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In the Next Two Weeks

Sun Jun 01 2025

Sunday Night Rib Special (5-10pm)

Sun Jun 01 2025 - Sun Jun 01 2025:
Sunday Night Rib Special (5-10pm) at The Siren

The best BBQ ribs in town! (Aslo pretty much the only BBQ ribs in town) Every sunday night, we're dishing up the best slow cooked ribs we can get our hands on. ...

Tue Jun 03 2025

OPEN MIC COMEDY EVERY TUESDAY

OPEN MIC COMEDY EVERY TUESDAY at Libertine

FREE TO WATCH, MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY (ADULT CONTENT)ARRIVE EARLY AND SIGN UP TO PERFORM AT 7PM. DRINK AND FOOD SPECIALS THROUGHOUT THE SHOW.THIS EVENT IS HELD IN OUR “LITTLE ROOM”

Wed Jun 04 2025

Leon Bridges

Leon Bridges at Vina Robles

PASO ROBLES, Calif. – November 18, 2024 – Today, GRAMMY® Award-winning Texas recording artist, songwriter, and performer Leon Bridges keeps the good times going with the addition of new 2025 live dates to his completely sold-out Leon Bridges: The Leon Tour. Leon will make stops at iconic venues such as Red Rocks Amphitheatre and the Hollywood Bowl—where he’ll be performing for the second time, along with stops in Paso Robles, at Vina Robles Amphitheatre, New Orleans, Tulsa, Seattle and more. Presales for the new dates start on Tuesday, November 19. Tickets for Vina Robles Amphitheatre will be available via Ticketmaster, Friday, November 22, at 10AM. Leon is excited to continue donating $1 from every ticket sold directly to his charity, The Big Good. LA LOM and Kashus Culpepper will act as support, each appearing at select shows, with a very special guest performance from fellow Texan Charley Crockett in Los Angeles. For more information on the new dates for Leon Bridges: The Leon Tour, please visit www.leonbridges.com/tour. Full routing below. Leon launched Leon Bridges: The Leon Tour last month at ACL Festival in Austin before making stops in less traveled markets in Texas and then heading across North America to cities such as Chicago, Toronto, New York, Nashville and more before wrapping with a special homecoming show at the Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Leon’s biggest hometown headline show to date. Recorded and produced by Ian Fitchuk (Kacey Musgraves, Maggie Rogers) at El Desierto on the outskirts of Mexico City with co-production from Daniel Tashian (Kacey Musgraves) in Nashville, Leon’s brand-new self-titled album, Leon, features 13 handcrafted tracks spotlighting his signature storytelling and organic genre alchemy. Unfolding as his most poignant, powerful, and personal body of work to date, Leon takes you on a sonic journey through the streets he knows best, the things he holds dearest, and the memories of the people and place that shaped him. Six years in the making, this record is unmistakably Leon. Leon builds on the legacy of Leon Bridges' three previous albums, Gold-Diggers Sound, Good Thing, and Coming Home, all of which received GRAMMY nominations for Best R&B Album. ABOUT LEON BRIDGES: As a powerhouse artist, dyed-in-the-wool troubadour, and electrifying performer, GRAMMY® Award-winning Texas-bred maverick Leon Bridges quietly distinguishes himself as a tried-and-true original. With an old soul and a fresh perspective, he creates the kind of records that remain agnostic of era or genre, yet wholly in tune with the energy and emotion of successive generations. Thus far, he has garnered a GRAMMY® Award, achieved over a dozen platinum and gold certifications, stacked up billions of streams, and entrenched himself at the forefront of culture. He’s the rare talent equally at home performing at the White House for Former President Barack Obama or throwing down on a popular Crossroads collaboration with Luke Combs. As a sought-after collaborator, he has impressively joined forces with everyone from John Mayer and Kacey Musgraves to Lucky Daye, Noah Cyrus, Khruangbin and Carin León. Collaborating so far this year with Gunna on “clear my rain,” contributing to the Twister soundtrack with “Chrome Cowgirl,” and even joining Kacey Musgraves on “Superbloom” for the extended edition of her album Deeper Well, Leon continues to position himself as musical chameleon that can bend any genre to fit into his boundless sonic universe. Now returning to the stories that made him on his fourth full-length album, Leon, he introduces his next era, elevating his artistry and vision to new heights once again.About LA LOM In the vibrant tapestry of Los Angeles’s music scene, LA LOM stands out for its ability to seamlessly weave together the diverse genres and cultures of the city into its music. Short for The Los Angeles League of Musicians, LA LOM is composed of LA natives Zac Sokolow (Guitar), Jake Faulkner (Bass), and Nicholas Baker (Drums/Percussion). Their sonic palette expanded to encompass the romantic allure of classic Mexican Boleros and the Cumbia Sonidera woven into the very fabric of the city's soundscape, resonating through the streets from car stereos, backyard parties, and lively dance halls. LA LOM carved out a sound that blends all of these elements with the guitar-driven twang of Peruvian Chicha and Bakersfield Country.

