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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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Michael C. Smith w/ Mark Michelson

Michael C. Smith is a songwriter’s songwriter, creating lyrically-driven slices of the American experience uniquely rooted in the veins of each great vision of wanderlust that has come before him. Whether you hear Dylan, Waits, Williams or Cash when you listen to his work, you will pick out the pieces of the country that you know, feel its history under your feet and know the goodness of music crafted with heart and soul.

He'll be backed by a full band for the night with a handful of new tunes as well as songs from his previous 2 albums, 2014's Prophet on the Barstool and 2009's Hands of the Wicked.

Mark Michelson opens the show at 9pm.

$7.50 Adv – $10 Door
Doors @ 8 PM

All ticket sales are final. No refunds.


Michael C. Smith is a songwriter’s songwriter, creating lyrically-driven slices of the American experience uniquely rooted in the veins of each great vision of wanderlust that has come before him. Whether you hear Dylan, Waits, Williams or Cash when you listen to his work, you will pick out the pieces of the country that you know, feel its history under your feet and know the goodness of music crafted with heart and soul. His most recent release, Prophet on the Barstool, was heralded as a "deeply rooted and emotionally driven record with a wide spanning depth tugging on the heartstrings by calling upon both personal and universal truths often learned the hard way, with themes understood in any language.

"A Country Folk Troubadour in the early Dylan/Woody Guthrie vein."

Michael C Smith Official Site
Michael C Smith on Facebook
Michael C Smith on iTunes
Michael C Smith on Instagram


Mark Michelson plays acoustic guitar, harmonica and tambourine - a natural one man jam band - who also plays and sings with several bands around Atlanta.

While still working on lyrics for his original music, Mark enjoys playing classic unplugged rock including Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, Beatles, Allman Brothers, Grateful Dead, Neil Young, Tom Petty, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Doobie Brothers, The Who, The Doors, The Band, Bob Dylan, Traffic, David Bowie, Eagles, Joe Cocker, REM, Jimi Hendrix, and more.

Also adept at covering singer-songwriter tunes from Cat Stevens, Crosby, Stills & Nash, James Taylor, Simon & Garfunkle, Otis Redding, Jimmy Buffet, Jim Croce and Don McLean.

Mark enjoys solo performing as well as jamming with various bands and other musicians. He hosts a jam every first Sunday of the month at The Old Crow - all musicians are welcome to join in.

Mark Michelson on ReverbNation
Mark Michelson on Facebook