Cafe Nine - Schedule of Live Music, New Haven, CT

LIVE MUSIC AND YOUR FAVORITE DRINKS EVERY NIGHT

250 STATE STREET, NEW HAVEN, CT 06511 203-789-8281

The music schedule is updated as information becomes available. Please check back regularly for additions and updates. All shows are 21+ unless noted otherwise.
June 28 Sunday 8 pm	Open Jam hosted by The Langley Project
June 29 Monday	Beatnik 2000 #475, hosted by Edward Leonard Band: Victoria's Secret Sauce Music: Christian Marrone; The Colin Mason Project Words: Baub Bidon; David Taylor	No Cover
June 30 Tuesday	The Atom Age; w/ The Black Noise Scam; The Hand Me Downs • Horn tinged 21st Century Rock 'N' Roll band from Berkeley CA. Split 7 Inch with The Queers just released on Asian Man Records!	No Cover
July 1 Wednesday	DrinkDeeply Presents: Shark; w/ another tba • Electro rock and roll!	No Cover
July 2 Thursday 9pm SHARP	North Shore Troubadours; w/ The Clams; Nouveax Pony Banditos • A night of Connecticut Surf Rock!	$5
July 3 Friday 5-7 pm	Happy Hour - DJ You B • spinning a nice mix of just about everything. He's been gone for months.. catch him while he's back!	No Cover
July 3 Friday 10 pm	West Rockers; w/ Green Stripe; DJ See Love • the roots/reggae party of the summer featuring FREE vegetarian buffet, and the long-awaited return of DJ See Love	No Cover
July 4 Saturday	No jazz jam today
July 4 Saturday	CAFE NINE 2ND ANNUAL PUNK ROCK HOLIDAY BBQ EXTRAVAGANZA - FREE FOOD ALL NIGHT! Starting at 5 pm, and music at 8 pm w/ New England's #1 Ramones tribute The Cretins; w/ YESPLEASE
July 5 Sunday 8 pm	Open Jam hosted by T. Moody Caravan of Stars	No Cover
July 6 Monday	Beatnik 2000 #476, hosted by Edward Leonard Band: The Spinning Plates Music: Derek Holcomb; Ras Rick Words: Alicia Genova; Kyiel	No Cover
July 7 Tuesday 9 pm	Amy Speace and the Tearjerks; w/ Marc Douglas Berardo • Amy Speace plays sweet, twangy folk music with a clear voice and an innocent vulnerability • Read an interview with Amy Speace from the Hartford Courant	$7
July 8 Wednesday 9 pm	Bearkat; w/ the Loblolly Boy; Ben Erickson • a night of acoustic folk music!	No Cover
July 9 Thursday 9:30 pm	Wagon Riders; w/ DJ Jah Octopus • country rock - the music of Gram Parsons, Bob Dylan, the Byrds, and more featuring Jim Aveni and Jay Russell (of diamond j and the rough).	$5
July 10 Friday 5-7 pm	Happy Hour - Felicious; w/ Peter Lachmann • relax to the beautiful voice of singer/ keyboardist Felicia Mckiver as she sings up originals and some old favorites with Peter Lachman on his acoustic guitar and soulful harmonica. Jazz, R&B.	No Cover
July 10 Friday	The Cavemen Go ; w/ The Rub Wrongways Caravan of Stars • CD release for local indie pop stars The Cavemen Go! TRWCOS is a Northampton, MA. supergroup featuring members of the Bourgeois Heroes, School for the Dead, The Fawns and Sitting Next to Brian	$5
July 11 Saturday 4:30-7:30	Afternoon Jazz Jam hosted by Gary Grippo & Friends	No Cover
July 11 Saturday	Christine Ohlman & Rebel Montez • the queen of blue-eyed rock n' soul returns to the nine.	$8
July 12 Sunday 9pm SHARP	An Evening With ...The Felice Brothers • A last minute intimate show! Don't miss this!	$10
July 12 Sunday	No Open Jam tonight
July 13 Monday	Beatnik 2000 #477, hosted by Edward Leonard Music: Covin (acoustic); George Morgio; X Pun X Words: Afrikess; Simon Edgett; Mykl; Steve Ross	No Cover
July 14 Tuesday 8 pm	Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women • Grammy Award-winner Dave Alvin returns to Cafe Nine! What started as a one-off performance at last fall’s Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival has now become a full fledged act with an album out now on Yeproc.	$20
July 15 Wednesday 9 pm	Alteroosa; w/ Electric Bucket • Dark organ sounds, driven guitars and arresting rhythms combine with an understated female vocal to create an intense mood that commands attention. From Ireland.	No Cover
