SUN • JUN 15 • 6 PM
NO COVER
Doors @ 5:30 PM

Acoustic Station with friends is a duo fronted by Melanie and Paul Shaw. We do singer songwriter music and will be joined by Naomi Lavender (vocals), Jay Wiggins (guitar), Mark Williams (violin), and Frank Hamilton of folk music fame on vocals and banjo. Then four member group Dirty Shame will round out the evening with classic cover songs done acoustically. We expect each group to play for 45 min with a brief break between.

Kennedy Shaw is a Philadelphia-based singer-songwriter originally from southern New Jersey. She began her music career early, releasing her first record at the age of 16. Over the years, she has immersed herself in various aspects of the music industry, gaining experience both on stage and behind the scenes. Shaw's musical style blends elements of alternative rock, indie, grunge, and folk. Her debut EP, Makeout Machine, released in 2016, showcases raw, emotionally charged love songs.  In 2018, she released the full-length album Girl Almighty, described as "shameless, powerful, and rebellious."  Her 2020 EP, Mother of the Grave, reflects on her youth, with all proceeds from the single "Heaven" donated to the NAACP. Beyond her solo work, Shaw has performed at various venues, including a Key Studio Session at WXPN in 2024.  She is also active on social media under the handle @makeoutgrrl, where she shares updates on her music and performances. For this special concert, she will be joined by her songwriter, drummer, and composer uncle- Paul Shaw, and his acoustic ensemble with friends.

MON • JUN 16 • 8 PM
$15 Adv • $20 Doors • $30 VIP
Doors @ 7 PM (ages 18+)

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Monster Show For Monsters is an alternate reality variety show featuring music, comedy, burlesque, drag, storytelling, magic, and more, all performed by your favorite monsters.

The only show where audience, cast, and crew are all monsters. Prizes for costumes and opportunities for participation as desired. This show is an immersive themed experience that is uniquely curated and maintained.

Cocktail hour at 7pm with walk-around magic and other entertainment as well as a chance to get to know your fellow monsters.

You can catch Monster Show For Monsters the 3rd Monday every month at Red Light Café!

TUE • JUN 17 • 8 PM
NO COVER
Doors @ 7:30 PM

Bring your 5-7 minute story on COINCIDENCES. The unexplained and supernatural events that just seem to happen. Running into a complete stranger who has exactly what you need. Getting a text from a friend you’ve had on your mind. If you want to share your story with others, please put your name in the hat! We want to hear your stories. No standup or poetry, please.

This FREE event will be held at Red Light Cafe on the 3rd Tuesday of every month.

This Stories Worth Sharing event is hosted by Jessie Miller and Cat Nguyen.

TUE • JUN 17 • 10 PM
$10 ($5 for Poets)

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Registration for this event is OPTIONAL ($10 is still owed at the door for admission ($5 for poets)), but it does help us know how many folks to expect and how to staff accordingly. :)

Red Poet Society is a monthly poetry slam designed to bring artists and enthusiasts together in a spirit of healthy competition and community. The winner of the poetry slam — who makes it through 3 rounds of reciting or reading their own original and unaccompanied work — will be crowned the slam champion for the month and win our grand prize!

WED • JUN 18 • 9 PM
$10 Door ($5 for performers or students with ID)
Doors @ 8 PM

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Every Wednesday, the Gordon Vernick Quartet perform a few numbers then invite other musicians and singers to join them on stage for a Jazz Jam Session. Whether you're a professional or amateur musician, you're welcome to sit in — everyone who wants to perform will be given a chance to play.

Livestream: YouTube.com/RedLightCafe

THU • JUN 19 • 9 PM
GA Adv: 1-for-$15 / 2-for-$20
GA Door: $20
VIP: $30 1st Row (includes goodie bags & SO MUCH MORE)
Doors @ 8 PM (ages 18+)

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3rd Thursday EVERY Month, ELECTRO LOUNGE is the #Kinky#Glow + #Flow party you don't want to miss! This INTERACTIVE event features #Burlesque + #Aerial + #FireDancing + #GoGoDancing + MORE (#Shibari! #WaxPlay! Who knows?!).

Electro Lounge is a safe space to let your authentic self come out, or hide out. All weirdos are welcomed and celebrated! You may end up on stage to spin The Wheel of Kink and getting #Spanked by the Mistress of the Mic: Ivana Coquetu. Or you may just have a drink and watch the show before joining in on the games and dance and flow.

Hosted by Ivana Coquetu with DJ Conflux spinning everything from #EDM to #Electronica, ELECTRO LOUNGE is an esoteric experience you won't find anywhere else.

NOW WHO WANTS TO SPIN THE WHEEL?!? 🎡

FRI • JUN 20 • 8 PM
$15 Adv – $20 Door
Doors @ 7:30 PM

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Measure Island creates a fully improvised musical comedy inspired by YOUR suggestions! Our ensemble will make up scenes, characters, AND songs on the spot for you — completely unscripted, sometimes mind-blowing, and always hilarious.

