blasucci moved about an hour north to Ojai with his girlfriend (and Roscoe, of course). But they’re not worried about the new distance slowing them down: “I think if anything it will be bringing more things to the table,” Blasucci considers. “We’re just expanding out in different directions.”

Greg & Pete: Back Together Again!

Greg & Pete: Back Together Again!

($10-$15 | 4pm Doors, 5pm Show) Come down for a Sunday matinee and check out Greg Stickroth & Pete Pete Cooper-Lara, backed up by Khris Dodge on the piano. Read more

($10-$15 | 4pm Doors, 5pm Show) Come down for a Sunday matinee and check out Greg Stickroth & Pete Pete Cooper-Lara, backed up by Khris Dodge on the piano.

Century Room Jazz Jam

Century Room Jazz Jam

(No Cover | 7pm-10pm) Come jam with the Century Room House band!

(No Cover | 7pm-10pm) Come jam with the Century Room House band!

julie
7:00PM

julie

ARTIST PRESALE: Wednesday, Sept 13th @ 10am GENERAL ON SALE: Friday, Sept 15th @10am Sunday October 22 with support from Blimp 7pm Doors, & 7:30pm Show $15 Advance, $18 Day of Show... Read more

ARTIST PRESALE: Wednesday, Sept 13th @ 10am

GENERAL ON SALE: Friday, Sept 15th @10am

Sunday October 22 with support from Blimp

7pm Doors, & 7:30pm Show

$15 Advance, $18 Day of Show

16+

–julie–julie is a 3-piece band and design collective energizing the LA music scene. they take a progressive, genre bending approach that fuses elements of noise rock, grunge, and shoegaze into something decidedly their own. students of conceptual architecture and fine art, julie constructs their aesthetic experience through a variety of mediums which surround and embody the music.

Harmony House
10:00PM

Harmony House

Every Sunday, FREE in the Club!! 21+ rotating features!

Every Sunday, FREE in the Club!!

21+

rotating features!

The Century Room Jazz Orchestra

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 & Sly Slipetsky (piano) Matt Mitchell (guitar) Joseph Rader (bari sax) Brice Winston & Kevin Ravellette (tenor sax) Eric Nakanishi & Simeon Roth (alto sax) Jordan Robison, Joshua Schanie, Benjamin Constantinides, Max Goldschmid (trombone) Morani Sanders, Anthony Gibes, Tony Belletti, Jason Carder (trumpet)

NARROW HEAD
7:00PM

NARROW HEAD

Monday October 23 with Final Stance and Fortuna Malvada Doors 7pm, show 7:30pm $18 Advance, $20 Day of Show Read more

Monday October 23 with Final Stance and Fortuna Malvada

Doors 7pm, show 7:30pm

$18 Advance, $20 Day of Show

METAL MONDAYS
9:00PM

METAL MONDAYS

Metal Mondays at Club Congress! A weekly metal experience at Club Congress in every Monday night! $2 PBR | $3 High Noon Seltzers | $3 Well Drinks | 1/2 Off Tequila &... Read more

Metal Mondays at Club Congress!
A weekly metal experience at Club Congress in every Monday night!

$2 PBR | $3 High Noon Seltzers | $3 Well Drinks | 1/2 Off Tequila & Mezcal Pours

9:00 PM – 2:00 AM

21+

Unleash your inner metalhead and kick off your week with a (head)bang! Don’t miss out on a weekly night of music, camaraderie, and madness.

DESERT DRONE
7:00PM

DESERT DRONE

Tuesday, October 24th Featuring: Lauren Sarah Hayes, Music For Connection, Skullfolk, Kage Krol Doors 7pm, show 7:30pm $12 Advance & Day of Show Read more

Tuesday, October 24th

Featuring: Lauren Sarah Hayes, Music For Connection, Skullfolk, Kage Krol

Doors 7pm, show 7:30pm

$12 Advance & Day of Show

HALLOWEEK featuring: NOT.GREENDAY
7:00PM

HALLOWEEK featuring: NOT.GREENDAY

Wednesday, October 25 Doors 7pm, Show 7:30pm $15 Advance, $20 Day of Show –NOT.GREENDAY–Performing “dookie” in its entirety at all 2023 headline shows along with hits and deep cuts from every era... Read more

Wednesday, October 25

Doors 7pm, Show 7:30pm

$15 Advance, $20 Day of Show

–NOT.GREENDAY–Performing “dookie” in its entirety at all 2023 headline shows along with hits and deep cuts from every era of Green Day’s iconic catalog that spans over four decades, NOT.GREENDAY delivers a high-energy 90+ min set of pure nostalgia.

Tanukichan
7:00PM

Tanukichan

Wednesday October 25 with Wishy & Mute Swan Doors 7pm $13 Advance, $15 Day of Show 16+ –TANUKICHAN–Tanukichan is the solo project of classically-trained Bay Area native Hannah van Loon, whose music... Read more

Wednesday October 25 with Wishy & Mute Swan

Doors 7pm

$13 Advance, $15 Day of Show

16+

–TANUKICHAN–Tanukichan is the solo project of classically-trained Bay Area native Hannah van Loon, whose music screeched to a halt when she discovered what she affectionately calls “dad rock” in her tween years. Throughout her self-described “sheltered” adolescence, van Loon taught herself guitar by spending hours in front of the radio, replicating riffs and chords from omnipresent bands like The Beatles and Incubus.

Mysterious Babies Traditional Jazz Band

Mysterious Babies Traditional Jazz Band

($10 Reserved/No Cover GA | 7pm-10pm) Guy Senese leads the Mysterious Babies in the tradition of Armstrong, Bechet, Jelly Roll Morton, and other Early Jazz innovators out of New Orleans & Chicago.... Read more

($10 Reserved/No Cover GA | 7pm-10pm) Guy Senese leads the Mysterious Babies in the tradition of Armstrong, Bechet, Jelly Roll Morton, and other Early Jazz innovators out of New Orleans & Chicago. The band starts at 7pm, followed by a trad jazz jam session. Every Wednesday!

To sit in our listening section by the stage, be sure to buy a reserved ticket! The rest of the room is open to the general public…dancing encouraged!

The Anthony Fung Quartet

The Anthony Fung Quartet

($15-$25 | 7pm & 9pm sets) The Los Angeles based Anthony Fung Quartet blends the sounds of modern composition as well as incorporating inspiration from ethnic world rhythms and straight ahead jazz.... Read more

($15-$25 | 7pm & 9pm sets) The Los Angeles based Anthony Fung Quartet blends the sounds of modern composition as well as incorporating inspiration from ethnic world rhythms and straight ahead jazz.

Alex Hahn (Alto Sax) Michael Ragonese (Piano) Luca Alemanno (Bass) Anthony Fung (Drums)

**Anthony Fung**

Anthony Fung is a Canadian-born drummer, composer, producer, and bandleader currently based in Los Angeles, CA. He has established himself as an accomplished musician, earning multiple degrees and performing at renowned festivals and venues worldwide. Anthony’s education includes a master of music degree from the prestigious Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, where he studied and performed with jazz legends such as Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter. He also holds a bachelor of music and a master of music degree from the Berklee College of Music and the Berklee Global Jazz Institute, where he was mentored by Danilo Pérez.

As a drummer, Anthony has performed alongside a diverse array of artists, including Danilo Perez, Kenny Lattimore, John Patitucci, George Garzone, David Binney, Terrace Martin, and Alicia Olatuja. He has also worked as a bandleader, releasing three albums to critical acclaim. Anthony’s FO(U)RTH album featuring saxophonist Mark Turner will be released fall 2023. In addition to his performance work, Anthony is an accomplished composer and producer. His compositions have been featured in films and television shows such as “The Last Tourist” on Apple TV and Craig Robinson’s Hulu special “Your Attention Please.” He has also been commissioned to create works such as “The Chinese Immigration Suite” for the Los Angeles Jazz Society.

Anthony is highly regarded in the music industry, with his work receiving praise from respected publications such as Downbeat Magazine and WBGO. Downbeat Magazine awarded his album “Flashpoint” with a four-star review and included it in their “Best Albums of 2019 & 2020” list. WBGO featured Anthony’s work in their segment “New Music by Five Composers behind the Drums,” highlighting his talent as a composer.

The Hotel Congress Séance Experience
6:30PM

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—$25), or be a seated witness to the session (GA—$12.50).

*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

The Hotel Congress Séance Experience
6:30PM

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—$25), or be a seated witness to the session (GA—$12.50).

*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

Michael Ragonese Trio

Michael Ragonese Trio

($15-$30 | 7pm & 9pm Shows) Michael Ragonese is a highly accomplished pianist based in Los Angelesand has earned recognition as an extraordinary soloist with awards from the Reno and Monterey Jazz... Read more

($15-$30 | 7pm & 9pm Shows) Michael Ragonese is a highly accomplished pianist based in Los Angelesand has earned recognition as an extraordinary soloist with awards from the Reno and Monterey Jazz Festivals. Michael has since become a sought-after musician, touring, performing, and recording with some of the most notable names in the music industry, such as Barbara Streisand, Dave Koz, Charnett Moffett, Walter Smith III, Mark Turner, Bennie Maupin, Engelbert Humper, Grace Kelly and more. He brings his LA trio to Tucson for one night only!

Luca Alemanno (bass)

Anthony Fung (drums)

Michael Ragonese (piano)

Retro Game Show Night Presents The Family Fuss!
6:00PM

Retro Game Show Night Presents The Family Fuss!

Saturday October 28 6pm doors, 7pm show $15 21+ It’s a frighteningly funny Family Fuss on Saturday October 28 at Hotel Congress! Join Tucson’s hostess with the mostest Chatty Kathee and her... Read more

Saturday October 28

6pm doors, 7pm show

$15

21+

It’s a frighteningly funny Family Fuss on Saturday October 28 at Hotel Congress!

Join Tucson’s hostess with the mostest Chatty Kathee and her effervescent executive assistant Swish Manley for a hilarious Halloween-themed episode of the Family Fuss with a double-sized cast of celebrity guests featuring backwoods boytoy Bubba, ditzy delight Brittany, grumpy Goth Oasis and fiercely fabulous Fulta Burstyn! Put your name in Kathee’s big, red, sparkly box for a chance to play for life-changing prizes and soul-crushing fame! Costumes are highly encouraged!

C’mon down to Hotel Congress for Tucson’s very own Retro Game Show Night – now in its spectacularly silly 12th year! Open seat tickets are just $15 at the door, 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!

(Open seat & SRO tickets will be available at the door the night of show until we run out!)

Facebook.com/retrogameshownight

Instagram.com/retrogameshownight

The Hotel Congress Séance Experience
6:30PM

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—$25), or be a seated witness to the session (GA—$12.50).

*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

The Hotel Congress Séance Experience
6:30PM

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—$25), or be a seated witness to the session (GA—$12.50).

*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

Dwarfs of East Agouza

Dwarfs of East Agouza

($15-$30 tickets | 7pm & 9pm sets) All the way from Cairo, Egypt, the newly formed trio The Dwarfs of East Agouza have just completed their first European tour. Their music is... Read more

($15-$30 tickets | 7pm & 9pm sets) All the way from Cairo, Egypt, the newly formed trio The Dwarfs of East Agouza have just completed their first European tour. Their music is essentially a cacophony of instruments and voice: it goes from drumbeats to jazzy frictions, topped with the notes from keyboards, saxophone and guitar. The final product becomes an interesting heterogeneous mixture of sounds.

Their first album “Bes” is inspired by an ancient Egyptian deity, a protector of humans and households. While Bes’ dance and grotesque features drove off all evil, they also brought a lot of joy, humour and introduced entertainment to the life of those protected by him, whether communities or individuals.

Maurice Louca (organ, synthesizer, beats) Sam Shalabi (electric guitar) Alan Bishop (bass/alto sax/vocals)

The Band of Heathens
7:00PM

The Band of Heathens

Saturday, October 28th with The Watson Twins Doors 7pm, Show 7:30pm $25 Advance, $30 Day of Show 21+ –THE BAND OF HEATHENS–With their ninth studio album, Simple Things, The Band of Heathens... Read more

Saturday, October 28th with The Watson Twins

Doors 7pm, Show 7:30pm

$25 Advance, $30 Day of Show

21+

–THE BAND OF HEATHENS–With their ninth studio album, Simple Things, The Band of Heathens came home—geographically, as they returned to their longtime base of Austin for the recording; sonically, in an embrace of the rootsy, guitar-based rock with which they made their name; and thematically, with lyrics that speak to appreciating friends and family and our limited time on this planet. It’s a confident, assured statement of a group finding its place in the world amid uncertain and troubled times.

