ATLRetro

Monday, June 17

Swing back to the golden age of jazz at Café 290 every first and third Monday of the month for Big Band Night with Joe Gransden and his amazing 16-piece orchestra. Northside Tavern hosts its weekly Blues Jam featuring blues and southern soul singer Lola Gulley. Enjoy your BBQ with a side of Dry White Toast at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack.

Tuesday, June 18

The seats are alive with THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965) at Northlake Festival Movie Tavern as the its June retro cinema classic series of Classic Summer Blockbusters continues! Kool Kat Calu Cordeira mixes tiki libations during 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. Blues it down with Nathan Nelson & Entertainment Crackers at Northside Tavern. It’s blues Burning Time at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack. Steve’s Live Music in Sandy Springs hosts a weekly Bluegrass & Hootenanny Jam led by Jason Koornick & Hank Weisman. Ursula Undress teaches Beginner’s Burlesque at Studio Burlesque at 8:30 p.m!

Katherine Lashe. Photo credit: PinUp Girl Cosmetics.

Wednesday, June 19

Get schooled by two of Atlanta’s burlesque finest, last week’s Kool Kat Katherine Lashe or Talloolah Love in Beginning Burlesque classes at Studio Burlesque. 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. Danny “Mudcat” Dudeck brings the Piedmont blues to Northside Tavern, and the blues rain down in a Georgia Flood at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack. Greet the day  with an 11:30 a.m. matinee  of THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965) in Northlake Festival Movie Tavern’s Retro Cinema series this week!

Thursday, June 20

Relax with a cocktail while listening to the groovy island sounds of Agent 45 at vintage tiki bar, Trader Vic’s. 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 the honkytonkin’ blues of  Chickenshack. It’s 80s/90s Retro Video Night with free drinks ’til 10 at The Shelter. City Mouse take the stage at Red Light Cafe‘s weekly Bluegrass Thursday. If you didn’t get the chance to go to Studio Burlesque this week, you have another chance to try out Beginning Burlesque with Ursula Undress at 6:30 p.m. and enjoy live burlesque in the Performance Track Series at 9:30 p.m. And it’s your last chance to enjoy THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965) at Northlake Festival Movie Tavern this week!

Col. Bruce Hampton

The Cosmic West headline a raucous retrobilly night of harmony-drenched Americana, Country and Western with The Van Lears and The Serenaders at Red Light Cafe. Spice it up with Salsa Night led by Salsambo Dance Studio under the dinosaurs at Fernbank Museum of Natural History’s Martinis and IMAX. Spanky and the Love Handles deliver down and dirty blues at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack. Veteran Kool Kat Colonel Bruce Hampton brings his unique sounds to Northside Tavern. And Gregg Allman and Hank Williams Jr. make it a rockin’ country Southern night at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre.

Saturday, June 22

Hear 10 cool local and regional bands as Surf Fest 2013 shakes up O’Neal Plaza in Douglasville.  The line-up includes quite a few ATLRetro favorites like Caroline & The Ramblers, The Monterreysand The Mystery Men? Read our Kool Kat feature on Surf Fest founder Wayne Foster here. Madame Nocturne’s Midsummer Night’s Swing brings the Roaring ’20s back with a contemporary ElectroSwing edge at Gatsby’s. Read our Kool Kat on event producer La Schaffer here. In Atlanta Rollergirls action, all-star team Dirty South Derby Girls battle the DC Rollergirls at 5 p.m. and the Sake Tuyas face off against the Toxic Shocks at 7:30 p.m. at the Yaarab Shrine. Clashinista and The Cherry Bomb throw a punk rockin’ tribute to The Clash and Joan Jett at The Earl. Swing on down to Eddie’s Attic to hear Joe Gransden and his Big Band. It’s honkytonk heaven at the Star Bar with Rolling Nowhere, JP Harris & the Tough Choices, Julea & Her Dear Johns and Joe Fletcher. Read our Kool Kat feature on Julea Thomerson here. Ike Stubblefield tickles the blues ivories at Northside Tavern.  Billy George fires up the blues at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack. It’s a Rock and Soul Dance Party at The Basement! 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.

Sunday, June 23

Kitty Love‘s Sultry Sunday returns to Red Light Cafe for some Summer Lovin’ with Cheeky Belles Burlesque. If you missed our Kool Kat feature on Kitty, catch up here! Go Really Retro as Sergio Leone meets Norse legend in a rare US screening of acclaimed Icelandic film WHEN THE RAVEN FLIES (1984) at the Plaza Theatre, including a pre-show Dark Ages weapons and culture presentation by local Viking group Sons of Loki.  Pat Benatar transforms the Atlanta Botanical Garden into a battlefield of love. Cineprov  pokes fun the easy target of Tom Cruise in TOP GUN (1986) at The Plaza Theater. Snake Legs bring on the blues at Fatt Matt’s  Rib Shack. Cedar Hill serves up a honktonk brunch at Big Tex starting at noon. Get a spoonful of blues courtesy of Uncle Sugar at Northside Tavern.

Ongoing

Johannes Vermeer’s GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING goes on display at The High Museum of Art on Sun. June 23 and visits through Sept. 29.

EXTREME MAMMALS from sabertooth tiger skulls and wooly mammoth fur to contemporary creatures such as the duck-billed platypus invade Fernbank Museum of Natural History through August 18.

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 night, Wednesday morning and Thursday night is Retro Cinema at Movie Tavern.