Cafe Nine - The Musicians Living Room

NEW HAVEN'S BEST LIVE MUSIC

250 STATE STREET, NEW HAVEN, CT 06511 203-789-8281

The music schedule is updated as information becomes available. Please check back regularly for additions and updates. All shows are 21+ unless noted otherwise. All times listed are door times and shows generally start an hour after doors unless noted otherwise.
Aug. 29 Sunday 8 pm	Open Jam hosted by Langley Brothers	No Cover
Aug. 30 Monday	Beatnik 2000 #537, hosted by Edward Leonard Band: Justin Perillo and the Goods Music: Ken Donovan; Mr. Ray Neal Words: Katie Jones; Katarina Beaudreaux Comedy: Dave Hintz	No Cover
Aug. 31 Tuesday	Kriss Santala Presents: Nasty Disaster; w/ Covin; special appearance by New Haven's most famous drag queen, Robin Banks	No Cover
Sept. 1 Wednesday 9 pm	GO KAT GO! Presents: Deke Dickerson ; w/ The Gamma Rays • Popular guitarist with respect for righteously pure retro sounds, Deke formed the midwestern hot-rod surf-punk band Untamed Youth at age 17 in his hometown of Columbia, Missouri. They released a total of eight full-length albums, toured in old hearses, and in 1991, Deke moved to Los Angeles and joined Dave Stuckey to form the “Hillbilly Power” act known as the Dave & Deke Combo, a fruitful twangin’ partnership that yielded two albums and a much-touted 2005 reunion at major rockabilly festivals.	$8
Sept. 2 Thursday 9 pm	The Field Recordings; w/ Pop Heroes; The Wee Bees • local indie rock night.	No Cover
Sept. 3 Friday 5-7 pm	Happy Hour - acoustic w/ Stefanie Harris	No Cover
Sept. 3 Friday 9 pm	Measure; w/ Skratch Happy; Goodnight Blue Moon • 2 piece indie folk from NY and local experimental rock from New Haven. An eclectic night of music!	$5
Sept. 4 Saturday	NO JAZZ JAM TODAY
Sept. 4 Saturday 7 pm doors 8pm start	Wally Gates Gonzo Rock Memorial Concert: More info soon.	$10
Sept. 5 Sunday 8 pm	Open Jam hosted by Travis Moody Band	No Cover
Sept. 6 Monday	Beatnik 2000 #538, hosted by Edward Leonard - B2K LABOR DAY SHOW Band: Gentle Music: Floatin' Fred plays the music in his head; Nicole Martinson Words: Donald Dreams Comedy: Beecher	No Cover
Sept. 7 Tuesday 8 pm doors 9 pm start	GO KAT GO! Presents: Wayne "The Train" Hancock ; w/ The Throttles • Wayne “The Train” Hancock has been called “the master of hillbilly swing,” a “roots Renaissance man,” a “country singer’s country singer” and “Hank Williams meets Gershwin.” But the phrase most frequently echoed throughout his career is “Wayne Hancock is the real deal.	$10
Sept. 8 Wednesday 8 pm doors 9 pm start	Uber Dami's Birthday Bash feat: Happenin' Harry & The Haptones All Star Band; w/ Surprise Guests! • Featuring Members of TYPE O NEGATIVE ~ WEDNESDAY 13 ~ MSG DANZIG ~ THE UNDEAD ~ SEVENTH VOID PLUS SPECIAL SURPRISE GUESTS !	$10
Sept. 9 Thursday	Magic Hat Presents: "9/9 at the 9" with Nor I; Oh My God; Alex Grenier (from France) • experimental indie rock night. $3 Magic Hat Pints and tons of give aways!	$5
Sept. 10 Friday 5-7 pm	Happy Hour - acoustic w/ Chris Merk (The Sawbucks, The Hickups)	No Cover
Sept. 10 Friday 9 pm	Hannah Cranna; w/ The Cavemen Go; Bill Beckett; Frank Critelli and Al Raebuck • Hannah Cranna was a bit anachronistic during the '90s - they sounded nothing like the Seattle bands that so dominated the music scene, in fact, their music harkened back to the then ultra uncool pop of The Beatles, The Kinks, Badfinger, Big Star and Buffalo Springfield - pure pop sounds that have enjoyed a great resurgence after the noise-drenched '90s.	$5
Sept. 11 Saturday 4:30-7:30	Afternoon Jazz Jam hosted by Gary Grippo and Friends	No Cover
Sept. 11 Saturday 9 pm	The Atomic Duo; w/ Glory Bound Sinners • the latest project from Bad Livers founder Mark Rubin featuring the hot mandolin and plaintive vocals of young Silas Lowe. This release marks Rubin’s first foray into American folk music since the last Bad Livers CD almost a decade ago, and is the first recording he has made as a singer and guitarist. Inspired by the great “Brother” vocal duets and string bands of the Depression era and formed on a dare, Rubin and Lowe have in a very short time risen to the vanguard of the emerging re-interest in acoustic roots Americana in their home of Austin TX.	$6
