May 24 Friday
CLUless 8-12Doors open at 6No cover for early arrival, 6-730$6 advance tickets$10 at the door 730-11$15/person advance tickets with table reservation(s)For Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/host/the-attic-music-bar
May 25 Saturday
Tony-Award winner Alice Ripley and Grammy and Emmy Award Winner John McDaniel take us through their own musical journey. Alice sings the songs she made famous on Broadway, and John joins her as they share their stories from a lifetime spent on Broadway, and always in music.
Alice Ripley won the Tony Award for Best Actress In A Musical for creating Diana Goodman in the Pulitzer Prize-winning rock opera Next to Normal. Ms. Ripley made her Broadway debut in The Who's Tommy in 1992. Other Original Broadway Casts include Side Show (Best Actress In A Musical Tony nomination), Sunset Boulevard, American Psycho, The Rocky Horror Show, and James Joyce's The Dead. Film and Television: SUGAR!, Isn't It Delicious, Inventing Anna, Girlboss.
John McDaniel is a Grammy and Emmy Award winning Music Director, Composer, Director, Arranger, Orchestrator & Producer, and is an Artistic Director at the Tony Award winning Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. Most recently, John arranged, orchestrated and was the Music Director for Carol Burnett’s 90th Birthday Special on NBC, which won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Primetime Variety Special. John has collaborated with Cab Calloway, Shirley MacLaine, George Burns, Kristin Chenoweth, Joel Grey, Betty Buckley, Bette Midler, Shirley Jones & Katy Perry and has guest conducted at 15 Symphony Orchestras across America, including 5 unique concerts with his hometown St. Louis Symphony.
Ahna 830-1130Doors open at 6No cover 21 and up
May 30 Thursday
Singer-songwriters Joanna Serenko, Lizzie Weber, and Paul Niehaus IV are all from St. Louis. This special night features each of them showcasing their original music along with the stories that inspired their songs.
May 31 Friday
Actor and Billboard Top 30 charting singer-songwriter Alicia Witt has played her piano-driven pop-rock music all over the world, including at the renowned Grand Ole Opry. She appeared in 2023 on Fox's The Masked Singer, winning her first episode as Dandelion. Witt's newest EP, Witness, came out in 2023; she released The Conduit in Fall 2021, which she co-produced, including single "Chasing Shadows" which spent 5 weeks on the Billboard Top 30 AC Radio chart. Previous releases include 15000 Days, produced by Grammy award-winning producer Jacquire King (Kings of Leon, Norah Jones, Dawes) and the Ben Folds produced Revisionary History, hailed by Nashville Scene as “a piano-pop gem that sounds by turns like "Grey Seal"-era Elton John; an alt-universe Fiona Apple and a film-noir chanteuse notching her nights in cigarette burns on the fallboard."Also known for her decades-long career as a prolific TV/film actress (beginning with David Lynch's 'Dune' at the age of 7), Alicia's music has been featured in numerous movies. Alicia was most recently seen in Netflix's hit I Care A Lot, starring Rosamund Pike, and leading the cast of Modern Persuasion. She will next be seen in movie theaters worldwide in the feature Longlegs opposite Nicolas Cage, due out in 2024. Other credits include Orange Is The New Black, The Walking Dead, ABC's Nashville, Two Weeks Notice, Mr Holland's Opus, The Sopranos, Cybill, and Urban Legend.Special thanks to Bill Stine for graciously sponsoring Alicia Witt's appearance.
Jun 01 Saturday
Rex Manning Day - 90's Tribute Band 8-12Doors open at 6No cover for early arrival, 6-730$6 advance tickets$10 at the door 730-11$15/person advance tickets with table reservation(s)For Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/host/the-attic-music-bar
Jun 06 Thursday
“The best kept secret in the music business.” - Bill Graham (legendary concert promoter and proprietor of the Fillmore West and East in the 60s and 70s.)Shawn Phillips taught Joni Mitchell her first guitar techniques, and gave George Harrison his first sitar lessons. He wrote the music to Donovan’s “Season Of The Witch”, and has played with Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood. He’s produced 27 albums, and is known far and wide for resolutely following his own path, and not acquiescing to the demands of the industry.In his concerts, Shawn continues to evolve his creative skills. When he comes to a venue, he brings the sounds of a symphony orchestra, and plays his beloved songs as they were recorded in the studio. Solo and in real time. His Blue Strawberry show is an all-new show debuting on this tour.One of most fascinating, enigmatic musicians to come out of the 70s singer/songwriter boom, Shawn Phillips is as much virtuoso musician as singer-songwriter. That combination has attracted a dedicated following. His refusal to pigeonhole his music -- which melds folk, rock, jazz, funk, progressive, pop, electro, classical, and global folk traditions -- to meet anyone’s expectations allowed him to retain a cult following without ever finding the stardom that his talent probably merited. Though Phillips began recording for Columbia in the mid-'60s (and worked on Donovan's records from the period), it was his virtually unclassifiable run of ten '70s LPs for A&M -- including Contribution, Second Contribution, Faces, Bright White, and Spaced -- that established his reputation for boundless, nearly peerless creativity and virtuosity. Phillips is a musical shapeshifter. His work as a virtuoso 12-string guitarist combined with his four-octave vocal range fascinated and confounded some critics, but resonated with listeners. Phillips has always been able to get exactly what he needed from virtually any instrument he played, from his recordings, and from his on-stage collaborators. After relocating to Italy and lying low during most of the '80s and '90s -- he toured, wrote, and worked with musicians outside his native United States before transplanting to post-Apartheid South Africa, he resumed recording in earnest during the middle of the 21st century's first decade, sounding as if he had never left.
Jun 07 Friday
Zachary Leeker is back at the Blue Strawberry. Zach is a singer, musician, actor, and all-around entertainer. Born and raised in Saint Louis, he performs a wide array of music, from oldies rock and country on the guitar and piano, to musical theater songs alongside some of his best friends in the industry. This year, he will be a sophomore at Belmont University in their exclusive, nationally ranked Musical Theater program, and he’s looking forward to his return to the Blue Strawberry for a conversational night of fun and music. You won’t want to miss this entertaining night, with a guest singer who will undoubtedly blow you away.
Jun 08 Saturday
Get Your Engines Started! Mark your calendar for the 2024 Edwardsville Route 66 Festival, happening on Saturday, June 8, in City Park Edwardsville, Illinois! If classic cars, great food, and family fun are your idea of a good time, join us for the 26th Annual Route 66 Festival!