Now in its third annual year, Posse on Broadway brings live music and top DJ’s to the streets and venues of Downtown Santa Ana. A block party featuring 6 venues, 6 events, every 3rd Saturday of the summer June 19, July 17 & August 21.

June 19 Posse presents a FREE outdoor concert with LA folk outfit THE WATSON TWINS and local singer songwriter Barrett Johnson from 6-9pm on the 2nd Street Promenade. Directly following the concert, Proof Bar, Memphis Santora, The Crosby, Gypsy Den and Lola Gaspar host live music, DJ’s and food and drink specials until the last call.

Visit www.downtown-santaana.com for more information.

SATURDAY, JUNE 19

2nd STREET PROMENADE (Broadway/Sycamore)
6-9pm-Free-All Ages

The Watson Twins
with Barrett Johnson
& DJ Weird Beard

NORTH BROADWAY (1st-4th Sts.)
9pm–2am-Free

PROOF BAR:
J. Logic
Evol
DCON
bootmachine5000

THE CROSBY:
TVD
TSC-1 & Dijon
Thomas PM

MEMPHIS:
noMSG
Casual Touch
Acid Girls

GYPSY DEN:
Special live performances

Save the Date for 2nd installment of Posse on Broadway, July 17 with a free concert with Abandoned Pools (Tommy Walter of The Eels) and The Colourist. Details coming soon.

“We realized there was just more for us to do, we went to work,” said Scannell. Afforded the luxury to nurture those moments of inspiration, the album, according to the band, “is sonically as good as anything we have ever done. We take great pride in this album and hope it will resonate with our fans.”

Sunday, January 17 @ 3:00 p.m.
Borders #450
2493 Park Avenue
Tustin, CA  92782

See the article here:
From the calendar: Snoop Dogg comes to Santa Ana

Take advantage of this week’s (freakishly-weird) warming trend and grab a seat on the best patio in Downtown Santa Ana.

If you’re looking for something to do in Santa Ana this weekend, check out the Art Walk at the Santiago Art District Saturday night starting at 7pm-afterward, be sure to stop in for a bite to eat!

THURSDAY – 01/15
5:00-7:00PM: Crazy Happy Hour Specials
1/2 OFF ALL APPETIZERS AND DRINKS!

Jason’s Downtown Restaurant will be open from
5:00PM-11:00PM for dinner/bar service.
FRIDAY – 01/16 (6:30PM-9:30PM)
Bill and Ted’s Jazz Machine
www.myspace.com/billandtedsjazzmachine

Interested in seeing some great local jazz? Come and check out Bill and Ted’s Jazz Machine this weekend at Jason’s Downtown restaurant in Santa Ana. They play all types of jazz including swing, bebop, bossa novas, and soul jazz. They will definitely get your toes tapping with their sweet and smooth sounds! So live a little and come out this Friday night…

SATURDAY – 01/17 (8:00PM-11:00PM)
The “Groove Revolution”
Worldwide CD Release Party!

www.myspace.com/grooverevolution

Trumpeter Bijon Watson and Bass Trombonist Chris Creswell met as members of the 1994 Disney All-American College Band, and the 1995 Disney-Grammy All-American Jazz Band. The two have remained friends and colleagues ever since, and with the addition of Keyboardist/Composer Carlos Ordiano; and featuring Drummer Felix Pollard, Bassist Rene Camacho, and Guitarist Jeff Askew, the Groove Revolution was formed. The Groove Revolution’s unique sound can only be described as an eclectic fusion of Jazz, Rock, Funk and R&B, with infectious rhythms and boundless energy.
The most recent “evolution of the revolution” features Saxophonist Louis Van Taylor and vocalist William “Hanford” Lee.

The personnel of the Groove Revolution have toured with Eric Benet, the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, Diana Krall, Harry Connick, Jr., Lionel Richie, Anastacia, Shelia E., George Duke, Chaka Kahn, The Staple Singers, Jessica Simpson, and Brian Culbertson to name a few. This special event marks the worldwide release of their self-titled debut recording. Fresh off a week of recording new material in the studio, don’t miss this opportunity to hear some great music from some great musicians!

www.jasonsdowntown.com

Amusings, Hauntings, Wantings
Multi media installation / Brain Mapping
by stephen anderson
Exhibit runs November 1st to 29th, 2008

The Plan For Your Body, 2008 stephen anderson

The Eclectic company and occca presents:

Sat, Nov 15, 8pm, FREE
EMC concert: no. 28, eclectic electric eccentric

Panic Movement
Guppies
sleepr wave
Steven H. Antonio
DWL (from Portland Oregon)
music all around the area, from sound downtown
but OURS IS FREE!

