Huntsville After Dark

Cody Johnson Band & John Slaughter (Weds., Sept. 4)

2012-09-04T11:00:00.000-07:00

The Cody Johnson Band & John Slaughter will be at Shenanigan's tomorrow.

Cody Johnson Band - from their Facebook page

Tickets are $10 in advance or $12 at the door. You can purchase tickets by clicking here.

Sam Slam (Tues., Sept. 4)

2012-08-25T17:50:00.003-07:00

On Tues., Sept. 4, Jaidyn's and The Draft Bar are throwing a back to school bash they're calling Sam Slam. The event is an all-day affair, starting at noon and ending at midnight (possibly later).

For more info, check out the flier below or go to the Facebook page by clicking here.

from the event page on Facebook

Whose Rhyme is it Anyway? (Weds., April 18)

2012-04-15T18:34:00.000-07:00

This Wednesday, there is a free event going down at Avenue L Coffee House: Whose Rhyme is it Anyway?

from www.whoserhymeisitanyway.com

This is an interactive freestyle hip-hop show, featuring rappers Playdough, RedCloud, and Heath McNease. To view the promo video on YouTube, click here. To view the event page on Facebook, click here.

There will be free Rockstar Energy Drinks and free PB & J (jelly and possibly jam)!

The Grainery's St. Patty's Day Celebration

2012-03-15T12:43:00.000-07:00

Event: The Grainery's St. Patty's Day Celebration
Date: Saturday, March 17, 2012 from 7:00pm until 11:00pm
Location: The Grainery Good Food, 927 Sam Houston Ave, Huntsville, TX 77320
Cost: Food and Music- $20.00 per person/$38.00 per couple. Buffet- $12.00 per person/$22.00 per couple. Live Music-$10.00 per person/$18.00 per couple

This St. Patty's Day, The Grainery is celebrating by serving a traditional Irish buffet and also by lining up many local bands/artists to perform. The buffet will last from 7:00pm until 9:00pm and live music will last until 11:00pm.

The following is the menu for the Irish buffet:

Sausage and Potatoes with Stilton Cream
House brined Corned Beef with Sauteed Cabbage and Guinness Gravy
Clover Leaf Sugar Cookies
Hand Made Dark Chocolate Truffles
Irish Soda Bread

Here is the list of local bands/artists who will be performing:

Sterling Moniker
Matt Bridges
The Gypsy Davies
Mary Brett
Bill Yarbrough
Danielle Turner

Click HERE to see the official Facebook event page for this event and to see who else is planning to attend.

Some cool cats should be there! =)

John Slaughter LIVE at Humphrey's (March 7th)

2012-03-07T12:06:00.000-08:00

Event: John Slaughter LIVE at Humphrey's
Date: March 7, 2012 starting at 7:30pm
Location: Humphrey's

John Slaughter will be playing LIVE tonight at Humphrey's. His new single, "Don't Drink my Whiskey," will be hitting country radio on March 20th. John has found success on the Texas Music Charts in the past with two other songs that he wrote. Both "I Love Being Lonesome," performed by the Roger Creager Band, and "Pray for the Rain," performed by Cody Johnson, made it to #1 on the charts. His new record, "Stay for Awhile," is available online and at various Hastings locations.

Click HERE to see John Slaughter's Facebook page and HERE to see his official website.

(John Slaughter was nice enough to pose for us at last year's Bow Wow Jam Band)

Humphrey's will also be serving crawfish starting at 6:00pm. Call Humphrey's at (936) 439-0664 with any questions.

Gabriel Iglesias LIVE at SHSU (March 28th)

2012-03-06T12:22:00.000-08:00

Event: Gabriel Iglesias LIVE at SHSU
Date: March 28, 2012 at 8:00pm
Location: Johnson Coliseum
Cost: FREE event with active Bearkat One Card/Each student can bring up to ten guests for free.

(Official flier)

Comedian Gabriel Iglesias will be on campus March 28, 2012. Gabriel Iglesias has been on many different television programs such as All That, various late night talk shows, Showtime at the Apollo, Last Comic Standing, BET's Comic View, and as a voice actor in an episode of Family Guy and also for the animated series, The Emperor's New School. He is also known for his shows I'm Not Fat… I’m Fluffy and Hot & Fluffy.

Tickets cannot be reserved for this event, but admission is free of charge for students and up to ten guests of each student as long as an active Bearkat One Card is shown at the entrance to the Coliseum.

