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Exciting events and experiences happening this month in San Luis Obispo.
Sam Tripoli
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Sam Tripoli is a stand-up comedian, writer, and podcaster known for his fearless, high-energy comedy and unfiltered takes on culture, politics, and society. A regular at top comedy clubs across the country, Sam has appeared on Comedy Central, Spike TV, and The Travel Channel. He is also the host of the wildly popular podcast Tin Foil Hat, where comedy and conspiracy collide. With sharp wit, raw honesty, and an anything-goes approach, Sam Tripoli delivers a live show thats bold, unpredictable, and unforgettable. Catch him live in San Luis Obispo for a night of no-holds-barred stand-up.
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Harlem Globetrotters
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An Evening with ZEPPARELLA
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How to honor the legacy of a band deemed sacred? To tread on holy ground is perilous, and must be done with the intent and spirit of a disciplePay attention to the intricacies of the magic, explore the far ends of the innovation, strive for ever-growing ability, and let the purity of the love for the music drive it all.Drummer Clementine is the founding member of ZEPPARELLA. From the beginning of her musical career, her goal has been to be onstage every night. The pursuit of that goal has led Clementine to constantly tour the US and Europe in projects as diverse as Bottom, AC/DShe, The House Of More, The Solid, Francis Bakin, Stars Turn Me On and Beaux Cheveux. She tackles the best rock drumming ever written with her own emotionally powerful style, bringing the Motown influence of the Bonham groove to the forefront. The profound musical connection established with Gretchen Menn (guitar), Holly West (bass), and Anna Kristina (vocals) creates the bond required to do this great music justice.It was under the tutelage of classical guitarist Phillip DeFremery, a student of Andrs Segovia, that guitarist Gretchen Menn began her path on the instrument. Playing with tireless passion and constantly seeking out new challenges, her projects are often unconventional, genre-bending expressions combining elements of classical, rock, progressive, jazz, and metal. On influences, Gretchen has never tired of her initial inspirationsEric Johnson, Steve Morse, Frank Zappa, and Jeff Beck. But she has loved Jimmy Pages guitar playing longer than she has played the guitar. It was through the music of Led Zeppelin that she found a gateway into music that resonated deeply with her, creating a love for guitar-oriented music, and, ultimately, the guitar.Bassist Holly West began her musical journey full-steam ahead, and more recently than her stellar playing belies. Her unstoppable will and drive have truly propelled her to this moment and her place in the powerhouse Zepparella. A self-taught bass player, she is also a blossoming vocalist with rich rock pipes. Her time on stage has been well spent, developing an impressive attack, impeccable feel, and a technique which seems to have come completely naturally to her, not to mention her dazzling stage presence and joyful performance style. Her influences span the rock gauntlet, from Clutch and the Rival Sons to Slash, ZZ Top, and of course, the mighty Zeppelin.Singer Anna Kristina is a soulful, fiery, and rocking vocal powerhouse who has stepped into Zepparellas Plant spot for a second time. Anna was with the band for 5 years, became known for her performance in the bands 15 million-view When The Levee Breaks video, took a 6-year hiatus, and now returns in 2018 to front the band. Her career has spanned acoustic, jazz, soul, rock, and her charisma and power delivers captivating performances every night. About her brilliant harp playing she says: getting a chance to blow on the harmonica is an added bonus! Plant isnt just a singer hes a musician. He brings his blues background and natural percussive feel to his harmonica playing as well and I love getting lost in that. Playing the harp allows me to express on a whole different level and its so freeing.Now more than ever, Zepparella explores their own improvised magic within the framework of Zeppelins mighty songs!
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SLO Brew + (((folkYEAH!))) present ~ WAND
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In late 2013ish Los Angeles California, Wand formed up and got right on it, playing, writing a not-undifficult task for a special new band come to life in the twenty-teens and audaciously self-identifying as Wand. The original group Cory Hanson (guitar, vocals), Lee Landey (bass), Evan Burrows (drums) and Daniel Martens (guitar) - recorded Ganglion Reef before too long and attracted the attentions of GOD? Records, In the Red and Drag City all at once. A deal was dreamed up and hammered down: first album with GOD?, second with In the Red, and then Drag City. What would the result of THAT be?
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SLO Brew + (((folkYEAH!))) present ~ FUZZ w/ special guest Lavender Flu
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One only knows one. Two is balanced therefore stagnant. III both active and reactive. Charles Moothart, Ty Segall and Chad Ubovich are FUZZ. FUZZ is three. And III has returned. Songs for all, and music for one. III was recorded and mixed at United Recording under the sonic lordship of Steve Albini. Keeping the focus on the live sounds of the band, the use of overdubs and studio tricks were kept to a minimum. Albinis mastery in capturing sound gave FUZZ the ability to focus entirely on the playing while knowing the natural sounds would land. It takes the essential ingredients of guitar based music and rock and roll power trio and puts them right out on the chopping block. It was a much more honest approach for FUZZ -- three humans getting primitive, staying primitive. The goal was never to reinvent the wheel. Sometimes its just about seeing how long you can hold on before youre thrown off.
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INZO w/ Late Night Radio
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Pokey LaFarge (solo) w/ special guest Julian Davis
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Following up the international success of Rhumba Country, Pokey LaFarge is set to embark on a SOLO tour this January through March, playing an intimate set to theaters and jazz clubs throughout California and the Northeast. Hell be reimagining songs from his nine-album catalog as well as new interpretations of Gospel, Rock & Roll, and Country classics.
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SLO Brew + (((folkYEAH!))) present ~ Tropical Fuck Storm w/ special guest J.R.C.G.
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Genre-bending Tropical Fuck Storm announce their highly anticipated new album, Fairyland Codex out June 20th, 2025, on their new label home Fire Records. Recorded with co-producer Michael Beach at the bands Dodgy Brothers studio in Nagambie, Australia, the songs on Fairyland Codex immerse us in the chaos of a fateful landslide, picking out the characters that litter the impending collapse of society.Filled with well-schooled social anarchy, new single Bloodsport has a Talking Heads-styled funk and a stuttering guitar break.A canticle of enticement to all dancing molecules left on planet earth to do their stretches and step into the ring for something braver than a bareknuckle fight; a pulse check. An anthem of resistance for all left with a beating heart to scoop themselves out of the bubble bath of social malaise and backyard domineering to perceive the ticking clock of reality square in the face before we are all left to eat Levis scraps like fruity loops in bowls of printer toner and orangutang juice. adds Erica Dunn
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