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Sat, Nov 22: 8pm, FREE
EMC Concert no.29: alternative, techno, operatic

Dancing Lethargic
The Lynx Technique
Joy Shannon & the Beauty Marks

orange county center for contemporary art
117 N. Sycamore, Santa Ana, CA. 92701
714.667.1517 www.occca.org

SoundDowntown 2008 is a one-day music festival on Saturday, November 15, featuring a lineup of over 50 locally and nationally recognized bands, DJ’s and performing artists at various venues throughout the Artist’s Village of downtown Santa Ana.

Preferred advance tickets are $10 and general admission is $15 day-of. Event tickets will allow patrons to enter all local venues (some 21+) curated with entertainment. Venue capacity will range from 50 to 800, so suggested arrival times will vary. Advance tickets are now on sale.
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click here to purchase!!!
New Artists TBA!
Note: Some Performances are 21+
Please Check Schedule

Sponsored in part by the Downtown Santa Ana Business Council, OC Weekly, Karl Strauss Brewing Company, KUCI, Yelp and Splitends.

Participating Venues:

The Crosby, The Yost Theater, Bistro 400, Festival Hall, Gypsy Den, Jason’s Downtown, Memphis Santora, Proof, CSF Grand Central Art Center

Billing (More TBA):
Austin Hartley-Leonard – Bearded Baby – Blank Blue – Bobby Soul – Busdriver – Cheap Date – DJ Dan Oh – DJ Dan Sena – DJ J Hall – DJ Nobody – DJ Pubes – Faded Tequila Wormz – Flying Saucers – Free Moral Agents – Free the Robots – From Elsewhere – Inkblots – Living Suns – Look Daggers – Majic Bullet Theory – Mexican Institute of Sound – MODE – My Hollow Drum – Nalepa – Narodniks – No MSG – Nortec Collective Presents Bostich + Fussible – Nosaj Thing – One Way – Peanut – Protect Me – Satisfaction – Shepard Fairey – Sparrow Love Crew – Strange Fruit – Tea Long – Teton Songwriters – The Entrance Band – The Growlers – The Hattrix Project – The (International) Noise Conspiracy – Two Guns – Venus Infers – Zechs Marquise – Zutra

The historic—and historically progressive—Artists’ Village district in the city of Santa Ana gets into the groove this November 15, with the much-anticipated soundDowntown 2008. This day-into-night music and spoken word festival happens on Saturday, November 15, from 2pm-2am, featuring a lineup of 60+ locally and nationally recognized bands, DJs and performing artists hosted by more than a dozen of Santa Ana’s most famously intriguing landmark venues, all within a walkable radius of just a few square blocks in the downtown arts district. The streets of the area won’t be blocked off, instead audiences will be issued all-access passes that allow for a freeform, self-guided experience akin to a gallery walk, complete with printed programs containing maps and full schedules, and integrating the simultaneous performances to unfold within the vibrant nightlife of the neighborhood.

One of the Southland’s best kept cultural secrets, Santa Ana is a dynamic, evolving, and engaged arts community. The Bowers Museum, Orange County High School of the Arts, OC Weekly HQ, the revitalized Santora Building, the renovated Festival Hall and Yost Theater, dozens of independent galleries, and Rude Guerrilla Theater Company are just a few of the pillars of this naturally occurring culturati hub. The noted Grand Central Art Center with its small but salient regional museum vibe in the European kunsthalle tradition, and its edgy, ambitious programming, offers the quintessential example of the kind of cultural interplay soundDowntown 2008 is engendering, as it invites radio station KUCI to program a full night of local indie buzz bands inside its galleries, including some explosive special guests to be announced soon.

In fact, each of the dozen plus venues participating share not only the organizers’ love of progressive culture, but also their passion for the breathtaking architectural preservation and innovation that gives the community its compelling, eccentric, and almost literary flavor.

soundDowntown 2008 signals the return of Koos Art Center, whose presence laid the groundwork for Santa Ana’s cultural vibrancy, as founder and soundDowntown producer Dennis Lluy reopens Koos at the Yost, once a Mexican movie house and Vaudeville theatre, and who for soundDowntown host a bill featuring; the politically-charged, anthemic rock from Rick Rubin-produced buzz band International Noise Conspiracy; Nortec Collective Presents Bostich + Fussible, a collaborative effort in furhterance of dirty TJ techno; the Entrance Band’s psychedelic avant-freedom rock; and Free the Robots blend old-school/avant-garde hip-hop.

