Weekend Update: July 29-31, 2011

Posted on: Jul 29th, 2011 By:

Friday, July 29

Enjoy an evening of burlesque vignettes inspired by film noir detective films during Bellissitease: Femme Fatale at Bellissima tonight starting at 10 p.m. Performers include local stars The Chameleon QueenDevin LiquorFonda LingueBlast-Off Burlesque‘s Sadie Hawkins and Talloolah Love, as well as DJ Doctor Q spinning noir and swinging tunes. Come dressed as a private dick or femme fatale and enjoy great music, food, pool table and tasty beverages, too.

Hometown favorites Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ rock the Buckhead Theatre, in celebration of the one year-anniversary of the reopening of that vintage venue, with Jason Isbell & the 400 UnitFuturebirds and Jonny CorndawgCinderella makes for another hair-teasin’ metal ’90s nostalgiafest at Wild Bill’s in Duluth. The KingSized Trio jazzes up Ray’s on the RiverCallanwolde’s Jazz on the Lawn goes more contemporary with Madoca & Company. Catch an IMAX movie and dance to jazz, blues, soul and New Orleans grooves performed by the MattWauchope Trio at Fernbank Museum of Natural History’s Martinis and IMAX. The wacky cast of Cineprov! get all personal and sharky with JAWS 4: THE REVENGE at 8 p.m. at Relapse TheatreShriek Movie Night screens THE DEVIL’S REJECTS, Rob Zombie’s twisted homage to ’70s horror exploitation flicks, at DooGallery at 10 p.m.

Chickasaw Mudd Puppies.

Saturday July 30

It’s great to see innovative Athens duo the Chickasaw Mudd Puppies back twangin’ and right on top of the rockin’ line-up for today’s Buckhead Music Festival at Buckhead TheatreATLRetro finds out how the eclectic band got started, where they’ve been all these years and what they have planned now that they’re back from extra-fun Kool Kat of the Week Brant Slay here. Other bands on the bill include The District AttorneysLittle TybeeAbby GogoThe Julia DreamEric Dodd BandTedo Stone and more.

Burt and the Bandits.

Burt & the Bandits, the SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT tribute band founded by our very first Kool Kat Jon Waterhouse, barnstorms at the vintage Earl Strand Theatre. We caught up with Jon earlier this week to get the full scoop on this bandit’s run to Marietta and a sneak peek at their Drive Invasion plans here. Groove to The Booze as they channel a host of ’60s/’70s rockers from the Stones to Muddy Waters with their own contemporary twist at The Earl.The Hot Rod Walt TrioMystery Men? and Atomic Boogie play a rockabilly/surf/blues triple header at Five Spot. Read our recent Kool Kat with Hot Rod Walt here. Honky-tonk duo Whiskey Belt heads OTP to The Local at Sidelines in

Andrew & the Disapyramids.

Marietta. Grab your log and head to Noni’s for their Twin Peaks Mystery Third-Anniversary Gala. See if you can solve the mystery of who wrapped Laura Palmer in plastic among suspects ranging from Agent Dale Cooper to Andrew and the Disapyramids, featuring Kool Kat Joshua Longino The Hollidays bring a little soul to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack. And of course, DJ Romeo Cologne transforms the sensationally seedy Clermont Lounge into a ’70s disco/funk inferno late into the wee hours.

Sunday July 31

Callanwolde Fine Arts Center transports guests to a glittery night of vintage music and dance in Las Vegas in LandingStar performance ensemble’s CHRISTMAS IN JULY, followed by ballroom dancing led by ballroom choreographer, performer and Kool Kat David Spencer, in the mansion’s beautiful indoor courtyard. Tickets are just $20 and benefit annual Christmas at Callanwolde festivities.

The Barrow Boys play blues “dunch” between 1 and 4 PM at The Earl. It’s yo, ho-ho, a bottle of rum and Johnny Depp as PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES takes over the big screen at 2 p.m. at 1929 movie palace Fabulous Fox Theatre, part of the Coca-Cola Summer Film FestivalThe Boxcars make it a bluegrass night at Eddie’s AtticFatback Deluxe play classic American blues, soul, rock n’ roll, R&B and jazz from the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack.

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Band on the Run: Burt & the Bandits Race Up to Marietta’s Earl Strand Theatre Sat. July 30 & Invade the Starlight Drive-In & Smith’s Olde Bar

Posted on: Jul 27th, 2011 By:

Burt and the Bandits, 8 p.m. Sat. July 30; $12 advance; $15 at the door; Earl Smith Strand Theatre, 117 North Park Square, Marietta.

When ATLRetro launched in January, we knew the first Kool Kat of the Month had to be Jon Waterhouse. In a city fortunate to have several strong contenders for its most Retro Renaissance Man (Or Woman), Waterhouse is an undisputed 20th Century Pop Culture King. And that’s not just because he hosts a radio show called THE POP CULTURE KING SHOW on AM 1690, though that show, along with a regular freelance gig with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, allows him to interview many 20th century icons.

No, what’s so cool about Jon is the quantity and diversity of Retro culture that he’s tapped into. He’s done promo work for Van Halen and fronted Van Heineken, a Van Halen tribute band. He hosts all of Blast-Off Burlesque’s shows, transforming seemingly effortlessly into a succession of creative characters from a sci-fi nerd to Rip Taylor. For four years and over 100 Silver Scream Spookshows at the Plaza Theatre, he played Retch, Professor Morte’s lovable sidekick. He’s collaborating on a book related to the 1939 classic movie THE WIZARD OF OZ.

And just when you wonder what he could possibly do next, Jon’s latest adventure is Burt and the Bandits, which pays homage to the 1977 Burt Reynolds hit SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT. They’re playing the awesome art-deco Earl Smith Strand Theatre in Marietta on Sat. July 30, and after getting the lowdown from Jon, we can’t think of a better reason to dust off the old Trans Am, get loaded up and truckin’, never mind them brakes, put that hammer down and give it hell all the way to OTP…

Burt & The Bandits. From left to right: Jon Waterhouse, Barb Hays, Benny Boynton, Tim Price and Doug Williams.

