Small venues with Sun Ra in 1986 and Fabio Gouvea in 2026

In Fall 1986, I saw Sun Ra and His Arkestra at a third-floor venue in Oakland, California, with room for about seventy-five people, including twentyish performers in the band. The place was crowded, the music was hot, the crowd was sweaty, and it was magnificent. Yet it seemed sad that

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Off down The Trades Club again, watching Billy Nomates, who has some mates now.

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BRUCE DICKINSON On Playing Small Venues Like Whisky A Go Go: 'It's What It's All About'

On April 9, IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson spoke to KTLA 5's Doug Kolk about his first solo tour in 20 years. "The Mandrake Project" trek officially kicks off tonight (Monday, April 15) at The Observatory in Santa Ana, California. Dickinson also played two back-to-back warm-up shows at the Whi...

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IRON MAIDEN's BRUCE DICKINSON Concerned For Future Of UK Music Industry - "The State Of Small Venues In Britain Is Absolutely Shocking"

Having defied throat cancer, learned to fly and fence, then released his latest solo album (plus a spin-off comic series), Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson can't wait to get back on the road performing. But he's troubled by the future of the UK music industry, reports Daily Express. One...

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It's Tuesday which means at least one (maybe two) open mics tonight.

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