Meanwhile, down the block, Mexican Institute of Sound’s boundary and border-blurring indie electronica and rough-riding feel-good beach Goth from the Growlers take the stageFestival Hall; The Living Suns infiltrate the Gypsy Den with their psychedelic prog rock;Bistro 400 opens their patio to host DJ Bobby Soul and Secret Affair and Jason’s throw their antes in with eclectic indie fare. Shepard Fairey aka DJ Diabetic, and DJ Pubes hold it down at the Crosby, an archetype of the lively college town coffee house offering books, art, music, food, drinks, and the kind of genre-blurring cultural fusion that defines Santa Ana society.

Among the most lively mash-ups of old and new is are the all-star spoken word jam by Hattrix Project, dancers, and music from the Magik Bullet Theory taking place at the Grand Central Art Center; DJ Nobody and Free Moral Agents at Memphis in the instantly classicSantora Building, kicking out the louder beats amid impressive surroundings that include three floors of art galleries; and Sparrow Love Crew’s soulful hip-hop and self-described “Ghettotech” draw dance-hungry crowds at Proof.

Jason’s Downtown Restaurant will be hosting their annual Summer Salsa Celebration on Friday, August 22, 2008 starting at 6:00PM.

If you think you’re “hot stuff” with a killer salsa concoction, then bring a batch of it to the celebration and your dish can be entered into the tasting.

A bottle of “El Don” Tequila will be presented to the creator of the favorite salsa of the evening!

Jason’s Downtown Entertainment Line Up

THURSDAY – 08/21 (6:30-9:30PM)
Tammy Vigiletti
Tammy Vigiletti has been entertaining audiences for more than 20 years. She manages her family owned dinner theatre Tibbies which is located in Long Beach aboard the historic Queen Mary. Tammy is currently working on recording a cd featuring her top 10 favorite songs. Please join us for a engaging night filled with first-rate service, sumptuous dining, relaxing intimate and enchanting atmosphere, and stellar entertainment!

FRIDAY – 08/22 (7:00-11:00PM)
Ritmo, Sabor Y Estilo
Changing it up a bit this weekend, local percussionist Jesse Moreira adds a twist of Salsa to his latin jazz stylings in support of the salsa celebration-staying true to the cha chas, boleros, and bossas through dinner, and then kicking up the spicy flavor with some energetic Salsa rhythms. Come out and join the party!!!

Jason’s Downtown Restaurant and Wine Cellar sits in the heart of historic downtown Santa Ana. Fourth Street is home to some of the oldest and most fascinating buildings the city has to offer. The wonderful sites are just another reason to enjoy your dinner outside under the stars on our spacious patio.

Jason’s Downtown Entertainment Line Up

THURSDAY – 08/14 (6:00-10:00PM)
Next Generation Jazz Jam
Come out and hear some great live jazz from the next generation of accomplished jazz artists. Led by trumpet artist Bijon Watson, don’t miss this opportunity to hear him and many of his former students perform. Several of Bijon’s students have gone on to some of the country’s top collegiate music programs: Berklee College of Music, University of Southern California, and Manhattan School of Music to name a few.

FRIDAY – 08/15 (6:30-9:30PM)
Anne Walsh
Slip into the cool summer sounds of Brazil with the lyrical Anne Walsh, complimented by tom Zink on keys and Allen Deremo on bass-from beautiful bossa novas of Jobim and Ivan Lins to new arrangements of contemporary jazz luminaries such as Keith Jarrett, Don Grolnick and Pat Metheney. Not a stranger to Santa Ana, Anne has performed numerous concerts at the Cribb Di Pietro Theatre, as well as inspired voice students at The Orange County High School of the Arts, Jason’s welcomes Anne Walsh.

SATURDAY – 08/16 (7:00-11:00PM)
Dustin White and the Jeff Jones Trio
Dustin White and the Jeff Jones Trio have been performing enticing music for several years. The ensemble recalls classic american jazz and has been influenced by such greats as Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, and songwriters such as George Gershwin, Cole Porter, and Jerome Kern. With Whites sultry voice and Jones lyrical song writing and musical direction, the group has definitely created a fresh and new original sound.

