ATLRetro

by Melanie Crew
Managing Editor

Hey all you Retro Atlanta kiddies! Start some new holiday traditions this year and let Retro Atlanta guide the way! Whether you’re lookin’ to escape or just needing to get out and breathe, we’ve got a cornucopia of holiday rockin’ fun lined up that will fill you to the brim with giddy! So, come on out and get Retro rockin’ holiday-style!

Monday, November 23

Get funky and groove on down to Café 290 every second and fourth Monday of the month for a taste of Bumpin the Mango, ‘The groove that makes you want to move!’ Get really retro and make your way to the Alpharetta Branch Library for their screening of George Cukor’s PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940) at 10:30am! Get fanatic at The Plaza Theater as they screen Rob Reiner’s MISERY (1990), running through Nov. 26! The Hollidays dish out a night of rhythm ‘n’ soul and rock ‘n’ roll at Blind Willie’s! Boogie on down to the Northside Tavern and spend an evening with Lola at her famous Monday Night Northside Jam! Blast-Off Burlesque starts your week off right with a night of “Moto Psychos, Speed Freaks and Auto Obsessions” adults-only trivia, at the Euclid Avenue Yacht Club at 8:30pm! Truett Lollis delivers a night of blues and soul at Darwin’s Burgers & Blues in Marietta! And blues on down to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack for a taste of the Pork Belly’s and a plate full ‘o finger lickin’ BBQ!

Tuesday, November 24

The Landmark Midtown Art Cinema dishes out classic cinema with a screening of Martin Scorsese’s RAGING BULL (1980) at 7pm! Make your way to Eddie’s Attic for a night with John Oates! The Star Bar delivers a night of retro shenanigans with their Retro-Soul, Funk ‘80s & ‘90s Dance Party! You won’t want to miss the Susan Chambers Dance Co.’s presentation of “A Christmas Carol – The Musical” at the Gwinnett Center at 11am and 7pm! Blues it up with the Cody Matlock Band at Darwin’s Burgers & Blues! Jam it up with Joe Gransden and his jazz jam session at Twain’s in Decatur every Tuesday at 9 pm! And as always, The Entertainment Crackers get bluesy with their folksy Americana at the Northside Tavern!

Wednesday, November 25

It’s a night of old-time pandemonium at the Clermont Lounge with Kool Kat Caleb & the Gents, Blood on the Harp and more! Get funky with Zach Deputy at Eddie’s Attic! Or experience Gimme Hendrix at Aisle 5! Rock on down to the Masquerade for a raucous night with Gwar, Battlecross, Harvester and Apothecary! Get your holiday Broadway fix with Cirque Dreams Holidaze at the Fox Theatre! Blind Willie’s delivers a night of Chicago and West Coast blues with the Electromatics! Jazz it up with The Gordon Vernick Quartet at the Red Light Café! Fat Matt’s Rib Shack gets the blues with Frankie’s Blues Mission! The Star Bar with their Cowboy Karaoke event, featuring live-band old-time country and western tunes with Dry Gulch! Rock on downstairs to the Little Vinyl Lounge for a night of retro shenanigans with Kool Kat Jeff Clark and Stomp & Stammer’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia at 8pm! Or make your way to the Northside Tavern as Danny ‘Mudcat’ Dudeck fires it up with his rockin’ blues! 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 26

Burn off all the extra Turkey Day stuffing in Retro Atlanta! Hula on down to Trader Vic’s for a night of cool island tunes and a couple Mai Tais! 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! The Plaza Theater screens Brian De Palma’s SCARFACE (1983) and Ivan Reitman’s GHOSTBUSTERS (1984), running through Dec. 3! 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! And as always, boogie down at Mary’s, as the East Atlanta venue gets funky with their weekly Disco in the Village.

