Doors 7pm, Show 730pm

$20 Advance, $25 Day of Show

"Lizzie is a magnetic performer and a rising star in the Americana world — and when you hear her, you'll understand why. She's got a way of writing songs that are tender, incisive, gentle and intense, all at the same time. She's one of those artists who makes you feel like they're singing directly to you." -NPR World Cafe

New York singer-songwriter, harpist, and guitarist Lizzie No is one of the most exciting new voices in contemporary Americana music. As a black artist growing up in New York, Lizzie discovered folk and country music in high school and at Stamford listening to the likes of Bob Dylan, The Cranberries, The Avett Brothers and The Dixie Chicks. The daughter of an African-American singer/church organist with a day job and an Irish-American Spanish teacher, perhaps the blending of cultures she grew up with is one of the reasons she seems so original. Or perhaps Lizzie No is just an exceptionally talented artist with a gift for making music sound fresh and relevant.

Her 2017 debut album, Hard Won, was hailed as “simultaneously understated and fervent” by Billboard Magazine. No’s 2019 album, Vanity, was a hit at college radio stations across the country, cracking the NACC Top Adds Chart. Rolling Stone Magazine called the first single, 'Narcissus,' a 'crisp alt-rock gem' and a 'Song You Need To Know.' After dropping a surprise home-studio-made EP in 2020, Lizzie is currently working on her third studio album and sharing music and writing with her loyal subscriber base on ampled.com/artist/lizzieno.

Lizzie has toured with Iron & Wine, Adia Victoria, Ron Pope, Sarah Shook and the Disarmers, Queer Country, and has showcased at festivals - Newport Folk Fest, Americanafest, South by Southwest, and Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. She is also a winner of the American Songwriter Magazine Lyrics Contest.

This is an All Ages event.

Hotel Congress

Lizzie No

Gigs

Tucson

Hotel Congress Plaza

DJs Bex & Halsero soundtrack your Saturday night dancing on the Plaza. 

This is a 21+ event.

Bex & Halsero

Halsero - THROW SOME FLIPS - Instrumental

Sunday February 12th

4-7pm

$10

Congress Cookout Blues is presented by The Southern Arizona Blues Heritage Foundation!

All Welcome

Congress Cookout: Bad News Blues Band

Saturday February 18th

Doors 7pm | Show 730pm

$15 Advance | $18 Day of Show

**David Huckfelt**

David Huckfelt is a singer/ lyricist /activist and founding frontman of Minneapolis indie-folk cult favorites The Pines. An Iowa native and former theology student, Huckfelt attended the Iowa Writers Workshop before turning his attention to songwriting and performing. With improvisational mastery, Huckfelt’s shows and songs of no-spiritual-surrender have earned him a devoted following from small-town opera houses & theaters to national festival stages like Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Edmonton and Calgary Folk Fests, and the legendary First Avenue mainroom, sharing stages with Mavis Staples, Emmylou Harris, Bon Iver, Calexico, Trampled By Turtles & more. An early encounter and collaboration with radical Native American poet John Trudell introduced Huckfelt as friend & partner to an array of Indigenous artists & activists including Winona LaDuke, Louise Erdrich, & Keith Secola, working for climate justice and tribal sovereignty under the banner of music + resistance. With roots in the same fertile Midwestern soil that produced legendary folk singers like John Prine and Greg Brown, David's new solo work preserves a rugged optimism that blasts through layers of dark in real time with songs that speak volumes, soft & clear.

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David Huckfelt with Billy Sedlmayr

Billy Sedlmayr

David Huckfelt

Sunday February 19th

4-7pm

$10

Congress Cookout Blues is presented by The Southern Arizona Blues Heritage Foundation!

All Welcome

Congress Cookout: Paul Green & Midnight Blues 

MARDI GRAS 2023!

Thursday Feb. 23rd

Doors 7pm, Show 730pm

$10 Advance | $13 Day of Show

**MARK STUART**

Flashy guitar “chops” and great story-telling are just the beginning of Mark Stuart’s Americana/Folk tour. His focus in recent years is touring solo, depending on the songs he has penned and recorded, delivered with a soulful singing voice and highly memorable guitar playing. It’s hard to escape a great Nashville family name (Earle) but Mark Stuart’s rock, blues, country, and folk music roots are impeccable in their own right. And they make an exciting show!