Sept. 12 Sunday 8 pm	Open Jam hosted by Cobalt Rhythm Kings	No Cover
Sept. 13 Monday	Beatnik 2000 #539, hosted by Edward Leonard Music: Chadwick Gregory; Chris Kiley; The Sawtelles Words: Billy K.; Poe	No Cover
Sept. 14 Tuesday 9 pm	Black Pyramid; w/ Nightbitch • A night of black metal and stoner rock.	$5
Sept. 15 Wednesday 8 pm doors 9 pm start	The Cliff Hines Quintet; w/ Sons of Hippies; The Spins • The Cliff Hines Quintet is a progressive psych jazz group hailing from New Orleans. Sons of Hippies describe their sound as "Metric & The Pixies in bed with Jefferson Airplane."	$5
Sept. 16 Thursday	Gorilla Palm Entertainment and Crunk Energy Drink Presents: Penalty Box; w/ Outwrite; Defcon; Madness2012 • Penalty Box (Logic, godAWFUL, Mon Lush, & DJ Fresh 1) has been rocking all over New England, avoiding performances in their hometown of New Haven not because they don't like performing here, but because they isn't a place they haven't rocked here. Consider this show a homecoming, after killing stage after stage, they are home and they have rocked here before so it's only natural to hold this show here. Along with Penalty Box Extended family Defcon, Outwrite, & Madness2012 from the Boston Area, this will sure be a show you will not want to miss. There will be Free Crunk Energy Drink and the Crunk Girls will be in the place giving away stuff all night.	$5
Sept. 17 Friday 5-7 pm	Happy Hour - acoustic w/ Calvin DeCutlass (The Tires, The Nortons)	No Cover
Sept. 17 Friday 10 pm	GO KAT GO! presents The Wrong Reasons; w/ The Hickups • CD release party for The Wrong Reasons!	$6
Sept. 18 Saturday 4:30-7:30	Afternoon Jazz Jam hosted by Brian Buster, Ken Aldrich	No Cover
Sept. 18 Saturday	Independisc Presents: The Big Fat Combo; w/ The Frank Critelli Band; The Mold Monkies • 12th Birthday Bash!	$5
Sept. 19 Sunday 8 pm doors 9 pm start	John Lefler (of Dashboard Confessional); w/ Kari Bun; Mike Dunn • Guitarist and keyboard from Dashboard Confessional going out on a solo tour! Super intimate show! • NO OPEN JAM TONIGHT	$6
Sept. 20 Monday	Beatnik 2000 #540, hosted by Edward Leonard - AUTUMN'S 1ST DAY SHOW Band: Hannah's Field Music: Edward Leonard and John Santasiero (Age of Reason) Words: Katarina Beaudreux; Kyiel; Troubadour Sympetalous	No Cover
Sept. 21 Tuesday 9 pm	"No Values" w/ DJ Tim Daltrey + DJ Donovan. Featured band: TBA • Monthly night of local DJs spinning punk, indie, and rock & roll in all its forms.	No Cover
Sept. 22 Wednesday 8 pm doors 9 pm start	Kath Bloom; w/ Ember Schrag; Philip Gayle • a night of folk, country, blues and avant-garde music.	$6
Sept. 23 Thursday 8 pm	Daniel Street, Manic Productions and Cafe Nine Presents: Už jsme doma; w/ another tba • Uz Jsme Doma spent the first years of its existence in underground Czechoslovakia. After the Velvet Revolution it was one of the first groups to storm out and establish an alternative rock sound for the new republic. Along with Plastic People of the Universe they became ambassadors of Central European rock, frequently touring the U.S. and establishing a cult following in America. If the PPU embody the Communist repression of the 1970s and 1980s in their gloomy, despair-driven music, then Uz Jsme Doma represents the exuberance of liberation. Punk in spirit, activists at heart, and strongly avant-garde in their dissonances, complex songs, and humor, they are the Czech Republic's best group of the 1990s. Note: This show is not at Cafe Nine. It is located at Daniel Street, 21 Daniel Street in Milford.	$10 ($8 advance) BUY TICKETS
Sept. 23 Thursday 9 pm	DrinkDeeply Presents: Cosmic Jibaros • Latin rock from Bridgeport	No Cover
Sept. 24 Friday 5-7 pm	Happy Hour - acoustic w/ Bruce and Loralee Crowder	No Cover
