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Pub Quiz : Horror Movies and Monsters!
The Dip
1730 California St
Redding, CA 96001 Map
Gather your team and grab a pint for The Dip's trivia night we lovingly call "Pub Quiz"...
With Halloween next week, this week's quiz will be about all things spooky, including Horror Movies, Monsters and more!
Teams of 6 (Maximum)
Trivia starts at 7:30pm
** Please arrive early to reserve a spot for your team! **
Space is limited!
See you there!
Buckle Rash (Bros Reed alter ego band) w/ Wind Fields at The Dip
The Dip
1730 California St
Redding, CA 96001 Map
Doors 8PM | $5 Cover | 21+ w/ Valid ID
Halloween Bash at The Dip! Costumes highly encouraged!!
Bust out your penicilin folks, Buckle Rash is BACK for another highly anticipated reunion show!!! Get ready to get grooving and ghouling as the Rash infects The Dip with their raucous blend of punk, country, bluegrass, and rock n' roll! They will be joined by Siskiyou Counties own, Wind Fields!
Redding Goes Drag: Royal Blood
The Dip
1730 California St
Redding, CA 96001 Map
Doors 7PM | $20 General Admission | $25 Seated SOLD OUT!
21+ w/ Valid ID
Redding Goes Drag: Royal Blood
Benefit for NorCal OUTreach Project
GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS ARE STANDING ROOM ONLY!
ONLY GUARANTEED SEATS IF YOU PURCHASE A SEATED TICKET WHICH ARE VERY LIMITED AND SELL OUT FAST!
GA TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE DIP OR ONLINE.
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Belda Beast - Viking Skate Country - West By Swan
The Dip
1730 California St
Redding, CA 96001 Map
Doors 8PM | $7 Cover | 21+ w/ Valid ID
Belda Beast - Local Alternative Rock
Viking Skate Country - Chico Noise-Pop
West by Swan - Chico adventurous rock music
Ural Thomas and The Pain
The Dip
1730 California St
Redding, CA 96001 Map
Doors 7:30 | $10 Tickets | 21+ w/ Valid ID
Ural Thomas & the Pain - R&B/Soul
If life was at all fair Ural Thomas would be a household name, his music slotted into countless sweet, seductive mixtapes between James Brown, Otis Redding, and Stevie Wonder (all of whom Thomas has performed with.) Straddling the line between hot soul shouter and velvety-smooth crooner, Thomas released a few singles in the late 60’s and early 70’s; most notably “Can You Dig It”, which featured backing vocals from soul luminaries Merry Clayton, Mary Wells and Brenda Holloway. Thomas played over forty shows at the legendary Apollo Theater before turning his back on an unkind business and heading home to Portland, OR.
It goes without saying that a man practically built out of rhythm would never stop playing music. Thomas began hosting a regular Sunday night jam session at his home that ran for nearly twenty years. A de facto mentor to many of the younger players, Thomas reminds us all that “If you care about what you’re doing, you need to build those muscles and do the work. Don’t get discouraged, do it for love. Even if you’re digging ditches, do it with passion.”
In 2014, local soul DJ Scott Magee sat in on drums. The two became fast friends and at Magee’s urging Thomas decided to give his musical career another shot. Magee became the musical director, they put together a band, and in 2016 released a self-titled album on Mississippi Records.
In 2017 Thomas signed with Tender Loving Empire and began work on what, in many respects, will be his debut full length. Diving deep into lifetime of melodic creativity, Thomas and his band got to work. Recorded in Magee’s studio Arthur’s Attic, The Right Time features the air-tight work of Magee on drums, percussion, and backing vocals, Bruce Withycombe (The Decemberists) on baritone sax, Portland jazz scene fixture Brent Martens on guitars and vibraphone, Arcellus Sykes on bass, Steve Aman (Lady Rizo) on piano and organ, Dave Monnie on trumpet, Willie Matheis (Cherry Poppin’ Daddies) on tenor sax, and Jasine Rimmel, Joy Pearson, Sarah King, Rebecca Marie Miller on backing vocals. The Arco Quartet performed the strings, and the record was engineered and mixed by Jeff Stuart Saltzman (Blitzen Trapper) and mastered by JJ Golden (Sharon Jones, Ty Segall).
