Upcoming Events

An open invitation from James Intveld:

Leave the daily stress behind and escape to our tiki expo and bazaar in Long Beach!

It's a Sunday matinee party with an endless variety of experiences to see, taste and hear.

It's a music festival with three stages on three different levels.

It's a learning experience with seminars, a sponsored rum-tasting and a tiki-tender mixologist contest.

It's an art show and an all-encompassing lifestyle shopping experience.

Mostly it's a fun way to enjoy Polynesian / Tiki / Hawaiian food, drinks and music in 34,000 square feet of downtown Long Beach at Shannon's Corner.

Escape to Secret Island takes place in a maze of speakeasies, hidden passages and a labyrinth of bars, restaurants and music halls.

Sunday July 17 from 11 - 6 pm.

Musical line-up on three stages:

The Hula Girls

Shorty's Swingin' Coconuts

Jill Martini & The Shrunken Heads

TikiTronic

Little Kahuna

Ukulena

Robby Ravenwood

DJ Dr. Nate

DJ Nuria

Featured Seminar with Sven Kirsten:

"The Escapist Concepts of the Tiki Lounge"

More seminar titles to come from speakers like Kelly Merrell and BigToe Art.

Contests:

Tiki-Tender Mixologist contest (limited to 6 contestants)

Amateur Hula Dance contest with various prizes

More TBA

Rum-tasting:

4 sponsors allow you to sample their products and learn about each brand.

Art Galleries:

Displays by artists such as BigToe Art, Outline Studios, McBiff and more.

2 Hours of FREE PARKING just a block away at 15 E. 3rd St. in the public ramp.

Plenty of food from the kitchens of Secret Island, The Carvery and Shannons Irish Pub.

Location: 201 Pine Ave. at Broadway in DTLB - all three floors.

Hillbilly Jazz returns with a remarkable pairing of two rising stars in honky tonk and rhythm & blues.

Entrée required as this is a supper club; menu items start at $10. No drink minimums. Portion of the cover charge goes to Feed The Need, the Campus JAX effort to feed the local homeless population. over 15,000 served. Campus JAX, 3950 Campus Dr., Newport Beach near John Wayne at 73 fwy. 714-809-6146 www.StellarShows.net

Geoffrey Miller is one of the best honky tonk singer/songwriters on the West Coast. Miller follows up the release of his new CD - All Night Honky Tonk Man - with a rare appearance in the Southland. His full band will be onstage for this special show. 

The media has said that Abby Girl “is blessed with an impressive voice, which echoes Patsy Cline...a vintage sound that will also appeal to fans of early country music - or rock’n’roll."

Those of you who have followed her career know that Abby Girl can belt out vintage R&B, county classics and soul with equal aplomb, backed up by a veteran band which plays her original music as professionally as her covers.

From Italy - SURFER JOE headlines our show at Secret Island in Long Beach, the tiki speakeasy with sweet sound and awesome tropical food and drink.

Also, The Nebulas and Mach IV will perform, and Big Tiki Dude will be spinning the wax before, during and after!

As an added bonus, watch excerpts from the new doc titled The Ventures - Stars on Guitars

Happy Hour opens at 5 pm with a Meet N Greet.

Full menu, craft cocktails - please plan to order at least two items from the food and drink menu.

Get an early reservation - as this intimate show will sell out fast!

This event is Pre-Show Night 2 of the Surf guitar 101 weekender in SoCal.

It is underground at 209 Pine Ave. at Broadway.

2 Hours Free Parking a block away at 51 E. 3rd in downtown Long Beach.

ABOUT SURF GUITAR 101

Since February 26, 2006, SurfGuitar101.com has been the premier home on the web for friends and fans of the world-wide phenomenon known as surf music! Created in Southern California in the early 1960's, surf music is very much alive today and has spread around the globe.

Join us in our forums to discuss surf music, past and present. Meet new friends and discover new bands. Want to play surf music? We have lots of forums devoted to playing, performing, and writing surf music.

We have lots of discussions on gear: guitars, amps, and drums. Check out our podcasts and hear some really great tunes! Finally, we feature news and articles on the surf scene, and you'll always know where you can catch some live surf music!