Sept. 24 Friday 9 pm	The Quick & Easy Boys; w/ another tba • "an amalgamation of funk, psychedelic rock, and garage-soul with a slight pinch of honky-tonk. Imagine the Minutemen, Funkadelic and Willie Nelson rolled into one."	$5
Sept. 25 Saturday 4:30-7:30	Afternoon Jazz Jam hosted by George Baker	No Cover
Sept. 25 Saturday 9 pm	BENEFIT: "Jamie's Show" • Broken; w/ The Vultures; Lord Fowl; Iron Hand • hardcore benefit for an area musician, former Beer Scouts member, and friend with cancer.	$10 suggested donation
Sept. 26 Sunday 8 pm	Open Jam hosted by Langley Project	No Cover
Sept. 27 Monday	Beatnik 2000 #541, hosted by Edward Leonard Band: Bittersweet Wine Music: Siralitus; Michael Volpicella Words: Leah Joy	No Cover
Sept. 28 Tuesday 9 pm	Manic Productions and Magic Hat Presents: The Toasters; w/ Distance No Object; Steady Habits • a night of punk/ska! $3 Magic Hat Pints and tons of give aways.	$10 BUY TICKETS
Sept. 29 Wednesday 9 pm	Shotgun Party; w/ Silver Alert Fugitives • Shotgun Party puts on a truly American music show. They swing early jazz right on into dance hall country… with rapturous results. The majority of songs are original, with melodies and lyrics that share stories: urban, bucolic, lively and lonesome. Christopher Crepps (formerly of the Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash, and Thelonious Monk disciple) keeps it real, hot and low on the upright bass; Katy Rose Cox (formerly of Uncle F*cker, Brooklyn Brown Grass, & the Maybelles) roars delightful on the fiddle; and introducing Jenny Parrott who sings and plays guitar as one who grew up seaside.	$6
Sept. 30 Thursday 8 pm doors 9 pm start	Charlie Mars (solo); w/ another tba • Charlie Mars is known for his compelling live performances. “When he’s onstage, songs with deep grooves get some breathing room, and his lush choruses inevitably lead to raucous audience sing-alongs,” said Esquire. The hit CBS series “Cold Case” used “No Place Like Home,” the next single from Mars’ latest album, Like A Bird, Like A Plane, in its March 28th episode. “No Place Like Home” goes for adds at radio on May 3rd. Mars recorded the album in Austin with drummer J.J. Johnson (John Mayer), keyboardist John Ginty (Citizen Cope) and bass players George Reiff (Jakob Dylan) and Dave Monzie (Fiona Apple). The video for lead single “Listen to the Darkside” (a nod to Pink Floyd) featured “Weeds” star Mary Louise Parker and was directed by Danny Clinch. It premiered as a Music Mix exclusive on Entertainment Weekly’s websi.	$8
Oct. 1 Friday 9 pm	Milton; w/ Brian Dolzani • Milton is a New York City-based singer/songwriter known in clubs and college radio stations up and down the east coast for his hummable melodies, spot on lyrics, tight, groovy band and soulful, energetic live shows. His most recent CD Grand Hotel received heavy airplay across the U.S, staying several weeks in the National Top 20 Americana chart. The CD, produced with veteran producer Bo Ramsey (Lucinda Williams/Greg Brown) was praised in the New York Times and many other publications. Another great act brought to you by our friends at Mongrel Music! (www.mongrelm.com)	$8
Oct. 2 Saturday 9 pm	Christine Ohlman • The beehive queen of rock n soul returns to The Nine!	$8
Oct. 3 Sunday 9 pm	Angie Chambers Productions presents: Jayke Orvis and Friends • Jayke Orvis is ahead of his time even though he plays timeless music. The songs on his solo effort “It’s All Been Said” are articles of the heart, exposing Orvis as a fragile, troubled soul. His raw and blue descriptions of love and life are complimented by the classic, poetic songs of Rachel Brooke and wide ranging country sounds of James Hunnicutt. This rootsy, bluesy show is bound to inspire an old fashioned good time, engraving a haunting beat into every kind of wayward soul.	$5
Oct. 7 Thursday 9 pm	Kings and Liars; w/ another tba • a night of rock and punk.	$5
