The Big Easy

Sunday Funday Blues Jam
2023-04-09 19:00 - 23:00, 2023-04-16 19:00 - 23:00, 2023-04-23 19:00 - 23:00, 2023-04-30 19:00 - 23:00, 2023-05-07 19:00 - 23:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Big Easy, 128 American Alley, Petaluma, CA, 94952, United States
The Sunday Funday Blues Jam is THE hottest blues jam in the North Bay!
A fun night for blues fans and the players are having a blast!
We are all about the blues and we love to Honor the greats that came before us as well as provide a stage for players you don’t have a place to play on Sunday nights.
We love dancers too!! You have no idea what you do for a musician when you just show up. So whether you’re a dancer singer player or just love the blues, we’ve got a place saved you.
This is a player’s jam come ready.

Timothy O'Neil
2023-04-11 20:00 - 22:00, 2023-04-25 20:00 - 22:00, 2023-05-09 20:00 - 22:00
It’s Timmy Tuesday!
Timothy O’Neil Solo Spotlight Show Inside the Big Easy
Timothy O’Neil hails from Riverside, California. Currently, he has found himself rooted in the Folk/Americana Scene of Sonoma County. O’Neil mixes his origin roots of punk rock with a strong nod to bluegrass, folk, and a lifetime and adoration for songwriters and songwriting. Be prepared to sing along and have one hell of a good time!

Wednesday Night Big Band Jazz feat. Ned Rifkin
2023-04-12 19:00 - 22:00
Back inside the warm and cozy Big Easy! Still going strong after four decades, our 17-piece modern jazz big band playing the works of Jones, Kenton, Corea, Kubis, Goodwin and many others.
Great food and drinks! NO COVER CHARGE!!

Sebastian Saint James with Sally Haggard
2023-04-13 19:30 - 23:00

Evan Lanam and the Live Oaks with Lofidelic
2023-04-13 19:30 - 23:30
The Live Oaks are an Americana-Soul band of very close friends that was started way, way back in 2016 (originally Evan Lanam & the Live Oaks), and is led by drummer/lead singer, great ball of fire, Evan Lanam. An upbeat and ruckus crew of songwriters and versatile musicians who excel in putting on LIVE concerts and specialize in customizing a show based on the venue or event.
The Live Oaks have had the privilege to put on hundreds of shows and along the way share stages with with acts like: Norman Greenbaum, Larkin Poe, Ezra Bell, Jackie Greene, Rainbow Girls, Willy Tea Taylor, Shinyribs, Lindi Ortega, Robert Jon & The Wreck, Red Wanting Blue, Pablo Dylan, just to name a few.

Smokehouse Gamblers
2023-04-14 19:00 - 23:59
Our friend Jenny Cherney, owner of Spiral Jewelry on Kentucky Street, Petaluma is battling breast cancer. Come out to support her in her fight and help with medical expenses. Local merchant raffle, music by Judy Jeanne Radiloff and Smokehouse Gamblers.

The four-piece band of brothers mixes original material thick with creosote rock ‘n’ roll and clean alternative pop shine. Threatening skies and low lying fog, dry-hopped like an oak barrel filled to the brim with good craft beer, the temptation leads to toe-tapping original songs spanning rock, ska, indie-folk, and blues.
Listen for the likes of the Stones, Ween, early Wilco or the Band. Add a little ’60s garage mixed with Dylanesque folk and you’ll be on the road to ruin. The Smokehouse Gamblers are Ted Baggett, lead vocals, guitar, harp, and keys; Matt O’ Shea, bass and backing vocals; Jeremy French, lead guitar and wizardry and Jim Jacobs, percussion.
$10 suggested donation.

Secret Lives
2023-04-15 19:30 - 23:00
Secret Lives is a four-piece rock ‘n roll band from Marin County, CA founded by lead guitarist and singer Gene Immendorf. Their solid mix of hard-rocking originals and crowd-pleasing covers brings an electric charge to every show.

Chappy and Friends
2023-04-18 19:00 - 22:00
Petaluma’s Chris Chappell (aka Chappy), of The Incubators fame, invites some musical friends to join him for an evening of folk-rock tunes and harmonic camaraderie.
This is a free show inside the Big Easy.
Listen to The Incubators new album, “Apollo”

Wednesday Night Big Band Jazz
2023-04-19 19:00 - 22:00, 2023-04-26 19:00 - 22:00, 2023-05-03 19:00 - 22:00, 2023-05-10 19:00 - 22:00

Dead Bugs
2023-04-20 19:30 - 23:30
Grateful Dead night with local favorites, Dead Bugs!
Todd Bugbee brings you a full evening of the Grateful Dead experience with a night of funky dead tunes!
Scott Guberman, John-Paul McLean, Rhyne Erde and Todd Bugbee
Bring the tapestries and spin all night long!

Gas Money with Cubed
2023-04-21 19:30 - 23:30
We are a band of teens ages 15-19 who love to gig together!

