Downtown Live Music
Downtown Live listings are compiled from a number of sources, inclusive of web sites and submissions by the venues. The goal is accuracy, but the reality is that things change. We urge you to call the venue for details on the show. To submit your downtown live listing, please email Jamie@downtowntucson.org by the 26th of each month or fax to 547-3344.
Che’s Lounge
350 N. 4th Ave., 623-2088
Saturday, October 4: No bands for Fall Crawl, but cheap drinks & a rocking jukebox.
Saturday, October 11: Nick Luca Trio.
Saturday, October 18: Mankind.
Saturday, October 25: Al Foul.
Friday, October 31: Halloween with Spacefish as Iron Maiden!
Club Asylum
121 E. Congress St., 882-8949, www.clubasylum.com
Tuesdays: Old School Industrial, Electro, EMB.
Wednesdays: Electroclash, Synthpunk, Pop-no, No-Wave.
Thursdays: Brit Pop, Indie, Shoegaze, Trip-Hop
Fridays: New Wave, 80s Retro.
Saturdays: Industrial, Synth Pop, Electro, EMB, New Wave.
Friday, October 31: Halloween Bash & Costume Contest!
Club Congress
311 E. Congress St., 622-8848, www.hotelcongress.com
Mondays: Blue Monday with Sean T, 80s tunes.
Saturdays: 2K Night.
Friday, October 3: James McMurtry with Greyhound Soul.
Saturday, October 4: 3 stages chalk fulla of Fall Crawl fun!
Outside: The Pago Pago, Sub Rosa, Amor, Therapists, Al Perry.
Inside: Lagoon, Happiness, West Cool 7, Great American Tragedy, Red Switch.
Banquet Room (Acoustic): Chris Holiman, John Coinman, Hank Topless, Maggie Golston, Van Christian.
Sunday, October 5: Beulah with John Vanderslice.
Tuesday, October 7: The Oranges Band, Bombs for the Bored.
Friday, October 10: Carla Bozulich with Nels Cline Casio Conspiracy and Two Foot Yard.
Sunday, October 12: Mates of State with I Am The World Trade Center, The Thermals.
Tuesday, October 14: Clem Snide with Califone.
Wednesday, October 15: Raekwon with C-Rayz Waltz.
Friday, October 17: Robyn Hitchcock.
Wednesday, October 22: Boss Martians.
Friday, October 24: Rasputina and Molehill Orkestrah.
Saturday, October 25: Axtion Fest with Most Precious Blood and many more.
Sunday, October 26: Matt Haimovitz.
Friday, October 31: Nightmare on Congress Street with Asylum Street Spankers, Zsa Zsas, The Jons, Flam Chen, and more!
Cushing Street Café & Bar
198 W. Cushing St., 622-7984
Friday, October 3: Salvador Duran, traditional Mexican ballads, 8:30pm.
Saturday, October 4: Wayback Machine, 8:30pm.
Friday, October 10: 4 Corners, a singing band, 8:30pm.
Saturday, October 11: Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin, bluegrass and old-time country, 8:00pm.
Friday, October 17: Chris Brashear & Peter McLaughlin.
Saturday, October 18: Mary Caroline Rogers, Indigo Playworks “The Real West”. 7:30pm.
Friday, October 24: Constant Creation, Creole trio, 8:00pm.
Saturday, October 25: Uncommon Folk, folk trio, 8:00pm.
Wednesday, October 29: Nadine Goellner, folk music, 7:30pm.
Epic Café
745 N. 4th Ave., 624-6844
Thursdays: Open mic.
Saturday, October 4: Fall Crawl, bands TBA.
Firefly Food & Spirits
509 N. 4th Ave., 623-4484
Saturday, October 4: Fall Crawl – Seven Story Swandive, Starfisher, Diversion, Nowheresville.
Guido’s Bar & Grill
424 N. 4th Ave., 882-0959
Saturday, October 4: Fall Crawl – Empty Box, Drive, Nevershine, Stop Tyler.