Jolly Fox/One Legged Crow/Humphrey's St. Patty's Day Bash (March 17th)

2012-03-06T10:44:00.000-08:00

Event: Jolly Fox/One Legged Crow/Humphrey's St. Patty's Day Bash
Date: All Day on March 17th
Location: Humphrey's, Jolly Fox, and the One Legged Crow

(official flier)

This St. Patty's day falls on a Saturday, which means that there should be no guilt in celebrating this holiday by drinking all day and night. Humphrey's will be serving drink specials early on in the day. In the evening, both the One Legged Crow and the Jolly Fox will be serving drink specials. There will be live music at the One Legged Crow by Brison Bursey.

Click HERE to see the official Facebook page for the Brison Bursey Band.

Shenanigans Bikini Contest (Tues. March 6th)

2012-03-06T10:01:00.000-08:00

Event: Shenanigans Bikini Contest
Date: March 6, 2012
Location: Shenanigans

Tonight, Shenanigans is having an early Spring Break party. Register tonight at Shenanigans to be in the contest. The winner of the contest will receive a $600.00 cash prize. It is also quarter night all night long.

(A taste of what to expect... if this contest was being held at the beach and in the 1940s)

If you feel that you have the confidence, bod, and bikini that it takes to win this contest, then enter it tonight! Shenanigans opens at 8:00pm.

Light Festival (Fri., Feb. 24)

2012-02-23T13:30:00.002-08:00

Event: Light Festival

Date: February 24, 2012 starting at 5:00pm

Location: 1212 Avenue M (the pavilion behind City Hall)
Cost: FREE EVENT

This Friday, the entire community is invited to the pavilion behind City Hall for the Light Festival - a celebration of music, art, and energy. There will be several artists and musicians gathered to share their art and music. Anyone who wants to share their art or music is encouraged to do so, but even without sharing, everyone is welcome to this event.

People are encouraged to bring any instruments they wish - harmonicas, tambourines, drums, guitars, cowbells, etc. There will also be a few bands, such as The Gypsy Davies, performing.

Snagged from their Facebook page.

Jahworks Radio will record and rebroadcast anyone who is interested in being recorded while performing at this event.

There will also be a hula hoop contest (with prizes) and a drum circle.

Bring your art, instrument(s), and/or hula hoop to the pavilion on Friday to share and experience the art and talents of the Huntsville community.

Click HERE to see the Facebook page for this event.

Valentine's Day Party at the Elks Lodge (Feb. 11th)

2012-02-09T07:30:00.000-08:00

Event: Valentine’s Day Party

Date: February 11, 2012 from 8:00pm until 11:30pm

Location: Elks Lodge 3400 Elks Dr, Huntsville, TX 77340

This Saturday, the Elks Lodge will be having a Valentine’s Day party that will be hosted by both Longshot Karaoke and Variety Sounds. Everyone is welcome. However, since this is a private club, non-members are required to sign-in as a guest. Dr. Michael Peck and his wife, Mona Peck, have agreed to let anyone sign-in under their names. The bar will be cash only for non-members.

This event is both a great way to check out the Elks Lodge and to sing with two amazing karaoke teams!

Click HERE to see the Facebook event page.

The Cody Johnson Band and Kyle Park LIVE at Shenanigans!

2012-02-07T08:28:00.000-08:00

Event: Johnson Park Tour/ The Cody Johnson Band and Kyle Park
Location: Shenanigans
Date: February 15, 2012

(Promotional Photo of The Cody Johnson Band)

The Cody Johnson Band, along with Kyle Park, will be back in Huntsville on February 15th. The Cody Johnson Band consists of Nathan Reedy on drums, lead guitarist Jeff Smith, bass guitarist Joey Pruski, and Jody Bartula with the fiddle. In recent years, The Cody Johnson Band has become increasingly popular on the radio and in Texas dance halls. According to the band's bio, The Cody Johnson Band's shows "still keep a Garth Brooks-level of energy and a Ronnie Van Zant - outlaw dedication to individual style."

(Promotional photo of Kyle Park)

Kyle Park and his band, Karl Schwoch (electric guitar), Will Armstrong (drums, percussion) and Eric Lenington (bass), will also be performing that night. Park and his band have been touring all across Texas and in other parts of the United States. They have also played in France and Germany. They recently finished a full-length album, "Make or Break Me," which was released last September.

