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Red Light Café is Atlanta's premiere listening room for Americana, Bluegrass, Country & Western, Folk, Blues, Jazz, Roots Rock, and everything in between — including some of the best Comedy Shows and Burlesque in the Southeast! Located on the east side of Piedmont Park in Midtown Atlanta's Amsterdam Walk, Red Light Café is a cozy live entertainment and music venue with tables and seating for over 100 folks to enjoy an intimate show with a full bar and kitchen for drinks, appetizers and entrées.

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Upstate Rubdown + Cortez Garza

Upstate Rubdown is a group of rowdy musicians dedicated to creating fun and provocative acoustic pop music, with clever rhythms and harmonies. The band's influences range anywhere from Traditional to Classical and from Jazz/Show Tunes to Funk, with a shared love of Soul, Motown, and classic R&B, for a unique, body warming sound.

Having over 10yrs experience performing in front of audiences in various types of musical projects, ranging from hip-hop, punk rock, techno and Americana, Cortez Garza’s style of country, folk, and bluegrass can easily be described as unique due to the multiple genres he is musically influenced by.

$7 Adv – $10 Door
Doors @ 7 PM

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Upstate Rubdown is a group of rowdy musicians dedicated to creating fun and provocative acoustic pop music, with clever rhythms and harmonies. The band's influences range anywhere from Traditional to Classical and from Jazz/Show Tunes to Funk, with a shared love of Soul, Motown, and classic R&B, for a unique, body warming sound. The members of Upstate Rubdown live in New York's beautiful Hudson Valley.

Upstate Rubdown Official Site
Upstate Rubdown on Facebook
Upstate Rubdown on Apple Music


Cortez Garza is an Americana singer-songwriter who currently resides in Athens, Ga. Originally from the Atlanta area, at an early age discovered a passion for listening to, as well as creating music. Having over 10yrs experience performing in front of audiences in various types of musical projects, ranging from hip-hop, punk rock, techno and Americana, Cortez Garza’s style of country, folk, and bluegrass can easily be described as unique due to the multiple genres he is musically influenced by. Following in the foot steps of such folk pioneers as Woody Guthrie, Ramblin Jack Elliott, and Bob Dylan, Cortez Garza is on a mission to not only carry on the tradition of the folk singer-songwriter, but to focus on the evolution of Americana music.

Cortez Garza Official Site
Cortez Garza on Facebook
Cortez Garza on Apple Music