Northern State

ALL AGES SHOW! EARLY SHOW! Northern State , The Dollyrots. Monday 12th 7 pm $9 adv $11 day of

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yelstin

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin Hot off the Tucsonscene Stage in SXSW, Polyvinyl artist Some Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin are coming for a little bit of a homecoming. They might not be from Tucson, but they sure played with just about 30% of the bands from Tucson. [...]

This Saturday - Get your Chess on!

9 QUEENS CHESS FEST 2008 Public chess competition featuring a human chess board! 10 points if you can guess this defense!   Join the Mayor Bob Walkup, City Council Member Karin Uhlich, and two-time American Women’s Chess Champion Jennifer Shahade and the 2008 national high school chess champions for a free family chess festival celebrating the [...]

Sunday Afternoon Friday Night!

Sunday Afternoon is taking over Friday Night! Tucson’s very own Sunday Afternoon are on the move! Our boys have come quite a ways from serenading girls with Dave Matthews covers to serenading middle aged women with their own jams on 92.9 The Mountain. Oh, and the pop rock stylings don’t stop there. Imperial Z [...]

Fracture the Times

      FRACTURE THE TIMES We kid! Remember Gabe and Brad from Versus the Mirror?! Well, like the phoenix (the bird not the the city) they are rising again with a new project named Fracture the Times. This time around they have Kyle and Tyler backing up on drums and guitar and they [...]

Tapes n Tapes with White Denim

With White Denim Doors open at: 8pm Tickets: $10 adv / $12 day of show This event is: This show is ALL AGES

Cross Canadian Ragweed's Drinko de Mayo Party!

CROSS CANADIAN RAGWEED! Drinko de Mayo Party This Drinko de Mayo we are officially tearing down the walls and letting the bread-countries of our hot American beef sandwich make some sort of meatloafy thing. Well, maybe that isn’t the greatest analogy, considering that 1: it should be more of a Mexican-based [...]

Tesoro with Salvador Duran

      In celebration of Cinco de Mayo, we are proud to present the following show, a double-bill including nationally critically acclaimed vocalist Salvador Duran and Tucson-based flamenco ensemble Tesoro on “TRES DE MAYO.” The eclectic evening will feature DJ music, flamenco dancer Daniela Mouw, surprise guests and more. Tesoro is BACK! [...]

Flagrante Delicto CD Release show!

Flagrante Delicto invites you to Celebrate the release of their debut album Piss & Ink! Gather around every one , the greatest show the face of the planet is going to happen this Friday here at Club Congress. Normally a night of this caliber is accompanied with a hefty door admission but the Flagrante boys [...]

The Early Black with The Monitors and Feel Good Revolution

The Early Black! You can’t call this late black! We ain’t talking about the right-on-time black, we are talking about The EARLY BLACK.* “Edgy and post-rock, power trio, shoegaze, garage, post-punk.” Those have been some words to describe The Early Black, but rock n’ roll is probably the best way to [...]

Scape presents Night Rockwell - old school hip hop/electro/funk/mashups - OFFICIAL SUGA FREE AFTERPARTY

THIS HERE IS THE OFFICIAL SUGA FREE AFTERPARTY     Calling all you folks who know how to get DOWN. Ooh-woo, a brand new-ooh Tuesday night thang is going down. Old school hip hop (we ain’t talking no top 40 garbage), electro, funk and mashups. Your illustrious host Scape is pulling out all the stops to [...]

Suga Free

Weeners by the Beeners and Back Alley Concerts present: Suga Free Suga Free Bio: In order to be considered a supreme rapper, you’ve got to have a slick mouthpiece. And no one in the rap game has a mouthpiece slicker than Suga Free. Respected in the streets and by artists alike, Suga Free has appeared on [...]

KID KOALA with special guest DJ JESTER THE FILIPINO FIST

The one and only Kid Koala is coming to Club Congress for a rare show! This one IS going to be super packed! Kid Koala: artist, composer, master mixologist, vinyl deity, and all-around Mr. Amazing has been keeping himself really busy the last couple years. Solo albums, appearances with many [...]

