BB King's Blues Club Announces Their Upcoming Shows And Events
By: Gabrielle Sierra Oct. 21, 2010
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.
NEW SHOWS JUST ADDED
Holiday Matinee Freak ShowCONEY ISLAND CIRCUS SIDESHOW
Thur. Dec. 30
* Tix on sale NOWURIAH HEEP
Wed. Jun. 22
* Tix on sale NOWPAT TRAVERS + JOE LOUIS WALKER
Wed. Dec. 22
* Tix on sale Oct. 21 @ 1PMWALTER TROUT
Sat. April 2
* Tix on sale Oct. 22 @ 12PMNEW SHOWS COMING UP
CMJ Showcase
La La Brooks of THE CRYSTALS
& PAULA VALSTEIN
Wed. Oct. 20
Former American Idol
Tue. Nov. 9
A Tribute To QUEEN
CELEBRATING QUEEN
Sun. Nov. 21
COCO MONTOYA
Mon. Nov. 22
RAHEEM DEVAUGHN
Mon. Nov. 29
& PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC
Fri. Dec. 3
Original IRON MAIDEN Vocalist
PAUL DIANNO
Tue. Dec. 21
NYE LATE NITE PARTY
THE NEW DEAL
Fri. Dec. 31
BIG BAD VOODOO DADDY
Mon. Jan. 10
GUNS N' ROSES Tribute
APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION
Fri. Jan. 14
A Tribute To U2
BEAUTIFUL DAY
Fri. Jan. 21
Bob Marley Birthday Bash
CANNABIS CUP REGGEAE BAND
Sat. Feb. 5 - 2 Shows!
FREE LIVE MUSIC NIGHTLY - 8PM - AT LUCILLE'S BAR & GRILL
(Located right next door inside B.B. Kings)
GAIL STORM
Tues. Oct 19
Wed. Oct 20
SALSA ON THE SQUARE Free Afterwork Thursday In Lucilles!
5:00PM-12MID
IRVING LOUIS LATTIN
Fri. Oct 22
SHARP EDGE
Sat. Oct 23
NIKKI ARMSTRONG
Sun. Oct 24
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
10/22 GHOSTFACE KILLAH (WU TANG CLAN) (Late)
Oct 23 The Foreign Exchange
Oct 24 PAUL BRADY & MAURA O'CONNELL
Oct 25 ERIC BURDON & THE ANIMALS
Oct 26 The Tubes w/Fee Waybill (Early)
Oct 26 Joe Budden & Friends (Late)
Oct 27 The Watch Plays Genesis
Oct 28 Average White Band
Oct 29 The Toasters & The Pietasters
Oct 30 The Whispers
Oct 31 GONG SHOW LIVE
Nov 1 PROJECT/OBJECT Featuring Ike Willis & Ray White Perform the Music of Frank Zappa
Nov 2 THE MOTH
Nov 3 ROBERT CRAY BAND
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 8 Rockers On Broadway
Nov 9 American Idol's Jason Castro
Nov 11 THE MOTH GRANDSLAM XVII
Nov 12 ASIA featuring John Payne - UNPLUGGED (Early)
Nov 12 SLICK RICK (Late)
Nov 13 Shelly Garrett‘s Beauty Shop
Nov 14 R&B NIGHTS
Nov 16 HUBERT SUMLIN "Howlin For Hubert"
Nov 17 PETER ROWAN, THE STEEP CANYON RANGERS
Featuring ELIZABETH COOK
Nov 18 EDDIE MONEY
Nov 19 WILL DOWNING
Nov 20 Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes
Nov 20 G13 Post Furthur Fest Shows
Nov 21 G13 Post Furthur Fest Shows
Nov 21 CELEBRATING QUEEN
Nov 22 COCO MONTOYA
Nov 23 Bruce Springsteen Tribute - B STREET BAND
Nov 24 "Our Latin Thing" Fania All-Stars Tribute
Nov 24 Strawberry Fields 12PM
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 Hindenberg & Classic albums - Wonderous Stories
Nov 27 Jimi Hendrix TRIBUTE
Nov 28 JEFFREY OSBORNE (rescheduled)
Nov 29 RAHEEM DEVAUGHN
Nov 30 GIL SCOTT-HERON (Produced by Jill Newman Productions)
Dec 3 George Clinton & P-FUNK ALL-STARS
Dec 4 A Peter White Christmas featuring Peter White, Mindi Abair, & Rick Braun
Dec 5 THE MARSHALL TUCKER BAND
Dec 8 Strawberry Fields
Dec 11 A Charlie Brown Christmas with David Benoit
Dec 12 BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA w/ Ruthie Foster
Dec 17 Ronnie Spector XMAS SHOW
Dec 21 PAUL DIANNO - The Original Voice of IRON MAIDEN
Dec 22 PAT TRAVERS & JOE LOUIS WALKER
Dec 23 A Jazz Nativity
Dec 24 A Tribute to the Beatles - Strawberry Fields
Dec 26 SCHOOL OF ROCK PLAYS - PINK FLOYD'S WALL
Dec 27 BADFISH - TRIBUTE TO SUBLIME
Dec 28 BADFISH - TRIBUTE TO SUBLIME
Dec 29 The Machine - Pink Floyd Tribute
Dec 30 The Machine - Pink Floyd Tribute
Dec 31 Chuck Berry New Years Eve - 2 shows!
