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for Fri., July 23

  • Beatles Full Moon Concert in the Dark

    On the April Full Moon, come set intentions and indulge in the mesmerizing allure of live acoustic music performed by world-class musicians, surrounded by the warm glow of candlelight. Its a different kind of concert, that begins and ends in darkness, with music and a poem or two surrounding and soothing you. Audience members will be given the choice of bringing their own yoga mats and/or pillows to gaze at the shadows on the ceiling. A circle of chairs will be provided.
    Tues. Apr. 23, 8pm-9pm  
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    ATX Unplugged

  • Carnival Entertainment Auditions

    Are you ready to choose fun and take your music career to the next level?! If so, then fill out your application for the opportunity to audition live in Austin. If they feel you may be a good fit for Carnival Entertainment, they will send you an invitation to audition live. Click on the link to apply!
    Tues. Apr. 23  
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    Black Pistol Fire, Emily Wolfe, Shooks

    There’s a peak moment of rowdiness in almost every Black Pistol Fire show when singer Kevin McKeown catapults his wiry body backward off the stage, into the outstretched arms of the audience – then shreds guitar while being passed around like a beach ball! On July 9 in Telluride, with the Austin duo making its first live appearance in 17 months to a hungry audience, McKeown inevitably hit liftoff, launching into the throng as Eric Owen laid in a hefty backbeat from the drum riser. “I had kind of wondered if he was going to jump in… and he did,” confirms the drummer. “A lot of times I don’t even see it because I’m playing drums and a synth. I just hear the crowd go, ‘Ohhhhh!’ and I know what’s happened.” Owen and I have just finished going head-to-head in an axe throwing contest at an East Austin facility. He beat me handily in back-to-back games – him tossing easy bullseyes and me desperately heaving hatchets to make up huge point deficits. Later, he reveals I never had a chance: “Being Canadian makes me better [at axe throwing] than you.” The swaggering Southern garage blues unit, comprised of two Ontarians who moved to Austin in 2009, released the unprecedentedly dynamic Look Alive in January. Recent single “Hope in Hell” now stands as the group’s highest charting track, hitting the Top 5 in Canada this month. “We’re one of those bands you get annoyed with because they’re playing us so much,” jokes Owen alternative radio in his native country and its affinity toward Black Pistol Fire. On tour in the Great White North last March, they retreated home when pandemic tripped the emergency cutoff switch on the global concert industry. Owen remembers the Denver airport looking like a disaster movie with passengers frantically running around the terminals. In the ensuing year-and-a-half, the collaborators since high school experienced unfamiliar isolation from one another. Now back in business, munitions of pent-up energy prime BPF to blow the roofs off American venues. This month’s tour, anchored by an appearance at Lollapalooza in Chicago next week, crescendos locally Friday at Emo’s with Emily Wolf and Shooks providing support. Mark it as their first Austin engagement since ACL Fest 2019. “I was nervous, but it felt amazing,” admits Owen about returning to the sweaty communion of the concert experience. “The crowds have been fuckin’ insane, so that helps.”
    Fri., July 23, 8pm
    Emo's

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    A Night of Jazz Together w/ Mike Stern, Bill Evans, Keith Carlock, Viktor Krauss & Tommy Smith

    Like the SIMS Foundation, the Musicians Treatment Foundation aims to facilitate free and low-cost health care for uninsured/underinsured players – specifically targeting the hand, shoulder, and elbow issues pro musicians endure after spending years on the road. This pair of interlinked benefits intends to raise funds and awareness for the organization. The party begins at Parker Jazz Club on Friday, with a ripping lineup headed by fusion guitar star Mike Stern, who cut an album with Austin’s Eric Johnson a few years back, and eclectic saxist Bill Evans, with whom Stern played in Miles Davis’ early-Eighties comeback band. Given the dearth of touring jazz acts to our city and the intimacy of Parker Jazz Club, expect this one to sell out. The same musicians reappear at the Long Center on Saturday alongside Austin singer-songwriter queen Shawn Colvin and Wimberley stringed instrument polymath Sarah Jarosz, whose touring band includes guitarist and producer John Leventhal, Rosanne Cash’s musical and professional partner who’s also worked with Colvin. Local artists the Accidentals, Allen Mayes, Luis Angel Ibañez, and Tameca Jones round out the bill, while Sirius XM’s Broadway specialist Seth Rudetsky and Austin City Limits executive producer Terry Lickona MC.
    Fri., July 23, 8pm
    Parker Jazz Club
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