Bang! Bang! with DJs Matt McCoy and Dewtron and SPECIAL GUEST DJ Tigerbeat (Seattle)

Bang! Bang! Every Saturday 10pm FREE TIGERBEAT(Seattle) DJ Matt McCoy & DEWTRON Hosted by Shaun Callahan

Cabaret Boheme - Raunchy Revival 8pm show

Cabaret Boheme has been packing Congress so much that we’ve now added an extra show to this fine Saturday night. Two shows! Early birds, check out the 5 pm show, enjoy dinner at the Cup and get home in time for bed. Latesters, try the 8 pm show and stick around for dancing and [...]

RO-SHAM-BO city championship!

  RO-SHAM-BO Tournie at Club Congress Wanna win $50,000 ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! Rock Paper Scissors has and will always be the ultimate battle of the wits. A two player game that places any opponent equally in the hands of fate and skill. This is a intense, no survivors, winner takes all event. Watch the human drama unfold [...]

Cabaret Boheme - Raunchy Revival 5 pm show

Cabaret Boheme has been packing Congress so much that we’ve now added an extra show to this fine Saturday night. Two shows! Early birds, check out the 5 pm show, enjoy dinner at the Cup and get home in time for bed. Latesters, try the 8 pm show and stick around for dancing and [...]

Mostly Bears CD release show

MOSTLY BEARS! We are super proud to host the Mostly Bears Cd Release Show . Just a couple months ago , Mostly Bears release their EP here at our club and since then its been a fast and intense couple of months with constantly playing, recording , finding a new Record label (Funzola) [...]

Optimist Club, VHS or Beta afterparty

The Optimist Club with $1 well vodka drinks, and gasp, it’s free! (for members) If it has a good beat and you can dance to it… Tucson’s worst-kept secret, with ever-changing special guests and DJ Fancy Pants. http://www.myspace.com/optimistclub Doors open at 9pm with drink specials from 10 pm-1 am: $1.00 Barton vodka $3.00 Captain Morgan’s Spiced Rum $2.00 Session $2.00 Red Stripe

VHS or BETA

VHS or BETA w/ TIGERCITY $10 7pm ALL AGES

Wine tasting with Kenny Stewart

Sample a selection of Congress’ favorite reds! Kenny Stewart from Frank-lin Fine Wines, a local wine celebrity and organizer of Kenny’s Wine Army, will be running the five-wine tasting. Only $5 to participate.

Film Festival singer songwriter night

As part of our International Film Fest week long extravaganza, we putting together a diverse night of acoustic song playing for every one and all. David D’alessio This isn’t the same David D’alessio who served as the lead singer of Let’s English. Well, he is, technically, the same person but the sound is so completely different that [...]

Scape presents Night Rockwell - old school hip hop/electro/funk/mashups

    Calling all you folks who know how to get DOWN. Ooh-woo, a brand new-ooh Tuesday night thang is going down. Old school hip hop (we ain’t talking no top 40 garbage), electro, funk and mashups. Your illustrious host Scape is pulling out all the stops to bring some TRUE SCHOOL to Congress, with [...]

Arizona Amp and Alternator[Howe Gelb(Giant Sand)+ Jeremy Gara(Arcade fire)]

ARIZONA AMP AND ALTERNATOR is Howe Gelb and friends keeping themselves busy in the desert. With no real members, this  … um collective is full of collaborators  form all around the globe. ( including the boys from Grandaddy, Scout Niblett, Danish chanteuse Marie Frank, and Jeremy Gara (Arcade Fire). Tonight Howe Gelb will join Jeremy Gara  [...]

