Category: Editor’s Show Picks
Ticketfly Makes Magic in Tahoe!
January 31, 2012
Alex’s magic is approachable and family friendly. Kids, parents and grandparents can watch and enjoy this experience together.
Ramon has been seen on national and international television, has made elephants disappear in a puff of smoke, transformed men into tigers, and levitated Whoopi Goldberg.
“Mystifying Magic”-The New York Times
Tickets are just $24.95 plus tax & fees, with FREE tickets on Sundays for guests 12 and under (one free ticket with each paid adult). Also, all guests under 12 receive a FREE $5.00 pre-loaded arcade card for every show. See – Alex and Horizon do love the kiddies!
• Shows nightly Thurs- Mon 8:00pm
• Two shows Saturday 7:00pm and 9:00pm
Don’t delay; get your tickets before they all disappear!
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A Benefit for SF Giants Fan Bryan Stow this Saturday!
January 25, 2012
On opening day in 2011, San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stowe was brutally attacked outside of Dodger Stadium and has sustained life-threatening injuries. After almost 5 months in the hospital, Bryan has finally been moved to a long-term rehabilitation unit. As you can imagine, his medical costs are a tremendous burden for his family to bear. The Giants community and the people of San Francisco continue to show support. This Saturday at The Uptown Theatre in Napa, Giants 3rd base coach Tim Flannery and his Irish folk band The Lunatic Fringe are holding a benefit for Bryan. Bob Weir will be a special guest. And Giants fans are guaranteed to see some special guests from the baseball world! It’s not often that we tell ya to go to show that we aren’t selling tickets for, so you KNOW it’s a good cause! And what’s good for the San Francisco community, live music, and a fellow fan in need…is good for us.
Get tickets over on the Uptown site or click the poster!
Categories: Editor's Show Picks, Music
Countdown to NYE! Bring it in with Sea of Dreams SF
November 30, 2011
by Eboni Jones, Ticketfly Marketing Intern
Oh the stress of figuring out how to spend New Year’s Eve! Where to go, what to wear, who to bring it in with?
Well, if you’re in SF there’s no need to worry cause Sea of Dreams NYE has got you covered. For the 11th Annual NYE event, anonEvents, SunsetSF, Metrowize and AnTenNae have outdone themselves. Over 20 musical artists, over 8 hours of partying, 5 stages, art installations, costumes, and plenty more. Sounds better than what you did last year? Now check out some of the artists scheduled to perform:
Santigold – Philly – Muse of the Afro Punk movement
Amon Tobin – Brazil – One of the most influential electronic music artists in the world
Beats Antique – Oakland, CA – A little bit of electronica mixed with World Root music
Claude Von Stroke – Detroit, MI – Founder of dirtybird & Mothership labels
MarchFourth Marching Band – Portland, OR – costumed dancing beauties, acrobatic stilt walkers, life size marionettes
An-ten-nae – SF – Exemplifying the ‘Acid Crunk’ sound
Diego’s Umbrella – SF – Introduced the world to Gypsy Rock
J Phlip – Champaign, Illinois – House music DJ, producer
Motion Potion – SF – Pusher of Electric Nostalgia
Zack Darling – North SF Bay – The name of his unique musical flavor of bass-heavy dance floor bootlegs? Mashstep!
If that’s not enough to get you excited, then you might be half dead (no seriously, is your heart not pumping harder?).
There are tickets still available. Plus VIP tickets with special amenities including complimentary champagne and hors d’oeuvres, hello!
Get your tickets ASAP, you don’t want to be the ‘one’ who has to hear all about it from everybody else!
Categories: Editor's Show Picks, News, Ticketfly Clients
Show Review: Shellac at The New Parish, Oakland
October 24, 2011
by Sean Campbell, Ticketfly Senior Accountant/ Financial Analyst (Yes, even the accountant writes show reviews)
Shellac is one of those bands that has a bit of mystery about them. They’ve only released four studio albums in 20 years, rarely tour, and don’t count on Facebook or Twitter to keep their fans interested. Saturday’s show at the New Parish brought home what keeps fans interested: their utterly unique, driving noise/math rock sound, heavy on the sarcasm and the rhythm and light on traditional conventions of live shows. Shellac shows have no encores, intro music, or fashion statements, though they do feature bassist Bob Weston’s audience Q&A, which usually goes like this:
Weston: “Steve is tuning. Questions! You in the front!”
