ATLRetro

by Melanie Crew
Managing Editor/Contributing Writer

Rock out in Retro Atlanta this week with a revved up rockabilly showdown, retro cinema galore and all the blues and jazz your little vintage hearts could want! So, come on out and live la vida Retro!

Monday, June 30

Get retro, kiddie-style at Pallookaville’s vintage cinema extravaganza with The Polka Dotted Elephant Summer Cinema Club at 10 am, with their screenings of a DOGVILLE SHORT episode (1930), LANCELOT LINK episode (1970) and featuring Hayao Miyazaki’s animated classic, MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO (1988)! Barrel House Bob Page fires up the blues at Blind Willie’s! Swing on by Big Band Night featuring Joe Gransden and his amazing 17-member orchestra at Café 290 every first and third Monday of the month. Boogie on down to the Northside Tavern and spend an evening with Lola at her famous Monday Night Northside Jam!  And blues on down to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack for a side of Dry White Toast and some finger lickin’ BBQ! 

Tuesday, July 1

Get monstrous, retro-style at The Plaza Theateras they screen the 60^th Anniversary restoration of Ishiro Honda’s GODZILLA (1954) through July 7!  Or get shark-infested and swim on by the Northlake Festival Movie Tavern for their screening of Steven Spielberg’s horrifying summer classic, JAWS (1975) during their Summer of Adventure series at 7:30 pm! It’s a night of ‘70s throwback punk at 529 with Wyldlife and Dinos Boys! Make your way to Big Tex for a night with Moira Nelligan & The Dixie Jigs and their old-fashioned Americana! Boogie on down to The Star Bar and get groovy at The Funk Godfather, DJ Romeo Cologne’s Funk Royale featuring DJ Quasi Mandisco every Tuesday! Jam on down to Eddie’s Attic for a night with the Atlanta Rhythm Section! Jam it up with Joe Gransden and his jazz jam session at Twain’s in Decatur every Tuesday at 9 pm! Or boogie on down to Darwin’s Burgers & Blues in Marietta for a taste of Bill Sheffield’s acoustic roots and blues! The Entertainment Crackers get bluesy with their folksy Americana at the Northside Tavern. And rock on down to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack for a night with JT Speed!

Wednesday, July 2

Honky-tonk on down to The Star Bar for a revved up night with BloodshotBill & the Greensboro Gang with The Mondellos! Or punk on down to The Earl for a night with Spray Tan, Arliss Nancy, Killing Kuddles and Joseph Lazzari (Walk From the Gallows)! Ed Roland & the Sweet Tea Project rock out at Eddie’s Attic! Get revived with some back porch folk rock at Terminal West with Jamestown Revival! Swing on by East Atlanta’s Graveyard Tavern for their Graveyard Swing Night, held the first Wednesday of every month, promising an evening of swingin’ jazz and jive with the Savoy Kings! Or get folksy at Smith’s Olde Barwith Picture PerfectSkylines, Ben Gaines and Owner of the Sun in the Atlanta Room! Or shake your groove thing in the Music Room with Mercury Orkestar, Electric Attitude and Frisky Monkey! Rock on down to The Drunken Unicorn for a night of post-punk with Dasher, The Coltranes and Uniform! Get jazzy with Sal Gentile at the Elliott Street Pub! The Hollidays deliver a night of soul and rock and roll at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack! Or make your way to the Northside Tavern as Danny ‘Mudcat’ Dudeck fires it up with his rockin’ blues! It’s Ladies Night at Johnny’s Hideaway which plays hits from Sinatra to Madonna for a generally mature crowd.  It’s a night of ‘She Bop’ at Mary’s featuring girl pop and punk! Or skip school and hit the beach at the Northlake Festival Movie Tavern for their screening of Steven Spielberg’s horrifying summer classic, JAWS (1975) during their Summer of Adventure series’ matinee screening at 11:30 am!