Heart Five
61 E. Congress St., 903-0911
Mondays: Ghetto Blaster with DJs Amril and Bonus - Hip Hop, Old School.
Tuesdays: Tortilla Factory with DJs Hermie and Bonus – Rare Grooves, Funk.
Wednesdays: DJ Showcase with DJ DMB spinning DJ Tournament favorites.
Thursdays: Listen Loud with DJs Damian and Hart – Nu School, Hard House.
Fridays: Nightlife with DJs Fritz and Mark Robles - Progressive House.
Saturdays: Fever with DJs Amril and Jay Skulnik - Funky Techno, House.
Sundays: Safari with DJs Amril and Sync – Drum & Bass, Dance Hall.
IBTs
616 N. 4th Ave., 882-3053
Dance 7 nights a week.
Wednesdays: Divalicious Drag Show.
Fridays: Susan Artemis – Back patio area.
Iguana Café
210 E. Congress St., 882-5140
Thursdays: Karaoke.
Fridays: The ATM Band - Santana, Blues, Jazz, Reggae, Rock.
Saturday, October 4: ATM Band.
KXCI Local’s Only, Live Segment
91.3FM, 9pm-10pm, 623-1000
Monday, October 6: Annie Hawkins.
Monday, October 13: TBA.
Monday, October 20: Warsaw.
Monday, October 27: The Klezmopolitans.
Mat Bevel Institute
530 N. Stone Ave., 622-0192, www.matbevel.com
Monday, October 6: “Emerging Voices” series.
Saturday, October 11: “Jazz at the Institute” series with The Mears, Tiner, Kikuchi, Johnson Quartet.
Maloney’s
301 E. Stevens (4th Ave./9th St.), 388-9355
Saturday, October 4: Fall Crawl – Dusti Spoon, Oliver Nothing, Gorilla Behind Bars, Broken Half, Scratching the Surface.
| Manifold Playing North on 4th Thursday, October 2. |
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North on 4th
536 N. 4th Ave., 770-1161, www.suicidelaneproductions.com
Thursday, October 2: Distorted, Innisfail, Camp Courageous, Manifold.
Thursday, October 9: The Jons, The Broken Half, and more.
Thursday, October 30: BLYND, Namaste, Sin Machine, and more.
Oasis Vegetarian Eatery
375 S. Stone Ave., 884-1616
Call for information.
O’Malley’s
247 N. 4th Ave., 623-8600
Thursday, October 2: The Mockingbirds .
Friday, October 3: TBA.
Saturday, October 4: Back For More (Not affiliated with Fall Crawl).
Thursday, October 9: The 80s All Stars.
Friday, October 10: Andy Hersey.
Saturday, October 11: The Jons.
Thursday, October 16: The Mockingbirds.
Friday, October 17: George Howard.
Saturday, October 18: Sunday Afternoon.
Thursday, October 23: The 80s All Stars.
Friday, October 24: The Scones.
Saturday, October 25: Warsaw.
Thursday, October 30: The Mockingbirds.
Friday, October 31: Tickle.
Plush
340 E. 6th St., 798-1298, www.plushtucson.com
Wednesday, October 1: Main - Pink Floyd Tribute with Ozlo, Looseleaf, Truck, Sine Qua Non.
Thursday, October 2: Main - DJ Clayton Steele, Maktub.
Friday, October 3: Lounge – Dickie Thompson Trio; Main – Flash Express, The Bell Rays.
Saturday, October 4: Fall Crawl – Sun Zoom Spark, Ozlo, Sugarbush, Tongue Dried Sun, Greyhound Soul.
Sunday, October 5: Lounge - Mike Gunther (from Minneapolis).
Monday, October 6: Lounge - Scott Biram.
Tuesday, October 7: Lounge - Stef’s Blue Bait Shop.
Wednesday, October 8: Main – Sunday Afternoon Trio, Mike Glabicki (Rusted Root’s front man).
Thursday, October 9: Main - Bunko Squad, The DeLudes.
Friday, October 10: Lounge – Urban Rhythm Combo; Main – Winelord, The Pork Torta.
