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Saturday, October 31, 2015, 7:00 PM – 11:59 PM
Celebrate Halloween — and 50 years of Grateful Dead — at the Night of the Dead Halloween Party featuring gr8FLdüde & frenz and special guests Dead Affect! Music starts at 7pm and keeps on going until the wee witching hours of the night, plus prizes for the most wicked, wacky and sexy costumes!
$12 Adv – $15 Door
Doors @ 6 PM
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Friday, October 30, 2015, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Shawn Phillips is one of most fascinating and enigmatic musicians to come out of the early '70s singer-songwriter boom. The mere fact that he was a musician as much as a singer and songwriter made him stand out, and helped him attract a dedicated following. His refusal to shape his music -- which crosses between folk-rock, jazz, progressive, pop, and classical -- to anyone else's expectations has allowed him to hold onto a large and dedicated cult following, without ever achieving the stardom that his talent seems to merit.
$25 Adv – $30 Door
Doors @ 7 PM
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Thursday, October 29, 2015, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
This week's RLC Bluegrass Thursday headliner, Earth By Train, hails from the Appalachian mountains of Southwest Virginia, home to the mountain country and bluegrass sound, where local bands, even the rock bands all have the same familiar sound. 22 Kings kicks things off at 8pm before EBT hits the stage — all after our weekly open bluegrass jam at 6pm.
$7 Adv – $10 Door
Doors @ 6 PM (pre-show open jam)
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Wednesday, October 28, 2015, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Heralded as “a living landmark” (Berkeley Express), “a national treasure” (Guitar Extra), and “one of the greatest living acoustic blues artists” (Blues Revue), Rory Block has committed her life and her career to preserving the Delta blues tradition and bringing it to life for 21st century audiences around the world. A traditionalist and an innovator at the same time, she wields a fiery and haunting guitar and vocal style that redefines the boundaries of acoustic blues and folk. The New York Times declared: “Her playing is perfect, her singing otherworldly as she wrestles with ghosts, shadows and legends.”
$22 Adv – $25 Door
Doors @ 7 PM
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Tuesday, October 27, 2015, 8:00 PM – 11:59 PM
Fable Cry, those purveyors of spooky melodies and scintillating tales, supported by Atlanta steam-prog favorites The Extraordinary Contraptions and Sarah Rose of Go, Robo! Go! fame will be landing for one night at the Red Light. Wear your finest finery and prepare for a spectacle not to be missed!
$7 Adv – $10 Door
Doors @ 7 PM
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Monday, October 26, 2015, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Join us for the weekly Atlanta Songwriters Club Meet Up at Red Light Café! $3 at the door, starts at 8PM, and you can sign up to play a song if you'd like when you get here.
$3 Door
Doors @ 7:30 PM
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Saturday, October 24, 2015, 8:00 PM – 11:59 PM
The Bonaventure Quartet featuring Amy Pike return to Red Light Café for another fabulous evening of Gypsy Jazz and Sultry Swing! Joining them will be the immensely talented acoustic duo 9 String Theory.
"With the sultry, silky voice of former Lost Continentals front woman Amy Pike and the gypsy-jazz flavored guitar of Charles Williams, Bonaventure is a marvelous melting pot. They add Southern sass to the smokey jazz of Parisian cabarets between the world wars…" — Shane Harrison, Atlanta Journal Constitution
$12 Adv – $15 Door
Doors @ 7 PM
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Friday, October 23, 2015, 9:00 PM – 11:59 PM
Gals, Guys, Ghouls, and Ghosts, get ready for our first ever Halloween Spookeasy Bash! We have a stellar collection of performers ready to dance to the tunes of our favorite resident DJ Doctor Q! Here's what you can expect:
— A costume contest, with the winner to walk away with $100 in Red Light Café Bar Cash!
— Costumed dance sets from Trini Quinn & Lady Helhath as Harley & Ivy
— Halloween themed costumed burlesque by Lady Helhath, Valerie N. Steel, AND Persephone Phoenix!
If all of that isn't enough to make sure you celebrate your week long of Halloween early, then we also will feature dance instructions for FREE for the first hour after doors open. So come on to Red Light in your favorite flapper dress or spooky costume and dance the demons away!
$10 Adv – $15 Door
Doors @ 8 PM
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Thursday, October 22, 2015, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM
The Atlanta Bluegrass Cartel presents a tribute to Tony Rice's landmark album Manzanita in its entirety! The group features Leah Calvert (fiddle / vocals), Keith Morris (bass / vocals), Michael Smith (mandolin / vocals), Brian Stephens (guitar / vocals) and Jared Womack (dobro).