Dec 31 THE NEW DEAL (Late Night Show)
Jan 1 BIG SHOT - TRIBUTE TO Billy Joel
Jan 2 MEMORIES OF ELVIS
Jan 4 Johnny Winter Residency
Jan 10 Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Jan 11 Johnny Winter Residency
Jan 14 GNR Tribute - APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION
Jan 15 The Smithereens
Jan 16 Mother's Finest
Jan 17 Harlem Gospel Choir MLK MATINEE SHOW
Jan 18 Johnny Winter Residency
Jan 19 ROLLING STONE TRIBUTE
Jan 21 U2 Tribute - Beautiful Day
Jan 23 WATKINS GLEN REVISITED
Jan 25 Johnny Winter Residency
Jan 29 BOBBY CALDWELL
Jan 30 Back to the 60s - featuring the lead singers of The Outsiders, The Buckinghams, Climax, The Cuff Links and The Archies
Feb 4 BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO
Feb 5 CANNABIS CUP BAND - Bob Marley B-DAY CELEBRATION (2 Shows including early matinee)
Feb 10 Tramps Like Us - Bruce Springsteen Tribute
Feb 14 BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO
Feb 24 George HarrisON TRIBUTE
Mar 5 Oleta Adams
Mar 27 Gagathon - A Lady Gaga Birthday Tribute w/
RAD BROMANCE & Corn Mo
April 1 "Clapton is Godfrey"
Eric Clapton Birthday Tribute
April 2 WALTER TROUT
April 6 HABIBE KOITE
April 16 THE GOOD RATS (Early & Late)
April 30 JON ANDERSON - THE VOICE OF YES
May 30 Bob Dylan Birthday Bash - Highway 61 Revisited
The following are the complete and current upcoming event listings for
NOVEMBER 1 - 7
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 fam
ous 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, November 1
PROJECT/OBJECT Ike Willis + Ray White - ZAPPA SHOW
Featuring:
Ike Willis - guitar, voc
Ray White - guitar, voc
Andre' Cholmondeley - guitar, voc
Dave Johnsen - bass, voc
Jim Ruffi - drums, voc
Eric Svalgard - keys, voc
Event Details: http://www.bbkingblues.com/schedule/moreinfo.cgi?id=2526
8:00PM
Doors @ 6PM
$25.00 Adv, $30.00 Day
* General Admission Seating - First come, first seated
Reserved VIP booths on floor avail for 4 + 6 people - $45 per ticket - Must buy entire booth. A booth for 4 = $180 - A booth for 6 = $270
Ike Willis & Ray White! These amazing & unique voices were clearly favorites of Frank's, as he recorded & toured with one or both of them from 1976 till the last Zappa tour in 1988. Together - they created some of the most memorable performances of Zappa's music, & we will bring them to you on this tour, performing songs they are each known for, as well as songs from classic Zappa albums they recorded together.
