FRI • AUG 22 • 8 PM
$15 Adv – $20 Doors
Doors @ 7 PM

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Your favorite felt friends are back for their final season! The word of the day is “Memory”! Join Starline, Beezle, Darwin, Fonzo, Frooper, and Sauria as we celebrate 2 years of Edgewood Avenue and all the memories we created together! With special guest Austin Combs and music from The Human Connections.

Winner of the Atlanta Fringe Festival Audience Choice Award, Edgewood Avenue is an improvised variety show mixing episodic storytelling, digital sketches, live music, improv, and puppeteer to create an unforgettable night of laughter.

SAT • AUG 23 • 8:30 PM
$15 Adv – $20 Doors
Doors @ 7:30 PM

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Dashill Smith & The Omega Unit is a sonic improvisational outfit that creates a genre-fluid experience for many to enjoy. Blending, Acid-Jazz and avant-garde, Dashill and his group are energetic and full of true groove.

SUN • AUG 24 • 8 PM
GA: $25 Adv – $35 Doors
VIP 1st Row: $40 Adv – $50 Door
VIP 2nd Row: $35 Adv – $45 Door
Doors @ 7 PM (ages 18+)

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You’re cordially invited to a pool party. It’s in hell. Leave your shame at the shallow end.

Sunday School for Sinners is back—and this time, we’re raising hell poolside. From sultry nuns in swimwear to priest-collared party dads, we’re splashing into a sinful summer spectacular that blends burlesque, kink, fire, aerials, and holy hot mess energy. Holy pool water and White Claw can’t wash away this kind of sin. This isn’t a sermon—it’s a wet, wild, glitter-soaked revival.

MON • AUG 25 • 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 • AUG 26 • 8 PM
$15 Adv – $20 Doors
Doors @ 7:30 PM

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🧨💃 THE WORLD’S END HAS A PLAYLIST. Introducing: SUMMER APOCALYPSE! A final dance. A pre-crash cabaret. Glitter in your eyes, sweat in your shoes, and at least one person crying in sunglasses. Featuring music from B52's all the way to SZA!

You’re gonna love it. You might not survive it.

Starring Brie Brie, Niko Carleo, Cece Campbell, Tyshawn Gooden, & Akasha Nelson.
Music Directed by: John Lumapas
Directed/Written by: Erin North
Marketing/Produced by: Ben Cole

From the minds behind nocolococreative (@nocolococreative) that brought you Scream Queens, Sneaky Links, and last month's Motherlode; experience a night of live music featuring Atlanta's finest talent! 

WED • AUG 27 • 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 • AUG 28 • 8:30 PM
GA: $15 Adv – $20 Door
VIP: $25 Adv – $35 Door
Doors @ 8 PM

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Something incredible is happening at Red Light Cafe on August 28th. The Book of Bourbon follows a mismatched pair of Mormons (who will be drinking, which – famously – Mormons do not do) sent on a mission to a place that’s about as far from Salt Lake City as you can get. Is this Acting Under the Influence’s funniest show ever? Maybe! MAN UP and come join us or you’ll be cursed to have a SPOOKY MORMON HELL DREAM!

Content warning: this performance contains strong and frequent profanity, including blasphemous language, as well as sexual content and racial stereotypes.

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.

FRI • AUG 29 • 8:15 PM
$15 Adv – $20 Doors
Doors @ 7:30 PM

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Join the Bitches (Morgan, Rachael, and Shannen) and Big Dog Improv (Mitch and Austin) for what many are dubbing as the hottest Atlanta improv crossover of Q3 2025! The Bitches will open with a 30-minute longform set before joining the Big Dogs and their special guests, Allison Salinger and Joseph Lopez, to help them create one of their famous "TV episodes." Each episode is built through a series of montages and short-form games and features a guest director who facilitates the episode's games and provides narrative platforming. To experience all the crazy characters and twists that come out of this one, book your tickets now!

SAT • AUG 30 • 9 PM
GA: $15 Adv – $20 Door
VIP: $30 Adv – $40 Door
Doors @ 8 PM

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Picture it: Atlanta. 2025.

Four fabulous seniors, sassy, scandalous, and surprisingly spry, inspire a night of glittering tribute, heartfelt hilarity, and cheesecake-fueled camp.