Fri Jun 06 2025

Deanna Barahona

Fri Jun 06 2025 - Sun Aug 31 2025:
Deanna Barahona at SLO Museum of Art

A multi-media exhibition by emerging California artist Deanna Barahona
Art After Dark

Art After Dark at The Bunker

Jon us for the June 2025 Art AFter Dark with:Vincent Bernardyand friendsJune 20255pm-8pmFREE EVENT

SECRET CONCERT TBA at Libertine

STAY TUNEDDETAILS TBA SOON
Margot Sinclair with Toad and Donde

Margot Sinclair with Toad and Donde at Libertine

TICKETS AVAILABLE HEREGet ready for an unforgettable night of live music at Libertine as Margot Sinclair takes the stage, fresh off a standout performance at Shabang Music Festival. Known for their electric stage presence, energetic crowds, and orginal sounds, Margot Sinclair is a band you don’t want to miss.They'll be joined by TOAD, another Shabang alum who recently won the battle of the bands competiton. Donde will be kicking off the night with their rock and ska vibes.This is a stacked local lineup celebrating our homegrown talent. We're bringing together three of SLO's favorite bands for one of the biggest parties to end the 2024-2025 school year.Tickets are just $12 presale — get yours before they’re gone. $15 at the door if there are any tickets left.TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE
Leadfoot (Free show)

Fri Jun 06 2025 - Fri Jun 06 2025:
Leadfoot (Free show) at The Siren

LEAD FOOT is a fresh take on the passion and raw power of playing Rock ‘N Roll and Blues — it’s a punchy blend of both, we affectionately call — Rock N�...

Sat Jun 07 2025

THAT'S SO DRAG DANCE PARTY AND DOCUMENTARY RELEASE at Libertine

DETAILS COMING SOON…BUT MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW!21+
Back Pages Band (Free afternoon party)

Sat Jun 07 2025 - Sat Jun 07 2025:
Back Pages Band (Free afternoon party) at The Siren

San Luis Obispo based dance band authentically playing a diverse mix of Classic Rock, Blues and Country music originating from the 60’s to present day. DANC...
Sam Chase and the Untraditional

Sat Jun 07 2025 - Sat Jun 07 2025:
Sam Chase and the Untraditional at The Siren

Doors open at 7pm, 21+ The Sam Chase & The Untraditional hails from San Francisco, California. This juggernaut of a band blends rock n roll with folk music ...
Gun Show

Gun Show at Madonna Inn / Expo Center

Alex Madonna Expo Center Saturday: 9:00am - 4:00pmSunday: 9:00am - 3:00pmAdmissionGeneral: $15.00Admission good for both days.Children under 18: Free with parent/guardian.Parking - $10.00DescriptionGreat Gun Shows is pleased to bring your area another great firearms event! Come out and experience the best of both local and regional exhibitors, all competing for your business! Featuring great selections of New & Used Firearms, Low-Price Ammunition, Gear & Accessories, and so much more!You don’t want to miss this show! We’ll see you out there on Saturday and Sunday.Great Gun Shows events follow all Federal, State, and Local laws without exception.More Info
Sam Chase and the Untraditional w/Big Sierra

Sat Jun 07 2025 - Sat Jun 07 2025:
Sam Chase and the Untraditional w/Big Sierra at The Siren

Doors open at 7pm, 21+ Table reservations can be guranteed with a $100 reservation. Email monte@thesirenmorrobay.com for info The Sam Chase & The Untraditio...