One might think after a sizeable taste of early success Thomas would be more than a touch bitter – yet the opposite is true. “We have to be positive if we want the world to get better” Thomas advises. “We’ve come a long way, but if you carry a grudge with the whole world you’ll stop your growth. We’re a family, all just brothers and sisters, descendants of Adam. You can’t get anywhere without an open heart.”
A developing artist at nearly eighty years old, for Thomas music has always been about bringing people together. “If we play for twenty people we cook it like it’s twenty thousand” says Thomas. “If we make someone smile we’re satisfied. They’re ain’t no difference between us. It’s all love and brotherhood. If folks listen to my record and feel that I’ll feel very blessed.”
Standing in bold defiance of the idea that aging is a reason to slow down and stop living, for Thomas the right time to get down is the next time someone plugs in a guitar or puts on a record. Ural is ready – are you?
The Dip presents: CRUNK WITCH & Friends
The Dip
1730 California St
Redding, CA 96001 Map
Doors 8PM | $5 Cover | 21+ w/ Valid ID
The Dip in Redding presents:
***CRUNK WITCH BAND-IVERSARY TOUR***
Featuring:
Crunk Witch (from Maine)
& more acts TBA
Watch the music video for 'Drive', taken from our 2018 self-titled album, here: youtu.be/gdH_xFpytOY
MRCH + NRVS LVRS
The Dip
1730 California St
Redding, CA 96001 Map
Electronic Duo MRCH (Phoenix) and special guest NRVS LVRS (San Francisco) live at The Dip.
www.mrchmusic.com/
www.nrvslvrs.com/
Niki J Crawford - The Artisanals Live at The Dip
The Dip
1730 California St
Redding, CA 96001 Map
Doors 8PM | $10 ADV Tickets | $15 Day of | 21+ w/ Valid ID
Niki J. Crawford
Soul / Funk / Rock / R&B
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The Artisanals - Rock/Indie/Singer-Songwriter/Folk
Somewhere on a dusty road or a well traveled interstate, right at this very moment, a rock n’ roll band is pounding the rock. They’re probably wearing the same clothes they had on yesterday, and reminiscing about last night’s gig. Inspired by a guitar lick that cuts to the bone or a melody that lingers on refrain, this band is following a path forged by countless other musicians who’ve lived and died in dive bars or ‘made it’ with their posters taped to bedroom walls. What makes this band of brothers any different? This band is The Artisanals.
Florist
The Dip
1730 California St
Redding, CA 96001 Map
Doors 8PM | $7 Tickets/Door | 21+ w/ Valid ID
Florist is a soft-synthesizer-folk band and the friendship project of Emily Sprague, Rick Spataro, and Jonnie Baker. Born in the Catskill Mountains in 2012, the three began making playing and recording together together after discovering their shared love for many things musical and for each other.
Tommy Alexander Band, Henry Chadwick, Long Gone John at The Dip
The Dip
1730 California St
Redding, CA 96001 Map
Doors 8PM | $7 Tickets/Door | 21+ w/ Valid ID
Tommy Alexander - Rock n' Roll from Portland
tommyalexander.com
Henry Chadwick (solo) - Rock n' Roll from Santa Cruz
tommyalexander.com
Long Gone John - Singer Songwriter from Portland
longgonejohn.com/
The Levin Brothers in Redding, CA
The Dip
Doors 8PM | $17 Adv Tickets | $20 Day of | 21+ w/ Valid ID
The Levin Brothers - bassist Tony (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel, Stickmen), pianist Pete (Gil Evans, Paul Simon, Jaco Pastorius) along with their long-standing drummer Jeff “Siege” Siegel (Ron Carter, Benny Golson, Lee Shaw) bringing their unique jazz style to the West Coast for their Winter 2019 tour.
