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A Singer-Songwriter Evening with guest performers

There is hope. Well, maybe "hope" is a strong word as Michael Dean Damron doesn't expect to win, he's just enable to give up, like an old man perched on a cliff, staring up at the wall of water about to crush him, howling, "Fuck you, you never got me down!" If Mike isn't hope, at least he is a grimy speck of reality.

 

A circus of fire-dancing, DJs & debauchery. Every Sunday night for 20 years...the longest-running weekly cabaret show on the west coast!

PLEASE READ THIS SHOW INFORMATION CAREFULLY!!!!

SEATING IS VERY LIMITED and is first-come, first served. SEATING IS NOT GUARANTEED!!!

Virtual tickets for the link to live show are available for ages 18+.
A VIRTUAL TICKET IS FOR YOU TO WATCH THE SHOW ONLINE ONLY! A VIRTUAL TICKET IS NOT TO BE USED IN PERSON!

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

VIRTUAL TICKETS: YOU WILL RECEIVE A LINK AND PASSWORD TO JOIN THE SHOW IN THE CONFIRMATION EMAIL AFTER YOU PURCHASE A TICKET. PLEASE DO NOT SHARE THIS LINK OUTSIDE OF YOUR HOUSEHOLD.
WE RECOMMEND USING CHROME AS YOUR BROWSER FOR THE BEST VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE!
 

The original live karaoke band, rocking in Portland for 25 years and counting. Come see us every Monday at Dante's!
 

9pm-2am
A night of Djs and dance!


 

A circus of fire-dancing, DJs & debauchery. Every Sunday night for 20 years...the longest-running weekly cabaret show on the west coast!

PLEASE READ THIS SHOW INFORMATION CAREFULLY!!!!

SEATING IS VERY LIMITED and is first-come, first served. SEATING IS NOT GUARANTEED!!!

Virtual tickets for the link to live show are available for ages 18+.
A VIRTUAL TICKET IS FOR YOU TO WATCH THE SHOW ONLINE ONLY! A VIRTUAL TICKET IS NOT TO BE USED IN PERSON!

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

VIRTUAL TICKETS: YOU WILL RECEIVE A LINK AND PASSWORD TO JOIN THE SHOW IN THE CONFIRMATION EMAIL AFTER YOU PURCHASE A TICKET. PLEASE DO NOT SHARE THIS LINK OUTSIDE OF YOUR HOUSEHOLD.
WE RECOMMEND USING CHROME AS YOUR BROWSER FOR THE BEST VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE!
 

The original live karaoke band, rocking in Portland for 25 years and counting. Come see us every Monday at Dante's!
 

9pm-2am
A night of Djs and dance!


 

A Singer-Songwriter Evening with guest performers

There is hope. Well, maybe "hope" is a strong word as Michael Dean Damron doesn't expect to win, he's just enable to give up, like an old man perched on a cliff, staring up at the wall of water about to crush him, howling, "Fuck you, you never got me down!" If Mike isn't hope, at least he is a grimy speck of reality.

 

A circus of fire-dancing, DJs & debauchery. Every Sunday night for 20 years...the longest-running weekly cabaret show on the west coast!

PLEASE READ THIS SHOW INFORMATION CAREFULLY!!!!

SEATING IS VERY LIMITED and is first-come, first served. SEATING IS NOT GUARANTEED!!!

Virtual tickets for the link to live show are available for ages 18+.
A VIRTUAL TICKET IS FOR YOU TO WATCH THE SHOW ONLINE ONLY! A VIRTUAL TICKET IS NOT TO BE USED IN PERSON!

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

VIRTUAL TICKETS: YOU WILL RECEIVE A LINK AND PASSWORD TO JOIN THE SHOW IN THE CONFIRMATION EMAIL AFTER YOU PURCHASE A TICKET. PLEASE DO NOT SHARE THIS LINK OUTSIDE OF YOUR HOUSEHOLD.
WE RECOMMEND USING CHROME AS YOUR BROWSER FOR THE BEST VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE!
 

The original live karaoke band, rocking in Portland for 25 years and counting. Come see us every Monday at Dante's!
 

A circus of fire-dancing, DJs & debauchery. Every Sunday night for 20 years...the longest-running weekly cabaret show on the west coast!

PLEASE READ THIS SHOW INFORMATION CAREFULLY!!!!