One of Frank's greatest skills was -- his incredible sixth sense in identifying something magical in each of the musicians he hired. Recognizing this - Project/Object continues it's singular mission to present the music as it was recorded -but also to respect and develop the creative "LIVE" aspect that Zappa always pushed his band towards. With the support of the FANS, we choose to do this with the "Alumni"....the people who were there with Frank as the music was created, recorded and performed.
Tuesday, November 2
THE MOTH Presents: Stories of Transformation
Event Details: http://www.bbkingblues.com/schedule/moreinfo.cgi?id=5191
Sponsored by Delta
7:30PM
Doors @ 6PM
Tickets: $20.00
* General Admission Seated Show - First Come, First Seated - Standing Room At Bar
The Moth, a not-for-profit storytelling organization, was founded in New York in 1997 by poet and novelist George Dawes Green, who wanted to recreate in New York the feeling of sultry summer evenings on his native St. Simon's Island, Georgia, where he and a small circle of friends would gather to spin spellbinding tales on his friend Wanda's porch. After moving to New York, George missed the sense of connection he had felt sharing stories with his friends back home, and he decided to invite a few friends over to his New York apartment to tell and hear stories. Thus the first "Moth" evening took place in his living room. Word of these captivating story nights quickly spread, and The Moth moved to bigger venues in New York. Today, The Moth conducts eight ongoing programs and has brought more than 3,000 live stories to over 100,000 audience members.
The screen around Wanda's porch had a hole where moths would flutter in and get trapped in the light. Similarly, George and his friends found that the characters in their best stories would often find themselves drawn to some bright light-of adventure, ambition, knowledge-but then find themselves burned or trapped, leaving them with some essential conflict to face before the story could reach its conclusion. So George and his original group of storytellers called themselves "The Moths". George took the name with him to New York, where he hoped that New Yorkers, too, would find themselves drawn to storytelling as moths to a flame. They did. With no advertising, through sheer word of mouth, every show to date has sold out in 48 hours or less.
Wednesday, November 3
Five-time Grammy Award winner
THE ROBERT CRAY BAND
Event Details: http://www.bbkingblues.com/schedule/moreinfo.cgi?id=4884
8:00PM
Doors 6PM
$46.50 Adv, $50.00 Day
* General Admission Seating - First come, first seated
Reserved VIP booths on floor avail for 4 + 6 people - $67 per ticket - Must buy entire booth. A booth for 4 = $268 - A booth for 6 = $402
Since their 1986 debut album Strong Persuader, the Robert Cray Band has earned a double platinum album and two gold albums, and has been honored with five Grammy Awards, 11 Grammy nominations and countless other honors.
Robert Cray's This Time the first studio album on singer-songwriter-guitarist Cray's own imprint Nozzle Records, distributed by Vanguard Records arrives at a vital juncture in the musician's career, marked by creative renewal and a key reunion with an old performing partner.
The five-time Grammy Award winner summarized 35 years of mastery on the debut Nozzle release Live From Across the Pond (2006), an electrifying two-CD concert set drawn from a series of shows (opening for Eric Clapton) at London's Royal Albert Hall. When the time came to follow up that widely praised collection with a studio recording, Cray viewed it as an opportunity to move his sound in other directions.
He found exactly what he was looking for by turning to one of his oldest friends and colleagues: bassist Richard Cousins, whose tenure with the Robert Cray Band began with its barnstorming regional origins in Eugene, Oregon, in 1974 and extended through 1991, encompassing such early high-water marks as Strong Persuader (1986) and Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1988), both winners of the best contemporary blues performance Grammy.
Thursday, November 4
HOT RIZE w/ RED KNUCKLES & THE TRAILBLAZERS
Event Details: http://www.bbkingblues.com/schedule/moreinfo.cgi?id=5164
Legendary Bluegrass Pickers...
8:00PM
Doors @ 6PM
$25.00 Advance, $30.00 Day of Show
* General admission seated show - First come, first seated
Reserved VIP booths on floor avail for 4 + 6 people - $45 per ticket - Must buy entire booth. A booth for 4 = $180 - A booth for 6 = $270
Hot Rize has marked over 30 years in the bluegrass history book. Following the untimely passing of guitarist Charles Sawtelle in 1999, the band reorganized in 2002 with Bryan Sutton on guitar and has continued to play several shows each year, delivering its high-energy, soulful, and unique sound to fans old and new. Though many years from its full-time touring period of 1978-1990, Hot Rize has kept its legend growing by delivering first-class music and entertainment as only it can.