“It was a return to embracing our influences, our natural instincts, the way we sound when we get on stage,” says guitarist-vocalist Gordy Quist. “Many times in the past, we’d take a song and stretch to make it into something else sonically, because that’s exciting and fun to do in the studio. This time around, we tried to use some restraint and embraced our first instincts, trusting the songs were strong enough. With the subject matter, there’s a sentiment of focusing on what’s important as we go through this journey together—don’t waste time, because this is all we’ve got.”

“Gordy and I each have a natural sound when we sing, but there’s something even more special and unique when our voices blend together” says guitarist-vocalist Ed Jurdi. “So it was just about harnessing and embracing that. Good, mid-tempo rock and roll—that’s our breadbasket, and there’s not a lot of that music being made right now.”

Though the members of The Band of Heathens now live scattered across the country, coming back to Austin (where they first formed in the early 2000s when Quist and Jurdi were among four songwriters playing regular weekly sets at the late, lamented club Momo’s) was crucial to the making of Simple Things. “The city has grown and undergone many changes over the years, but the intangibles that make Austin a unique place are still alive and well,” says Jurdi. “I feel like the band wouldn’t have come together anywhere else. As Austin has evolved, the band has evolved too, and now coming back feels like a very full circle moment.”

They worked in a studio called the Finishing School, which was founded by the band’s close friend and sometime producer George Reiff; Quist took over the studio after Reiff passed away in 2017, and upgraded with gear including three of Freddie Mercury’s actual vocal mics, which have previously been used on recordings by David Bowie, the Rolling Stones, and AC/DC. “It’s our own communal space and we’re very comfortable there,” says Quist.

In some ways, the new album is a logical extension of Remote Transmissions, the livestream series that Band of Heathens started soon after the pandemic shut down the world in 2020 (and which was documented in last year’s Remote Transmissions, Vol. 1 album). Unable to tour, the group convened every week for a year, playing covers of songs new and old, responding to a disorienting time by reconnecting with music they love.

“These were all the songs we grew up on and learned how to play in garage bands,” says Jurdi. “It was good to get back in touch with that, as a survival mechanism and as a creative outlet.”

As opportunities started to open back up, they extended the experiment with the “Good Times Supper Club” on Patreon, offering fans the chance to watch the band work and to participate in the creative process. “Rather than get together once a year for two weeks and make a record, now we’re getting together almost every month, for three or four days or a week, and trying out some new songs,” says Quist. “The frequency of having to do that really dovetailed well into the workflow of making this record—taking little bites and small chunks of stuff, and then taking some time to listen and then go home and write. As we started putting some of this new material together, it started snowballing in terms of, ‘Oh, there’s a good direction here. I got an idea for something that could work with this batch of songs.’”

After almost twenty years on the road, the domestic solitude of lockdown led to new sources of inspiration for the musicians. “Being at home and going out in the backyard to play with my daughter,” says Jurdi, “taking a walk and talking my neighbors, things that normally are incredibly mundane—but they weren’t mundane, because that hadn’t been our mundane life.”

The title track of Simple Things took a while to cohere but started in the early days of the pandemic. “I just remember the world feeling like it was exploding,” says Jurdi, “I was talking to Gordy a lot—What the fuck are we going to do? How are we going to keep the band together?’ On a deeper level, my daughter is going to school on the computer at home and isn’t out in the world, spending time with her friends. So the song is about figuring out what’s important, what we need to be thankful for, and how we address this adversity without it being overwhelming and overcoming us. How can we harness the beauty in that and appreciate the moments and be present in them, without being swallowed whole by what’s going on around us in the world?”

Quist ponders coming home in a different way on “Long Lost Son,” which he co-wrote with his friend Jeff Whitehead. It’s the experience of leaving home, seeing the world, and that feeling you get when you come back,” he says. “It’s that special spot in your heart where the place you’ve been running from retains a new kind of charm and you realize how fortunate you are to have grown up there.”

Jurdi recalls that “Don’t Let the Darkness” began with a couple of simple but profound observations—a friend remaking one night that “If you weren’t here, we wouldn’t all be together,” and then bass player Jesse Wilson talking about being “a lot closer to a little further away.”

“I started thinking that there’s a lot of sadness in the world,” says Jurdi. “That song is like a pep talk for my friends and myself. Like, ‘Hey, there’s a lot of stuff coming at you, but how do we keep these forces the forces of darkness out?’ It’s sort of a mantra, to figure out how to get closer to being in the spot you want to be and keep the bad shit further away.”

From day one, The Band of Heathens have remained proudly, fiercely independent—turning down label offers, maintaining complete ownership of their catalog, building their audience one show at a time. ‘There’s a survivor’s spirit within this band that we’ve had from the first record,” says Quist. “I see a lot of artists out there screaming, ‘Hey, we’re outlaws, we’re independent!’ and they’re signed to a subsidiary of a major label and live completely within that model. Now we don’t necessarily go around waving that outlaw flag in everybody’s face, but I truly feel we’ve been the ultimate indie band for 17 years. We’ve always been living outside the lines, industry-wise, and that spirit helped us during this time when it was all taken away from us.”

With Simple Things, they extend this achievement—creatively, personally, and practically—in the face of a challenging and turbulent landscape in music and beyond. “We’ve been able to grow with each record,” says Jurdi, “all the while doing exactly what we wanted to do—which, believe me, has not always been the best thing for our career or commercial success. There’s never been anyone there to tell us, ‘Guys, don’t do this, you’re fucking up completely.’ That was the whole thing to us, the idea of being in a rock and roll band is freedom, right? We grew up with icons and heroes that not only represented music, but a lifestyle, an attitude, and a way of doing things. Those ideas molded us in our youth and we’ve carried them with us ever since.”

“We’ve realized,” says Quist, “it’s us, it’s our families, and it’s our fans, and that’s really all that matters.”

Forest Percussion Ensemble

Forest Percussion Ensemble

($15-$30, 5pm & 7pm sets) The Forest is a cooperative percussion ensemble comprised of five composer/percussionists who possess deep experience working in dialogue with a wide range of African-Diasporic musics, Contemporary New... Read more

($15-$30, 5pm & 7pm sets) The Forest is a cooperative percussion ensemble comprised of five composer/percussionists who possess deep experience working in dialogue with a wide range of African-Diasporic musics, Contemporary New Music, Free Improvisation, and other musical forms and philosophies. The Forest shares and expands upon these traditions through diverse artistic collaborations, performances and workshops with communities of all kinds, explorations of setting and space, the incorporation of new performance techniques, and by performing new and existing works by its members and selected works by other composer/percussionists.

Gustavo Aguilar, Leah Bowden, Andrew Drury, Lesley Mok, Michael Wimberly

**THE FOREST**

The ensemble’s debut performances received standing ovations in New York at Lincoln Center and at Roulette, and on the west coast at Cal Arts, Seattle’s Wayward Music Series, and Bread and Salt in San Diego. In addition to the five performances the ensemble led masterclasses with six universities, workshops with community organizations in five cities, and improvised at the US/Mexican border fence and in the forest in the Cascade Mountains east of Seattle.

The Forest is currently planning tours for 2023 and ‘24 while completing work on a studio recording with Grammy Award winning engineer, Jon Rosenberg. Due for release in October 2023, the recording presents Andrew Drury’s suite dedicated to his mentor, “(D)ruminations for Edward Blackwell,” and “Elements of a Storm,” a composition written for M’Boom by one of its founding members, Warren Smith. The recording features Warren Smith (percussion) and J. D. Parran (multiple wind instruments) as special guests.

The Forest is animated by a recognition of the drum as a tool employed since timeimmemorial and in every region of the Earth to bring people together. Drums attract attention, generate a powerful sense of group focus, and raise spirits through a shared somatic experience. The Forest sees in this unique ‘potential of the drum’ a means for community building, for collective and individual renewal, and a source for artistic inspiration.

The Forest has been awarded two grants from the Brooklyn Arts Council and a Jazz Road Creative Residency grant from South Arts.

Century Room Jazz Jam

Century Room Jazz Jam

(No Cover | 7pm-10pm) Come jam with the Century Room House band!

(No Cover | 7pm-10pm) Come jam with the Century Room House band!

Harmony House
10:00PM

Harmony House

Every Sunday, FREE in the Club!! 21+ rotating features!

Every Sunday, FREE in the Club!!

21+

rotating features!

The Century Room Jazz Orchestra

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 & Sly Slipetsky (piano) Matt Mitchell (guitar) Joseph Rader (bari sax) Brice Winston & Kevin Ravellette (tenor sax) Eric Nakanishi & Simeon Roth (alto sax) Jordan Robison, Joshua Schanie, Benjamin Constantinides, Max Goldschmid (trombone) Morani Sanders, Anthony Gibes, Tony Belletti, Jason Carder (trumpet)

METAL MONDAYS
9:00PM

METAL MONDAYS

Metal Mondays at Club Congress! A weekly metal experience at Club Congress in every Monday night! $2 PBR | $3 High Noon Seltzers | $3 Well Drinks | 1/2 Off Tequila &... Read more

Metal Mondays at Club Congress!
A weekly metal experience at Club Congress in every Monday night!

$2 PBR | $3 High Noon Seltzers | $3 Well Drinks | 1/2 Off Tequila & Mezcal Pours

9:00 PM – 2:00 AM

21+

Unleash your inner metalhead and kick off your week with a (head)bang! Don’t miss out on a weekly night of music, camaraderie, and madness.

Susan Artemis: I Put A Spell On You

Susan Artemis: I Put A Spell On You

($15-$25 | 7pm) Happy Halloween! Century Room favorite Susan Artemis reprises her hit show, “Jazz From the Dark Side of the Lounge,” but this time makes it even darker for the Halloween... Read more

($15-$25 | 7pm) Happy Halloween! Century Room favorite Susan Artemis reprises her hit show, “Jazz From the Dark Side of the Lounge,” but this time makes it even darker for the Halloween with spooky song selections including “I Put A Spell On You,” “I Scare Myself,” “Witchcraft” and many more. Come in costume and be sure to order a Shadow Caster…

Desert Drone: Realize (album release show)
7:00PM

Desert Drone: Realize (album release show)

Thursday November 2nd with Lana Del Rabies, Machine Oil, and Ettkhett 7pm Doors, 7:30pm Show $12 Advance & Day of Show Read more

Thursday November 2nd with Lana Del Rabies, Machine Oil, and Ettkhett

7pm Doors, 7:30pm Show

$12 Advance & Day of Show

Catherine Cohen
7:00PM

Catherine Cohen

Friday November 3 Doors 7pm, Show 7:30pm $25 Advance, $30 Day of Show 21+ –CATHERINE COHEN– Catherine Cohen is best known for her hit Netflix comedy special THE TWIST…? SHE’S GORGEOUS. The... Read more

Friday November 3

Doors 7pm, Show 7:30pm

$25 Advance, $30 Day of Show

21+

–CATHERINE COHEN– Catherine Cohen is best known for her hit Netflix comedy special THE TWIST…? SHE’S GORGEOUS. The same live show won her the coveted title of Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Comedy Festival in 2019. She can currently be seen in the Paramount+ feature film, AT MIDNIGHT, and later this summer in the upcoming Hulu series WHILE YOU WERE BREEDING. Her first book entitled God I Feel Modern Tonight was published in 2021, and features her collection of comedic poetry. Her TV screen credits include FX’s WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS, Comedy Central’s AWKWAFINA IS NORA FROM QUEENS and BROAD CITY, Netflix’s series SPECIAL, HBO’s HIGH MAINTENANCE, and TBS’s SEARCH PARTY. Her feature credits include Michael Showalter’s feature THE LOVEBIRDS, Disney+ reboot of HOME ALONE, and the IFC feature DATING & NEW YORK

Space Travelers’ Union

Space Travelers’ Union

($10-$20 | 7pm & 9pm Shows) Spearheaded by Ryan Wheless, a Berklee dropout who moved to Tucson, Space Travelers Union is a jazz fusion project with strong contemporary influences, such as Pop... Read more

($10-$20 | 7pm & 9pm Shows) Spearheaded by Ryan Wheless, a Berklee dropout who moved to Tucson, Space Travelers Union is a jazz fusion project with strong contemporary influences, such as Pop Smoke, John Coltrane, and the Flagstaff, Arizona jam band “Righteous Harmony”.

