A Mad, Mad World

Rocker Oysterfeller’s
Oyster & Fog Festival 2010
September 5th from 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 pm

We’ll kick off the event with a 90 minute set starting at 2PM. Come early, stay late. This is a very hip, out of the way spot with excellent food and good drink, located in a beautiful old hotel with a lovely outside patio.

$10 per person.
Children six and under enter free.
A portion of these proceeds will benefit the Gulf Coast Fund for Community Renewal and Ecological Health.

Live MUSIC: There will be several local bands performing live music on the rear patio after us — The Stratospheres, Mr. December and Way To Go Joe’s. Music will begin promptly at 2:00 p.m.

DRINK: Lagunitas beers on draught, a variety of local reds, whites, roses, Hurricanes and hand squeezed Margaritas.

FOOD: BBQ’d Tomales Bay Oysters and a variety of Po’ Boy sandwiches will be served with choices of Local Roast Beef Debris, Fried Oyster, Fried Gulf White Prawns or Fried Green Tomato. Seafood Gumbo will also be available with local halibut, crayfish tails and andouille sausage.

This is the third annual Oyster & Fog Festival. We played the first one back in 2008 and are looking forward to rocking Rocker’s again!

Rocker Oysterfeller’s Kitchen + Saloon
the Valley Ford Hotel
14415 Highway One in Valley Ford
Brandon Guenther, Chef / Owner
(707) 876-1983
brandong@ffrsi.com

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We play the Cotati Accordion Festival this Sunday at 1PM.

This two-day festival is one of the very best local live music events. Don’t miss it!

We have new beautiful t-shirts that we will be selling along with our CDs. So come by and say hi before or after we play.

And the new 2011 Accordion Babes Album and Pin Up Calendar will be available.

Gates open 9:30
Single day rates at $17 ($15 Advance)
Two-day rate of only $25
Children under 16 (w/ adult) are FREE!
Buy tix online.

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The Mad Maggies play Baghdad by the Bay this weekend.

An afternoon quickie and an all-nighter:

July 30 – Friday Noon-1pm – 555 Mission St – People in Plazas – FREE & Outdoors!

July 31 – Saturday 10pm – Blackthorn Pub – a happening local pub at Irving and 9th Avenue. NO cover!!

Special shout out to our city friends — Come on down to this show!

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Photographer Sean Pete (itsnotart.com) scouted the location — the Sutro Baths ruins on the coast of San Francisco — and somehow got us to behave for these fun shots. It was a fantastic, rare sunny day at the beach at a fascinating historic location.

Take a look.

While you’re looking at our gallery check out some other great photos Sean took of us at Studio E in Sebastopol.

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Plenty of chances over the next few weeks to get crazy and dance like wild folk.

First up is our show tonight (7/15) starting at 6PM on the plaza off Fourth Street in San Rafael. We’ve been playing the San Rafael Downtown Farmer’s Market since 2005!

We have three People in Plazas gigs lined up. These are free and in the streets of SF — my favorite kind of gig. Also up in San Francisco is our first time at the Blackthorn Tavern, a cool neighborhood pub you’ll want to check out.

And we are very pleased to be back at the Cotati Accordion Festival. It’s the 20th annual. Wow!

So come out and enjoy the weather and yours madly. We love playing music for you!

Of course we’ll be playing some of the tunes from our new CD “Flashbacks – the Mad Maggies play vintage hits”.

yours in a mad, mad world,

Mags

July 15 – Thursday 6-9pm – Downtown San Rafael Market – FREE & Outdoors!

July 30 – Friday Noon-1pm – 555 Mission St, SF – People in Plazas – FREE & Outdoors!

July 31 – Saturday 10pm – Blackthorn Pub, SF
August 26 – Thursday Noon-1pm – 3 Embarcadero Center, SF – People in Plazas – FREE & Outdoors!

August 22 – Sunday 1:15pm – Cotati Accordion Festival. One of the very best local music fests!

