This Little Five landmark bills itself as a combination theater and nightclub, and its mixture of tables and theater-style seating bears out that description. The atmosphere is looser than at theaters like the Fox, to boot. Variety largely hosts national acts that appeal to those over 30 — alt-country singer-songwriters, prog-rock reunions, '80s alt-rock pioneers and the like.
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Joyce Manor is a punk rock band from Torrance, California, formed in 2008. The band consists of lead vocalist/guitarist Barry Johnson, guitarist Chase Knobbe, and bassist/backing vocalist Matt Ebert
Beat the crowd! Early entry tickets allows access to the venue thirty minutes before the rest of ticket holders. Grab your preferred seat location at the front of the stage, in the balcony, or in one of our premium fixed seats in the middle of the venue. First access to artist merchandise.
There are currently no COVID-19 mandates applicable to the show. Given the changing nature of the virus and local mandates, our COVID-19 protocols are subject to change. Please visit our website for more information.
There are currently no COVID-19 mandates applicable to the show. Given the changing nature of the virus and local mandates, our COVID-19 protocols are subject to change. Please visit our website for more information.
There are currently no COVID-19 mandates applicable to the show. Given the changing nature of the virus and local mandates, our COVID-19 protocols are subject to change. Please visit our website for more information.
$1 from every ticket will go to Peer Solutions and support their positive youth leadership and development program designed to prevent harm before it begins and engage lifetime ambassadors of positive change (www.peersolutions.org)
Congolese singer-songwriter, dancer, philanthropist, guitarist and producer Fally Ipupa will perform live at Variety Playhouse on Sat, Sep 17 at 7:30pm.
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94.9 The Bull’s Girls With Guitars starring Carly Pearce, Elle King, Kassi Ashton, Caitlyn Smith & Callista Clark makes their way to Variety Playhouse on September 30th. October is breast cancer awareness month and some of Country’s leading ladies are joining us for an intimate acoustic evening...
Channel Tres is a producer, DJ, musician and artist from Compton, CA whose style and aesthetic is quickly making him one of the most buzz-worthy talents to hit the scene. Channel Tres fell in love with the art of music and production at the early age of nine when he stumbled across a CD entitled "Th...
Like his future funk cohorts, Portland-based producer YUNG BAE taps influences that are as varied as they are danceable: disco, funk, R&B and even Japanese “city pop.” These largely sampled grooves — obscure and otherwise — manifest as undeniably vintage sounds presented in gleaming, modern ...
Indonesian singer, songwriter and record producer Niki is coming to Atlanta for her brand new The NICOLE Tour! See her live at Variety Playhouse on Thu, Oct 6 at 8:00pm.
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When Matisyahu first started touring to packed clubs more than eleven years ago, it was prior to the release of Live at Stubbs, the now Gold record, and prior to that record’s single “King without a Crown� reaching #1 on the alternative rock radio charts. His performances were a raw expression...
Kenneth La'ron, known professionally as KennyHoopla, is an American recording artist and songwriter. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he grew up absorbing a diverse spread of music and art — The Drums, Funeral Suits, Common and Teen Suicide are credited as some of his greatest influences. His cata...
Enjoy an intimate preshow VIP experience with Jake Scott. You will get the chance to meet Jake, take a photo with him, ask questions, and hang out! Additionally, you will leave the experience with a VIP gift bag and photo with Jake. VIP experience DOES NOT INCLUDE A TICKET to the show you must also ...
Grammy nominated guitar-slinger, troublemaker, raconteur, producer, and Georgia boy, Butch Walker is a writer of dozens of songs with hooks that stick in your head. Rolling Stone has called Walker "one of America's best singer-songwriters." He’s penned choruses you want to sing along to for artist...
The Lone Bellow burst onto the scene with their self-titled debut in2013. The Nashville-based trioquickly became known for theirtranscendent harmonies, seriousmusicianship and raucous liveperformance —creating what NPR calls, ‘earnest and magnetic folk-pop built to shake the rafters.' In 2015,th...
Ashley Hesseltine is the co-host of the wildly popular podcast Girls Gotta Eat and, in the midst of an international theater tour, will be making her New York Comedy Festival headlining debut at her home club, The Stand. Expect her hitting on guys in the audience, a strong camel toe, and a dope pre-...
Joel Kim Booster is a Chicago-bred, Los Angeles-based stand-up comedian, writer, and actor. His Searchlight rom-com FIRE ISLAND, premiered JUNE 3rd 2022, alongside Bowen Yang. The film, which he also wrote, was released on Hulu and is described as an unapologetic and modern twist take on Jane Austen...
