Author: Joanne

I am a live music advocate and seek to share the news of bands playing at local venues in my home town. Being drawn to blues mostly but embrace all kinds of music. One does not have to go over the bridge to hear some real fine tunes, however there are some bands that draw you elsewhere. I hope this blog is a good use to you as it is to me. Enjoy, Joanne

Dan King and David Brown with special guest: Nelson Bragg This Wednesday @ The Rhumb Line 6pm start. 8.18.2021

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Dinner Specials Each Week!
Wednesday, August 18… 6pm start

Your Musical Guests: DAN KING and DAVID BROWN with special guest NELSON BRAGG

We’ve all been waiting a long time to see these two together.  Dan King’s and David Brown’s traditional Tuesday gig at Jalapenos has been in a state of hiatus since way back to the beginning of the pandemic.  

Me?  Well… I’ll be on a bit of a”medical leave” for the next several weeks, but, as you can plainly see, the amazing Rhumb Line lives on.  No need to worry. As my good friend Arnold always says, I’ll be back! ~ Fly

Dinner with great music!

*Each week features a special, invited musical guest
The Rhumb Line Kitchen…..features Morgan Forsythe!  

Dishes are better than ever before!
Plus a fine, affordable wine menu!

Upcoming…8/25 John Rockwell Hosts 

Visit: http://www.therhumbline.com/

Looking forward……to seeing you there 🙂

Wood and Bone opens the jam tonight @ Minglewood Harborside. Come join the fun 8pm 8.16.2021

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Good day, Jamily!!We are gearing up for another amazing night at Minglewood Harborside TONIGHT, for the Jam!! Our man, Jesse Ciarmataro is our guest host tonight!! With the help of Joe Wilkins , the four of us will be opening the night with a Wood & Bone set!!! Wood & Bone (Jesse, Joe, Joe, and Dennis) is a roots/soul/Americana band , and tonight, we’ll be performing our original material for you!! Come hang, eat & drink, be merry, and PLAY!!! All are welcome (21+ after 9p)8-11pm

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25 Rogers Street.Gloucester, MA

SATURDAY AUGUST 21,2021 REGGAE BASHMENT ON THE HIGH SEAS BOAT CRUISE

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With DJs LION PRIDE SOUND spinning strictly the best in Reggae, Roots, Rockers,lovers Rock, Dancehall, ska, and rocksteady!!!

COMING TO YOU LIVE AND DIRECT FROM THE SEVEN SEAS WHALE WATCH

63 Rogers ST

GLOUCESTER MA 01930

( right next to Gloucester House Restaurant)

6 pm board

7 pm depart( sharp ) gets back at 11

****THIS EVENT IS $25 per Ticket! PayPal: visualinterestdesign@yahoo.com / venmo > @Lara-Jardullo

CASH BAR ON BOARD!

21+

TIX COMING SOON!

* We will practice at the Covid pre-cautions and guidelines in place at that point in the season. (venues/charters should be at full capacity but, we will limit to 125 for safety). For more details visit the 7seas whale watch website.

https://www.facebook.com/whalewatchingma

Manship Artist Residency Presents!

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Join us for a magical evening under the stars with the Jazz Duo, John Alaimo and Michael Tinus.

Island Culture …

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Don’t miss this rare opportunity to experience two masters who have long been integral to the legendary music scene of Martha’s Vineyard.

Direct from across the waters, John Alaimo and Michael Tinus, will offer two performances at the Manship Residency this August.

One of those American success stories about which we never tire of hearing and which we rarely witness on this side of the Atlantic. John Alaimo presents a music that is true, delicate and full of charm, elegance and lightness, always played with feeling and conviction in the hopes of communicating and communing with his audience. The delicate, precise touch and clear articulation that John achieves is astonishing. Each time he sits at the piano, he produces a music lesson at the level of a master class .  – Alain Gerber’s France Musique radio broadcast

Light refreshments will be provided.

SATURDAY performance: Doors open at 7 pm. The music will begin around 7:30 pm.

SUNDAY performance: Doors open at 5:30 pm. The music will begin around 6:00 pm.

