Doors 7pm | Show 8pm | $15 | All Welcome

—ALEC ANDRE— ‘Holy Dream’ is the debut EP of Alec André and was recorded during a month-long residency at Oracle Recording Studio, at the historic Rancho Linda Vista in Oracle, AZ. André invites listeners on a captivating journey through a kaleidoscope of sounds and emotions. ‘Holy Dream’ is an eclectic fusion of genres, ranging from the Folk Rock/Americana of the 60’s troubadours, to the Psychedelic Sambas of Latin Singer/Songwriters.

Drawing inspiration from his surroundings at Rancho Linda Vista and the rich musical traditions of Brazil, America, and Mexico, André has crafted a collection of songs that are imbued with the spirit of the desert, creating a sonic landscape that is at once intimate and expansive, nostalgic and contemporary. ‘Holy Dream’ is a tribute to playful creativity and a dedication to pushing the boundaries of not only genre, but also language and culture.

*****This is a seated event*****

Doors 7pm | Show 7:30pm | $20 Advance | $25 Day of Show + fees | 21+

In two decades on the road Jeffrey Foucault has become one of the most distinctive voices in American music, refining a sound instantly recognizable for its simplicity and emotional power. With a string of critically acclaimed studio albums – “Stark, literate songs that are as wide open as the landscape of his native Midwest” (The New Yorker), “Beat-up troubadour folk whittled to dolorous perfection” (Uncut), “Songwriting Brilliance,” (Irish Times) – he’s built a brick-and-mortar international touring career and a devoted following, one that includes luminaries like Van Dyke Parks, Greil Marcus, and Don Henley.

Doors 9pm | Show 10pm | 21+

ADV $21 | DOS $24 + fees

$1 per ticket transaction sponsors Emo Nite Gives A F*ck. Donations are allocated for worthwhile organizations focusing on:

– Mental Health
– Harm Reduction
– Children & Families
– Poverty & Homelessness
– Disenfranchised Communities
– Terminal Illness

7pm Signups, 8pm Show

Comedy without the competition.

In August 2021, local Comedians Priscilla Fernandez, Mo Urban and Amber Frame created Lady Haha: a comedy open mic for women, LGBTQ+, all marginalized folx and our allies to perform ANY genre of comedy (not just stand-up) in a supportive and super fun environment. Whether it’s your first time trying comedy or your thousandth—all levels of experience are welcome! Everyone gets at most 5 minutes of stage time, and it’s free!

Anyone 21+ can come watch, but the stage is reserved for marginalized-funny people and our allies. Our only rule is “no hate speech” (sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia and violent speech).

Lady Haha also produces comedy-variety shows in Tucson with an emphasis on diversity and all genres of comedy.

We’re proud to say we are the first and only comedy open mic of its kind—IN THE WORLD—right here in little ol’ Tucson, AZ. We hope to see more of these popping up!

With Support from Greg Mendez

7pm doors | 7:30pm show | $18 Advance / $20 Day of Show + fees | 21+

-Spotify Presale: ***Wednesday Oct 16th @ 10am Local***
-Club Congress Presale: ***Thursday Oct 17th @ 10am Local***
-General On Sale: ***Friday Oct 18th @ 10am Local***

Lomelda is Hannah Read’s musical project. In swampy, sweaty, Silsbee, TX, she first formed the band with her high school best friends. Throughout the next decade, Lomelda made a habit out of stretching to fit new friendships and shrinking down to solo strummings. Four albums and a never-the-same live show chronicle these shifts in shape and sound.

