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The schedule has been announced for the annual Friday night Concerts in the Park at Cesar Chavez Park. The free shows will run May 7th through August 13th, from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM. From their web site:

Music addicts and happy hour junkies fill up Cesar Chavez Plaza at 10th and J streets to enjoy live music, fresh air, good food, and the famous beer garden. Admission is FREE to this all ages show!

Here’s the schedule so far, click the “read more” at the bottom to see the full schedule. And of course, check their web site for updates.

May 7 – Kepi Ghoulie
The Kelps Dog Party

May 14 – Rick Estrin & The Nightcats
Low Down Dirty Dogs

May 21 – Dance Gavin Dance
Phallucy
Con of Man
Desario

May 28 – Mike Farrell
Aaron King & The Imperials
One Eyed Rhino

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Today’s Sacramento Bee had a nice article on all-ages music venues here in Sactown. Hey, music doesn’t care how old you are! You can read their article here.

It begins:

Much has been made of midtown and downtown Sacramento’s resurgent night life scene, with its wine bars and swank cocktail lounges. But a different renaissance is occurring as well – one less shiny, more grass-roots and definitely aimed at a younger crowd.

Sacramento’s all-ages music scene, once mostly spread out to suburban venues such as the Boardwalk and Club Retro, both in Orangevale, has centralized over the past few years and especially the past several months, with several intriguing all-ages (as opposed to 21-plus or 18-plus) venues opening either in or within a guitar pick’s throw of midtown.

And it goes on from there, check it out. Then let us know, did they get it right? Did they leave out the best place? If you have an opinion or an addition, feel free to leave us a comment.

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Seattle band Post Harbor will be in Sacramento on March 10th at The Shire Road Club in support of their new record “They Can’t Hurt You if You Don’t Believe in Them”. Also on the bill are Golden Arm, Even the Atlantic, and IknowIhavelost. Cost is $10.

The Shire Road Club is an ALL AGES Venue In Sacramento, locaed at 5525 Auburn Boulevard - Sacramento, California – between the 7-11 & The Bird Store.

Here’s what the Seattle Weekly said about Post Harbor:

“The shoegazing quintet Post Harbor is like Sunny Day Real Estate’s doting younger cousin—and in this city, that’s not a bad thing. A lot of us have been craving some good, moody post-rock since Sunny Day’s triumphant reunion show at the Paramount last year, and the songs on Post Harbor’s They Can’t Hurt You if You Don’t Believe in Them fit the description perfectly. It’s intensely visceral stuff: Melting vocals drift in and out among bleak, empathic guitar lines. At times, the songs drop to nothing but a fluid cello melody or some thin keyboard notes. The effect is almost gaspingly beautiful. It’s music that creeps up before crashing into you like cold waves on a seashore—just as the best parts of SDRE’s self-titled “pink album” does.”

Post Harbor web site

Shire Road Club MySpace

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Jarrod Gorbel, the man behind the Honorary Title, is headed out on his first solo tour, bringing him to Luigi’s Fungarden TOMORROW! Show is at 7:30pm and all ages.

From his site:

The Honorary Title began several years ago as a moniker for Brooklyn singer-songwriter Jarrod Gorbel’s solo folk musings, but later evolved into the full-fledged quartet responsible for 2007’s critically acclaimed Scream and Light Up the Sky (Doghouse/Warner Bros.) Gorbel has come full circle this year, stepping out from behind the Honorary Title name and recording two remarkable new discs. His recently-released tour EP, Ten Years Older and the upcoming Devil’s Made A New Friend – Gorbel’s debut solo LP – mine classic soul, traditional folk and Americana, incorporating strings, horns and female backing vocals for a sound more lush and organic than any of his previous work.

Jarrod Gorbel on MySpace

The Honorary Title on MySpace

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Santa Cruz party starters Wooster will be bringing their unique blend
of blues, soul and reggae to Harlow’s this Thursday, March 4 at 10
PM (opening band starts at 8 PM). Tickets are $10 and available online at https://www.gribbendesign.com/harlows/ or at the door.

This is what we are told about the band. “Since releasing their debut album THE HEIGHTS OF THINGS, the band has been busy spreading the love up and down the California coast. Combines the vitality of youth with the talent of veteran musicians, Wooster creates a fresh sound not to be missed.” Is that true? Only one way to find out…

Harlows is located at 2708 J Strreet in Sacramento, phone 916-441-4693.

Wooster on MySpace

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