Events

Sat., Nov. 2.  PATRISHA THOMSON, Ms. Thomson released Wild is the Wind, her latest CD, at The Gardenia in November, 2021.  A new show is set for Saturday, November 2,...

Sun., Nov. 10.  Door opens at 6 p.m.  Show is at 8 p.m.    TOM CULVER.  For those for whom lyrics, melody, tonality, rhythm, and interesting harmonic progressions are the...

Tuesdays, Nov. 12 and 19. 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...

Fri., Nov. 15.  CHUCK WILLIAMS and FRIENDS.  A favorite at the Gardenia OPEN MIKE, Mr. Williams presents an evening of Jazz, Pop, R & B, and Blues, supported by Kenny Sara, Joy Grey, George Murray, and pianist Miro Sprague, featuring additional special guest vocalists.

Sat., Nov. 16.  ALEXIS GACH.  (pronounced “Gatch.”)  Growing up in a household where the expectation was that each member play “one sport and one instrument, Ms. Gach initially graduated from Humboldt State University with a “non-music major,” but she eventually “saw the light” and graduated again in 2008, this time from Boston’s Berklee College of...

Tuesdays, Nov. 12 and 19. 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, Dec. 3 and 10.  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., Dec. 6.  CAROLYN HENNESY.  After spending the summer exercising her creative theatrical muscles in The Berkshires “and beyond,” Ms. Hennesy returns to The Gardenia to continue to exercise her musical muscles.  The “deliciously vicious” “Penelope Ellis” on the ABC series, Revenge; “Rosalyn” on True Blood; “Diane Miller” on General Hospital (“17 years and counting;”)...

Sat., Dec. 7.  JEUDI presents “Jeudi’s Vintage Holiday Special.” Here is a description of the show in her very own words: Once again, I'm putting together a terrific vintage variety show program that harkens back to the beloved TV Holiday Specials of yore, inspired by those of my idol, Judy Garland. I'm delighted to be...

Sun., December 8, at 8 p.m.  (Door opens and dinner service begins at 6 p.m.)   ANDREA MARCOVICCI and MAUDE MAGGART cap off 2024’s residency of monthly shows with what may be becoming an annual Christmas tribute, a potpourri featuring well-known and well-loved Christmas musical fare gifted with a sprinkling of not-so-well-known gems, surprises, and the...

Tuesdays, Dec. 3 and 10.  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., Dec. 13. MELANIE CHARTOFF.  “Dot” in the West Coast premiere of Sunday in the Park with George, Ms. Chartoff also was in the L.A. premieres of March of the Falsettos and Big River.  She appeared on Broadway in Via Galactica and Scapino, and appeared in the 1978 motion picture American Hot Wax.  On TV,...