Grammy nominated singer, songwriter and guitarist Tab Benoit with special guest Dirty Dozen Brass Band will perform live at Variety Playhouse on Thu, Dec 8 at 8:00pm.
There are currently no COVID-19 mandates applicable to the show. Given the changing nature of the virus and local mandates, our COVID-19 protocols are subject to change. Please visit our website for more information. It’s a John Waters Christmas …and your eyes will pop right out of your head. Ye...
Austin, Texas...Eric Johnson has been traveling on a prolific odyssey over the course of more than four decades. Along the way, his creations have encompassed repertoire that cross pollinate genres which include rock, blues, jazz, fusion, soul, folk, new-age, classical and even country. Inevitably, ...
Hi, We could do the usual record company “bio� about this new record, but, seriously…who gives a fuck? The world is a mess. This is just music. Music by someone who tends to believe that change starts in your own backyard. I’m just optimistic enough to believe that kind of thing can still he...
Imagine a world where ghosts, aliens, mannequins, heavy weight boxers, fighter jets, time travel, dancin’ dirty, geothermal nuclear war, golfers, gofers, and in-school suspensions all share the big screen and stage. Electric Avenue is delighted to bring you an evening of magical movie moments with...
After emerging in late 2017 and appearing on a handful of high-profile collaborations, 26-year-old singer/songwriter Sasha Alex Sloan released her debut single “Ready Yet.� She followed that up in 2018 with her first two EPs, Sad Girl and Loser. Her track “Normal� was heralded by Billboard a...
One of the most insane, influential, and impactful legacies in hip-hop belongs to Tech N9ne. He has consistently accomplished the impossible from outside of the system. He’s bucked every trend, overturned all expectations, and not only built a culture, but a whole damn world with Strange Music.
Strange Music is pleased to announce Tech N9ne's ASIN9NE Tour 2022! Featuring Tech N9ne with special guests Joey Cool, X-Raided, and ¡Mayday!. Tech N9ne's ASIN9NE Tour 2022 is going to be the most exciting Tech N9ne tour to date! We're offering a VIP package with OVER $325 IN MERCHANDISE along with ...
La Vie Boheme! Pinch 'N' Ouch Theatre will present Jonathan Larson's iconic Pulitzer Prize-winning musical that shaped a generation of audiences and taught us all to measure our life in love. Set in the East Village of New York City, RENT is about falling in love, finding your voice and living for t...
Joss Stone is a Grammy and Brit award-winning artist who released her star-making critically acclaimed debut album, The Soul Sessions, in 2003. Since then, she has released seven studio albums which have sold over 15 million copies worldwide.
There are currently no COVID-19 mandates applicable to the show. Given the changing nature of the virus and local mandates, our COVID-19 protocols are subject to change. Please visit our website for more information.
Kikagaku Moyo have come a long way – both literally and metaphorically – since their humble beginnings busking on the streets of Tokyo back in 2012. A tight-knit group of five friends who bonded over the desire to play freely, and explore music associated with space and psychedelia, their initial am...
After dropping out of college only 2 weeks in, Omar Apollo, a 20-year old, first generation Mexican-American singer from Indiana, began writing and recording his own mix of jazz, R&B, funk, alternative, soul, and pop music. His parents moved to the US to give their kids a better life and the...
Fronted by the enchanting Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig, Lucius has drawn acclaim for powerful songs showcasing taut hooks, along with their mesmerizing stage presence and bold visual aesthetics. The New York Times described Wolfe and Laessig’s vocals as being “especially gorgeous,” while Rolling Sto...
Olan has been called a relentlessly unconventional storyteller who has been making millions laugh for over a decade. The Tennessee Wonder Child first popped onto the scene with the cult phenomenon sketch comedy group "Balloonshop" and then transitioned to a solo career where he slowly built a passio...
From bestselling author and beloved Food Network host Alton Brown comes an all-new collection of must-have recipes and surprising food facts drawn from the return of the wildly popular “Good Eats” television series, including never-before aired material.
At only 18 years of age, Dave is already leaving a lasting mark on the UK urban scene after the independent release of his debut 'Six Paths' EP last September, which debuted at #6 on iTunes album chart & #1 on iTunes Hip-Hop chart. Created alongside production partner 169 & Grammy Award winning prod...
It took award-winning music producer Hayden James one song to become a sound of the Australian summer. ‘Something About You’, released in the heat of December 2014 by Future Classic, lit up the pop music scene and gained Gold Certification in Australia. Today the artist’s electronic pop music has ho...