It's great to have both of these successful bands stop in Huntsville on their Johnson/Park Tour!

Cody Miles & Irrelevent @ Avenue L Coffee House (Sat., Feb. 25)

2012-02-06T17:19:00.000-08:00

On Sat., Feb. 25, starting at 8p, you can catch a free show featuring Irrelevent and Cody Miles at Avenue L. Irrelevent, a 2-man group from Dallas, describe themselves as "a Grass Roots rap project." Cody Miles is performing solo this show (and currently working on an album called Apocrypha - to be released in April), but he is also in a group called Kenosis.

For more info on these guys, go see them on the 25th! (And click the links above, of course!)

Cody sent us a couple mp3s to put here on the blog, but since we can't easily upload those mp3s, here are a few examples of their music found on YouTube:

Click here to see Irrelevent / Click here to see Cody Miles

UFC PPV Fight (Diaz vs. Condit)/The Source $100.00 Cash Challenge

2012-02-02T12:38:00.000-08:00

Event: UFC PPV Fight (Diaz vs. Condit)/The Source $100.00 Cash Challenge
Date: February 4, 2012 at 7:00pm
Location: Draft Bar

This Saturday, the Draft Bar will be showing the UFC PPV Fight (Diaz vs. Condit) with no cover charge. On the same night, the bar will also be holding "The Source $100.00 Cash Challenge." We are not sure of the exact details of this challenge, but it does involve drinking the "hottest sauce on the planet." According to the website for The Source, this hot sauce is "the closest thing to bottling Chuck Norris" and is "what made dinosaurs go extinct." That sounds pretty darn HOT.

Find out if you can handle the challenge this Saturday and enjoy the fight!

For more information, call the Draft Bar at (936) 293-8563.

Dear Rabbit / Ally Green / The Gypsy Davies / Jon Paul Looney (Weds., Feb. 15)

2012-02-02T12:02:00.000-08:00

Event: Dear Rabbit, Ally Green, Jon Paul Looney, The Gypsy Davies
Date: February 15th at 8:00pm
Location: Avenue L Coffee House
Price: $5.00

Avenue L will be featuring live music on Wednesday, February 15th with performances by Dear Rabbit, Ally Green, Jon Paul Looney, and The Gypsy Davies. Click their names above to see their Facebook pages.

Tickets are $5.00 and they will be serving snacks and drinks for $2.00.

Click HERE to see the Facebook event page to see who else is planning to attend.

Midget Wrestling @ Shenanigans: Rescheduled

2012-02-01T15:18:00.000-08:00

The Extreme Midget Wrestling event scheduled for tonight at Shenanigans has been rescheduled for next week (Weds., Feb. 8). For more info, contact Shenanigans. Original flier:

Midget Wrestling @ Shenanigans (Weds., Feb. 1)

2012-01-21T20:36:00.000-08:00

On Wednesday, February 1, Shenanigans is hosting an event by The Extreme Midget Wrestling Foundation. The show will start at 9p. Tickets are $10 in advance or $12 at the door. The flier says it all:

Slap for a Veteran (Nov. 11th)

2011-11-08T12:26:00.000-08:00

Slap for a Veteran

Draft Bar

Friday, November 11, 2011

From 5:00pm -11:00pm

"A slap and a tickle is all that the fickle male ever has in his head." Cole Porter (American Composer)

This Friday, the Draft Bar has come up with a very interesting way to honor Veterans Day. A regular customer to the Draft Bar, Aaron, and a staff member named Bryant have agreed to be slapped in the face by women for six straight hours in order to raise money for the Veterans of Foreign Wars. If you are a female and you buy a $5.00 glass of Bud, Bud Light, Coors Light, Miller Light, or Michelob Ultra then you will be able to slap one of these guys right in the face. Aaron apparently likes being slapped by women so don't hold back on your slapping power. All proceeds made from these purchases will go to the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Good luck raising money, and have fun with those rosy cheeks!

Patron Girls @ Double Dave's (Thurs., Nov. 3)

2011-11-02T10:14:00.000-07:00

Hey, Patron people! The Patron girls will be at Double Dave's tomorrow (Thurs., Nov. 3) at 8p. They will have samples of the new Patron XO Cafe.