Lomelda’s fifth album is called Hannah. The album stretches and shrinks into many of Lomelda’s different forms, from expansive “Wonder” and rock band “Reach” to meandering “Stranger Sat By Me” and finger picking “It’s Infinite.” Through this range of moods, Hannah sings stories of strangers, suns, dogs, moms, brothers, favorite bands, “oh god!”s and big shots as well as herself, by name. She rejoices and reviles her god-given name and then flips it around to name herself Hannah once again. It is an album of confession and transformation made ultimately singable.

w/ Alt Bloom

Doors 7pm / 8pm Show | $20 Advance / $25 Day of Show + fees | 21+

—THE STRIKE— The Strike is a three member band based in Los Angeles, CA including frontman Chris Crabb, Jay Tibbitts (drums), and David Maemone (keys/guitar). The Strike released their debut album “Faint of Heart” in June of 2017, which was met with great enthusiasm nationally. The success of the record allowed them to expand their presence into Los Angeles from the greater Mountain West region w here the band started. In 2022 the band signed with Nettwerk Music Group and released their follow up album “The Lost Years,” which helped them garner national attention and begin touring. The Strike will be releasing their third studio album in the Fall of 2024. The album was recorded with acclaimed producer John Fields (Switchfoot, Ben Rector, Corey Wong).

The Strike is known for their captivating live performances. In an age of musical minimalism, The Strike is reminiscent of rock bands from the 70’s and 80’s. They feature true showmanship in an age where the art of performance has been forgotten. Chris Crabb’s vocal style is akin to rock vocalists such as John Waite, or Steve Perry. The band members are all students at their craft. Those who attend Strike shows become instant fans.

With Horrorshow, & The Street Sweepers!

6pm doors for VIP | 7pm doors for GA | 8pm show
$70 VIP | $20 Advance | $25 Day of Show + fees | 21+

***VIP Includes:***
***-Early entry to venue***
***-1 signed poster***
***-1 laminate***
***-A photo with Grieves***
***-1 Exclusive merch item***

With two decades of experience in the music industry, Seattle’s own Grieves has sculpted a remarkable path as an independent artist. Originally signing with Rhymesayers in 2009, Grieves toured globally, sharing the stage with a plethora of influential artists such as Atmosphere, Macklemore, T-Pain, Watsky, Brother Ali, Evidence, Chris Webby, Rittz, People Under The Stairs, Pepper, Bad Fish, and many more.

Grieves’ extensive catalog has garnered hundreds of millions of plays, landing him at the coveted #1 spot on the Billboard Heatseekers chart and #57 on the top 200. Along the way, his musical journey has caught the eye of major publications like Pitchfork, Playboy, and even your mom’s diary.

Transitioning to a new chapter in his career, Grieves now self-releases his music under his label, “Storm Watch Record Club.” Always passionate about his craft, he is currently in the studio recording his next album, which promises to be another milestone in his storied career. In Feb 2023 Grieves teamed up with his long time friend Mouse Powell and made an action packed EP called WHY NOT? Listen now!

David Huckfelt & The Unarmed Forces
with support from Billy Sedlmayr

7pm doors | 7:30pm show
$25 Reserved Seating / $15 Advance / $20 Day of Show + fees
21+

In a career on the road less traveled that has found him sharing stages with a staggering diversity of artists: from Mavis Staples, Emmylou Harris & Greg Brown, to Bon Iver, Arcade Fire & Gregory Alan Isakov, and more recently an impressive array of Native American musicians including John Trudell, Quiltman, Keith Secola, and Annie Humphrey, Huckfelt wanted to build a new musical community for this collection of songs. While his 2018 solo debut record “Stranger Angels” was written in complete isolation at Isle Royale National Park on Lake Superior just a few miles from the Canadian border, “Room Enough, Time Enough” was created in the borderlands of southern Arizona, in the musical mecca of Tucson, the high Sonoran Desert and one of the richest, most biodiverse ecosystems in the world. He asked Tucson producer and multi-instrumentalist Gabriel Sullivan (XIXA) to open up Dust + Stone Studios to a host of friends, contemporaries, strangers, artists, outlaws, cowboys, and Native musicians: Ojibwe ambassador of Native Americana music Keith Secola, Tucson’s own living songwriting legend Billy Sedlmayr, Giant Sand founder and head purveyor of the southwestern electric-fuzz border sound Howe Gelb; former Bob Dylan drummer Winston Watson, and Calexico hired guns Connor Gallaher on pedal steel and Jon Villa on trumpet. Together with the unmatched vocal chants of John Trudell’s constant collaborator & Warm Springs Nation Native singer Quiltman, these songs found their people and vice versa in a perfect storm of generosity, fierceness and compassion. In thousands of shows across the United States, Canada & overseas, Huckfelt’s grassroots following has grown from small-town opera houses, Midwestern barn concerts, and progressive benefit events to national tours and festival stages like Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Edmonton and Calgary Folk Fests, and the legendary First Avenue club in his beloved Minneapolis home.