Come early for our weekly open bluegrass jam starting at 6pm before the show begins at 9pm.
$7 Adv – $10 Door
Doors @ 6 PM (pre-show open jam)
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Wednesday, October 21, 2015, 8:30 PM – 11:30 PM
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. The quartet features Kevin Bales on keyboard, Marlon Patton on drums, Craig Shaw on bass, and Dr. Gordon Vernick on trumpet.
There's no cover charge and plenty of free, secure parking. 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.
NO COVER
Doors @ 7:30 PM
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Tuesday, October 20, 2015, 8:00 PM – 11:59 PM
Enjoy a bit of Classical, Soul, Folk, Americana, and Love Filled Revival convicting lyrics from The War and Treaty with a kick-ass dose of infectious Indie Southern Pop from special guest Fairshake.
$7 Adv – $10 Door
Doors @ 7 PM
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Monday, October 19, 2015, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Join us for the weekly Atlanta Songwriters Club Meet Up at Red Light Café! $3 at the door, starts at 8PM, and you can sign up to play a song if you'd like when you get here.
$3 Door
Doors @ 7:30 PM
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Sunday, October 18, 2015, 9:00 PM – 11:59 PM
Freaksheaux to Geaux returns to the red light café in Atlanta for a night of circus vaudeville mayhem and they're bringing some very special friends along - Lexington, KY's Tinderbox Circus Sideshow!
Featuring:
Mistress Kali — Freaksheaux's Producer and Grand Dame of Danger!
Chatty The Mime — Juggling, stripping clown in mime's clothing!
Miss Spooky — Traveling Pain Proof Princess!
Sadie Hawkins — Atlanta's own Gravity Defying Fireball!
Thugsy Da Clown — singing, stirpping naughy clown of the world!
Lolly Gagger — One of 36 professional female sword swallowers in the world!
Capt Darron Von Awesome — Tinderbox's leading man of daring
Trashique — Co-owner of the Tinderbox Circus and the sideshow-burlesque powerhouse of Kentucky!
Tucky — Tinderbox's newest addition, a lean mean singing, dancing, joke telling machine!
$12 Adv – $15 Door
Doors @ 8 PM (ages 18+)
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Saturday, October 17, 2015, 8:30 PM – 11:59 PM
Tailor Made is a collaborative group of Atlanta based musicians who perform the music of the various iconic artists who have influenced each of them throughout the years. The upcoming show at Red Light Café will highlight several songs originally done by classic songwriter/performers like James Taylor, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Elton John as well as some fun and soulful original tunes.
Featured in this performance will be John Jackson on acoustic guitar and vocals, Yoshi Furuta on electric guitar, dobro and vocals, Heidi Pollyea on keys, acoustic guitar, banjo and vocals, Bruce Walters on electric bass, Greg Smith on percussion and vocals and the wonderful Amy Jackson on auxiliary percussion. This group is known for the love and care they take in each of their arrangements, utilizing the two, three and four part harmony vocals, creative instrumentation and thoughtful programming that keep their audiences engaged, entertained and always singing along!
Paul Pendery opens the show at 8pm before Tailor Made takes the stage at 9pm.
$10 Adv – $12 Door
Doors @ 7:30 PM
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Friday, October 16, 2015, 9:00 PM – 11:59 PM
Sadie Hawkins presents Last Pasties Standing: a game of sultry (and silly) spontaneous striptease where you get to decide who moves on to the next round. A creative and sexy improv burlesque showdown, Last Pasties Standing is a burlesque game show in which two (8, actually) talented performers will enter, one will…. well, nobody will end up wearing much.
This edition will feature a playlist of "one-hit wonders" — novelty songs, mega-hits that never had another make the charts, and sing-along surprises.
$12 Adv – $15 Door
Doors @ 8 PM (ages 18+)
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Thursday, October 15, 2015, 8:00 PM – 11:59 PM
The Bumper Jacksons fold sounds of jazz, early blues, old-time music, and country swing into an exhilarating repertoire of modern American roots music bringing a hard-driving party energy to the dance floor.
Patrick Kinsley & A Fistful of Dollars open the show at 8pm after our weekly bluegrass jam at 6pm.
$7 Adv – $10 Door
Doors @ 6 PM (pre-show open jam)
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Wednesday, October 14, 2015, 8:30 PM – 11:30 PM
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. The quartet features Kevin Bales on keyboard, Marlon Patton on drums, Craig Shaw on bass, and Dr. Gordon Vernick on trumpet.
