Celebrate the holiday week with lots of local blues and blues jams! Happy holidays!

Rhetta

Monday

There’s a Toys for Tots drive with Cody Matlock at Blind Willie’s. The Pork Bellys are at Fat Matt’s. Mike Watson hosts the jam at Loco’s in Alpharetta and Lola is the host for the jam at Northside Tavern.

Tuesday

Poverty Level is at Darwin’s and Frankie’s Blues Mission is at Blind Willie’s. Gray & The Bad Boys are at Fat Matt’s. Ross Pead & Friends are at Front Page News in Little 5 Points. Swami Gone Bananas is at Northside Tavern and there is an acoustic open mic with Bones at Nik’s Place in Marietta.

Wednesday

Darwin’s has the blues jam with The Cazanovas and The Electromatics are at Blind Willie’s. Trey Dahl is at Fat Matt’s. Mudcat is at Northside Tavern. Zaib Kahn hosts the open blues jam at Nik’s Place and there’s a blues jam with Nick Edelstein & Friends at Cabbage Pie. Jake Holliday’s Blues Jam takes place ar MoonShadow Tavern in Tucker and 7th Annual Holiday Hootnanny, a Benefit for Atlanta Habitat for Humanity takes place at Terminal West.

Thursday

Blind Willie’s has The Shadows and Cody Matlock & Friends are at Darwin’s Chickenshack is at Fat Matt’s and Nathan Nelson is acoustic at Nik’s Place. The Breeze Kings are at Northside Tavern. Lady D hosts her Eastside Thursday Rocking Open Mic Jam at Vibes Nite Club. Ross Pead is at MoonShadow Tavern and Larkin Poe is at Terminal West.

Friday

The Joe Gransden & Francine Reed Christmas Special is at Eddie’s Attic for 2 shows.
Royal Johnson has a CD Release Party with the Natchez Tracers Darwin’s and Houserocker Johnson & The Shadows are at Blind Willie’s. Willy Jackson is at Fat Matt’s and Wasted Potential Brass Band is at Northside Tavern. Rod Hamdallah is at Nik’s Place. The Garrett Collins Project is at Fanatics in Mableton and The Breeze Kings come to Maxwell’s Cigar Bar in Woodstock.

Saturday

The Mike Lowry Band is at Darwin’s. George Hughley is at Blind Willie’s and SaNa Blues is at Fat Matt’s. Tribute, A Celebration of the Allman Brothers Band is at Northside Tavern. The Marietta Holiday Benefit for McKenna Farms is at Nik’s Place and the Joe Gransden Christmas Special with Francine Reed moves to Red Clay Music Foundry, Duluth

Sunday

No news except Tony Levitas and The Levitations at Darwin’s. Christmas Eve for those who celebrate it!

That’s it! Have fun and keep on bluesin’!