ATLRETRO: How did you get the idea of a SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT tribute band?
JON WATERHOUSE: Well, as a child of the ’70s, I remember the days when Burt Reynolds was the biggest movie star going. There really hasn’t been another film celebrity like him since. He kind of cornered the market with a perfect mix of machismo and silliness. I have a special spot in my heart for his films, especially his earlier exploitation flicks like WHITE LIGHTNING and its sequel GATOR. Of course the original SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT is at the top of the heap. Anyway, many of his films featured great, fun music. You’ve got the Jerry Reed tunes from SMOKEY, and even the Ray Stevens title track from CANNONBALL RUN.

So about six or seven years ago I had the idea of a band that would play songs from Burt Reynolds movies dressed as the SMOKEY characters. And the set would be supplemented with what I call “classic country comfort food” from the same era, back when country was at its coolest. Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton. It would be a tongue-in-cheek, comedic presentation, while still showing respect for the music. Heck, they did it with HEE HAW. Even Jerry Reed, who was a Chet Atkins disciple and one of the greatest finger pickers of his day, laced his music with humor. So that was the basic idea.

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This Week in Retro Atlanta, July 25-31, 2011

Posted on: Jul 25th, 2011 By:

Monday July 25

From 3 PM on, savor tropical sounds and libations, as well as a Polynesian dinner during Mai Tai Monday at Smith’s Olde BarKingsized and Tongo Hiti lead singer Big Mike Geier is Monday night’s celebrity bartender at Sister Louisa’s Church of the Living Room and Ping Pong ParlorNorthside Tavern hosts its weekly Blues Jam.

Tuesday July 26

What’s in a name? Catchy coolness if you’re self-styled D.I.Y. rock ‘n’ roll band Swank Sinatra, playing tonight at Smith’s Olde Bar. Although their sound, fury and lyrics are inspired by Frank than “homeless people, pirates, ladies, shoes, ships, our hate of disco and breakfast.” Minor Stars and Kevin Dunbar Band open. Grab your horn and head to Twain’s in Decatur for a Joe Gransden jazz jam session starting at 9 PM. JT Speed plays the blues at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack. Notorious DJ Romeo Cologne spins the best ‘70s funk and disco at 10 High in Virginia-Highland. Catch Tues. Retro in the Metro nights at Midtown’s Deadwood Saloon, featuring video mixes of ’80s, ’90s, and 2Ks hits.

Wednesday  July 27

The Temptations and The Four Tops make it a mini-Motown reunion at Classic Chastain tonight. Get ready to rumba, cha-cha and jitterbug at the weekly Swing Night at Graveyard TavernDeacon Brandon Reeves bring the blues to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack and Danny “Mudcat” Dudeck blues it down at Northside Tavernrespectively. Dance to ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s hits during Retro in the Metro Wednesdayspresented by Godiva Vodka, at Pub 71 in Brookhaven.

Thursday  July 28

It’s a cinematic night of pure (& twisted) imagination for the whole family as The Atlanta Opera screens classic 1971 movie WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY starring Gene Wilder at The Atlanta Opera Center (1575 Northside Drive, NW, Bldg 300, Suite 350, Atlanta, GA 30318). Attendees may win two (golden?) tickets to the company’s production of THE GOLDEN TICKET, also based on the Roald Dahl novel, in March, 2012.

Henry Porter, named after a legendary Dylan quote, bring their Western swing on DMT to Kathmandu Restaurant & Grill in Clarkston. Or is that post-rock mindset with 70’s AOR hooks? Or songs that Iggy Pop might could sing? Or the Eagles with credibility? Or CCR meets XTC? Heck if they even know for sure, but you can find out for free and eat some tasty Asian vittles at the same time.

Classic Tulsa Sound piano man Leon Russell opens for legendary folk rocker Bob Dylan at Chastain Park Amphitheatre. Go Retro-Polynesian to Tongo Hiti’s luxurious live lounge sounds, as well as some trippy takes on iconic pop songs, just about every Thursday night at Trader Vic’s. Party ‘70s style with DJ Romeo Cologne at Aurum LoungeBreeze King and Chickenshack bring on the blues respectively at Northside Tavern and Fat Matt’s Rib Shack.Bluegrass Thursday at Red Light Cafe features The Burning Angels.

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Weekend Update, May 20-22, 2011

Posted on: May 20th, 2011 By:

Some great live music and beautiful babes who like to dance, skate and kill. That’s what this May weekend is all about.

Friday, May 20

Iconic ’80s alternative and psychedelic rock band The Flaming Lips are back for a second night at The Tabernacle. ATLRetro faves and self-described ragtime/vaudeville wild cats Blair Crimmins & the Hookers promise a late-night anything goes show at529. Joe Gransden swings at Friday Jazz at theHigh Museum of Art. Spice up your dancing with sassy Latin rhythms during Salsa Night Featuring Salsambo Dance Studio at Fernbank Museum of Natural History’s Martinis and IMAX. Or relive those heady John Hughes-movie high school days you never had at the Decatur Adult Promfrom 8 PM to midnight at the Solarium in Oakhurst. Featuring a DJ, disco ball, Victory beer, spiked punch, photography and hopefully no pig blood.

Saturday May 21

Choose between two big music festivals during another Saturday jam-packed with Retro fun. The dead won’t literally be singing Tunes From the Tombs at Oakland Cemetery, or at least the living are telling us it’ll be a wide variety of bands and solo artists serving up a mix of rock, folk, Americana, jazz, classical and everything in between at four stages throughout the graveyard. Saturday highlights that may be familiar to ATLRetro readers include redneck underground founding fathers Slim Chance & the Convictsat 4:30 PM, soulful and jazzy Abby Wren and What It Is at 2 PM, Jim Stacy’s new band AM Gold at 5:30 PM.

 

Burt and the Bandits.