thelevinbrothers.com/
Cursive - Summer Cannibals - Campdogzz
The Dip
1730 California St
Redding, CA 96001 Map
Doors 8PM | $15 Adv. Tickets | $20 Day of | 21+ w/ Valid ID
Over the past two decades, Cursive has become known for writing smart, tightly woven concept albums where frontman Tim Kasher turns his unflinching gaze on specific, oftentimes challenging themes, and examines them with an incisively brutal honesty. 2000’s Domestica dealt with divorce; 2003’s The Ugly Organ tackled art, sex, and relationships; 2006’s Happy Hollow skewered organized religion; 2009’s Mama, I’m Swollen grappled with the human condition and social morality; and 2012’s I Am Gemini explored the battle between good and evil. But the band’s remarkable eighth full-length, Vitriola, required a different approach -- one less rigidly themed and more responsive as the band struggles with existentialism veering towards nihilism and despair; the ways in which society, much like a writer, creates and destroys; and an oncoming dystopia that feels eerily near at hand.
Cursive has naturally developed a pattern of releasing new music every three years, creating records not out of obligation, but need, with the mindset that each record could potentially be their last. 2015 came and went, however, and the band remained silent for their longest period to date. But the members of Cursive have remained busy with solo records, a movie (the Kasher-penned and directed No Resolution), and running businesses (the band collectively owns and operates hometown Omaha’s mainstay bar/venue, O’Leaver’s). The band even launched their own label, 15 Passenger, through which they’re steadily reissuing their remastered back catalogue, as well as new albums by Kasher, Campdogzz, and David Bazan and Sean Lane. And like many others, the band members have been caught up in the inescapable state of confusion and instability that plagues their home country, and seems to grow more chaotic with each passing day.
Which brings us to 2018 and Vitriola. For the first time since Happy Hollow, the album reunites Kasher, guitarist/singer Ted Stevens and bassist Matt Maginn with founding drummer Clint Schnase, as well as co-producer Mike Mogis (Bright Eyes, M. Ward, Jenny Lewis) at ARC Studios in Omaha. They’re joined by Patrick Newbery on keys (who’s been a full-time member for years) and touring mainstay Megan Siebe on cello. Schnase and Maginn are in rare form, picking up right where they left off with a rhythmic lockstep of viscera-vibrating bass and toms, providing a foundation for Kasher and Stevens’ intertwining guitars and Newbery and Siebe’s cinematic flourishes. The album runs the sonic gamut between rich, resonant melodicism, Hitchcockian anxiety, and explosive catharsis -- and no Cursive album would be complete without scream-along melodies and lyrics that, upon reflection, make for unlikely anthems.
There’s a palpable unease that wells beneath Vitriola’s simmering requiems and fist-shakers. Fiery opener “Free To Be or Not To Be You and Me” reflects the album’s core: a search for meaning that keeps coming up empty, and finding the will to keep going despite the fear of a dark future. The album directs frustration and anger at not only modern society and the universe at large, but also inward towards ourselves. On “Under the Rainbow,” disquiet boils into rage that indicts the complacency of the privileged classes; “Ghost Writer” has a catchy pulse that belies Kasher chastising himself for writing about writing; and “Noble Soldier/Dystopian Lament” is a haunting look at potential societal collapse that provides little in the way of hope but balances beauty and horror on the head of a pin.
Vitriola raises a stark question: is this it? Is everything simply broken, leaving us hopeless and nihilistic? Maybe not. There can be reassurance in commiseration, and the album is deeply relatable: Cursive may not be offering the answers, but there is hope in knowing you're not alone in the chaos.
Summer Cannibals - Led by guitarist/vocalist Jessica Boudreaux, the Cannibals initially cut their teeth on the local Portland circuit, sharing the stage and receiving encouragement from peers including The Thermals. Along the way, they released a pair of fantastic full-lengths -- 2013’s No Makeup and 2015’s Show Us Your Mind — on their own label, New Moss Records. Show Us Your Mind appeared on NPR’s Sound Opinions Best of list in 2015. The band has since spent an unhealthy amount of time on the road, earning accolades and adding plenty of fresh converts to their highly-charged, no frills attack.
Campdogzz capture the bleak yet spirited heart of the industrial midwest in a five-piece band propelled by driving rhythms, insistent dual guitars set in intriguing arrangements, and the haunting, evocative songs and voice of Tulsa native Jess Price. In a moment, Jess turns a beguiling melody to a darkening storm, rich in portent and meaning.