You can catch Measure Island EVERY THIRD FRIDAY OF THE MONTH at Atlanta’s Red Light Cafe!

SAT • JUN 21 • 9 PM
$15 Adv – $20 Doors • $25 VIP 1st Row
Doors @ 8 PM (ages 18+)

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'Run up that Hill' to this show because 'Dog Days Are Over' at The Kate Bush + Florence & The Machine Drag Cabaret – an evening of drag performances of songs across the catalogues of both icons! On Saturday, June 21st at Red Light Cafe, witness stunning numbers from some of your Atlanta favorites performing your favorite Kate & Florence classics & deep cuts!

Starring:

— Canzara SZN
— Hannibal Montannibal
— K.I.M.
— Orchid

Hosted by Molly ALXNDR

SUN • JUN 22 • 2 PM
$10 Adv – $15 Doors
Doors @ 1:30 PM

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Vinnie D'Agostino, Craig Shaw and Emrah Kotan draw inspiration from the timeless Sonny Rollins “Live at the Village Vanguard” recordings. The trio format provides plenty of freedom to revisit this material with spontaneity, force and a spirit of exploration. Drawing on diverse influences and musical experiences, the band will take you on a journey through time and styles.

SUN • JUN 22 • 7:30 PM
$10 Adv – $15 Door
Doors @ 7 PM

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Join us as 4 of Atlanta’s most talented songwriters perform the best songs the city has to offer.

— Sienna Jade
— K Shanora
— Atticus Roness
— Mira

MON • JUN 23 • 7:30 PM
NO COVER
Doors @ 7 PM

Joy Deficit is a monthly live performance event dedicated to Chaotic Good and bringing some much-needed joy into our community (which includes YOU!). All sorts of performances are welcome, and the roster changes every month. Live literature, slam poetry, puppetry, music, comedy, and on and on...The constant? JOY!

There's no cover, and the parking is free; we understand how expensive a night out can be, and want everyone to feel welcome, regardless of income. You'll have the opportunity to tip our performers if you choose!

TUE • JUN 24 • 8 PM
$13 Adv – $20 Doors
Doors @ 7:30 PM

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Therapy is expensive. So instead, we’re traumatizing the audience!

Have you ever emotionally dissociated during an audition? Tried to belt Wicked at 10am with bronchitis? Played a 65-year-old chain-smoking grandmother at age 15? Same. 

This cabaret is a spiral in real time. A live, oversharing support group for performers unpacking their most cursed theatrical decisions, unqualified casting calls, and musical trauma responses - with songs to match!

Atlanta’s finest (and most emotionally unstable) will be publicly processing their drama for your entertainment. Think of it as group therapy…if your therapist was under qualified, unpaid, and holding a headshot and resume.

Judgment welcome. Applause mandatory.

WED • JUN 25 • 9 PM
$10 Door ($5 for performers or students with ID)
Doors @ 8 PM

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Every Wednesday, the Gordon Vernick Quartet perform a few numbers then invite other musicians and singers to join them on stage for a Jazz Jam Session. Whether you're a professional or amateur musician, you're welcome to sit in — everyone who wants to perform will be given a chance to play.

Livestream: YouTube.com/RedLightCafe

THU • JUN 26 • 8:30 PM
GA: $15 Adv – $20 Door
VIP: $25 Adv – $30 Door
Doors @ 8 PM

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We’re spelling. We’re singing. We’re sweating tequila. It’s where “i before e” means “I’m before everyone else at the bar.” Ready to sing your heart out and possibly forget how to spell ‘chrysanthemum’? Yup, Same.

Acting Under the Influence combines theatre and drinking (two of our most favorite activities) in a fun and safe environment for performers and audience members alike. The actors are encouraged to drink by tips from the audience. AUI productions have included cabarets, full-length plays, and many other boozy theatrical shenanigans.

VIP tickets are limited and feature the best seats in the house!

FRI • JUN 27 • 8 PM
$20 Adv – $25 Door
Doors @ 7 PM

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Experience keyboardist Zach Wilson and his band as they play music from his most recent jazz-fusion album Keep Pressing On. Joining him for a few selections will be acid-jazz duo Arkose and R&B + jazz singer Lavahi.

SAT • JUN 28 • 9 PM
$25 Adv – $30 Doors • $40 VIP 1st Row • $35 VIP 2nd Row
Doors @ 8 PM (ages 18+)

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The Southern Gothic genre is famous for its depictions of horror and dark fantasy set in the American South. Doom & Gloom Revue attempts to capture the sticky, sinister, romanticism of this literary and musical style with Southern Gothic Summer - a burlesque variety show!

From the vampires of New Orleans to the ghosts of Savannah, these performers from across the Southeast are bringing tall tales and terrifying teases to the stage that will leave you sweating (though whether it's a hot under the collar feeling or the heebie-jeebies is yet to be determined!).

Join us for a night of burlesque, drag, and more set to a combination of goth, industrial, and bluegrass tunes as we celebrate Southern Gothic Summer!

VIP tickets are limited and include near-stage seats and gift bags.