One can find Mark Stuart on any given night in a small theater, coffeehouse, house concert, festival stage, club, church auditorium, etc. giving it his all. Aside from that, he could be instructing at a guitar clinic, songwriting workshop, or playing on someone’s recording session. As co-owner of Gearle Records he has produced or co-produced many albums. Stuart’s career has repeatedly taken him to all of the USA, Canada, Europe, and the United Kingdom, and, has spanned several decades. Article credit: Firststreetcc.com

All are welcome.

Mark Stuart

Honky-Tonk Time Machine with Jim McGuinn, Red McAdam, and DJ Bord-er Lord

Saturday February 25th

Doors 630pm, Show 7pm

$10

All Welcome

Honky-Tonk Time Machine

Connie Brannock and her lil House of Funk return for her monthly Congress Cookout!

4-7 pm

$10 Advance

"A vocal firecat, songwriter, bandleader, power performer" is an apt description of Connie Brannock as she lead her crack band through a night of great, energetic blues and soul. Match that with the Congress Cookout BBQ, and you have an unbeatable Sunday combo.

All welcome

Congress Cookout: Connie Brannock's Little House of Funk

Saturday March 4

Doors 7pm, Show 7:30pm

$20 Advance, $25 Day of Show

\-- The Queen’s Cartoonists Bio --The Queen’s Cartoonists perform music from cartoons! Pulling from over 100 years of animation, TQC’s performances are perfectly synchronized to the films projected on stage. The band matches the energy of the cartoons, leading the audience through a world of virtuosic musicianship, multi-instrumental mayhem, and comedy.

Projections of animated films dazzle the audience, while the band re-creates original soundtracks note-for-note, or writes their own fresh compositions to modern pieces, all the while breathing new life into two uniquely American forms of art: jazz and animation. Tying everything together is the TQC brand of comedy - anecdotes about the cartoons and their composers, stream-of-consciousness humor, and elements of a musical circus.

Watch your favorite classic cartoon characters interact with the musicians on stage, and expect the unexpected from the Golden Age of Animation, cult cartoon classics, and modern animated films. Inspired by the cross-roads of jazz, classical music, and cartoons, TQC features Jazz Age composers like Carl Stalling, Raymond Scott, and Duke Ellington, alongside classical giants Mozart, Rossini, and R. Strauss (to name just a few).

All welcome

The Queen's Cartoonists! 

4pm

$10 Advance + Day of Show

All welcome

An Evening with GeminiiDragon

FREE on the Hotel Congress Plaza

Doors 7pm, Show 8pm

\-- THE LUCKY DEVILS BAND --The Lucky Devils Band, a customizable event band, showcase their talents! This showcase is the band rehearsal evening - they'll be playing new and old material, and they'll probably play some pretty unusual stuff too - always a lot of fun! They'll play a mixture of chilled out music and high energy tunes. Lucky Devils showcases are a relaxed, free, public gig where you can see the band performing live. You can ask any questions, talk to the musicians, and get a good feel for how amazing and different the band is compared to everything else out there. Showcases are an invaluable part of your event planning research and the best way to ensure that you get a great band! Showcases are also a fun evening out - you can talk to the band and see them playing a variety of styles.

This is an All ages event.

Lucky Devils Band Showcase

An Evening with Eddie 9V

Doors 7p, Show 730p

$12 Advance, $15 Day of Show

As far back as he can remember, Capricorn Studios was calling Eddie 9V. As a kid scanning the sleeves of his favorite vinyl records, this fabled facility in Macon, Georgia, was always the secret ingredient, adding a little grit and honey to every song born on its floor. Capricorn and the bands who blew through it urged the Atlanta guitarist to ditch school at 15, play his fingers bloody throughout the south, and turn apathy into acclaim for early albums Left My Soul in Memphis (2019) and Little Black Flies (2021).

