logoDear friends and family of Banjo Jim's,

We have made a change in our booking procedure at Banjo Jim's.
Going forward, the booking schedule will be handled by Banjo Lisa and Drina Seay.
For all future booking matters, please email Lisa at banjolisa(at)msn.com and Drina at banjodrina(at)gmail.com.

If you have a gig booked or pending with us, please email us
as soon as possible to confirm.

Thanks for your love, support and patience while we go through this transition period.
It is because of you amazing folks that Banjo Jim's has become what it is today.
We are looking forward to a fabulous summer with you!

Much love from all of us at Banjo Jim's



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Past Gigs Archive - 2008



Banjo Jim's Live Music Calendar



Saturday, July 19
  2:30-6:30 Open Mic - Hosted by Wayne Kral and Rick Snyder
Sign-up 2:30; music 3-6:30pm - every Saturday afternoon Email openmike(at)banjojims(dot)com for advance sign-up and more information
  7-10 Mad Ripple Hootenanny
  The Mad Ripple; Brenda Kahn; Kraig Johnson (Run Westy Run, Iffy, Jayhawks, Golden Smog, Joseph Arthur); Jim Testa
  11-2 Brooklyn Boogaloo Blowout, $10 cover

Sunday, July 20
  7-10 Mad Ripple Hootenanny
  The Mad Ripple; Liz Tormes; Scott Schuler; Dean Maser; Jenna Nicholls; Monica Passin; Drina Seay
  10:30-12 SPOT/Albert

Monday, July 21
  8-9:30 Alanna Fugate
  9:30-2 Cangelosi Cards

Tuesday, July 22
  7-10 Mad Ripple Hootenanny
  The Mad Ripple: Steve Almaas; Ambrosia Parsley (Shivaree); Chris Maxwell
  10:30-12 Alanna Fugate

Wednesday, July 23
  7-10 Mad Ripple Hootenanny
  The Mad Ripple; Terry Walsh (The Belfast Cowboys, Terry Walsh and 2 a.m.); John Swardson; Venus (All The Pretty Horses); Molly Maher (Molly Maher and Her Disbelievers)
  10:30-late Adam Levy's Wish List
  10:30 - Adam Levy and the Mint Imperials
  12 - Bill Sims Jr.

Thursday, July 24
  DOUBLE HOOTENANNY!
  7-10 Mad Ripple Hootenanny
  The Mad Ripple; Lianne Smith; Amanda Thorpe; Debby Schwartz
  10-late The Mad Ripple and special surprise hooters!!

Friday, July 25
  7-10 Mad Ripple Hootenanny
  The Mad Ripple; Eliza Blue; Marcellus Hall (White Hassle/Railroad Jerk); Martin Devaney; Ashleigh Fumich
  10-12 Madison Square Gardeners

Saturday, July 26
  2:30-6:30 Open Mic - Hosted by Wayne Kral and Rick Snyder
Sign-up 2:30; music 3-6:30pm - every Saturday afternoon Email openmike(at)banjojims(dot)com for advance sign-up and more information
  9-1:30 Latin NY Now, curated by Jamie Lyn and Sebastian Cruz

Sunday. July 27
  7-10 Ken Schatz - songs group
  10-11 Jack Wilde
  11-12:30 Stonecross

Monday, July 28
  8:30-9:30 Liza Lee Quartet, with Art Hirahara, Pat O'Leary & Michael Petrosino
Liza Lee the indie jazz artist performs contemporary songs arranged as standards as well as standards with a bit of a modern twist! A storyteller at heart Liza only sings lyrics and tells stories which really mean something to her.
  9:30-2 Cangelosi Cards

Tuesday, July 29
  7:30-9:30 The Legendary Terry Waldo - ragtime and stride piano

Wednesday, July 30
  8-9 Daryl Shawn
  10-late Adam Levy's Wish List
  10 - Hippy Nuts
  11 - Adam Levy and the Mint Imperials
  12 - Bill Sims Jr.

Thursday, July 31
  8-9 Dusty
RECIPE FOR DUSTY: Start with three veteran songstresses blending close harmonies and vocal styles with their original songs as well as classic popular songs. Add their country-swing backing band and mix in a touch of Island reggae, and you have the recipe for DUSTY. DUSTY'S voices are: Deborah Berg, Sherryl Marshall, and Lesley Miller.
  9-10 Joy Askew
  10-11 Danielle Miraglia
  11 - late Emilie Cardineaux


no cover (unless otherwise noted) - one drink minimum per set






The Mad Ripple Hootenanny
Jul 18-20, 22-25

"I can only speak for myself and what's going on with me. I find it's hard to truly gauge scenes and happenings, other than for yourself. All I know is that the Hoot is the most magical musical thing I've ever been involved with. It's spontaneous and boring and amazing and raw and frightening and really truly musical and sometimes drunk. When I started doing it a year or so ago, I had a sense people were hungering for intimate, grass-roots connections to music, but I thought it was just me. People love it as much as I do, and that's inspiring."
-- Jim Walsh, interviewed by Erik Lundegaard in The Huffington Post

"This is kind of the anti-American Idol," Walsh told Minnesota Public Radio's All Things Considered. "You put four or five people together and the magic that happens is unique to that moment. I just sensed organically that people were hungry for the same thing I was hungry for: And it's community, and it's songs. It's original songs, for the most part. It's people making mistakes, and people joining in with people they've never met before. It's not canned. It's not packaged. It's everything I've ever loved about music."
Check out Minnesota Public Radio's "All Things Considered" piece on The Mad Ripple Hootenanny as well as photos and music at: myspace.com/madripplemusic
















































Liza Lee Quartet
July 28












Dusty
July 31







Joy Askew
July 31







Danielle Miraglia
July 31