Tue Jun 10 2025

Wiz Khalifa

Wiz Khalifa at Fremont

Multi-platinum selling, GRAMMY® and Golden Globe nominated recording artist Wiz Khalifa burst onto the scene with the release of his first major label debut album, ROLLING PAPERS‎ in 2011. ‎ROLLING PAPERS spawned the hugely successful hits "Black and Yellow," "Roll Up," and "No Sleep" and gave Wiz the platform to win the award for "Best New Artist" at the 2011 BET Awards and "Top New Artist" at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards. "Black and Yellow" also earned him his first two GRAMMY nods for "Best Rap Performance" and "Best Rap Song". As a follow up to ROLLING PAPERS, Wiz Released O.N.I.F.C. in 2012. This album featured tracks "Work Hard, Play Hard" and "Remember You" featuring The Weeknd. His third studio album released in 2014, BLACC HOLLYWOOD, ‎debuted at #1 on Billboard's Top 200 album chart and included the hit single "We DemBoyz." Soon after, Wiz's track,‎ "See You Again," off the FURIOUS 7 soundtrack, catapulted to the top of the charts across 95 countries and earned him a Golden Globes nomination for "Best Original Song". Wiz released his album, KHALIFA, in February 2016 as a thank you to fans which included the tracks "Bake Sale" featuring Travis Scott and "Elevated." In June of the same year, Wiz collaborated with Juicy J and TM88 to debut TGOD MAFIA PRESENTS: RUDE AWAKENING. On April 20th, 2017, to celebrate  4/20, Wiz launched his mobile app, Wiz Khalifa's Weed Farm, which has garnered over 10.1 million downloads and is currently being played in over eight countries and six languages.  In February 2018, Wiz partnered with Sovereign Brands to create McQueen and the Violet Fog, an Award winning gin and rated by the NY Times as the "Best Gin". In April of 2019, Wiz released his 5-part docu series with Apple Music, "Wiz Khalifa: Behind the Cam," which gives viewers an exclusive look into his life and career. Wiz was also a series regular in Fox's animated sitcom, "Duncanville'' which had its season 3 finale in 2022. Wiz released his project, The Saga of Wiz Khalifa, which was followed by his critically acclaimed collaborative album, FULL COURT PRESS, with Girl Talk, Big K.R.I.T., and Smoke DZA. In July 2022, Wiz released his full-length solo album MULTIVERSE, to rave reviews. Wiz had a massive 2023 with the release of four new mixtapes; Star Power Mixtape, See Ya Mixtape, Khali Sober Mixtape and Decisions Mixtape. In addition, Wiz released four singles; "Don't Text Don't Call", "Peace and Love", "You" feat. Ty Dolla $ign, and "Hype Me Up". Last spring, Wiz made his Stagecoach Music Festival Debut and will be releasing his new album, KUSH + ORANGE JUICE 2 on April 18th.
OPEN MIC COMEDY EVERY TUESDAY

OPEN MIC COMEDY EVERY TUESDAY at Libertine

FREE TO WATCH, MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY (ADULT CONTENT)ARRIVE EARLY AND SIGN UP TO PERFORM AT 7PM. DRINK AND FOOD SPECIALS THROUGHOUT THE SHOW.THIS EVENT IS HELD IN OUR “LITTLE ROOM”