SEATING IS VERY LIMITED and is first-come, first served. SEATING IS NOT GUARANTEED!!!

Virtual tickets for the link to live show are available for ages 18+.
A VIRTUAL TICKET IS FOR YOU TO WATCH THE SHOW ONLINE ONLY! A VIRTUAL TICKET IS NOT TO BE USED IN PERSON!

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

VIRTUAL TICKETS: YOU WILL RECEIVE A LINK AND PASSWORD TO JOIN THE SHOW IN THE CONFIRMATION EMAIL AFTER YOU PURCHASE A TICKET. PLEASE DO NOT SHARE THIS LINK OUTSIDE OF YOUR HOUSEHOLD.
WE RECOMMEND USING CHROME AS YOUR BROWSER FOR THE BEST VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE!
 

The original live karaoke band, rocking in Portland for 25 years and counting. Come see us every Monday at Dante's!
 

9pm-2am
A night of Djs and dance!


 

A circus of fire-dancing, DJs & debauchery. Every Sunday night for 22 years...the longest-running weekly cabaret show on the west coast!

PLEASE READ THIS SHOW INFORMATION CAREFULLY!!!!

SEATING IS VERY LIMITED and is first-come, first served. SEATING IS NOT GUARANTEED!!!

Virtual tickets for the link to live show are available for ages 18+.
A VIRTUAL TICKET IS FOR YOU TO WATCH THE SHOW ONLINE ONLY! A VIRTUAL TICKET IS NOT TO BE USED IN PERSON!

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

VIRTUAL TICKETS: YOU WILL RECEIVE A LINK AND PASSWORD TO JOIN THE SHOW IN THE CONFIRMATION EMAIL AFTER YOU PURCHASE A TICKET. PLEASE DO NOT SHARE THIS LINK OUTSIDE OF YOUR HOUSEHOLD.
WE RECOMMEND USING CHROME AS YOUR BROWSER FOR THE BEST VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE!
 

The original live karaoke band, rocking in Portland for 25 years and counting. Come see us every Monday at Dante's!
 

A circus of fire-dancing, DJs & debauchery. Every Sunday night for 20 years...the longest-running weekly cabaret show on the west coast!

PLEASE READ THIS SHOW INFORMATION CAREFULLY!!!!

SEATING IS VERY LIMITED and is first-come, first served. SEATING IS NOT GUARANTEED!!!

Virtual tickets for the link to live show are available for ages 18+.
A VIRTUAL TICKET IS FOR YOU TO WATCH THE SHOW ONLINE ONLY! A VIRTUAL TICKET IS NOT TO BE USED IN PERSON!

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

VIRTUAL TICKETS: YOU WILL RECEIVE A LINK AND PASSWORD TO JOIN THE SHOW IN THE CONFIRMATION EMAIL AFTER YOU PURCHASE A TICKET. PLEASE DO NOT SHARE THIS LINK OUTSIDE OF YOUR HOUSEHOLD.
WE RECOMMEND USING CHROME AS YOUR BROWSER FOR THE BEST VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE!
 

The original live karaoke band, rocking in Portland for 25 years and counting. Come see us every Monday at Dante's!
 

Los Angeles based neo-classical shredders Exmortus, founded by guitarist and vocalist Jadran “Conan” Gonzalez, have racked up achievement after achievement. From appearing in a national TV commercial for Virgin Mobile to being played constantly on Sirius XM’s Liquid Metal, from appearing on the first Ozzfest meets Knotfest in San Bernadino to touring with heroes Children of Bodom and Marty Friedman. However it’s probably the band’s 5th album, The Sound of Steel, that Conan will be most proud of. It’s his most personal album, an album forged together after a bit of a setback but also one that given his upbringing could never have not seen the light of day.

 One can say the sound of steel injected Conan at an early age. Born into a family of musicians, he grew up listening to his grandparents sing and play guitar, while his father and uncle both were in rock and metal bands. At just 5 years old, his father took him to watch his uncle play in a death metal band at the Whisky. The experience left quite the lasting impression on him. He soaked in the vibe and the atmosphere and begged for a guitar of his own. He was gifted a beginner Crate guitar and combo amp and once his father saw him stick to practicing, purchased him a solid Gibson SG. It was just a few years later at the age of 12 that Conan formed Exmortus, which would not have lasted had it not been for his parents.

