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It’s always
wise to check with
the venue
to confirm the show!
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SPECIAL EVENTS THIS
WEEK
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The Karen Lovely Duo
Karen Lovely with Ben Rice
Rainbow Bistro, 76
Murray Street
Tuesday, November 22
@ 8 pm; $15
Karen Lovely shot onto the blues scene out of the Pacific
Northwest like Stack O' Lee's .44, placing 2nd at the 2010 International Blues
Challenge followed by three 2011 Blues Music Award Nominations for Best
Contemporary Blues Female Artist, Best Contemporary Blues Album and Best Song
for her sophomore release “Still The Rain”.
With the release of her latest album “Ten Miles Of
Bad Road” (released 10/13/15), Lovely has established herself as a
singer/songwriter with a style uniquely her own. She's been nominated for a
prestigious 2016 Blues Music Award for "Best Contemporary Blues
Female Artist’ and, in December, won a 2015 Blues411 ‘Jimi’ Award for
‘Best Contemporary Blues Female Artist."
Known for her passionate, driven performances, this
powerhouse vocalist delivers a blistering mix of contemporary & old school
blues. Lovely's standout performances have garnered awards and critical acclaim
at festivals and venues throughout the US, Canada and Europe.
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Shawn Holt & The
Teardrops
Rainbow Bistro, 76
Murray Street
Thursday, November 24
@ 9 pm; $20/25
Shawn Holt is the son of Blues Legend Magic Slim. The
high energy, hard-driving sound of The Teardrops is still alive and well and if
you like what Magic Slim and The Teardrops have been doing for the last 35
years, you can continue to enjoy that unique sound and energy with Shawn Holt,
a chip off the old block, fronting his dad's band.
Shawn started playing the blues at the age of 17, when he
went on the road with this father and Slim's brother, Uncle Nick Holt and The
Teardrops. Shortly after that tour with his father, Shawn realized his genetic
destiny (all the Holt's are talented musicians) and formed his own band. He has
been watching, learning and playing blues ever since.
Shawn Holt and The Teardrops are winners for Best New
Artist Debut - Daddy Told Me by the Blues Foundation (BMA) 2014. And also won
the 2014 Blues Blast Music Award for New Artist Debut Album - Daddy Told
Me.
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Rainbow's 32nd
Anniversary Party
With David Gogo
Rainbow Bistro, 76
Murray Street
Saturday, November 26
The
success of Gogo's latest album “Vicksburg Call” continues with him being
nominated for a 2016 Western Canadian Music Award for Blues Artist Of The Year.
This follows a Juno nomination earlier in the year. Gogo has previously won
WCMAs for Musician Of The Year in 1999 and Blues Recording Of The Year in 2012
for the album Soul Bender.
http://www.davidgogo.com/
http://www.davidgogo.com/
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Wild T & the
Spirit
Opening – Crunchy Flower
Moose McGuire’s, 3320
McCarthy Road
Saturday, November 26
A power trio from Toronto, Canada that just know how to
rock! Mixing the styles of blues, rock, funk & reggae, the band has
thrilled & captivated audiences all over North America & Europe for the
past 25 years! Guitarist/lead vocalist Wild T is joined on stage by
bassist/vocalist Guenther Kapelle and drummer Dave Langguth. ‘Wild T & the
Spirit’ continues to rock everywhere they go!
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LOCAL HIGHLIGHTS THIS
WEEK
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The Last Waltz – 40th
Anniversary Celebration
Rainbow Bistro, 76
Murray Street
Friday, November 25
One
more time in support of the Ottawa Foodbank, The Bushpilots are again hosting a
tribute to The Band's Last Waltz, perhaps the greatest concert film in history,
this time to honour the 40th anniversary of this legendary
event. Directed by Martin Scorsese, The Last Waltz was a document of The
Band's final concert at San Francisco's Winterland ballroom on Thanksgiving
Day, November 25, 1976. Joining The Band was an all-star line-up of special
guests including Bob Dylan, Paul Butterfield, Eric Clapton, Joni Mitchell, Neil
Young, Muddy Waters, Dr. John, and many more of the icons who created and
breathed American music.