F I X A T I O N — Dark Drag Dance Butter and Eggs Night!
2023-04-22 20:00 - 2023-04-23 01:00
A dark drag dance night with your hostess @trixxiecarr featuring performances by special guest stars @rayalight and @queeranightly ! Brought to you by NEON GOTHIC UNICORN and FOREVER MIDNIGHT
DJ sets curated by Josh Staples (FOREVERMIDNIGHT/NEWTRUST/THE VELVETEEN), trixxie carr, and Sara Sanger (NEWTRUST)
DANCE ALL NIGHT! Goth/NewWave/Rarities/MusicYouNEED/AncientClubMagik
DRESSING UP encouraged TIPPING encouraged North Bay, come GET GLAMOROUS!

Surfer Joe with Frankie & The Poolboys
2023-04-27 20:00 - 23:30
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Surfer Joe is Back!
with special guests Frankie and The Pool Boys
We had a blast last year with Surfer Joe and are excited to welcome him back!
One of the most respected artists in modern surf music. Surfer Joe represents the true, authentic side of surf music, carrying on the legacy of the original Californian bands of the early 60s with their sound and energy, but of course, showcasing his own style. The compositions of Surfer Joe are generally very melodic, appealing to attentive listeners, but also easily recognizable, memorable, and accessible to any kind of audience, so someone defined his records as “instant classics”. The live show is loaded with great energy, it’s extremely dynamic, but also powerful when necessary, featuring the most typical reverb-drenched surf sounds.
Get your tickets now before this show sells out!
More about Surfer Joe from the Argus-Courier.
Interview of Surfer Joe on NPR by local DJ Dino Poortaste:

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The Cadillac Pirates with Grapefruit Moon
2023-04-28 20:00 - 23:30

Danny and Essence and Nashville Honeymoon
2023-04-29 20:00 - 23:30
Performing together for the first time ever are two local americana/roots bands, led by songwriting duos Danny & Essence and Lynne & Hank of Nashville Honeymoon, who both create classic country and honky-tonk music for our modern times. These Bay Area couples bring the best of country music duets to life: think George and Tammy, Loretta and Conway, Waylon and Jessi – then mix in original tunes that run the gamut from desire to domesticity, and add a large dose of musical chemistry to top it off. Essence and Lynne met while performing as part of the Loretta Lives! Tribute show which recently toured the Bay Area, and realized that their musical collaborations with their on- and off-stage partners was a match made in heaven. Join us for an evening of dynamic and heartfelt music, brought to you with love – family style!

Chris Chappell
2023-05-02 19:00 - 22:00
Petaluma’s Chris Chappell (aka Chappy), of The Incubators fame, performs a singer-songwriter spotlight show with classic covers for your dining and drinking pleasure.
This is a free show inside the Big Easy.
Listen to The Incubators new album, “Apollo”

Bugbee's Dead Thursdays
2023-05-04 19:30 - 23:30
Grateful Dead night with Todd Bugee!

Todd Bugbee brings you a full evening of the Grateful Dead experience with a night of funky dead tunes!
Scott Guberman, Mike Meager, Anna Elva, and Stephanie Mandela
Bring the tapestries and spin all night long!

Birds of Paradigm
2023-05-05 08:00 - 17:00
Featuring Sebastian St James, Jonny Mojo, Dave Zirbel, Mike Meagher, Rhyne Erde

Mike Saliani and the Canyon Stars
2023-05-06 19:30 - 23:30
Mike Saliani is a singer-songwriter and guitarist from the San Francisco Bay Area. He has performed and recorded professionally for the last twenty years as a bandleader, sideman, and session player with a number of Northern California bands and artists. Sharing stages with Marc Ford (Black Crowes), Ana Popovic, The Mother Hips, Garth Hudson of The Band, Whitey Morgan, Tim and Nicki Bluhm, and more. Notable venues include Petaluma Music Festival, Mystic Theater, Sweetwater Music Hall, Great American Music Hall, Living Room NYC.
Saliani’s lonesome character portrait is subtle and affecting – Willie and Merle would smile upon this song [Milk This Ride]
– Ben Naddaff-Hafrey, NPR

Johnny Tsunami and the Hurricanes
2023-05-11 19:30 - 23:00
High octane roots rock that is guaranteed to blow the roof off of every place we play or your money back!
Upon seeing Stevie Ray Vaughan in the summer of 1983, and Buddy Guy the summer of 1986, it became quite clear that Johnny would abandon his aspiration to play like such rock guitarists as like Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhoads and Joe Satriani . From that time on Johnny would make it a lifetime goal to be the best “Texas-Style” guitarist in Sonoma County.
Johnny no longer has that goal in mind. Instead he has put together a top shelf, smokin’ blues band that features Paul Dowling on bass guitar & Steve DuBois on drums – each making their own artistic contributions.
Natalie Cilurzo, owner of Russian River Brewing Co., said that Johnny is an “extraordinary, talented local guitarist”.

Middle-Aged Queers with The Freak Accident, Tits On A Bull and Rat Bastard Radio
2023-05-12 18:30
Crawling out of the primordial ooze of punk past, Middle-Aged Queers are here to make punk gay again.
We’ll have a gay ol’ time!