You can order your ticket(s) through this site or mail your check to:

Manship Artists, PO Box 7071, Lanesville, MA 01930.

Please contact us at 978-290-8438 if you plan to send a check so that we can reserve your spot.

RICO AMERO SR this Wednesday at the Rhumb Line with Fly Amero – 6pm

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Dinner Specials Each Week!
Wednesday, August 11… 6pm startMy Musical Guest: RICO AMERO, SR!

Taking advantage of a rare opportunity, this Wednesday features a very special Rhumb Line presentation – my nephew (brotherJB’s son) Rico Amero, Sr.  He’ll be doin’ his soulful thang, and we’ll be jammin’ together as well.  A good time will surely be had by all.  As always, we start at 6pm. ~ Fly

Dinner with great music!*

Each week features a special, invited musical guest
The Rhumb Line Kitchen…..features Morgan Forsythe! Dishes are better than ever before!
Plus a fine, affordable wine menu!

Upcoming..

8/18 Dan King (w/ special guest David Brown) 

Visit: http://www.therhumbline.com/Looking forward…..to seeing you there 🙂

Music at Minglewood Harborside Thursday – Saturday 5th 6th & 7th

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Wow…talk about a line up! Kicking it off this Thursday we got the super talented Mr. Chris Fritz-Grace from Pier Ave. Friday, Mystery Meat makes their triumphant return to Minglewood. To cap off this all star line up, Saturday, we got the one and only DJ Vito! Get here early and bring your dancing shoes

Chris Fritz – Grice with Jake Pardee Thursday 7:30 – 10:30pm

Friday – Mystery Meat 9pm

Saturday DJ Vito 9pm

25 Rogers Street.Gloucester, MA

https://www.minglewoodharborside.com/

Sunday Music Around Town 8.1.2021

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Castaways Vintage Cafe ~https://www.facebook.com/castawaysvintagecafe

Chris Fritz-Grice 12pm Sunday 8.1.2012

63 Rogers St, Gloucester, MA

Blue Collar Lobster Co. ~ https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=blue%20collar%20lobster%20co.

Rob Banks and The Money Makers 3-6pm Sunday August 1st

Captain Carlos ~http://www.captaincarlos.com/entertainment-capt/ 

John Jerome 3-6pm

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Drift Cafe ~ https://www.facebook.com/618146858207352/posts/2425001220855231/

Ricky Lauria August 1st 7-10pm At Drift

Drift Cafe ~ https://www.facebook.com/618146858207352/posts/2425001220855231/

Sunday: Daisy Nell, Capt Stan & friends 6- 9pm

THE RHUMB LINE~HTTP://WWW.THERHUMBLINE.COM/INDEX.HTM

Antonio Gentile Bandstand Summer Concerts 2021

August 1, 7pm Martin & Kelly (Country)

Martin & Kelly August 1, 7pm, Antonio Gentile Bandstand, Stage Fort Park, Hough Avenue, Gloucester (rain date Aug 4). Please join us for this terrific Country concert featuring Jilly Martin, Ryan Brooks Kelly and their fantastic band! This free concert will be the third in our summer series. We’ve had a rocky start with lots of postponements so please share this post and bring some friends. The concert is sponsored by Daily Printing and the Gloucester Rotary Club. Parking is free, restrooms are open and ADA accessible. For information please visit DavidLBenjamin.com or call 978-281-2286

Have a listen click the link below.

Chris Fritz-Grice This Weekend!

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Sat 7/31 – Long Beach Day at Long Beach Rockport Ma w/ Pier Ave 1pm

Sat 7/31 – Captain Carlo’s 6pm

Sun 8/1 – Castaways Vintage Cafe 12pmCome vibe! 🤙🏼🏝

Wednesdays at The Rhumb Line with Fly Amero. This weeks special guest: Quentin Callawaert!

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Dinner Specials Each Week!
Wednesday, July 21… 6pm start
My Musical Guest: QUENTIN CALLAWAERT!