Eddie spent his first quarter-century admiring Capricorn from afar. But in December 2021, the 26-year-old finally put his thumbprint on the studio's mythology, corralling an eleven-strong group of the American South's best roots musicians to track his third album. "There was overwhelming excitement at being in such a legendary studio," he says. "But we hugged and got right to work. Everyone was joyous, loving, and flat-out playing their asses off."

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Eddie 9V

The Come Up

**Tucson Swing Fest 2023 - Get Ready for Dancing!**

**March 10-12 @ Hotel Congress & Armory Park**

- Lizzy and the Triggermen
- Wholly Cats Jazz Band
- Mysterious Babies
- Burque Jazz Bandits
- Sonoran Switch Weekend

**\-- Tickets --**

Earliest Bird $80\*

Early Bird $95\*

Advance $110

\*very limited quantities

\-- www.tucsonswingfestival.com --

This is an All ages event.

Tucson Swing Festival 2023

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Social

Friday March 10th

Doors 7p, Show 730pm

$25 Advance, $30 Day of Show

\-- LIZZY & THE TIGGERMAN --Dubbed "10-piece jazz sensations" (LA Weekly) and "one of the hottest swing bands in LA" (Good Day LA), Lizzy & the Triggermen is forging a path like no other.

Underneath the old school glamour is a captivatingly modern band who is just as at home selling out legendary venues like the Troubadour as topping the jazz charts (#3 iTunes) alongside heavyweights like Miles Davis and Kamasi Washington.

Part of Lizzy & the Triggermen’s “time traveling genius” (Music Connection) is their ability to thrillingly marry the old with the new, simultaneously transporting the audience back in time, and forward. Like the great tunes of the 1930s which so inspire them, their music boldly tackles our modern troubles and turns them into killer dance songs that fill the audience with joy the way only a wailing horn section can. As their debut EP succinctly states: they make “Good Songs for Bad Times.”

This is a 21+ event

Lizzy and the Triggermen

Lizzy & The Triggermen

Join Southern Arizona Blues Heritage Foundation for a Memorial Concert celebrating the life of Tucson Hall of Fame Blues singer and friend Anna Warr.

Sunday, March 19th on the Hotel Congress Plaza

Doors at 1pm

Line Up TBD

This is a free event, but donations are being accepting both online and at the Memorial

All Welcome

Celebrating Anna Warr - A Memorial Concert

Two-time Grammy nominee Caloncho performs live on the Plaza stage.

His first EP "Homeotermo" was recorded in 2011, and soon after, he started working with músician Siddhartha (a former-teacher and friend). He asked him to be his producer and Siddhartha agreed, saying about him: "Caloncho is a newly born musician, he is being newly discovered, both by himself and by those around him. He sent me a sample of his music and I immediately felt it was a musical obligation to help extract the sweet juice from his fruitful melodies."

Caloncho then released his second EP, titled "Fruta" (Fruit), in September 2013. This production mixes his unique musical style with rhythms and stories of Mexican national folk, beaches, and forest rhythms, as well as urban sounds. All these sounds are used to retell different situations from his own life.

"We experimented a lot during the creation of the EP. We used organic sounds and objects that are not considered musical instruments, such as water, fruit, seeds, lighters, etc. I love it and I want to hear it", he said.

Caloncho has admitted that thanks to music, he has been able to live his life through all his senses. Music has also allowed him to feel completely connected with his family. "My dad would write and play songs for us, and he would invite us to build on them, as a way to be in communion with each other," he's said.

In 2015 he published the LP, "Fruta Vol. II" (Fruit Vol. II), a production worked with certain arrangements.

He was nominated for the Latin Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album

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Caloncho

Metalachi returns to the Plaza stage and they're hooking up the first 100 people through the door with a shot of Skrewball Whiskey!