The traditional-yet-progressive Colorado band started its 12 years of full-time performing in January, 1978. The group named itself after the secret ingredient of Martha White �self-rising� flour, the product Flatt & Scruggs promoted in the 50s and 60s.
Original band members were Tim O'Brien on lead and harmony vocals, mandolin and fiddle; Pete Wernick on banjo and harmony vocals; Charles Sawtelle on guitar, harmonies and lead vocals. Mike Scap, the group's original guitarist, departed after three months and was replaced by Nick Forster on bass, with Sawtelle switching from bass to guitar. Forster also became the group's emcee and main harmony singer. Hot Rize recorded its self-titled debut album, a blend of traditional and new material, in 1979. Their second album, Radio Boogie, came out in 1981.
Friday, November 5
Frank Marino & MAHOGANY RUSH
Event Details: http://www.bbkingblues.com/schedule/moreinfo.cgi?id=2478
8:00PM
Doors @ 6PM
$27.50 Advance, $32.00 Day of Show
* General Admission Seated Show - First Come, First Seated - Standing Room At Bar
Reserved VIP booths on floor avail for 4 + 6 people - $47.50 per ticket - Must buy entire booth. A booth for 4 = $190 - A booth for 6 = $285
Frank Marino was 17 years old when his first album Maxoom came out, and was instantly hailed as the next new guitar god.
Mahogany Rush went on to release two more albums - Child Of The Novelty (1974) and Strange Universe (1975) - before Columbia Records signed the band to a major label deal. Mahogany Rush IV, released in 1976, was the last album under the moniker of Mahogany Rush, and this was due in large part to Marino's burgeoning reputation among guitar aficionados as being one of the truly great guitarists of his day. Henceforth the band was known as Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush.
The deal with Columbia lasted for seven albums (including a double live release) and took the band to 1982. In 1985 Marino signed with Maze Records and they released a double live album of Mahogany Rush in 1985; in 1986 Marino released a solo album on Maze entitled Full Circle and toured it extensively throughout North America. Marion also released a solo effort on SPV Records in 1990, and licensing deals have seen the first three albums released on CD and packaged as a two CD set on Big Beat Records (1995) and a best of compilation on Razor & Tie Records (1996).
The long-awaited Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush RealLIVE! CD has just been released. This is a double live CD with over 150 minutes of an amazing performance.
Saturday, November 6
BASIA - That Girl Again Tour
Event Details: http://www.bbkingblues.com/schedule/moreinfo.cgi?id=5170
8:00PM
Doors @ 6PM
$35.00 Advance, $40.00 Day of Show
* GA Seated Show - First come, first seated - Standing room at bar
Reserved VIP booths on floor avail for 4 + 6 people - $55 per ticket - Must buy entire booth. A booth for 4 = $220 - A booth for 6 = $330
Basia is touring behind her last studio album "It's That Girl Again", an album that brings her trademark global pop/jazz sound into today. In this age of highly processed and compressed vocals, It's That Girl Again reminds us what it's like to hear honest, straightforward singing with genuine feeling again. From the first strum of the guitar to the last cheer from the crowd, the album is a great showing from an established artist firmly planted in the here-and-now.
It's That Girl Again features:
Cruising For Bruising
Promises
Time & Tide
Drunk On Love
New Day For You
Sunday, November 7
BLUEGRASS LEGEND
Ralph Stanley & HIS CLINCH MOUNTAIN BOYS
Event Details: http://www.bbkingblues.com/schedule/moreinfo.cgi?id=2426
8:00PM
Doors @ 6PM
$29.50 Advance
$35.00 Day Of Show
* General admission seating on floor - First come, first seated - Standing room at bar
Reserved VIP booths on floor avail for 4+6 people - $50/ticket - Must buy entire booth A booth for 4 = $200 - A booth for 6 = $300
Ralph Stanley is one of the most important figures in country music today. While he has long been revered by enthusiasts of folk, bluegrass and country music, Ralph Stanley has lately been commanding the kind of honors due a musical original.
"Ralph Stanley is one of the most important country musicians in the world today"
--T Bone Burnett
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