Thu Jun 12 2025

Walter Trout

Walter Trout at Fremont

All of us are broken. But no-one is beyond repair. It's a philosophy that WALTER TROUT has lived by during seven volatile decades at the heart of America's society and blues-rock scene. Even now, with the world more fractured than ever – by politics, economics, social media and culture wars – the fabled US bluesman's latest album, Broken, chronicles the bitter schisms of modern life but refuses to succumb to them. "I've always tried to write positive songs, and this album is not quite that," considers the 72-year-old of an all-original tracklisting that rages and soothes. "But I always hold on to hope. I think that's why I wrote this album." For the last half-century, however rocky his path, hope has always lit the way. The beats of Trout's unbelievable story are well-known: the traumatic childhood in Ocean City, New Jersey; the audacious move to the West Coast in '74; the auspicious but chaotic sideman shifts with John Lee Hooker and Big Mama Thornton; the raging addictions that somehow never stopped the boogie when he was with Canned Heat in the early-'80s. Even now, some will point to Trout's mid-'80s guitar pyrotechnics in the lineup of John Mayall's legendary Bluesbreakers as his career high point. But for a far greater majority of fans, the blood, heart and soul of his solo career since 1989 is the main event, the bluesman's songcraft always reaching for some greater truth, forever surging forward, never shrinking back. It's a peerless creative streak underlined by the guitarist's regular triumphs at ceremonies including the Blues Music Awards, SENA European Guitar Awards, British Blues Awards and Blues Blast Music Awards. The iconic British DJ 'Whispering' Bob Harris spoke for millions when he declared Trout "the world's greatest rock guitarist" in his 2001 autobiography, The Whispering Years.  If he were a less questing artist, Trout could mark time and dine out on those past glories, leaving the polemics and calls-to-arms to a younger generation. But that's not enough, considers the still-hungry veteran. "I have to grow. I want to be a vital contributing artist. I don't want to come out every night and play my first hit, Life In The Jungle. I feel young. I know I'm not. But in my head, I'm still 25, still wanting to get better and do something I haven't before. I have more to say." As the pandemic burnt out, Trout got back to business: the career-long cycle of writing, touring and resting still as natural to him as breathing. But scarcely had the world's turntable needles dropped on his latest album, 2022's Ride, when Trout felt the first tingles of incoming inspiration. Alternating between his homes in the remote Danish fishing village of Vorupør and Huntington Beach, California – or sometimes even in the back of the van, still slick with sweat after that night's gig – the twelve songs of Broken demanded to be born. "A lot of times I put on headphones, listen to music that gets me emotional, and then start just writing lyrics," explains Trout of a process that still fascinates him. "I think these songs are as honest as I can be. The band came down to my house for rehearsals so we could just go in the studio and blow through this stuff." Kingsize Soundlabs in LA was the scene of the crime – a familiar Trout Band haunt that also hosted 2019's Survivor Blues – and producer Eric Corne once again the man behind the glass. "This is our 15th album together," calculates the bluesman. "Eric and I just have a way of working, man. A friend who came into the studio and watched us and said, 'Man, you guys are like a machine'. It's unspoken." A few collaborators joined Trout for the first time. "I thought my friend Beth Hart could relate to the title track, Broken," he says of the warrior princess whose fiery vocals coil with his own. "With that song, I was looking at the world – especially what's going on in the United States – but also thinking about my recovery from the things that happened to me. I had the first verse – 'Pieces of me seem to break away/I lose a little more every day'. But it was almost too much for me to go back into that shit. So my wife, Marie, was able to help me with the lyrics – and she nailed it. The guitar solo, that's maybe my favourite on the record. I tracked it with the band, one take. I wanted to see if I could beat it – but they wouldn't let me!" Another set of star guests supply the rocket fuel on two of the album's most rocking cuts, I've Had Enough and Bleed. "Dee Snider from Twisted Sister put up a live cut of me on his Twitter and said: 'Listen to this fucking guitar hero'. We started talking, became friends, he