B.B. Kings Blues Club Announces Their Upcoming Events and Shows

B.B. King Blues Club & Grill is located at 237 West 42nd Street (between 7th and 8th Avenues) New York, NY 10036. Tickets may be purchased via Ticketmaster - www.ticketmaster.com / 1-800-745-3000 or at the B.B. King's Box Office: 10:30am - Midnight ($2 per ticket service charge)

We are a full-scale restaurant. Our menu is American Continental with a Southern flair. We also have a full bar with all premier liquors and domestic and international cold beer. You can have the option of eating in Lucille's Grill next door, or you can eat while watching a show. We serve a full menu at all of our concerts. A $10 food and/or beverage minimum is standard for table seating during shows.

Unless otherwise noted, all shows are suitable for all ages and offer general admission seating. Seating for all shows is first come, first seated; we do not take advance table reservations, except where noted as a condition of a VIP ticket. Standing room for all shows is available at our bar.

For further show information, directions to the venue and for the latest updates visit us on the web at www.bbkingblues.com or call 212-997-4144.

All events are subject to change.
UPCOMING SHOWS ON SALE THIS WEEK

Tomato's House Of Rock presents
INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF METAL
Sun. Oct. 17
* Tickets on sale NOW

PETER ROWAN,
THE STEEP CANYON RANGERS
& ELIZABETH COOK
Wed. Nov. 17
* Tickets on sale NOW

OLETA ADAMS
Sat. March 5
2 Shows: 7:30PM & 10:00PM
* Tickets on sale August 11 @ 10AM

CAPLETON
Tue. Sept. 28
* Tickets on sale Aug. 11 @ 10AM

THE WAILERS
Mon. Sept. 20
* Tickets on sale Aug. 12 @ 12PM

NEW SHOWS JUST ADDED

Guitar Legends Tribute
CLAPTON, SANTANA + ROBIN TROWER
Mon. Aug. 30

Rising Roots, Blues + Soul Star
ALEXIS P. SUTER BAND
Tue. Aug. 31

DR. K's MOTOWN REVUE
Sat. Sept. 4

The Music Of THE GIPSY KINGS
LOS CINTRON
Mon. Sept. 6

JERRY LEE LEWIS
Mon. Sept. 13

ACCEPT + KINGS X
Mon. Sept. 27

8th ANNUAL NEW YORK
BURLESQUE FESTIVAL
Sat. Oct. 2

INDIGENOUS
Mon. Oct. 4

"30th Anniversary Tour"
UB40
Mon. Oct. 11

RAUL MALO
Fri. Oct. 22

Colorado Bluegrass Legends
HOT RIZE
Thurs. Nov. 4

BASIA
Sat. Nov. 6

Holiday Matinee Shows
A Tribute To THE BEATLES
STRAWBERRY FIELDS
Wed. Nov. 24 - 12PM
Wed. Dec. 8 - 12PM

COMING UP THIS WEEK

LILLIAN AXE

Mon. Aug 9

JACK BRUCE of CREAM + JOEY MOLLAND of BADFINGER

Tues. Aug 10

NIGHT RANGER

Wed. Aug 11 (Early)

HIP HOP LEGENDS: FUNKMASTER FLEX BDAY EXTRAVAGANZA

Wed. Aug 11 (Late)

THE GONG SHOW LIVE

Thurs. Aug 12

JOHN MAYALL

Fri. Aug 13 (Early & Late Shows)

MEMORIES OF ELVIS LIVE

A Royal Tribute To The King

Sat. Aug 14

Brazilian Music Legend SERGIO MENDES

Sun. Aug 15

FREE LIVE MUSIC NIGHTLY - 8PM - AT LUCILLE'S BAR & GRILL

(Located right next door inside B.B. Kings)

JON PARIS

Mon. Aug 9

CHRIS PHILLIPS

Tues. Aug 10

GUITAR PETE

Wed. Aug 11

FREE SALSA ON THE SQUARE - AFTERWORK THURSDAYS

Thurs. Aug 12

IRVING LOUIS LATTIN

Fri. Aug 13

CHRIS BERGSON

Sat. Aug 14

FRENCH COOKIN' BLUES BAND

Sun. Aug 15

We have a great rotating cast of live bands performing daily.