VENUE NOTE: Entree required - this is a supper club, and menu items start at just $10. No drink minimums. Portion of the cover charge goes to Feed The Need, the Campus JAX outreach to feed the local homeless population. Over 15,000 meals served.

BIO

Campus JAX is at 3950 Campus Dr. In Newport Beach near John Wayne.

www.StellarShows.net

714-809-6146

BIO

The Surfrajettes are a four-piece instrumental combo from Toronto, ON, Canada. Since forming in late 2015, the band has charmed audiences with their clever mix of psychedelic rock and reverb-drenched surf music, sky-high beehives, go-go boots, and eyeliner as thick as their guitar strings.

The Surfrajettes achieved viral online notoriety from their home-made performance videos and their feature by Norman’s Rare Guitars in LA. The debut 45 single “Party Line / Toxic” released late 2018 on Hi-Tide Recordings to immediate success. The band has toured extensively in its support, including performances on The Beach Boys Cruise, The Melissa Etheridge Cruise, at Nashville Boogie, Wild O Fest in Mexico City, The New England Shake-Up!, Surf Guitar 101 Convention, Tiki Oasis & Hi-Tide Summer Holiday: Asbury Park.

The band released the follow up single “Hale’iwa Hustle / Banzai Pipeline” in 2020, supported by a festival appearance at Hi-Tide Winter Holiday: Pittsburgh. The group spent the rest of 2020 and most of 2021 writing and recording their debut LP “Roller Fink” - in stores worldwide April 22, 2022 from Hi-Tide Recordings / Virgin Music. The album will be available for purchase for the very first time following their performance at the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend 25 car show.

The Surfrajettes are guitarists Shermy Freeman and Nicole Damoff, bassist Sarah Butler, and drummer Samantha Maloney. When not on tour, the group is busy woodshedding in their secret beach hut, sewing new miniskirts, debating vintage gear, and daydreaming about performing in a Quentin Tarantino movie.

VENUE NOTE: Entree required - this is a supper club, and menu items start at just $10. No drink minimums. Portion of the cover charge goes to Feed The Need, the Campus JAX outreach to feed the local homeless population. Over 15,000 meals served.

Big Sandy’s Barndance Boogie is a vintage Western swing festival, and it's your chance to experience FOUR authentic Western swing bands — plus our Honky Tonk Angels – and plenty of dance music past and present.

The Line-up:

Carl Sonny Leylands' All-Star Western Swing Band, the Southwest Biscuit Co., Lil' Mo & the Lonesome Crows and The Dickens cowgirl band perform from 2-8 pm on Sunday Aug. 21.

Our host is Big Sandy, who will be spinning those classic Western swing tunes with rockabilly and honky tonk in the mix.

The Honky Tonk Angels are Abby Girl, Lil' Sue, Miss Mac and Miss Kitty, adding their voices in a variety of ways.

Enjoy a chuckwagon barbecue buffet - and a full bar - while you dance the day away in this swingin' matinee festival.

Whether you're sippin' a jug or just cuttin' a rug, Western swing makes good-time music for all ages.

At The Top is a spacious and historic Long Beach venue which is all dance floor at 105 W. Broadway at Pine Ave. in downtown Long Beach

It features a long art deco bar, hardwood floors, smokin' sound system and beautiful upholstered furniture.

There are 2 hours of FREE PARKING a block away in the large public garage at 51 East 3rd St., plus there are numerous parking lots and metered street parking nearby.

www.StellarShows.net

For more info text 714-809-6146

Texas based recording artist Summer Dean is as authentic as they come. With music rooted in southern storytelling and clever wit, Summer charms the faded jeans off any audience. Armed with contagious confidence on one hip and badass sensibility on the other, Summer struts onto a stage and puts on a helluva show. 

Her songs, performances, and hardwork are marking her as a talent for whom it’s not a question of “if,” but “when.” Her sophomore project and critically acclaimed latest release, Bad Romantic, in August 2021, hosts an impressive posse of guest appearances including Whitney Rose, Brennen Leigh, Robert Elis, and a co-write and duet with Colter Wall as the centerpiece. 