came into the studio and I knew I had to write him a song. So I'm thinking, 'Well, he did We're Not Gonna Take It'. So I wrote I've Had Enough. And it's rockin', big time. Bleed came about when we were pretty much done. My drummer Michael Leasure said to me, 'Hey, Walter, you played with John Lee Hooker and Canned Heat, this is your 31st album and you've never played a boogie. What's the deal?' So I said, 'OK, fuck it, let's do a boogie'. I can kinda play harmonica, but I thought, 'Let's elevate this thing'. There's a young harmonica player in England who's the best I've ever heard, Will Wilde. He has the soul and the power of Paul Butterfield, but couples that with blinding virtuoso technique."  Elsewhere, in a flash of telepathy, Trout discovered the line he was singing as a placeholder lyric for the cowboy blues of Turn And Walk Away had already been written by Marie ("I have a box of lyrics, and I find this piece of paper, in my wife's handwriting, from twenty years ago and the first line says: 'It never occurred to me that you would ever set me free'. It fit the song perfectly"). As for the blues tune, Courage In The Dark, Trout believes it took no more than ten minutes. "I was actually reading a book of poetry in the van, and the line was something like, 'In a world of darkness, it's a necessity that you hold on to your courage'." For the wistful Talkin' To Myself, Trout took inspiration from the hits that crackled from AM radio in his youth, paired with a lyric about his habit of yelling at the hotel TV on the road, and a highly successful first attempt to play a vintage electric sitar ("Y'know, it's '66, you're riding in your car, and Paul Revere and The Raiders comes on – I wanted this song to sound like that"). But on No Magic (in the street), he acknowledges the march of time. "I've been living here in Huntington Beach for 50 years. For decades, I knew everybody on Main Street: 'Hey Walter, what's goin' on?' But I took a walk down there recently and realised there's a new generation, with their own Steinbeckian society, and I felt like an anachronism. So when I say there's no more magic out on the streets now, that's just for me." No words were required for the tender instrumental Love Of My Life ("Of course, it's about Marie"), while the bluesman's muse of three decades also inspired the gossamer balladry of I Wanna Stay ("I'm whispering that song – it's meant to be as quiet and gentle and possible. That's about the first time I made love to my wife"). The bright-eyed soul of Breathe was written by keyboardist, Richard T Bear and reimagined by Trout with a nod to the Faces' heart-wrenching Debris. "I told the bass player Jamie Hunting, 'I want you to play like Ronnie Lane here'. And I told Skip Edwards, the piano player: 'I want Ian McLagan'. And they nailed it."  Then comes a wildcard, in the form of the scalded, spacey, spoken-word punk-blues Heaven Or Hell. "I met an old blind man on the street," explains Trout. "I gave him a little money to eat, he started preaching, and I went back to my room and wrote a poem about what he said. I couldn't sing it, I couldn't fit it into music, so I told Eric, 'I'm just gonna speak it'." For most of the new record, Trout reached for his battle-scarred Fender Stratocaster or Delaney signature model, plugging into his trusty Mesa/Boogie MkIV stage amp (no pedals required). But for the closing Falls Apart, he pushed the sonic envelope. "Anyone who thinks I'm just a blues guy, I'm gonna hit them with my version of Pink Floyd," he laughs. "That outro has three different electric guitar rhythms, and two acoustic guitar rhythms in different inversions. Then there's a Nashville-tuned guitar. Our middle child Biscuit, AKA Captain Buzzface, wrote the song and arranged and sang all the background vocals. I think that the kid wrote an epic song that is very fitting for the state of the world today. I have a hard time getting through that one without breaking down." With gallows humour, Trout notes that his new album opens with a track called Broken and ends with one called Falls Apart. He can't deny the socio-political mood in the air, and as such, between those two bookends lie some of the most personal, bruised songs of his career (albeit twinned to some of his most rocking and defiant guitar work). Yet as the man says, as long as there's love and music, there is always a light to guide us. "That Sixties idealism still burns in me and I want to make music that means something or helps somebody. I may be naïve but I'm ok with that. In the face of what's happening in the world, I will stubbornly hold on to my idealism   and hope. I want to make music that matters…"