Tucker Pillsbury assembles, disassembles, and reassembles different vibes, sounds, and emotions into Role Model. One moment, he’s crooning about his crush’s earrings over crunchy chords. The next, he’s spitting bars about staying home. Either way, the intimacy of his songwriting beckons connection. ...
The California Honeydrops don’t just play music—they throw parties. Led by dynamic vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Lech Wierzynski, and drawing on diverse musical influences from Bay Area R&B, funk, Southern soul, Delta blues, and New Orleans second-line, the Honeydrops bring vibrant ener...
Chan Marshall’s latest covers album as Cat Power arrives, as all of her music does, at just the perfect time. Covers is a deeply felt, intimate, and altogether holistic collection of songs intended as a healing salve for the artist and listener alike, showcasing Marshall’s singular chronicling of th...
No second album syndrome and no sophomore slump for Britain’s most exciting and challenging young rock band. black midi’sfollow up to Schlagenheimis a dynamic, hellacious, inventive success. Cavalcade, their second studio album for Rough Trade, scales beautiful new heights, reaching ever upwards fro...
Dave Mason left Traffic in 1969 to pursue a solo career in the U.S. Dave has penned over 100 songs, has 3 gold albums: Alone Together, Dave Mason, Mariposa De Oro, and platinum album Let It Flow, which contained the top-ten single “We Just Disagree”.
“It’s not heavy metal, but in our guts, it feels a bit like Heavy Metal,” says Michael Trent of the band’s new album, Manticore due Feb. 18. Next year, 2022, will mark ten years since Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent released their debut album O’ Be Joyful, the first formally billed as “Shovels & R...
Critically-acclaimed songstress JoJo is coming to Atlanta for her brand new Trying Not To Think About It Tour! See her live at Variety Playhouse on Mar 15, 2022.
The Greyboy Allstars - Karl Denson, Elgin Park, Aaron Redfield, Chris Stillwell and Robert Walter - have no time for idle hands. The San Diego five-piece chose to use the shutdown to lock-in wisely and broadcast a live-stream series, which notches up their own jazz-funk and boogaloo narrative. Origi...
Brett Dennen See the World (Mick Music)
Brett Dennen is telling us to get out and see the world at a time when we need it more than ever. Flame-haired, six-foot-five, and with a singular gift for meditating on life's most meaningful subjects with equal parts innocence and razor sharp wit, you know...
Multi-platinum, award-winning recording artist Elle King has enjoyed over 1.5 billion streams worldwide. Her most recent single release has her reuniting with Miranda Lambert on the infectious collaboration “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)”which debuted at #1 onBillboard’s Rock and Country Digital...
Bandleader and saxophonist Emilio Castillo was only 17 years old when he met Kupka and started to assemble the band that would become Tower of Power. “I had no vision at all,†he recalls now. “I just loved playing soul music. My idols were a local band called The Spyders and they had gigged in...
Americana songstress Elle King is coming to Atlanta for her brand new Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home) Tour! See her live at Variety Playhouse on Feb 23, 2022.
Dabin is a JUNO nominated music producer/instrumentalist from Toronto. Having spent his teens learning to play the piano, drums and guitar, Dabin started producing electronic music in 2011. He quickly attracted the attention of Kannibalen Records and released his first tracks on the ever growing ind...
The Brook & The Bluff is a four-piece band with four-part harmonies based in Nashville, TN. Originally from Birmingham, AL, their name is derived from the pockets of Birmingham where they grew up — Bluff Park for frontman Joseph Settine, and Mountain Brook for bassist Fred Lankford, drummer John Can...
PAT METHENY was born in Lee's Summit, MO on August 12, 1954 into a musical family. Starting on trumpet at the age of 8, Metheny switched to guitar at age 12. By the age of 15, he was working regularly with the best jazz musicians in Kansas City, receiving valuable on-the bandstand experience at an u...
PAT METHENY was born in Lee's Summit, MO on August 12, 1954 into a musical family. Starting on trumpet at the age of 8, Metheny switched to guitar at age 12. By the age of 15, he was working regularly with the best jazz musicians in Kansas City, receiving valuable on-the bandstand experience at an u...
Music motivates at the most primal level. You instinctually hum a tune in order to get pumped up in the morning, for fuel on the treadmill, to soundtrack your commute, or as the pre-game to a big night out. As much as he treasures his roles as a guitarist, composer, and producer, Cory Wong fashions ...
The phenomenon began when Whindersson was 15 years old and decided to make videos to post on his YouTube channel. His hope was to get only a few likes and what happened was an avalanche. The success was so much that it exploded and from there it did not stop. In a short time the comedian became an u...
