Thu 7.26 – Buckethead
Details coming soon…
Sat 5.26 – Dead Kenny G’s (featuring members of Garage A Trois)
Experimental Punk Jazz Trio
Dead Kenny G’s featuring Skerik, Mike Dillon & Brad Houser
Doors 8pm / Show 9pm / 18+ / $10
DKG’s website
If the moniker for the combustible punk jazz trio The Dead Kenny G’s doesn’t say it all at first glance, one listen to their new album Operation Long Leash quickly puts it all in focus. Saxophonist Skerik, bassist Brad Houser and drummer/percussionist Mike Dillon are committed to musical subversion of the highest order. Precisely shifting gears between a muso obsession of musical styles and sonic colors, The Dead Kenny Gs have both the courage and the chops to realize their wildest aural visions. At one moment they’ll draw inspiration from punk legends The Minutemen, the next finds them embracing the spirit of jazz giant Rahsaan Roland Kirk and yet still another twist finds the pull of indie rock progenitors Deerhoof; yet all the while sounding purely DKGs. To further that extent, it’s not just music informing the trio’s voice, but a keen understanding of political conspiracy in American history. The album’s title, Operation Long Leash, comes from the clandestine CIA operation in the late ‘40s to fund Abstract Expressionism as a means for Western culture to undermine the rigid, confined and conformist ideals of the Soviet Union during the early years of the Cold War.
“The Dead Kenny Gs pinball between styles: Afro-pop, Balkan, Klezmer and pocket funk lashed to Middle Eastern modality.”
– New York Times
“The Dead Kenny Gs range from uptempo saxy jaunts to mellow vibed-out jams to distorted, disgruntled bursts of sound (that still groove).”
– Done Waiting
Fri 5.25 – Mighty Diamonds
Reggae / Roots
Mighty Diamonds + Zion & The Lion Roots Band
w/ Iron Curtain HiFi feat. DJ Michael Kuelker & The Mad Russian
Doors 8pm / Show 9pm / $15 / 18+
Weds 5.23 – Aaron Kamm & The One Drops
Reggae / Blues / Rock
Aaron Kamm & The One Drops + Crate2Crate Sound System
Doors 8pm / Show 9pm / $5 / 18+ ($5 surcharge for under 21)
Fri 5.18 – Chicago Afrobeat Project
Details coming soon…
Sat 5.12 – High Rollers Ball 2
Nasty Rumor presents…
High Rollers Ball 2
featuring:
The Widdler + EshOne + Dopelabs + sMILOdon
+ Doombox v Spec + Hendrix v Cody Breeze + Mohawk v Pah Je v Dr. Awkward
+ Heezy v Blush + MonDope + Bommer + The Pharmassist + Brothers In Arms + Durt Russell
Doors 7pm / Show 7pm-1am / $15-$20-$25 / 18+ ($3 surcharge for under 21)
Fri 5.11 – Johnny H & The O-Town Tuffs
rock / jam band
Johnny H & The O-Town Tuffs
Doors 8pm / Show 9pm / 18+ / $7 ($3 surcharge for under 21)
Wed 5.9 – Aaron Kamm & The One Drops
Reggae / Blues / Rock
Aaron Kamm & The One Drops + Crate2Crate Sound System
Doors 8pm / Show 9pm / $5 / 18+ ($5 surcharge for under 21)
Sat 5.5 – Cinco De Mayo w/ Dieselboy!
Drum n Bass / Electro / Dubstep / House / Moombah
Cinco De Mayo! (2 levels, 2 stages)
w/
Dieselboy
+ Dylan Thomas
+ The Loud Outfit
+ DJ sets by Sweets & Tapes in the Blacklight Party Room on the 2nd level hosted by STL’s UV expert Drew Digital
Doors 8pm / Show 8pm-1am / LIMITED $10 advance tickets available / 18+ ($5 surcharge for under 21)
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Fri 5.4 – CHEROKEE NIGHTS “First Friday Arts Affair” (May)
Monthly art/music/dance/poetry/social event
NEW art, music, performance and more EVERY MONTH!
Music by: Chicago Farmer (CHI), Dan Hubbard (CHI), Whiskey War Mountain Rebellion, Great Isaac
Featured Art by: UMSL Group show
Street Gallery by: Peat Wollaeger “EYEZ”
Limited Edition T-shirt design by “Fabs” made possible by Schlafly Brewing Co. & Art Farm screenprinting
These nights feature art, music, food, drawing, dancing, poetry, and assorted other mayhem.
We want to extend an invitation to YOU to join us to dialogue, politic and ideate about how to build this event together!
Our Partners (so far!):
2720 Cherokee Performing Arts Center
ArtDimensions
All Along Press
Amore Bridal Fashions
Art Farm
Art Monster
Beggar’s Carnivale
CAMP
Concrete Ocean
Cosmic Collaborative
JennuineFire Entertainers
Lane 4
Loyal Family
Refined Threads & Art
RFT
Schlafly Brewing Co.
StL Hoop Club
Vintage Luxe Photography
Word In Motion
The REDDs