Fri Jun 13 2025

Social Distortion

Social Distortion at Vina Robles

PASO ROBLES, Calif. – April 14, 2025 – Long-running and unapologetically punk rock, Social Distortion is set to perform at Vina Robles Amphitheatre, Friday, June 13. Now in its fifth decade, the band, with frontman Mike Ness, has officially achieved one of the most non-punk things possible: They've failed to burn out. Tickets are available via Ticketmaster, Friday, April 18, at 10AM. Here's how you know you've made it in the music business: You've stayed strong for decades on your own terms, on your own time, by your own rules, and over that time your influence has only grown. Each of your albums has been stronger than your last. You've been brought on stage by Bruce Springsteen, because he wanted to play one of your songs. You've seen high times and low ones, good days and tragic days, but every night you give 100%, and every morning you wake up still swinging. This is the short version of the Social Distortion bio — the long version could be a 10-part mini- series. But over the past few decades, the punk godfathers in the band have all but trademarked their sound, a brand of hard rockabilly/punk that's cut with the melodic, road-tested lyrics of Ness. Their searing guitars and a locomotive rhythm section sound as alive today as they did in '82, as do Ness' hard-luck tales of love, loss and lessons learned. "The most common thing I hear is, 'Man, your music got me through some hard times,'" Ness says. "And I just say, 'Me too.'" Hard Times And Nursery Rhymes (produced, for the first time, by Ness himself) is the band's most recent release. For a band with a career spanning over 40 years, Social Distortion experienced a significant amount of firsts in 2011. For starters, Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard Top 200 and was the highest debut that the band has yet seen. Hard Times was also the No. 1 Independent Album and the No. 2 Modern Rock/Alternative Album week of release. The band also made their late-night television debut when they performed "Machine Gun Blues" on Jimmy Kimmel Live and later played for Conan on Hard Times’ release date. Taking their successes to the road, Social Distortion played European festivals including Reading and Leeds for the first time. They also booked their first tours of Australia and South America. And finally, Social Distortion played Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits Festival, and Coachella – all of these for the first time. Social Distortion’s patented mix of punk, bluesy rock n’ roll and outlaw country — while also stretching the boundaries of their signature sound is a blend of potent power that appeals to all ages. They are honored to have been able to reach as many people as they have so far. "I write songs for myself, and I hope that other people will like them too," Ness says. "I think every record you make is showing people what you've learned over the past few years. It's showing people, 'This is what I know.' " A release of new music is forthcoming in 2025.
Anything For Salinas – A Tribute to Selena

Anything For Salinas – A Tribute to Selena at Fremont

Singer and songwriter of 12 years, Karol Posadas does amazing work portraying Selena. For the past 3 years, Karol has performed with multiple tribute bands. Now with her family, Anything For Salina Band was assembled by Karol's family members, dedicating every song to the late queen of Tex-Mex. So get ready to sing, dance and relive Selena!
Sweet Spots (Free show)

Fri Jun 13 2025 - Fri Jun 13 2025:
Sweet Spots (Free show) at The Siren

Super fun covers, great dancable songs and led by fantastic female lead vocals. The Sweet Spots are an electrifying R&B/Soul/Funk band based out of San Lui...

Sat Jun 14 2025

GRADUATION MORNING CONCERT at Libertine

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40oz To Freedom (A Tribute To Brdley and Sublime)

Sat Jun 14 2025 - Sat Jun 14 2025:
40oz To Freedom (A Tribute To Brdley and Sublime) at The Siren

“40 oz. to Freedom is the Country's Premier Sublime Tribute Band!” ‘40oz to Freedom’ is an accomplished and highly energetic Sublime tribute band and wi...
Los Tucanes de Tijuana

Los Tucanes de Tijuana at Vina Robles

Paso Robles, Calif. – January 28, 2025 – Regional Mexican group Los Tucanes de Tijuana, led by Mario Quintero Lara, comes to Vina Robles Amphitheatre, Friday, May 2. Tickets are available via Ticketmaster, Friday, January 31, at 10AM. Created in Tijuana, Mexico, Los Tucanes de Tijuana has entertained fans for nearly four decades with a long repertoire of corridos and cumbia-norteña. With an intergenerational and far-reaching appeal, the group has adapted from selling music on cassettes and CDs to online streaming apps. The group has sold more than 20 million albums worldwide and have garnered 34 gold and 30 platinum records as well as earning a Latin Grammy in 2012, five Grammy nominations, nine Lo Nuestro Awards and multiple BMI Awards. In 2019, they became the first regional Mexican group to perform at Coachella, and three years prior, they served as ambassadors of norteño music in Spain. Popular songs from their catalogue include “La chona,” “El tucanazo,” “La chica sexy,” “Vivir de noche,” “El centenario,” and new hits from album “comandante en jefe,” have attracted a new audience. Currently, Quintero Lara and Servín Raya, percussion, are the remaining original members. The other three members are Alfredo González (accordion), Labrada Valenzuela and Luis Adrián Cazares Gómez (bass).
That’s What She Said! (Free afternoon dance party)