Join him and his friends to celebrate the release of Hope, the first single off of Space Travelers Union’s debut album, The Trials of Bunny John. As a devout student of the legacy of jazz, the show is sure to be a calm and predictable tribute to elevator muzak. (irony)

Billy Raffoul
7:00PM

Billy Raffoul

Saturday November 4 with Lucy Gaffney & The Indiana Drones Doors 7pm $18 Advance, $20 Day of Show 21+ –BILLY RAFFOUL–The communion between an artist and a room full of people endures... Read more

Saturday November 4 with Lucy Gaffney & The Indiana Drones

Doors 7pm

$18 Advance, $20 Day of Show

21+

–BILLY RAFFOUL–The communion between an artist and a room full of people endures is one of the most sacred forms of connection. As emotion and energy transfer back-and-forth, this interchange of feelings might be the closest thing we have to true magic in our physical world. Billy Raffoul writes music with this moment in mind. Guitar in hand and microphone on, his voice echoes with a graceful grit that comes right from the gut as he tells stories straight from the heart.

After generating hundreds of millions of streams and earning acclaim from American Songwriter, Paste, and more, the award-winning Ontario singer, songwriter, and producer continues to captivate on his debut EP for Nettwerk.

During 2017, Billy made his debut with the single “Driver.” Following the 1975 EP and The Running Wild EP, he released his debut full-length, A Few More Hours at YYZ in 2020. The single “Acoustic” generated over 60.7 million Spotify streams as “Easy Tiger” surpassed 19.4 million Spotify streams. The same year, he maintained this momentum with International Hotel and shared bills with Kings of Leon, Kaleo, X Ambassadors and more. Reaching another level, 2021 saw him garner the SOCAN Songwriting Prize for the single “Western Skies.”

Despite the Pandemic lockdown, he focused on writing and recording as much as possible. He collaborated with longtime creative cohorts Justin Zuccato and Mike Crossey remotely and occasionally in-person, piecing the EP together over these sessions.

Kyle Nassar/ Simona Premazzi Quartet

Kyle Nassar/ Simona Premazzi Quartet

($15-$30 | 7pm & 9pm Shows) Traveling from NYC with their quartet, tenor saxophonist Kyle Nasser and Italian pianist Simona Premazzi perform their original modern jazz compositions at the Century Room. Nasser’s... Read more

($15-$30 | 7pm & 9pm Shows) Traveling from NYC with their quartet, tenor saxophonist Kyle Nasser and Italian pianist Simona Premazzi perform their original modern jazz compositions at the Century Room. Nasser’s playing and compositions have been described as sophisticated and complex and his “songs weave together sonata forms, baroque to 20th century counterpoint, and modern rhythms with modern jazz vocabulary.” Premazzi has earned recognition for her improvisational work and skillful approach as a composer, with an unmistakable style and depth that comes across in every one of her compositions.

**Kyle Nassar**

A Massachusetts native and graduate of both Harvard and Berklee, Kyle Nasser has been described as possessing, “superlative musicianship as a performer, writer and a bandleader…ardent creativity and urbane artistic composure” (Hrayr Attarian, All About Jazz). Since moving to New York City in 2010, he has played at some of the city’s most prestigious venues – including the Blue Note, Smalls, Iridium, 55 Bar, and the Jazz Gallery – and has toured in the U.S. and South America. Nasser has shared the stage with jazz greats Rich Perry, Ethan Iverson, Michael Formanek, Simona Premazzi, Roman Filiu, Massimo Biolcati, and Ben Monder, among others. In addition to leading his own group, he also plays with and composes for the international collective Beekman, whose sound has been described as “a joyful and continued speculation flowing in almost all facts with surprising ease” (Jazz, ese ruido), and the collective Triple Blind. With this last group, Nasser won the Chamber Music America New Jazz Works grant in 2021. Nasser’s debut album, Restive Soul, features his quintet presenting “a collection of sophisticated and complex modern jazz originals” (Jazz Weekly). His music stands out for its seamless integration of classical forms and techniques with jazz language and phrasing. The album’s songs weave together sonata forms, baroque to 20th century counterpoint, and modern rhythms with modern jazz vocabulary. “The saxophonist’s debut is knotty with a contrapuntal weave of voices, bumpy mixed meters, and alternating rhythmic currents that nonetheless groove, sometime with a rocking edge” (Boston Globe).

**Simona Premazzi**

New York based pianist Simona Premazzi has developed an impressive body of work as a composer and bandleader. Originally from Italy, Premazzi hails from a small town in the outskirts of Milano, where she began playing piano at age 8 and a half. A gifted musician, Simona is a graduate of the conservatory of music in Udine. She followed up her studies in Milano, by enrolling in the International Academy of Jazz Music and CPM music school, studying with two of Italy’s formidable jazz masters, Massimo Colombo and Franco D’Andrea.

As a student she became a member of two of the Academy’s most interesting bands – the Mingus Fingers Septet, of course focusing on the music of Charles Mingus, followed by a four year stint with Enrico Intra’s Big Band, touring across Italy and playing along side internationally recognized musicians including Markus Stockhausen, David Raksin, Franco Cerri, James Newton, Tiziana Ghiglioni, Dave Liebman, Eddie Daniels, Enrico Rava, Paolo Fresu and many others

Dave Stryker Quintet: Messin’ With Mr. T

Dave Stryker Quintet: Messin’ With Mr. T

($15-$30 | 7pm & 9pm Shows) With 35 albums under his own name, NYC guitarist Dave Stryker has built a formidable career both as a leader and collaborator with legendary jazz artists... Read more

($15-$30 | 7pm & 9pm Shows) With 35 albums under his own name, NYC guitarist Dave Stryker has built a formidable career both as a leader and collaborator with legendary jazz artists like Stanley Turrentine and Jack McDuff. “Messin’ with Mr. T” is the name of his 2015 album, which was inspired by his tenure in Turrentine’s band. He revisits the music of Stanley Turrentine backed up by saxophonist Jed Paradies and pianist Angelo Versace, with Scott Black on bass and Arthur Vint on drums.

Harmony House
10:00PM

Harmony House

Every Sunday, FREE in the Club!! 21+ rotating features!

Every Sunday, FREE in the Club!!

21+

rotating features!

METAL MONDAYS
9:00PM

METAL MONDAYS

Metal Mondays at Club Congress! A weekly metal experience at Club Congress in every Monday night! $2 PBR | $3 High Noon Seltzers | $3 Well Drinks | 1/2 Off Tequila &... Read more

Metal Mondays at Club Congress!
A weekly metal experience at Club Congress in every Monday night!

$2 PBR | $3 High Noon Seltzers | $3 Well Drinks | 1/2 Off Tequila & Mezcal Pours

9:00 PM – 2:00 AM

21+

Unleash your inner metalhead and kick off your week with a (head)bang! Don’t miss out on a weekly night of music, camaraderie, and madness.

Jenny and The Mexicats
7:00PM

Jenny and The Mexicats

CO-HEADLINE with SILVANA ESTRADA Wednesday November 8 Doors 7pm $25 Advance, $30 Day of Show All Welcome THIS IS AN OFFICIAL TENWESTx EVENT ENTRY TO JENNY & THE MEXICATS IS INCLUDED WITH... Read more

CO-HEADLINE with SILVANA ESTRADA

Wednesday November 8

Doors 7pm

$25 Advance, $30 Day of Show

All Welcome

THIS IS AN OFFICIAL TENWESTx EVENT

ENTRY TO JENNY & THE MEXICATS IS INCLUDED WITH A TENWEST ALL ACCESS PASS OR CAN BE PURCHASED SEPARATELY.

TENWEST IS PART PARTY, PART CONFERENCE. A TUCSON FESTIVAL WITH SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. LEARN MORE ABOUT ALL THE EVENTS AT TENWEST.COM

–JENNY AND THE MEXICATS– it’s a fusion of nationalities and personalities, a band that has a very particular history. The band had its beginnings in Madrid as Pachucos y la princesa, in June 2008

It all started when Icho (double bass) invited Jenny to live in Madrid. Jenny in her 20s had come to the right place. Icho called the best guitarist he knew, Pantera a guitarist with very versatile flamenco technique, they had played together for many years in a rockabilly and punk band in their hometown in Mexico.

Pantera proposed a colleague that he played with in the world of flamenco and he played the cajon. David, an extraordinary Spanish cajon player. And that’s how they all got together.

That’s how a little adventure of an English girl started and gives rise to Jenny and the Mexicats.

Their first concert was Wonderland, a small festival that generates money to help cancer research in the UK, in August 2008. The roots that this new sound carried, made Jenny start to compose a lot and so Jenny and the Mexicats started to rehearse in the place where everyone had met … a flamenco tablao, las carboneras.

Silvana Estrada
7:00PM

Silvana Estrada

CO-HEADLINE with JENNY & THE MEXICATS Wednesday November 8 Doors 7pm $25 Advance, $30 Day of Show All Welcome THIS IS AN OFFICIAL TENWESTx EVENT ENTRY TO SILVANA ESTRADA IS INCLUDED WITH... Read more

CO-HEADLINE with JENNY & THE MEXICATS

Wednesday November 8

Doors 7pm

$25 Advance, $30 Day of Show

All Welcome

THIS IS AN OFFICIAL TENWESTx EVENT

ENTRY TO SILVANA ESTRADA IS INCLUDED WITH A TENWEST ALL ACCESS PASS OR CAN BE PURCHASED SEPARATELY.

TENWEST IS PART PARTY, PART CONFERENCE. A TUCSON FESTIVAL WITH SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. LEARN MORE ABOUT ALL THE EVENTS AT TENWEST.COM

–SILVANA ESTRADA– Mexican indie star Silvana Estrada has released the new single “Milagro y Desastre.” The song was produced by her longtime collaborator Gustavo Guerrero. It is accompanied by an official video directed by Camila Grandi.

“Milagro y Desastre” is the first song that Silvana has written with only her voice – she used a loop pedal to create harmonies and then added textures in the studio. “This song was born out of my belief that big life-changing events are equal parts miracle and disaster,” she explains. “This idea has helped me a lot to understand and heal my experiences over the years. In this song I wanted to vindicate all the faces of love, even the love that hurts when it ends.”

“Milagro y Desastre” follows Silvana’s recent release of a new cover of the Suzanne Vega classic “Tom’s Diner.” “I rediscovered ‘Tom’s Diner’ on my first US tour performing my album ‘Marchita,'” Silvana shares. “While traveling the long highways of this vast country we came across the original a cappella version by Suzanne Vega. The song is brave in its simplicity. I felt like I was watching a beautiful movie.”

Silvana won the 2022 Latin GRAMMY for “Best New Artist.” Her breakthrough debut album ‘Marchita’ was highlighted and featured in The New York Times, Pitchfork, The Kelly Clarkson Show, BBC Radio 6, The Guardian, NPR Music, Rolling Stone, and more. Silvana was also the first Spotify Mexico “EQUAL” artist and spotlighted in Apple Mexico’s “Up Next” program.

Silvana’s childhood home was the setting for her NPR “Tiny Desk (Home) Concert.” She grew up in a house where not only music, but instruments, were made. Both of Silvana’s parents are luthiers, and a path was worn to their home in Coatepec, a mountain town in Veracruz, by the musicians who arrived daily to commission a new violin or cello, or have their instruments repaired.

Silvana has performed and recorded with artists including Natalia Lafourcade, who like Silvana, grew up outside Veracruz as well as Andrew Bird, Helado Negro, Devendra Banhart, Jorge Drexler, the LA Philharmonic among others.

The range of emotions Silvana displays is nothing short of a wonder. The singer-songwriter can be inviting and tender at one moment while making the hairs stand out on the back of your neck the next. ‘Marchita’ is an enchanting rollercoaster ride of emotions, exhuming the sweetest desire and the deepest despair, pierced by her poetic, arresting delivery. A natural performer if there ever was one.