Fan: (inaudible)
Weston: “What? Huh? Turn your cellphone camera off, jerk! Next question!”
It’s that sort of warm and fuzzy band/fan interaction that compelled me to leave a beautiful Santa Cruz beach on Saturday evening and drive up the 17 to Oakland. I’ve never been to the New Parish, and I will be returning. This is definitely my favorite club in the East Bay. Balcony? Check. Outdoor Patio? Check. Liquor? Check. It’s a great sounding, roomy venue that knows what it’s doing. The show was sold out but there was room to move and buy drinks. I look forward to checking out their sister club, Brick and Mortar Music Hall in San Francisco.
Opener Helen Money is a solo cellist that plays through loops and effects, sometimes strumming the cello like a guitar, sometimes playing it as a percussion instrument. She was a very engaging performer.
Shellac came onstage and set up with drummer Todd Trainer in front, crash cymbal 10 feet in the air. They launched into “Canada”, “Squirrel Song”, “Steady as She Goes”, my personal favorite “Watch Song” and other fan favorites. They absolutely rule live. You can really hear the distinctive sound of their Travis Bean instruments (necks made out of aluminum) and custom amps. Bass and drums locked into the groove while singer/guitarist Steve Albini sang about radio, aliens, Satchel Paige, fighting, and ghosts. They played for about 90 minutes, stopping only for question time and to announce a song, “this song is about an a******, **** him and **** all his ****.” They announced their last song and said they’d have t-shirts for sale after the show.
They played no encore or solo acoustic songs. Just one of the best live shows I’ve ever seen, without frills. Definitely check them out when (if) they come to your town. They’ll be making their way up to the Northwest in the coming week. And check out the New Parish!
Local photographer Shannon Corr got some great photos of the New Parish show you can check out on his Flickr.
Categories: Editor's Show Picks, Show Reviews
A Night of Sweet Relief is Tomorrow! A Portion of Every Ticket Sold Goes to a Great Cause!
October 14, 2011
What?
Sweet Relief has partnered with venues, promoters, ticketing companies, artists and artist management in designating one evening of live music performances per year as a part of “Night of Sweet Relief” to assist our nation’s suffering career musical artists. This is a night to get off the couch, away from the TV, movie or video game and into the excitement of live entertainment! Listening to music is great, but seeing the artists perform live, playing right in front you on stage is an experience you never forget.
All YOU have to do is either:
1) Buy some tickets on October 15th! On Ticketfly or over the phone at 877-4-FLY-TIX
or
2) Attend a Sweet Relief Event at one of these participating venues.
When?
On Saturday, October 15th 2011 hundreds of live music events taking place in arenas, theaters, clubs and bars can participate in supporting this cause by building in a $1 donation component to their ticket price or door cover charge. Ticketfly will be donating a portion of EVERY ticket sold online and via phone all day! We are very excited to be a part of such a wonderful event that supports both musicians and live music. We can’t think of a better reason to get out of the house and see a show!
Plus, a few select Ticketfly clients have kindly agreed to MATCH our donation. So if you buy on Ticketfly for any of these venues, you’ll be donating double the normal amount. Here are those generous folks!
SBL Entertainment
Brooklyn Bowl
Johnny Brenda’s
Warren Miller Entertainment
Double Door
The Green Room, Flagstaff
R5 Productions
Union Transfer
The Independent
Sweet Relief Musicians Fund
Established in 1994, Sweet Relief has raised and distributed millions of dollars to pay for medical costs, housing, food and other vital expenses of ill, disabled and elder musicians, singers, composers and arrangers.
In 2010, Sweet Relief had one of the most outstanding effectiveness ratios of any entertainment charity with 91 cents of every dollar going directly to assist musicians in need.
Greater than 70% of professional musicians do not have health insurance.
A generation of musicians is reaching elder years with minimal social security benefits and no industry safety net.
YOUR SUPPORT IS DESPERATELY NEEDED AND GREATLY APPRECIATED!
Categories: Editor's Show Picks, News
