The Rialto Funkdown with Shakewell and DASH Sat · May 26, 2018 Doors: 7:30 pm / Show: 8:30 pm Can you feel the rumbling from the Rockies? No, it's not the Yellowstone Supervolcano, but it has the amplitude to make bodies shake and dance floors quake. Shakewell is tearing down venues with tectonic dance grooves radiating from their epicenter in Missoula, Montana. A funk brotherhood of lifelong friends and collaborators, Shakewell thumps out funk, neo-soul, and rock'n'roll. The resulting 5-piece…

Matt Flinner Trio Sat · June 2, 2018 Doors: 7:30 pm / Show: 8:30 pm $15.00 - $18.00 THE MATT FLINNER TRIO Since its inception in 2006, the Matt Flinner Trio has been performing its own brand of acoustic music around the country to rave reviews. Mandolinist Matt Flinner, guitarist Ross Martin and bassist Eric Thorin cover a wide variety of musical styles---all with the common ground of originality. Bluegrass, jazz and Celtic music are all present here, but not…

The Dirty Dozen Brass Band Mon · June 4, 2018 Doors: 7:30 pm / Show: 8:30 pm $27.00 - $30.00 To describe how the Dirty Dozen Brass Band has arrived at its 35th Anniversary, trumpet player Gregory Davis employs a tried-and true New Orleans-centric analogy: “It ends up being like a pot of gumbo – you drop in a little okra, drop in a little shrimp, you drop in some crabs. Before you know it, you’ve mixed in all these…

Mitski Jessica Joyce Sat · June 9, 2018 Doors: 7:30 pm / Show: 8:30 pm $13.00 - $16.00 Mitski warmly recalls a quote from sculptor El Anatsui, “Art grows out of each particular situation, and I believe that artists are better off working with whatever their environment throws up.”With this nerve exposed lyrically, and having dived into her new beginning, Mitski chooses her 2014 breakthrough album Bury Me at Makeout Creek to explore uncharted sonic territory, trading in large string arrangements for guitar and…

Magic Sword  /  Best Korea Sun · June 10, 2018 Doors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm $15.00 - $18.00 Magic Sword Magic Sword keeps their identity under masks and stay ever enigmatic online. Information on them is scarce. Instead, they redirect fans to the legend of the Magic Sword: "The Dark One has once again been freed from his ethereal prison and the mantle of warden falls to The Keeper of the Magic Sword. Echoing through the halls of…

A Night of Country Featuring Flatland Calvary with Ian Thomas and The Band of Drifters Thu · June 14, 2018 Doors: 7:30 pm / Show: 8:30 pm $10.00 - $12.00 Flatland Calvary At some point between Lubbock and Midland, the land shifts from endless cotton rows and rich farmland into pump jacks and mesquite tree filled pastures. Lubbock roots-country outfit Flatland Cavalry straddles that line between the Panhandle and the badlands of West Texas with their bright, earthy country ballads…

Iceage Mary Lattimore Fri · June 15, 2018 Doors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm $13.00 - $15.00 Iceage is Elias Bender Rønnenfelt, Dan Kjær Nielsen, Johan Suurballe Wieth, and Jakob Tvilling Pless. Beyondless, Iceage’s fourth record (and first that was recorded all-analog), was produced by the band and Nis Bysted, recorded by Mattias Glavå at Kungsten Studios Göteberg, and mixed by Randall Dunn at Avast Studios Seattle. The album was played entirely by the band with additional performances by…

Milton Menasco & The Big Fiasco Sat · June 16, 2018 Doors: 7:30 pm / Show: 8:30 pm $10.00 Milton Menasco & The Big Fiasco Milton Menasco & The Big Fiasco are a Reggae, Rock and Funk explosion from Bozeman, Montana. Known for fiery guitar playing, soulful singing, danceable grooves and catchy songs, Menasco and his band The Big Fiasco (featuring Milton Menasco on guitar and vocals, Daniel Boteler on bass and Dustin Van Ry on drums) have a sound…

Har Mar Superstar Sings Sam Cooke Thu · June 21, 2018 Doors: 7:30 pm / Show: 8:30 pm $15.00 - $18.00 With a voice like a southern breeze right off the Mississippi combined with a soul like the best of Motown, Har Mar Superstar is the closest thing to Sam Cooke himself. We here at the Rialto are so very pleased to announce that we're hosting the man, the myth, the legend...Har Mar Superstar. This will be one for the…

A Night of Country w/ Sam Platts and The Dead Yellers Sat · June 30, 2018 Doors: 7:30 pm / Show: 8:30 pm $8.00 - $10.00 Sam Platts and The Great Plainsmen Southwest Montana’s Sam Platts and the Great Plainsmen play honky-tonk music with a unique sound guided by tradition. Sam Platts leads the group and is backed by solid rhythm, bass and harmony, creating music that is meant to be danced to. Songs range from originals written by Platts…

Dean Ween Group Sun · July 8, 2018 Doors: 7:30 pm / Show: 8:30 pm $30.00 - $35.00 The Dean Ween Group will be hitting the road this Spring in celebration of the release of its sophomore album, Rock2. The new album is being released worldwide March 9, 2018 by Schnitzel Records as limited editions of 180 gram colored vinyl with gatefold sleeve and specially colored CD in digi-pac respectively as well as via digital retailers and streaming services. Dean…

Phoebe Bridgers Tue · July 10, 2018 Doors: 7:30 pm / Show: 8:30 pm $15.00 - $18.00 Stranger in the Alps – out September 22, 2017 via Dead Oceans Don’t let the somber tone of her music fool you: the Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers has a sunny disposition. “I’d hate for someone to think I’m sipping an espresso somewhere judging people or feeling sorry for myself. OK, I definitely do that once in a while, but I don’t consider…

I Draw Slow Fri · July 13, 2018 Doors: 7:30 pm / Show: 8:30 pm $13.00 - $16.00 I Draw Slow Bio Dublin, Ireland’s I Draw Slow has already won the adoration of fans in their home country and North America by combining American folk and Irish storytelling traditions with close-harmony vocals, intriguing instrumentation and compelling subject matter. And on their debut with Compass Records, Turn Your Face to the Sun, releasedApril 21, 2017, the band adds even more depth…

JJ Grey & Mofro Sun · July 15, 2018 Doors: 7:30 pm / Show: 8:30 pm $35.00 - $38.00 From the days of playing greasy local juke joints to headlining major festivals, JJ Grey remains an unfettered, blissful performer, singing with a blue-collared spirit over the bone-deep grooves of his compositions. His presence before an audience is something startling and immediate, at times a funk rave-up, other times a sort of mass-absolution for the mortal weaknesses that make him and…

James McMurtry Thu · July 19, 2018 Doors: 7:30 pm / Show: 8:30 pm $20.00 - $40.00 "The simple fact is that James McMurtry may be the truest, fiercest songwriter of his generation..." Stephen King | Entertainment Weekly JAMES McMURTRY RELEASES COMPLICATED GAME, HIS FIRST STUDIO ALBUM IN SIX YEARS "Back before Napster and Spotify, we toured to promote record sales. Now we make records to promote tour dates." AUSTIN, Texas: James McMurtry spins stories with a poet’s pen (“Long…