Drive-By Truckers
7:00PM

Drive-By Truckers

Thursday, November 9th with support from Early James Doors 7 pm, Show at 7:30 pm $35 Advance, $40 Day of Show 21+ –Drive-By Truckers– Read more

Thursday, November 9th with support from Early James

Doors 7 pm, Show at 7:30 pm

$35 Advance, $40 Day of Show

21+

–Drive-By Truckers–

Clark Gibson Direction Quartet

Clark Gibson Direction Quartet

($15-$30 | 7pm & 9pm Shows) Saxophonist and composer Clark Gibson currently serves as Director of Education at The Nash in Phoenix, AZ and is a highly sought after adjudicator and clinician... Read more

($15-$30 | 7pm & 9pm Shows) Saxophonist and composer Clark Gibson currently serves as Director of Education at The Nash in Phoenix, AZ and is a highly sought after adjudicator and clinician throughout the country. His forward-thinking music is strongly rooted in the traditions of jazz musicians of the 20th century, the history of Western classical music, his own life experiences, as well as musical traditions from cultures across the globe.

Joining him will be Director of Jazz Studies at the U of A Angelo Versace on piano, Director of Jazz Studies at NAU Chris Finet on bass and Artistic Director of the Century Room Arthur Vint on drums.

If you are looking for direction, look no further.

JW-Jones | 2020 Best North American Blues Guitarist
7:00PM

JW-Jones | 2020 Best North American Blues Guitarist

Friday, November 10th Doors 7pm, Show 7:30pm $15 Advance, $20 Day of Show –JW-Jones– Billboard Top 10 Blues Artist, 2020 IBC Winner, and JUNO Nominee, Canadian singer/guitarist JW-Jones is known for his... Read more

Friday, November 10th

Doors 7pm, Show 7:30pm

$15 Advance, $20 Day of Show

–JW-Jones– Billboard Top 10 Blues Artist, 2020 IBC Winner, and JUNO Nominee, Canadian singer/guitarist JW-Jones is known for his high-energy shows!

After winning “Best Guitarist” at the 2020 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Jones started working on his 12th release ‘Everything Now’, an all-original project with special guest Jimmie Vaughan, and production by Gordie Johnson (Big Sugar).

“Songs! It’s all about the songs!” said the JUNO-nominated Jones, whose searing axeman ship has been praised in recent years by legendary blues artists Buddy Guy and Chuck Leavell (The Rolling Stones). “While there are plenty of burning lead guitar solos, I wanted to open up and get more personal than ever with the lyrics. From the true story ‘Papa’s in the Pen’ to ‘When You Left’ that I sang with tears rolling down my cheeks about my mother’s passing, these are stories that I feel like I can finally share through my music.” JW penned the entire album with Dick Cooper and Gordie.

This album features some heavyweight instrumental support; The Texas Horns, Stanton Moore, Aaron Sterling, Rob McNelly, and includes unchartered sonic territory for Jones with real strings on the exceptional ‘To Tell You The Truth (I Lied)”.

The recordings were produced in Austin, Texas with multi-platinum-selling artist and producer Gordie Johnson of Big Sugar, as well as in Ottawa with long-time collaborator Eric Eggleston.

The frequent resident of Billboard’s Top 10 Blues charts and roots radio favourite continues to accelerate his career momentum to new heights, whether it’s as a personally requested sit-in with the likes of 8-time Grammy winner Buddy Guy, opening for blues-rock icon George Thorogood, or entertaining thrilled audiences in 23 countries and four continents.

Red, White and Blues featuring Harlis Sweetwater
7:00PM

Red, White and Blues featuring Harlis Sweetwater

Saturday November 11 7pm Doors, 7:30pm Show $12 Advance, $15 Day of Show Free entry for Veterans –HARLIS SWEETWATER–Harlis Sweetwater is a national touring artist. His music appeared on Itunes Top 200... Read more

Saturday November 11

7pm Doors, 7:30pm Show

$12 Advance, $15 Day of Show
Free entry for Veterans

–HARLIS SWEETWATER–Harlis Sweetwater is a national touring artist. His music appeared on Itunes Top 200 Best Selling Blues Albums with songs charting in the Top 200 Blues charts in the U.S., Sweden, Ireland and New Zealand. In 2018 his band was voted “Best Rock Band” in OC Weekly’s Readers Choice issue. Now moving into an exciting, new and fresh direction, Harlis crosses over, mixing multi genres like alternative rock, latin beats/vibes, soul and rock, all while keeping the gritty, soulful vocals and searing guitar playing he is known for.

Aside from headlining venues and festivals across the U.S. he has also been direct support for such notable artists as: Los Lobos, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Eric Gales, Blues Traveler, ZZ Top and more.

Recently, Harlis released the single “Wont Be Satisfied” on My Grito Industries, which features David Hidalgo of Los Lobos on guitar and John Doe of X on bass. The song has been receiving airplay on Little Steven’s Underground Garage on Sirius XM Radio, KLOS FM and other indie radio.

Mudhoney
7:00PM

Mudhoney

Saturday November 11th Doors 7pm, Show 8pm $24 Advance, $26 Day of Show 21+ –MUDHONEY– The world is filling up with trash. Humanity remains addicted to pollution despite the planet getting hotter... Read more

Saturday November 11th

Doors 7pm, Show 8pm

$24 Advance, $26 Day of Show

21+

–MUDHONEY– The world is filling up with trash. Humanity remains addicted to pollution despite the planet getting hotter by the minute. People are downing horse dewormer because some goober on television told them it cured COVID. Tom Herman of pioneering avant garage band Pere Ubu still doesn’t have his own Wikipedia article. The apocalypse, it seems, is stupider than anyone could’ve predicted.

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Fortunately, the absurdities of modern life have always been prime subject matter for Seattle-based band Mudhoney. The foursome take aim at all of them with barbed humor and muck-encrusted riffs on Plastic Eternity, their 11th studio album.

Mudhoney (vocalist Mark Arm, guitarist Steve Turner, bassist Guy Maddison, and drummer Dan Peters) remain the ur underground group, their gnarly primordial punk stew and Arm’s sharply funny lyrics as potent a combination as they’ve been since the band’s formation in the late 1980s. From taking on climate change from the perspective of the climate if the climate tried to play guitar like Jimi Hendrix (“Cry Me An Atmospheric River”) to a driving rock and roll song about taking drugs meant for livestock (“Here Comes the Flood”) to a classic punk attack on treating humans like livestock (“Human Stock Capital”), Plastic Eternity is a heady run through all the proto-genres of guitar rock with a keen eye on the inanities of the world in the 2020’s.

Harmony House
10:00PM

Harmony House

Every Sunday, FREE in the Club!! 21+ rotating features!

Every Sunday, FREE in the Club!!

21+

rotating features!

Becca Mancari
7:00PM

Becca Mancari

Monday November 13 with support from Bloomsday 7pm Doors $16 Advance, $18 Day of Show Ages 16+ –BECCA MANCARI–Since moving to Nashville to start their music career in 2012, Becca Mancari has... Read more

Monday November 13 with support from Bloomsday

7pm Doors

$16 Advance, $18 Day of Show

Ages 16+

–BECCA MANCARI–Since moving to Nashville to start their music career in 2012, Becca Mancari has been lauded for their dextrous songwriting and prodigious guitar playing. Their sophomore album The Greatest Part, released in 2020, was an indie rock opus that garnered acclaim from The New York Times, NPR, and more. After its release, however, Mancari was despairing. An illness in their family, coupled with a realization that their alcohol dependency had become untenable, led Mancari to begin the hard work of taking ownership of their existence by mending broken relationships and investing in their mental health. “I didn’t realize it then, but looking back, I was a passenger in my own life,” Mancari says. The transformative period of self-reckoning was the catalyst that ultimately steered Mancari to write and produce their triumphant new album, Left Hand.

While Left Hand came out of a dark period in Mancari’s life, the album is anything but. Wide-open and welcoming, the music beckons all listeners, encouraging community among strangers. On the album, Mancari asserts a radical self-acceptance. The propulsive track “It’s Too Late” binds this new album to the hypnotic rhythms of The Greatest Part, and while the lyrics chronicle personal tragedy (“I almost drove off the road that night/ Did you know I almost did it so many times?”) the bass-driven groove is undeniable, luring us deeper into the album. The bold admission is but one example of the intimacy experienced throughout the record, suggesting that music, too, has been a part of their growth and healing expedition.

Initially, Mancari planned to hire a producer on their third LP, just as they had done on earlier records, but a disheartening studio session convinced them they were capable of rendering their vision independently. Close friend and musical ally Juan Solorzano, who has played on all of Mancari’s albums since the debut of Good Woman in 2017, joined them in the studio to co-produce the majority of the record. In addition, Daniel Tashian (Kacey Musgraves, Demi Lovato) co-wrote and co-produced the song “Don’t Close Your Eyes,” encouraging Mancari to track every instrument on the initial demos, and while they had never considered themself a multi-instrumentalist, Mancari took seat on the drum throne working out the skittering percussion of the tune until it hit just right. As much as self-producing this album was an act of resilience and growth in one’s own craft, Mancari brought trusted friends like Brittany Howard, who they play with in Bermuda Triangle, Julien Baker and Zac Farro into the process. “Producing this record was life-giving. It was scary, at first, to be trusted with this role, but I knew I’d only gain more agency and strength over my career through the process,” Mancari says.

Insecurities that had dogged Mancari since childhood couldn’t weather the force of energy in that studio, where they executed decisions with newfound certainty. The title track, “Left Hand,” is named for the Mancari family crest from the Italian region of Calabria in which a left hand holds a dagger aloft. After a lifetime spent feeling like they didn’t belong, Mancari unlocked a perfect metaphor in the crest: “In many cultures children born with a dominant left hand were taught not to use that hand, and were told that using the right hand was ‘normal’ and ‘correct.’ Similarly, queer children are often times told that it’s not ‘normal’ for them to love who they love and that they need to ‘change.’”

Though Mancari has experienced that alienation, “Homesick Honeybee” is a tender ode to their grandfather, whose voicemail opens the track and who was the first member of their family to wholly accept Mancari’s queerness. “When a bee loses its way, it can’t survive without a hive.” Mancari ponders, “It physically dies without its community.” But fortunately, their grandfather was always a supportive and reliable presence. You can hear the confidence and assuredness building in Mancari’s voice as they intone the opening verses over a bed of warm indie synths, and when the chorus hits, any sense of lostness explored in the lyrics is drowned out by the certainty of this confrontation: “How you gonna break my broken heart/ That’s already put back into so many pieces/ I can’t even feel it.”

Ecological processes rely on interdependency and Mancari uses the natural world to emphasize their own reliance on other humans, and on the life-giving Earth itself. On the album’s striking closer, “To Love the Earth,” Mancari sings of a new commitment to an undefined spirituality. “Wanna crown you in Queen Anne’s Lace/ Wanna be rebaptized but in a different kind of way,” they sing. The song sounds like a rainy morning when there is no place to be but home and the slight pitter-patter against the windows brings comfort. Fingerpicked guitars and subtle percussion are overtaken on the chorus, which swells to a point of catharsis as Mancari surrenders: “Wanna love you forever, wanna love you forever.” The “you” is unspecified, applicable to a partner, to a community, to family, to the Earth that cradles us all. “To Love the Earth” leaves us with an overwhelming sense of peace, a feeling so rarely accessed outside of music.

Left Hand is generous in this way; Mancari offers the listener a collection of songs that should be played in moments when we are in need of reassurance and encouragement. No song exemplifies this better than the ebullient track “Over and Over,” which is a reminder to friends that happiness doesn’t need to be fleeting. “I wanted to write a queer pop song that has meat on its bones,” they say. Inspired by one of many reckless and joyful hangs with dear friends in Nashville, the enlivening pop song makes a promise to them, and to the greater community Mancari embraces on this album. “There is something to the feeling/ Head hanging out of the window/ Being ok that we don’t know,” sung on the chorus over a beat replete with congas and shakers. What follows is a promise to anyone who ever feels like the greatest moments of their life are disappearing in the rearview: “We can have it like we used to, over and over and over and over again.”

METAL MONDAYS
9:00PM

METAL MONDAYS

Metal Mondays at Club Congress! A weekly metal experience at Club Congress in every Monday night! $2 PBR | $3 High Noon Seltzers | $3 Well Drinks | 1/2 Off Tequila &... Read more

Metal Mondays at Club Congress!
A weekly metal experience at Club Congress in every Monday night!

$2 PBR | $3 High Noon Seltzers | $3 Well Drinks | 1/2 Off Tequila & Mezcal Pours

9:00 PM – 2:00 AM

21+

Unleash your inner metalhead and kick off your week with a (head)bang! Don’t miss out on a weekly night of music, camaraderie, and madness.

