Jared Evan, Saul Williams and More Set for Joe's Pub This Week, 8/27-9/2

This week at Joe's Pub, August 27 through September 2, look out for Sasha Allen, Ryan Raftery, Jared Evan, Veronica Klaus, Tori Scott, Annie and the Beekeepers, The Snow / C. Gibbs, Kate Douglas and the Imaginary Menagerie, Julia Haltigan / Rusty Belle and Saul Williams. More details below!

Sasha Allen

TONIGHT at 7:30pm

SOLD OUT

Respected by many as one of the great voices of her generation, Sasha Allen brings a dynamic showcase to Joe's Pub in what will be her 1st solo show in NYC in 7 years. Sasha Allen is an American singer and actress with a career in the entertainment industry that spans over 10 years. Allen has made a career as a backing vocalist for the music industry's biggest stars, including Grammy Award winners Alicia Keys, Christina Aguilera, Babyface, Usher, John Legend, and pop star Leona Lewis. Sasha played "Dionne" in the Tony Award winning revival of the hit Broadway show "HAIR: The American Tribal Love Rock Musical" at the Al Hirschfield Theatre in New York City, and continued with the original American cast to the Gielgud Theatre on the West End in London.

Ryan Raftery KING OF THE JEWS

TONIGHT at 9:30pm

$20

Ryan Raftery returns to Joe’s Pub this summer with his fourth solo show, “Ryan Raftery KING OF THE JEWS”. Described as “Hilarious” by the New York Observer, “Persistently irreverent” by Time Out, “Dietrich…with balls” by author Christopher Ciccone “Life With My Sister Madonna”, and “Kinda pitchy” by Marc Shaiman (composer, “Smash”, “Hairspray”), audiences have come to love Raftery’s hilarious parodies and interpretations of pop songs, musicals and rock classics alike.

JARED EVAN

August 28 at 9:30pm

$12

New York native and hip-hop artist Jared Evan makes his Joe’s Pub debut on Tuesday, August 28 at 9:30 PM to celebrate the release of his new EP 4th Chapter. Winner of the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival's Spit 16 competition curated by the Source Magazine, Evan has toured with Lupe Fiasco and takes his musical cues from classic rock, soul and seminal hip-hop artists such as Wu Tang Clan, Mos Def, The Roots, Kool G Rap, Tribe, KRS One, Lauryn Hill and DJ Premier. Jared Evan grew up playing the drums, hoping for the chance to one day become the next Keith Moon. With an introduction to music at an unusually young age, he found himself discovering and listening to artists that were way before his time. Gradually, Evan became heavily influenced by old-school hip hop and rock legends such as Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Al Green, Sublime, James Brown, Radiohead and others.

VERONICA KLAUS SINGS THE Peggy Lee SONGBOOK

W/SPECIAL GUEST Joey Arias

August 29 at 7:30pm

$20

Veronica Klaus delves into the amazingly broad songbook of the inimitable Miss Peggy Lee and brings her own sultry, smoky soulful style to some favorites and some lesser known gems from the Lee songbook, with the Tammy Hall Trio backing her, this is a great night of music for fans of jazz and the immortal Peggy Lee! This show will feature a guest appearance by Joey Arias.

TORI SCOTT

AUGUST 29 at 9:30pm

$15

Belter and bad decision expert Tori Scott returns after a sold out debut in July, with an evening of songs ranging from Judy Garland to Cee Lo Green. She has graced the stages of The Duplex, the Laurie Beechman, the Metropolitan Room, and every gay bar on the Eastern Seaboard; on television, she's counted to 20 as a singing garbage woman on Sesame Street and dubbed the vocals of a singing hooker on HBO's "Cathouse: The Musical." Now, she brings Joe's Pub her signature mix of stories, standards, and songs that were already on her iPod and didn't seem like they'd be that hard to learn.

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