SEÑORES, SEÑORAS AND señoritas, it’s Cinco de Mayo with events tonight and live music all through the week.
Mamma mia! Sunday is Mother’s Day. How the special days just pile up.
What other reason do you need to take in some live music?
Port Angeles
■ On Friday, Julia Maguire returns to Wine on the Waterfront, at The Landing mall at 115 Railroad Ave., following her WOW debut. Julia blends modern and classic folk, rock and pop to create a style that appeals to all ages. Catch her style at 8 p.m. $3 cover.
On Saturday, Cort Armstrong’s “chickin’ pickin’” guitar, rusty singing and songwriting coupled with wife Kia’s doghouse bass will take you back to barn dances and grange halls and country blues, fiddle tunes, square dances, honky-tonks and simpler times at 8 p.m. $3 cover.
■ On Friday at Bar N9ne, 129 W. First St., Everett-based 20 Riverside brings its hip-hop/jazz/funk style to get you dancing from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. The six-piece band will fill the N9ne as only a six-piece band can. $3 cover.
On Saturday, Jason Mogi and Paul Stehr-Green will return with more of their “bluegrass meets rock ‘n’ roll” jam band improvisation, taking advantage of the dance floor from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. $3 cover.
■ Tonight at Castaways Restaurant and Night Club, 1213 Marine Drive, the Sundowners will host a jam from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. You can’t help but have a fun time with these guys.
On Friday, Jimmy Hoffman will bring the band back with country rock from 8 p.m. to midnight.
On Saturday, it’s Chantilly Lace, rockin’ the room, 8 p.m. to midnight.
■ It might be a day late, but Mom would sure like it if you took her to the Bushwhacker Restaurant, 1527 E. First St., on Monday for dinner and the Charlie Ferris Show from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Charlie’s Angels will be there enjoying the pop, rock and country of the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s.
■ On Sunday at the Junction Roadhouse, junction of U.S. Highway 101 and state Highway 112 five miles west of Port Angeles, the Goodfellows will host the Junction Jam from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Next Wednesday, banjo craftsman Jason Mogi and bassist Paul Stehr-Green will play from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
■ On Friday, Johnnie Mustang will pick original blues at the Veela Cafe, 133 E. First St., from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
■ On Friday, Chuck Grall, Les Wamboldt and Olde Tyme Country will perform at the Fairmount Restaurant, 1127 W. U.S. Highway 101, from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
On Tuesday, Dave and Rosalie Secord and the Luck of the Draw Band will welcome Strider Yocum of Ramblin’ Maggie for an evening of acoustic country, bluegrass and old-time music from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
■ On Saturday at the Salt Creek Inn, state Highway 112 and Camp Hayden Road, Ain’t Dead Yet will perform at 8 p.m.
■ On Monday, Rusty and Duke will entertain at Smuggler’s Landing, 115 Railroad Ave., with some pickin’ and sweet singin’ from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
■ Every Tuesday evening at the Port Angeles Senior Center, Seventh and Peabody streets, the Port Angeles Senior Swingers present Wally and the Boys playing ballroom dance favorites for the dancing pleasure of all adults 45 and older from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. $5 cover, first-timers free!
■ On Wednesday at Dupuis Restaurant, 256861 Highway 101, Bob and Dave play blues with a brew and barbecue from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Sequim and Blyn
■ On Sunday, take Mom to the Oasis Bar & Grill, 301 E. Washington St., for a Mother’s Day concert by The Old Sidekicks at 5:30 p.m.
On Wednesday, fly over hump day with Final Approach and its “boomer” music at 5:30 p.m.
■ On Friday in Randy’s Place at Three Crabs Restaurant, 11 3 Crabs Road, Paul Sagan will return for another evening packed with piano classics from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
On Saturday, Kelly and Barry will perform from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
On Sunday, Cort and Kia Armstrong will play some easy-listening music in the Three Crabs dining room from 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
■ On Friday at Damiana’s Best Cellars, 143 Washington St., Kevin Lee Magner and Mary Pender will perform from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
On Tuesday, Geraulde Braude will pick on acoustic guitar from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
■ Every Wednesday at Mugs ‘n’ Jugs Bar and Grill, 735 W. Washington St., Jimmy Hoffman and friends perform unplugged from 7 p.m. to midnight. Donations welcome.