This is what he looked like when he first came to play our Wednesday Rhumb Line show. What he may come in looking like this week after all these years (plus a pandemic) happens to be the subject of much discussion among the regulars. We are, of course, talking about the one and the very only Quentin Callawaert. We’ve literally watched him grow up before our very eyes, and… he is a marvel, to put it mildly. It’s really gonna be something to see this kid again. I personally cannot wait. We go 6 to 9pm. ~ Fly
Dinner with great music!
*Each week features a special, invited musical guest
The Rhumb Line Kitchen……better than ever before!

Plus a fine, affordable wine menu!

Upcoming…
7/28 Allen Estes
8/4 Honkytonk Women
8/11 Rico Amero, Sr. (That’s right, folks. My nephew!)
Visit: http://www.therhumbline.com/
Looking forward……to seeing you there 🙂

Enjoy music by Rob Banks and The Money Makers out on the deck Today @ Blue Collar Lobster Co. 3-6pm 7.11.2021

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63 Rogers St, Gloucester, MA

Blue Collar Lobster Co. ~ https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=blue%20collar%20lobster%20co.

Rob Banks and The Money Makers 3-6pm Sunday 7-11-2021

63 Rogers St, Gloucester, MA

Toni Ann Enes @ Castaways Vintage Cafe today 12-3pm

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Today I’ll be playing at Castaways 12:00-3:00! Feeling Blessed for this gorgeous day! Hope to see you there!

https://www.castawaysvintagecafe.com

65 Main Street, Gloucester, MA

Courtyard Concert: What Time Is It Mr. Fox? Thursday, July 15 5:00 p.m. — 7:00 p.m.

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Courtyard Concert: What Time Is It Mr. Fox?

Thursday, July 15

5:00 p.m. — 7:00 p.m.

Music and Performance

During the summer, enjoy free concerts in the Cape Ann Museum Courtyard at 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, on Thursdays from 5:00-7:00 pm. Offered as part of the city-wide Culture Splash, the Courtyard Concerts feature local and regional musicians whose music ranges from salsa to sea shanties, bluegrass to jazz, and reggae to folk.

What Time Is It Mr. Fox? 

Named after a Victorian children’s game,What Time Is It, Mr. Fox? delivers their own brand of smoky cabaret, neo-soul and acoustic noir, sounding something like Leonard Cohen and Amy Winehouse performing unplugged in a French cafe. The band is known for their original songs which marry rich lyrical imagery with a cinematic sensibility, exploring themes of love, spirituality, and identity.  Their song “Cold Rain” was covered by soul legend Irma Thomas on her Grammy-nominated album “Simply Grand.”

What Time Is It, Mr. Fox? features 3rian King on lead vocals, guitar and keys; Renee Dupuis on lead vocals, keys and melodica; Nathan Cohen on fiddle and trumpet; Joe Cardoza on upright bass; and Dennis Monagle on drums. In summer 2019, the band premiered their new multimedia animated musical “Medusa,” a feminist retelling of the myth in a complety sold-out run at the Charles Hayden Planetarium, Museum of Science, Boston. The team is currently adapting the play into a fully staged theater production. For music & tour dates visit www.whattimeisitmrfox.com

27 Pleasant Street
Gloucester, MA 01930

(978) 283-0455

info@capeannmuseum.org

Wednesday’s with Fly Amero~This week Lisa Marie & Charlie O’Neal 6pm 6.7.2021

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Dinner Specials Each Week!
Wednesday, July 7… 6pm start

My Musical Guests: LISA MARIE with CHARLIE O’NEAL!

If the term, “blues mama” means anything at all, it means the one and only Lisa Marie.  
Her one-of-a-kindpowerhouse presence is utterly unrivaled here in the northeast.  This week, Lisa brings with her the slick accompaniment of guitarist, Charlie O’Neal.  It’s gonna be a different kind of Wednesday at the Rhumb

Line, for sure!  We go 6 to 9pm. ~ Fly

Dinner with great music!

*Each week features a special, invited musical guest
The Rhumb Line Kitchen…..better than ever before!
Plus a fine, affordable wine menu!