Sat Jun 14 2025 - Sat Jun 14 2025:
That’s What She Said! (Free afternoon dance party) at The Siren

Our band, That's What She Said, is a super-fun high-energy four-person band. We play danceable and well-known classic rock and pop from 60's to 90's. We h...

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The Hawthorne Experience (Free show)

Fri Jul 25 2025 - Fri Jul 25 2025:
The Hawthorne Experience (Free show) at The Siren

(Added on Fri May 30 2025)
Desert surf rats cruising through the coast for a funky reggae surf rock show all the way from Tucson Arizona! The Hawthorne Experience, a band comprised of Uni...
Mannequin Pussy

Sat Sep 27 2025:
Mannequin Pussy at Fremont

(Added on Wed Apr 30 2025)
Mannequin Pussy's music feels like a resilient and galvanizing shout that demands to be heard. Across four albums, the Philadelphia rock band that consists of Colins "Bear" Regisford (bass, vocals), Kaleen Reading (drums, percussion), Maxine Steen (guitar, synths), and Marisa Dabice (guitar, vocals) has made cathartic tunes about despairing times. "There's just so much constantly going on that feels intentionally evil that trying to make something beautiful feels like a radical act ," says Dabice. "The ethos of this band has always been to bring people together." Their latest I Got Heaven, which is out March 1 via Epitaph Records, is the band's most fully realized LP yet. Over 10 ambitious tracks which abruptly turn from searing punk to inviting pop, the album is deeply concerned with desire, the power in being alone, and how to live in an unfeeling and unkind world. It's a document of a band doubling down on their unshakable bond to make something furious, thrilling, and wholly alive. Following the 2019 release of their critically acclaimed third album Patience, Mannequin Pussy returned in 2021 for their EP Perfect. They toured that release relentlessly and added guitarist Maxine Steen to the band's official lineup. Where the band members' personal lives were in transition with breakups, changing living situations, and periods of self-reevaluation, their time together on the road was a grounding and clarifying force. "There was so much going on in our lives that it was the perfect opportunity to recalibrate who we were as people and musicians," says Regisford. The band changed their entire formula, choosing to write together in Los Angeles with producer John Congleton over slowly crafting tracks at home. "When I've written songs, it's usually a very solitary process," says Dabice. "So this was shedding a lot of those hermit-like qualities to do something intensively collaborative. Your best work comes when you allow other people into it." By December 2022, the band had 17 new songs written with Congleton in Los Angeles. "Everyone felt empowered to speak up about their own ideas to make this thing the best it could possibly be," says Regisford. New member Maxine Steen, who has made music with Dabice for years including their side project Rosie Thorne, was especially essential to the writing sessions. The album opener "I Got Heaven" initially started as one of Steen's demos. "When she showed it to me I knew it was going to be fun because the verses have this hard-hitting and aggressive approach but the chorus allows for a really soaring melody," says Dabice. The result is electric. Over walloping guitar riffs, Dabice defiantly yells, "And what if I'm an angel? Oh what if I'm a bore? And what if I was confident would you just hate me more? The song with its righteous lyrical blending of the sacred and profane is an unapologetic look at Christian hypocrisy. "I don't think there's ever been anything in need of a spiritual revolution more than modern-day Christianity," says Dabice. "It sickens me the way that people use it as a way to do the worst things imaginable, say the worst things imaginable, and pass the worst imaginable legislation that directly harms people." Instead of judgment, greed, and avarice, the songs on I Got Heaven ask what it really means to genuinely care about the people around you and help your communities in ways you can. "The world that we live in is heaven," says Dabice. "We live on the most beautiful planet in the solar system, just by a chance and we are continuingly destroying it." This sentiment is mirrored by the album's cover art: a figure and a pig in nature. There's an intentional ambiguity there that makes you wonder if this person is leading the animal to slaughter or its protector. "We should really be the shepherds and the protectors of everything that we have and the world we live in," says Dabice. I Got Heaven is an album that understands the stakes of its message: there are countless references to fire, hunger, and holiness. Here, teeth gnash and bodies are temples that ache with desire. On the yearning single "Nothing Like," which is anchored by a dancey, shuffling drum beat from Reading, Dabice's voice eventually morphs from a coo to a roar as she sings, "Oh what's wrong with dreaming of burning this all down?" Even when the songs on I Got Heaven don't deal with fundamental human questions about how to live, Mannequin Pussy still finds ways to add urgency and resonance. Just take the buoyant and playful single "I Don't Know You," which slowly builds to a hair-raising peak with Reading's brushed percussion, Steen's enveloping synths, and a thoughtful groove from Regisford. "On that song, I changed the tuning last minute which transformed the song but everyone instinctively knew what to do," says Dabice. "It was really cool to watch a song come alive in real-time. It's such a gift to meet other people who are creatively on the same wavelength as you, where there's no judgment in sharing ideas." The lightness of this track pairs perfectly with the rest of the tracklist, even when it's snarling rock like "Loud Bark" or punishing hardcore punk with Regisford sharing lead vocal duties on "OK? OK! OK? OK!" "If you're a Mannequin Pussy fan, you know that we're going to have some rippers," says Regisford. "We're gonna have something that's going to be in your face. But we're also going to give you something that's going to be light to the touch with its own version of aggression." The loud and uncompromising single "Of Her," finds Dabice screaming, "I was born / Of her fire / Of sacrifices That were made / So I could make it." It's a song about living life without regrets and understanding the sacrifices that you and your parents, especially your mother, made to allow you to live the life you want. I Got Heaven is a visceral and stunning album for people who aren't content with the status quo, made by people who challenged themselves and got out of their comfort zone. "We're supposed to be living in the freest era ever so what it means to be a young person in this society is the freedom to challenge these systems that have been put on to us," says Dabice. "It makes sense to ask, what ultimately am I living for? What is it that makes me want to live?"
Kikimora (Free 4th of July Party)