 Conan reflects, “My family has been and continue to be very supportive of my endeavors with my music. I don't think Exmortus would exist if it weren't for my parents driving the band to our gigs. My dad also acted as our first manager and made sure we played on time and were taken care of at the gigs, since we were so young when we started performing.”

In 2022 US Air Guitar, the official governing body of competitive air guitar in America, is holding competitions in over 20 cities coast-to-coast to crown the Nation's best air guitarist. US Air Guitar is devoted to taking our nation’s unofficial pastime from the bedroom to the world stage, where everyday people become rock stars.  Up to 20 competitors give us their best air guitar performances, being judged on technical merit, stage presence, and airness.  Part rock show. Part comedy act. All spectacle.

Join us at Dante's to witness the nation's best air guitarists battle it out to decide who will represent The United States in the Air Guitar World Championships in Oulu, Finland!

Tour dates and more at www.usairguitar.com
Follow us: @usairguitar

A circus of fire-dancing, DJs & debauchery. Every Sunday night for 20 years...the longest-running weekly cabaret show on the west coast!

PLEASE READ THIS SHOW INFORMATION CAREFULLY!!!!

SEATING IS VERY LIMITED and is first-come, first served. SEATING IS NOT GUARANTEED!!!

Virtual tickets for the link to live show are available for ages 18+.
A VIRTUAL TICKET IS FOR YOU TO WATCH THE SHOW ONLINE ONLY! A VIRTUAL TICKET IS NOT TO BE USED IN PERSON!

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

VIRTUAL TICKETS: YOU WILL RECEIVE A LINK AND PASSWORD TO JOIN THE SHOW IN THE CONFIRMATION EMAIL AFTER YOU PURCHASE A TICKET. PLEASE DO NOT SHARE THIS LINK OUTSIDE OF YOUR HOUSEHOLD.
WE RECOMMEND USING CHROME AS YOUR BROWSER FOR THE BEST VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE!
 

The original live karaoke band, rocking in Portland for 25 years and counting. Come see us every Monday at Dante's!
 

The original live karaoke band, rocking in Portland for 25 years and counting. Come see us every Monday at Dante's!
 

The original live karaoke band, rocking in Portland for 25 years and counting. Come see us every Monday at Dante's!
 

S h o v e l m a n

 "Shovelman has forged a perfect merger of the past and the present with his bluesy 'folktronic' sound." - LA Weekly

Shovelman is a junkyard beatnik, a shovel guitar wielding surrealist folk superhero. Armed with a collection of pawnshop effects pedals and an old barn-shovel turned slide-guitar, Shovelman plays ol’ fashioned folktronica-grooves looped straight out of the ground. The sounds of Mississippi delta blues from the electro-psychedelic future, collide with the antiquated rubble of lyrical one-man-band hoboetry. Shovelman has become infamous on the west coast festival circuit, sharing stages with acts such as Primus, Beats Antique, Jason Webley, Daniel Lanois, Kaki King and Reggie Watts. He has also performed alongside the west coasts most prominent bohemian circus troupes, including Lucent Dossier, The Vau De Vire Society and The Wanderlust Circus.

A ticket to this show includes free admission to Sinferno Cabaret immediately following. Tables in the front row are reserved for Sinferno front-row ticket holders.

Ticket holders for It & i  get into Sinferno Cabaret the same night for FREE! 

It&i  is the project of a fellow named Dylan Regier. After spending a decade or so playing around Portland in heavier bands (OWNER, Pet Weapon, etc...), he has decided to devote himself to his more eclectic side. It&i's music spans from synthpop to cartoonish vaudevillian nightmare, and everywhere in between.        
 

The Ries Brothers (pronounced ”Rees”), a duo from Clearwater, FL, blend rock, blues, funk, and reggae into a soulful-sophisticated sound. Older brother Charlie (26) sings lead vocals while simultaneously playing drums and keyboard bass giving the band its unique and full sound. Younger brother Kevin Jordan (22) completes the band’s “sonic creativity” on guitar, ukule, melodica, theremin and provides background vocals along with co-writes many of their songs. The band started playing the Florida bar circuit as young teenagers where they were discovered by the band CHICAGO and taken out on two Regional tours prompting them to leave school and focus on music full time.