On a hot summer night in Veracruz, Consuela Espinoza stumbled out of her dilapidated shanty & into Rock N Roll history. What began as an innocent night of snorting horse tranquilizers in a hotel room with 7 members of the village jai alai team went on to produce the greatest metal band to ever live. Unhampered by a steady regime of tequila & ill-advised sumo lessons, 9 months later 5 bastard children where born. Unable to care for her hungry offspring & concerned that motherhood would seriously interfere with her Tuesday night Karaoke league, Consuela packed the babies into the saddlebags of a burro & sent her children off to America in search of a better life. Against all odds, 14 years later & nearly dead from dehydration, the burro knelt down to drink from the stagnant waters of the Rio Grande, mere yards from the U.S. border. With one fleeting burst of energy the brothers Espinoza cinco climbed from their leather restraints & scampered the vast reaches of the river, collapsing onto the sweet amber hue of American soil. As if by destiny, lodged in the sand beneath their tanned faces was a record sleeve upon which were the words “PARANOID” and “BLACK SABBATH”. For years to follow, this definitive black metal album served not only as a teacher & mentor, but also a friend. From these bleak & humble begins grew the seed that would eventually be the band we know today. Often referred to as the greatest heavy metal band to ever live..always referred to as…METALACHI.

21+

Metalachi

Livin' On a Prayer

Doors 7pm

$10 Advance, $12 Day of Show

\-- THE BENNU --Blending elements of psychedelic, progressive, and electronic rock with jazz sensibilities, infectious dance beats and group improvisation, The Bennu delivers dynamic live shows that are unique with each performance. The musical tapestry is woven together with captivating female lead vocals and inspired songwriting. With brilliantly accessible musicianship, The Bennu takes its audience on a journey of mystical sonic and melodic exploration.

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The Bennu

“There’s a young lady \[Vanessa Collier\] came onstage with me, I forget where I was, but she’s playing an alto saxophone, and man, she was amazing.”

Those are the words of Buddy Guy in a recent issue of American Blues Scene, describing an impromptu performance with Vanessa Collier on the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise. If you haven’t been fortunate enough to meet Vanessa and witness one of her head-turning, fiery, and passionate performances, you should definitely make sure you do. As a master musician and multi-instrumentalist, Vanessa Collier, weaves funk, soul, rock, and blues into every powerful performance and she is downright impressive. With soulful vocals, searing saxophone, and witty songwriting, Vanessa is blazing a trail, racking up an impressive arsenal of honours, and has already singled herself out as an artist of distinction and one we would all do well to watch.

This is an All ages event.

Vanessa Collier

Friday March 31

Doors 7pm, Show 730pm

$12 Advance, $16 Day of Show

\-- CHRIS PIERCE--With deep roots in blues, folk, and indie, Pierce provides a perfect backdrop of guitar to his fierce and soaring vocals. With a voice that’s been compared to Ray Charles, Pierce packs powerful messages into song.

Chris Pierce gained national prominence with “We Can Always Come Back To This”. His hit co-write aired on 3 episodes of the #1 NBC primetime series ‘THIS IS US,' then went on to #1 on the Billboard Blues Chart. Pierce has done worldwide headlining tours and has performed with: B.B. King, Seal, Al Green, Allison Russell, Colbie Caillat, Rodrigo y Gabriella, Jill Scott, Keb’Mo, Blind Boys of Alabama, Aaron Neville & others. His recent album, 'AMERICAN SILENCE' garnered critical acclaim from NPR, Rolling Stone, NoDepression, SiriusXM, The Bluegrass Situation, AmericanaUK, Acoustic Guitar and others. PopMatters named ‘AMERICAN SILENCE’ THE #1 Best Folk Album of 2021.​

2022 highlights included a solo concert at The Kennedy Center, a duet with Sara Bareilles, a Super Bowl commercial with Miley Cyrus & Dolly Parton, a sold-out Troubadour show with Allison Russell, and performance/interviews on both NPR’s WORLD CAFE and MOUNTAIN STAGE broadcast to 300 NPR affiliates. Stellar performances at Newport Folk, Folk Alliance, Four Corners Fest, Kerrville Folk, & NC Folk Festivals brought further acclaim.

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Chris Pierce

Chris Pierce - 45 Jukebox

Tuesday April 4th

Doors 630pm, Show 7pm

$10 Advance, $12 Day of Show

21+

Grammy Nominated Songwriter, Christine Santelli has been on the NYC music scene for more than 3 decades. She has toured around the world and has released 9 CD’s over her career. Her Songwriting has caught the attention of Soul R&B singer Bettye LaVette, who has recorded two of Santelli’s songs on her last two albums “Step Away” on 2015 release “Worthy” and “Old” 2013 release “More Thankful More Thoughtful.