Obsessed with The Real Housewives? Can't get enough of Below Deck and Summer House? We're here to help. Watch What Crappens airs five times a week, which means you never have to wait long to get your fill of Bravo recaps, gossip, and shadiness. And now, they're live on stage! Join hosts Ben Mandelke...
There's a great scene in The Last Waltz - the documentary about The Band's final concert - where director Martin Scorsese is discussing music with drummer/singer/mandolin player Levon Helm. Helm says, "If it mixes with rhythm, and if it dances, then you've got a great combination of all those differ...
While he's too gracious to admit it himself, the Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and musician is living, breathing country-music history. He's played alongside the masters, from Cash to Lester Flatt, who discovered him; been a worldwide ambassador for Nashville, Bakersfield and points in between; ...
Shades on and shirts unbuttoned, Magic City Hippies generate the kind of heat that could’ve powered a high seas yacht party in the seventies or shake a Coachella stage next summer. If the trio—Robby Hunter, Pat Howard, and John Coughlin—stepped off the screen from some long-lost Quentin Tarantino fl...
Anderson East is the humble type — the sort of man who chalks up his success to loads of good fortune. But the singer-songwriter has earned his accolades: one of music’s most compelling young artists, East is an unflinching and inimitable talent. Best exemplified on his breakout 2015 debut album, De...
Versatile hard rock quartet, All Them Witches, thrive on contrast. Now six records deep into a tenure that began in 2012, Ben McLeod (guitarist,) Charles Michael Parks, Jr. (bass/vocals,) Robby Staebler (drums,) and Allan Van Cleave (keys) are unremittingly forward-looking. There is a ferocious ener...
La Vie Boheme! This Christmas, celebrate a “Season of Love” with a tribute rock concert to Jonathan Larson's iconic Pulitzer Prize-winning musical RENT. Directed by Grant McGowen, this performance will feature some of Atlanta’s brightest talents including local favorite Kevin Harry, singer/songwrite...
La Vie Boheme! This Christmas, celebrate a “Season of Love” with a tribute rock concert to Jonathan Larson's iconic Pulitzer Prize-winning musical RENT. Directed by Grant McGowen, this performance will feature some of Atlanta’s brightest talents including local favorite Kevin Harry, singer/songwrite...
The 10th Annual Holiday Hootenanny is poised to be a musically emotional experience for all who can make it. Two musicians very near and dear to our collective heart passed away this summer within about a month of each other, percussionist Count M'Butu and keyboardist Ike Stubblefield. Their passing...
In order to tell you about Dave Barnes, there are a few things I need to get out of the way first: He sells a lot of records. He fills a lot of venues. He has gained prominence not only from the evangelism of self-proclaimed fans like John Mayer and Amy Grant, but also by writing songs for and with ...
As world travelers for nearly two decades, Rising Appalachia have merged multiple global music influences with their own southern roots to create the inviting new folk album, Leylines. Remarkably the band has built its legion of listeners independently — a self-made success story that has led to maj...
Tommy Emmanuel has achieved enough musical milestones to satisfy several lifetimes. Or at least they would if he was the kind of artist who was ever satisfied. At the age of six, he was touring regional Australia with his family band. By 30, he was a rock n’ roll lead guitarist burning up stadiums i...
That balance of darkness and light is at the heart of Kingdom In My Mind, The Wood Brothers’ seventh studio release and their most spontaneous and experimental collection yet. Recorded over a series of freewheeling, improvised sessions, the record is a reckoning with circumstance, mortality, and hum...
American roots band The Wood Brothers will perform live at Variety Playhouse on Dec 11-12, 2021.
From CL Critic Hal Horowitz: Wood Brothers, Variety Playhouse — Oliver Wood may have moved to Nashville, but he has plenty of friends and fans here who remember his King Johnson years. Lots of water ha...
Pink Sweat$ is an artist/songwriter/producer from Philadelphia, PA. Pink's music is rooted in R&B and Soul, stripping back the typical genre-specific production to showcase melodic intricacy and lyrical prowess. He began making music at the age of 19 as a demo vocalist, and soon after found ...
Clyde Lawrence and Gracie Lawrence have been writing songs and listening to countless Stevie Wonder, Randy Newman, and Aretha Franklin records in their family’s New York City apartment since they were little kids. After years of playing together, they officially created Lawrence, an eight-piece soul...