The
Bushpilots were blessed to be joined by a Who's Who of Ottawa talent in 2013
and 2014 performing before an SRO crowd at the Rainbow Bistro, and we promise
this year will be the biggest and baddest yet. Joining the BPs will be, as
always, The Cripple Creek Horns.
Thanks to the legendary Rainbow Bistro for once again providing the venue for what will be our 13th Annual Xmas Bash. Ticket details and special guests to be announced in October.
LAST WALTZ 40th Anniversary Celebration
Thanks to the legendary Rainbow Bistro for once again providing the venue for what will be our 13th Annual Xmas Bash. Ticket details and special guests to be announced in October.
LAST WALTZ 40th Anniversary Celebration
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The Back Beat
The Back Beat
The Carleton Tavern,
223 Armstrong Avenue
Saturday, November 26
@ 9:30 pm
From Tom Rowe: A quick note to let you know The Back Beat
will be playing the Carleton Tavern, 223 Armstrong Avenue, on Saturday,
November 26, getting underway at 9:30 PM. This will be our last pub
gig until January 20 so I wanted to get the word out. We have been busy
learning new songs and hope you can join us on Saturday to check them
out.
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Steve Berndt Quartet
Gigspace, 953
Gladstone Avenue
Saturday, November 26
@ 7:30 pm; $20
Order
Tickets: http://gigspaceottawa.com/steve-berndt-quartet/
Join jazz recording artist Steve Berndt and a trio of
excellent musicians for a review his compositions in a concert spiced with pop
tunes from the ‘60s and ‘70s done in a jazz treatment. Steve's quartet is
comprised of three of Ottawa's best jazz musicians: Steve Boudreau on piano, Alex
Mastronardi on bass and David Pontello on drums. This concert, full of great
original songs and interesting jazz treatments of well-known pop favorites, is
a taste of Steve's next album and first solo release!
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AREA HIGHLIGHTS THIS
WEEK
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Terry Gillespie
Kaffé 1870, 715
Riverside Drive, Wakefield QC
Friday, November 25 @
8 pm; $10
Terry Gillespie – Intimate, stories and songs
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Calabogie Blues
presents
The Paul DesLauriers
Band
Calabogie Peaks,
Calabogie ON
Saturday, November
26; show only $25 at the door
Packages starting at $119 per couple
(includes hotel room & 2 show tickets)
Reserve 1-800-669-4861 or peaks@calabogie.com
Following
up on the success of their self-titled album from 2014, The Paul DesLauriers
Band returns with the aptly titled “Relentless”, a genuine blues-rock escapade
featuring 10 new songs encompassing their most original and powerful work to
date. Relentless indeed if you consider the pace at which the band has been
working for the last two years with touring, writing and recording. The awards
they keep racking up only confirm that hard work pays off. Adding to their
multiple Maple Blues and Lys Blues awards and nominations they had a number one
album on the iTunes Canada Blues Chart and in January 2016 they took home 2nd
Place among 119 competing bands from around the world at the 32nd annual
International Blues Challenge, held by the Blues Foundation in Memphis. Hot on
the heels of that win they returned to Montreal to complete writing and
recording Relentless and the result captures the very essence of The Paul
DesLauriers Band.
LOCALS THIS WEEK
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Friday, November 25
Destiny
@ Irene’s Pub, 9:30 pm
Saturday, November 26
Steve
Berndt Quartet @ Gigspace, 7:30 pm
The
Back Beat @ the Carleton Tavern, 9:30 pm
Sunday, November 27
River
City Junction hosts the Open Blues Jam @ the Rainbow, 3:30 pm
Phoenix
@ the Atomic Rooster, 6-9 pm
Sunday
Sessions with How Far To Mexico @ Irene’s Pub, 9:30 pm
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LOCAL HIGHLIGHTS
(almost) EVERY WEEK
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The Jam @ Kaffé 1870,
Wakefield QC
Every Wednesday @ 9
pm, no cover
6
rotating hosts, each specializing in a different genre
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John Carroll
Chateau Lafayette
(The Laff), 42 York Street
Wednesdays, 8 pm
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Irene’s Blues
AllStars
Irene’s Pub, 885 Bank
Street
Thursdays, 9 pm – 1
am; no cover
A bonafide grass roots event that has grown out of the
very floorboards of Irene’s Pub and has become a real crowd pleaser for
musicians and music lovers alike, this weekly Thursday night jam features Corky
Kealey on drums with Vince Halfhide on bass and a host of great local players
who rotate according to availability.
