Lower Keys Event Features Band Members From Billy Joel, Aerosmith and Joan Jett, But Leave the Beer Cooler at Home Grab the sleeping bag, dig out the tent – and don't forget the cooler of beer, with beer huggies from Jack's at Florida City, of course – and head to the Florida Keys the first weekend of November. Well, that's what I first thought when I got a press release … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2011
The Nightlife Blogger: It’s National Drink A Beer Day!? I’ll Drink to That!
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Do we really need a holiday to drink a beer? Well, why argue. If someone is going to give us one, I'll raise my pint glass and say "cheers" to the occasion. National Drink a Beer Day is Sept. 28. I certainly plan to indulge. In fact, I just won't have a single beer, I'll have several. Maybe I'll … [Read more...]
From Oktoberfest to Halloween October is a Top Party Month
Oktoberfest, Pirates in California, Beer Festivals in Baltimore and LA Plus Fantasy Fest, The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party and Halloween October is more like Rocktober with all the party events happening in the month. It starts out with four big events and finishes with three more. What could be better, and what other month is this jam-packed with … [Read more...]
Nirvana’s Nevermind Orchestrated By Orchestra For 20th Anniversary
Jungle Punks Hipster Orchestra Releases The Nirvana Sessions on iTunes A band called the Jungle Punks Hipster Orchestra has taken a bit of the grunge out of the grungy. In September, it released The Nirvana Sessions, an album available on iTunes featuring not a grinding guitar and the gritty voice of Kurt Cobain, but violins and an an orchestra. With no words. It is a … [Read more...]
Eagle Rock Music Festival Plays to LA’s Neighborhood Music Fans
It's no Coachella and There's No Alcohol or Beer Garden, But It Brings in 60 LA-Area Independent Bands and 100,000 Music Fans Who needs big concerts venues, going way out to the desert and paying high prices and having to put up with the likes of Ticketmaster when there are events like the Eagle Rock Music Festival? Sure, it's a neighborhood event and it's only one afternoon … [Read more...]
Pub Crawls and Daisy Dukes – A Perfect Party Storm
Walking Into A Hermosa Beach Bar Makes For a Super Saturday During the Hermosa Open If there's one thing that makes me happy, it's a party. And walking into a party that I did not even know existed is sometimes an even better experience. Especially when that party is a pub crawl that has packed a bar with fun people that had the place absolutely jamming. Even with several … [Read more...]
Abbot Kinney Festival Blog Photos Beer Gardens
Annual Street Festival Features Fun, Music, Food and More Beer Gardens Than the Bar Blogger Can See in a Day I need to go back to the Abbott Kinney Festival next year. That's because I only made it to two of the three beer gardens. And so let me raise my plastic Bud Light cup to the organizers for having three beer gardens. And for not gouging us on the price – $6 for a … [Read more...]
Redondo Beach Lobster Festival 2011 Review & Photos
Food, Music and Atmosphere Shine Again in Annual Event Despite having been outside on a Friday night, beer going down as if were water after a 10K, fantastic live music on a stage right in front of me and a belly completely satisfied from a delicious steak and lobster dinner, I got mad. Mad not at the Redondo Beach Lobster Festival, which is great. Mad not at … [Read more...]
Jose Cuervo/Bud Light Lime Hermosa Open 2011 Review & Photos
Pro Beach Volleyball's Return to Hermosa Beach is a Return to Local Culture At least we have pro beach volleyball! It's not the AVP and its in September instead of June, July or August, and the top players are elsewhere, but we'll take it. Southern California culture is revived and survived with the Jose Cuervo/Bud Light Lime Hermosa Beach Open at the Hermosa Beach Pier … [Read more...]
Five Top Reasons Austin, Texas Is Such a Great Party Destination
It Has The Top Party School, Tons of Bars on 6th Street, Grand Music Festivals And Fun People One of my favorite party towns in America is Austin, Texas. When people ask me about Austin, I tell them this: If you can't have fun here you might as well lock your door and never leave the house because you can't have fun anywhere! Why? Let PubClub.com list the … [Read more...]
Music Legend Allen Toussaint Performing at Harrah’s New Orleans
Legendary Musician, a JazzFest Regular, Playing Intimate Venue in the Big Easy This October Allen Toussaint, whom Elton John once said was "the equivalent of the Dalai Lami because for me, he influenced the way I played the piano," is playing the intimate venue of Harrah's New Orleans on Friday, Oct. 21. Toussaint is a Grammy Trustees Award Winner, Rock and Roll Hall of … [Read more...]
White House Honey Ale Is Obama’s Home-Brewed Beer
President's Brew Could Appeal to a Huge Segment of 'Untapped' Voters: Beer Drinkers There's a lot of potential jokes here, President Obama brewing his own beer, officially called White House Honey Ale. But I'll pass on them all because I want to try it! Can a blogger about bars and beers get sent a 6-pack for review? Better yet, get invited to the White House to … [Read more...]