Upcoming…

7/14 Bill Gleason (w/Ken Steiner) 

7/21 Quentin Callawaert 

7/28 Allen Estes 

8/4 Honkytonk Women 

Visit: http://www.therhumbline.com/

Looking forward…..to seeing you there 🙂

The Monday Night Open Jam with Dennis & Joe is back live tonight @ Minglewood Harborside 8pm to 11pm 6.5.2021

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It has been 490 days since The Goddesses hosted The Jam: Mondays at Minglewood Tavern with Dennis and Joe in real life, but tonight we get to do it again after a long virtual wait. Sam and I will be joined by George Hall, and we will join Dennis Monagle and Joe Cardoza tonight at Minglewood Harborside from 8pm-11pm. Come listen! Come play! Come dance! We will be doing LOTS of all three. (Thanks to Joanne Silva for the photo!)

25 Rogers Street Gloucester, MA

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Harbor Loop Summer Concert Series is back this year! Starting next week, July 8 at 5:30pm. Please note our new location will now be at Stage Fort Park!

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Harbor Loop Summer Concert Series

Announcing that The Harbor Loop Summer Concert Series is BACK for the 2021 season!

Oh how we’ve missed you! After a long year without live music we are so excited to bring it back to you! 🎸The biggest update is that we have a NEW LOCATION! Our Thursday concerts will now be held at Stage Fort Park’s Antonio Gentile Bandstand 😁 from 5:30-9pm each week.

Here is our line-up:

July 8 – DireSloth / Live Dead

July 15 – Alexandra Grace & Josh / Dub Tone All-Stars

July 22 – Honkey Tonk Women / The Syndicate

July 29 – John Jerome Music / Groove Therapy

August 5 – Jeff Fraser / The Gary Backstrom Band

Aug 12 – Pier One with Chris Fritz-Grice Music & Jake Pardee

August 19 – Garfish

August 26 Bim Skala Bim Music!

We could not have done this without our community sponsors!

Thank you to BankGloucester, Cape Ann Savings Bank, Lyon-Waugh Auto Group, Brookline Bank, Salem Five Bank and Maplewood Car Wash. Sponsorship opportunities are still available.

Please let us know if you or your business would like to help or contribute in any way!

Many thanks as well to Mayor Sefatia Romeo Theken and The City of Gloucester Special Events Committee and local departments involved for all their continued support and guidance.

Hope to see you all next week! The first concert is July 8….and remember it’s at Stage Fort Park this year, located at 24 Hough Avenue Gloucester, MA 01930

Thank you! Please share this post so everyone will be made aware of our returning concert series and new location! 🙌🏼 if anyone has any concerns or questions, just send us a message 🎼

24 Hough Avenue Gloucester, MA

https://www.facebook.com/HarborLoopConcerts/

Ron Schrank joins Fly Amero @ The Rhumb Line this Wednesday 6pm start. 7.2.2021

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Dinner Specials Each Week!
Wednesday, June 30… 6pm start My Musical Guest: RON SCHRANK!

I would have to classify this week’s guest artist as a master under the category of “feel good.”  Ron Schrank has all the right songs, along with all it takes to send them into your hearts with peace and love.  So, if you like music and you like to feelgood, come and join Ron and the gang at the Rhumb Line on Wednesday.  You’ll be very happy you did.  Once again… wego 6 to 9pm. ~ Fly

Dinner with great music!*

Each week features a special, invited musical guest
The Rhumb Line Kitchen….better than ever before!
Plus a fine, affordable wine menu!Upcoming…

7/7 Lisa Marie

7/14 Bill Gleason (w/Ken Steiner) 

7/21 Quentin Callawaert 

7/28 Allen Estes 

Visit: http://www.therhumbline.com/Looking forward……to seeing you there 🙂

Machaca Gloucester & Drift Gloucester Music week ending July 3rd 2021

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We’re kicking off 4th of July weekend tonight with karaoke! Tomorrow night, our favorite reggae band returns: Dis N Dat! Saturday night, Alter Ego performs. We open for dinner at 4:30 & we can’t wait to see you!

14 Rogers Street.Gloucester, MA

https://www.facebook.com/machacagloucester/

Drift Gloucester

3 Main St Gloucester, MA 01930