SUN • JUN 29 • 7 PM – 11 PM
NO COVER

It's a Sunday Summer Disco Dance Party - AND YOU'RE INVITED!

Red Light Cafe's own DJ Conflux will be spinning Disco Classics & Deep Cuts (along with a few special surprises) all night long: Bee Gees, Donna Summer, Chic, Gloria Gaynor, KC and the Sunshine Band, ABBA, Village People, Earth Wind & Fire, Diana Ross, The Pointer Sisters, and so much more!

So put on those dancing shoes and dress to dazzle! We'll have a "Best Disco Dressed Contest" with some of the lamest prizes you can imagine!

STUDIO 553: Because sometimes the only way to shake off a Saturday Night Fever is a little Sunday Summer Disco Dance Party hair of the dog.

Presented by Disco Coffee Productions: A collaboration of ATL Producers, Artists, and Show Runners aiming to bring Joy, Wonder and Inclusion to everyone in the Atlanta Metropolis. Look for more events soon at RLC, and maybe even other locations!

TUE • JUL 1 • 7 PM – 9 PM
NO COVER
Doors @ 6 PM

Red Light Cafe welcomes all working and aspiring comedians to showcase their talent at a Comedy Open Mic hosted by Gwen Evans! Whether it's your first time trying comedy or you're a seasoned performer, you can work on four minutes of comedic material in your preferred style. The only rules are to be respectful, tip your bartender, and have fun. Sign up begins at 6:30pm.

If you need any special accommodations, don't hesitate to contact the host, Gwen Evans, on Instagram at @gwenduhlyn_.

The RLC Comedy Open Mic Hosted by Gwen Evans happens the 1st Tuesday Each Month here at Red Light Cafe!

WED • JUL 2 • 9 PM
$10 Door ($5 for performers or students with ID)
Doors @ 8 PM

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Every Wednesday, the Gordon Vernick Quartet perform a few numbers then invite other musicians and singers to join them on stage for a Jazz Jam Session. Whether you're a professional or amateur musician, you're welcome to sit in — everyone who wants to perform will be given a chance to play.

Livestream: YouTube.com/RedLightCafe

FRI • JUL 4 • 8 PM
$15 Adv – $20 Door
Doors @ 7 PM

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Come join The Tipsy Zone in an evening of improvised comedy in the style of the cult classic tv show The Twilight Zone but with a Tipsy twist. See if our performers can stay dry enough to safely navigate out of... The Tipsy Zone!

You can catch The Tipsy Zone FIRST FRIDAY EVERY MONTH at Atlanta's Red Light Café!

SAT • JUL 5 • 9 PM – 2 AM
$10 Door (ages 18+)

DJ Twitch returns to the Red Light Cafe with a dark and decadent mix of dance music from the 80s to the present, joined by special guest DJ Sxft Chains!

We will be celebrating Cancer at this event. So if you are a Cancer, admission is FREE (with ID)!

MON • JUL 7 • 8:30 PM
$10 Adv – $15 Doors
Doors @ 7:45 PM

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Atlanta’s artist party — THE COME UP — is back AND THIS TIME WE’RE BACK EVERY MONTH. First Mondays belong to the artists of this city who want a place to forge community and share bold (and very silly) art. Our usual gang of rapscallions will be joined by exciting musical guests, interviews, games, more french fries than you can imagine and more!

TUE • JUL 8 • 9 PM
$20 Adv – $25 Doors • $35 VIP 1st Row • $30 VIP 2nd Row
Doors @ 8 PM (ages 18+)

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The second Tuesday of every month, Syrens of the South's Tease Tuesday Burlesque features TEN AMAZING ACTS with some of the best performers in Atlanta! Burlesque, Poetry, Aerial, Acrobatics, Juggling, Singing... you never know what's gonna pop up in these Tuesday night shows! And don't worry, we'll be done before midnight since it's a school night!

WED • JUL 9 • 9 PM
$10 Door ($5 for performers or students with ID)
Doors @ 8 PM

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Every Wednesday, the Gordon Vernick Quartet perform a few numbers then invite other musicians and singers to join them on stage for a Jazz Jam Session. Whether you're a professional or amateur musician, you're welcome to sit in — everyone who wants to perform will be given a chance to play.

Livestream: YouTube.com/RedLightCafe

THU • JUL 10 • 8 PM – 11:30 PM
NO COVER

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Registration for this free event is OPTIONAL, but it does help us know how many folks to expect and how to staff accordingly. :)

Join us for Karaoke every 2nd Thursday every month! There's NO COVER, so come sing, socialize and be silly with your hosts DJ Conflux and Marco Sway!

SAT • JUL 12 • 9 PM
$20 Adv – $25 Doors • $40 VIP 1st Row • $35 VIP 2nd Row
Doors @ 8 PM (ages 18+)

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Calling all theater nerds, musical enthusiasts and more! Twinkerbell is proud to present Super Nova Cabaret: A Musical Themed Variety Show! Whether it’s Heathers, Wicked, or more, you’ll be sure to be singing your hearts out!