Fri., Jan. 31. STEVE SIECK. Songwriter, pianist, and singer, Mr. Sieck begins a monthly three-show “residency” at The Gardenia with this first installment, “The Jazz In Me,” which draws from his own catalog of swing, bossa nova, blues, and “jazzy pop” numbers…along with favorite standards and pop classics. His February installment, “Pop and Soul,” will...
Sat, Feb. 1 (regular hours,) and Sun., Feb. 2. (Doors open at 6. Show at 8.) MAUDE MAGGART, in “Strangers.” One of the privileges available to Gardenia patrons is witnessing the transformation of Miss Maggart’s shows. This show, presented freshly conceived at The Gardenia in September, now returns fully mature, burnished by a run at...
Tuesdays, Feb. 4, 11, 18, & 25. open The Gardenia’s OPEN MIKE, with Keri Kelsey, host. Starting at 8:30 p.m., Keri Kelsey hosts a Singers’ Open Mike Night---the best in town, now in its twenty-fifth year. Sign-up, libations, and noshing begin at 7 p.m.
Sat., Feb. 8. MATT WATSON. Obsessed with harmonica since listening to his grandmother play her Hohner Vest Pocket Harp one Sunday afternoon, Mr. Watson picked up a “10-hole Marine Band” harmonica at age 16, and “couldn’t put it down,” graduating to the “Super Chromonica” chromatic harmonica after hearing “Toots” Theileman play the theme song from...
Tuesdays, Feb. 4, 11, 18, & 25. The Gardenia’s OPEN MIKE, with Keri Kelsey, host. Starting at 8:30 p.m., Keri Kelsey hosts a Singers’ Open Mike Night---the best in town, now in its twenty-fifth year. Sign-up, libations, and noshing begin at 7 p.m.
Fri., Feb. 14. VALENTINE’S DAY with ANDREA MARCOVICCI No one gives romance like Marcovicci at The Gardenia, and post-pandemic, she has been giving it even better. Don’t let this Valentine’s Day go by without indulging yourself in that which Andrea does best--- and on this most romantic weekend of the year, you won’t have a...
Sun., Feb. 16, doors open at 6; Show at 8: GINNY and JIM MENTEL, “RC & NOIR.” A successful musician for years, Jim played in bands in Boston, New York, and L.A, and composed songs for PBS and The National Lampoon, and Ginny worked “behind the scenes” for Hollywood glitterati before joining Jim to “grab...
Tuesdays, Feb. 4, 11, 18, & 25. The Gardenia’s OPEN MIKE, with Keri Kelsey, host. Starting at 8:30 p.m., Keri Kelsey hosts a Singers’ Open Mike Night---the best in town, now in its twenty-fifth year. Sign-up, libations, and noshing begin at 7 p.m.
Tuesdays, Feb. 4, 11, 18, & 25. The Gardenia’s OPEN MIKE, with Keri Kelsey, host. Starting at 8:30 p.m., Keri Kelsey hosts a Singers’ Open Mike Night---the best in town, now in its twenty-fifth year. Sign-up, libations, and noshing begin at 7 p.m.
Fri., Feb. 28. STEVE SIECK, “Pop and Soul.” Songwriter, pianist, and singer, Mr. Sieck continues his monthly three-show “residency” at The Gardenia with this second installment, which includes contemporary love songs, gospel, pop anthems, and R&B ballads; (and his March installment, “Unplugged,” will feature his most personal songs and stories.) Since relocating to L.A. from...
Sat., March 1. PHYLLIS CAUSEY. Having studied with Barbara Morrison and Howlett Smith, Ms. Causey now conducts her own vocal workshops in her hometown of Detroit and at West L.A. College. In addition to appearances in Los Angeles and Detroit, she has also taken her shows to Houston, Atlanta, and Paris, France. She is the...
Tuesdays, March 4, 11, 18, & 25. The Gardenia’s OPEN MIKE, with Keri Kelsey, host. Starting at 8:30 p.m., Keri Kelsey hosts a Singers’ Open Mike Night---the best in town, now in its twenty-fifth year. Sign-up, libations, and noshing begin at 7 p.m.