Saturday afternoon at the 8th annual East Atlanta Beer Festival in Brownwood Park, sample over 150 craft beers, taste good food from grilled cheese to beer ice cream, and listen to rockin’ good music such as the world premiere of Burt and the Bandits, a SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT tribute band fronted by the multitalented Jon Waterhouse and featuring this week’s Kool Kat Barb “Barbilicious” Hays.

As night falls, so rise the femme fatales. The sexy nonprofit Pin Ups for Soldiers bare just enough and sell some calendars to raise money for care packages for the troops in Afghanistan and Iraq at the Edgewood Corner Tavern‘s Armed Forces Day celebration. The bar’ll also be donating a buck for every PBR can and Yuengling draft sold. Burlesque sensation Talloolah Lovecelebrates the exotic movements that started her love of dance during Arabian Nights featuring bellydance workshops and performances, hookah lounge, drum circle, henna art, and delicious Mediterranean treats at Bart Webb Studios in Avondale Estates.

Beware the cutest kittens have the sharpest claws. Blast-Off Burlesque salutes Tura Satana and bad girls everywhere with a screening of the 1965 cult classicFASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL! in their second bimonthly Taboo La-La at the historic Plaza Theatre. For a sneak preview, read ATLRetro’s exclusive interview with this week’s Kool Kat Barbilicious and the Retro Review by Mark Arson, but in the exploitation spirit, the pre-show wild antics include a Tura Satana costume contest, beefcake contest for guys, all-girl arm wrestling, live music by Grinder Nova, a chance to leave an offering at the Tura Satana shrine, a silent auction of Tura art and memorabilia to raise money for Varla Films to help complete a documentary on the recently deceased actress, and super special prizes and surprises.

For those ready to relive those heady hardcore skatepunk/thrash metal days DRI (Dirty Rotten Imbeciles) are at The Masquerade. Still with the band from the original line-up are vocalist Kurt Brecht and guitarist Spike Cassidy. And it’s the monthly bout night for the Atlanta Rollergirls at the Yaarab Shrine Center, the all-star Dirty South Derby Girls thrash it out with Knoxville’s Hard Knox Roller Girlsat 5 PM, and the Apocalypstix face off against the Sake Tuyas at 7:30 PM.

Sunday May 22

Oakland Cemetery‘s Tunes from the Tombs continues with another full day of live music on four stages, including Atlanta rockabilly favorites Blacktop Rockets at 1 PM, beach pop band The Mermaids at 4 PM, and many more. Wormwood headlines blues “dunch” between 1 and 4 PM at The Earl.

Closing this weekend

It’s the final weekend of SCARLETT’S WEB, mad puppeteer Chris Brown‘s twisted puppet musical retelling of a familiar children’s story at Dad’s Garage. You’ll still root for a certain chatty spider and a pensive pig who is a farm girl’s best friend, but let’s just say, this time there will be blood. Never mind, it’s all in fun and definitely recommended only for anyone old enough to appreciate adult humor. Fri. and Sat. night at 8 p.m. through May 21.

The Age of Aquarius rises through Sun. May 22 as HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical finishes up a week long run at the 1929 Fabulous Fox Theatre. The legendary hippie rock opera follows a group of hopeful free-spirited young people as they explore sexual identity, challenge racism, experiment with drugs and burn their draft cards. This production won a 2009 Tony Award for Best Musical Revival. Read ATLRetro’s interview with actress Allison Guinn here.

Ongoing

At the High Museum of Art through May 29 is the MOMA-organized HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON: THE MODERN CENTURY, a blockbuster exhibit showcasing a photographer and photojournalist who captured on film many of the seminal moments  of the 20th century from World War II to the assassination of Ghandi, China’s cultural revolution to civil rights and consumer culture in America.

Tune back in on Monday for This Week in Retro Atlanta. If you know of a cool happening, send suggestions to ATLRetro@gmail.com.


 

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Kool Kat of the Week: Talking Taboo-La-La, Tura Satana, Travel, Truckin’ and The Rapture with the Beautiful “Barbilicious” Hays of Blast-Off Burlesque

Posted on: May 18th, 2011 By:

ATLRetro wishes Blast-Off Burlesque would put on a few more full shows— these seven delectable dolls and one groovy guy are way too much clever and creative to be on stage just twice a year now and we miss them at the Silver Scream Spookshow. But this talented ensemble is thankfully tiding Atlanta over with Taboo-La-La, a sexy vintage movie series with extras, at the Plaza Theatre. They kicked off with SHOWGIRLS in March, but this month’s show on Saturday May 21 is even more of a special treat as they present a rare chance to see exploitation classic FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL! on the big screen (read ATLRetro’s exclusive review by Mark Arson here). Of course, it’s a Blast-Off production, so that’s just the tip of the fun from Tura Satana lookalike, beefcake boy and all-girls arm-wrestling contests to a shrine to recently deceased B-movie siren Satana and a silent art auction fundraiser for a documentary celebrating her life.

Dickie Van Dyke and Barbilicious. Photo credit: Derek Jackson.

To find out more, ATLRetro asked Barb Hays, aka Barbilicious, for a sneak peek behind the naughty plans and got her to spill a few sexy secrets. If you’ve been to a Blast-Off Burlesque performance—and shame on you, if you haven’t—you know each has a unique personality. For Barbilicious, it’s her big smile and a certain mischievious glint in her eyes that’s likely to grab your attention first. She’s the wacky comedienne who adds that extra “oh, my,” whether in an ensemble dance sketch where everyone is dressed in banana suits or steering a giant plastic bubble around stage in homage to Jane Fonda as Barbarella in the company’s Sci-Fi-A-Go-Go show last year.

 

Barb also drops a few tantalizing hints about future happenings involving an all-Blast-Off photo shoot next week, Blast-Off’s September show, her punk band LUST and the debut of Burt and the Bandits, her newest collaboration with the multitalented Jon Waterhouse (read ATLRetro’s profile of Jon here), at the East Atlanta Beer Festival also this Saturday.