Heather Lil’ Mama Hardy was Inducted to The Arizona Blues Hall of Fame in 2002 is a consistent part of the Tucson music scene . She also maintains her roots in the New York music community and regularly brings artists from New York to be featured in Tucson .

Christine and Heather joined forces to create their duo in 2004 . On Heather’s tri-annual trips to New York , they are a staple in the New York Blues scene . Heather Has also been a part of the Christine Santelli Band for tours and regional gigging. There is a special bond that exists between these women that have been powering through the music industry for many years. And it is apparent on stage .

This is Christine’s 3rd Trip to Tucson and every time she has been a huge hit with our community .

Christine and Heather together will be the featured set of the evening … but Heather’s Lil’ Mama Band will close out the show with a rocking dance set, and if we are lucky … Christine will join them !!

21+

Christine Santelli / Heather Hardy Duo

Saturday April 15th

Doors 7pm, Show 730pm

$20 Advance, $25 Day of Show

\-- LAURIE LEWIS AND THE RIGHT HANDS --Her voice is a rare combination of grit and grace, strength and delicacy. Her stories always ring true.- Linda Ronstadt

For nearly four decades, Laurie Lewis has gathered fans and honors for her powerful and emotive voice and her versatile, dynamic songwriting. She is a sought-after recording producer and an equally skilled teacher and mentor.

And she is an inspiration and a ground-breaker—across genres, across geography and across gender barriers.

Laurie has shown us how a woman can blend into any part of the classic bluegrass singing trio, and she showed us how a great voice could move fluidly between bluegrass and other types of music. She showed us how a female fiddler could emulate the strength and grit of the early bluegrass musicians. She has shown how a Californian can appeal to traditional bluegrass audiences, as well as winning acclaim in the worlds of Americana and folk music.

She has shown us how to lead bands of talented musicians—learning from them while helping them make their best music. And she has shown us how to thrive in a constantly changing musical environment—without ever sacrificing her art.

All Welcome.

Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands

The Coolers play their Rockin' Roll, Soul, Blues, & Funk for this Sunday's Congress Cookout!

$10

4-7pm

All welcome

Congress Cookout: The Coolers

Wednesday April 20th

Doors 7pm

**DOUGIE POOLE**

A country songwriter from Brooklyn's indie underground, Dougie Poole blurs the lines between genre and generation on his third solo album, The Rainbow Wheel of Death. Rooted in sharp songwriting, Poole's golden baritone, and the organic sounds of a live-in-the-studio band, it's a classic-sounding record for the modern world, stocked with songs that make room for everything from old-school synthesizers to contemporary storytelling.

The Rainbow Wheel of Death's title nods to the colorful pinwheel that appears onscreen whenever a computer's application stalls. For Poole — who found himself working as a freelance computer programmer once the pandemic brought his touring schedule to a temporary halt in 2020 — it's also a reference to the holding pattern that's left much of society feeling stuck, unable to move ahead in an uncertain world. That feeling was pervasive when he began writing these nine songs, finishing the first handful of tracks in his New York City bedroom and wrapping up the songwriting process in the recording studio itself, this time surrounded by a band of collaborators and instrumentalists.

Once hailed as the "patron saint of millennial malaise" for his sardonic wit and topical, tongue-in-cheek songwriting, Poole broadens his reach here. He fine-tunes his genre-bending approach to country music, too, with The Rainbow Wheel of Death reaching far beyond the genre's boundaries for new sounds and unexpected textures. "High School Gym" builds a bridge between 2020s lo-fi textures and 1980s pop vibes, while "Must Be In Here Somewhere" — whose narrator sits at a lap top, searching through "every server burning in North Carolina" for a digital souvenir of a long-lost relationship — mixes modern concerns with classic country instrumentation. If records like 2017's Wideass Highway and 2020's breakthrough release The Freelancer's Blues told stories about uninspired Millennials languishing in dead-end jobs and no-good relationships, then The Rainbow Wheel of Death focuses on more universal issues like mortality, love, and the passing of the time.