Annual Shenanigans Halloween Contest (Oct. 29th)

2011-10-28T11:38:00.000-07:00

Annual Halloween Contest

Saturday, October 29th 9:00pm -2:00am

Shenanigans

Big surprise! Once again, Shenanigans is competing with The Jolly Fox. They will also be having a Halloween Contest, but they are giving away $3,000 instead of $2,000! Maybe The Jolly Fox will see that and match or raise their contest prize money in response. Hopefully, they will keep up the rivalry, because that will mean more MONEY IN THE BANK for some snazzy dressers!

Also, if you go to Shenanigans and wear a costume, then you you will get in for free. They will also have $0.75 wells and dollar longnecks until 11:00am. There will be be drink specials all night long!

It will be a tough choice planning where to party hard this weekend! Be safe wherever you end up! Also, I hope you already have a costume, because stores are running of the good costumes. At least in town. Some are even out of cat ears!

Annual Jolly Fox Costume Contest (Oct. 29th)

2011-10-28T09:01:00.000-07:00

Annual Jolly Fox Costume Contest

Saturday, October 29th from 9pm -2am
Ladies free until 11:00pm

CASH PRIZE!

Tomorrow is Jolly Fox's Halloween Contest! The partying begins at 9:00pm and the contest will start at 11:00pm. There will be drink specials all night long and DJ Frizzy will have everyone jamming to some mad beats. Expect "some sick hip-hop/country mixes as well as house and dubstep." Click HERE to see the Official Faceboook page.

They will giving away up to $2,000 in cash prizes. This means that you should put a little more effort into your costume than some cat ears! Good luck and have fun!

Music in the Park: The Last Great Assault (Oct. 27th)

2011-10-27T14:09:00.000-07:00

Music in the Park: The Last Great Assault

Thursday, October 27th, 2011 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Jane Monday Amphitheater

City Hall 1212 Ave M

The Last Great Assault is playing again tonight as a part of the City of Huntsville's Music in the Park Series. The weather is getting a little colder, but that is not a good excuse to skip out on rocking out with this band tonight!

From an older article that we wrote about the band: "The Last Great Assault has played multiple times in practically every music venue in Huntsville and the surrounding areas, and the band was even a part of Warped Tour a couple of years ago. Slumber Party Theater interviewed them in 2008 and it’s still on the Internet! Watch it HERE."

Go check it out!

HalloRAVE at Confetti's (Weds., Oct. 26)

2011-10-23T12:17:00.000-07:00

On Wednesday, you can get your Halloween weekend started early at Confetti's (located inside of Shenanigans, at 1548 11th St.).

The guys that brought us Rave for the Cure are throwing a huge Halloween party. There are 3 DJs coming from Houston, plus two of your favorite local DJs. For a list of DJs for this event, see the Facebook event page by clicking here.

The party starts at 9:30p and will last until 2a. There will be free glow sticks, glow necklaces on sale for $1, and Monster energy drink giveaways. A portion of the proceeds from this event will go to Children's Miracle Network.

White Collar Sideshow with Levi the Poet Opening (Oct. 14th)

2011-10-14T12:32:00.000-07:00

White Collar Sideshow with Levi the Poet Opening

October 14th, 2011 from 8:00pm until 11:00pm

Avenue L Coffeehouse

1215 Sam Houston Avenue

Huntsville, TX 77340

Cost: $5.00

(Promotional Photo borrowed from their website)

Avenue L has another awesome show in the works tonight. Starting at 8:00pm, Levi the Poet will be opening for White Collar Slideshow.

I have never heard of these performers until now, but I just watched THIS YouTube video of White Collar Sideshow and I suggest you check it out. I don't know what is up with the pig mask, but it definitely looks like they know how to put on an awesome live show! HERE is their official website.

Click HERE to learn more about Levi the Poet.

From his MySpace page:

"As a spoken-word poet from Albuquerque, New Mexico, Levi the Poet has spent the last year building up his concert reputation as one of the most honest expressions of wearing your heart on your sleeve. Reaching beyond any sort of genre limitations that “performance poetry” might hold, Levi has incorporated every vocal influence into his presentation, successfully molding each variety into a purely emotive experience, and holds tight to an unrestrained honesty within his “hold nothing back” method of examining life’s deepest questions. Through a heavily testimonial written approach and an intense slam-esque deliverance, Levi has taken an old art and stylized it as his own, creating a passionate art form which captures the relative-yet-relatable longings of the human heart."

