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Mark Holzinger’s Juke & Jive CD Swings Out

Mark Holzinger’s Juke & Jive CD Swings Out

Jose Segue April 29, 2026

Juke & Jive is the new release from Western Swing Hall of Famer Mark...

Updates on Viva #29, Western Swing-Out, Hillbilly Robot, Papermill Creek Saloon, and Club DeLuxe

Updates on Viva #29, Western Swing-Out, Hillbilly Robot, Papermill Creek Saloon, and Club DeLuxe

Jose Segue January 5, 2026

The schedule is up for Viva Las Vegas #29, and again features four days...

Club Updates on Parkside, Kilowatt, Toot’s Tavern, Stork Club, Amado’s, Ireland’s 32, Music City, and Club DeLuxe

Club Updates on Parkside, Kilowatt, Toot’s Tavern, Stork Club, Amado’s, Ireland’s 32, Music City, and Club DeLuxe

Jose Segue November 30, 2025

New owners have taken over the Thee Parkside’s property at 17th and Wisconsin in...

Podcast: Viva Las Vegas 2025 Preview

Podcast: Viva Las Vegas 2025 Preview

Jose Segue April 3, 2025

Viva Las Vegas is set for another blowout from April 24th to 27th and...

SUNDAY MAY 10 MOTHER’S DAY
Lone Star Retrobates @ Travis Marina Bar & Grill, 1679 Sommerville Rd., Ft. Baker, Sausalito 3pm $10
Nashville Honeymoon w/Joe Goldmark @ Bird & Beckett Books & Records, 653 Chenery St., SF 5pm tip jar
Smelley Kelley’s Honky Tonk Nighttime Band @ Ireland’s 32, 3920 Geary Blvd., SF 6pm tip jar
Tribute to Patsy Cline: Margaret Belton @ Freight & Salvage, 2020 Addison, Berkeley 7pm $39
Jaime Duncan Trio @ The Riptide, 3639 Taraval, SF 730pm tip jar
Ruby Lee Hill/Dirty Cello/Zoe Fitzgerald Carter @ California Theater, 528 7th Street, Santa Rosa 7:30 $28
Hank Maninger & the Jukebox Charlies @ The Saloon, 1232 Grant, SF 930pm tip jar

WEDNESDAY MAY 13
Handsome Hawk’s B-day Hullabaloo: The Famous/The Creepy Crawlies/Short Dogs Grow/Aaron Burnham/Agony Aunts @ Hotel Utah Saloon, 500 4th St., SF 7pm $13/$15
Chris Ford Band @ The Saloon, 1232 Grant, SF 930pm tip jar

FRIDAY MAY 15
The Brothers Comatose/Good Friends @ HopMonk Tavern, 224 Vintage Way, Novato 6pm SOLD OUT
Nickel Slots @ Rahstaller Farm, 6686 Sievers Rd., Dixon 7pm tip jar
Jinx Jones & the KingTones @ Speisekammer Restaurant, 2424 Lincoln Ave., Alameda 8pm tip jar

SATURDAY MAY 16
Mitch Polzak & the Royal Deuces @ Waterbar Restaurant, 399 The Embarcadero, SF Noon tip jar Mitch Polzak & the Royal Deuces @ Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo, Berkeley 8pm $20/$25
Val Holly & the Wanderers/Pine Box Boys/Emery Villians @ Bottom of the Hill, 1233 17th St., SF 830pm $15

SUNDAY MAY 17
Mitch Polzak & the Royal Deuces @ Waterbar Restaurant, 399 The Embarcadero, SF Noon tip jar
Pleasant Hill Art, Wine & Music Fest.: Jinx Jones & the KingTones @ Pleasant Hill 1230pm
The Famous/Emery Villians/Outlaws in the Golden State⁠ @ Ivy Room, 858 San Pablo, Albany 230pm $12/$15