About ivy room presents SATURDAY MAY 30THBradley's Birthday Bash featuring:—DOUG GILLARD (GUIDED BY VOICES & NADA SURF)THE BYE BYE BLACKBIRDSBILL SAWN (FROM BEULAH, FIRST SOLO PERFORMANCE!)----Doors 7:00pm / Show 8:00pmAdvance Tickets Available / $18 Door----IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Ave, Albany • 21+DOUG GILLARD—Doug Gillard is a guitarist, songwriter & solo artist & has recorded w/many, including Guided By Voices, Nada Surf, Lifeguards, Neko Case, Death Of Samantha, Gem, Bambi Kino, Sally Crewe, The Hold Steady, Scarcity Of Tanks, My Dad is Dead, Gramercy Arms & more.THE BYE BYE BLACKBIRDS—Torchbearers for harmony laden guitar rock in the 21st century, The Bye Bye Blackbirds' sound is a sparkling blend of country and roots influences, classic 60’s guitar pop, 70’s power pop, contemporary indie rock and the college radio heroes of the 1980’s.
Seaweed Sway & Watermelon Jams Present SUNDAY MAY 31ST—The Mixtape for Palestine ConcertLive music fromHandmade MomentsMagic In The OtherMadeline TasquinAviva La FeyThe Mixtape for Palestine Allstars Ft. Vicki Randle, Anna Moss, Ezra Lipp, Rafa Sarria Bustamante (La Gente), Tarik "Excentrik" Kazaleh, Dellow, Joel Ludford, Andre Fylling, & Special Guests+ KVMR's DJ Little Sunny (spinning Gospel between sets)—Doors 6:00pm / Show 7:00pmSliding Scale Donation $25-$100—IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Ave, Albany • 21+—We welcome you to share in an evening of music, joyful solidarity and tangible support for Gazan led humanitarian aid and community development in Gaza.Live music fromHandmade MomentsMagic In The OtherMadeline TasquinAviva La FeyThe Mixtape for Palestine Allstars Ft. Vicki Randle, Anna Moss, Ezra Lipp, Rafa Sarria Bustamante (La Gente), Tarik "Excentrik" Kazaleh, Dellow, Joel Ludford, Andre Fylling, & Special Guests+ KVMR's DJ Little Sunny (spinning Gospel between sets)The Mixtape for Palestine is a Bandcamp compilation organized by Jessie Woletz (Seaweed Sway) featuring nearly one hundred artists that presently has raised over $15,000 for the Middle East Children’s Alliance. Now together with Ezra Lipp, Jessie and Ezra have joined forces to produce the very first Mixtape for Palestine Concert.All ticket proceeds will be donated to support United for Dignity Alliance with additional night-of fundraising for Artists Unite For PalestineUDFA is a Gazan-led developmental alliance delivering emergency relief, sustaining essential care, and rebuilding civilian systems - supported by global partners, grounded in accountability and local leadership.Artists Unite For Palestine is a growing coalition of artists in the Bay Area and beyond, working to raise funds and build solidarity for a Free Palestine.
About TUESDAY JUNE 2ND—FAM 2LA KWASANDWITCHWHIM!TOTALLY SPITBALLING—5:45PM DOORS / 6:30PM SHOWAdvance Tickets Available—IVY ROOM | 21+860 SAN PABLO AV—BANDWORKS---The BandWorks Adult Band Workshop is an 8-week session offering adult musicians a chance to play in a rock band and perform live on-stage.
About Bang The Bay Presents WED JUNE 3RD—BANG THE BAY!Feat.SQUID SAVES THE PLANETEVERYTHING BUT THE EVERYTHINGELEGANT TRASHRICHARD TURGEONREFLECTOR POOLMC PATTY—Every First and Third Wednesday at the Ivy Room Early show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Doors 6:00pm / Show 6:30pmPRESALE TIX AVAILABLE - DOOR $15 Admission / $25 VIP*(*VIP includes a grab bag full of cool stuff! incl A CD, pins, stickers, patches, T-shirts and other new monthly gifts)—IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Ave, Albany • 21+
About ivy room presents THURSDAY JUNE 4TH—NORMAL WEIRDSTHE SHARPS REMOVEDSEND THE VEKTORSSCREAMING CREATURES —Doors 6:30pm / Show 7pmAdvance Tickets Available / $10 Door—IVY ROOM860 SAN PABLO AV | 21+—NORMAL WEIRDS—We are the weirdos, mister.THE SHARPS REMOVED—Oakland / Alameda Rock/Punk/DuoSEND THE VEKTORS—Garage Rock trio From Albany CA SCREAMING CREATURES—(Formerly known as Sexy NightMare) From beatnik poetry to death rock post punk, this bay area band commands your attention with Sexy poetic chaos.
