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Free Weekly Entertainment


OPEN JAM NITE at 'The Moon'
EVERY WEDNESDAY     6:30 to 9:00 PM      
ABSOLUTELY FREE, but TIPS are appreciated ~ Reserve Seats

A  casual ‘ jam’  hosted by Justin Bridges, with microphones,  amplification inputs & monitors provided to help the players and audience hear a little better.  All genres of music and originals are welcome!

We’ve turned our Wednesday ‘Open Mic Nite’ into another ‘jamming’ event as this seems to be a more popular format for folks to get on stage and play. The host will anchor the event and keep folks taking turns leading the jam on their favorite cover or original songs. Electric instruments are welcome, but need to be kept on an ‘acoustic’ level to fit the ‘dinner theatre’ atmosphere of our 100 seat listening venue. If more folks show up to play than we can fit on our tiny stage, then we’ll just take turns!


The TOM & JULI Show


MOST THURSDAYS     6;30 to 9;30 PM

Husband and wife duo perform three hours of your favorite tunes from the 60’s through the 90’s that they’ve honed to perfection over years of playing together.  Requests for your favorites are welcome!

The husband and wife duo of Tom & Juli Theobald bring you three solid hours of your favorite songs honed to perfection from years of playing and singing together including seven years at Atlanta's renown 'Swallow at the Hollow'! Together they know nearly 700 cover songs from the 60's, 70's, 80's, and 90's - and love requests. Reserved seating for this ‘music while you dine’ evening of awesome entertainment is highly recommended!


‘SPOKEN WORD’ OPEN MIC NITE


Starting Jan. 2012

1st THURSDAY of the month   8;30 TO 10;30 PM
ABSOLUTELY FREE!

The same creative spirit seeking to express itself in every human being is the driving force behind great poetry and prose as well as song so we’ve decided to venture out into the ‘spoken word’ world by offering a Spoken Word Open Mic Nite held every Thursday evening in the ‘Red Room’ of our upstairs Half Moon Saloon. While Tom & Julie are playing downstairs, poets and spoken word authors can sign up for an up to 10 minute slot on the microphone set up in the corner of largest room upstairs - filling the whole building with creative spirit, and inspiring entertainment while you enjoy your favorite food, coffee or cold beverage! The Half Moon Saloon even has its own entrance off the sidewalk, so you won’t have to worry about disturbing Tom & Julie’s show when you come!

  


TRADITIONAL MUSIC JAM


MOST SUNDAYS 2;00 to 5;00 PM

ABSOLUTELY FREE! RESERVE SEATS

Traditional Music Jams on You Tube


Continuing a 100 year old tradition of pickin’, singin’, and grinnin’ in the c. 1858
Parker-Nix Storehouse where The Crimson Moon Cafe is located!

Multi talented local musicians and band members from several different area bands usually host this nearly 100 year weekly tradition in the c.1858 Parker Nix Storehouse where The Crimson Moon Café makes its home. Blue Grass, Old Time, Country/Blues standards, and American Folk are the most likely tunes to bubble up, but any American ‘traditional’ music is welcome.  Occasionally, the owner of The Crimson Moon Café climbs on stage to join them for a few songs as well, but anyone who knows how to play an instrument or sing is welcome to join in – often with talented musicians picking on their instruments to back you up if desired!

 

vThe 1ST Sunday of the month is hosted by Jason Kenny 

v The 2nd Sunday of the month is limited to ‘Old Time’ Music and is often led by Whistling Rufus’
comprised of Ann Whitley, Doug Singleton, and Doug & Cindy Olsen

vThe 3rd Sunday of the month is led by ‘Bluebilly Grit’   www.BLUEBILLYGRIT.com

vThe 4th Sunday of the month is led byThe Buzzard Mtn. Boys’ and/or ‘Barefoot Creek’
www.myspace.com/buzzardmountainboys    
www.facebook.com/pages/Barefoot-Creek/133416609878

vThe 5TH Sunday of the month jams are not hosted by anyone in particular (yet!) 

    and so they are a true ‘pick-up’  jam for anyone who shows up to play  (which occasionally is no one at all)

 

Sunday Evening Genre Jams


DONNA HOPKIN’S 
1ST Sunday ‘ROOTS, BLUES & ROCK’ Jam
 

6;30 to 8;30 PM

        $5 Admission (Invited Performers Free)

www.DONNAHOPKINS.com    Donna Hopkins Jams on YouTube    

A very fertile ‘roots music’ jam where some of North Georgia’s finest musicians & vocalists show up to share the stage with jam leader, Donna Hopkins, who has been a cornerstone of Atlanta blues scene for the last decade (and welcomes any and all who’ve got ‘it’ to climb on stage and share!)

Known as a ‘triple threat’ guitarist, singer, and songwriter, Donna will be inviting folks to join her from both her wide circle of talented friends and anyone who shows up that can carry a tune well or play an instrument with ease. The show will be amplified, but at an acoustic ‘living room’ jam level vs. a ‘garage/basement’ jam volume. Donna will anchor this very popular monthly event with ‘Blues, Roots & Rock music of her own before inviting folks to the stage to jam with her on their own songs. 

2ND SUNDAY JAZZ JAM 

Hosted by Alan Davis, Jr.



6;30 to 8;30 PM

www.ALANDAVISJR.com     Jazz Jams on YouTube

        $5 Admission (Invited Performers Free)  

A new tradition of music for all the ‘jazz junkies’ in the area to come be a part of on stage or just enjoy from a table view  - while dining under a ‘Crimson’ moon!  

Come join in the laid back fun of this ‘jazz/rat pack’ focused jam! A number of North Georgia’s jazz junkies will be there too - to join in on the jam and/or to sit back, sip on their favorite beverage, and enjoy the soft sound of jazz under a ‘Crimson’ moon! Pianist and vocalist, Alan Davis, Jr. will host the jam as area jazz players join him with horns, bass and percussion!

 

GREYBEARD'S  

3rd Sunday 'ACOUSTIC SESSION'


6;30 to 8;30 PM

 $5 Admission (Invited Performers free)

After anchoring our Sunday afternoon ‘pick up’ jams at The Moon for years these very popular and talented musicians will host their very own 3rd Sunday’ session’ where invited guests join their perfectly practiced harmonies/instrumentals to provide an even more  creative edge for their wide variety of music fronts/genres. They’ve got lots of friends, so reservations are definitely recommended!  
 
            


 

‘SINATRA SUNDAY’
Hosted by Rick Harris


6;30 to 8;30 PM

 $5 Admission (Invited Performers free)  

Multi-instrumentalist, jazz pianist, and talented vocalist, Rick Harris, hosts an evening vocal jam for ‘rat pack’ style music lovers to join in or just enjoy!

Area vocalists who love the smooth ‘rat pack’ music made famous by Frank Sinatra and his contemporaries will be invited to join Rick Harris, leader of the acclaimed vocal group, Mad Romance,  as he provides the instrumental back drop for a new and exciting ‘vocal jam’ on most 4th Sundays of the month. Area musicians may also be invited to take turns joining Rick’s piano as a miniature orchestra of voices and instruments fills the c.1858 building that houses The Crimson Moon Café while you dine!