7pm doors | 7:30pm show | $15 Advance / $18 Day of Show + fees | All ages

—9MILLION—9Million is a Toronto alt rock/shoegaze band helmed by multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer Matthew Tomasi. Best known for his work with alt-pop artists like Ethel Cain and Nicole Dollanganger, Tomasi has also gained steady notoriety in his local music community for his work as a producer and mix engineer. A tireless creator and songwriter himself, Tomasi also plays and contributes creatively to the music of countless other bands and independent artists. Tomasi along with 6 other members complete the 9Million project which includes Ace Mendoza (Lead Guitar, Vocals), Danielle Clark (Vocals, Acoustic), Lia Lepre (Keys, Percussion), Jamie Fastlane (Bass), Noah Aviles-Betel (Drums), and Looch Man (Guitar, Vocals). Tomasi says 9Million started out “as a creative outlet for myself to explore new sounds and ideas that I wasn’t touching on with any of my other projects or clients”, but quickly the project took on a collaborative spirit. Since their release of “Gush” 9Million have been touring all over North America supporting bands such as Glitterer, Cold Mega, Ethel Cain, Angel Du$t, Candy, & Fleshwater.

w/ Cathedral Bells

Doors 7pm / 7:30pm Show | $18 Advance / $22 Day of Show + fees | 16+

—MIND”S EYE— Mind’s Eye are in the midst of a career-making year, including their first US headline tour (sold out shows in Orange County, San Diego, Phoenix, and LA @ El Rey), support tours with late night drive home and Hockey Dad, and nearing 70 million global streams. Over the course of the past two years, the high-energy quintet have developed a rampantly loyal and perpetually growing fanbase, depicted beautifully in the band’s recent TikTok. Hailing from the backyards and skateparks of the Bay Area indie scene, Mind’s Eye blends elements of SoCal indie, surf, and alt rock to create their signature sound. Jangly guitar riffs, melodic bass lines, and lyrics that reflect on love and heartbreak are all staples of the band’s style. Following the success of their breakout single “Wasted Affairs,” they debuted their full-length studio album Long Nights and Wasted Affairs, and the record’s fresh sounds and more experimental production made the band a staple in the SoCal indie scene.

w/ She’s Green

6:30pm doors | 7pm show | $15 Advance / $18 Day of Show + fees | All Ages

—GLIXEN—Eluding all expectations of the current alternative rock space, Glixen come from Phoenix, Arizona and have taken their sound coast to coast on tour in North America. As influences, lead vocalist/guitarist Aislinn Ritchie cites My Bloody Valentine, No Doubt, and T.A.T.U. In the same breath, also citing heavier acts such as HUM and My Vitriol. Ritchie founded Glixen in 2020 and later added the talents of lead guitarist Esteban Santana, drummer Keire Johnson, and bassist Sonia Garcia.

Glixen released their debut EP She Only Said via Julias War Records on August 11th, 2023. The lead single Splendor sets the tone of the EP by masterfully capturing the swirling ambiance of 90s rock, ethereal pop vocals, and fuzzed out walls of guitar all wrapped up in a lacey white ribbon. She Only Said is a cathartic anthem that feels like glitter and thorns down the listeners spine.