Each week the cast is topped up with a guest host who steers the song
selections in whatever way they're inspired and the jamming begins. It's a great concept and the proof is in its
continuing popularity.
Hosted by Corky
Kealey and Vince Halfhide.
Special guests:
November 24 – Clint Everson
December 1
– Mark Crissinger
December 8
– Terry Owen
December
15 – Elyssa Mahoney
December
22 – Eric Walker
December
29 – Southside Steve
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Weekly jazz jam
Options Jazz Lounge,
Brookstreet Hotel, Kanata
Thursdays, 7-11 pm;
no cover
“… February 11, was the third anniversary of
weekly jazz jams at the Brookstreet Hotel's Options Jazz Lounge in Kanata – and
the HML Trio will be keeping the music going, as they have from the beginning.
There
are not many jams that last without a break for that long, and with the same
host band. But the Ottawa jazz trio – Jamie Holmes on drums, Alex Moxon on
guitar, and J.P. Lapensée on electric bass – has built a steady following for
the Thursday jam, week in and week out.”
Check
out the full article on this jam at
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Roddy Ellias
Caveau Mediterranean,
1638 Bank Street
Every Saturday night
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The Allaire Show
with John Allaire & special
guests
Quinn’s Ale House,
1070 Bank Street
Last Saturday of the
month, 3-5 pm
Songs and stories from around the world.
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Open Blues Jam
Rainbow Bistro, 76
Murray Street
Every Sunday, 4-7 pm;
cover $3 (jammers free)
The jam is open to all ages. Jammers sign up on the jam sheet at the door
& each jam session lasts for 3 songs.
Drums & amps are provided; you only need to bring your instruments
(but you can bring your amps if you want to).
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Sunday Blues, 6-9 pm,
no cover
Atomic Rooster, 303
Bank Street (at MacLaren)
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VIRÉE BLUES BORÉALE
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24th Edition
of Virée Blues Boréale **CANCELLED**
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AREA HIGHLIGHTS MONTHLY
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Blues On Tues
The Granary Beizli,
3270 County Rd 10, Vankleek Hill ON
Third Tuesday of
every month@ 7 pm; $10
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Blues On The Rideau
The Cove Inn, Westport ON
Dinner & Show Fundraisers
Once a month 7-11 pm; $65
Full
Bios, links to artists’ websites and YOU TUBE videos at www.BluesOnTheRideau.ca
Visit www.coveinn.com for info about the Inn
Visit www.coveinn.com for info about the Inn
Blues on the Rideau 2016-17 Lineup
Jan 20 - From Toronto/Austin, Texas - THE 24th STREET WAILERS
Feb 17 - From Toronto - THE HOGTOWN ALLSTARS
March 24 - From Texas & Toronto - DANNY BROOKS w. LIL’ MISS DEBI & THE MEMPHIS BROTHERS
March 24 - From Texas & Toronto - DANNY BROOKS w. LIL’ MISS DEBI & THE MEMPHIS BROTHERS
April 21 - From Toronto - JEROME
GODBOO BAND
May 12 - From Vankleek Hill, ON - TERRY GILLESPIE BAND
May 12 - From Vankleek Hill, ON - TERRY GILLESPIE BAND
BLUES ON THE RIDEAU is produced by Choose The Blues
Productions www.choosetheblues.ca
in cooperation with The Cove Inn, Westport www.coveinn.com
Perth Brewery www.perthbrewery.ca
DAWG FM Ottawa www.dawgfm.com
LAKE 88.1 Perth/Rideau Lakes www.lake88.ca
Please visit and LIKE us on Facebook and Twitter
www.facebook.com/ChooseTheBluesProductions
Please visit and LIKE us on Facebook and Twitter
www.facebook.com/ChooseTheBluesProductions
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SPECIAL EVENTS COMING
SOON
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Lucas Haneman Express
CD Release “Tearing
Up The Rails”
Opening act – Blues and Company
The Rainbow, 76
Murray Street
Friday, December 2 @
9 pm; $10
Come on out to the Rainbow on December 2nd for
Lucas Haneman Express's 2nd album release "Tearing Up The
Rails"! This album is full of surprises with some tracks being recorded at
the legendary Sun Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. It also features Maple Blues
Award winner Steve Marriner (MonkeyJunk) on harp and Jesse Whiteley (24th
Street Wailers) on keys and organ.