Fri Jul 04 2025 - Fri Jul 04 2025:
Kikimora (Free 4th of July Party) at The Siren

(Added on Sun Mar 30 2025)
Kikimora is an exceptional 5-piece collective hailing from El Paso, Texas, celebrated for their genre-defying fusion of funk, jazz, neo-soul, and R&B. With...
Lila Downs

Sat Sep 27 2025:
Lila Downs at Cal Poly Arts

(Added on Sun Mar 30 2025)
Celebrating her latest album, La Sánchez, the iconic Grammy and Latin Grammy award-winner has one of the world’s most singular voices and innovative approaches to music.
Sunday Night Rib Special (5-10pm)

Sun Jun 01 2025 - Sun Jun 01 2025:
Sunday Night Rib Special (5-10pm) at The Siren

(Added on Thu May 29 2025)
The best BBQ ribs in town! (Aslo pretty much the only BBQ ribs in town) Every sunday night, we're dishing up the best slow cooked ribs we can get our hands on. ...

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Esteban Cabeza de Baca

Sat Feb 22 2025 - Sun Jun 22 2025:
Esteban Cabeza de Baca at SLO Museum of Art

An exhibition of paintings by the California-born artist
Notes for Tomorrow

Fri Mar 07 2025 - Sun Jun 01 2025:
Notes for Tomorrow at SLO Museum of Art

A traveling exhibition conceived by Independent Curators International that takes the events of 2020 as a jumping-off point for a radical reassessment of our present
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Sat Feb 22 2025 - Sun Jun 22 2025:
Esteban Cabeza de Baca: Remembering the Future at SLO Museum of Art

An exhibition of paintings by the California-born artist
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Sat Feb 22 2025 - Sun Jun 22 2025:
Esteban Cabeza de Baca: Memories of the Future at SLO Museum of Art

An exhibition of paintings by the California-born artist