For the complete Lucille's schedule:

http://www.bbkingblues.com/lucilles/index.shtml

For the Complete Schedule to Date, please visit:

http://www.bbkingblues.com/schedule/index.shtml

SCHEDULE TO DATE

EVERY SATURDAY:
BEATLES BRUNCH
STRAWBERRY FIELDS

EVERY SUNDAY:
GOSPEL BRUNCH
HARLEM GOSPEL CHOIR

Aug 9 Lillian Axe
Aug 10 Jack Bruce (Cream) + Joey Molland (Badfinger)
Aug 11 Night Ranger (Early)
Aug 11 Hip Hop Legends Funkmaster Flex Birthday Show Featuring: Camron, Ja Rule, Shaggy, CNN (Late)
Aug 12 The Gong Show Live
Aug 13 John Mayall
Aug 14 Memories of Elvis Live: Elvis Presley Tribute
Aug 15 Sergio Mendes
Aug 16 Jerry Jeff Walker
Aug 17 Yoso with Bobby Kimball (TOTO) Tony Kaye + Billy Sherwood (YES)
Aug 18 Lalah Hathaway & Dwele
Aug 19 Eddie Palmieri + La Perfecta II
Aug 20 Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds
Aug 21 Iris Dement
Aug 22 Threshold 8th Annual
Underground Music Awards
Aug 23 Willy Deville
Birthday Celebration Show
w/ Mink Deville Band Members
Aug 24 Tarrus Riley & Bankie Banx
Aug 25 Ken Hirai
Aug 26 Ken Hirai
Aug 27 Maxi Priest
Aug 28 Beatles Brunch: Bubble Do Beatles (Early)
Aug 28 Led Zep Tribute: Black Dog (Late)
Aug 29 KISS Nation - Tribute to KISS
Aug 30 Guitar Legends Tribute - CLAPTON, SANTANA + ROBIN TROWER
Aug 31 ALEXIS P. SUTER BAND
Sept 1 Rhythm Devils Featuring:
Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann (Grateful Dead), Tim Bluhm (Mother Hips), Davy Knowles (vocals) + Andy Hess (Gov't Mule, Black Crowes) & Sikiru Adepoju.
Sept 2 Al Green
Sept 3 Billy Joel Tribute: Big Shot
Sept 4 DR. K's MOTOWN REVUE
Sept 6 The Music Of THE GIPSY KINGS
LOS CINTRON
Sept 7 Red Hot Chilli Pipers
Sept 8 Collie Buddz
Sept 9 Nils Lofgren & Friends: Acoustic Duo Show
Sept 10 Indian Ocean
Sept 11 Prince Tribute - Erotic City
Sept 12 Israel Vibration
Sept 13 JERRY LEE LEWIS
Sept 14 Brian Culbertson
Sept 15 Kottonmouth Kings
Sept 16 Martha Reeves + The Vandellas
Sept 17 Jeffrey Osborne (Early)
Setp 17 The Dave Matthews Tribute Band (Late)
Sept 18 Bilal
Sept 20 The Wailers
Sept 21 The Strawbs - Acoustic Show w/ Aztec Two Step
Sept 22 Terry Reid
Sept 23 Springsteen Tribute: The B-Street Band
Sept 24 Tainted Love - 80s Tribute
Sept 25 Southside Johnny
Sept 26 The Wild Magnolias
Sept 27 ACCEPT
w/ Special Guest
KINGS X
Sept 28 Capleton
Sept 30 Dave Mason
Oct 2 NYC BURLESQUE FEST
Oct 4 INDIGENOUS
Oct 7 Gil Scott-Heron
Oct 8 The Subdudes
Oct 9 Legendary Voice of the O'Jays - Eddie Levert
Oct 11 "30th Anniversary Tour" UB40
Oct 13 Tower of Power - (Early & Late Shows)
Oct 14 "Our Latin Thing" Fania All-Star Tribute
Oct 15 Dionne Warwick
Oct 16 Air Supply (Early & Late Show)
Oct 17 International House of Metal
Oct 19 Carl Palmer
Oct 20 Incognito w/ special guest LUBRIPHONIC
Oct 23 The Foreign Exchange
Oct 26 The Tubes w/Fee Waybill
Oct 27 The Watch Plays Genesis
Oct 28 Average White Band
Oct 29 The Toasters & The Pietasters
Oct 30 The Whispers
Nov 4 HOT RIZE featuring TIM O'BRIEN
Nov 5 FRANK MARINO & MAHOGANY RUSH
Nov 6 BASIA
Nov 7 Ralph Stanley & His Clinch Mountain Boys
Nov 12 ASIA featuring JOHN PAYNE - UNPLUGGED
Nov 13 Shelly Garrett‘s Beauty Shop
Nov 17 PETER ROWAN, THE STEEP CANYON RANGERS
Featuring ELIZABETH COOK
Nov 18 EDDIE MONEY
Nov 20 Southside Johnny
Nov 24 "Our Latin Thing" Fania All-Stars Tribute
Nov 25 Strawberry Fields - The Ultimate Beatles Tribute
Nov 26 Groove Buffet - Matinee Show
Nov 26 Classic Albums Tribute - Traffic, Led Zeppelin, & CSNY
Nov 26 Hindenburg - Led Zeppelin Tribute
Dec 4 A Peter White Christmas featuring Peter White, Mindi Abair, & Rick Braun
Dec 11 A Charlie Brown Christmas with David Benoit
Dec 12 BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA w/ Ruthie Foster
Dec 23 A Jazz Nativity
Dec 24 A Tribute to the Beatles - Strawberry Fields
Dec 29 The Machine - Pink Floyd Tribute
Dec 30 The Machine - Pink Floyd Tribute
Dec 31 Chuck Berry New Years Eve - 2 shows!
Jan 15 The Smithereens
Jan 16 Mother's Finest
Jan 30 Back to the 60s - featuring the lead singers of The Outsiders, The Buckinghams, Climax, The Cuff Links and The Archies
Mar 5 Oleta Adams
Mar 27 Gagathon - A Lady Gaga Birthday Tribute w/
RAD BROMANCE & CORN MO
April 16 THE GOOD RATS (Early & Late)
May 30 Bob Dylan Birthday Bash - Highway 61 Revisited