Summer tours nationally and has warmed the stage for many of country music’s favorites; Mike and the Moonpies, Marty Stuart, Asleep at the Wheel, Dale Watson, Nikki Lane, Jesse Daniel, and Charley Crockett. 

Quotes:

"Bad Romantic is a smart, sharp collection of songs deftly navigating traditional country music’s twin poles—joy and sorrow—while also placing Dean among the state’s first-rate sonic artisans." 

 --Texas Monthly

"Bad Romantic is the kind of countryrecord you wished some of your favorite women of country would cut,but never do. 

–Saving Country Music

“Singer-songwriter Summer Dean makes it clear that she’s not content to wait around for doors to open. She’ll bust them down herself with a cowboy boot and a soulful honky tonk twang.” —Bobbie Jean Sawyer, Wide Open Country

“Once you’ve heard her faintly twangy voice – it’s nearly impossible to forget” –Preston Jones, Star Telegram

Rod Piazza has set a standard for harmonica virtuosity that has established him as one of the preeminent blues harp players around. The New York Times said, "Rod Piazza has perfected the rough drive and edgy tone that characterized the classic Chicago blues sound of Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson and others in the 50's."

Piazza is also a master of West Coast jump blues, incorporating elements of Los Angeles' postwar jazz, swing and R&B combos.

He's consistently surrounded himself with players who bring out the best he has to offer, and epitomize the very best in blues: fresh, swinging, tasteful, exciting and creative. His band for the last three decades, Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers, constantly push the boundaries of the blues while still staying true to the spirit and soul of the music. The band's ability to keep the blues vibrant, fresh and alive has led to countless accolades, awards and nominations over the years, including four prestigious Blues Music Awards as "Blues Band of the Year.”

Renowned for their high level of musicianship and showmanship, they virtually created a new style of blues - a combination of low-down Chicago grit, suave West Coast swing and jazz, and the rhythmic drive of the best early R&B and rock & roll. As Blues Revue put it, "Rod and Honey front one of the most popular blues bands in the world. Whether they play at an intimate club, a packed rock room or a huge festival, the Mighty Flyers share with the audience their passionate love of the blues in every show.”

Piazza's harmonica technique borders on astonishing - a delicate combination of power and grace that maintains the fattest of tones while alternately evoking classic Chicago styles, interpreting R&B horn lines, or playing his own signature licks.And at this point in his career, Piazza has been recording longer than George "Harmonica" Smith did, or Sonny Boy Williamson (either of them!), or Big Walter Horton. He's been making records for more years than Little Walter was alive.

Their commanding performances showcase Rod's searing harmonica, his impassioned vocals and his bar-walking showmanship, punctuated by the two-fisted boogies of pianist Honey Piazza, a highly acclaimed musician in her own right. But any Mighty Flyers show is more than just a harp showcase; it's a group effort by tightly-knit elite musicians whose considerable talents complement one another.

Downbeat explained the Mighty Flyers’ audience appeal as follows: "Harpist Piazza has been leading one of the jazziest of blues bands for years, consistently delivering authentic-sounding blues embellished with a little uptown instrumental class. Piazza's vocal sensibilities and unusually enlightened harp work widen the music still more, creating a distinct and accessible blues approach that doesn't sound like yet another sterile reinterpretation of the tradition."

The Blasters exemplify the best traditions of American Music, performing with passion and honesty that for over three decades has won the hearts and souls of fans worldwide.

Composed of founding members vocalist-guitarist Phil Alvin, drummer Bill Bateman and bassist John Bazz with Keith Wyatt on guitar, they carry on a hard-won legacy as one of the most recognizable and credible bands in American Music.

Their influences range from the likes of George Jones and Carl Perkins to Ike Turner, Howlin’ Wolf, James Brown and Big Joe Turner, all blending into a sound that ignores the lines between Rock & Roll, Country, Blues and Rockabilly.

Now the legendary band covers their many decades of Americzn music when they appear at the perfect venue for such a show: Campus JAX, with its QSC-tuned sound, its multi-camera world-wide e-broadcast, and its unmatched menu of Cajun and American food.

Free parking, 18+, near OC Airport and the 73 freeway.

3950 Campus Dr. Newport Beach

714-809-6146