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!
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.
While you’re looking at our gallery check out some other great photos Sean took of us at Studio E in Sebastopol.
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!
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.
This Sunday Night, April 25th we play Amnesia Bar with Underskore Orchestra.
A seriously good double bill!
Doors 8:00pm
Music starts 9:00pm
$7-10 cover
853 Valencia Street
between 19th and 20th
San Francisco
Underskore Orchestra is a Portland Oregon based band, playing a blend of original and traditional Balkan, Klezmer, Gypsy Jazz and Swing. They have toured U.S., Canada Europe, and Central America. Their newest project, which you’ll get to experience at this show, is RevelMe! — live Balkan/Klezmer/Swing inspired music and dance.
Amnesia Bar, voted best dive bar AND best swanky bar back to back, has a comfortable, music-loving atmosphere, a fancy cool sound system and reasonably priced drinks.
So remember:
local √
great venue √
affordable √
exceptional musicians √
In honor of snakes, green, misty islands & the joy of dancing in the streets enjoy these FREE MP3s: For the Love of Pete and Morning Star
Here’s our performance at the SF St. Pat’s Day Festival of the famous tune, Sí Bheag, Sí Mhor (Little Hill, Big Hill) by the blind harper, Turlough O’ Carolan (Toirdhealbhach Ó Cearbhalláin) It is followed by a rousing version of our take on the trad reel, Sleepy Maggie.
Thanks to Ryan for taking this FlipVideo!
Taped March 13, 2010
Nice plug for the band in the SFExaminer.
What can I say? I like sharing a newspaper spot with Smokey Robinson!
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“TOP PICK
Mad Maggies
9:30pm. Friday. Free. The Spirit of St. Patrick’s Day begins this weekend with an appearance by the Bay Area-based band of self-described ‘crazy musicians playing world-inspired, roots driven, rowdy folk fusion.’ The wild dance band also will appear at the 59th [sic] St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Festival in Civic Center Plaza.”
NOTE: It’s the 159th annual San Francisco St. Pat’s Day Parade and Festival.
Just heard there’s a write up about the Mad Ms in today’s SF Examiner on page 26 
March 12 – Friday night at the Abbey Tavern on Geary in San Francisco. We play 9:30PM onward. FREE!
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. Also playing The Gas Men and Doug Martin Avatar Ensemble
March 19 – Saturday night at the Vibe, San Rafael with Miracle Mule. Show starts 9:30. We play from 10:30 onward – $10
See you in your dancing shoes and with a bit of green on ya!
yours in a mad, mad world,
Mags