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This Week in Retro Atlanta, May 16-22, 2011

Posted on: May 17th, 2011 By:

Monday May 16

Andrew & the Disapyramids

Swing to Joe Gransden, trumpet player extraordinaire, and his 16-piece orchestra and special guest Jazz Tenor sax great Skip Lane this week during Big Band Night at Cafe 290 on the first and third Monday of every month. Andrew & the Disapyramids bring back the best of surf, doo wop, Mod, soul, sock hop and all types of retro rock ‘n’ roll during a free gig at Noni’s Bar & Deli tonight. Read the Kool Kat feature on band-member Joshua Longino here. Find out if Kingsized and Tongo Hiti lead singer Big Mike Geier will croon a tune or two for tips as Monday night’s celebrity bartender at newly opened Sister Louisa’s Church of the Living Room and Ping Pong Parlor. Northside Tavern hosts its weekly Blues Jam.

Tuesday May 17

The Age of Aquarius rises again as HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical opens a weeklong run through May 22 at the 1929 Fabulous Fox Theatre. The legendary hippie rock opera follows a group of hopeful free-spirited young people as they explore sexual identity, challenge racism, experiment with drugs and burn their draft cards. This production won a 2009 Tony Award for Best Musical Revival.

Find out and see the winners of the 2011 Mid-Century Modern Georgia Photo Contest, during a reception at Gallery See in the Savannah College of Art and Design-Atlanta, Building C at 1600 Peachtree Street. Photos depict buildings or sites in the state that are part of the design movement that lasted from the 1930s-1970s, and attendees also will have a last chance to view the exhibition, “Capturing an Icon: Ezra Stoller and Modern Architecture,” featuring works by the celebrated American architecture photographer.

Grab your horn and head to Twain’s in Decatur for a Joe Gransden jazz jam session starting at 9 PM. Notorious DJ Romeo Cologne spins the best ‘70s funk and disco at 10 High in Virginia-Highland. Catch Tuesday Retro in the Metro nights at Midtown’s Deadwood Saloon, featuring live video mixes of ’80s, ’90s, and 2Ks hits.

Wednesday May 18

Get ready to rumba, cha-cha and jitterbug at the weekly Swing Night at Graveyard TavernFrankie’s Blues Mission and Danny “Mudcat” Dudeck bring on the blues at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack and Northside Tavern respectively. Dance to ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s hits during Retro in the Metro Wednesdays presented by Godiva Vodka, at Pub 71 in Brookhaven.

Thursday May 19

Iconic ’80s alternative and psychedelic rock band The Flaming Lips play The Tabernacle. Listen to Tongo Hiti’s luxurious live lounge sounds, as well as some trippy takes on iconic pop songs, just about every Thursday night at Trader Vic’s. Party ‘70s style with DJ Romeo Cologne at Aurum Lounge. Breeze Kings and Chickenshack bring on the blues respectively at Northside Tavern and Fat Matt’s Rib Shack.Bluegrass Thursday at Red Light Cafe features Bluebilly Grit.

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ATLRetro Weekend Update Jan. 28-30, 2011

Posted on: Jan 28th, 2011 By:

OK, I’d planned to do Weekend Updates on Thursdays, but the Jon Waterhouse interview got so many hits yesterday (thanks to everyone who reposted; you make me and Jon blush with gratitude!) that I decided to leave it at the top of the blog. But without further ado, here are ATLRetro’s top picks for things to do this weekend…

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This Week in Retro Atlanta Jan. 24-30, 2011

Posted on: Jan 24th, 2011 By:

By the clicking of these keys, something Retro this way comes… The first installment of “This Week in Retro Atlanta” won’t be as complete as I hope to make it. But everything has to start somewhere—or in this case, some time. So the time has come simply to just get the first installment of ATLRetro’s top picks of things to do this week posted.

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This Week in ATLRetro, May 20-26, 2019

Posted on: May 19th, 2019 By:

by Melanie Crew
Managing Editor

So many swell shenanigans taking place in ATLRetro This Week! Come see what we’ve found for you!

Monday, May 20

Rev it up as Kool Kat Hot Rod Walt goes solo for the night at Smokin’ Cues in Stockbridge! Get down with Nick Waterhouse at Terminal West! The Landmark Midtown Art Cinema screens Sydney Pollack’s AMAZING GRACE (2018) through May 23! GKIDS Presents Studio Ghibli Fest 2019’s 35th Anniversary screening of Hayao Miyazaki’s NAUSICAA OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND (1984) at theatres across Atlanta [AMC Barrett Commons 24 (Kennesaw); Regal Atlantic Station Stadium 18; Hollywood Stadium 24 (Chamblee); AMC Phipps Plaza 14; Avalon Stadium 12 (Alpharetta); Perimeter Pointe 10; Georgian Stadium 14 (Newnan); AMC Sugarloaf Mills 18 (Lawrenceville); and Regal Mall of Georgia Stadium (Buford)]! Catch retro-inspired Swedish singer Leon at the Buckhead Theatre! Rock out and tune into Kool Kat Rev. Andy Hawley’s Psychobilly Freakout Radio broadcasting on Garage 71 at 8pm, every Monday! Thrash on down to Hell at the Masquerade for a night with Sacred Reich, Sworn Enemy and Anger Within! 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 a plate full ‘o finger lickin’ BBQ!

