This Saturday marks the final show at the Avalon Nightclub in Santa Clara. Promoter Mike Beard—while hasn’t been the only person to book shows there—has been a major force, bringing in countless local and national acts. Y & T play the Avalon’s final show on July 30, which is sure to be…
Continue reading »
The Freq Out! series of art and music events prides itself on being a place for spontaneity and synchronicity, and South Bay artists Katie Raynes and Matt Lopez know perhaps better than anyone how true that can be. Raynes, now a San Jose State student, had been going to Freq Out! since…
Continue reading »
A few years ago, you couldn’t have done an Iron Bartender competition in the South Bay. Or rather, you could have, but few would have cared. Slowly, though, the mixology madness that swept New York, L.A. and San Francisco has changed the mindset of bartenders here, too.
Continue reading »
Soak ‘em up while you can, this is the second to last time we’ll post photos from Detox Sunday, the seasonal pool party that has attracted hot bods from throughout the Bay Area to Beverly Heritage Hotel in Milpitas for the last five years.
Continue reading »
My pick for mix-of-the-week is an easy one: Future So Bright by South Bay beatsmiths/DJs Goldenchyld and G-Wrex both of The Bangerz. It kills, delivering warm vibes with propulsive bass to your face. I took a quick second to grab some quotes from the gentlemen behind it. According to them: “The goal was to create a summer…
Continue reading »
Four months after launching their company Avidity Apparel, a DIY clothing line in San Jose, the owners are throwing a party this Friday to hopefully take their company to the next level and to show off their new summer line.
Continue reading »
To say that opening a nightclub is risky business is an understatement—eight out of 10 new clubs fail within the first year, according to Nightclub and Bar magazine. What does it take to beat those seemingly insurmountable odds? Trends, concept, funding, business plan, luck—a hundred factors both practical and abstract. But like…
Continue reading »
When Blush Raw Bar owners Russ Fukushima and Taylor Kim decided to start a nightclub in San Jose, they toured the country from San Diego to Las Vegas to Miami and back. They discovered all kinds of niche trends that hadn’t yet made it to the South Bay yet, but the one…
Continue reading »
by
Matt Miller on June 13, 2012
For Steven Sheehan, the San Jose bartender who won the Palm Springs Summer Splash Cocktail Challenge, bartending is really just a side job. He’s teaches English as a second language and is currently a University of San Francisco student studying organizational behavior and leadership.
Continue reading »
If you’re having a tough time deciding between a night of rock and roll or wine tasting, worry no more. Gilroy’s 9 lives is combining both of them into a new series called “Rock N’ Wine.” It will feature a 90 minute wine tasting event at 7pm, hosted by local wineries, followed…
Continue reading »