The Brothers inimitable live performances have captured fans across the musical landscape leading to marquee support slots and major festival bookings.  After Supporting a G Love & Special Sauce tour in 2018, G Love asked the brothers to tour as his backing band and open his solo tour.  They repeated that feat again in 2019.”  In between, the brothers completed their own headline tours in addition to supporting major artist like Stick Figure, 311 (invited to perform on the 311 cruise immediately after opening for 311 by their management,) Pepper, Galactic, Stephen Marley, and playing major festivals Sunfest, Cali Roots, Gasparilla, Rootfire and Summer Camp finishing 2019 with a 35-date tour with Iya Terra.

The Ries Brothers have been named as a breakout artist by Creative Loafing, a favorite band by The Tampa Bay Times, and were two out of twenty-five selected from the state of Florida to participate in the exclusive Los Angeles Grammy Museum’s Music Revolution Project.  There is truly something going on here.  Come on down to a live show to see for yourself.

'Completely Unchained, The #1 Van Halen tribute band in the country, is considered The most authentic Tribute to The Mighty VH!

The look, the sounds and most of all The FUN Van Halen created as one of the biggest rock bands in the world!

Completely Unchained delivers songs like Running With The Devil, Ain’t Talking ‘Bout Love, Dance The Night Away, Panama, Jump, Hot For Teacher, The Cradle Will Rock, Eruption & many more with the same attitude and creativity the way Van Halen did from 1978 – 1984!

Come out and see why Nobody does Van Halen like Completely Unchained!'

It was the Year of Our Lord 2013, and I was devouring a cheeseburger in a Chatsworth, California, franchise of a certain multinational fast food conglomerate which shall remain nameless. Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed a crazed looking clown walking in my direction. Wearing a costume of bright yellow and red, and giant shiny shoes, he seemingly fit into the surroundings, but it didn’t take long to see that something wasn’t quite right. His costume was trailed by long, tattered, hippie fringe that was dirty from scraping the floor (and most likely the alley behind the restaurant), and more alarmingly his face was caked in ghostly make up that looked like it had been smeared on with a putty knife. My first thought was that he looked like Skeletor as a member of Uriah Heap. Taking a seat in my booth, he informed me that his name was Ronald Osborne, and he that he was familiar with my oddity rock band Rosemary’s Billygoat. He was a fan of the band, and said he had a concept I might appreciate, something he termed “drive-thru metal.” Some of the delinquent kids who worked for the franchise had been allowing him and a cast of characters named Slayer Mac Cheeze, Grimalice, and the Cat Burglar, to perform secret rock shows in the bunker-like basements of the local restaurants. But the time had come, he said, to bring drive-thru metal up from the “underground,” and he asked if I would consider becoming the manager of his band. I asked him what the act was called, and proclaimed with pride, “MAC SABBATH!” I barely had time to gather up what was left of my faux food before the restaurant’s manager, apparently annoyed both by the disheveled clown and the content of our conversation, came over and forcefully assisted us out onto the street. As we hit the sidewalk, I looked over at Ronald, watched him brush the dust of cold fries, sodium chloride and GMO remnants of my UN happy meal from his grease-smeared clown suit, and couldn’t help but think there was something special, perhaps even great, about the man. He invited me to one of these secret shows, and two nights later I was sitting in the basement of a fast food restaurant in the San Fernando Valley, my eyes and taste buds tingling to a new sensation. Drive-thru metal was real, and talk about a feast for the senses! Black Sabbath’s music, hilarious fast food lyrics, smoldering clown heads with laser eyes, a giant purple gumdrop bass player, and Tony Iommi with a giant cheeseburger head. I was confused, amazed, and dare I say it, can’t ever remember feeling so………happy! I told Ronald that yes, I would love to manage his band. It wasn’t going to be easy—nothing ever is with a disturbed clown and a band of Monsanto mutants who refuse to reveal their identities because they think they came here from a wormhole in space time direct from 1970. But whoever they are and however they got here, they’re here now and they’re ready, so pull up to the window and check your order, because I am proud to present the world’s newest concept in entertainment, the culinary disgrace that is MAC SABBATH!

Since about 2003, these two maniacs have been subverting culture, using a tried and true reverence for the holy spirit of real rock'n'roll, mixed with Grade-A songwriting sensibilities, and a penchant for sexually-charged and challenging live hijinks of the first order. 