The LH Express can't wait to share all their new music with you!
Special guest The Tony D Band
The LH Express can't wait to share all their new music with you!
Special guest The Tony D Band
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Jack de Keyzer
The Rainbow, 76
Murray Street
Saturday, December 3
"Jack is the master of live performance. If you’ve
never seen him live, you’ve missed out on a Canadian icon. Fortunately, “Voodoo
Boogie” will let you in on what it’s like to experience Jack at his
best. All in all this is a must have CD. It’s Jack De Keyzer as Canada’s
king of the blues guitar. " Ken Wallis 101.5 FM The Hawk
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Music By The Bay Live
Presents
Albert Cummings
St. Francis Centre,
Ajax ON
Friday, December 9 @
8 pm
Albert Cummings writes, plays and sings the blues like
nobody else. He has played with blues legends B.B. King, Johnny Winter, and
Buddy Guy. Taken with Albert’s fire and passion bassist Tommy Shannon and
drummer Chris Layton (Double Trouble) volunteered to play on and produce his
solo debut recording, 2003’s self-released “From the Heart”. B.B. King dubbed
Cummings “a great guitarist.”
Advance tickets www.musicbythebaylive.com
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KINGSTON & AREA
SPECIAL EVENTS
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Godboogie All Star
Band
The Standeasy
RCHA Club, 193
Ontario Street, Kingston ON
Friday, November 25
Featuring Jerome Godboo, Shawn Kellerman, Eric Schenkman and Gary Craig, Godboogie is a band that is taking a run for the title of best band we have ever presented. Featuring the world’s best harp player (awarded by the International Blues Foundation), Jerome Godboo and the mesmerizing guitar work of Shawn Kellerman of the Lucky Peterson Band (challenging both JW-Jones and Jack deKeyzer for best guitarist), along with the incredible baritone guitar of Eric Shenkman (of the world famous Spin Doctors) and Gary Craig (drummer for Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, Bruce Cockburn, Anne Murray, Colin Linden and many others), this band will leave you in awe. Shawn Kellerman’s guitar work has been described as being possessed and the band just sizzles/smokes/rocks and rips it up with high energy blues.
This band is an absolute must see!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pefxcKOQERI
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Just a reminder that you can get links to all the artist’s web pages and
to some of their music videos directly from the KBS web site http://www.kingstonbluessociety.ca/
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KINGSTON REGULAR
EVENTS
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KBS Monthly Jam
The Standeasy
RCHA Club, 193
Ontario Street, Kingston ON
Third Saturday each
month @ 8:30 pm, $3 at the door
The KBS monthly jam is always
full and both the musicians and the audience always have a great time. Always
one of the best nights of entertainment Kingston has to offer – come early as
seating is limited. Sponsored by the Kingston Arts Council and the City of
Kingston.
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For more info, please
contact Kingston Blues Society
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BLUES ON THE RADIO
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DAWGFM.com Blues 24/7 on the
internet
Streaming
at http://www.dawgfm.com/
Sundays, 8-9 pm: Ottawa Blues
Society DAWG’ON BLUES
(Repeated Mondays, 2-3 pm and
Thursdays, 8-9 am)
Each week OBS hosts keep you up to date on what’s happening
on the Ottawa area blues scene, play some great blues from local bands and
showcase regional, Canadian talent and international blues talent.
This week, November 27 – OBS DAWG’ON BLUES – Big Blues Bender – American Female Artists with Susan Gahrns
Next week, December 4 – OBS DAWG’ON BLUES with Liz Sykes
Sundays, 7-8 pm: INSIDE THE BLUES
with James Doran
Inside The Blues features music and interesting
backgrounder information on today’s top Blues artists with a strong focus on
Canadian talent mixed in with some great Blues classics. All Shows are archived
on www.insidetheblues.ca
after broadcast and can be listened to there at any time.
