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November 2019
Wednesday Night Live in the Lounge with Greg Rahn Band featuring special guest Nancy Wright
General Admission: $10
Doors open 6:30PM | Show 7:30PM to 10PM
Greg Rahn’s piano style is a silky smooth blend of jazz, blues and roots music. His compositions are dripping with honky-tonk, funk, blues and blazing boogie-woogie influences from New Orleans pianists like Professor Longhair, Pete Johnson and Dr John.
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Film Club – Neither Wolf nor Dog
Tickets: $10 | Free for Film Club Members
6:30PM Doors | 7:30PM Feature Film
A white author is summoned by a Lakota Elder who asks him to write a book about his perspective. After a blundering false start, he is all but kidnapped and sucked into a road trip through the heart of the contemporary Native American landscape.
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Sun Kings – The White Album
Doors 7PM | Show 8PM
Tickets: $40 Orchestra, $35 Loge, $30 General Admission in Upper & Lower Balcony.
VIP Meet & Greet Add-on $45 – includes Free download of concert footage after the show.
How could The Beatles possibly top themselves after their 1967 opus Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band release? Their answer: the spellbinding classic The Beatles’ ‘White Album’ released on November 22, 1968. The material of their double-disc release was mostly penned in India while on retreat and exploring Transcendental Meditation with the Maharishi. The Beatles songwriting and musical talents continued to reach new heights on the White Album. The bluesy, rock n’ roll, folk, country, as well as avant-garde numbers that fill this collection make the “White Album’ arguably their best body of work.
Wednesday Night Live in the Lounge with Full Chizel
General Admission: $10
Doors open 6:30PM | Show 7:30PM to 10PM
Jonathan Wright (guitar/vocals), Jeffrey Iverson (percussion), and Frank Hernandez (viola) comprise the acoustic mayhem that is Napa Valley’s own FULL CHIZEL!
Whether it’s a crafty take on a 70’s or 80’s tune, or a selection from their striking set of originals, these bad boys bring songs to life with an energy and style all their own.
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Stef Burns & Peppino D’Agostino
Doors 7PM | Show 8PM
Tickets: $45 Orchestra, $40 Loge, $30 General Admission in Upper & Lower Balcony.
Stef and Peppino met in Benicia, California around 1999 because both their children went to the same school. They both had the “Italian connection” and a passion for guitars. Their friend Richard Freedman got them together to do a show to benefit the school, and they quickly found out that their different playing styles complimented each other so they decided to make an album together and start touring! “Bayshore Road” on Favored Nations Label by Steve Vai. After many tours, and the normal life path changes, they are reuniting for a special event on November 30, 2019 8PM at The Empress Theater in Vallejo, California!
| Event Info & Tickets »December 2019
Vallejo Jazz Society presents Jennifer Lee and the Ever-expanding Universe
$20 General | $10 VJS Members | Up to two students free with adult ticket purchase
Doors open 4PM | Show starts at 5PM
Vallejo Jazz Society Jennifer Lee and the Ever-expanding Universe.
Adam Shulman – Piano
Kendrick Freeman – Drums
Doug Pohorski – Bass
Special Guest Steve Feierbend – Sax
Wednesday Night Live in the Lounge with Ray Obiedo Band
General Admission $10
Doors open 6:30PM | Show 7:30PM
Ray Obiedo & Friends perform a variety a genres, from funky jazz fusion, Latin Jazz and contemporary Brazilian grooves. Vocalist Leah Tysse brings another dimension to the set by performing Blues, R&B and some of her fantastic original compositions.
Ray Obiedo – guitar
Leah Tysse – vocals
Greg Rahn – keyboards
Aaron Germaine – bass
Phil Hawkins – drums
The Lao Tizer Band feat Eric Marienthal & Karen Briggs
Doors 7PM | Show 8PM
Tickets: $40 Orchestra, $35 Loge, $30 General Admission in Upper & Lower Balcony.
“Jazz Group of the Year” nominee, The Lao Tizer Band feat Eric Marienthal & Karen Briggs make their debut appearance at the beautiful new Empress Theatre in Vallejo, CA on Friday, December 6, 2019 in support of their new, Billboard Jazz Top 10 CD/DVD combo-pack release, “Songs From The Swinghouse”! Led by pianist, keyboardist, composer and former “Best New Jazz Artist” nominee, Lao Tizer (Special EFX, Down To The Bone), the group also features Grammy winning sax legend, Eric Marienthal (Chick Corea, The Rippingtons), violinist extraordinare, Karen Briggs (Yanni, Stanley Clarke), Grammy winning drummer, Gene Coye (Larry Carlton, Terence Blanchard), dynamic vocalist, Tita Hutchison (Michael McDonald, Rick Rubin) and bass phenom, Anthony Crawford (Alan Holdsworth, Erykah Badu). Please join us for a memorable evening of music not to be missed!
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James Garner’s Tribute to Johnny Cash
$20 Online | $25 Phone & Box Office
Doors open 7PM | Show starts at 8PM
James Garner’s Tribute to Johnny Cash celebrates the life and music of the Man in Black with strong conviction and stunning accuracy. Garner and his band faithfully recreate Cash’s biggest hits, such as Folsom Prison Blues, I Walk the Line and Ring of Fire, and incorporate historical accounts and personal anecdotes about America’s most beloved singing storyteller in this not-to-be-missed musical event. The show is a fun, classy and toe-tapping trip down memory lane honoring Johnny Cash’s life and music, and the boom-chicka-boom sound of his signature backing band, the Tennessee Three.