Tuesday, May 21

The Landmark Midtown Art Cinema delivers a special early screening of Pamela B. Green’s BE NATURAL: THE UNTOLD STORY OF ALICE GUY-BLACHE (2018) followed by a Q&A with the director, at 7:30pm! Slippery When Wet pays tribute to Bon Jovi at City Winery! Spend the night with Matthew Logan Vasquez at Eddie’s Attic! Get industrial with Nitzer Ebb at Terminal West! Or spend the night with Art Alexakis (Everclear) at the Variety Playhouse! TCM Big Screen Classics Presents a 30th Anniversary screening of Herbert RossSTEEL MAGNOLIAS (1989) at theatres across Atlanta [AMC Barrett Commons 24 (Kennesaw); Hollywood Stadium 24 (Chamblee); Avalon Stadium 12 (Alpharetta); Perimeter Pointe 10; Regal McDonough Stadium 16 (McDonough); Georgian Stadium 14 (Newnan); AMC Sugarloaf Mills 18 (Lawrenceville); Regal Mall of Georgia Stadium (Buford); AMC Avenue Forsyth (Cumming); Cinemark Tinseltown 17 (Fayetteville); Regal Atlantic Station Stadium 18; and AMC Southlake Pavilion 24 (Morrow)]! GKIDS Presents Studio Ghibli Fest 2019’s 35th Anniversary screening of Hayao Miyazaki’s NAUSICAA OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND (1984) at theatres across Atlanta [AMC Barrett Commons 24 (Kennesaw); Regal Atlantic Station Stadium 18; Hollywood Stadium 24 (Chamblee); AMC Phipps Plaza 14; Avalon Stadium 12 (Alpharetta); Perimeter Pointe 10; Georgian Stadium 14 (Newnan); AMC Sugarloaf Mills 18 (Lawrenceville); and Regal Mall of Georgia Stadium (Buford)]! Jam it up with Joe Gransden and his jazz jam session at Venkman’s! The Star Bar delivers a night of retro shenanigans with DJ Quasi Mandisco’s Dance Party featuring retro-soul, funk, ‘80s, ‘90s and more! Blues it up with the Crosstown Allstars at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack! And as always, groove on down with Swami Gone Bananas at the Northside Tavern!

Wednesday, May 22

Get rocked at Landmark Midtown Art Cinema with a screening of Tom JonesASBURY PARK: RIOT, REDEMPTION, ROCK ‘N’ ROLL (2019) at 7pm! Spend the night with Kenny Howe & The Wow and John McNicholas (The Sunset District) at The Star Bar! Tacocat dishes out a night of Go-Gos meets the Monkees, with Sammi Lanzetta and Winter at The Drunken Unicorn! Blues it up with The Rainbow Girls at Eddie’s Attic! Get bewitched with a screening of Mike Newell’s HARRY POTTER & THE GOBLET OF FIRE (2005) at Studio Movie Grill (Alpharetta/Duluth/Marietta) at 7:15pm! Catch a Flashback Cinema screening of Rob Reiner’s THE PRINCESS BRIDE (1987) at theatres across Atlanta [Northlake Festival Movie Tavern (Tucker); GTC Merchant’s Walk Cinemas (Marietta); Movie Tavern at Horizon Village (Suwannee); and The Springs Cinema & Taphouse (Sandy Springs)! Funk it up with the Mike Veal Band at Tin Roof Cantina! TCM Big Screen Classics Presents a 30th Anniversary screening of Herbert RossSTEEL MAGNOLIAS (1989) at theatres across Atlanta [AMC Barrett Commons 24 (Kennesaw); Hollywood Stadium 24 (Chamblee); Avalon Stadium 12 (Alpharetta); Perimeter Pointe 10; Regal McDonough Stadium 16 (McDonough); Georgian Stadium 14 (Newnan); AMC Sugarloaf Mills 18 (Lawrenceville); Regal Mall of Georgia Stadium (Buford); AMC Avenue Forsyth (Cumming); Cinemark Tinseltown 17 (Fayetteville); Regal Atlantic Station Stadium 18; and AMC Southlake Pavilion 24 (Morrow)]! Get jazzy at the Red Light Café with The Gordon Vernick Quartet! Or make your way to the Northside Tavern for a rockin’ night of blues with the Tyler Neal Band! Fat Matt’s Rib Shack gets down with Frankie’s Blues Mission! And as always, it’s Ladies Night at Johnny’s Hideaway which plays hits from Sinatra to Madonna for a generally mature crowd.

Thursday, May 23

Get rocked, revved and honky tonked with a weekend chock full of the hillbilly persuasion, murder ballads and more with Bubbapalooza 2019 killing it with four full days of rockin’ tunes, BBQ, raffles and fun at The Star Bar, and head on downstairs to the Little Vinyl Lounge for Karaoke Night, every Thursday! Rock on down and kick off the weekend with Genki Genki Panic, Chrome Castle, Coach N’ Commando, and Roadkill Debutante! Beer & Lounge at the Clermont Lounge with Meagan Jean & The KFB, Nikki & The Phantom Callers and Mathis Hunter! Make your way to Venkman’s for Ladies of the ‘80s/’90s with Alyssa and Pete Olson (Yacht Rock Revue)! Cow-punk it up with Alejandro Escovedo, Front Country and Sydney Morse at Eddie’s Attic! Get your Americana fix with Threadbare Skivvies at Waller’s Coffee Shop! Darkwave it up at Noni’s during their weekly DARK ROOM event, every Thursday! It’s Mai Tai Thursday at Trader Vic’s so get down with some island tunes and have some killer cocktails! 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 delivers some honky-tonk blues! And as always, boogie down at Mary’s, as the East Atlanta venue gets funky with their weekly Disco in the Village.

Friday, May 24

Day 2 of Bubbapalooza 2019 at The Star Bar raises a ruckus with Kool Kat Rod Hamdallah, Rev James Leg, El Capitan & The Reluctant Sadists, The Tomb Tones, with a special Tiki Lounge featuring DJ Dusty Booze & Miss Candice with Cap’n Actin Jackson! You Oughta Know pays tribute to ‘90s chick rock at the Dixie Tavern! Jill Rock Jones pays tribute to Aretha Franklin with Rock Steady at Venkman’s! Geek it up at The Plaza Theater as they screen Terry Zwigogg’s GHOST WORLD (2001), through May 27! The Landmark Midtown Art Cinema screens Pamela B. Green’s BE NATURAL: THE UNTOLD STORY OF ALICE GUY-BLACHE (2018), through May 25! Or skip school and catch a screening of John HughesFERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF (1986) at The Earl Smith Strand Theatre at 8pm! Get experimental with Zen Mother at 529! Departure pays tribute to Journey and Head Games pay tribute to Foreigner at the Buckhead Theatre! Or catch Who’s Bad paying tribute to Michael Jackson at City Winery! Bluegrass it up with Trout Steak Revival at the Crimson Moon Café! Get rocked with Reconciler, Kool Kats Shehehe, and New Junk City at The Earl! Spend the night with Chinua Hawk at Eddie’s Attic! Fat Matt’s Rib Shack gets down with Big C! Make your way to the Northside Tavern for a rockin’ night of blues with the Tyler Neal Band! Time-Warp it up 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, May 25