The Steel Wheels
7:00PM

The Steel Wheels

Tuesday November 14 Doors 7pm, Show 7:30pm $15 Advance, $20 Day of Show All Welcome –THE STEEL WHEELS– The Steel Wheels have long been at home in the creative space between tradition... Read more

Tuesday November 14

Doors 7pm, Show 7:30pm

$15 Advance, $20 Day of Show

All Welcome

–THE STEEL WHEELS– The Steel Wheels have long been at home in the creative space between tradition and innovation, informed by the familiar sounds of the Virginia Blue Ridge mountains where the band was formed, but always moving forward with insightful lyrics and an evolving sound. In 2005, Jay Lapp (vocals, guitars, mandolin) and Eric Brubaker (vocals, fiddle) joined lead singer Trent Wagler (guitar, banjo) in forming the band as a vehicle for Wagler’s songwriting. They released several albums under Wagler’s moniker, before officially adopting the The Steel Wheels name with the 2010 release of Red Wing. Quickly staking their claim as independent upstarts in the burgeoning Americana scene, The Steel Wheels followed up this release with three more self-produced albums in the next five years, before joining forces with producer Sam Kassirer for Wild As We Came Here (2017) and Over The Trees (2019). Kevin Garcia (drums, percussion, keys) joined in 2017, bringing a new level of sonic depth and polish to the outfit. Newest member Jeremy Darrow rounds out the rhythm section and grounds the band as they continue to explore deeply rooted yet fresh folk rock sounds. Having gained the experience of thousands of shows, festivals and many miles on the road, the stubbornly independent band has formed deep bonds with each other and the audience that sustains them.

In 2020, unable to perform their rootsy brand of Americana for crowds in live settings, the musicians turned their creative powers to crafting songs for individuals. Produced in isolation in the band’s home studios, the Everyone a Song albums are part of an ongoing project to collect the personal experiences of fans and forge them into that most enduring, yet ephemeral, format we call “song.” An accompanying podcast, We Made You a Song, explores the stories behind these songs, and the songwriting process itself. While each song was commissioned to honor a specific relationship or event—a birth, a wedding, a memory of home—the emotions evoked are universal.

Nowhere is this shared humanity more evident than at the band’s own Red Wing Roots Music Festival, a weekend-long celebration of music, community, and the beautiful Shenandoah Valley. Hosted by The Steel Wheels every summer, the festival provides a space for the band to shine, from their high energy Saturday night main stage set to their afternoon showcase with young Red Wing Academy students. At Sunday’s gospel hour you are as likely to hear Steel Wheels originals or Warren Zevon covers as you are traditional gospel fare. The weekend is rounded out by the beloved tribute set in which the band collaborates with a cadre of fellow artists to honor an influential figure in American music, with past tributes ranging from Dolly Parton to John Prine.

Whether at a joyous summer festival, in their many shows across the country and beyond, or in the studio, The Steel Wheels continue their mission set out over a decade ago; shaking up traditions to see what sticks, telling stories, and joining communities through song

Igor & the Red Elvises
7:00PM

Igor & the Red Elvises

Friday November 17 Doors 7pm $10 Advance, $15 Day of Show 21+ –Igor & the Red Elvises–Igor Yuzov was born in Germany, raised in Ukraine and studied in Russia. He grew up... Read more

Friday November 17

Doors 7pm

$10 Advance, $15 Day of Show

21+

–Igor & the Red Elvises–Igor Yuzov was born in Germany, raised in Ukraine and studied in Russia. He grew up in the former Soviet Union, where folk music was the norm and rock’n’roll was illegal. A rebellious streak, however, led him to seek out the forbidden music. As soon as it became possible, Igor left Russia for America with his “Folk’n’Roll” band Limpopo and was personally greeted by Ronald Reagan. In 1993, Limpopo won Ed McMahon’s Star Search and their popularity began to blossom. In 1995, Igor dreamed that Elvis Presley came to him and told him to start playing rock’n’roll. Igor and his Russian friends became Red Elvises and gave street performances on Santa Monica’s 3rd Street Promenade. As their crowds grew larger, the City of Santa Monica ordered them to discontinue their street performances. Evolving over the years, Igor’s music has been labeled “Siberian Surf Rock” which contains humorous lyrics and grooves that forces his audience to dance. Over the past 20 years, Red Elvises have constantly toured all over the world with occasional breaks to record new music and to participate in film and television projects.

As an independent band, Red Elvises have produced 12 studio albums, two live albums, a live concert DVD, and a Greatest Hits compilation. Some of their most notable film contributions include music and or performances in “Six String Samurai”, “Mail Order Bride”, “Armageddon”, “Skippy”, “Melrose Place”, “Fastlane”, “Penn and Teller’s Sin City Extravaganza”, “VH-1 Behind the Music”, and “MTV”. Red Elvises have performed for large festivals, private parties, and played on massive stages such as 2005’s Live 8 Benefit Concert. No matter where they perform, Igor & Red Elvises always bring the party with them.

For more biographical information about Red Elvises, order or download the book “Igor and the Red Elvises” by Marla J. Selvidge.

Desert Haze | All Vintage Clothes Market
10:00AM

Desert Haze | All Vintage Clothes Market

Join us for Desert Haze Vintage Market! Free on the Plaza from 10am – 3pm The Bloody Mary bar will be up and running in our newly renovated lobby bar and The... Read more

Join us for Desert Haze Vintage Market!
Free on the Plaza from 10am – 3pm

The Bloody Mary bar will be up and running in our newly renovated lobby bar and The Cup Cafe & Plaza Eats food truck will be open so you can snack and sip while you shop!

Check back for a full list of vendors!

Harmony House
10:00PM

Harmony House

Every Sunday, FREE in the Club!! 21+ rotating features!

Every Sunday, FREE in the Club!!

21+

rotating features!

METAL MONDAYS
9:00PM

METAL MONDAYS

Metal Mondays at Club Congress! A weekly metal experience at Club Congress in every Monday night! $2 PBR | $3 High Noon Seltzers | $3 Well Drinks | 1/2 Off Tequila &... Read more

Metal Mondays at Club Congress!
A weekly metal experience at Club Congress in every Monday night!

$2 PBR | $3 High Noon Seltzers | $3 Well Drinks | 1/2 Off Tequila & Mezcal Pours

9:00 PM – 2:00 AM

21+

Unleash your inner metalhead and kick off your week with a (head)bang! Don’t miss out on a weekly night of music, camaraderie, and madness.

The Lucky Devils Band Showcase
7:00PM

The Lucky Devils Band Showcase

Tuesday, November 21st 7 PM Doors, 8 PM Show FREE on the Plaza The Lucky Devils Band, a customizable event band, showcase their talents! This showcase is the band rehearsal evening –... Read more

Tuesday, November 21st

7 PM Doors, 8 PM Show

FREE on the Plaza

The Lucky Devils Band, a customizable event band, showcase their talents! This showcase is the band rehearsal evening – they’ll be playing new and old material, and they’ll probably play some pretty unusual stuff too – always a lot of fun! They’ll play a mixture of chilled out music and high energy tunes. Lucky Devils showcases are a relaxed, free, public gig where you can see the band performing live. You can ask any questions, talk to the musicians, and get a good feel for how amazing and different the band is compared to everything else out there. Showcases are an invaluable part of your event planning research and the best way to ensure that you get a great band! Showcases are also a fun evening out – you can talk to the band and see them playing a variety of styles.

Lethal Injektion: The Raskal Birthday Bash
7:00PM

Lethal Injektion: The Raskal Birthday Bash

BLACK FRIDAY November 24 Doors 7pm $15 Advance, $20 Day of Show 21+ –LETHAL INJEKTION– Lethal Injektion the newest Nu Metal sensation founded by Jacob Ryan of Tucson Arizona in December of... Read more

BLACK FRIDAY November 24

Doors 7pm

$15 Advance, $20 Day of Show

21+

–LETHAL INJEKTION– Lethal Injektion the newest Nu Metal sensation founded by Jacob Ryan of Tucson Arizona in December of 2015. The band was put together with Tucson’s hottest top tier artists to make an undeniable sound & movement as well as creating their very own genre “West Coast Metal”. Their debut single “Strength Through Struggle” did amazing numbers, the band released their follow up single and very first music video “Voices” on their YouTube channel Friday January 15, 2016. The band then followed up with their first studio recorded EP “Sex Is Power”, which made an immediate impact charting as high as #8 on Itunes for new releases for the Rock Genre, and stayed at #1 on Amazon for new alternative metal release for the first 2 weeks. The bands first LP album “Sex Money Power” was released on July 22, 2016 and exceeded expectations by climbing the ITunes charts all the way up to #4 for rock and once again #1 on Amazon. The band did their first headlining tour throughout the Southwest in April of 2017. The band released their highly anticipated sophomore release “Judgement Night” on September 15, 2017 and has done very well independently nationwide. The band under Jacob’s hard work has released 7 albums now available for streaming world wide.

Brian Bromberg Trio: The LaFaro Project (Night One)

Brian Bromberg Trio: The LaFaro Project (Night One)

($25-$40 | 7pm & 9pm Shows) Please join us for an intimate evening of the Brian Bromberg acoustic trio playing the music of the legendary Bill Evans trio that featured the bass... Read more

($25-$40 | 7pm & 9pm Shows) Please join us for an intimate evening of the Brian Bromberg acoustic trio playing the music of the legendary Bill Evans trio that featured the bass phenom Scott LaFaro. This is Brian’s first home town Tucson performance in over ten years. Joining Brian is pianist Tom Zink and drummer Charles Ruggiero. These are some of the first performances of this trio before their Scott LaFaro Tribute album gets released in early 2024.

Brian Bromberg Trio: The LaFaro Project (Night Two)

Brian Bromberg Trio: The LaFaro Project (Night Two)

($25-$40 | 7pm & 9pm Shows) Please join us for an intimate evening of the Brian Bromberg acoustic trio playing the music of the legendary Bill Evans trio that featured the bass... Read more

($25-$40 | 7pm & 9pm Shows) Please join us for an intimate evening of the Brian Bromberg acoustic trio playing the music of the legendary Bill Evans trio that featured the bass phenom Scott LaFaro. This is Brian’s first home town Tucson performance in over ten years. Joining Brian is pianist Tom Zink and drummer Charles Ruggiero. These are some of the first performances of this trio before their Scott LaFaro Tribute album gets released in early 2024.

Harmony House
10:00PM

Harmony House

Every Sunday, FREE in the Club!! 21+ rotating features!

Every Sunday, FREE in the Club!!

21+

rotating features!

METAL MONDAYS
9:00PM

METAL MONDAYS

Metal Mondays at Club Congress! A weekly metal experience at Club Congress in every Monday night! $2 PBR | $3 High Noon Seltzers | $3 Well Drinks | 1/2 Off Tequila &... Read more

Metal Mondays at Club Congress!
A weekly metal experience at Club Congress in every Monday night!

$2 PBR | $3 High Noon Seltzers | $3 Well Drinks | 1/2 Off Tequila & Mezcal Pours

9:00 PM – 2:00 AM

21+

Unleash your inner metalhead and kick off your week with a (head)bang! Don’t miss out on a weekly night of music, camaraderie, and madness.

An Evening with Ryanhood
6:30PM

An Evening with Ryanhood

Friday December 1 6:30 Doors, 7:00 pm Show $25 Advance & Day of Show All Welcome –Ryanhood–International Acoustic Music Awards winners for ‘Best Group/Duo’, Ryanhood’s tight vocal harmonies and big acoustic riffs... Read more

Friday December 1

6:30 Doors, 7:00 pm Show

$25 Advance & Day of Show

All Welcome

–Ryanhood–International Acoustic Music Awards winners for ‘Best Group/Duo’, Ryanhood’s tight vocal harmonies and big acoustic riffs have made them favorites on the touring circuit for over 15 years. A merging of virtuosic musicianship with rich and transformative storytelling, their shows are driven by strong acoustic guitar interplay and turn-on-a-dime harmonies forged in a decades-long friendship. At turns energetic, hopeful, and quietly moving, Ryanhood offers an invitation to soak in a river of melodies and harmonic hooks; to reflect, laugh, sing, and to stand up and cheer.