IVY ROOM PRESENTS FRIDAY JUNE 5TH—THE HELLTONESMIND THE CHORDLADY STARBEASTJACKIE CLEMENTINE—Doors 7:00pm / 8:00pmADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE / $15 DOOR—IVY ROOM860 San Pablo, Albany • 21+—THE HELLTONES—A six piece surf/soul/rock n roll outfit from of Oakland, CAMIND THE CHORD—East Bay power trio. Loud guitars. Big hooks.LADY STARBEAST—Defying traditional genre and embodying idiosyncrasy, Oakland based dark pop artists Ilana Magill & Marc Martell join forces to form Lady Starbeast.JACKIE CLEMENTINE—Jackie Clementine is a fast, rowdy, indie garage rock and punk band based in Martinez, California, formed in 2018. Known for energetic live performances, the band features members Mark Meza, Matt Xavier, Mike Tiura and Logan McGinnis
ivy room presents SATURDAY JUNE 6TH—HAROLD RAY & THE EAST SIDE DYNAMITETHIS TRAIN DON’T STOPBALZAC—Doors 7:00pm / Show 8:00pmADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE / $18 Door—IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Ave, Albany • 21+HAROLD RAY AND EAST SIDE DYNAMITE—Florida to Oakland transplant Harold Ray, aka Jason Morgan is an American soul-singer/performer. Equal parts master showman and work-a-day hero, Harold Ray gained local-fame in his early bands Harold Ray Live in Concert, Eastbay Grease and Total BS. His current list of rock-and-roll hot shots, East Side Dynamite are determined to light the fuse to the grooves, and a blasting cap for your moves. Pick up the phone: high energy, soul-drenched rock and roll is stalking you!THIS TRAIN DON’T STOP—This Train Don't Stop plays good music that makes people dance.BALZAC—A tribute to Prince Buster, The King of Ska! With Tony, Dave, Adachi, Mike, Lou Lou, Johnny, Chad & Danny
IVY ROOM PRESENTS SUNDAY JUNE 7TH—The Montvales + Creekbed Carter HoganAlbum Release co-bill—Doors 6:00pm / Show 7:00pmAdvance Tickets Available / $20 Door—IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Ave, Albany • 21+—THE MONTVALES—Born and raised in Knoxville, TN, Sally Buice and Molly Rochelson of The Montvales spent much of their formative years busking amidst the Elvis impersonators and musical saw players of the town’s Market Square, honing their uniquely boisterous harmonies and perfecting the art of people-watching. Some fifteen years later, the two are still at it-maintaining their study of the robust chaos of the commons as they tour the country playing their descriptive, textured songs on the self-described “feral outskirts of country music.” Their lyrics tackle everything from heartbreak to gentrification to abortion rights, pulling audiences in alongside their well-worn harmonies and nearly telepathic musical connection.In 2020, the Montvales recorded their first album Heartbreak Summer Camp in a living room. The stripped-down, DIY folksongs span their young adulthood, beginning in their teens and taking them through their mid 20s. Then, seeking a more polished, full-band sound, the duo recorded their next album Born Strangers at Sean Sullivan’s Tractor Shed Studio in Goodlettsville, TN, recruiting Nashville stalwart Mike Eli LoPinto (guitarist for Chris Stapleton, producer of Emily Nenni’s On the Ranch) to produce it. The record garnered them a dedicated cult following and has been featured by outlets such as Holler, American Songwriter, Twangville, and more.The Montvales have gone on to share the stage with bands like Willy Tea Taylor and the Fellership, The Local Honeys, James McMurtry, and Mama’s Broke, and have appeared at festivals such as Healing Appalachia and the Old Quarter Songwriter Festival. In 2025 they signed with Free Dirt Records to release the single “Loud and Clear”, with a hint at more new music to come.CREEKBED CARTER LOGAN—“There’s no fiction as strange as America’s current Dantean hellscape and Creekbed Carter’s the kind of artist to help us navigate it.” — Devon Leger, Songlines MagazineThe music of Creekbed Carter Hogan (he/they) is a quiet act of defiance made at the end of your rope. It is the warm feeling of solidarity coursing through your body as you link arms with strangers. It is a hard-won laugh, brittle but brave, in the face of what hurt you the most. It is finding hope where there is none, asking questions when you’re told to stay quiet, demanding a future you believe in, and facing a world hellbent on destruction with community, enthusiasm, and joy.Armed with compassion, curiosity, and a rollicking sense of humor, Hogan has charmed audiences across the USA and the EU/UK, honing their performance and craft as they’ve shared stages with other fan favorites like labelmate Nick Shoulders, Emmylou Harris, Big Richard, Willi Carlisle, and Olive Klug. In addition to being a musician, Carter is also a fiction writer and educator, and this triad of practices helps him ask better questions to learn better lessons.Hogan’s songs have always achieved the rare feat of braiding the personal and the political as a means of bringing people together. Now, with their second studio album PEASANTS REVOLT (out with Gar Hole Records in 2026), Hogan hones their trademark poetics and traditional fingerstyle to present a medieval-Americana manuscript of apocalypse and everyday survival. There is always more to learn, and more work to do to get there; but whether it’s a 14th century riot of peasants, a 20th century miner’s strike, or our modern-day hell, PEASANTS REVOLT was made to help us sing for our supper so we can reclaim a better world for ourselves.