With The Rainbow Wheel of Death, Dougie Poole breathes new life into country music, retaining the acclaimed elements of his previous work — drum machines, acoustic guitars, synthesizers, and his deep-set voice — while pushing toward something warm, organic, and prismatic.

This is a 21+ event

Dougie Poole

Don't You Think I'm Funny Anymore?

Agave Fiesta 2023!

Saturday April 29th

7-10pm

21+

$65 Advance

This annual signature event showcases all things agave with over 50 artisanal and ancestral mezcals and an agave cocktail showcase! Enjoy live music, delicious food, agave spirit tastings, agave art, and presentations from industry experts. Price includes 4 agave spirit tastes, 2 beers, 3 cocktails, and paired food from the Cup Café culinary team.

More details coming soon!

21+

Agave Fiesta

foodanddrink

Food & drink

Tuesday May 2nd

Doors 7pm, Show 730pm

GA: $25 Advance, $30 Day of Show

M&G: $125 Advance Only

Presale: Wed 1/25 10am - Thu 1/26 6pm

General On Sale: Fri 1/27 10am

\-- JOSEPH -- For nearly a decade, Oregon-bred indie-pop trio Joseph have performed a certain emotional alchemy with their music, channeling their deepest inner tensions into songs that spark a life-changing shift in perspective. In the making of their third studio album The Sun, Natalie Closner and her sisters, twins Meegan Closner and Allison Closner focused their soul-searching songwriting on the quietly damaging forces that keep us from living fully in our truth (e.g., gaslighting, cultural conditioning, unconscious yet painfully limiting self-beliefs). Rooted in a newly emboldened sound that lets their breathtaking three-part harmonies shine more brightly than ever, the result is a body of work that radically expands our sense of possibility, ultimately illuminating a path toward greater peace and self-reliance even in the most chaotic of times.

\--VIP TICKETING INFO--**\*If VIP purchasers have any questions about the package please contact Info@Future-Beat.com.**

\*VIP details and check-in information will be emailed by On Location prior to the show- please check your Spam/Junk folders if you do not see an email within a week of the show date.

\*VIP merchandise will be distributed at the show

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Joseph

Side Effects

Friday May 12th

Doors 630p, Show 7pm

$12.50 Advance, $15 Day of Show

\-- SOPHIA RANKIN & THE SOUND-- Sophia Rankin & The Sound (SRS) is an acclaimed Alternative Folk Rock band originating from Tucson, Arizona. Front woman Sophia Rankin began performing in 2015, and has since won first-place awards at both the 2017 Tucson Desert Song Festival and the 2018 Stefan George Songwriting competition for her original music. Founded in 2020, SRS now consists of Connor Rankin on drums and synth, Noah Weig-Pickering on lead guitar, and Ben Arthur Mortensen on bass and vocals. SRS has played internationally and locally, opening for acts such as Roger Clyne and The Peacemakers, The Black Moods, Jake Owen, Diamond Rio, and Ryanhood. They have performed at The Rialto Theatre, Dusk Music Festival, Tucson Folk Festival, and more while headlining shows at venues such as Hotel Congress and 191 Toole. Their unique blend of folk, pop, Americana, and rock music reveals introspective songwriting that resonates with listeners of all ages. Their original music is available on all listening platforms and services.

\-- ADAM TOWNSEND BAND -- With a passion for soul music, and an allegiance to classic rock, Adam Townsend’s retro leaning style has an equally timeless and fresh energy. Born in the vibrant desert of Tucson, Arizona, persistence and resilience have echoed throughout his story and his path toward pursuing a music career. After a decade of challenges, he recorded his debut album "All My Fires" with Grammy-nominated producer Andrija Tokic (Alabama Shakes, Langhorne Slim) in Nashville TN. Adam's vintage-inspired sound has earned comparisons to artists like Michael Kiwanuka, Ray LaMontagne & Nathaniel Rateliff. His music has been featured in the #1 Netflix show “Ginny & Georgia” and has over 5 million streams. With plans for a follow-up album underway, this modern-day troubadour is a testament to the power of hard work. His music speaks for itself, and big things are expected from this undeniable talent.

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