Ted Rosenthal: George Gershwin’s Rhapsody In Blue at 100

Ted Rosenthal: George Gershwin’s Rhapsody In Blue at 100

($20-$35 | 7pm & 9pm Shows) **Ted Rosenthal** is one of the leading jazz pianist/composers of his generation. He actively tours worldwide with his trio, as a soloist, and has performed with... Read more

($20-$35 | 7pm & 9pm Shows)

**Ted Rosenthal** is one of the leading jazz pianist/composers of his generation. He actively tours worldwide with his trio, as a soloist, and has performed with many jazz greats, including Gerry Mulligan, Art Farmer, Phil Woods, Bob Brookmeyer, and James Moody.

Winner of the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition, Rosenthal has released fifteen CDs as a leader. Rhapsody in Gershwin, which features his arrangement of Rhapsody in Blue for jazz trio, reached #1 in jazz album sales at iTunes and Amazon. Wonderland, was selected as a New York Times holiday pick, and received much critical praise: “Sleek, chic and elegant” – Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune. Impromptu, showcases his reimaginings of classical themes for jazz trio. “A serious listen to Impromptu will be a mind-changing experience…sit back and enjoy these wonderfully creative takes on ten compositions from the classical canon that have never sounded so cool.” – Elliott Simon, AllAboutJazz

Rosenthal’s solo album, The 3 B’s, received 4 stars from DownBeat magazine. It features music of Bud Powell, Bill Evans and his improvisations on Beethoven themes. “In Rosenthal’s hands all this music sounds as though it sprang from the same muse, and that’s the sign of a skilled, imaginative artist.” – David R. Adler, All Music Guide.

A Winter’s Evening with Ryanhood
6:30PM

A Winter’s Evening with Ryanhood

Saturday December 2 6:30 Doors, 7:00 pm Show $25 Advance & Day of Show All Welcome –Ryanhood–An evening of songs and storytelling, heartstrings and laughter, A Winter’s Evening with Ryanhood is a... Read more

Saturday December 2

6:30 Doors, 7:00 pm Show

$25 Advance & Day of Show

All Welcome

–Ryanhood–An evening of songs and storytelling, heartstrings and laughter, A Winter’s Evening with Ryanhood is a live holiday show based on the duo’s record, On Christmas, that showcases the high-energy, big-harmony, dueling acoustic guitar approach that Ryanhood fans have come to expect. Featuring a blend of original holiday compositions, wintry covers, and reworked classics woven together with holiday stories and memories, Ryan David Green and Cameron Hood invite audiences to experience the joy, depth, intimacy, and excitement of the holiday season by sharing A Winter’s Evening with Ryanhood.

Harmony House
10:00PM

Harmony House

Every Sunday, FREE in the Club!! 21+ rotating features!

Every Sunday, FREE in the Club!!

21+

rotating features!

METAL MONDAYS
9:00PM

METAL MONDAYS

Metal Mondays at Club Congress! A weekly metal experience at Club Congress in every Monday night! $2 PBR | $3 High Noon Seltzers | $3 Well Drinks | 1/2 Off Tequila &... Read more

Metal Mondays at Club Congress!
A weekly metal experience at Club Congress in every Monday night!

$2 PBR | $3 High Noon Seltzers | $3 Well Drinks | 1/2 Off Tequila & Mezcal Pours

9:00 PM – 2:00 AM

21+

Unleash your inner metalhead and kick off your week with a (head)bang! Don’t miss out on a weekly night of music, camaraderie, and madness.

Steve Roach’s Ambient Lounge: Robert Rich

Steve Roach’s Ambient Lounge: Robert Rich

($20-$30 | 6pm doors / 7pm show) The full circle – 30 year reunion Ambient pioneer Steve Roach hosts the monthly “Ambient Lounge”with rotating performers and DJs. This month features Steve Raoch... Read more

($20-$30 | 6pm doors / 7pm show) The full circle – 30 year reunion

Ambient pioneer Steve Roach hosts the monthly “Ambient Lounge”with rotating performers and DJs. This month features Steve Raoch himself and long time friend Robert Rich.

The Heavy Hitters

The Heavy Hitters

($25-$40 | 7pm & 9pm sets) The Heavy Hitters return to the Century Room for their 2nd appearance! A new collective sextet conceived by two of the music’s greatest artists, pianist Mike... Read more

($25-$40 | 7pm & 9pm sets) The Heavy Hitters return to the Century Room for their 2nd appearance! A new collective sextet conceived by two of the music’s greatest artists, pianist Mike LeDonne and saxophonist Eric Alexander, the Heavy Hitters play “soulful kickass swinging music” that is reminiscent of classic Blue Note records of the 1960s.

LeDonne & Alexander are joined in this powerhouse ensemble by the fiery trumpeter Jeremy Pelt, alto saxophonist Vincent Herring, bassist Peter Washington, and the sublime swing of drummer Kenny Washington. These world-renowned musicians are the epitome of New York jazz and are known for bringing the heat and taking no prisoners.

Jeremy Pelt (trumpet) Vincent Herring (alto) Eric Alexander (tenor) Mike LeDonne (piano) Peter Washingto (bass) Kenny Washington (drums)

Eddie Spaghetti
7:00PM

Eddie Spaghetti

Friday December 8th Doors 7pm, Show 7:30pm $12 Advance, $15 Day of Show –EDDIE SPAGHETTI– Read more

Friday December 8th

Doors 7pm, Show 7:30pm

$12 Advance, $15 Day of Show

–EDDIE SPAGHETTI–

Skip Heller’s Hollywood Noirchestra

Skip Heller’s Hollywood Noirchestra

($20-$35 | 7pm & 9pm sets) Los Angeles guitarist Skip Heller and his ensemble pay tribute to the marriage of crime and jazz, featuring classic film noir scores by Mancini, Barry, Mandel... Read more

($20-$35 | 7pm & 9pm sets) Los Angeles guitarist Skip Heller and his ensemble pay tribute to the marriage of crime and jazz, featuring classic film noir scores by Mancini, Barry, Mandel and more! Bandleader/composer Heller has long enjoyed a diverse career, but one close look at his resume – which includes working with Yma Sumac, Bootsy Collins, NRBQ, Lalo Guerrero, Los Lobos, the Klezmatics, Todd Rundgren, and Joe Bataan – and it becomes clear that film noir is his home base. In late 2019, he assembled The Hollywood Film Noirchestra, bringing together an ensemble of players whose abilities ran the gamut from jazz to chamber music, Latin music, funk, world music, and beyond.

Alex Melnychuck (trumpet) Alan Acosta (tenor & alto saxophone) Christin Hablewitz (flute & clarinet) Max Goldschmid (trombone & french horn) Skip Heller (guitar) Peter Sax (piano) Ryan Magness (bass) Arthur Vint (drums) Carlos Solis (percussion)

**Skip Heller**

Born and raised in South Philadelphia, Heller was a prolific participant in the local bar band scene. A self-taught arranger-composer, he migrated to Hollywood in the late nineties, and set to work producing a series of critically-accclaimed independent records (both as artist and arranger/producer). In 1999, he scored the film _Man Is Mostly Water, A (1999)_. Shortly afterwards, he wrote the bulk of the new music for The Flintstones: On the Rocks (2001), and music for an episode of the popular cartoon Dexter’s Laboratory (1996). He continues to be active as player, composer, and bandleader.

Tucson Opry: Holiday Edition!
6:00PM

Tucson Opry: Holiday Edition!

Saturday December 9th Doors 6pm, Show 6:30pm $20 Advance, $25 Day of Show Join us on the Plaza for a holiday edition of the Tucson Opry! This Opry-style variety show hosted by... Read more

Saturday December 9th

Doors 6pm, Show 6:30pm

$20 Advance, $25 Day of Show

Join us on the Plaza for a holiday edition of the Tucson Opry! This Opry-style variety show hosted by Chris Brashear features the zany Robbie Fulks, Mamma Coal & Alvin Blaine, Mariachi Las Aguilitas, poet Logan Phillips, and more!

Robbie Fulks’s wildly adventurous spirit has defined a critically acclaimed 30-year career that has included 15 solo albums and two GRAMMY® nominations. “With the soul of a country singer and the mind of a vaudevillian, Robbie Fulks is a chameleon-like artist who can tear it up in honky-tonk, country, bluegrass, power pop, or whatever strikes his ample whimsy at the time.”

“If country music has an Elvis Costello, it’s Robbie Fulks, who marries Ivy League cleverness to an appreciation of hillbilly music that actual hillbillies could only envy.” — Entertainment Weekly

Skip Heller With Naim Amor & The Cocktail Hours

Skip Heller With Naim Amor & The Cocktail Hours

($15-$30 | 7pm & 9pm Shows) Naim Amor & the Cocktail Hours perform every 2nd Saturday at the Century Room, playing a blend of jazz, tiki, lounge and exotica! This month with... Read more

($15-$30 | 7pm & 9pm Shows) Naim Amor & the Cocktail Hours perform every 2nd Saturday at the Century Room, playing a blend of jazz, tiki, lounge and exotica! This month with special guest Skip Heller from Los Angeles!

Harmony House
10:00PM

Harmony House

Every Sunday, FREE in the Club!! 21+ rotating features!

Every Sunday, FREE in the Club!!

21+

rotating features!

METAL MONDAYS
9:00PM

METAL MONDAYS

Metal Mondays at Club Congress! A weekly metal experience at Club Congress in every Monday night! $2 PBR | $3 High Noon Seltzers | $3 Well Drinks | 1/2 Off Tequila &... Read more

Metal Mondays at Club Congress!
A weekly metal experience at Club Congress in every Monday night!

$2 PBR | $3 High Noon Seltzers | $3 Well Drinks | 1/2 Off Tequila & Mezcal Pours

9:00 PM – 2:00 AM

21+

Unleash your inner metalhead and kick off your week with a (head)bang! Don’t miss out on a weekly night of music, camaraderie, and madness.

Dmitri Matheny & Holy Pyle: The Brazil Project

Dmitri Matheny & Holy Pyle: The Brazil Project

($15-$30 | 7pm & 9pm Shows) Join Holly, Dmitri, and their all-star band for a musical journey to Brazil and a fresh spin on jazz samba, bossa nova, and beyond! **Holy Pyle**... Read more

($15-$30 | 7pm & 9pm Shows) Join Holly, Dmitri, and their all-star band for a musical journey to Brazil and a fresh spin on jazz samba, bossa nova, and beyond!

**Holy Pyle**

“Pyle had little exposure music in her youth but taught herself piano at a young age. Years of school choirs, musical theater and a handful of voice lessons set Pyle on a path to Northern Arizona University to pursue opera vocal performance. A few years later her attention shifted to jazz and psychology, graduating Magna Cum Laude in 2010. Pyle spent a few years exploring psychology-related careers until working at a behavioral treatment center for troubled youth; their encouragement ignited her mission towards being a career musician. Pyle now teaches voice in Tempe and West Phoenix and performs full time in a full spectrum of projects. The Stakes, a six-piece hip-hop collective, just released their debut EP, featuring all original material sung and co-written by Pyle. Holly also has a jazz-based group called House of Stairs that draw from funk, soul and pop influences to create a distinct progressive soundscape. Inspired by the visual innovations of M.C. Escher, House of Stairs approaches composition and performance in a parallel sense, exploring multi-faceted interactions between harmony, meter and lyrics that are both compelling and imaginative. Pyle also has a vocal looping project, both in a solo setting and a collaboration with multi-instrumentalist Shea Marshall. Pyle stays active in the Jazz community as well, performing with many of Arizona’s finest jazz musicians and has been added to Jazz in AZ’s annual Jazz Divas lineup.”

-allaboutjazz.com

**Dmitri Matheny**

Celebrated for his warm tone, soaring lyricism and masterful technique, American musician Dmitri Matheny has been lauded as “one of the most emotionally expressive improvisers of his generation” (International Review of Music).

First introduced to jazz audiences in the 1990s as the protégé of Art Farmer, Matheny has matured into “one of the jazz world’s most talented horn players” (San Francisco Chronicle).

Born on Christmas Day, 1965 in Nashville,Tennessee, Dmitri was raised in Georgia and Arizona. Attracted to his father’s collection of jazz and classical LP records, Dmitri began piano lessons at age 5, switched to the trumpet at age 9, and took up the flugelhorn at 18. Matheny attended the prestigious Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan, then the Berklee College of Music, Boston, graduating magna cum laude in 1989. After private studies with Carmine Caruso in New York City, Matheny became the protégé of the legendary Art Farmer, a formative relationship that lasted over a decade.