GLOW @ Confetti's (Oct. 14th)

2011-10-14T06:29:00.000-07:00

Glow @ Confetti's

October 14th, 9:30pm -Close

Confetti's in Shenanigans

(Official Flyer made by OneLove Graphics)

Finish off Homecoming Week with some ELECTRONIC MUSIC at Shenanigans! Justin Barber, Zack Cornwell, and Coloton Guetta, some of the guys who helped organize Rave for the Cure, are now putting their energy into tonight’s Glow @ Confetti’s. There will be “nothing but the best in HOUSE, ELECTRO, TRANCE, DUBSTEP, TECHNO, and all other EDM!” There will also be Monster Energy shots to help you keep up with the dancing, LASER LIGHT SHOWS, and glow sticks.

Schedule:

D & Sol -10:00pm -11:00pm
DjKickFlip -11:00pm-12:30pm
PartyHard -12:30pm-2:00pm
DRINK SPECIALS: .75 cent Wells & Domestics and $1 Longnecks till 11
$2 Jose Silver, Skyy, American Honey shots all night

Cover is only $3.00 for those that are 21+ and $5.00 for 18+.

Click HERE to see the official Facebook event page.

AFTERMATH: Sterling Moniker and the Music in Park Series

2011-10-12T11:23:00.000-07:00

Last Thursday, I had the pleasure of attending Sterling Moniker’s performance at the Rather Park as a part of the City of Huntsville's Music in the Park Series. It was a nice night for outside music. The air was cool and breezy instead of the normal hot and humid weather we have in Texas 72% of the time throughout the year.

As stated in a previous article, Sterling Moniker consists of five members. You can mostly see them all in the picture below:

(Miranda Hightower, Charles Herron, DeKeenan Bell, Kevin Lotts (Drums), John Clark)

(Kevin Lotts--It's hard to take good pictures of drummers, because

they are usually too cool for the camera and busy ROCKIN' OUT)

I really enjoyed their performance and so did the crowd. Some were even dancing!

Like they informed us before their show, the band played both covers and original songs. The covers included music by The Beatles, The White Stripes, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Queens of the Stone Age, Franz Ferdinand, and The Cranberries. The original song that they played was called the "Man With No Name." This song was written by Charles Herron and was inspired by Clint Eastwood. I definitely enjoyed it, and would like a follow up song written inspired by Toshiro Mifune.

Miranda was nervous, but she shouldn't have been because she sang beautifully.

(Miranda Hightower and Charles Herron )

DeKeenan was confident on stage and in the crowd. He was nice enough to smile for the camera.

(Nice shirt, DeKeenan!)

Oh, and there WAS a surprise performance by John Clark of a Hootie and the Blowfish song, which we reported as possibly happening in our previous article.

(John Clark singing some Hootie)

I am looking forward to seeing future performances from this band and attending future Music in the Park Thursdays. I am no musical expert, but my ears definitely liked what they heard from the entire band.

One thing I did notice, though, was that the band ran out of songs towards the end of the set and began doing repeats. Nobody minded because it was a chance to hear favorite songs again, but I hope as these Music in the Park Thursdays continue, that the City of Huntsville might consider is having two bands perform, or even just an acoustic opening act for the headlining band. It is hard for any band to handle a two hour set by themselves.

I talked briefly with Kimm Thomas, The Director of Tourism and Cultural Services. She said that that while Music in the Park is going to end for this year in November, it will be back again next February and run throughout the spring. This series will hopefully be a regular event each year.

One of the goals that the City of Huntsville has with the Music in the Park Series is to promote the 2^nd Annual Town Creek Music Festival. We wrote about this year’s Town Creek Festival HERE.

This year’s Town Creek Music Festival was a learning experience for the City of Huntsville. Next year’s festival will most likely be in a smaller venue. The location they are currently thinking of is the Town Creek Park behind the City Hall building, because there is already a stage, lighting, etc. built into that location. All of those things had to be built or set-up at the Eastham-Thomason Park (the location they held the festival at this year).

It will also be easier for them to select bands for the festival next year, because they are now working with multiple bands thanks to the Music in the Park Series. The biggest problem they have is getting the word out that the Music in the Park even exists.
We will do our best to spread the word for both the Music in the Park series and the Town Creek Music Festival, because we love seeing more music venues for local artists. Huntsville has a lot of talented artists, and so it is exciting when there are new venues for them to perform.

Hopefully, Sterling Moniker will perform at the Town Creek Festival next year with even more original songs or even again for the Music in the Park Series. They are definitely a crowd favorite.
Visit our Facebook page HERE to see more pictures from this event.