COOL LIVE SHOWS AFTER A HOT DAY >>>
Big Whisky Saloon Tacoma - Downtown. Redneck Parking Lot Party Part II featuring The Nathan Ameson Band and Robbie Walden & The Gunslingers plus beer garden, barbecue, mechanical bull and more. 4 pm to 2 am. NC before 6 pm, $10 after.
- The last time Tacoma's newest and most energized country bar, Big Whisky Saloon, held a 100.7 FM The Wolf-hosted "Redneck Parking Lot Party" over 800 people showed up to suck up live country music, dance on the outdoor dance floor, drink cold beer, eat barbecue and ride "Bubba the Mechanical Bull." That's redneck success, and exactly why this Saturday the Big Whisky is holding the "2nd Redneck Parking Lot Party Part II." Seems a bit redundant to us, but who are we to judge. – Michael Swan
Bob's Java Jive Tacoma - Central. Fine Slew, Hotter Than A Crotch. 21+. 9 pm.
Cedarwood Dome Milton. Daze Of Never, Eye In Time, A Sic End, Chelsea Speed Party, On Edge. 21+. 8 pm.
Doyle's Public House Tacoma - Stadium District. Hi Fi Reset. 21+. 9 pm. NC.
The Eastside Club Tavern Olympia - Downtown. Helltrout, The Noses, The Tide. 9 pm. $5.
- It has been 18 years since legendary Oly punk metal band Helltrout has played. In a development that started as joking about how funny it would be to have a reunion show like all old rockers, Helltrout is officially back for one glorious night. Four-fifths of the original band will be rocking out at Olympia's Eastside Club Saturday. Mike Clam, along with bandmate Don Stewart play in Seattle's Mico De Noche, but are excited to come together with early Nirvana drummer Dave Foster and bass player Jason Morales to reunite Helltrout! Along with The Noses and The Tide, (both with members from the North Shore Club era) a flashback to 1992 will be in full effect Saturday. "Luckily we wrote all the songs in a way that was easy to play wasted, so it was fairly easy to come back to," chuckles Clam. Don't miss this epic show! - Nikki Talotta
Hell's Kitchen Tacoma - Downtown. No Bullshit Battle Of The Bands Finals. 21+. 8 pm.
Jazzbones Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Northwest Sons. 21+. 8 pm. $6.
Johnny's Dock Restaurant and Marina Tacoma - Dome District. The Dana Lupinacci Band. 21+. 7 pm. NC.
Le Voyeur Café and Lounge Olympia - Downtown. Morgan & The Organ Donors, Ghost Mom, Cat Fancy, The Maxines. 21+. 9 pm.
- Let's talk about some badass girl bands, shall we? Saturday at Le Voyeur you're going to see two of them: Morgan and the Organ Donors and Portland's Cat Fancy! (Exclamation point included.) About the latter: Cat Fancy! rides the art-punk line between pop songwriting and fuck-you dissonance. There are several signifiers that might be attached to the band, such as: riot grrrl (does that still exist?), electro-clash, and glam punk. What these made-up terms all try to express is that Cat Fancy! wear awesome outfits, blow out eardrums, and could probably kick my ass three ways from Sunday. To me, that sounds like a perfect way to spend a Saturday, and it comes to you live - without the aid of a drum. Put that in you pipe and smoke it. - Rev. Adam McKinney
Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Alyssa Chambo Benefit Concert featuring traditional music of Scotland and Ireland with Jamie Marshall and Annie Henry of Jug of Punch, Red McWilliamst, violinist Sunnie Larson and cellist Betsy Tinney and group jam. All Ages. 6 pm. Donations.
The New Frontier Lounge Tacoma - Dome District. Benefit For Music and Art In The Park, with The Speans, C.F.A. and Basemint with tons of raffle prizes. 21+. 9 pm.
- If you're at all interested in seeing next weekend's Music and Art in Wright Park festival, it'd be best for you to come to The New Frontier Lounge on Saturday, where you'll get to preview several of the bands that will grace the Wright Park stage - including Basemint, Cody Foster Army, and the Speans. One of these things is not like the other. Read up on The Speans here.
Northern Olympia - Downtown. No Babies, Broken Water, Wisdom Teef, Magic Johnson, Tiger Shower Caps. All Ages. 7 pm.
O'Malley's Irish Pub Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Brotherhood of the Black Squirrel. 21+. 8 pm. NC.
People's Park Tacoma - Upper Tacoma. 3rd Annual Hip Hop In The Park, with live performances, spoken word, dancers, vendors. All Ages. 12 pm.
- The third annual Hip-Hop In the Park Festival is set to go down in People's Park Saturday, filling the bowled grass and surrounding streets with all things hip-hop: dancing, rapping, poetry, singing, antique shopping. OK, so antique shopping isn't hip-hop unless you're Kanye West, but that's not the point. The point is Hip Hop in the Park - DIY and youth-led - is one of the best annual events Tacoma has going. Check it. – MS
Red Wind Casino Yelm. Jonathan Harris. 21+. 8:30 pm. NC.
The Spar Tacoma - Old Town. Ben Union. 21+. 8 pm.
Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Michal Miller Band. 21+. 9 pm.
Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Atomic Outlaws, Roaming Soldiers, Inverse, Silent Therapy, Torture Box, Death Valley Murder Squad, Undersin 7 pm.
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