Join us for Thank You for Being a Friend, a Golden Girls-inspired burlesque revue where Atlanta’s most dazzling performers reimagine Blanche, Dorothy, Rose, and Sophia in ways you’ve never seen before. Expect rhinestones, retro nostalgia, Miami heat, and performances that are equal parts sultry and silly.

This is not your grandma’s variety show — though she’d probably love it.

TUE • AUG 31 • 7:30 PM
$15 Adv – $20 Doors
Doors @ 7 PM

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Level up your night with The Thorne Section: An unforgettable live music experience where the nostalgia of classic video games meets the energetic, soulful energy of live jazz. Whether you're a gamer, a jazz lover, or just looking for something refreshingly different, The Thorne Section promises a night of creative fusion, musical mastery, and pure vibes.

WED • SEP 3 • 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 • SEP 4 • 8:30 PM
$20 Adv – $25 Doors ($15 Students w/ ID at the Door)
Doors @ 7:30 PM

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Come celebrate Tia Rix’s birthday in style!  Tia will deliver her favorite songs of stage and screen in her unique style, joined by Atlanta jazz mainstays Louis Heriveaux (piano), Vinnie D’Agostino (sax), Craig Shaw (bass), and Justin Chesarek (drums). Get your weekend started early and celebrate Tia’s birthday with us.

FRI • SEP 5 • 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 • SEP 6 • 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 Eschar!'

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

TUE • SEP 9 • 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 • SEP 10 • 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 • SEP 11 • 8 PM – 11:30 PM
NO COVER

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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!

FRI • SEP 12 • 8 PM
$25 Adv – $35 Door
Doors @ 7 PM

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Traditional Celtic music at its best! The iconic Tannahill Weavers play fire-driven instrumentals and songs, and haunting ballads - all with a good dose of humour. Featuring Piper and Clan Commander Iain MacGillivray, who is Scotland’s youngest clan leader and has worked recently on such high profile productions as Outlander and Men in Kilts.

"Formed from a Paisley pub session in 1968, seminal trailblazers the Tannahill Weavers now also rank as national treasures." — Glasgow Celtic Connections

SAT • SEP 13 • 9 PM
$15 Adv – $20 Doors
Doors @ 8 PM

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On September 13th, the Red Light Café presents the Hounds of Love. Atlanta’s best (and only) Kate Bush tribute. The Hounds began when Audrey Gamez, their talented and evocative vocalist, reached out to no one in particular, asking “who is gonna write that Kate Bush musical and ask me to star in it?” To which keyboardist Allen Welty-Green (from The Band Who Fell to Earth) replied “be careful what you wish for!” Within short order, they had recruited a team of simpatico musicians, including drummer Bill Sommer and bassist/guitarist Rob Dwyer (also from The Band Who Fell to Earth), along with the inimitable Marva Rodriquez (from Heartizens) on piano and additional vocals. They began to dive deep into Kate’s repertoire and their set spans her entire career, from her early innocent ballads to her sophisticated art-rock opuses. Translating Kate’s etherial and sophisticated music into a live setting has been their primary mission. The Hounds make it happen with elegance and theatricality.

For this show, they will be joined by Private Lives, a project formed by Allen Welty-Green (synthesizers) and Antön Samford (vocals and guitar), who along with drummer Lorace Deen, pay tribute to the mighty Ultravox. They focus primarily on the elegant Midge Ure/Vienna era, but occasionally harken back to the grittier John Foxx iteration.

SUN • SEP 14 • 8 PM
$10 Adv – $15 Door
Doors @ 7 PM

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AST (Alchemical String Theory) is a collective of avant-garde string artists from Atlanta’s Improvisational Underground. Featuring solo acts, ensembles, and guest string players, performances range from acoustic to electronic and incorporate loops, stomp boxes, reverbs, delays, drop pitches, and more.

MON • SEP 15 • 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 • SEP 16 • 8 PM
NO COVER
Doors @ 7:30 PM

Do you remember? The (16th) night of September? Make tonight unforgettable by telling us your 5 to 7 minute story on the theme of THE ELEMENTS. Water. Earth. Fire. Air. Stories about braving the elements. Chemical reactions. When something was elementary, my dear Watson. 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 • AUG 19 • 10 PM
$10 ($5 for Poets)

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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 • SEP 17 • 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 • SEP 18 • 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?!? 🎡