Farmer, “the bebop master who defined the sound of the flugelhorn in modern jazz” (All Music Guide), was Matheny’s public champion and private mentor. Generously sharing his wisdom, experience and influence, it was Farmer who encouraged Dmitri to devote himself exclusively to the “Big Horn.”

Under Farmer’s tutelage Matheny emerged as a promising new voice in jazz.“Art Farmer’s role in the early success of Dmitri Matheny cannot be overstated,” observed writer and historian Phil Elwood. “Without Art, there could be no Dmitri.”

At 29, after launching a busy recording career on the West Coast, Matheny made his New York debut at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, then began touring internationally.

The soulful sound of Dmitri’s horn garnered praise from critics and audiences alike, drawing frequent comparisons to Miles Davis, Chet Baker and—not surprisingly—to Art Farmer. Upon Farmer’s passing in 1999, Matheny acquired his mentor’s copper-bell flugelhorn.

Today, Dmitri leads the Dmitri Matheny Group, “an all-star jazz band featuring some of the most accomplished musicians in the western United States” (All About Jazz).

Matheny has toured extensively throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. He has traveled to 21 countries and has performed with many Motown and popular music acts including the Temptations, Martha Reeves, Fabian, the Four Tops, Bobby Vinton, Sandy Patty, Bobby Rydell, Frankie Avalon and the O’Jays.

Desert Haze | All Vintage Clothes Market
10:00AM

Desert Haze | All Vintage Clothes Market

Join us for Desert Haze Vintage Market! Free on the Plaza from 10am – 3pm The Bloody Mary bar will be up and running in our newly renovated lobby bar and The... Read more

Join us for Desert Haze Vintage Market!
Free on the Plaza from 10am – 3pm

The Bloody Mary bar will be up and running in our newly renovated lobby bar and The Cup Cafe & Plaza Eats food truck will be open so you can snack and sip while you shop!

Check back for a full list of vendors!

Sam Trapchak & Q Morrow: Traq Ataq

Sam Trapchak & Q Morrow: Traq Ataq

($15-$30 | 7pm & 9pm Shows) Q Morrow and Sam Trapchak join forces to giveus Traq Attaq! **Q Morrow** “it’s the HIPPEST guitar-led grouping I’ve heard (yet) in 2018” “The sensitive beauty... Read more

($15-$30 | 7pm & 9pm Shows) Q Morrow and Sam Trapchak join forces to giveus Traq Attaq!

**Q Morrow**

“it’s the HIPPEST guitar-led grouping I’ve heard (yet) in 2018”

“The sensitive beauty expressed through Q’s guitar on “Sueño de Miel” will totally blow you away… this track is absolutely the best jazz guitar I’ve listened to in 2018”

“defines the “hip” that is NYC – this is it, folks!”

*Dick Metcalf-Contemporary Fusion Reviews*

“each of these songs evokes a different landscape and a different sensibility, all lovingly caressed by Morrow’s magnificent guitar”

“free-wheeling and smart feel straight out of the NYC jazz scene”

“this daring musician produces almost hypnotic strains of pure beauty”

“Morrow certainly has arrived at the next level and has given us something full of imagination”

**Sam Trapchak**

Sam Trapchak was born in 1984 in Livonia, Michigan. When he expressed an interest in music his father dissuaded him from the electric guitar with these words of wisdom: “Everyone always needs a bass player.”

From there, Sam was nurtured by the rich musical tradition of Detroit. He took up the double bass after being accepted into the jazz studies program at Wayne State University in Detroit. He won successive scholarships while enrolled there, and freelanced throughout the Metro-Detroit/Windsor area.

In 2007 Sam was awarded a full scholarship to continue his studies at William Paterson University in New Jersey. There, he studied with Mulgrew Miller, Steve Laspina, and other legendary jazz musicians. Upon completing his degree in 2009, Sam moved to downtown Jersey City where he now resides. He is a full time musician and works primarily in New York City. In August of 2010 he recorded his first album as a leader with his band “Put Together Funny”. The album, Lollipopocalypse, was released on December 16th 2010 at a celebratory concert at Cornelia St. Cafe in Greenwich Village. It is available on CDbaby.com or by contacting Sam directly.

Harmony House
10:00PM

Harmony House

Every Sunday, FREE in the Club!! 21+ rotating features!

Every Sunday, FREE in the Club!!

21+

rotating features!

Harmony House
10:00PM

Harmony House

Every Sunday, FREE in the Club!! 21+ rotating features!

Every Sunday, FREE in the Club!!

21+

rotating features!

TJF Opening Party feat. Armen Donelian Quartet

TJF Opening Party feat. Armen Donelian Quartet

($15-$25 tickets | 6pm-8pm) Come celebrate the opening night of the Tucson Jazz Festival with a special cocktail hour with the Armen Donelian Quartet! Arturo Sandoval performs across the street at the... Read more

($15-$25 tickets | 6pm-8pm) Come celebrate the opening night of the Tucson Jazz Festival with a special cocktail hour with the Armen Donelian Quartet! Arturo Sandoval performs across the street at the Rialto Theater at 8pm, so come get in the mood with some more live jazz and cocktails at the Century Room! Doors open at 5pm with live music starting at 6pm. Free General Admission to Tucson Jazz Festival members!

Tucson Jazz Fest All Star Jazz Jam
12:00PM

Tucson Jazz Fest All Star Jazz Jam

($40-$45 tickets) What do you get when you combine seasoned jazz professionals from all over the country and put them together in different combos? You get great, spontaneous, jazz music played at... Read more

($40-$45 tickets) What do you get when you combine seasoned jazz professionals from all over the country and put them together in different combos?
You get great, spontaneous, jazz music played at the highest level with amazing energy. This setting speaks to the very essence of jazz and its inception. You will be captivated and mesmerized through several sets of music on the patio of Hotel Congress. Join us from 12-5pm and just drop in for any amount of time that you want. This is a scene you will want to be part of…..the TJF Jazz Jam.

Isaiah J. Thompson

Isaiah J. Thompson

($35-$45 Tickets | Sets at 7pm & 9pm) The Tucson Jazz Festival presents pianist Isaiah J. Thompson. **Isaiah J. Thompson** Isaiah J. Thompson is the winner of the 2023 American Pianists Awards... Read more

($35-$45 Tickets | Sets at 7pm & 9pm) The Tucson Jazz Festival presents pianist Isaiah J. Thompson.

**Isaiah J. Thompson**

Isaiah J. Thompson is the winner of the 2023 American Pianists Awards and the Cole Porter Fellowship in Jazz of the American Pianists Association. Originally from West Orange, New Jersey, the pianist, bandleader and composer began studying at The Calderone School of Music from an early age. Soon after, Isaiah continued his studies with Jazz House Kids and NJPAC Jazz For Teens and was later admitted to The Juilliard School graduating with both his Bachelor’s in 2019 and Master’s of Music degrees in 2020. Isaiah has performed with major artists, including Ron Carter, John Pizzarelli, Christian McBride, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Steve Turre and Buster Williams. His recording debut was featured on Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Blue Engine Records’ Handful of Keys album with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, and he has since released multiple recordings as a leader.

He worked on the Golden Globe nominated soundtrack for Motherless Brooklyn, was named a Steinway Artist and has been awarded other accolades including, the 2018 Lincoln Center Emerging Artist Award, and second place in the 2018 Thelonious Monk Competition. As a performer, Isaiah tries to emit love, spirit and respect and convey his personal experiences through his artistry and his everlasting love of jazz.

Alex Kautz Brazillian Jazz Quartet

Alex Kautz Brazillian Jazz Quartet

($25-$35 | 7pm & 9pm sets) The Tucson Jazz Festival presents drummer Alex Kautz. **Alex Kautz** Musicality, groove and knowledge of a variety of styles are some of the adjetives that makes... Read more

($25-$35 | 7pm & 9pm sets) The Tucson Jazz Festival presents drummer Alex Kautz.

**Alex Kautz**

Musicality, groove and knowledge of a variety of styles are some of the adjetives that makes Alex Kautz a unique musician.

Alex has been a part of the NY competitive music scene for the last fifteen years and has played and/or recorded with some of the top artists in the industry today including Tim Ries, Chico Pinheiro, Magos Herrera, Nilson Matta, Steve Willson, Lenny Andrade, Fabio Gouvea, Adam Rogers, Helio Alves, Victor Prieto and Lionel Loueke to name a few.

Alex has also led his own groups where he explores the sounds and textures of Brazilian music mixed with jazz and he is currently working on a new album to be released next fall.

A Magna Cum Laude graduate from Berklee College of Music in Boston, Alex received the “Best Achievement merit Scholarship” while attending the prestigious institution in pursuit of a Bachelor’s Degree in Music. He later received a full scholarship award from Mexico’s National Fund for Culture and Arts (FONCA) to study a Masters of Arts Degree in Aaron Copland School of Music in New York.

As an active educator since 2001, Alex has been an important part of the artistic community in different countries including USA, Mexico, India, and Brazil teaching private lessons as well as master classes. In addition he has been a guest professor in Souza Lima Conservatory and College of Music in Sao Paulo, Brazil, JAZZUV School of Music in Veracruz Mexico, Swarnabhomi School of Music in India and he is currently teaching at the New School and Mannes School of Music in NYC.

Downtown Jazz Fiesta
11:00AM

Downtown Jazz Fiesta

Join us for our annual FREE festival event, the Downtown Jazz Fiesta. 3-4 stages, inside and out, light up the day with music featuring the best local and national artists. Local food... Read more

Join us for our annual FREE festival event, the Downtown Jazz Fiesta. 3-4 stages, inside and out, light up the day with music featuring the best local and national artists. Local food trucks and artisans also line the streets to make this a fun-filled event for music lovers and families of any age.

This year, TJF Artist in Residence – Ken Peplowski will be joining the University of Arizona Studio Jazz Ensemble as one of our headliner events for the day. Mr. Peplowski is considered one of the best saxophone players of his generation and is not only an amazing player, but an amazing teacher. He will be inspiring local students through many masterclasses ahead of this signature performance.

There will be dancing. There will be singing. There will be smiles. All we need is you to join us. The fun starts at 11am and goes into the night. We look forward to seeing you there.

Century Room Jazz Orchestra feat. Special Surprise Guest

Century Room Jazz Orchestra feat. Special Surprise Guest

($25-$35 Tickets | Sets at 7pm & 9pm ) The Tucson Jazz Festival presents the 17-piece Century Room Jazz Orchestra with a very special surprise guest… **Century Room Jazz Orchestra** Inspired by... Read more

($25-$35 Tickets | Sets at 7pm & 9pm ) The Tucson Jazz Festival presents the 17-piece Century Room Jazz Orchestra with a very special surprise guest…

**Century Room Jazz Orchestra**

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 with a special guest vocalist!

Arthur Vint (drums) Scott Black (bass) Angelo Versace & Peter Saxe (piano) Matt Mitchell (guitar) Joseph Rader (bari sax) Brice Winston & Kevin Ravellette (tenor sax) Eric Nakanishi & Simeon Roth (alto sax) Jordan Robison, Joshua Schanie, Benjamin Constantinides, Max Goldschmid (trombone) Alex Melnychuck, Anthony Gibes, Tony Belletti, Jason Carder (trumpet)

Sean Mason Quartet

Sean Mason Quartet

($25-$35 | 7pm & 9pm sets) The Tucson Jazz Festival presents pianist Sean Mason. **Sean Mason** Sean Mason is in no rush. The young pianist and composer takes his time in playing... Read more

($25-$35 | 7pm & 9pm sets) The Tucson Jazz Festival presents pianist Sean Mason.

**Sean Mason**

Sean Mason is in no rush. The young pianist and composer takes his time in playing and composing, imagining his music as a physical space through which to guide the listener. He sees much of that music taking place in the south, specifically North Carolina, where he grew up playing piano in church. “It’s something about … that feeling of going to that part of the south that always sticks with me,” he says. “And so I can’t really get that out of my music.”

Mason’s music is also exceptionally groovy – as he puts it, “my purpose is to play dance music,” citing ragtime and stride piano as two of his greatest inspirations, along with early hero Ray Charles.

Mason moved to New York in 2018 to attend Juilliard, where he connected with the late pianist Frank Kimbrough, who became his private instructor and an important friend. Mason also caught the attention of both Wynton and Branford Marsalis, who have selected him for the piano chair on some highly prestigious gigs, from an all-Ellington program at Jazz at Lincoln Center to the soundtrack for the film Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.