Doors 7pm, Show 8pm

FREE admission, all ages

EMC Concert no.25: August 9: 8pm
Apeyga
Bank Holiday
Fuji Minx

Apeyga
ALBUM REVIEW [by Jim Corcoran] Oct.’07– “‘Forward’ is a vibrant incorporation of light, lush melodic numbers like Liberatus and harder tracks like Rise And Shine. Effects pedals are kicked into fifth gear across the disc, flavouring five of the seven tracks. And these jams are tight, with each song under four minutes. Apeyga seem to be shooting here for quality, not quantity. There are a few evident comparisons to other bands here, most obviously King Crimson. Pinstripe and Liberatus evoke Discipline-era Crimson and would not be out of place during the 1983 Champaign-Urbana record sessions for that band’s Three Of A Perfect Pair release. The End Of Reason, with its monstrous wall of noise, would sit well aside The Construkction Of Light. Other influences abounding here and there, whether deliberate or otherwise, include Rush, Television, Providence, R.I. experimental noise-core duo Lightning Bolt, The Cocteau Twins, and indie instrumental band Tortoise. The self produced disc shines with excellent sound quality and deft musicianship. And judging by the amount of fan testimonials on the band’s website, they are apparently a phenomenal band to see live. According to the date and cities listed on their site they have not toured outside of California. It would be great to see them do that someday. This is a band with a great future ahead of them, no doubt.” -THE DUTCH PROGRESSIVE ROCK PAGE REVIEW

“FUJI MINX, A ‘Glam Bam, Thank you Ma’am’ experience!”
-Erin DeWitt, OCWEEKLY

“I imagine they’d put on a great live show and have really cool videos. They’re obviously a very creative bunch. I can’t help picturing something like Sgt. Pepper’s when I listen to this. It’s sort of a fantasy story record.”
-Amy Lotsberg, CollectedSounds

Bank Holiday Manifesto:
All of our day jobs are spent educating the youth, and because of this we weep. we enjoy playing together. we want our songs heard by as many people as possible, however, don’t mistake our zeal for desperation; we want this on our own terms. our aim is to play/create new and exciting sounds that keep our collective interests; when that ends so do we. each of us can list favorite bands and influences a mile long, but instead of boring you with details we can only offer you our songs, which have been critiqued extensively, far beyond you could ever imagine. So please listen and send us your thoughts, we’ll just ignore them and continue to play until we feel like it should end. your friends, bank holiday

Orange County Center For Contemporary Art
117 N Sycamore. Santa Ana, CA 92701 www.occca.org
714 667 1517 · Th-Sun 12-5pm, Fri-Sat 12-5, & 5-9 *call for evening availability
1st Saturday Receptions: 6-10pm · First Friday Films: 8pm

OCCCA is located at the corner of 2nd and Sycamore in the Santa Ana Artists Village.
There is no entrance fee. Please see the web site for more
information, www.occca.org , or call the gallery during regular operating hours.

EVENTS NOT TO MISS!

Amazing Local young guitarist
Evan Haymond and the Drunk Monkeys
Friday August 8, 2008 730 pm to 1130 pm
These guys are only 16 and 17 years old and are amazing! You’ve got to check these guys out. Great Blues and Rock!

Santa Ana Pub Crawl
www.santaanapubcrawl.com
Saturday August 9, 2008 5pm to ???
Whether you’re a long-time Santa Ana resident or someone who’s never stepped foot in our downtown, now is a great time to explore the historic downtown and its few, but fantastic bars and restaurants. Each restaurant or bar will be featuring specialty drinks and one night only “Pub Crawl” prices. Pick up a “Crawler Card ” at one of the participating locations for a chance to win prizes. Just be sure to stop by each location that night and get your card stamped, then turn your card in after you’ve hit all of the stops to be entered to win. That’s it! BISTRO 400, MEMPHIS, GYPSY DEN, PROOF, THE CROSBY, JASON’S DOWNTOWN

FREE Summer Concert on the Green
Santa Ana Winds Concert Band

Sunday, August 10, 2008 1:30 to 3:00
FREE TO THE PUBLIC – COMMUNITY EVENT -
Summer Concert on the Grounds of the Ronald Reagan Federal Courts Building
4th and Birch Pops and Americana Concert on the Green – Sunday August 10, 2008
We are hosting the historic Downtown, FREE to the General public, an old fashioned Concert in the Park and a showing of Antique Automobiles along the historic 4th street. We’ll have visitors from the Santa Ana Zoo, and artists from Santora Arts and Santiago Lofts.

Visitors can bring their own lawn chairs, blankets and picnic on the grassy area at the Ronald Reagan Federal Courts building.
This is designed to be a wholesome entertaining afternoon for all ages.

Featuring The Santa Ana Winds Concert Band

The Santa Ana Winds Youth Band has been promoting the City of Santa Ana for 35 years and has won accolades while performing in
the many community parades across the United States and Europe. Local events included the Tournament of Roses Parade and the Hollywood Lane Parade.

Bistro 400