Friday, November 20
*Everyone raised here likes
2 Live Crew, pretty much. So everyone we've mentioned this party to is excited about the fact that the group is playing for just
$10 tonight at
White Room in Miami.
Click here for full details.
*Tonight is day one of the
97th birthday celebration for
Tobacco Road in Miami! Lots of local favorites play, and admission is
$10.
Click here for full details.
*Lake Worth songwriter extraordinaire
John Ralston plays at Lake Worth venue extraordinaire
Propaganda; the special thing tonight is a between-bands appearance by the "
Beards of Comedy," from Georgia. Admission is
$8;
click here to read more about them.
*Multi-instrument whiz
Fernando Perdomo and songwriting chanteuse
Sol Ruiz play together at
Moonchine in Miami. Admission is
free, but it's a restaurant -- luckily the food there is cheap (and tasty).
Click here to visit Sol Ruiz's MySpace page.
Saturday, November 21
*The vaguely psychedelic new local acts
Arboles Libres, Flower Flower Yes, and
Ice Cream play a
free in-store at
Sweat Records in Miami.
Click here for full show details, and
click here for a free MP3 from Ice Cream.
*Get schooled in real hip-hop culture tonight at the
Sixth Annual Organic Hip-Hop Artist Showcase. It's at the
African Heritage Cultural Arts Center in Miami, and admission is
$7, or $5 with two cans of food. Click here for full details.
*It's day two of
Tobacco Road's 97th birthday party, and again, admission is
$10. If you missed the link just a few sentences above,
click here for full details.
*Local bluesman
Albert Castiglia can always be found playing somewhere over the weekend; tonight he's at
Rosey Baby in Sunrise. Admission is
free.
Click here for full details.
Sunday, November 22
*At
Harvey's on the Bay -- that's the official name for the bar at the American Legion in Miami -- today is a party called
PIG, or "Pig Is Good." It's an event to celebrate all the delicious parts of the animal, hosted by
Chef Jeremiah. He's Rick Ross' personal chef, and have you seen the size of that guy? Jeremiah isn't playing around when it comes to food. The soundtrack comes from live acoustic sets by
Afrobeta, Elastic Bond, and
Uncle Scotchy, and admission is
free.
Click here for full details.
*Relaxed reggae staples
Spred the Dub play at
Bull Bar in Delray Beach for
free.
Click here for full details.