July 16 Thursday	Manic Productions Presents: Pattern is Movement; w/ Jerkagram; The Mega Mega • a night of math rock for fans of Don Cab, Maps & Atlases, etc.	$6
July 17 Friday 5-7 pm	Happy Hour - Edward Leonard & Friends • Beatnik 2000 host brings acoustic original works	No Cover
July 17 Friday	Justin Townes Earle; w/ Birdcage; Paul Panamarenko • Justin Townes Earle is a leader in the wave of new songwriters looking back to old time music for inspiration. He uses a base of acoustic blues and prewar folk to build his own brand of American roots music. He honed his live performance playing in his father Steve's band as a teeneager. Come check him out in this rare CT. small club appearance.	$10
July 18 Saturday 4:30-7:30	Afternoon Jazz Jam hosted by Brian Buster, Ken Aldrich	No Cover
July 18 Saturday	Davila 666; w/ Mannequin Men; Murdervan • Garage rock n' soul from Puerto Rico.	$7
July 19 Sunday 4:30-8	Dr. Sketchy's Anti Art School • "where art, burlesque, and booze casually mingle and make Sundays a little less lazy for artists and spectators alike"	$5
July 19 Sunday	No Open Jam tonight
July 19 Sunday 10 pm	Thy Will Be Done (from Providence RI); w/ Phantoms; another TBA • bludgeoning heavy metal • equipment fundraiser for TWBD	$6
July 20 Monday	Beatnik 2000 #478, hosted by Edward Leonard Band: Torque Music: Floatin' Fred plays the music in his head; Robert Miller Words: Karen Johnson; Venus	No Cover
July 21 Tuesday 9 pm	Reeves Gabrels • Rescheduled Date!!!- a Grammy-nominated guitarist/songwriter/producer best known for both his work with David Bowie and his aggressive guitar style that combines the visceral energy of rock, the harmonic sophistication of jazz, the emotional honesty of blues and country, and an ear for the unusual. Reeves has also contributed music for film work by famed director David Lynch, and other bands and artists such as The Cure, Nine Inch Nails, Brian Eno, Ozzy Osbourne, The Rolling Stones, Public Enemy and Natalie Imbruglia. This is a rare New Haven appearance. !!!!!!	$10
July 22 Wednesday 9 pm	Aeroplane, 1929; w/ Sidewalk Dave; Pale Horse Company • CT folk rock show	$5
July 23 Thursday 9 pm	Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby w/ The Reducers (very first all acoustic performance ever!) • If Wreckless Eric's song "Whole Wide World" comes on in a bar or at a party, you have but one course of action: Raise your drink and let it slop over the glass as you shout along with the chorus, which is as cute and tough as a feisty kitten. It turns out Wreckless Eric's found the girl he's been searching the world for -- Amy Rigby, the gritty goddess behind "Diary of a Mod Housewife." And now they're touring in support of the album they've made together, a disc that that sounds like golden honey poured over a battered old tube amp.	$8
July 24 Friday 5-7 pm	Happy Hour - Baby G • soothing and captivating songs	No Cover
July 24 Friday	T-Model Ford; w/ another tba • musical style melds traditional Chicago blues and juke joint blues styles with the rawness of Delta blues and the rebellious attitude of 1970s-style punk. He has continuosly released records on Fat Possum.	$10
July 25 Saturday 4:30-7:30	Afternoon Jazz Jam hosted by George Baker	No Cover
July 25 Saturday 9 pm	Solin; w/ The Shellye Valauskas Experience • classic rock from New Haven.	$5
July 26 Sunday 8 pm	Open Jam hosted by The Langley Project	No Cover
July 27 Monday	Beatnik 2000 #479, hosted by Edward Leonard Band: The Wedding Band Music: Ben Dibiase; Jenny and Jess Words: Carlos; Billy K.	No Cover
July 28 Tuesday	Jaykob Kendrick; w/ Sammy Blanchette • acoustic/southern rock	No Cover
July 29 Wednesday 9 pm	The Smart Brothers; w/ another tba • folk-pop duo from San Diego, California.	No Cover
July 30 Thursday	Talking to Walls • CD Release Party!