Friday, November 27

Spend the evening with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra to the tune of John Williams, with their Star Wars and More! musical extravaganza at 8pm! The hills are alive at the Earl Smith Strand Theatre with their sing along and screening of Robert Wise’s THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965) at 8pm! The Blind Boys of Alabama dish out a night of roots, soul and blues at Eddie’s Attic! Skank on down to The Star Bar for a night with The Toasters, Razorcombs and the Southern Ska Syndicate! The Last Waltz Ensemble rock out to the tune of Bob Dylan and The Band at Smith’s Olde Bar! Make your way to the Crimson Moon Café for a night with Montana Skies! Get your classic holiday fix with the Northeast Atlanta Ballet as they present “The Nutcracker” at the Gwinnett Center! Stomp on down to the Tabernacle for a night with Blackberry Smoke! Or get the rockin’ blues with the Randall Bramblett Band and Delta Moon at Terminal West! Fat Matt’s Rib Shack gets the blues with Frankie’s Blues Mission! Get hunted at the Oakland Cemetery with their Harvest Scavenger Hunt, running through Nov. 29! It’s a night of dark ‘80s and industrial with Kool Kat VJ Anthony and his BLACKOUT: Goth Industrial Dance Night at Famous Pub! Make your way to the Red Light Café for Glenn Phillips’ annual Day After Thanksgiving Show! Get your classic rock ‘n’ blues fix with the Barry Richman Band at Steve’s Live Music! Folk on down to The Earl for a night with Thayer Sarrano, 100 Watt Horse and Man Up, Yancey! Blues it up with Sandra Hall & the Shadows at Blind Willie’s! Darwin’s Burgers & Blues dishes out a night of rhythm soul and rock ‘n’ roll with The Hollidays! Or make your way to the Northside Tavern as Danny ‘Mudcat’ Dudeck fires it up with his rockin’ blues! 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, November 28

Get historical at the Oakland Cemetery with their Malts & Vaults: Prohibition Edition at 3pm! Or shimmy on down to the Red Light Café for DJ Doctor Q’s Speakeasy Electro Swing’s Athens Invasion! Retro it up rock and pop-style at the Drunken Unicorn with The Head (record release), Sydney Eloise & the Palms and Chelsea Shag! Rock out folk-style with Shawn Mullins at the Variety Playhouse! Steve’s Live Music offers up a plate of Hot Club jamming and Parisian Swing with Kool Kat Amy Pike and the Bonaventure Quartet! It’s a night of ‘70s psychedelia at The Earl with Kool Kats Spirits & the Melchizedek Children with All Them Witches! Get a second helping of The Blind Boys of Alabama at Eddie’s Attic, followed by Ellis Paul dishing out a night of rockin’ folk! Rock on down to Smith’s Olde Bar for Tribute’s homage to The Allman Brothers! Get some southern-fried blues with EG Kight at the Crimson Moon Café! Spend a second evening with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra to the tune of John Williams, with their Star Wars and More! musical extravaganza at 8pm! Kool Kat Hot Rod Walt & the Psycho-Devilles fire it up at the Sportsline Bar in Lawrenceville! Blues it up with George Hughley & the Shadows at Blind Willie’s! The Entertainment Crackers get bluesy with their folksy Americana at Darwin’s Burgers & Blues! Or make your way to the Northside Tavern as Danny ‘Mudcat’ Dudeck fires it up with his rockin’ blues! St. James Live! delivers their Tribute to the Legends night every Saturday night! 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, November 29

TCM Presents William Wyler’s classic, ROMAN HOLIDAY (1953) in theatres across the Atlanta area at 2pm/7pm [Hollywood Stadium 24 in Chamblee; AMC Sugarloaf Mills 18 in Lawrenceville; AMC Barrett Commons 24 in Kennesaw; Regal McDonough Stadium 16; AMC Avenue Forsyth 12 in Cumming; GTC Merchant’s Walk Stadium 12 in Marietta; AMC Southlake 24 in Morrow; and Georgian Stadium in Newnan]! Or get your classic holiday fix at the Fox Theatre’s annual free event, “Mighty Mo & More! Organ Concert & Sing-A-Long” featuring George Seaton’s MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (1947) at 4pm! Get your post-punk new wave revival fix with The Wombats and Royal Teeth at The Loft! Make your way to My Parents’ Basement in Avondale Estates for their November Bizarre Bazaar from 2-6pm! Gypsy jazz it up with The Roamin’ Jasmines and the Bonaventure Quartet, featuring Kool Kat Amy Pike at the Red Light Café! Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox dishes out a night of ragtime and swing at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center! Steve the Blues Dude gets down and dirty at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack! And get sweet and low down blues-style at the Northside Tavern with Uncle Sugar!

Ongoing

The Alliance Theatre presents Charles Dickens’ holiday classic, “A Christmas Carol”, running through Dec. 24!

Center for Puppetry Arts presents their annual puppet adaptation of Larry Roemer’s holiday classic RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER (1964), sleighing through Dec. 27!

Blast-Off Burlesque geeks it up with a night of adults-only trivia at the Euclid Avenue Yacht Club, every Monday at 8:30pm!

The Star Bar delivers Stomp & Stammer’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia at 8pm, every Tuesday!

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.