club notes friday, feb. 26

Friday, Orange Crush is at the Skybox in Southwick; the Tokyo tramps bring blues and rock Japanese style to Beatnik’s; Adam Trudel’s singing at The Q; Whalebone Farmhouse makes its Greendale’s debut; Sun Jones headlines Tammany Hall; Tori Pyne is singing at the Dive Bar; Mike O’Connell and the Backstabbers play blues rock at the Nines; there’s a Celtic Traditions show at the Hudson Town Hall with Kate Chadbourne and the Irish Music Guy; Dave Magario’s at the Lucky Dog along with headliners the Glenn Stewart Band, the Great Whiskey Rebellion and Merrick Station; Face Full of Shotgun, Two Tickets to the Gun Show, Cadence, Bears and a few more split the bill at London Billiards; Not Boxed rocks Irish Times; Pete the Polak’s the deejay at 3-G’s Sports Pub; Dan Burke is hosting his “Island Getaway Night” at Nick’s; the Drunken Uncles do their weekly acoustic duo thing at Allgo’s; Switchblade Suicide’s with Musclecah at Ralph’s; and the Superchief Trio debuts at Vincent’s.
Saturday, the Brett and Lisa Duo perform at Chuck’s Steakhouse in Auburn; The Brennan Brothers do a benefit in memory of their brother, Jimmy, at the Leicester Country Club to raise money for scholarships; Commander Cody’s rocking at Mill Street Brews in Southbridge; it’s the Rock Your Face Off show with ten bands, including Empire Shall Fall at Ralph’s; Ellis Paul sings at Fitchburg State College; Fat City’s blasting the Bull Run in Shirley; and there’s a Jagfest "Pre-Party2" with Brand New Sin, Stonewall, Orange Diesel, Fuel Of War, Truman Highway, Justice Hill, Bottlefight and more at the Lucky Dog Music Hall.
On Sunday,
Every Tuesday night, the Q hosts an open mic.
Other Events:
It’s the last week to see the Faculty Exhibit at the Worcester Center for Crafts.
“Curtains,” a whodunit sort of play, is being performed throughout the weekend at the Mount Wachusett Community Theatre.
Refreshed American Galleries opens on Saturday at the Worcester Museum, which means they’ve brought back some old favorites to the lower third level. Also Saturday, Blissful Meadows Country Club in Uxbridge hosts a dinner comedy show with Ira Proctor as the headliner. Barnes and Noble in Worcester hosts a poetry reading.

Club stuff and events, Friday, Feb. 19

Friday, The Ten Foot Polecats are back at Beatnik’s; the Delta Generators are at Tommy Doyle’s; Fergus celebrates the release of “Green Street” at Fiddler’s Green; The Nate Wilson Group is at the Dive Bar; Shane Hall’s singing at The Q with the Ticklebomb Orchestra; the Delta Generators are out at Tommy Doyle’s; Dan Kirouac sings at King Phillip Restaurant in Phillipston; Cirkestra is back at Nick’s.

Saturday, the Whiskerite Beardathon is at the Dive at 6 p.m., raising money for the Worcester County Food Bank; The QVCC holds a community banquet at 6 p.m. as a fundraiser for renovations; Dopapod heads back to Tammany Hall; Whalebone Farmhouse is back at Beatnik’s; Tigerlily’s at the Blue Dog Sports Bar in Milford; The Boogaloo Swamis swamp up the Bull Run in Shirley; The Numbskulls are with the Guns of Navarone at Ralph’s; Dana Lewis is out at the Old Post Office Pub in Grafton; Kung Fu Vampire performs with Twiztid, Blaza and Fury at the Palladium; Tripleshot rocks the Pump House.

Dr. Robert’s got both weekend nights at Sakura Tokyo.

Sunday, there’s a Grafton house concert with Tony Bird, and you can find out more about that by looking him up on facebook, or Googling Bird’s site; Whalebone Farmhouse is playing under the moose on the first floor of Ralph’s; and Peter DePasquale, Paul Provost, Glenn DiTamasso and Chet Williamson get together at Frank’s Pub.