Saturday, October 11: Main - Tom Walbank, Annie Hawkins (CD Release Party).
Sunday, October 12: Lounge – Clay Mitchell.
Monday, October 13: Lounge - Kristi Martel; Main – Stay At Home Bomb, Shonen Knife.
Tuesday, October 14: Lounge – Rodney Branigan.
Wednesday, October 15: Main – Lisa Marr Experiment.
Thursday, October 16: Main - Wildgift.
Friday, October 17: Lounge – Dickie. Thompson Trio; Main – The Pieces, Some Girls (Freda Love, Heidi Gluck, Juliana Hatfield).
Saturday, October 18: Main – Manifold, Camp Courageous (CD Release Party).
Sunday, October 19: TBA.
Monday, October 20: Lounge – Nick Luca Trio.
Tuesday, October 21: Lounge – Troubled Hubble, The Gunshy.
Wednesday, October 22: Main – Innisfail, Easyco.
Thursday, October 23: Main – Honeytongue, Ozlo.
Friday, October 24: TBA.
Saturday, October 25: Greyhound Soul.
Sunday, October 26: TBA.
Monday, October 27: The Funkamentals.
Tuesday, October 28: Chris Holiman.
Saturday, November 1: Tongue Dried Sun, Lagoon.
| Some Girls at Plush Friday, October 17th. |
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Red Room at Grill
100 E. Congress St., 623-7621
Thursday, October 2: Libre de Grasa
Friday, October 3: Michael Woliin Varity Show – MC extraordinaire!
Saturday, October 4: Fall Crawl - Santa Barbara Project, Rosano Brother’s Virtual Quartet, Libre de Grasa.
Thursday, October 9: Hank Topless.
Friday, October 10: TBA.
Saturday, October 11: George Rosenberg.
Thursday, October 16: TBA.
Friday, October 17: Nick Luca Trio.
Saturday, October 18: George Rosenberg, Libre de Grasa.
Thursday, October 23: TBA.
Friday, October 24: Topless Opry.
Saturday, October 25: George Rosenberg, Campo Bravo.
Rialto Theatre
318 E. Congress St., 798-3333, www.rialtotheatre.com
Saturday, October 4: Fall Crawl - Innisfail, Year of Acceleration, Manifold, Is To Feel, PH8.
Tuesday, October 7: Static X.
Friday, October 10: RX Bandits.
Wednesday, October 15: Valle Son.
Wednesday, October 22: Jonny Lang.
Friday, October 24: Yellowcard.
Saturday, October 25: Mushroom Head.
Monday, October 27: Saves The Day, Taking Back Sunday.
Friday, October 31: Nightmare on Congress Street with Dick Dale, Billy Bacon & The Forbidden Pigs.
Monday, November 3: Liz Phair.
Samaniego Place
222 S. Church Ave., 623-0313
Thursdays: Jazz with Larry redhouse on piano.
Fridays: The Larry Redhouse Trio
Sangin
6th Ave. & 8th St., (top of 6th Ave. underpass)
Sunday, October 12: Catepillar Inchworm (Colorful DJ dance beats with accordian ambience), The Big Huge (from Baltimore), 50 Cent Nose and more! All ages, no alcohol.
7 Black Cats
206 E. Congress St., 670-9202, www.7BlackCats.com
Saturday, October 4: Fall Crawl – Kristen, Play Alpha, Mankind, Troy’s Bucket, Molten Leather.
Sharks
256 E. Congress St., 791-9869
Saturday, October 4: Fall Crawl – Tu Nombre, 24-7 Hour Peeps, Myshaa.
Thursdays: Thirsty Thursdays with DJ Xavi
Fridays: Rock en español.
Saturdays: Straight up Saturdays.
Skrappy’s
201 E. Broadway Blvd., 358-4287, www.skrappys.com
Thursday, October 2: The Clorox Girls, The Holy Ghost Revival, Shark Pants.
Friday, October 3: Glasseater, Fighting Jacks, Calibretto, Riddled With Guilt, Sevens Ending.