The Star Bar and Bubbapalooza 2019 get jangled ‘n’ sleazy with Day 3’s rockin’ lineup with Andrea Colburn & Mud Moseley, Kool Kat Sen. Artie Mondello with The Delusionaires, Kool Kat Spike Fullerton and the Ghost Riders Car Club, Al Shelton, Bully, The Wildtones, Kool Kat Jeffrey Butzer & The Compartmentalizationalists, JJ & The Hustlers, the Outlaw Women Band, Tipsy & The Tri-Tones and a special Tiki Lounge with Kool Kat Rod Hamdallah, Malone Ranger and more! Get zombified at The Senoia Dead Bash delivering its 2nd Annual Charity Bash at The Esco Feed Mill for two killer days, through Sunday May 26, supporting two charities, Healing 4 Heroes, and Animal Hope and Wellness Foundation! Enjoy THE WALKING DEAD celebrities, on stage interviews, horse and dog stunt performances, street vendors, live tunes, celebrity auctions and more! Get monstrous during the Official JOE STRYKER Movie Wrap Party at Sweetwater Bar & Grill with Kool Kats the Casket Creatures, ELZIG and DDC! Get rootsy with Bonnie Blue at City Winery! Emma Ruth Rundle folks it up at The Earl! Stomp on down to Smith’s Olde Bar for a night with Rodeo Twister and Ashley Walls! Rumours pay tribute to Fleetwood Mac at the Variety Playhouse! Americana it up with Blackfoot Daisy at Waller’s Coffee Shop! Jazz it up at Piedmont Park during the Atlanta Jazz Festival featuring a killer line-up! The Marietta Pops Orchestra pays tribute to Henry Mancini, John Williams and George Cohen during their Spring Concert at The Earl Smith Strand Theatre! Get down with The Vipers at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack! Get the blues with Debbie Bond at the Northside Tavern! And as always, DJ Romeo Cologne and DJ Kwasi Mandisco transforms the sensationally seedy Clermont Lounge into a ’70s disco/funk inferno late into the wee hours of the night.

Sunday, May 26

Bubbapalooza 2019 brings you Michael Tolcher, Blackfox, The Hills & The Holler, Michael C. Smith, Kahle Davis & The Nightwatchmen and more at The Star Bar! Get funky with Morris Day & The Time and Queen of Percussion, Sheila E at the Mable House Barnes Amphitheatre! Get your Styx fix at Chastain Park! Or get roots-rockin’ with Nils Lofgren at City Winery! Dead Meadow dishes out a night of psychedelic rock at The Earl! Folk it up with The Bittersweets at Eddie’s Attic! Make your way to the Variety Playhouse for a night with David Crosby & The Sky Trails Band! Pop rock it up with John Waite at The Vista Room! Jazz it up at Piedmont Park during Day 2 of the Atlanta Jazz Festival! Catch a Flashback Cinema screening of Randal Kleiser’s GREASE (1978) at theatres across Atlanta [Northlake Festival Movie Tavern (Tucker); GTC Merchant’s Walk Cinemas (Marietta); Movie Tavern at Horizon Village (Suwannee); and The Springs Cinema & Taphouse (Sandy Springs)! Funk it up with Risky Biscuit at Tin Roof Cantina! Get sweet and low down blues-style at the Northside Tavern with Uncle Sugar!

Ongoing

Get really retro and journey back 220 million years to when massive pterosaurs ruled the skies with Fernbank Museum of Natural History’s newest Giant Screen film, FLYING MONSTERS 3D, through June 1!

Get merry as the Georgia Renaissance Festival kicks off its 34th year, jousting it up every weekend through June 2!

Darkwave it up at Noni’s during their weekly DARK ROOM event, every Thursday through July 26!

ATL CRAFT presents a magical occult Movie Night every second Friday of every month!

My Parents’ Basement goes old-school with their monthly Pinball Tournament, every first Wednesday of the month!

Geek it up and get to bowlin’ at The Comet Pub & LanesComet Cosplay, getting nerdy the first Monday of every month!

Dad’s Garage’s Big Boozy Nerdy Game Night brings out the kid in you, every first Monday of the month at 7pm! 

Union EAV rocks out with their Punk Rock Karaoke ATL, and every last Tuesday of the month!

The Highlander rocks out with their Punk/Metal/New Wave Karaoke Night, every Wednesday!

Get your vinyl fix during Little 5 Points Corner Tavern’s Records of Mass Destruction! event, every Monday!

Geek it up at My Parents’ Basement with their weekly Tuesday night Nerd Trivia at 8pm!

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

Get your reggae fix with Rub-A-Dub gettin’ down at WildPitch Music Hall, every second Sunday of the month!

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.

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This Week in ATLRetro, November 5-11, 2018

Posted on: Nov 4th, 2018 By:

by Melanie Crew
Managing Editor

Come see what’s shakin’ in ATLRetro This Week!

Monday, November 5

Rock on down to The Earl for a night with the Smoking Popes, The Pink Spiders and Amuse! Goth it up with The Birthday Massacre, Julien-K and Ghost Fader at the Variety Playhouse! The Plaza Theatre giallos it up with screenings of Dario Argento’s THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE (1970) through Nov. 7!  Groove on down to City Winery for a night with Bumpin the Mango! Landmark Midtown Art Cinema screens James Crump’s documentary ANTONIO LOPEZ 1970: SEX, FASHION & DISCO (2018), through Nov. 8! Get revved and tune into Kool Kat Rev. Andy Hawley’s Psychobilly Freakout Radio broadcasting on Garage 71 at 8pm! Blues it up with Bill Sheffield at Blind Willie’s! Get your vinyl fix during Little 5 Points Corner Tavern’s Records of Mass Destruction event every Monday! 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 a plate full ‘o finger lickin’ BBQ!

