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Fri, Dec 08The Side DoorDec 08, 2023, 7:00 PMThe Side Door, 2900 Franklin Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95818, USAIn 2001 Richard Smith won the national fingerpicking championship and has since forged a career as a solo artist, performing all over the USA, Canada, UK, Europe, Australia and Brazil, releasing solo records, duet and ensemble records.
Sat, Dec 09The Side DoorDec 09, 2023, 7:00 PMThe Side Door, 2900 Franklin Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95818, USAJazz vocalist and recording artist Vivian Lee is truly a child of the world. Another of Sacramento's treasurers.
Fri, Dec 15The Side DoorDec 15, 2023, 7:00 PMThe Side Door, 2900 Franklin Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95818, USAAward-winning songwriter Jessica Malone takes listeners on a musical journey with the destination landing somewhere between self discovery and reverie.
Sat, Dec 16The Side DoorDec 16, 2023, 7:00 PMThe Side Door, 2900 Franklin Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95818, USA
Sat, Dec 23The Side DoorDec 23, 2023, 7:00 PMThe Side Door, 2900 Franklin Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95818, USAAn evening of music with five of Sacramento’s most beloved, gifted and prolific musicians and singer-songwriters, all together on one stage, sharing songs, stories and anecdotes.
Fri, Jan 12The Side DoorJan 12, 2024, 7:00 PMThe Side Door, 2900 Franklin Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95818, USARita's style of country-folk has been lauded for story and sense of place, and her performances praised with capturing the audience.
Fri, Jan 26The Side DoorJan 26, 2024, 7:00 PMThe Side Door, 2900 4th Ave, Sacramento, CA 95818, USAThe Nickel Slots take you on a journey through hard times and desperation that always carries hope that better things are just around the corner.
Sat, Jan 27The Side DoorJan 27, 2024, 7:00 PMThe Side Door, 2900 Franklin Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95818, USA"The group seamlessly careens from blues to bluegrass and rock in a way that really shouldn't make sense but somehow does." LA Times
Fri, Feb 02The Side DoorFeb 02, 2024, 7:00 PMThe Side Door, 2900 Franklin Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95818, USA
Thu, Feb 08The Side DoorFeb 08, 2024, 7:00 PMThe Side Door, 2900 Franklin Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95818, USATony is an evocative and soulful singer, a wide-ranging songwriter and a virtuoso multi-instrumentalist adept on banjo, cello-banjo, slide guitar and baritone ukulele who mixes and matches sounds and styles with the flair of a master chef.
Sat, Feb 10The Side DoorFeb 10, 2024, 7:00 PMThe Side Door, 2900 Franklin Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95818, USA
Fri, Feb 16The Side DoorFeb 16, 2024, 7:00 PMThe Side Door, 2900 Franklin Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95818, USAThrough the years, Miller has shared stages with country, western swing, blues, and rockabilly legends Biff Adam, Jimmy Latrell, Bud Duncan, Bobby Black, “Little” Charlie Baty, “Big Sandy” Robert Williams, Al Hendrix, Sleepy LaBeef, and Deke Dickerson.
Thu, Feb 22The Side DoorFeb 22, 2024, 7:00 PM – Feb 23, 2024, 10:00 PMThe Side Door, 2900 Franklin Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95818, USADerv Gordon fronted the Equals, England’s first interracial rock band, in the 1960s. The group scored a hit with “Baby Come Back,” which drew on his Jamaican ska roots, and wrote “Police On My Back,” which was later covered by the Clash.
Sat, Feb 24The Side DoorFeb 24, 2024, 7:00 PMThe Side Door, 2900 Franklin Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95818, USAThe Finnerty-Gordon Project makes its third appearance at the Side Door, again joined by saxophonist Darius Babazadeh, for another exhilarating night of high-energy jazz.
Thu, Feb 29The Side DoorFeb 29, 2024, 7:00 PMThe Side Door, 2900 Franklin Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95818, USA
Sat, Mar 02The Side DoorMar 02, 2024, 7:00 PMThe Side Door, 2900 Franklin Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95818, USA"Comparisons are odious, but .....Katie Knipp is a true original. The closest I can come to a description is a cross between Nina Simone and Mose Allison. Remarkable." -- Mick Martin, host of Blues Party on KZAP, and world renowned blues artist
Sat, Mar 23SacramentoMar 23, 2024, 7:00 PMSacramento, 2900 Franklin Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95818, USA"A rollicking evening of outrageous humor and song." - Sacramento Magazine
Fri, Apr 19The Side DoorApr 19, 2024, 7:00 PMThe Side Door, 2900 Franklin Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95818, USAThe Slocan Ramblers (featured on the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville TN, 2020 IBMA Momentum Band of the Year Award Winner & 2019 Juno Award Nominee) are Canada’s bluegrass band to watch.
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