Tab Benoit's Swampland Jam - Tab Benoit, one of music’s most enduring and masterful blues and roots performers - and an authority on Louisiana music and culture - leads an all star band featuring three giants of Louisiana Roots Music - Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, Johnny Sansone, and Waylon Thibodeaux....
Kyle Kinane is a comedian from Addison, Illinois. According to Wikipedia, he is a notable person from that town. Other notable residents of Addison have been the boxer Leon Spinks and a woman who wrote poetry about Beanie Babies. Raised in such a cultural fondue pot as this, it was natural for Kyle ...
Like the band name, the music of The Driver Era captures a certain classic feeling while looking toward tomorrow. With the two brothers, Ross and Rocky Lynch, writing, performing, and producing all of the tracks, their stylistically unpredictable music also conjures up every romantic association wit...
Over 25 years in comedy, Gary Gulman has established himself as an eminent performer and peerless writer. His most recent standup special for HBO, “The Great Depresh,” is a universally acclaimed, tour de force look at mental illness, equal parts hilarious and inspiring.
“Country music was the voice of the people. It wasn’t always the prettiest voice, but it was an honest voice,” says American Aquarium founder and frontman BJ Barham. “I think that’s where country music has lost its way.” He pauses, then adds, North Carolina accent thick and voice steady: “I operate ...
Two years since taking the music world by a storm with 'Pang' — her lush and dazzling head-trip of an album — Caroline Polachek has returned with the infectious single "Bunny Is A Rider." Polachek says of the song: "Bunny Is A Rider" is a summer jam about being unavailable. Bun...
Seasons change. Places change. People change. As Noah Kahan changes, he casts those experiences onto songs like light through a film projector. At the core of the music’s upbeat energy and unfiltered lyrics, you’ll hear who he was before and who he became—almost in real-time. The Vermont singer stil...
As part of the mid-'90s revival of roots-rock, the Wallflowers held a special connection to one of the original inspirations: vocalist/songwriter/guitarist Jakob Dylan. Though he is the son of a legend, Jakob's similarities to his father are occasional — in fact, the Wallflowers are more i...
Few artists can pinpoint an emotion as clearly and honestly as Beach Bunny’s Lili Trifilio. The Chicago artist writes songs about love and sadness that are so immediate it’s pretty much universal.
Who? Weekly LIVE! combines the hilarious celebrity banter of the popular podcast Who? Weekly with delightful audio/visual interludes and labyrinthian deep dives. Sources claim the show will feature special guests, fun games, and everything you need to know about the celebrities you don’t. Allegedly.
Drive-By Truckers - The Unraveling An overview of our journey from post-election blues, into the heart of Memphis and onward into 2020 with a new album. Drive-By Truckers is kicking off the new election year with The Unraveling, our first new album in 3 1/2 years (the longest space between new DBT a...
Drive-By Truckers - The Unraveling An overview of our journey from post-election blues, into the heart of Memphis and onward into 2020 with a new album. Drive-By Truckers is kicking off the new election year with The Unraveling, our first new album in 3 1/2 years (the longest space between new DBT a...
SEBASTIAN BACH is recognized globally as a vocalist, television star, actor and beyond! Bach hit the spotlight in the late 1980’s as the iconic frontman for mainstream heavy metal / hard rock act SKID ROW. Since his departure from Skid Row in the mid 90’s, SEBASTIAN BACH still remains one of the mos...
Growing up in suburban New Jersey, 23-year-old singer, songwriter and producer Jeremy Zucker has always been surrounded by music. In 2015, he released his first EP as a freshman at Colorado College pursuing a degree in Molecular Biology, and by 2017 he had signed a major label record deal with Repub...
The Mavericks – masters of country-Latin rock’n’roll, born in the rich cultural mix of Miami then tempered in Nashville’s country hothouse – rode high in the country and rock charts of the 1990s with culture-crossing hits like ‘What A Crying Shame’ and ‘All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down’. Then they c...
Rob Bell is the New York Times Bestselling author of 11 books which have been translated into 20 languages, including Drops Like Stars, Love Wins and Everything is Spiritual. His podcast is called The RobCast and was named by iTunes Best of 2015, his band is called HUMANS ON THE FLOOR, he's toured w...
Psych-punk psychic warrior, ear worm-farmer, and possessor of many stamped passport pages John Dwyer does not let up. His group Oh Sees (aka Thee Oh Sees,
Website: Psych-punk psychic warrior, ear worm-farmer, and possessor of many stamped passport pages John Dwyer does not let up. His group Oh Sees (aka Thee Oh Sees, OCS, The Oh Sees, etc) have transmogrified to fit many a moment