Thursday, July 3

It’s Slim Chicken’s Honkytonk Extravaganza at The Star Bardelivering a night of live band karaoke followed by Kool Kat Julea Thomerson & Her Dear Johns! It’s a night of foot-stompin’ Americana and bluegrass at Red Light Café withConservation Theory! The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra presents their “Performance on the Promenade” event at Piedmont Park! Get jazzy, gypsy and Americana-style at Eddie’s Atticwith Jared & Amber with special guest, Michael Magno! It’s a night of roots and alt rock at The Earlwith Faithless Town, Goodnight Buffalo and New Terminus! Stagger on over to Noni’s Bar & Deli for their Bitter Heroes event featuring DJ Brian Parris as he gets charmingly morose with a little New-Wave, The Smiths and The Cure! Make your way to the Crimson Moon Café for The Tom & Julie Show featuring tributes to tunes from the 60s to the 90s every Thursday! The Northside Tavern gets rockin’ with a little Chicago/Delta blues of The Breeze Kings! Get your boogie on at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack, as Chickenshack featuring Eddie Tigner, delivers some honky-tonk blues! Darwin’s Burgers & Blues gets down and dirty at their Blues Jam hosted by The Cazanovas! Tom Hill & the Midnight Suns deliver a night of blues, rock and soul at the Clermont Lounge! Trader Vic’s delivers a night of swanky soul and rock n roll with Bogey & the ViceroyQuartet! Get your boogie on at Mary’s, as the East Atlanta venue gets funky with their weekly Disco in the Village.  Riff away with the best of ‘em at The Plaza Theater as their Cineprov group riff’s Roland Emmerich’s sci-fi action flick, INDEPENDENCE DAY (1996)at 7:30! And it’s your last chance to catch a glimpse of those monstrous bloody teeth at the Northlake Festival Movie Tavern during their screening of Steven Spielberg’s horrifying summer classic, JAWS (1975) during their Summer of Adventure series at 7:30 pm!

Friday, July 4

Happy 4^th of July all you rockin’ Retro-lovers! Rev on down to the B3 Bar & Grill for Kool Kat Right Reverend Andy Hawley’s “Great AmericanRockabilly Show”, featuring rockin’ tunes, vintage vendors galore, a car/bike show and a pin-up contest! And you won’t want to miss the rockin’ musical lineup of Kool Kat Hot Rod Walt and the Psycho-DeVilles, the CadillacJunkies, Hellfire Revival, The Krank Daddies, Hillbilly Casino and so much more! Or spend the day with Pallookaville at their “Fourth of July Independepallooza” event, featuring a parade at 10 am, the vivacious street marching band, the Seed & Feed Marching Abominable, a rockin’ time with the Thimblerig Circus featuring juggling, fire eating shenanigans and so much more, costume contests, corndog eating contests, all followed by a viewing for the Avondale fireworks! And fire up the blues at Hottie Hawgs BBQwith their 4^th of July Bash with Danny ‘Mudcat’ Dudeck!

The Plaza Theateris going all out tonight with its retro cinema with all running through July 10! Get futuristic Australian-style at their Mad Max Marathon, featuring all three George Miller action flicks: MAD MAX (1979), MAD MAX 2: THE ROAD WARRIOR (1982) and MAD MAX: BEYOND THUNDER DOME (1985)! Or head across the pond and rock out with 50^th Anniversary screening of Richard Lester’s A HARD DAYS NIGHT (1964)!  Or get horrified sci-fi style as they screen Ridley Scott’s classic creepy space thriller, ALIEN (1979)! The Star Bar delivers a night of rockin’ glam with a David Bowie tribute band, the Pinups! Get laid-back with Danny ‘Mudcat’ Dudeck as he delivers his Piedmont Playboys at the Northside Tavern! Blues on down to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack for a taste of John Sosebee’s hill country blues and a side of finger lickin’ BBQ! Get your fill of your favorite MTV videos with Kool Kat VJ Anthony at his ICON 80s: Music Video Dance Night invading Famous Pub every Friday night at 10 pm! Men of Motown boogie down during their song and dance revival at The Strand Theater! And as always, Time-Warp it up and get naughty with some uber musically-inclined transsexual aliens at The Plaza Theater as they continue their tradition of screening THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (1975) every Friday night, featuring the live cast of Lips Down on Dixie at midnight!