April Birthday Show- Molehill Okestrah, Silver Fox, The F.a.n.s.s., B4Skin

  with Molehill Orkestrah (Happy Birthday Cliff Kuhn) , Silver Fox (Happy birthday David Slutes, Cliff), The Fans … Aka f**ck all night superstars (Happy Birthday Danny Walker),     This week in April is the collective birthday of some of Tucson’s most renowned musicians. The TLA is making a their rare yearly excursion to [...]

2008 Arizona International Film Festival: Don't Forget Pass

A great way to experience The 2008 Arizona International Film Festival is with the Don’t Forget Pass sponsored by the Alzheimer’s Association Desert Southwest Chapter. The $50.00 pass provides admission to many of the Festival’s films and events from April 18th to 26th!

Optimist Club

The Optimist Club with $1 well vodka drinks, and gasp, it’s free! (for members) If it has a good beat and you can dance to it… Tucson’s worst-kept secret, with ever-changing special guests and DJ Fancy Pants. http://www.myspace.com/optimistclub Doors open at 9pm with drink specials from 10 pm-1 am: $1.00 Barton vodka $3.00 Captain Morgan’s Spiced Rum $2.00 Session $2.00 Red Stripe

Fun show with young mothers, indiana tones, 21 pump street

  Thats right , its going to be a super fun show ! imagine this! A bunch of hot new bands that never played congress before! A bunch of extra light gear and fog machines and balloons. We are going to go all out for tonight, expect possibly the best showcase of hot new music, [...]

Scape presents: Night Rockwell - old school hip hop/electro/funk/mashups

Calling all you folks who know how to get DOWN. Ooh-woo, a brand new-ooh REGULAR FREE Tuesday night thang is going down. Old school hip hop (we ain’t talking no top 40 garbage), electro, funk and mashups. Your illustrious host Scape is pulling out all the stops to bring some TRUE SCHOOL to [...]

EARLY SHOW: ANTHRAX singer Joey Belladonna

Presented by Back Alley Concerts Joey Belladonna, former lead singer of the legendary group Anthrax from 1985-92 and 2005-06, has been featured on over 10 albums that have sold over 8 million records worldwide. During that time, Belladonna has shared the stage with Iron Maiden, Metallica, Megadeth, Kiss, Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, Slayer, Alice in Chains, [...]

Bang! Bang! with DJs Matt McCoy and Dewtron & Livewire and Knex (Dancefloor Destroyers / Chicago, Il)

Bang! Bang! with DJs Matt McCoy and Dewtron & Livewire and Knex (Dancefloor Destroyers / Chicago, Il) Free Baby!

Odyssey Storytelling

Seven people will fess up to be Dopey, Grumpy, Doc, Happy, Bashful, Sleepy and Sneezy in their 10-minute personal stories. We’ve done Lucky Seven and The Seven Deadly Sins - now we’re ready for  for our 4th year celebration! Make reservations for an early dinner at the Cup Cafe, 622-8848, and they will reserve seats for [...]

The Jons with Latino Solido.

The Jons! Its a Celebration! There Will Be Hot Latin Blood running through the dance floor tonight. Cumbia , salsa, merengue, and maybe some indie pogo. Rock en Espanol gets the dance beat treatment tonight as The Jons are busting out a extra long , extra special Latino Dance night at [...]

David D'Alessio & Kelley Dolan Cd Release Show!

David D’Alessio will be teaming up with Irish-based producer/songwriter Kelley Dolan for a limited tour with D’Alessio of the Western states. Dolan–on keys, clarinet and vocals– both produced and played on D’Alessio’s 07 release, Songs to Undress Your Ego. Dolan will open the show, playing material from her [...]

Optimist Club

The Optimist Club with $1 well vodka drinks, and gasp, it’s free! (for members) If it has a good beat and you can dance to it… Tucson’s worst-kept secret, with ever-changing special guests and DJ Fancy Pants. http://www.myspace.com/optimistclub Doors open at 9pm with drink specials from 10 pm-1 am: $1.00 Barton vodka $3.00 Captain Morgan’s Spiced Rum $2.00 Session $2.00 Red Stripe

Triple Double CD release show.