There's no cover charge and plenty of free, secure parking. 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.
NO COVER
Doors @ 7:30 PM
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Tuesday, October 13, 2015, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Spice up your night the second Tuesday of each month with 10 amazing acts for only $10 at Tease Tuesday Burlesque! See some of the best performers in Atlanta and some amazing new up and coming acts as well! Burlesque, Singers, Acrobats, Jugglers, Aerialists... 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!
$10 Adv – $15 Door
Doors @ 8 PM (ages 18+)
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Monday, October 12, 2015, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Join us for the weekly Atlanta Songwriters Club Meet Up at Red Light Café! $3 at the door, starts at 8PM, and you can sign up to play a song if you'd like when you get here.
$3 Door
Doors @ 7:30 PM
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Sunday, October 11, 2015, 7:30 PM – 11:30 PM
Join in an Atlanta performing community social event, during which we'll poke fun at ourselves. This casual Sunday evening will be an opportunity to network/mingle, and also to entertain one another. Performers are invited to submit an act idea if they wish to be included in the lineup (it's not an open mic - acts will be curated to avoid redundancy and so that it can run more smoothly).
No Cover for Performers (Others TBD)
Doors @ 6:30 PM (ages 18+)
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Saturday, October 10, 2015, 8:00 PM – 11:59 PM
Faye is an Atlanta folk project that leans on simple, intensely layered multi-instrument melodies and esoteric, often pointed, lyrics. Don't miss her hauntingly beautiful voice an brilliant songwriting as she performs with special guests The Nix Myth Show!
$7 Adv – $10 Door
Doors @ 7:30 PM
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Friday, October 9, 2015, 8:00 PM – 11:59 PM
Join us as Michael Tolcher celebrates his birthday with an intimate show at Atlanta's Red Light Café! Michael will be taking the stage at 9:30pm.
At 8pm, cheer! will kick off the evening by performing a special early show set.
$17 Adv – $22 Door
Doors @ 7 PM
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Thursday, October 8, 2015, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Celebrating the release of his new record, Magnolia, Dave Hardin performs at Red Light Café's Bluegrass Thursday with his band. Doors at 6pm for our weekly open bluegrass jam before the show begins at 8pm.
$5 Adv – $8 Door
Doors @ 6 PM (pre-show open jam)
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Wednesday, October 7, 2015, 8:30 PM – 11:30 PM
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. The quartet features Kevin Bales on keyboard, Marlon Patton on drums, Craig Shaw on bass, and Dr. Gordon Vernick on trumpet.
There's no cover charge and plenty of free, secure parking. 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.
NO COVER
Doors @ 7:30 PM
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Tuesday, October 6, 2015, 7:30 PM – 11:00 PM
Six Atlanta-based singer-songwriters and studio musicians band together to perform an hour of Elvis Costello favorites plus a set of their original music. The Imposeurs' lineup includes Billy Gewin, Dustin Cottrell, John Cable, Mark Desandre, Mark Garrettson and Stephen Bush, who have worked with acts such as Sugarland, Yacht Rock Schooner, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and countless local acts.
$7 Adv – $10 Door
Doors @ 7 PM
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Monday, October 5, 2015, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Join us for the weekly Atlanta Songwriters Club Meet Up at Red Light Café! $3 at the door, starts at 8PM, and you can sign up to play a song if you'd like when you get here.
$3 Door
Doors @ 7:30 PM
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Saturday, October 3, 2015, 8:30 PM – 11:59 PM
Humdinger offers up their hummable original tunes and twists on terrific popular + obscure songs with special guests Plastix and Brian Weinberg & Alex Commins.
$10 Door
Doors @ 7:30 PM
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Friday, October 2, 2015, 8:00 PM – 11:59 PM
After a lazy summer, Best to Burn are back and triumphantly return to Red Light Café with a new bandmate (Sam!) and new tunes including a shiny original they're just taking out of the bubble wrap! The amazing singer / songwriter, and RLC favorite, Lexi Street opens the show.
$7 Adv – $10 Door
Doors @ 7 PM
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Thursday, October 1, 2015, 8:00 PM – 11:59 PM
Jason Kenney Band are joined by CaroMia and Little Country Giants at RLC's Bluegrass Thursday! Doors at 6pm for our weekly open jam before the show begins at 8pm.
$9 Adv – $12 Door
Doors @ 6 PM (pre-show open jam)