September 16 – Thursday 6-7pm – 85 McAllister St, SF People in Plazas – FREE & Outdoors!

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Calling all squeezers and those who love our bellowed beauties.

Event: Accordion Day in San Francisco
Day: Friday June 11, 2010
Time: 11:30am
Location: Polk St. between Grove and McAllister

This is the 20th anniversary of San Francisco proclaiming the accordion as the city’s official instrument. Wow!

Tom Torriglia, who spearheaded the effort for SF to honor the accordion, has organized an event the City Hall steps. Mayor Gavin Newsom is expected to make an appearance at noon.

Go to Tom’s website for more info on how to participate.

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March 6th – Saturday 8:30PM – Speisekammer Restaurant, Alameda.

A Side of Mad Maggies: GDub (guitars), Johny Blood (tuba), Adrian (alto sax, bass clarinet) and yours madly on accordion.

I’ve said it before The food is simply stellar at the Speisekammer Restaurant. And the selection of German beer is outstanding!

No Cover

Get Your Green On!

March 12 – Friday night at the Abbey Tavern on Geary in San Francisco. We play 9:30PM onward. FREE!

You want a taste of Irish this is the joint!

March 13 – Saturday afternoon at the 159th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade & Festival, San Francisco. FREE Festival in the Civic Center Plaza starts 11AM. We play 3-5PM.

We had a blast playing this last year. There was dancing in the streets — my favorite kind of happening.

March 19 – Friday 9:30 at the Vibe, San Rafael with Miracle Mule. We play from 10:30 onward – $10.

This is our first time at this cool dance venue in Marin and it’s gonna be fun.

March 28 – Sunday – Marin Civic Center Farmer’s Market Music in the morning amidst the fruits and veggies.

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February 6th – Saturday 8:30PM – Speisekammer Restaurant, Alameda.

GDub (guitars), Johny Blood (tuba), Rhian (whistles/clarinet), Adrian (alto sax) and yours madly on accordion.

Come early and eat — the food is simply stellar at the Speisekammer Restaurant. And their selection of German beer is outstanding!

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February 13th – Saturday 2:00PM – Down Home Music Store, El Cerrito — an Accordion Babes happening. GDub & I will be playing along with several of the 2010 Accordion Babes.

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POST SHOW NOTES: 1/15 with Culann’s Hounds at the Sleeping Lady, Farifax

Oh my, this night was a wild one. When we arrived at 8:45 to set up the Sleeping Lady was packed and it stayed packed all the way past the last note of the Hounds’ set. We began to play at about 9:50 and stirred up a nice batch of tunes including some good rebel songs — “Óró ‘sé do bheatha ‘bhaile” and our own “Rough Music.” We tried out our new (and soon to be recorded) version of the ska classic “A Message to You Rudy” and we sang the “High Seas Lament” for those who have passed in the recent earthquake in Haiti. Hounds’ drummer Chris sat in on snare about halfway through our set. (Thank you, Chris!) Toes tapped, beer bubbled!

The Hounds took the stage at around 11:20 and kicked into a rousing set full of reels, jigs, original tunes and stalwart Pogues covers. Our whistle player, Rhian sat in on a few tunes. People pushed tables aside to make more dancing room. There was at least one woman who really did know how to Irish step-dance so she took Renée’s challenge to do a Riverdance imitation seriously

The windows fogged up completely from the heat of bodies having a good time. We sold Accordion Babes Calendars, CDs and most definitely made new fans. Yep, a very good night!

There’s talk of doing this double-bill again. You won’t want to miss it.

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We’d love to hear from you on the subject. And we’re making it easy for ya. Our pal, Sean Pete of It’s Not Art has set up a survey to take a look at what motivates, encourages, drives and/or deters music fans to attend live music events.

All answers are confidential. We absolutely will not use your info for any other reason but to help us discover what gets a music lover out of the house and into a club, festival, concert or other venue.

Please take the Live Music Survey and share your thoughts on what makes a show worth attending.

Live Concerts. Better than staying at home.

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