7pm Doors | 7:30pm Show | $12 Advance / $15 + fees | 21+

w/ Golden Boots & Emily Xander

Montana-based Izaak Opatz brings his confessional prog-country to Club Congress on Sunday, March 30th, joined by Tucson legends and alt-alt-country brethren Golden Boots. Like many of his favorite songwriters (John Hartford, Lucinda Williams, Jeff Tweedy), Izaak Opatz is an ungulate in life’s winter pasture, chewing on and metabolizing disappointment, heartbreak, and the other tough stuff into enjoyable musical carbohydrates. A compulsive metaphorager (and inveterate wordplayboy), Opatz breaks it all down with enzymes of wry humor, thoughtful simile and close observation – a therapeutic process of narrativizing his own life that, almost as a byproduct, turns out savory nuggets of literate, confessional pop.

7pm Doors / 7:30pm Show | $20 Advance / $25 Day of Show + fees | All Ages

—WEATHERDAY—Weatherday is the noise-pop project of the mononymous Swedish artist Sputnik. While they have also found success with their side project, Lola’s Pocket PC, it is their cult-acclaimed album Come in that has garnered them a large and dedicated following through its raucous musical universe and serpentine sparklepunk stylings. Often heralded as an achievement of lo-fi bedroom pop tangled with threads of emo and DIY, Come in is better described, in its author’s own words, as a “life goal.”

The initial spark that ignited the fiery, heated debut from Weatherday originated from Sputnik’s desire to write, perform, and produce a record all on their own, from the ground up. Starting in 2014-2015, their preliminary attempts at what would eventually become Come in first materialized as a shoegaze EP, and then a dream-pop meets chamber-pop LP. Ever the perfectionist though, Sputnik wasn’t satisfied with the results and deleted the releases without a trace, finally deciding to set out in the direction of something more akin to their longtime influences of emo and its various subgenres.

After two years of tinkering in this stylistic sweetspot, Sputnik settled on the eleven knotted, maximal tracks that comprise Come in. From the caustic, harsh peaks of “Sleep in while you’re doing your best” to the soothing piano-laden passages of “Embarrassing paintings” and experimental, granular coda of “Water dreamer the same,” the range of Weatherday’s debut is doubtlessly a product of an artist who refuses to compromise a single shred of their vision.

7pm doors | 7:30pm show | $20 Advance / $23 Day of Show + fees | 16+

***Artist Presale: Wednesday Oct 23rd @ 10am
Spotify Presale: Thursday Oct 24th @ 10am
Club Congress Presale: Thursday Oct 24th @ 10am
General On Sale: Friday Oct 25th @ 10am***

—HOVVDY—A self-titled statement piece, Hovvdy’s fifth album fits with the comfortable confidence of faded blue jeans. Underlining years of hyper-reflective, deeply-fan-beloved songwriting, the 19-track sequence draws together swirling piano lines and vivid production under the cohesive vision of longtime friends Charlie Martin and Will Taylor. Hovvdy boldly broadens the scope of the Texas duo’s songwriting in a new partnership with Toronto-based outlet Arts & Crafts. The expansive double album presents a true co-production between Hovvdy and their frequent collaborators, Andrew Sarlo (Bon Iver, Big Thief) and Bennett Littlejohn (bassist, multi-instrumentalist). An unprecedented focus on live takes further peels the band’s early slowcore layers to show dazzling dynamic range, from the country feel of “Portrait” to the bombastic drums of “Meant.” Never staying still too long, Hovvdy easily folds introspection into their big, fearless choruses. Always guided with a gentle hand, the listener lands right there in the room, to witness the spontaneous synchronicity of Charlie and Will’s shared songcraft.