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On CKCU-FM 93.1
The Mighty 93.1
Community Radio
serving the Ottawa Carleton Region
Sundays: 9-11 pm
Black and Blues
with John Tackaberry
The show features a heavy dose of electric blues and
rhythm and blues, with the occasional selection of sixties soul. The first hour
is dedicated to artist profiles and reviews of recordings on particular labels.
In the second hour there is a blues calendar, a rundown of events in Toronto,
Montreal and Ottawa, and interviews
with “new and reissued blues and rhythm and blues tracks on wax”, alternating
with “live blues and R&B for a Sunday night” in the last half hour of the
show.
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Wednesdays: 9-11 pm
In A Mellow Tone
Hosted
by Bernard Stepien, Ron Steeds, Allan Wigney, Jean-Michel Labatut and Aidian
Thomas, ‘In A Mellow Tone’ introduces listeners to the entire history of jazz,
from its beginnings to the latest innovations. Every program has a focus; on a
musician, a city, a festival, an instrument, a record label or on recent
releases. The hosts draw on their large personal CD and LP collections to
supplement CKCU's extensive resources.
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On CBC Radio Two
103.3 FM
Saturdays: 6-8 pm
On CBC Radio One 91.5
FM
Saturdays: 9-11 pm
Saturday Night Blues
Host Holger Petersen has been a broadcaster, record producer,
album collector, and serious blues fan for over 35 years. His collection of blues records numbers in
the thousands. On Saturday Night Blues
each week you’ll hear a mix of classic blues from the ‘Petersen Vaults’,
concerts, interviews, artist features, new releases, plus anything that
boogies, jumps, or swings, plus your requests from the Bluesline.
And check out SNB videos here http://www.cbc.ca/snb/video/
**********
The Bluesmobile with
Elwood Blues, CHEZ FM 106.1
Sundays 6-7 pm;
Wednesdays 11 pm – midnight
Nov 26-27 - Ana Popovic
**********
On CJHR 98.7 Valley
Heritage Radio
Thursdays, 8-10 pm
Got The Blues
Pat Watters is your host for this blues only radio show,
now in its 7th year. It can
be heard throughout the Ottawa Valley and streaming on the internet at valleyheritageradio.ca.
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Sunday Morning Soul
with Johnny Max
Check www.sundaymorningsoul.com
for times … and you can hear the best in Brand New Blues, Roots, Soul and
R&B, each and every Sunday morning.
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Unsung and On The
Side
With Carolyn Fe
Tuesdays, 7-9 pm
Re-broadcast Saturday 10 am – noon & Sunday 2-4 pm
(all times EST)
It’s all about the Blues, Jazz and its derivatives from
around the globe and just around the corner. Songs rarely heard, from the very
first recordings all the way to indie artists who consciously push the envelope
to the next generation sounds of the genre; some older releases will be spun -
just because the album in old, doesn't mean it's forgotten, thus the "On
The Side" part of the show's title.
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Streaming great Blues, Roots,
Soul, R&B, Folk, East Coast and Celtic music across Canada and around the
world 24/7/365.
Check out their Canadian Blues
shows and hosts, including James Doran’s ‘Inside The Blues’, Brant Zwicker’s
‘At The Crossroads’, along with Mark Stenzler's ‘Blues Zeppelin’ from
Switzerland … and lots more Canadian and international Blues shows.
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"Spektakel"
with MissRepresentIT
Airs on Radio
Tonkuhle
Every 2nd Saturday of
the month @ 11 am EST
Live stream on www.tonkuhle.de
Infos and and
playlists are on her blog at www.abroadcom.net
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LOCALS LOOK AHEAD
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Sunday, December 4
Jimmy
Cochrane hosts the Open Blues Jam @ the Rainbow, 3:30 pm
Wicked
Grin @ the Atomic Rooster, 6-9 pm
Sunday
Sessions with Bumpin’ Binary @ Irene’s Pub
Saturday, December 10
Terry
Gillespie @ the Atomic Rooster, 4-8 pm
Joe
Gaspar Band @ McCloskey’s, Chesterville, 9 pm
Sunday, December 11
River
City Junction hosts the Open Blues Jam @ the Rainbow, 3:30 pm
Sunday, December 18
Wicked
Grin hosts the Open Blues Jam @ the Rainbow, 3:30 pm
Friday, December 23
Dutch
Mason Tribute @ Irene’s Pub
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