Saturday, July 5

The Star Bardelivers a night of ‘60s/Quentin Tarantino-inspired tunes with Black Linen, ExWhy and The Selfish Lovers! Skye Paige, “Queen of the Slide Guitar” and Danny B. Harvey deliver a night of rockabilly blues and country at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack! For a night of punky-tonk and outlaw bluegrass, stomp on down to the Elliott Street Pubfor The Punknecks! Rock across the pond and over to Lefont Theatre for their 50^th Anniversary screening of Richard Lester’s A HARD DAYS NIGHT (1964)! For a night of alt rock, make your way to the Red Light Caféfor Jain the Band and The Space Time Travelers! Get folksy at Steve’s Live Musicin Sandy Springs with Pierce Pettis! Rock on down to 529, Indie-folk rock style for a night with Streets of Laredo, The Hunts and Book of Colors! Or get rocked at Al Bum’s Record Shop in Acworth for their Benefit for the Wounded Warrior Project featuring Hip toDeath, Rick Dang, The Lost Souls, Air Wolves, Used for Comparison, Bold Ashes, Dark Matter Halo, The Roadside and Black Capsule! The Barry Richman Band gets down and dirty at Darwin’s Burgers & Blues! Rock out with the ‘blues woman power’ of Beverly ‘Guitar’ Watkins at the Northside Tavern!  Spend an evening with the greatest women in music at The Strand Theater during their song and dance revue, Diva! And as always, DJ Romeo Cologne transforms the sensationally seedy Clermont Lounge into a ’70s disco/funk inferno late into the wee hours of the night.

Sunday, July 6

Get jazzy at Steve’s Live Music in Sandy Springs for their Deb Bowman Jazz Brunch at 12:30 pm! It’s a Jukebox Giants song and dance musical revue at The Strand Theater, featuring pop music through the ages, ‘50s to ‘80s! Rock out with Rick Hinkle and his Baby Boomers Gone Wild event at the Crimson Moon Café, featuring ‘60s and ‘70s covers! Come on out for a second helping of Skye Paige, “Queen of the Slide Guitar” and Danny B. Harvey at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack! And stomp on down to Smith’s Olde Barfor a night of vintage-inpired Texas country with Jeremy Steding & the Rebellion!

Ongoing

The Plaza Theaterscreens the 60^th Anniversary restoration of Ishiro Honda’s GODZILLA (1954) through July 7!

The Plaza Theater’s retro cinema line-up, including a Mad Max Marathon, featuring all three George Miller action flicks: MAD MAX (1979), MAD MAX 2: THE ROAD WARRIOR (1982) and MAD MAX: BEYOND THUNDER DOME (1985), a screening of the 50^th Anniversary of Richard Lester’s A HARD DAYS NIGHT (1964) and  Ridley Scott’s classic creepy space thriller, ALIEN (1979), runs through July 10!

The Center for Puppetry Arts presents Dr. Seuss’ ‘The Cat in the Hat’, running through July 20!

The High Museum gets revved during their ‘Dream Cars; Innovative Design, Visionary Dreams’ exhibit, featuring forward-thinking auto designs from 1932 to the present, running through September 7!

Nerd Film Mafia screenings at the Diesel Fueling Station following NerdCore Trivia, every last Tuesday of the month!

ICON 80s: Music Video Dance Night rocks out at the Famous Pub every Friday night with a different 80’s theme!

The Star Bar gets groovy with The Funk Godfather, DJ Romeo Cologne and DJ QuasiMandisco every Tuesday!

Steve’s Live Music’s Gypsy Jazz Brunch offers up a plate of Hot Club jamming and Parisian Swing with Kool Kool Kat Amy Pike and the Bonaventure Quartet from 12:30 to 3:30 pm every 2^nd & 4^th Sunday!

Boogie on down into Disco Hell at The Family Dog as DJ Quasi Mandisco delivers a night of classic funk, soul and disco the last Friday of every month

The Plaza Theater Time-Warps it up as they screen, THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (1975) every Friday night, featuring the live cast of Lips Down on Dixie at midnight!

Every first and third Mondays are Big Band Nights at Café 290, featuring Joe Gransden and his amazing 16-piece orchestra playing jazz and swing standards in the tradition of The Glen Miller Orchestra and other legendary groups.  Second and fourth Mondays are Bumpin the Mango, ‘The groove that makes you want to move!’

Every first Wednesday is the Graveyard Tavern’s Graveyard Swing Night, featuring the swingin’ jazz and boogie-woogie sounds of the Savoy Kings!

If you have a suggestion for a future event that should be included in This Week in Retro Atlanta or see something we missed, please email us at atlretro@gmail.com.