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Wednesday Night Live in the Lounge with Groovality
General Admission $10
Doors open 6:30PM | Show 7:30PM
Groovality featuring Simon Russell, Billy Johnson, Rob Watson and Paul Branin
Blues, Funk, Soul and Jazz are fused together, wrapped into an eclectic, colorful package, and emerge as a funky, yet soulful sound that is called ‘Groovality’.
Groovality is a Bay Area-based group that has its own highly distinctive sound. Each member has a discrete background and set of talents, but they come together with their simple, but absolute, love for music, creating a sound that is raw and honest. Like the name, the music is more than groovy– it has a vitality that expresses joy, blues, passion, and soul all at the same time.
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Film Club – All About Eve
Tickets: $10 | Free for Film Club Members
6PM Doors & Guest Speaker Danelle Morton | 7:30PM Feature Film
Take a pause from holiday madness and step back into the glamor of classic Hollywood when the Empress rolls out the red carpet for this lushly restored, recently released copy of the Bette Davis classic All About Eve. One night, actress Margo Channing (Bette Davis) entertains a surprise dressing-room visitor: her most adoring fan, the sweet, shy, wide-eyed Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter). But as Eve becomes a fixture in Margo’s life, the Broadway legend soon realizes that her ardent admirer is much more than she appears to be. Featuring stiletto-sharp dialogue and direction by Mankiewicz, and an unforgettable Davis in the role that revived her career and came to define it, the multiple-Oscar-winning All About Eve is the most deliciously entertaining film ever made about the ruthlessness of show business.
Before the film and after local author Danelle Morton will offer insight into the private world of Bette Davis’ later years, described in Miss D & Me, the book she co-authored with Kathryn Sermak, who was Miss D’s personal assistant and best friend for her last 25 years. The Empress Lounge will be featuring a cocktail specially created for this evening, the Bumpy Night, and the book will be available for sale by our friends from Alibi Bookshop. Miss D & Me is a great present for the Bette Davis fan on your list.
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The Eve of Jackie Wilson (Starring Chester Gregory)
$25 Online | $30 Phone & Box Office
Doors open 7PM | Show starts at 8PM
Holiday Special Show
Chester Gregory is a multi award-winning actor and singer. A native of Gary, Indiana, Gregory worked as a teacher for the Lake County Public School System by day, and moonlighted as an actor in Chicago’s theater scene at night. Gregory wrote and produced plays and musicals for his students, nurturing their creative talents to become successful working professionals. He became a full-time actor and performer soon after landing the lead role in the critically acclaimed stage play The Jackie Wilson Story (which had a three-year run of sold out performances) at the Black Ensemble Theatre in Chicago. Gregory has since performed all over the world in iconic roles on stage and on screen.
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Voena Holiday Concert
Tickets: $25 | Children 5 and under are free
Doors open 3PM | Show starts at 4PM
Celebrating our 25 years of amazing audiences around the world from the White House to the Olympics to Carnegie Hall to guests of the Crown Prince in Abu Dhabi! Voena brings current and alumni members together for what will be the greatest show yet! Voena children’s choir continues to inspire audiences with their dance-like performance in joyful and dynamic arrangements of Holiday songs making world connections with multi-lingual repertoire, including their newly added language, Latvian. Holidays with Voena have become tradition with their refreshingly intimate concerts that bring performer and audience united as a family…a family that celebrates the season together in all their Victorian costuming splendor. Among the favorites that will be performed are Silent Night, Must Be Santa, Drummer Boy, and a special rendition of Elton John’s Step Into Christmas. Audience members continue to say “Voena concerts make the Holidays the most memorable!”
| Event Info & Tickets »January 2020
Film Club – Pavarotti
Tickets: $10 | Free for Film Club Members
6:30PM Doors | 7:30PM Feature Film
Created from a combination of Luciano Pavarotti’s genre-redefining performances and granted access to never-before-seen footage, the film will give audiences around the world a stunningly intimate portrait of the most beloved opera singer of all time.
| Event Info & Tickets »February 2020
Three Tenors! — The Next Generation
Performance 7:30PM
This will be the most exciting evening to ever happen in the City of Vallejo. Three of the most exciting tenors performing today will present an evening of the most passionate and appealing Italian opera arias and the most famous Neapolitan songs with symphony orchestra conducted by Grammy award-winning conductor Thomas Conlin.
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Golden Dragon Acrobats
$25 General Admission | Matinée Kids $10
Matinée: Doors open 2PM | Show starts at 3PM
Evening: Doors open 7PM | Show starts at 8PM
The Golden Dragon Acrobats represent the best of a time honored tradition that began more than twenty-five centuries ago. The Golden Dragons are recognized throughout the United States and abroad as the premiere Chinese acrobatic touring company of today.
The reputation of the company is solidly rooted in a commitment to the highest of production values and an attention to artistic details that is unparalleled in the art form. World renowned impresario Danny Chang and choreographer Angela Chang combine award-winning acrobatics, traditional dance, spectacular costumes, ancient and contemporary music and theatrical techniques to present a show of breathtaking skill and spellbinding beauty.
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