On Monday, Sarah McQuaid is Patrick Moriarty’s guest on WCUW’s “In the Tradition,” which airs 5-8 p.m.

Next Thursday, there’s a Grafton house concert with Sarah McQuaid – and again you can facebook and Google that name for more information.

Other events:

The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek, a coming of age story set in the Depression, is being performed at the Michelson Theatre at Clark University through Saturday.

On Saturday, Helen Beaumont is the main presenter at PechaKucha night at 55 Pearl, starting at 7 p.m.

Seeking artists for Grafton Fine Arts and Music Festival

The fifth annual Grafton Fine Arts and Music Festival will be held on Friday, March 26, Saturday March 27 and Sunday March 28 at the Grafton Municipal Center. Both adults and school age youth are encouraged to submit their art work for display at the Festival.

The interest and participation in this well-received event has resulted in expanding the art categories to include: oil and acrylic painting, watercolor painting, traditional photography, digitally enhanced photography, sculpture, mixed media and assemblage, fiber art and graphic art (pencil, pastels, pen and ink). Thanks to the generosity of the Grafton Suburban Credit Union, cash prizes will be awarded to adults for first, second and third place in the listed categories. Youth will be eligible for savings bonds in two categories: children 11 and under and youth from 12through high school. Art awards will be determined by a panel of qualified judges; adult artists will be recognized in a Friday evening Reception and youth on Saturday morning at 11 AM. Artists will have the opportunity to price and sell their works at the Festival.

The artist prospectus can be found on-line at graftonartsfestival.org or obtained at the Grafton Municipal Center and Library, the Art and Frame Emporium in Westboro and Gaston’s Art and Frame in Shrewsbury.

The postmarked deadline to register art work for the Festival is Wednesday, March 17. There is a $7 per work registration fee which entitles the artist to a free weekend pass for admission to the Festival including all music performances and workshops. Funds generated by admission fees will help fund future festivals. Call 508-887-9969 for more information.

GSMS 9 rehearsal - "Young Americans" with Dan Burke on the mic

Stone Cold Crazy - GSMS rehearsal Jan. 2010

Check out www.greenstreetrocks.com for more info on the next show, celebrating the local music scene with the music of Queen, Bowie and Elton John at the Lucky Dog Music Hall on Feb. 13.

Thursday, The LSD Enigma trips out at Ralph’s with Death to New England; Dan Mills joins the Great Whiskey Rebellion at Tammany Hall; and The Tokyo Tramps open for The Flock at the Lucky Dog.

Friday, Goatwhore joins Suffocation and Scalpel at The Palladium; Super Power, Colin and the Cancer, Cheech and Get Laid join forces at The Raven; Billy Cameron sings at Greendale’s; Shane Hall, Dusty Cobb and Humanwine join Dave Magario for his CD release show at The Q; The Resurrection Sorrow joins Mercury Wings as part of Jagfest at London Billiards, along with Run for the Hills, an Iron Maiden tribute; Justice Hill headlines the Lucky Dog; The Ten Foot Polecats splits the bill with Smokestack and the Foothill Fury at The Dive Bar; Playin’ Dead’s laying down at Tammany Hall; Driving Rain splashes the Blue Plate; Keep Me Conscious and The Coming Weak take the Ralph’s stage; Jason James rips it up at Beatnik’s; The Throttles open up at Vincent’s; Carol O’Shaugnessy and Tom Lamark team up at Nick’s; the Hard Drive Band hits the Blue Plate; and Soulstice throws a beach party at the Gardner Ale House.