Friday, October 10: Locale AM, RX Bandits, The Format.
Tuesday, October 21: The Bled, Give Up The Ghost, The Daughters, Fairweather.
Thursday, October 23: Line of Fire, Street Dogs (with Mike McColgan, ex-singer of Dropkick Murphys), The Briggs.
Friday, October 24: Dynamite Boy, Near Miss, Assume the Worse.
Wednesday, October 29: Further Seems Forever, Shai Hullid, Amor For Sleep, Beloved, Cambridge.
Solar Culture
31 E. Toole Ave., 884-0874, www.solarculture.org
Saturday, October 4: Holly Golightly (England), KO & The Knockouts (Kansas City), Okmoniks (Tucson) (Not affiliated with Fall Crawl).
Tuesday, October 7: Alasdair Roberts (Scotland), Scout Niblett (England), Salvador Duran.
Saturday, October 11: The Tuna Helpers (Austin).
Monday, October 13: Papa M, Entrance.
Tuesday, October 14: Themselves, 2 Gun Mojo.
Tuesday, October 21: Schematic Grand Fall Tour, experimental/dance music from Atlanta, featuring – Richard Devine, Phoencia, Otto Von Schirach, Nick Forte, Dino Felipe, DJ Aura.
The Hut
305 N. 4th Ave., 623-3200
Saturday, October 4: Fall Crawl – Precious, Common Ground, The Rowdies, Tickle.
The Rock
136 N. Park Ave., 629-9211, www.suicidelaneproductions.com
The Road to Somewhere Competition
Friday, October 3: Troy’s Bucket, Killer Phils, Still Nameless, Back From Rehab.
Saturday, October 4: Oliver Nothing, Forgotten Melody, Sevens Ending, Harvy (Not affiliated with Fall Crawl).
Friday, October 10: Naked Eye, Solstice, El Nombre, El Marko.
Saturday, October 11: 7 Days of May, 7 Story Swan Dive, 5 AM, Onadi
Friday, October 17: Hollowed Highrise, Head Sling, Epic, Head-on Collision
Saturday, October 18: TBA.
Round Two (Order TBA once all four bands have been determined).
Friday, October 24: Derived, Leveler, Dusti Spoon.
Saturday, October 25: Supera, Fevered Dreams, Left.
Friday, October 31: Starter Pistol, S.K.I.T.N..
Saturday, November 1: MAD7, Audiostar.
| Devotchka performing at Vaudeville Saturday, October 11th. |
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Vaudeville
110 E. Congress St., 622-3535
Wednesday, October 1: Boxing the Band, La Cava, Fashion Stas.
Thursday, October 2: Electronica, DJ Evolve, 2 Gun Mojo, Dialex.
Friday, October 3: The HIllwilliams.
Saturday, October 4: Fall Crawl – Lovemound, Last Call Brawlers, Knockout Pills, Al Foul, Whiskey Bitch.
Sunday, October 5: Knockout Pills, The Little Killers, The Vinegar Sting.
Wednesday, October 8: DJ Buttafly, no cover.
Thursday, October 9: Pillow of Forgiveness, Diversion.
Friday, October 10: BB & Serge Karaoke Night, Drag Kings.
Saturday, October 11: Devotchka, Nick Luca Trio.
Wednesday, October 15: DJ Buttafly, no cover.
Thursday, October 16: Yellow Cabs, Sonars, Croutons.
Friday, October 17: Amor, Sugarbush.
Saturday, October 18: TBA.
Sunday, October 19: Smoke (LA), Solid Donkey, Wasted Aces.
Wednesday, October 22: DJ Buttafly, no cover.
Thursday, October 23: Instant Slak.
Friday, October 24: 8:30pm – Comedy Improv, Tom Walbank, Okmoniks.
Saturday, October 25: Hipster Daddy-O and The Handgrenades, Urban Rhythm Trio.
Sunday, October 26: The Spiders, False Promise, Last Laugh.
Friday, October 31: Al Foul, Last Call Brawlers, Terry & The Hangovers, more!