Miguel Zenón Quartet

Miguel Zenón Quartet

($30-$40 Tickets | Sets at 7pm & 9pm ) The Tucson Jazz Festival presents Miguel Zenón. **Miguel Zenón** Multiple Grammy Nominee and Guggenheim and MacArthur Fellow Miguel Zenón represents a select group... Read more

($30-$40 Tickets | Sets at 7pm & 9pm ) The Tucson Jazz Festival presents Miguel Zenón.

**Miguel Zenón**

Multiple Grammy Nominee and Guggenheim and MacArthur Fellow Miguel Zenón represents a select group of musicians who have masterfully balanced and blended the often- contradictory poles of innovation and tradition. Widely considered one of the most groundbreaking and influential saxophonists and composers of his generation, he has also developed a unique voice as a conceptualist, concentrating his efforts on perfecting a fine mix between jazz and his many musical influences.

Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Zenón has released fifteen recordings as a leader, including the Grammy-nominated Música De Las Américas (2022), El Arte Del Bolero (2021) and Sonero: The Music of Ismael Rivera (2019) and Yo Soy La Tradición (2018). He has worked with luminaries such as The SFJAZZ Collective, Charlie Haden, Fred Hersch, Kenny Werner, David Sánchez, Danilo Perez, The Village Vanguard Orchestra, Kurt Elling, Joey Calderazzo, Steve Coleman, Ray Barreto, Andy Montañez, Jerry Gonzalez & The Fort Apache Band, The Mingus Big Band and Bobby Hutcherson.

Zenón has been featured in publications such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe and The Chicago Tribune. In addition, he topped both the Jazz Artist of the Year and Alto Saxophonist of the Year categories in the 2014 JazzTimes Critics Poll and was selected as Alto Saxophonist of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association in 2015, 2018, 2019 and 2020 (when he was also recognized as Arranger of the Year). In 2023 he was recognized by the same organization as the Composer of the Year.

As a composer he has been commissioned by SFJAZZ, NYO Jazz, The New York State Council on the Arts, Chamber Music America, Logan Center for The Arts, The Hyde Park Jazz Festival, The John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, MIT, Spektral Quartet, Miller Theater, The Hewlett Foundation, Peak Performances, PRISM Quartet and many of his peers. Zenón has given hundreds of lectures and master classes at institutions all over the world and is a faculty member in the Music & Theater Arts Department at MIT, as well as the current Visiting Scholar for the Harmony and Jazz Composition Department at Berklee College of Music.

In April 2008 Zenón received a fellowship from the prestigious John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. Later that year he was one of 25 distinguished individuals chosen to receive the coveted MacArthur Fellowship, also known as the “Genius Grant.” In 2011 he founded Caravana Cultural, a program which presents free-of-charge Jazz concerts in rural areas of Puerto Rico. In 2022 he received an Honorary Doctorate from La Universidad del Sagrado Corazón in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the highest honor bestowed by the institution.

Melanie Sholtz & Aaron Rimbui: Reflections On Mama Africa

Melanie Sholtz & Aaron Rimbui: Reflections On Mama Africa

($30-$40 Tickets | Sets at 7pm & 9pm ) The Tucson Jazz Festival presents Melanie Sholtz & Aaron Rimbui. **Melanie Sholtz** Melanie Scholtz is a South African born, multi award winning jazz... Read more

($30-$40 Tickets | Sets at 7pm & 9pm ) The Tucson Jazz Festival presents Melanie Sholtz & Aaron Rimbui.

**Melanie Sholtz**

Melanie Scholtz is a South African born, multi award winning jazz singer and composer. She started playing the piano from the age of 5 and went on to study Opera at The University of Cape Town Opera School where she graduated Cum Laude with a Performer’s Diploma in Opera 2000. Melanie went on to teach at the University of Cape Town from 2004-2005. In 2010, Melanie was named the Standard Bank Young Artist for Jazz and In 2012, won all three prizes at the prestigious Jazz Revelations competition as part of the Jazz a Juan Festival in Nice, France.

She has performed all over the world including her native country, South Africa, Czech Republic, Slovakia , Germany , France, Italy, Norway, Sweden and the United States.

Currently residing in New York City, Melanie hopes to further her career as a solo artist and songwriter. Besides performing with a jazz trio, whether it be jazz or her own music, Melanie has a solo project called The Lone Looper, using a looping machine, which enables her to create compositions using only the voice.

**Aaron Rimbui**

Aaron was born in Nairobi, Kenya. Rimbui’s ear for music was displayed while still a toddler. His father would play everything from Stevie Wonder records to Henry Mancini and take him to local restaurants where he heard the music of groups like Les Wanyika, Maroon Commandos and Samba Mapangala. This had a significant influence on how he developed his sound in later years. Rimbui’s individual expression in music continued to form in his high school years. It is at this time that he picked up the piano. Rimbui began to gravitate toward jazz as he listened to the music of David Sanborn, Joe Sample, Yellowjackets and Fourplay and later, Herbie Hancock and George Duke. Rimbui served as head the Tusker Project Fame band.

Lizzy & the Triggermen
7:00PM

Lizzy & the Triggermen

Doors 7pm $25 Advance, $30 Day of Show — LIZZY & THE TIGGERMEN –Dubbed “10-piece jazz sensations” (LA Weekly) and “one of the hottest swing bands in LA” (Good Day LA), Lizzy... Read more

Doors 7pm

$25 Advance, $30 Day of Show

— LIZZY & THE TIGGERMEN –Dubbed “10-piece jazz sensations” (LA Weekly) and “one of the hottest swing bands in LA” (Good Day LA), Lizzy & the Triggermen is forging a path like no other.

Underneath the old school glamour is a captivatingly modern band who is just as at home selling out legendary venues like the Troubadour as topping the jazz charts (#3 iTunes) alongside heavyweights like Miles Davis and Kamasi Washington.

Part of Lizzy & the Triggermen’s “time traveling genius” (Music Connection) is their ability to thrillingly marry the old with the new, simultaneously transporting the audience back in time, and forward. Like the great tunes of the 1930s which so inspire them, their music boldly tackles our modern troubles and turns them into killer dance songs that fill the audience with joy the way only a wailing horn section can. As their debut EP succinctly states: they make “Good Songs for Bad Times.”

Bill Cantos

Bill Cantos

($35-$45 Tickets | Sets at 7pm & 9pm ) The Tucson Jazz Festival presents pianist and vocalist Bill Cantos. **Bill Cantos** The music and lyrics of Bill Cantos have been recorded by... Read more

($35-$45 Tickets | Sets at 7pm & 9pm ) The Tucson Jazz Festival presents pianist and vocalist Bill Cantos.

**Bill Cantos**

The music and lyrics of Bill Cantos have been recorded by artists spanning the worlds of pop, jazz, theater, gospel, and world music: Ramsey Lewis, Lea Salonga, Patti Austin, Brenda Russell, Herb Alpert, Cheryl Bentyne, The Imperials, Flora Purim, Clay Crosse, Helen Baylor, Mark Winkler, and many others. He has written songs (with Alan and Marilyn Bergman and Mari Falcone) for the new musical CHASING MEM’RIES, which recently premiered at the Geffen Playhouse in LA.

Since 2008, Bill has collaborated live and in the recording studio with Herb Alpert & Lani Hall, contributing to six albums including the Grammy-winning STEPPIN’ OUT . He also performed with Burt Bacharach as keyboardist and featured vocalist from 2011 until Burt’s final live show in 2019. He was a backing vocalist on three world tours with Phil Collins and has also toured with Diane Schuur, David Foster, Deniece Williams, Debby Boone, Freddie Hubbard, Vikki Carr, and Rita Coolidge; the artists with whom he has recorded include Elton John, Leon Russell, Josh Groban, Tony Bennett, Barry Manilow, Bob Dylan, Brian Bromberg, Jay Graydon, Andrae Crouch, Clint Black, and Kirk Whalum.

​Bill sang and co-wrote the main title song “All Right Day” for the film HOME RUN SHOWDOWN. He has sung on the soundtrack of over sixty films including FROZEN 2, SING & SING 2, STAR WARS: ROGUE ONE, WALL-E, RIO & RIO 2, and contributed to the music for the Oscar-winning documentary 20 FEET FROM STARDOM. He can be seen performing with Dick Van Dyke in the HBO film IF YOU’RE NOT IN THE OBIT, EAT BREAKFAST.

The Black Market Trust
2:30PM

The Black Market Trust

Doors 2:30pm, show 3:30pm $25 Advance, $30 Day of Show Black Market Trust bring their singing, swinging take on Great American Songbook classics & Gypsy Jazz to Tucson Jazz Festival! Read more

Doors 2:30pm, show 3:30pm

$25 Advance, $30 Day of Show

Black Market Trust bring their singing, swinging take on Great American Songbook classics & Gypsy Jazz to Tucson Jazz Festival!

Linda May Han Oh Quintet

Linda May Han Oh Quintet

($35-$45 Tickets | Sets at 7pm & 9pm) The Tucson Jazz Festival presents bassist Linda May Han Oh and her Quintet. “Her innovative range and stellar improvisations have made [her] one of... Read more

($35-$45 Tickets | Sets at 7pm & 9pm) The Tucson Jazz Festival presents bassist Linda May Han Oh and her Quintet.

“Her innovative range and stellar improvisations have made [her] one of the most dynamic rising stars in jazz today.” – The Wall Street Journal

“A major bass voice arrives” – JazzTimes

**Linda May Han Oh**

Based in New York City, Linda May Han Oh is a bassist and composer who has performed and recorded with artists such as Pat Metheny, Kenny Barron, Joe Lovano, Dave Douglas, Terri Lyne Carrington, Steve Wilson, Geri Allen, and Vijay Iyer.

Born in Malaysia and raised in Perth, Western Australia, she has received many awards such as 2nd place at the BASS2010 Competition, a semi-finalist at the BMW Bass competition and an honorary mention at the 2009 Thelonious Monk Bass Competition.

Linda also received the 2010 Bell Award for Young Australian Artist of the Year and was the 2012 Downbeat Critic’s Poll “Rising Star” on bass. She was voted the 2018 and 2019 Bassist of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association, as well as 2019 Up-and-coming Artist of the Year. Linda recently received a Jerome Foundation Fellowship, as well as the Chamber Music America New Jazz Works Grant for 2019. She also was voted 2019 Bassist of the Year in Hothouse Magazine and 202 recipient of the Margaret Whitton Award.

She has had five releases as a leader which have received critical acclaim. Her most recent release “Aventurine” is a double quartet album, featuring string quartet and vocal group Invenio.

Linda has written for large and small ensembles as well as for film, participating in the BMI Film Composers Workshop, Sundance Labs at Skywalker Ranch and Sabrina McCormick’s short film, “A Good Egg”.

Linda is based in New York City and is currently on faculty at the New School – School of Jazz , as well as Berklee College of Music. As an active educator she has created a series of lessons for the BassGuru app for iPad and iPhone. Linda is currently bassist of Pat Metheny’s quartet.

Michael Palascak: Not a Stalker Tour
7:00PM

Michael Palascak: Not a Stalker Tour

Thursday, March 14th 7pm Doors, 7:30pm Show $20 Advance, $25 Day of Show 21+ –MICHAEL PALASCAK– is a comedian who grew up in Wabash, Indiana, began his career in Chicago and now... Read more

Thursday, March 14th

7pm Doors, 7:30pm Show

$20 Advance, $25 Day of Show

21+

–MICHAEL PALASCAK– is a comedian who grew up in Wabash, Indiana, began his career in Chicago and now resides in LA. He performed on both The Late Late Show with James Corden and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in the same year. In addition, his resume includes A Little Late with Lilly Singh, Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Conan, has a Comedy Central Half Hour special, and was a Top 5 Finalist on Last Comic Standing where one judge claimed, “My first impression of Michael was a great likability. This is a guy that could star in a sitcom.”

Michael’s likability allows him to relate to his audiences in a real way which sets up the huge laughs he gets from his sharp, personal material. Consistently writing and performing, Michael recently released both a new album— The Internet Live through 800 Pound Gorilla and a new stand-up special on the Dry Bar app— 1984. Available for free streaming.

​Drew Hunt of The Chicago Reader wrote about Michael, “In a lot of ways, he represents the ideal antidote to the sort of unbridled cynicism that pervades much of contemporary stand-up.” Michael’s optimism continues in the new National Lampoon series — The Bright Side where he takes a positive stance on a negative topic streaming on YouTube.

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