The following are the complete and current upcoming event listings for
AUGUST 16 - AUGUST 29
at B.B. King Blues Club and Grill, NYC

EVERY SATURDAY AFTERNOON, join us for BEATLES BRUNCH
NYC's Longest Running Beatles Show
STRAWBERRY FIELDS
featuring former members of Broadway's BEATLEMANIA
Doors: 11am - Show: 12pm
Ticket includes All-You-Can-Eat-Buffet, Show, Tax and Tip
$40 adv, $42.50 door
STRAWBERRY FIELDS is a look-a-like, sound-a-like Beatles tribute,
dedicated to bringing you as close to a real Beatles concert as you can get.
They take you on a Magical Mystery Tour beginning in 1964 complete with
mop top hair, black suits with thin ties & the 1st four albums of music. Next
stop, 1967, features the psychedelic era of "Sergeant Pepper Lonely Hearts
Club Band" album with all the costumes & jackets on the album cover. The
last stop includes: "White Album", "Abbey Road" & "Let It Be".

BUFFET MENU: http://www.bbkingblues.com/brunch/index.shtml

EVERY SUNDAY AFTERNOON, join us for GOSPEL BRUNCH
THE WORLD FAMOUS HARLEM GOSPEL CHOIR
Get your dose of the Holy Ghost!
Ticket includes All-You-Can-Eat-Buffet, Show, Tax and Tip
Doors: 12:30pm - Show: 1:30pm
$40 adv, $42.50 door
Every Sunday, for the past 9 years, the world famous HARLEM GOSPEL CHOIR has brought their experience of Harlem & the Black Church to BB King's in a foot-stomping, hand-clapping, joyous gospel brunch-buffet show. The homestyle "all you can eat" southern buffet is guaranteed to fill the hole in your soul, and the Choir's joyous performance will have you dancing on the stage.

BUFFET MENU: http://www.bbkingblues.com/brunch/index.shtml

Monday, August 16
JERRY JEFF WALKER
General Admission Seating - First Come, First Seated
Doors 6pm, Show 8pm
$35 adv, $40 door
VIP Booth for 4: $220 // VIP Booth for 6: $330
Jerry Jeff Walker is strongly associated with the progressive ("outlaw") country scene that centered around Austin, Texas, in the 1970s. Jerry Jeff moved to Austin, Texas, from upstate New York, in the early Seventies and reinvented himself as a Lone Star country-rocker. He became, along with Willie Nelson and Asleep At The Wheel, one of the arbiters of the internationally famous Austin musical community. Since then, he has celebrated the music of peers such as Guy Clark and Townes Van Zandt, and served as a fountainhead and inspiration to younger musicians such as Robert Earl Keen, Pat Green, Jack Ingram, Todd Snider, and a moderately successful country tunesmith named Garth Brooks.

