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Contents October 2021
FEATURES
SAVVY VINYL RECORDS
At Brevard Live Magazine we are all
SPACE COAST ART FESTIVAL
The 56th Space Coast Art Festival will
be held October 16th & 17th at The Av-
Columns
enue Viera, a unique outdoor lifestyle
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big fans of Michelle “Snap Happy” Pes- shopping center located just off I-95 in Charles Van Riper
saro and her mother Martha. These ladies Viera for easy access, with plenty of free Political Satire
have spunk. They extended the store and parking. The Juried Master Fine Arts Guitar Talk
the record collection keeps growing. Show will feature artists from through-
Page 10 out the United States, as well as other Calendars
SPACE COAST MUSIC FESTIVAL
countries..
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21 Live Music in
Brevard County
This annual event, rooted deep in our
original music scene, is Steve Keller’s YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Life Opinions
favorite subject for the past months, part-
ly because he has the insights. He wrote
Yngwie Malmsteen first became known
in the 1980s for his neoclassical playing
28 by Matt Bretz
The Simple Life
down what to expect this year in the Eau style in heavy metal, and has released 22
Gallie Arts District.
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studio albums in a career spanning over
40 years. He’s back on tour. 30 Brevard Eatz
Lizette’s Cajun
Page 26 Bistro
KRISTEN WARREN
This jazz vocalist is one of Brevard’s NATIVE RHYTMS FESTIVAL
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Florida Art
best kept secrets. Not only is she amaz- This event will be held at the Wickham Wes Diffie
ing when singing the classics, she also Park Amphitheater in Melbourne on the Tattoos & Music
has original music. At this year’s SCMF weekend of November 12th to 14th.
she will front a band made up of several
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This event is free and family friendly. Fishing Report
Brevard All Stars. Mark your calendars. by Pompano Rich
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Savvy Vinyl Records
in Melbourne
Bigger Store -
Better Record
Collection
By Steve Keller
M ichelle “Snap Happy” Pessa-
ro’s energy is inspiring. The
Molly Rogers Rollergirls alumna
opened her newly expanded Savvy
Vinyl Records shop in Melbourne a
little earlier one recent morning to
show the improvements to Brevard
Live. “We have jumped through a The remodel is impressive: The talent run in the family. Her cousin,
lot of hoops of fire,” she remarks main counter is now in the middle of comic Duncan Jay, works with her reg-
about the store’s short history the store, as opposed to right when ularly to produce and promote comedy
and the constant pitfalls to “stay you walk in. There are plans to erect shows in the area. Her mother Martha
afloat.” a stage for bands to play, all the while Pessaro is one of the founders of the
plenty of room to walk around on the Native Rhythms Festival held at Wick-
Savvy Vinyl, located just off of US 1 fairy-dust sprinkled floor, a personal ham Park. She also has become a side-
in a “blink or you’ll miss it” strip mall, accomplishment for Pessaro. kick/mentor to the store, working the
has quickly become a record collec- For some locals, Pessaro has been counter as needed.
tor’s must stop destination. Pessaro, one of the faces of the Molly Rogers The future looks bright for Savvy
along with her mother, spent time and Rollergirls; actually investing 9 years Vinyl Records. That fateful morning,
effort with a remodel, adding an adja- of her time and body. Her Roller Derby the store filled up with collectors just a
cent storefront to the fold. “We were name (a time honored tradition) was/is few minutes after opening for the day.
able to add that space without affect- Snap Happy. To this day, she answers The shop had its official grand reopen-
ing our lease here,” she explains. “The the store’s phone with “This is Snap.” ing last month, complete with beer tast-
new store-room is completely alpha- She was one of the leaders, organizing ing and all the fanfare one would expect
betized and organized in their genre (a fundraisers and keeping things in order at a ‘Snap Happy’ celebration. After
task that took them 15 days in a row during their out of state trips, including that, it’s business as usual. “We are
to accomplish). That way if I’m out Las Vegas. She hung up her skates in here to help people find what they’re
of something on the sales floor, I can 2019, after a successful reunion/fund- looking for,” she remarks. “Just don’t
run back there and grab it.” Any record raiser titled ‘Skitzo For Sho’ at the old expect us to sell you a suitcase record
store connoisseur will tell you that not Boondocks bar in Melbourne. She still player, most of those are trash.”
all stores are that organized. skates, as seen
This new found organization is in the store’s
the latest achievement in Savvy Vinyl Facebook video
Records existence. Opened in Febru- crashing through
ary 2020, “we had a few months be- the drywall an-
fore everything Covid happened.” As nouncing the
the Lockdown affected all businesses, store’s expan-
Pessaro was able to secure Govern- sion.
ment assistance more recently that For Brevard
helped the store out and prepare for the native Pessaro
future. hard work and
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nouncement was made, the countdown
to 2021 went into full effect. Now, 10
months later, the final touches are be-
ing made to make sure that this year’s
lineup is better than ever. Bands and
vendors were again encouraged to
sign up to participate via the festival’s
website. The response was rather slow
at first. Perhaps a reluctance to see if
the Pandemic trends would require
another cancellation. As time went on
and the excitement grew, band sub-
missions actually surpassed the total
number from 2019.
