Music

Those fancy bachelorette weekends in Vegas or Napa have nothing on a Sunday night at Power Balance Pavilion.

The most musical block party of the year happens Saturday night, when Sacramento New & Review's Sammies award show takes over 20th Street between J and K in Sacramento . The free event celebrates 20 years of Sammies. The program starts at ...

Downtown Sacramento's Naked Lounge played host to singer-songwriters Russ Rankin and Kevin Seconds on Thursday. Both have stepped away from their bands for the evening to play in a more intimate setting for an undoubtedly smaller crowd.

“Artober & A Taste of Sacramento” This week on LiveWire guests include representatives from Artober and A Taste of Sacramento. Artober is part of the ‘For Art’s Sake” Initiative and spans the entire month of October which is National Arts & Humanities month. Veronica Delgado will be on the show to tell us all...

Foo Fighters have pushed back their show at Power Balance Pavilion from Oct. 20 to Nov. 1 The shift, from a Thursday to a Tuesday, is due to an "unforeseen scheduling conflict," according to release from Live Nation. "The band regrets any in...

Artwork by Miss BB for Chalk It Up! 2011 Access Sacramento sponsored artist, Miss BB. In case you didn’t get a chance to go to the event before nature erased the art, here’s a chance to check out our square. The artwork is says “Looking toward the future with Access Sacramento” and features a...

“Step Jayne” When Step Jayne performs you wont know whether to praise the lord or hide under a pew, but you wont be able to stop listening. They have a sound that reaches into your soul and shakes it up and leaves you wanting more. The band describes itself as having a gothic, post-punk,...

R.E.M. announced today on its website that it was "calling it a day." News of the band's breakup is sad, but also heartening in a way. With record sales low, royalties fewer and bands staying together too long to earn a buck on the road, a w...

You see his big, black glasses on hep cats all over town, but you don't hear enough of Buddy Holly's music anymore. Thursday night's Buddy Holly tribute at Harlow's (2708 J St., Sacramento) will fix that. The show will mark what would have be...

Too bad it's still too hot for flannel, because Grunge History Week continues in Sacramento. First is tonight's special one-night-only screenings at the Crest Theatre of the Pearl Jam documentary "Pearl Jam 20." (The 10:30 p.m. show still has ...