7pm doors | 8pm show | $15 Advance / $18 Day of Show + fees | All ages

—WILDERMISS–Wildermiss, an human indie rock band originally from Denver and now based in Nashville, released their first full-length LP in October 2023. Fronted by the human Emma Cole on vocals and synth, with fellow humans Joshua Hester on guitar and Caleb Thoemke on drums, their musical journey has taken them far and wide, accumulating more miles than you can imagine. With their undeniable talent and unwavering dedication, Wildermiss has become a beloved fixture in the hearts of their human fans. Prepare to be captivated by their album, a testament to their creative evolution and a sonic adventure unlike any other. -ChatGPT

w/ FEA

7pm doors | 7:30pm show | $22 Advance / $25 Day of Show/ At the Door + fees | All ages

—SUBHUMANS—Subhumans are one of the most influential bands from the UK Anarcho-Punk scene of the 80’s, filed right alongside Crass and Conflict, and just as relevant today as they were during the darkest days of Thatcher’s Britain. Take your choice in how to label them – Punk, UK82, Crusty, etc, – there lies the attraction and consequent reason for their popularity, the band epitomizes non-conformity and connects with people in many different scenes.

w/ Softjaw

7pm doors | 7:30pm show | $20 Advance / $25 Day of Show + fees | 21+

Matthew Logan Vasquez – Best-known as the co-founder and frontman for shape shifting heartland indie rockers Delta Spirit, Matthew Logan Vasquez’s fiery delivery and thought-provoking lyrics draw from a huge and versatile well of influences, including Gordon Gano, Kurt Cobain, Neil Young, and Thom Yorke. As a solo artist, he juggles elements of indie rock, electronic pop, R&B, and soulful Americana, flirting with despondency, but ultimately succumbing to beatitude. Vasquez’s latest release Frank’s Full Moon Saloon – an album that delivers more raw versions of songs that span the band’s 20 year career, was released in February this year. Part 2&3 of the Franks series will be rolling out through 2025.

with Girl and Girl

7pm doors | 7:30pm show | $17 Advance / $19 Day of Show + fees | All Ages

—NAKED GIANTS—When Naked Giants formed in 2014, the Seattle trio—vocalist/guitarist Grant Mullen, bassist/vocalist Gianni Aiello and drummer Henry LaVallee—were all eighteen years old, and full of the reckless, restless energy of youth. A decade on, both they and the world have changed immensely. Shine Away—the band’s third full-length, following on from 2018’s SLUFF and 2020’s The Shadow—is very much an acknowledgement of that. It’s an album that doesn’t just reflect on the personal life and times of the three of them and the world at large, but casts a discerning, self-reflective eye on what it’s like to be in, and be, Naked Giants. It’s the sound of a band coming into, and becoming, themselves. Of course, that’s a never-ending process, but for the first time in their career, Naked Giants are taking stock of their journey—who and what they were, are, and want to be.

7pm doors | 7:30pm show | $15 Advance / $18 Day of Show + fees | All ages

—DUMMY—Dummy — the Los Angeles band comprised of Alex Ewell, Emma Maatman, Nathan O’Dell, and Joe Trainor — announces its new album, Free Energy, out September 6th on Trouble In Mind Records, and shares the lead single/video, “Nullspace.” Pop has always been a big part of Dummy’s sound, but it manifests differently on Free Energy. Sometimes it’s quite literal (and funny), such as the bubbly synth sequence made with a Korg EM1 popping all over lead single “Nullspace,” which features a melody written by O’Dell and is the song the band calls the record’s “sonic mission statement and really influenced by Mark Van Hoen, especially the cut-up dreamy dance-pop he was making on the Locust record Morning Light.”

7pm Doors / 7:30pm Show | $26 Advance / $30 Day of Show + fees | All Ages

New York rapper MIKE delivers his rhymes over hazy soul-drenched samples, with a focus on themes of Black identity, mental health, family and grief. Releasing an album each year since 2017 on his independent label, 10k (including three in 2018 alone), MIKE has toured with Blood Orange, Freddie Gibbs and Earl Sweatshirt.

7pm Doors / 7:30pm Show | $30 Advance / $35 Day of Show + fees | 21+