Tuesday, November 6

Videodrome and The Plaza Theater head into the shadows with a NOIRVEMBER screening of Stanley Kubrick’s THE KILLING (1956) at 7pm! And stick around for a bloody fantastic time with a screening of Dario Argento’s SUSPIRIA (1977), through Nov. 8! The Landmark Midtown Art Cinema continues their new Classics Series with a screening of Steven Spielberg’s INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (1984) at 7pm! Make your way to 529 for a night with Kool Kat Jeffrey Butzer, Myke Johns and Ben Trickey! Get jazzy at Center Stage with Allen Sloan and Nick Waterhouse! Or get heavy and rock out at The Earl with King Buffalo, Dead Now and the Mathis Hunter Band! Jam it up with Joe Gransden and his jazz jam session at Venkman’s every Tuesday! The Star Bar delivers a night of retro shenanigans with DJ Quasi Mandisco’s Little 5 Points Dance Party featuring retro-soul, funk, ‘80s, ‘90s and more! Blues it up with the Crosstown Allstars at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack! Ramble on down to Blind Willie’s for a night with the Redstone Ramblers! And as always, groove on down with Swami Gone Bananas at the Northside Tavern!

Wednesday, November 7

Emory Cinematheque kills it with their “Hitchcock/Hitchcockian” series with a screening of Alfred Hitchcock’s NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959) at 7:30pm! Or get intergalactic at the Northlake Festival Movie Tavern’s Flashback Cinema series screening of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968) at 2:30pm/7:30pm, or catch a screening at The Springs Cinema & Taphouse at 6:40pm! Boogie down with Billy F. Gibbons and Benton Blount at the Variety Playhouse! Honky-tonk on down to The Earl for Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires, Hunger Anthem and Reconciler! Folk it up with the Fruit Bats and Vetiver at Eddie’s Attic! Sludge on down to Heaven at the Masquerade for a rockin’ night with High on Fire, Municipal Waste, Toxic Holocaust and Haunt! Get freaky and make your way to Smith’s Olde Bar for a night with the Hellzapoppin Circus Sideshow Revue! Funk it up with the Mike Veal Band at Tin Roof Cantina! Spend the night with Robyn Hitchcock (Soft Boys) and Max Putnam at City Winery! Catch a screening of Robert ZemeckisFORREST GUMP (1994) at Cobb CineBistro at 7pm! It’s a night of Honky-Tonk Karaoke with Andrea Colburn & Mud Moseley at The Star Bar! Make your way to the Studio Movie Grill’s (Alpharetta/Duluth/Marietta) screening of Tim Burton’s BATMAN (1989) at 7:15pm! Get jazzy at the Red Light Café with The Gordon Vernick Quartet! Fat Matt’s Rib Shack gets down with Frankie’s Blues Mission! The Cazanovas host a Blues Jam at Blind Willie’s! Or make your way to the Northside Tavern for a rockin’ night of blues with the Tyler Neal Band! St. James Live! delivers their Hump Days Blues night, getting classic blues-style every Wednesday! And as always, it’s Ladies Night at Johnny’s Hideaway which plays hits from Sinatra to Madonna for a generally mature crowd.

Thursday, November 8

Honky-tonk on down to the Clermont Lounge for a night with Kool Kat Spike Fullerton and Ghost Riders Car Club! Or spend the night with Brian Wilson at the Fox Theatre! Celebrate 20 years of The Dude with a screening of the Coen BrothersTHE BIG LEBOWSKI (1998) at The Plaza Theater at 7pm! Get your Americana fix with Will Hoge and Ryan Culwell at City Winery! Or spend the night with Darden Smith at Eddie’s Attic! Rock out at The Highlander with DJ Howiestein and Mister Wilson’s Over the Edge Record Party! Stomp on down to Smith’s Olde Bar for a night with Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons and Danny Hutchins! Folk it up with Davin McCoy at Solis Two Porsche Drive! Spend the night with Robert Earl Keen and Adam Wright at the Variety Playhouse! It’s Mai Tai Thursday at Trader Vic’s so hula on down for a night of rockin’ island tunes with Coast Guard and some killer island cocktails! The Northside Tavern gets rockin’ with a little Chicago/Delta blues of The Breeze Kings! Make your way to Blind Willie’s for a night with Frankie’s Blues Mission! Get your boogie on at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack, as Chickenshack featuring Eddie Tigner, delivers some honky-tonk blues! And as always, boogie down at Mary’s, as the East Atlanta venue gets funky with their weekly Disco in the Village.

Friday, November 9

New wave it up with The Swimming Pool Q’s at The Vista Room! Get rocked at the Drunken Unicorn with Bad Spell, Twisty Cats, The Minks and Black Cat Rising! Hot Licks & Rhetoric pay tribute to Steely Dan at Jimmy’s Tequila & Carnes! Peter Bogdanovich’s documentary THE GREAT BUSTER: A CELEBRATION (2018) opens at Landmark Midtown Art Cinema! The Los Lonely Boys roots rock it up at City Winery! Spend the night with Adrian Legg at the Crimson Moon Café! Get down with Patrick Davis & His Midnight Choir at Eddie’s Attic! Or get country-westerned with The Vaudevillains at the Red Light Café! Jam it up at Smith’s Olde Bar with the Affected Phamily Band! The Gordon Vernick Quartet jazz it up at Solis Two Porsche Drive! Slightly Stoopid get psychedelic at the Tabernacle! Get rocked ‘60s/’70s-style with The Rainmen and Penny Western at Tin Roof Cantina! Get folksy with River Whyless and Takenobu at Vinyl! Jazz it up at Park Tavern with YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND, a musical cabaret featuring Lynn Loosier! The Theatre Project presents SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN at the Mable House Barnes Amphitheatre, through Nov. 11! Get grindin’ with Courtney Daly at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack! Funk it up with the Mike Veal Band at Wild Wing Café in Dunwoody! Debbie Bond gets the blues at the Northside Tavern! Blind Willie’s gets down with Selwyn Birchwood! Time-Warp it up 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, November 10

