Shows are added all the time, so check back! Unless otherwise noted, shows on the calendar are open to the public, free, and all ages. Whether it's dinner at a tasty restaurant, drinks in a cool basement dive, a hopping dancefloor or a hopping armadillo playground, I'm sure to have a live, musical hang perfect for you and yours.
| Date | Time | Venue | w/ Whom It May Concern |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 7 | 7 - 9pm | Evangeline Cafe 8106 Brodie Ln, Austin | JD Pendley on Guitar |
| Sat 9 | 8pm - 12am | Kendalia Halle 1135 FM 3351, Kendalia get tickets | Hot Texas Swing Band |
| Wed 13 | 6 - 8:30pm | Elephant Room 301 Congress Ave, Austin 21 & up w/ ID | Violet Crown Jazz Revue |
| Fri 16 | 9pm - 12:30am | Crossroads Saloon & Steakhouse 305 W Main St, Fredericksburg | High Fidelity |
| Sat 23 | 5:30 - 10pm | Saengerrunde Hall 1607 San Jacinto Blvd, Austin get tickets | Hot Texas Swing Band |
| Wed 27 | 6 - 8:30pm | Elephant Room 301 Congress Ave, Austin 21 & up w/ ID | Violet Crown Jazz Revue |
| Date | Time | Venue | w/ Whom It May Concern |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 5 | 7 - 9pm | Evangeline Cafe 8106 Brodie Ln, Austin | JD Pendley on Guitar |
| Wed 11 | 6 - 8:30pm | Elephant Room 301 Congress Ave, Austin 21 & up w/ ID | Violet Crown Jazz Revue |
| Thu 12 | 6 - 9pm | Friends Foundation 30th Annual BBQ & Fundraiser 18315 FM 1826, Driftwood get tickets | Hot Texas Swing Band |
| Fri 13 | 6:30 - 9pm | Central Market Westgate 4477 S Lamar Blvd, Austin | Hot Texas Swing Band |
| Wed 25 | 6 - 8:30pm | Elephant Room 301 Congress Ave, Austin 21 & up w/ ID | Violet Crown Jazz Revue |
| Date | Time | Venue | w/ Whom It May Concern |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 2 | 7 - 9pm | Evangeline Cafe 8106 Brodie Ln, Austin | JD Pendley on Guitar |
| Wed 8 | 6 - 8:30pm | Elephant Room 301 Congress Ave, Austin 21 & up w/ ID | Violet Crown Jazz Revue |
| Fri 10 | 6:30 - 9pm | Central Market Westgate 4477 S Lamar Blvd, Austin | Hot Texas Swing Band |
| Wed 22 | 6 - 8:30pm | Elephant Room 301 Congress Ave, Austin 21 & up w/ ID | Violet Crown Jazz Revue |
| Date | Time | Venue | w/ Whom It May Concern |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 7 | 7 - 9pm | Evangeline Cafe 8106 Brodie Ln, Austin | JD Pendley on Guitar |
| Wed 13 | 6 - 8:30pm | Elephant Room 301 Congress Ave, Austin 21 & up w/ ID | Violet Crown Jazz Revue |
| Wed 27 | 6 - 8:30pm | Elephant Room 301 Congress Ave, Austin 21 & up w/ ID | Violet Crown Jazz Revue |
The Elephant Room on Congress Avenue, in the heart of downtown Austin, has been going and blowing live Jazz strong since 1991. It's got a Monday night open mic jam session, music 7 days a week, 365 days a year, signature cocktails (hello, Jazz Juice), big bands and small combos, happy hour acts and late night headliners--and Branford Marsalis finds it one of the best clubs in the nation to get "jazzed about jazz."
Austin boasts its fair share of harmonic heavyweights, swinging hep cats, beboppers, trad jazzers, straight-up authorities, legendary players, shredders, thrashers, vipers and hot clubs...and the Elephant Room is the HQ for all of that. My Violet Crown Revue (a vocal and guitar swing driven fourpiece) grace the ER's stage, every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month, from 6 to 8:30. No cover, but you must be 21 or older to hang.
Curtis Clarke, from Lake Charles, La., opened South Austin's Evangeline Cafe in 2003. His business's and food's reviews have always been happily favorable, laden with warm accolades fueled by full, warm tummies. The cafe's menu has only grown...with beloved, inventive staples like the Oysters Contraband, Gold Band Creole, and cheeseburger salad staying right where they are, yet gaining new neighbors, like a muffaletta and their Hank Williams platter.
Along with the delicious fare, Evangeline's colorful space, lively waitstaff and patrons, and deft kitchen crew ensure this place's success, natch. Yet perhaps the main, most special ingredient at Evangeline Cafe is their constant support and showcase of Austin's musicians and live music scene. I'm proud to say that I've performed there, on the first Thursday of just about every dang month, for nearly twenty dang years now. For real. And I love it, because, Evangeline Cafe is for real...the real deal!