■ At The Buzz, 128 N. Sequim Ave., Kelly Thomas and Victor Reventlow will host the very popular and rousing open mic Wednesday from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
■ On Friday at Stymie’s Bar & Grill at Cedars at Dungeness, 1965 Woodcock Road, the MLR Trio will play for your dining pleasure from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
■ On Friday at Club Seven Lounge at 7 Cedars Casino, Blyn, catch Kelly and Barry up close and personal from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
On Saturday, Motown rhythm and blues dance band Society’s Child invites you to dance, dance, dance from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
On Sunday, Denny Secord Jr. and Haywire will make Mama feel special on her day from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
On Monday, we be jammin’ with host Barry Burnett and friends, so bring your ax and/or vocal talents for the fun from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Port Townsend
■ Tonight at the Upstage, 923 Washington St., Farmageddon recording artist James Hunnicut will open for Comedy Night at 8 p.m. $5-plus cover.
On Friday, Jim Nyby and the F Street Band will play New Orleans-style roots, blues and rhythm and blues at 8 p.m. $6 cover.
On Saturday, one of the world’s greatest slide guitarists, Roy Rogers (he ain’t no cowboy!), and the Delta Rhythm Kings will play at 8 p.m. $25 cover.
On Wednesday, Mark Growden will open for the Joe Lewis Walker Band from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Phone 360-385-2216 for reservations.
■ On Saturday at Sirens, 823 Water St., the Pacific Northwest’s premiere klezmer orchestra, Erev Rav, will play at 9 p.m. This group treats you to traditional tunes and original compositions sparked and spiked with funk, reggae, bebop, rock, Latin rhythms and gypsy jazz. Whew! $5 cover.
■ Party up tonight at Port Townsend Brewing Co., 330 10th St., at its Cinco de Mayo party with Bub’s Tacos and the Cajun tunes of the Delta Rays from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
On Friday, Lowire will play original grooves from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
On Sunday, Gerald Braude will pick acoustic guitar from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
On Wednesday, Chuck Easton will play jazz from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
■ Howly Slim is back at the Banana Leaf, 609 Washington St., with some good ol’ pickin’ and singin’ and originals (from an original) Friday at 6 p.m.
■ The Highway 20 Road House, 2510 Sims Way, has a triple feature Friday with the Steve Grandinetti Band sharing the bill with A Wandering Mind and Mages Guild from 9 p.m. to closing.
■ On Friday at the Undertown, 211 Taylor St., the Alternators will perform.
On Saturday, George Rezendes and Southbound will perform at 7:30 p.m.
■ At the Uptown Pub and Grill, 1016 Lawrence St., Latin-inspired combo La Bahza will play at 9 p.m. Friday.
■ Steve Grandinetti will play solo Saturday at Lanza’s Ristorante, 1020 Lawrence St., from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
■ Tonight, join the Cinco de Mayo Celebración at La Isla Family Restaurant, 1145 Water St., with music by Tres Piedras from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Music notes
■ “The Big Band is back in town” and giving a tribute to the Marvin G. Shields American Legion in Port Townsend and the USO during World War II. Two big bands directed by Chuck Easton and Elmer Ramsey will play music of the era at the Legion Hall, 209 Monroe St., in a dance concert at 7:30 p.m. $5 cover.
■ On Friday, the Port Angeles Library’s Art Blast features the high-energy dance tunes of Sequimarimba from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., corner of Lauridsen Boulevard and Peabody Street.
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John Nelson is a self-styled music lover and compulsive night owl who believes in SDLqKLMA — Keep Live Music Alive” on the North Olympic Peninsula. His column, Live Music, appears every Thursday.
Are you performing in or promoting a live music gig? Contact John by phoning 360-565-1139 or emailing news@peninsuladailynews.com (subject line: John Nelson).
Also, check out “Nightlife,” a listing of entertainment at nightspots across the Peninsula, in Friday’s Peninsula Spotlight magazine.