Saturday, The Great Whiskey Rebellion headlines The Grind at Clark; Hard Number Nine has a CD release show at Tammany Hall; Leaving Eden rocks The Fifth Amendment; Birch Hill Dam returns to London Billiards; Ryan Flaherty performs at the Sahara Restaurant; Critical Condition does covers at Oxford Tavern; Auntie Trainwreck is back at the Wheelock Inn; Wicked Whiskey rumbles with the Throttles and Psychobilly Cadillac at Ralph’s; Jug o’ Punch stirs it up at the Celtic Tavern; Silverbacks bring blues, rock and soul to Nick’s; The Cosby Sweaters return to the Galway Bay; the Barnstormers stomp at Vincent’s; and the Last Call Band hits Irish Times.
The Matt Schwachman Band takes care of the weekend nights at Sakura Tokyo.
Sunday, Jason James returns to Nick’s.

Other events:

The annual Flora in Winter opens Thursday at the Worcester Art Museum.

On Saturday, Sturbridge Village hosts Fire and Ice Day, where you can learn about the ice harvesting industry. Also, the Harlem Wizards take on the Grafton All-Stars at Grafton High School.

Club notes, Thursday, Jan. 14

Thursday, Bill McCarthy hosts what he’s calling Open Mic World at TJ O’Brien’s; Osious Nine Millz and TGA presents Black light Fridays at Centro las Americas on Sycamore Street; Speaker for the Dead and the Mad Cowboy join Shane Hall at the Raven; Summoning Hate, Goreality and more do metal night at Ralph’s; Ashlands Attic is at Tammany Hall; the Birch Evergreen Band is at the Halfway Café in Marlboro; and Troy, Jeremy, Duncan and Brooks return to the Dive.

Friday, SmartBomb joins Mountain Man, Bear Trap, No Shit and Pit Fall at the Crescent Café (with an early show starting at 5:30 p.m.); Vallon, Malice, Scare Don’t Fear and more do an all-ages show at the QVCC; Lisa and Brett Brumby from She’s Busy sing at Greendale’s; Ayla will take part in a concert with The James Montgomery Blues Band, The Johnny Winter Band, Brad Whitford, Johnny A., Barry Goudreau and The Uptown Horns in the Guitar Legends of Rock‘N Blues at Mechanics Hall; Rose Colored Glasses return to the Kaz Bar, playing classic rock covers; We Met Aliens joins To the Wolves, Levity and At Sincerities End at London Billiards; Slitstitch joins the stage with The Pathetics, The Automatons, The Egos and the Evil Streaks at Ralph’s; The John Austin Band does the blues at City Lights; Johnny Press is out at the Pump House in Southbridge; The Hornitz joins Sophistafunk at Beatnik’s; The Stop is with The Brew at Tammany Hall; Johnny Carlevale and the Rolling Pins rock it at Vincent’s; the Tool tribute Schism headlines the Lucky Dog.

Saturday, Musclecah leads a benefit in memory of Cassie Poulin at Break-Away Billiards; Jazzed Up is in the all new Union Station Cotton Club; Epinero does a night of hip-hop at the House of Worship on Cambridge Street; Bill McCarthy’s singing at Junior’s Pizza; Red Pony joins the lineup in a Concert for Charity at the DoubleTree in Milford; Scalpel is with The Nile and many more at The Palladium; Ken Macy sings at the Spruce Street Tavern in Clinton; The Turkeys head out for a shoot with Hello Ninja at the Lucky Dog; No Alibi’s back rocking Greendale’s; Patty Keough and the Boys headline Ralph’s; Lesions joins a show with nine other bands, on two stages, at Mill Street Brews; Revolver shoots at Irish Times; MASS STAND UP 2 hits Tammany Hall with performances by E The Real, Spit Supreme, Cocaine Robots, Black Ownaz..with special guests Paul Mighty, Skivi B, and Gutta; Panache is out at Chopsticks in Leominster; Auntie Trainwreck’s playing hits at JJ’s; the Mighty Bad Habits open for Joe Louis Walker at the Bull Run in Shirley; and the Last Call Band is packing the Wheelock Inn in Millbury.

Sunday, The Delta Generators are playing a show put on by Blues Worcester at Mechanics Hall. For $15, you also get an all you can eat barbecue buffet, and tickets for the show are $16. The Generators will be showcasing some new tunes to be on their upcoming disc. The buffet is available at 5 p.m. and the show is at 6 p.m.