Thursday 7 AZ/88: Black Out Thursdays with Josh 1 (soulful house, lounge) Barney’s Boathouse: Thirsty Thursdays with DJ Pulse (Top 40, rock) Bar Smith: Thursday Ladies Night with DJ AL3, & DJ NERD (hip-hop, Latin, EDM) Bikini Lounge: DJ Shane Kennedy (juke joint, R&B, French pop) Bobby Q’s: All Star…
If there’s one constant to the rave scene — other than all the bright lights and booming beats — it’s kandie. No, not the sort of sugary confections that are sometimes sold by vendors and often munched on by hyperactive teens and post-adolescents at underground events. Instead, we’re referencing the…
Despite the fact that it occurs right after All Hallow’s Eve, the annual All Souls Procession in Tucson is by no means a Halloween-oriented celebration. Indeed, there are few connections between the yearly exercise in candy and costumed excess and this esteemed Day of the Dead-themed Southern Arizona celebration, except…
Another Tempe music venue has gone down for the count as Stray Cat Bar & Grill — a venue for numerous local rock, punk, and hip-hop shows over the past decade — quietly closed over the weekend. The announcement of the bar’s closing came as a surprise to some patrons…
Regulars of local English pub George and Dragon may have spotted a familiar face if they happened to catch the Halloween episode of The Price Is Right last week. (If they were playing hooky from work that particular morning, that is.) Namely, they saw the pub’s always jovial owner David…
To most people passing by the Monarch Theatre in downtown Phoenix, the dance club’s exterior is like a big, gray, monolithic slab of nothing, save for its smallish sign over the door. To local artists, designers, and muralists, however, it could be their next canvas, and a large and prominent…
Thursday 31 AZ/88: Black Out Thursdays with Josh 1 (soulful house, lounge) Barney’s Boathouse: Thirsty Thursdays with DJ Pulse (Top 40, rock) Bar Smith: Thursday Ladies Night with DJ AL3, & DJ NERD (hip-hop, Latin, EDM) Bikini Lounge: DJ Shane Kennedy (juke joint, R&B, French pop) Bobby Q’s: All Star…
It’s safe to say you’ll never encounter anyone like James St. James. Sure, you’ve likely heard his name before, since the fabulously freaky celebutante, party guru, and TV personality has earned worldwide infamy for his over-the-top lifestyle and fashion sense. And, of course, for his history as one of the…
If you heard a bunch of moaning and groaning — not to mention some rattling chains and blaring sirens — coming through downtown Phoenix over the weekend, it’s only because a mass invasion of the undead transpired via the annual Zombie Walk. Meanwhile, people were shaking their costumed culos to…
Some came out dressed to impress, others were interested in being either scary or sexy. But no matter what sort of costumes partiers wore while strolling through local bars and clubs after dark in honor of Halloween this past weekend, almost everyone was adorned in something interesting. Although the majority…
A year ago at this time, the old Monsterland in Mesa was abuzz with all sorts of freaky and frightening activity. These days, however, the scene at the location that formerly housed the now-defunct haunted attraction is just as lively, although things are a bit more bright and cheery than…
West Valley clubgoers now have one less place where they can get their drink and dance on, as Hurricane Bay Nightclub apparently is no longer in business. And we use the word “apparently” because for all intents and purposes, it appears that the North Phoenix nightspot shuttered within the past…
Thursday 24 AZ/88: Black Out Thursdays with Josh 1 (soulful house, lounge) Barney’s Boathouse: Thirsty Thursdays with DJ Pulse (Top 40, rock) Bar Smith: Thursday Ladies Night with DJ AL3, & DJ NERD (hip-hop, Latin, EDM) Bikini Lounge: DJ Shane Kennedy (juke joint, R&B, French pop) Bobby Q’s: All-Star Thursdays…
Costume? Check. Drinking money? Yup. The phone number for a reliable cab company? Locked in. Looks like you’re ready to hit the town for some Halloween revelry. So where do you go from here? If our All Hallow’s Eve party guide (see page 44) doesn’t provide enough options, consider heading…
Love Halloween? Then you’ll love this: Organizers of many Halloween celebrations around the Valley are getting an early start to the scary season by holding their events even earlier than normal this year. And thanks to the fact that All Hallows Eve falls on Thursday, October 31, many bars, clubs,…
In addition to his prodigious talents as a rapper, actor, hip-hop impressario, author, producer, Hot Pocket video-maker, youth football coach, Rastafari worshipper, and weed smoker (note: the last two are interchanagable), it turns out that nonuple threat Snoop Dogg/Lion is also a right good DJ…
There are plenty of treats to be had during the Halloween season, and we ain’t just referring to all that candy. We happen to be making reference to treats of a more adult-oriented nature, like specialty and themed cocktails, fantastic drink deals, and scads of prizes that are available at…
Bob Beard is certain there’s a nerd inside all of us. Yup, even you. There’s no shame in admitting it, he says, since it’s more socially acceptable than ever to be a member of the pocket protector brigade or to be a major geekazoid. For proof, look no further than…
Over the past few years, Apache Lake Music Festival has made the just-barely-perceptible leap from curiosity to institution, and it’s easy to see why. As with most institutions, the core of it is a really simple idea done well: What if you could see a bunch of local bands in…
Edson “House” Magana is probably going to rack up a lot of miles on his ride next month. A lot. That’s because the local b-boy and co-founder of the Furious Styles Crew will be taking many trips to Sky Harbor Airport to pick up the various graf-heads, DJs, and other…
Love Halloween? Then you’ll love this: Organizers of many Halloween celebrations around the Valley are getting an early start to the scary season by holding their events even earlier and normal this year. And thanks to the fact that All Hallows Eve falls on Thursday, October 31, many bars, clubs,…
Thursday 17 AZ/88: Black Out Thursdays with Josh 1 (soulful house, lounge) Barney’s Boathouse: Thirsty Thursdays with DJ Pulse (Top 40, rock) Bar Smith: Thursday Ladies Night with DJ AL3, & DJ NERD (hip-hop, Latin, EDM) Bikini Lounge: DJ Shane Kennedy (juke joint, R&B, French pop) Bobby Q’s: All-Star Thursdays…