Tuesday, August 17
YOSO w/Bobby Kimball of TOTO + Former Members of YES
General Admission Seating - First Come, First Seated
Doors 6pm, Show 8pm
$25 adv, $30 door
VIP Booth for 4: $180 // VIP Booth for 6: $270
The term "Super-Group" can only describe the formation of two of the most creative and musical legendary bands of the past 30 years into the new band YOSO.
Formed out of TOTO's brilliant vocalist Bobby Kimball and the creative force of YES members, Tony Kaye and Billy Sherwood, it does indeed equal the magic of YES with the voice of TOTO. YOSO is rounded out with two amazingly gifted musicians: Johnny Bruhns is the guitarist and second vocalist. Scott Conner completes the line-up on drums and percussion.
However, YOSO is much more than a combination of two classic rock groups. YOSO has combined their musical talents to produce an album of new music as well as a live DVD, which will be released in mid 2010.
Their show features the timeless hits they performed with their former bands, including "Africa", "Rosanna", "Hold The Line", "Roundabout", and "Owner Of A Lonely Heart", and previews their new studio material.

Wednesday, August 18
LALAH HATHAWAY + DWELE
General Admission Seating - First Come, First Seated
Doors 6pm, Show 8pm
$45 adv, $50 door
VIP Booth for 4: $260 // VIP Booth for 6: $390
Her last name is Hathaway and she continues to do honor to her musical legacy.
Born to Donny Hathaway, one of the most influential soul artists of our time, and Eulaulah Hathaway, an accomplished musician in her own right, LALAH HATHAWAY, a native of Chicago, first put pen to paper, "with the music," as a 10th grader. Later, as a student at Berklee College of Music, she recorded her self-titled debut in 1990, which spawned the hits "Baby Don't Cry," "Heaven Only Knows" and "I'm Coming Back." She returned four years later with A Moment, followed by the much-lauded The Song Lives On, her duet album with Joe Sample in 1999, the same year she began growing her now-signature, cinnamon-hued 'locs. By 2004, she'd deliver her fourth album, Outrun the Sky, garnering Hathaway her first number one single, the Rex Rideout-produced cover of Luther Vandross' Forever, For Always, For Love, which was also featured on the critically-acclaimed Vandross tribute album of the same name.

DWELE cites Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, Roy Ayers, Miles Davis, and Freddie Hubbard as favorite artists, and took inspiration from hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest, becoming an MC, and working with Slum Village. He recorded a demo in his bedroom, called, The Rize, and sold it out of the trunk of his car. He had about 100 copies, which sold out within a week. He caught the ears of local heroes Slum Village and more specifically their world-renowned producer J Dilla. Slum Village invited Dwele to sing the hook of the song "Tainted" for their album Trinity (Past, Present and Future). It became an instant classic and led to more high profile work with female rapper Bahamadia, the all-star group Lucy Pearl and London's New Sector Movement. Dwele signed to Virgin Records in 2003, who released his debut album, Subject, which mixed neo soul and hip hop. In a 2005 review in The Independent, his style was summed up: "Dwele's rooted in vintage soul but isn't stuck in the past, overly reverential or an exercise in pastiche - there's a major hip-hop edge which betrays his original incarnation as a rapper." A second album, Some Kinda..., followed in 2005. He then later signed with RT Music Group and KOCH records in March, 2008 He is coming out with his fourth album titled, W.W.W. (W.ants. W.orld. W.omen) coming out June 29, 2010. Dwele was recently featured on the first single off of Kanye West's fifth studio album, Good Ass Job. The song was entitled "Power" and was leaked on May 28, 2010.

Thursday, August 19
EDDIE PALMIERI + LA PERFECTA II
Open Dance Floor - General Admission Seating - First Come, First Seated
Doors 6pm, Show 8pm
$30 adv, $35 door
Eddie Palmieri, known for his charismatic power and bold innovative drive, has a musical career that spans over 50 years as a bandleader of Salsa and Latin Jazz orchestras. With a discography that includes 36 titles, Mr. Palmieri has been awarded Nine Grammy Awards.