New for 2025, I’m starting what I hope will be a regular musical scene at The Royale: Third Thursday Throwdown! It’ll happen on the third Thursday of each month, of course. It’s an opportunity to do lots of good things: strengthen our music-making and music-loving community, experiment with music I’ve wanted to play and people I’ve wanted to play it with, and to give back a little to The Royale, an institution I love and where I have a long and happy history. The Royale has been really good to me and my music over the years, and I want to help maintain its character as a dependable nexus of high-quality live music with a strong spontaneous streak.

Music starts at 7pm on the third Thursday of each month. Bring your thirst for good music and good drinks, and also your financial support for the bar and for the music — as usual at The Royale we musicians will have the tip jar out so you can contribute whatever you like to help support us, and by buying drinks you’ll be supporting the bar and the musicians together. I’ll be changing up the personnel each month to create something a little different — or a lot different — for each of the sessions. It’ll often be jazz, but not always. I’ll often play organ, but not always.

Third Thursdays will not be open jam sessions, but quite often I will welcome accomplished musicians to join the band on stage. Check my calendar page where I’ll put brief info about each of the events — who’s in the band, and maybe a rough prediction of what kind of music we might be playing. If you’re a musician, bring your axe and see what happens!