Scotch, Whiskey and Bourbon Event Coming to Los Angeles
Get A Designated Driver For Whiskey Live LA, Which Features High-End Spirits in a High-End Environment Bourbon is one of the hottest liquors going in the spirits industry, and along with its cousins scotch and whiskey it is being featured in the third Whiskey Live LA, a tasting and sampling event taking place in Los Angeles. Old favorites are combined with new and rare … [Read more...]
San Pedro Port of LA Lobster Festival 2011 Review & Photos
Lobsters, Beer, Bands, Pirates, Wenches and Lots of People In a Sunny Seaside Setting at Ports O'Call The Bar Blogger found a bar with beer at the Lobster Festival, and thus was happy. If there's one thing that excites the Bar Blogger, it's being outside in a sunny setting drinking a good, cold beer. Festivals are particularly engaging because they involve bands and lots of … [Read more...]
If You Like Lobster and Beer Then The San Pedro LobsterFest Is For You
Event Features Bands, Beer, Entertainment & Lobsters Give me lobster and beer, for dinner every day of the year... That's not exactly the line from the Jimmy Buffett song – it's oysters and beer – but when there's a lobster festival, it fits. And in Los Angeles on the third weekend of September there is a lot of lobster and lots of beer to wash it down at … [Read more...]
Taste of Newport Is An Annual Taste of Fun In Newport Beach
All Of Orange County Comes Out The Third Weekend of September for This Annual Event Editor' Update: Alas, this event no longer exits. But keep reading for what it was like and the memories! Every area needs it's "can't miss, must-do, gotta-be-there" annual event. In Newport Beach, CA, the upscale community of "the OC" by the sea, it's the Taste of Newport, a … [Read more...]
LA’s Sports Bars For Fans Watching NFL & College Teams Games
Fans of Bears, Patriots, Steelers, Eagles Dolphins, Chiefs and Raiders Gather at the Los Angeles Bars To Watch Their Games Hardly anywhere else in the vast city is the diversity of Los Angeles better display than on Saturdays and Sundays in the fall when alumni of college teams and transplanted fans of NFL teams gather to watch their games in specific bars throughout the … [Read more...]
San Francisco Celebrates a Week of Cocktails Sept. 18-25
Cheers to Cocktail Week, Which Involves a Bar Crawl, Seminars and a Gala Dinner, All in A Celebration of Drinks San Francisco Cocktail Week, which is Sept. 18-25, has so many events it's as dizzying as, well, a week's worth of cocktails. One almost needs a social secretary to handle the scheduling. It kicks off with a bar crawl and concludes with a bathtub gin … [Read more...]
Old Style Beer Better Not Go Out Of Style at Wrigley Field
Icon of Cubs Baseball May Be Removed And That's Leaving The Bar Blogger Feeling Flat Cubs fans have suffered enough over the years. The team has teased and it has failed miserably. It has produced loveable players – who could not want to high-five Ernie Banks and his "let's play two" mentality – and goofs. Did Carlos Zambrano really walk out on the team during a … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach College Football Teams Sports Watching Bars
Where to Watch USC, UCLA, U-Dub, Michigan, Michigan State, Penn State, South Carolina, Notre Dame and Nebraska Games in the South Bay The spirit and passion of college football soars in the South Bay Beach Cities each fall like kickoffs in the air. Alumni from throughout the West Coast and especially the Midwest descend on the bars on and around the Hermosa Beach Pier … [Read more...]
Silvio’s is The Chicago Sports Bar Hermosa Beach in Los Angeles
When the Bears and Blackhawks Play, This Restaurant/Bar on the Hermosa Pier Goes Absolutely WACCO There are so many transplanted Midwesterners in Los Angeles – many of whom live in the South Bay Beach Cities – that one of them started a group so he and like-minded sports fans could cheer on their beloved teams together. That group is called WACCO, the West Coast … [Read more...]
Game Changers Sports Bar Caters to Steelers Fans in Hermosa Beach
Pittsburgh Game-Watching Bar Has Changed From Shark's Cove But Retains Pool Tables and Terrible Towels Steelers fans, worry not, for your Hermosa Beach game-watching bar is still your game-watching bar. Game Changers, the new sports bar on Hermosa Ave., is open for business and that means Steelers fans are in business. It will be showing Pittsburgh games this fall, and … [Read more...]
Halloween 2011: Universal Studios Horror Nights Tickets On Sale
Month-Long Event Features Six Themed Scary Mazes, Scare Zones and the Return of Bill & Ted’s Excellent Halloween Adventure Tickets are now on sale for one of the most popular Halloween activities in Los Angeles is the month-long Horror Nights" at Universal Studios, Hollywood. Most nights sell out in advance and it involves turning the studio lot, theme park and … [Read more...]