Arish ‘King’ Khan: guitar, vocals. His voice is mostly the ‘snottier’ one. His guitar is the ‘lead’ one.

Mark ‘BBQ’ Sultan: drums, guitar, vocals. His voice is mostly the ‘smooth’ one. His guitar is the ‘rhythmic’ one. The drums are played live with his feet.

Together, they are an entity outside of their own control:

The King Khan & BBQ Show

Khan and Sultan have always done things exactly how they choose, mostly to their detriment, but with a sincere, deep-rooted understanding that fecal chickens do indeed roost. Their timeless anthems have stayed alive through the decades (!), and seem to always get picked up again by the next generation, organically. 

The Pandemic, and its collateral mental health damage dealt quite a blow to the boys, as it did many others. The King Khan & BBQ Show was a perennial and stalwart touring favorite. While their catalog is very impressive, it's always been the live show that shone brightest, and allowed them to share their ribald humor and chaotic, surrealist energy to an appreciative and varied cult of underground fanatics. A live show whose ritualistic primitivism opens portals to parallel worlds, to invoke spirits and ghosts using magick, using their raw soul - for good or for bad - to evoke the smells and feelings that confuse and delight.

It took some time, but they have finally decided to continue the healing process by touring the USA this Fall, and to spread whatever joy they can to a broken world, starving for authenticity and fun. 

The King Khan & BBQ Show have been impossibly fortunate over the years, all while remaining fiercely independent. Labels like Goner, In The Red, Fat Possum, Crypt and Norton have proudly minted their records. Tours of the Americas, Middle East, Asia, Australia, Europe were many. One of Lou Reed's favorite bands, and it makes sense. 

This is rock’n’roll. This is punk. This is early r&b. This is psych. This is doo-wop.  This is garage. It’s all this and more, without trying to be anything.

The band has managed to continue releasing top-tier material for almost 20 years, without consciously bowing to big business or succumbing to what’s ‘hip’, without changing much. And why should they? They do what they want, take it or leave it. Love 'em or hate 'em. But never say they can’t write and play a great song – and back it up with one of the best, most magickal, energetic, crass and nonsensical free-form live shows going. And they're always available for a drink with whomever wants to hang till the sun comes up again.

They care so much that they don’t give a fuck."

"Aesthetic Perfection is a 100% independent industrial pop project made up of Los Angeles-born, Austrian-based producer Daniel Graves and New York based drummer Joe Letz. Over a career spanning 20 years, six full-length albums, and numerous singles and music videos, Graves and crew have reinvented dark electro, combining industrial, pop, goth, and everything in between. 

Despite flying under the radar of mainstream audiences for decades, Aesthetic Perfection are no strangers to the music world; the band has clocked countless sold out dates on headlining tours across both Europe and North America. Their success on smaller stages prepared them for their most recent adventure: supporting Till Lindemann (Rammstein) on his debut tour for his Lindemann side project. 

Adding that to their growing list of accolades, such as collaborating with the likes of Richard Z. Kruspe (Rammstein), Jinxx (Black Veil Brides), Celldweller, Nikki Misery (New Year’s Day), Sebastian Svalland (Pain / Lindemann) as well as featuring tracks on Netflix original programming and the Underworld: Awakening soundtrack, Aesthetic Perfection continue to poise themselves as a force to be reckoned with. With their most recent full-length album, Into the Black, under their belt, the band is ready to take the next step and spread the gospel of Industrial Pop to an ever-widening audience—with full rein of their creative output. 

“[Into the Black] is a tour de force, a passionate heart navigating all the coruscating tension of 22nd-century technology.” – Alternative Press 

“Into the Black is the most mature Aesthetic Perfection album to date. Dark and gritty, yet undeniably catchy and melodic, Into the Black builds upon the band’s past while solidly keeping its eyes focused on the future. From the haunting electronic melodies of “Supernatural” to the twangy guitars of “Echoes”, from the punch-to-the-gut beat of “No Boys Allowed” to the soaring highs of “Mourning Doves,” Graves takes the transgressive art form known as industrial pop to the next level.” – Uncivil Revolt

The instability of the music business in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic led to the launch of the “12 Singles in 12 Months” project which will unveil the final installment “Lonesome Ghosts” on December 3rd."