ATLRetro

Monday, Feb. 25

Northside Tavern hosts its weekly Blues Jam featuring blues and southern soul singer, Lola Gulley. Enjoy BBQ and Dry White Toast at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack.

Tuesday, Feb. 26

Collective Soul‘s Ed Roland and The Sweet Tea Project with Special Guests Kevn Kinney (Drivin n Cryin) and Davin McCoy make it an all-star night at Eddie’s Attic. Alfred Hitchcock suspense classic TO CATCH A THIEF (1955), starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly, is this week’s retro cinema classic  at Northlake Festival Movie Tavern. Kool Kat Calu Cordeira mixes tiki libations at Mai Tai Tahitian Tuesday starting at 9 p.m. at the Dark Horse Tavern. Grab your horn and head over to Twain’s in Decatur for a Joe Gransden jazz jam session starting at 9 p.m., or you can blues it down with Nathan Nelson & Entertainment Crackers at Northside Tavern. Head over to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack for some old school R & B, rock ‘n roll and blues with Crosstown Allstars.

Wednesday, Feb. 27

Singer-songwriter Karla Bonoff is at Eddie’s Attic. TO CATCH A THIEF (1955) plays a second night at Northlake Festival Movie Tavern. Old enough to feel Retro? It’s Ladies Night at Johnny’s Hideaway which plays hits from Sinatra to Madonna for a generally mature crowd, though we hear some of Atlanta’s burlesque beauties are making a Cougar Crawl to jazz things up this week. Get ready to rumba, cha-cha and jitterbug at the weekly Swing Night at Graveyard Tavern. Danny “Mudcat” Dudeck brings the gospel blues to Northside Tavern. Frankie’s Blues Mission blues it down at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack.

Thursday, Feb. 28

Big Mike is back with Tongo Hiti all month at vintage tiki bar, Trader Vic’s, where you can relax with a cocktail while listening to Retro-Polynesian luxurious live lounge sounds, as well as trippy takes on iconic pop songs, every Thursday night. Disco in the Village at Mary’s is your midweek neighborhood dance party, now on Thursdays.  Go to Northside Tavern to hear the classic 50s Chicago-style blues of The Breeze Kings. Get on over to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack to hear Chickenshack. Alfred Hitchcock suspense classic TO CATCH A THIEF (1955), starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly, plays a final night at Northlake Festival Movie Tavern.

Friday, March 1

We can’t wait to celebrate the second anniversary of our BFF blog Wrestling with Pop Culture with the most exciting Monstrosity Championship Wrestling bout yet, crowning its first champion and featuring Metal Gaga performing heavy metal versions of Lady Gaga hits, all for a $10 cover at Famous Pub in Toco Hills. Get your steampunk on at Artifice Nights at XS Ultra Lounge with the eclectic rhythms of The Nathaniel Johnstone Band and zany vaudeville banjo-driven rock ‘n’ roll by Curtis Eller’s American Circus.Aku You bring back old-school late 70s/early 80s synth withe a contemporary twist at The Earl with White Gregg and Sharps. Ken Stringfellow of ’80s power-pop band The Posies rocks The Star Bar with special guests Kenny Howe and Blake Rainey & His Demons. One-of-a-kind Atlanta musician Col. Bruce Hampton plays Smith’s Olde Bar with special guests Lew Soloff and Johnny Knapp. Film Love presents ZOOM, a program of short classics of avant garde cinematography, Michael Snow‘s WAVELENGTH (1967) and Ernie Gehr‘s SERENE VELOCITY (1970) and MORNING (1968) at Atlanta Contemporaey Art Center. Catch up on our Kool Kat interview with Film Love founder Andy Ditzler here. Bonaventure Quartet, featuring Amy Pike, jazzes things up under the dinosaurs at Fernbank Museum of Natural History’s Martinis and IMAX. Head to Northside Tavern to hear Danny “Mudcat” Dudeck bring you the gospel blues.

Rod Hamdallah

Saturday, March 2

It’s a Kool Kat Star Bar double header with Rod Hamdallah and Caroline and the Ramblers with Chickens & Pigs also on the marquee. Americana music pioneers Buddy Miller and Jim Lauderdale play Variety Playhouse. Get your glam and glitter on at Pandemonium II, at The Shelter featuring four djs spinning classic glam to bleeding edge rock’n’roll. Kool Kat Nicolette Emmanuelle plays a live set starting at approx. 9:30 pm, so come early and stay late. The Hollidays brings some soul to The Family Dog. As usual, DJ Romeo Cologne transforms the sensationally seedy Clermont Lounge into a ’70s disco/funk inferno late into the wee hours of the night. Nat George & the Nat George Players bring a blend of R&B, jazz and gospel to Sweet Georgia’s Juke Joint.

Sunday, March 3

Spend your Sunday afternoon with Professor Morte himself, Shane Morton, and learn old-school Monster Make-Up Class from the master to scare the yell out of everyone you know. $150 fee includes professional make-up kit, and open to anyone age 15 and over. Bonaventure Quartet jazz up dunch starting at 1 p.m. at The Earl. Francine Reed and The Trio jazz up The Family Dog. Cowboy Envy  bring Western swing/Americana/roots to Eddie’s Attic. Join Uncle Sugar at Northside Tavern to wrap up your weekend or check out the blues at Fatt Matt’s Rib Shack with Tony Bryant.

Ongoing

The Plaza Theatre continues on a week-long run of cult classics, FLESH GORDON (1974) through Friday March 1. Read our Retro Review here.

Make a date with FRIDA AND DIEGO: PASSION, POLITICS AND PAINTING, a blockbuster special exhibition showcasing the works of one of art’s most famous couples, at The High Museum of Art through May 12.

Atlanta Lyric Theatre takes you back to the heyday of girl groups such as The Chiffons, The Supremes, Tina Turner and Aretha Franklin in high-energy musical revue BEEHIVE at the vintage Earl Smith Strand Theatre in Marietta.  Through March 3.

Learn about  a different side to the third American president and Constitution author in the Really Retro special exhibition Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello: How the Word is Passed Down at the Atlanta History Center through July 7.

Every Tuesday and Thursday night is Retro Cinema at Movie Tavern. Check out classic movies on the big screen weekly at 7:30 p.m.