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On Saturday, December 26th, Izabella will appear at the great local venue the Palms Playhouse in nearby Winters, CA.  The show kicks off at 8:00 PM and the ticket price is $12. Local friends 2Me will start off the evening.  A canned food drive is in the works to benefit a local non profit.

 Izabella’s April release, Drugs & Apple Pie has been warmly received throughout the West.  In addition to a solid studio presence, Izabella’s live performances are brimming with energy. Halloween weekend, the band set the bar at the 4^th annual Las Tortugas Festival.

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Jason Heath & the Greedy Souls are coming through Sacramento tomorrow on 12/8, playing the Torch Club. They create some killer modern Americana with a message. Their album, The Vain Hope of Horse, features guest spots from Tom Morello (RATM), Wayne Kramer (MC5), Nels Cline (Wilco), and Kid Lightning and the accordionist is Jason Federici, son of the late Danny Federici (The Boss’s E Street Band). Their for-charity track, “A Fighter’s Lullaby”, has received over 30,000 downloads on the Dannyfund.org website. Recommended for fans of: Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, The Nightwatchman, The Band, and The Pogues.

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On Saturday December 12th, 2009, Sacramento’s Swell Sister Society will be hosting their second annual group art show at the Coffee Garden.

The Second Saturday reception for the show will be from 6:00 to 9:00 PM. The show features 15 talented female artists, as well as music by Jasmein, a raffle, and refreshments. Along with the show pieces, Little Treasures (affordable art for everyone) will also be featured and any sales from those pieces will benefit the Women’s Wisdom Project at the Sacramento Food Bank, a very worthy cause.

Participating artists are: Petra B Wynbrandt, Elixabeth Wilson, Susan Bernard Webb, Mikie Spencer, Cheryl Root, Rebecca Rizzo, Janet Regan, Alyson Murphy, Cree Hudson, Olivia Hansen, Laurelin Gilmore, Juliana Gerber-Miller, Rachel Cate, and Janet Campbell.

The Coffee Garden, a nice place on any day, is located at 2904 Franklin Blvd in Sacramento. Come by and hear some music, see some art, and have some fun.

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Of course, we like the music best, but the whole event will be fun and it’s free!

Local musicians Ricky Berger, Autumn Sky, Katie Jane, and Drew Walker will be playing. For a schedule of who plays when, what art will be there, fashion, crafts, and other info, go here. They describe it as “A creative block party, hosted by Westfield Downtown Plaza, featuring artists, craft vendors, live music, food, drinks, a beer garden and more. And it’s all free. Twenty to 30 local artist/craft/fashion/pet vendors.” What’s not to like?

Saturday, 11/21, 12-6pm at Westfield Downtown Plaza.

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The rocking band Ape Machine from Portland, Oregon will be here in Sacramento at the Press Club (Club Pow) on November 16th. The band includes former Evening Episode (web site, wikipedia) member Brian True. Check ‘em out, they will rock your socks.

The Press Club is at 2030 P St, Sacramento in Sacramento and the show starts around 8:00. Check out music and video from Ape Machine on MySpace.

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Alison Sudol (also known as A Fine Frenzy) will be playing at The Boardwalk in support of her/their new album “Bomb In A Birdcage”. Also on the bill, RCA artist Landon Pigg. He’s supporting his latest: “The Boy Who Never” with the singles ”Falling in Love at a Coffee Shop” & “A Ghost”. Rounding out the bill is Among The Oak And Ash. Check out their links to hear some of their music, then get some tickets and head out to the show!

Doors open : 7:00 PM, show starts : 7:30 PM, $15.00 advance

The Boardwalk is at 9426 Greenback in Orangevale.

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Come to Marilyn’s on Sunday October 11 and help celebrate the birthday of local singer-songwriter Autumn Sky. She is described on the Marilyn’s site thus: “beautiful jazz voice major, composes, sings all of her songs, plays a lot of instruments and is performing with a full band which she has not done in a long time”. She’s also calling it her “Anti-Folk Festival” and will be supported by local acts Walking Spanish, Clemon’, Todd Morgan and the Emblems, All on Seven, Ryan McCarroll, and Dante Romandia.

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Legendary singer-songwriter Sal Valentino (learn more) will perform at Marilyn’s this Saturday night. October 10th is the date and 8:30 is the time. Sal was the man behind the Beau Brummels in the 60s, with hits like Laugh, Laugh and Just A Little. In the 70s, he lead the area favorites Stoneground. Opening the show are local rockers Walking Spanish.

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LA-based all-girl punk/glam/rock band Rocket just added a show in Sacramento on Friday, October 2nd at the Townhouse. They have just finished an album (produced by Matt Squire), and they’re also fresh off an appearance on HBO’s True Blood playing a “fake” band, “The God Rockets”. The girls have played in the area (Orangevale, Marysville) with the Horrorpops, the Suicide Girls and on the Van’s Warped tour, but this is their first time in Sacramento proper. The details:

ROCKET (with Boats! and The Babs Johnson Gang)
The Townhouse
10:00 p.m.,  21+
1517 21st St., Sacramento, CA 95814

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Former Sacramentans !!! (aka Chk Chk Chk) will be playing a show at the Town House Lounge this Friday, the 25th of September. Also on the bill will be Mayyors. A shout out to Clay for the update info and we also saw it on the browse-worthy SacRag site. The show is for 21+ and the cost is only $5.  Doors open 9:00 PM.

The Town House is located at 1517 21st Street here in Sacramento.

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