  Triple Double Cd Release show!! So Jimi Cracovaner. Preston Winter, Tom Cracovaner make up the band known as Triple Double. Just three shorties living the life on mean streets of T-Town, Playing out to friends and releasing their super new and super hot Album. Dubbed as the one and only soul-soothing funky reggae blues party in [...]

EVERY TUESDAY - Night Rockwell, hosted by Scape - old school hip hop/electro/funk/mashups GRAND OPENING

Calling all you folks who know how to get DOWN. Ooh-woo, a brand new-ooh Tuesday night thang is going down. Old school hip hop (we ain’t talking no top 40 garbage), electro, funk and mashups. Your illustrious host Scape is pulling out all the stops to bring some TRUE SCHOOL to Congress, with [...]

Stan Ridgway presents Wall of Voodoo's "Call of the West"w/ The Voodoo Organist !

STAN RIDGWAY presents Wall Of Voodoo’s “Call Of The West” ~ wov & solo hits ~ Former Wall of Voodoo frontman/genius Stan Ridgway has one of the cultiest of cult followings in singer/songwriterland today, and he’s still doing that voodoo that he does so well. Wall of Voodoo was much more than “Mexican Radio,” and Ridgway [...]

The Solace Brothers with The May Fire

FREE FRIDAY NIGHT SHOW!! The Solce Brothers! and The May Fire. The Solace Brothers! Guitar, drums, & keyboard. Somehow The Solace Brothers emulate a sound much bigger than your average trio. The brothers have opened for Built to Spill, Yo La Tengo, Calexico & TapeOpCon. The Solace Bros have assembled quite an international [...]

Optimist Club

The Optimist Club with $1 well vodka drinks, and gasp, it’s free! (for members) If it has a good beat and you can dance to it… Tucson’s worst-kept secret, with ever-changing special guests and DJ Fancy Pants. http://www.myspace.com/optimistclub Doors open at 9pm with drink specials from 10 pm-1 am: $1.00 Barton vodka $3.00 Captain Morgan’s Spiced Rum $2.00 Session $2.00 Red Stripe

Trina Hamlin with Cathy Rivers

Trina Hamlin Trina Hamlin, the hottest blues/rock harmonica player from NYC returns to Club Congress! Trina Hamlin is an artist with a genuine soul who knowingly speaks for each of us who revel in both the joy and pain of longing. Her pure voice and unspoiled powerful [...]

Dengue Fever

A Cambodian Pop-Rock-Psychedelic dance party!   IT’S AN OUTBREAK! Someone call Dustin Hoffman and Cuba Gooding…and watch out for that monkey! Just kidding — but seriously, Dengue Fever will pop music your face off! For those who haven’t heard of this AWESOME band, it’s hard to describe without dramatic gesticulations and a team of colorfully [...]

The Wagon / BoldBird early show

THE WAGON and BOLDBIRD The boys are putting on a FREE show here at Congress…and it’s no April Fool’s joke! The Wagon and BoldBird crew are in the middle of an extensive US tour and are stopping by the home court for one hell of a show. This is an early show and [...]

Positively Beautiful: The Big Apple Benefit

Silent Auction 4:00 p.m. - Hotel Congress Lobby, free and open to the public Live Show 7:00 p.m. - Club Congress, over 21, $15.00 tickets available now Live Show Lineup Includes: Lucinda Holiday Bunny Fu Fu Ajia Simone Janee Starr Boys R Us Homoneurotic Positively Beautiful is a local organization providing free makeovers to [...]

Bang! Bang! with DJs Matt McCoy and Dewtron

It’s the most bangin’ Saturday night in town — what are you waiting for?! DJs Matt McCoy and Dewtron are delivering the GOODS this year with dancy, hot-as-sh*t club bangers, libations galore and the best free party in the Old Pueblo. Have your little slice of LA right here in Tuc town without the attitude [...]