While local events aren’t as plentiful in winter, it can be an excellent time to check out the area’s live music scene. With so many good options, why not inject some vitality into the slow season? A little bit of the blues, some acoustic folk tunes, the symphony and Celtic songs are just a few of the diverse types of live music to be found in Benicia, Vallejo and in Solano and Napa Counties in January and February. Here’s what’s playing at a few spots around town and in neighboring communities.
Empress Theatre
330 Virginia Street, Vallejo
707.552.2400, empresstheatre.org
James Garner |
James Garner Tribute to Johnny Cash, Jan. 4, 7pm
The One Size Fits All – Tom Size Benefit, Jan. 7, 6:30pm
West Coast Songwriters, Jan. 9, 7:30pm
Blues Extravaganza, Jan. 11, 7pm
Bryan Bowman and the Vallejo Jazz Society, Jan. 15, 4pm
Nelson Illusions, 1/22, 1pm & 6pm
Joe Henderson Legacy Big Band, Jan. 28, 7pm
Fairfield Center for Creative Arts Downtown Theatre
1035 W Texas Street, Fairfield
707.940.0700, ext. 1, downtowntheatre.com
Solano Symphony Orchestra Salute to Youth, Feb. 11, 8pm
The Sun Kings |
Symphony also performs at Vacaville Performing Arts Theatre.
The Sun Kings, Feb. 25, 8pm
Vacaville Performing Arts Theatre
1010 Ulatis Drive, Vacaville
707.469.4013, downtowntheatre.com
DRUMline LIVE! Jan. 13, 8pm.
Emmet Cahill’s Ireland, Feb. 23, 7:30pm
UpTown Theatre
1350 Third Street, Napa
707.259.0123, uptowntheatrenapa.com
The Everly Brothers Experience, Feb. 3, 8pm
Rufus Wainwright, Feb. 4, 3pm
Jake Shimabukuro, Feb. 18, 8pm.
Upstairs at the Café
First Street Café, 440 First Street, Benicia
707.745.1400, firststreetcafe.com
Dynamite Dave & The Detonators, Jan. 6, 8pm
Bryan Bowman |
American Songbook, Jan. 13, 7:30pm
TuneRiders, Jan. 14, 8pm
Tito, the Harmonic Three, Jan. 20, 8pm
Mo B & Dick, Jan. 27 8pm
Marty Cohen & the Sidekicks, Jan. 28, 8pm
TuneRiders, Feb. 11, 8pm
Lucca Bar & Grill
439 First Street, Benicia
707.745.3749, luccabar.com
Her Sea, Jan. 6 & Jan. 20, 5:30pm
Foxcatchers w/ Chris Cole and Jeff Tamelier, Jan. 7, 5:30pm
Jeramy Norris and the Dangerous Mood, Jan. 13, 5:30pm
Blueberry Fields, Jan. 14, 5:30pm
GarageLand Rodeo, Jan. 21, 5:30pm
4th Fridays Don Bassey and Friends, Jan. 27, 5:30pm
Wasted Rangers, Jan. 28, 5:30pm
Keslers Cocktail Lounge
125 Couch Street, Vallejo
707.642.1740, keslerslounge.com
Xtreme, Jan. 6, 8pm
Earley Riser Band Jan. 7, 8pm
Route III, Jan. 13, 9pm
Bobby Love Sugar Sweet, Jan. 14, 9 pm
Mere Image, Jan. 20, 9pm
Blues Night with Johnny & the B Goods, Jan. 21, 8pm
Johnny & Awesome Sauce, Jan. 27, 8pm
The 7th Sons, Jan. 28, 9pm
DW Edwards & Lighting Up the Soul, Feb. 11, 9pm
Silos
530 Main Street, Napa
707.251.5833, silosnapa.com
Syria T. Berry, Jan. 4, 7:15-9:30pm
Mike Greensill, 5-7pm Wednesdays through March
