Our Blues-lovin' Sponsors! Chimacum Valley Veterinary Hospital & Pet Townsend Veterinary Clinic Patronize our sponsors! Search P.T. Enjoy PT! NW Maritime Center UPSTAGE 2009 JULY EVENTS We have fewer seats than most night clubs... Most seats are no more than 25 feet from the act! -like having great entertainment in your living room... Sign up for monthly specials and offers at Upstagerestaurant.com On-Line Calendar Ticket Prices are advanced pricing and non-refundable. Call 360-385-2216 for tickets/reservations. Legend: = "Blues Paw of Approval" = "No Cover!" = "Sorry, we're closed!"
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COMING BLUES & ROOTS! MAGIC SLIM CANDYE KANE ROGER ENDERS & ROAD TO RUIN ROLLIE TUSSING JIM NYBY & THE F STREET BAND SANDY DIAMOND 'QUASIMODO' & THE BELL RINGERS MAGIC SLIM STUDEBAKER JOHN & THE HAWKS CENTRUM'S BLUES IN THE CLUBS	When Upstage does blues, look for this "Blues Dog in the House" tm "Paw of Approval" Our guarantee of great blues!	Private Party - Call Upstage to arrange yours! Upstage - One of the most eclectic entertainment programs in the Northwest. Read our calendar and sign up for email updates and special offers!!	JULY 1 CANDYE KANE Blues Band Nominated for a 2008 National Blues Foundation Award for Best Blues Contemporary Female Blues Artist 8pm $15	JULY 2 DAN "BIG HANDS' COLVIN Playing sax & guitar, Dan's music is a little bit country, a little bit rock, and always a blast! A Songwriter with a lot of edge and humor 7:30 $5	JULY 3 LIVE JAZZ! CAFE CoMBo! 'Summer Soulstice w/ THE HERB PAYSON QUARTET JOEL LEVY, HERB PAYSON, DIRK ANDERSON, TIM SHEFFEL, BILL KIELY $5 8PM	JULY 4 ROGER ENDERS & ROAD TO RUIN ROCKIN' BLUES!! Roger Enders and his band are known for knockout sets and very short breaks - a dancer's pleasure! 7pm $8
JULY 5 LIVE JAZZ w/ THE REX RICE QUARTET & Friends Veteran trombonist Rex Rice leads a great evening of jazz at The Upstage 7pm $4	JULY 6 OPEN MIC From 7pm NO COVER Blues, Jazz, Rock, Poetry, Classical, Folk... Lots of originals!	JULY 7 Advance tickets for some shows are highly recommended for best seating. In fairness to all, advance ticket purchases are not refundable.	JULY 8 MATT SIRCELY Original works on mandolin, guitar, and tenor guitar- Matt Sircely is a creative mandolinist, songwriter and independent journalist living in Port Townsend, Washington. Sircely improvises fluently, composes prolifically and is familiar with a diversity of musical traditions. Versatility with the mandolin has earned Matt Sircely gigs and guest appearances with some of the finest acoustic musicians on the continent. 7:00pm $5	JULY 9 ROLLIE TUSSING Cosidered one of the finest slide guitarists and former National Slide Guitar Champion. Known as a one man band specializing in 'hillbilly blues!" 8pm $10	JULY 10 New Orlean's style blues, rock & music gumbo! JIM NYBY & THE F STREET BAND One of Port Townsend's favorite shows! 8PM $6	JULY 11 SANDY DIAMOND & "QUASIMODO & THE BELLRINGERS" present Dostoevsky's Cat A fusion of poetry, blues, jazz, and theatre: dancing to follow! Acting out the hilarious and poignant scenarios of the poems are celebrated actors Heather Poulsen who plays a San Francisco bag lady during Vietnam and a teenager with the wrong number. Scott Nollette gives voice to Bob Dylan, PaulNewman and Rumpelstiltskin. The actors steam up the Bellringers’ already hot licks and Sandy’s take on the Queen of England and Dostoyevsky’s cat to the dogs of 9/11 8pm $10
JULY 12 SALSA DANCE 5:30PM Lessons 7pm Free BeginnerLessons followed by dancing $5 Non dancers Free SECOND SUNDAY OF MONTH!!	JULY 13 OPEN MIC From 7pm NO COVER Blues, Jazz, Rock, Poetry, Classical, Folk... Lots of originals!	JULY 14 BLUES LEGEND MAGIC SLIM TOMORROW!	JULY 15 MAGIC SLIM & THE TEARDROPS No one's counting how many times this band had won Best Best Band of the year: this year nominated for BB King Entertainer of the Year; Band of the Year; Traditional Male Blues Artist of the year Magic Slim is the greatest living proponent of the intense, electrified, Mississippi-to-Chicago blues style that spawned much of the music played by modern blues artists and rockers. Considered by many to be "the last real Chicago blues band," one of the busiest and best-loved blues bands around. 8pm $25	JULY 16 TOWNSEND LIVE!! TBA	JULY 17 ROCKIN' BLUES W/ STUDEBAKER JOHN AND THE HAWKS Touted in Blues Revue, this Chicago raised guitar/harp man delivers great blues $10 8PM	JULY 18 Tim Halpin and The Better Half Blues Infused Funky Rock and Soul Band! 8PM $8
JULY 19 The Monthly Penultimate Sunday JAZZ JAM $3 6pm Local and visiting jazz players gather backed by veteran playerRex Rice's band.	JULY 20 OPEN MIC From 7pm NO COVER Blues, Jazz, Rock, Poetry, Classical, Folk... Lots of originals!	JULY 21	JULY 22 CENTRUM'S WORKSHOP JAZZ JAM!! Dozens of participants! Great Jazz! 7PM NO COVER	JULY 23 Centrum's Jazz in the Clubs 8pm Sara Gazarek, vocal Dawn Clement, piano & vocal Sachal Vasandani, vocal Graham Dechter, guitar Harish Raghavan, bass Alvester Garnett, drums Centrum wristband required all evening for Centrum Jazz in the Clubs	JULY 24 CaFE CoMBo Local Jazz 6pm $5 followed by Centrum's Jazz in the Clubs 10pm George Cables, piano John Clayton, bass Alvester Garnett, drums Centrum wristband required after 9pm for Centrum Jazz in the Clubs	JULY 25 CaFE CoMBo Local Jazz 6pm $5 followed by Centrum's Jazz in the Clubs 10pm George Cables, piano John Clayton, bass Alvester Garnett, drums Centrum wristband required after 9pm for Centrum Jazz in the Clubs
JULY 26 TBA	JULY27 OPEN MIC From 7pm NO COVER Blues, Jazz, Rock, Poetry, Classical, Folk... Lots of originals!	JULY 28	JULY 29 TBA	JULY 30 DÜVO DÜVO Folk Music Band is one of Hungary's most exciting folk music Ensembles presenting authentic folk music from the Carpathian Basin. A international treasure! 7:30pm $12	JULY 31 5pm $5 Live Blues w/ JIM NYBY & The F Street Band followed by Centrum's Blues in the Clubs 9pm Jerron Paxton and Washboard Chaz 10pm Lightnin' Wells and Rich Delgrosso 11pm Alvin Youngblood Hart and Hook Hererra Centrum wristband required after 8pm for Centrum Blues in the Clubs	AUGUST 1 5pm $5 Live Blues w/ JIM NYBY & The F Street Band followed by Centrum's Blues in the Clubs 9pm Kenny Wayne 10pm Daryl Davis 11pm Jerron Paxton, Phil Wiggins, and Washboard Chaz Centrum wristband required after 8pm for Centrum Blues in the Clubs