Oct. 8 Friday 9 pm	The Safes; w/ another tba • Garage rock from Chicago.	$5
Oct. 12 Tuesday 9 pm	Little Teeth ; w/ Sean Spellman (of Quiet Life) • Their very original music is Folk as an art form played with a conviction of sensibility and spirit. Their all out abandon of song structure focuses on experimentation, strange but beguiling harmonies and escalating emphasis of drumming, cello, banjo, mandolin, any of a number of home-made instruments, or Dannie’s wildcat snarl. She's got one of those once-in-a-lifetime voices, a collision of pain and triumph, of sounds that tickle and caress the ear and blurts and barks that frighten it.	No Cover
Oct. 14 Thursday 9 pm	The Woggles; w/ another tba • Their very original music is For two decades, The Woggles have marched forth from Georgia like Sherman in reverse, leveling nightclubs with their hip-shaking, windshield-steaming garage rock fusillade. Combine a whole lot of 60’s rock’n’roll with a fist-full of soul, a hip flask of rhythm & blues and a splash of surf and you’ll have the exciting sound of the Woggles.	$8
Oct. 16 Saturday	GO KAT GO! presents "Wild Hare Records Showcase" featuring Dave Moore & Jason ìHossî Hicks
Oct. 22 Friday 7 pm EARLY SHOW 8pm start	An Evening With...Tony Joe White • The originator and King of Swamp Rock performs an intimate solo show in "the musicians living room". The writer of countless chart topping hits such as Polk Salad Annie and Rainy Night in Georgia, this is a DON"T MISS SHOW!!!	$15
Oct. 23 Saturday	The Down-Fi (feat. Craig Willis Bell); w/ Whiskey Tango Foxtrot • Look no further than Craig Willis Bell. The man is 70s Punk personified. Every Artist who wishes to understand Old School Punk should familiarize themselves with and study Craig Willis Bell – original member of Rocket From The Tombs, Saucers, The Plan, The Bell System, and more.	$TBA
Oct. 26 Tuesday 9 pm	Manic Productions Presents: The Ruby Suns; w/ another tba • equal influences ’80s/’90s New Jack Swing and modern Angolan kuduro, Fleetwood Mac and Britney Spears, Brazilian tropicalia and Argentinean cumbia. From New Zealand.	$8 BUY TICKETS
Oct. 29 Friday 9 pm	Delvis (Reunion Show); w/ another tba • More Info TBA!	$6
Oct. 30 Saturday 9 pm	"Hell Night" featuring: Covin (All Misfits Set) and Van Gaylen (New Haven's Premiere Van Halen Tribute	$6
Oct. 31 Saturday 9 pm	Halloween featuring: Circus Delecti; and More!	$6
Nov. 3 Wednesday 8 pm	Chuck Prophet • San Francisco based musician Chuck Prophet originally gained recognition as the youngest member of 80’s college rock stalwarts Green on Red, with whom he was featured on numerous albums and touring lineups. In the early 1990’s, as Green on Red faded to black, Prophet began performing with his future wife Stefanie Finch and releasing independent records on a variety of small labels.	$15
Nov. 13 Saturday	Manic Productions Presents: Touch and Go Book Release Party with The Meatmen; Easy Action; Broken • The Meatmen are a Michigan punk band headed by Tesco Vee originally from 1980 to 1997, and reformed in 2008. They are currently still touring, and are working on a new album. The Meatmen made fun of the hardcore punk scene of the time. The band was known for their stage antics, and for songs with colorful song titles such as "I Sin For A Living", "1 Down, 3 To Go" (a reference to the murder of former Beatles member John Lennon), and the Suck Trilogy of "Crippled Children Suck," "French People Suck," and "Camel Jockeys Suck." They also covered "What's This Shit Called Love?" by The Pagans, as well as The Smiths' "How Soon Is Now?" for the compilation The World Still Won't Listen: A Tribute to The Smiths.	$10 BUY TICKETS
Nov. 27 Saturday 8 pm-2 am	BEATNIK 2000: EPISODE 550 • special anniversary show of CT's longest running music and words series, with host Edward Leonard!
Dec. 2 Thursday	GO KAT GO! presents Skinny Jim & the Number 9 Blacktops • hot rod rockabilly from Illinois
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