Landmark Midtown Art Cinema celebrates Buster Keaton with double-bill matinee screenings of his SHERLOCK JR (1924) and SEVEN CHANCES (1925) at 11am! Explore death in the avant garde tradition of the European salon and café philos at Death Café #50 at the Historic Oakland Cemetery at 3pm! Gypsy jazz it up with Kool Kat Amy Pike and the Bonaventure Quartet at Eddie’s Attic! Rock on down to Avondale Towne Cinema for a Pink Floyd Jam! Gary Brewer & The Kentucky Ramblers bluegrass it up at the Crimson Moon Café! Get some soul with Emily King at the Variety Playhouse! Spend the night with Neon Queen at The Vista Room! Back N Black pay tribute to AC/DC at Wild Wing Café in Dunwoody! Rock out at The Earl Smith Strand Theatre as the Georgia Players Guild pays tribute to the songs of Lynyrd Skynyrd and Creedence Clearwater Revival! Catch a screening of Disney’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1991) at Venkman’s at 10am! Jazz it up at the Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center with Spyro Gyra! Get countrified with Craig Morgan at City Winery! Get the blues with Kerry Hill at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack! Get down with Lola and Bill Sheffield at the Northside Tavern! Sandra Hall & The Shadows get down at Blind Willie’s! St. James Live! delivers their Tribute to the Legends night every Saturday night! And as always, DJ Romeo Cologne and DJ Kwasi Mandisco transforms the sensationally seedy Clermont Lounge into a ’70s disco/funk inferno late into the wee hours of the night.

Sunday, November 11

Landmark Midtown Art Cinema continues their Buster Keaton matinees with a screening of his THE GENERAL (1926) at 11am! Ragtime it up with Tray Dahl & the Jugtime Ragband at The Vista Room! Corey Henry & The Funk Apostles funk it up at Terminal West! TCM Big Screen Classics presents a 30th Anniversary screening of John McTiernan’s DIE HARD (1988) at theaters across Atlanta at 2pm/7pm [AMC Barrett Commons 24 (Kennesaw); Hollywood Stadium 24 (Chamblee); Avalon Stadium 12 (Alpharetta); Perimeter Pointe 10; Regal McDonough Stadium 16 (McDonough); Georgian Stadium 14 (Newnan); Cinemark Tinseltown 17 (Fayetteville); AMC Southlake Pavilion 24 (Morrow); AMC Sugarloaf Mills 18 (Lawrenceville); Studio Movie Grill (Alpharetta/ Duluth/Marietta); Regal Atlantic Station Stadium 18; and AMC Avenue Forsyth (Cumming)]! Esme Patterson and Rose Hotel get folksy at The Earl! Support your local artists at the Historic Oakland Cemetery with the Bell Tower Boutique: A Pop-Up Shop from 11am – 5pm! Get some blues ‘n’ southern soul with Thunder Gypsy at Park Tavern! Catch a screening of James William Guercio’s ELECTRA GLIDE IN BLUE (1973) at The Plaza Theater! Get your ‘80s Latin pop fix with Amanda Miguel and Diego Verdaguer at the Buckhead Theatre! Get rootsy with Reckless Kelly at City Winery! Or get down to your Texas roots with Lee Roy Parnell at Crimson Moon Café! Spend the night with Mutlu and Suzy Jones at Eddie’s Attic! Get the blues with Garrett Collins at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack! Get funky with Wanyama at the Red Light Café! Or funk it up with Risky Biscuit at Tin Roof Cantina! Make your way to the Northlake Festival Movie Tavern’s Flashback Cinema series screening of Franklin J. Schaffner’s PATTON (1970) at 2:30pm/7:30pm! Get sweet and low down blues-style at the Northside Tavern with Uncle Sugar with Eddie Tigner!

Ongoing

Haunt on down to Netherworld Haunted House’s new deadly digs in Stone Mountain for their horrorific 22nd season, getting gory through Nov. 10! (LAST CHANCE!)

Be the Headless Horseman’s next victim and get your bones chilled at Serenbe Playhouse’s thrilling presentation of their immersive spooky attraction and show, THE SLEEPY HOLLOW EXPERIENCE, haunting through Nov. 11! (LAST CHANCE!)

13 Stories Haunted House gores it up for another haunted season in Newnan, through Nov. 11! (LAST CHANCE!)

The Michael C. Carlos Museum exhibits Chimera: Andy Warhol through the 1980s, through Nov. 25!

Get revved and tune into Kool Kat Rev. Andy Hawley’s Psychobilly Freakout Radio broadcasting on Garage 71 at 8pm, every Monday through Dec. 31!

ATL CRAFT presents a magical occult Movie Night every second Friday of every month!

My Parents’ Basement goes old-school with their monthly Pinball Tournament, every first Wednesday of the month!

Geek it up and get to bowlin’ at The Comet Pub & LanesComet Cosplay, getting nerdy the first Monday of every month!

Dad’s Garage’s Big Boozy Nerdy Game Night brings out the kid in you, every first Monday of the month at 7pm! 

Union EAV rocks out with their Punk Rock Karaoke ATL, and every last Tuesday of the month!

The Highlander rocks out with their Punk/Metal/New Wave Karaoke Night, every Wednesday!

Get your vinyl fix during Little 5 Points Corner Tavern’s Records of Mass Destruction! event, every Monday!

Geek it up at My Parents’ Basement with their weekly Tuesday night Nerd Trivia at 8pm!

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

Get your reggae fix with Rub-A-Dub gettin’ down at WildPitch Music Hall, every second Sunday of the month!

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.

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