July 31 Friday 5-7 pm	Happy Hour - Peter Magrane • great blues . . . upbeat and soothing	No Cover
July 31 Friday 10 pm	American Speedway; w/ No Image; The Symbiants • greasy, loud, riff-heavy rock.	$5
August 5 Wednesday 8 pm SHARP	GO KAT GO! Presents: Rosie Flores; w/ The Defibulators • Damn good songwriter, award-winning guitar player, and break yer heartstrings singer, Rosie Flores whips the best of rock and roll, honky tonk, early rockabilly, blues and jazz with the traditional sounds of her roots in San Antonio, TX.	$10
August 6 Thursday 8 pm SHARP	Naomi Sommers; • With roots in bluegrass, the blues, jazz, traditional folk, and old-time country, singer/songwriter Naomi Sommers yet brings a unique and compelling voice to the music scene.	$5
August 6 Thursday 10 pm	DrinkDeeply Presents: Boss Hooligan Sound System DJ Rico • Reggae/Rocksteady from Kansas City	No Cover
August 7 Friday 9 pm	Tweefort Productions Presents: Boy Genius; w/ Conversion Party; The Bynars; Welcome; • North east indie pop showcase!	No Cover
August 11 Tuesday 9 pm	CANNOT BE STOPPED; w/ more tba! • one man drum and synth project from Washington, DC.	No Cover
August 15 Saturday 10 pm	Soul Merchants; w/ another tba • The perfect blend of reggae, soul and ska.	$5
August 18 Tuesday 9 pm	Cain & Annabelle; w/ another tba • a wandering southern appalachian folk/ roots music duo	No Cover
August 20 Thursday 9pm	An Evening With ...Paul Burch & the WPA Ballclub • Paul Burch (born 1966) is a Washington, D.C.-born musician, songwriter and producer. Burch moved to Nashville in the early ’90s where he began singing in the city’s ’50s-era honky tonks, garnering the attention of Marianne Faithfull and Chet Atkins. Burch’s shows and the Lower Broadway scene garnered national attention and a feature in Billboard which led to a record deal.	$8
August 21 Friday 10 pm	The Jackies; w/ The Mountain Movers • New Haven indie rock night.	$5
August 22 Saturday 9 pm	The Wicked Awesomes w/ Estrogen Highs; The Sleaze; Medication • a night of psychedelic and garage rock.	$5
August 26 Wednesday 9 pm	The Queers; w/ The Black Noise Scam • The Queers are an old school pop punk band from New Hampshire, formed in 1982. Back for another show at the Nine!	$8
August 27 Thursday 10 pm	Fake Babies; w/ If Jesus Had Machine Guns; Nelly Kate • indie dance/rock/psychedelic night	No Cover
Aug. 29 Saturday	NEW ENGLAND BREWING PRESENTS: Al Raebuck & his band; w/ Carrie & Libby Johnson; Seth Adam & Gerry Giaimo • between the two of them, Former "22 Brides" bandmates Carrie & Libby Johnson have sung backup for Paula Abdul, Debbie Gibson, Belinda Carlisle, Samantha Fox and shared the stage with such artists as the Goo Goo Dolls, Ani Difranco, Lisa Loeb, Dick Dale and Freedy Johnston. This is a rare duo/CT appearance, with brand new material . . . do not miss them! Seth Adam is a standout in our homegrown scene. With infectiously catchy songwriting and melodies and backed by pro musicians, Seth has made a name for himself around CT and has branched out to tour other parts of the country as well. See this guy in an intimate setting while you still can!
September 3 Thursday 9 pm	Tweefort Productions Presents: Labrador; w/ Lisa Bouvier; Steven Deal • indie pop all the way from Denmark and Sweden.	No Cover
September 5 Saturday 9 pm	Joe Jack Talcum; w/ The Mathematicians; The Bassturd; Samuel-Locke-Ward • co-founder of The Dead Milkmen plays an intimate show at the Nine!	$8
September 12 Saturday 9:30 pm	IndepenDisc Presents: Jellyshirts; Sky Picnic ; w/ another tba • The IndepenDisc 11th Birthday Bash!	$5
September 15 Tuesday 10 pm	The Underscore Orkestra; w/ another tba • Portland OR based band, playing a blend of Balkan, Klezmer, Gypsy Jazz and Swing, with a repertoire consisting of both original and traditional material from fast bulgars and melodious waltzes to odd meters and swinging rhythms. Their instrumentation includes violin, accordion, guitar, banjo, clarinet, horns, flute, harmonica, bass, vocals and percussion.	No Cover
September 17 Thursday 9 pm	Digital Leather; w/ 2 tba • Taking cues from late ’70s/early ’80s synthpunk pioneers as The Screamers, Nervous Gender and The Units, this Arizona-based one man band rely on just keyboards, drum machines and vocals to set the scene of gloomy electronic desert landscapes and gay night club discotheques. This is the life of Shawn Foree, who created this in his one bedroom apartment in Tempe, Arizona. Live, he borrows members from the wongs, Reatards, Lost Sounds and Destruction Unit.	$7