“There was and is so much emo-
tion that goes into planning and ex-
ecuting the music festival,” remarks
Steven Spencer founder of Harbor
City Local, a 501 c 3 non-profit orga-
Festival organizers Keenun Barley, Steve Spencer, and Steve Keller nization. Spencer and Keenun Barley,
co-founder of Fleagad Market/ former
Space Coast Music Festival 2021
Director of EGAD, head up the group
of organizers. “There were butterflies
in 2019 of whether or not it would be
By Steve Keller a success,” Spencer continues. Indeed
it was. A total of $13,000 was raised
T he anticipation has been a ticketed event. The festival, created through drink sales and sponsorships
building for more than 20 and produced by the nonprofit Earth to buy and donate musical instruments
Awareness, ceased when founder Sue to local Brevard schools in need. “For
months. With a lot of uncertainty
Luley moved out of state in 2015. 2021, it’s kind of like starting over.
still in the world, the thought of a The festival was resurrected in 2019, Those same butterflies exist today,”
local music festival coming to fru- this time as a one day, all local origi- says Spencer.
ition is within reach. The Space nal bands festival presented for free in
Coast Music Festival, set to take EGAD. A lot can change in two years, espe-
The rebooted festival was a suc- cially in the entertainment world. This
place Saturday, November 6th, in
cess. City officials estimated the crowd year’s festival will again house all lo-
the Eau Gallie Arts District, hopes attendance at 4,500 people. Many cal, all original music. Some bands,
to help in getting back some marveled at how smoothly the event including Who Was I, broke up. New
normalcy to our lives. Dozens ran, both entertainment and crowd bands, out of the ashes of the old ones,
of local musicians are preparing behaviors. As headliner The Pat Trav- were formed. Whisper To A Riot com-
to perform for our hometown, ers Band (featuring Brevard residents bines the core members of The Con-
Dave Pastorius and Tommy Craig) tenders with singer/solo artist Bonnie
capped off with a headlining per- finished their set, people started talk- Harrington and drummer Mike E Styx.
formance by Kristen Warren and ing about how great the 2020 version Younger bands and artists, like scene
Her Brevard All Star Band. would be. That’s not how it turned out wunderkind Nilah Lois, will continue
though, did it? their run of high profile shows with a
festival appearance.
For those unfamiliar, the Space Coast Covid cancelled a lot of plans in 2020. New bands won’t be the only
Music Festival was a yearly event that Festival organizers met regularly to changes in store for this year’s lineup.
ran in the early 2000s. Previous in- discuss the possibility of holding some The former Not Quite Right Theater,
carnations saw bands both local and kind of version, safely. After much de- now known as Funky Dog Improv,
national play over multiple days in liberation, the decision was made to will feature singer/songwriter solo and
various venues across the county as cancel the music fest. The day the an- small group combos throughout the
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Bill Frank will be joined by newcom- series of videos highlighting the vari-
ers ‘Mr. Skylight’ Eric Beckwith and ous murals in the area while perform-
Mira Mudd. ing.
Another positive change to this Warren had the distinction on
year’s lineup is the expansion of the opening the festival in 2019 at a rally
school based bands performing. “The to bring Trader Joe’s to EGAD as well
Musical Petting Zoo was definitely as closing the night out at an after-par-
my favorite part of 2019,” remembers ty at Standard Collective. All the while
Spencer. The area featured tents with performing midday at a Jazz-at-the-
handheld musical instruments for all to Zoo event on the same day in Viera.
try out. This year has a separate stage “We have come a long way with our
set for high school jazz ensembles music scene,” she continues. “It has
from across the County to play as well
as performances from The Groove
blossomed into something special.”
Kristen Warren
Shack, a local business that teaches Another great feature of the SCMF is “NO ONE but your momma has to
music lessons and encourages band the inclusion of the Fleagad Market. listen to your music.” This is the
participation. Lois, a client of The Vendors from all over the county of- creed by which vibrant and soulful
Groove Shack, will share experiences fer anything from homemade candles musical artist Kristen Warren plies
that day with other musical hopefuls to and jams, vegan desserts, to artwork her craft and, though her mother is
someday play the main stage like she and wares for purchase. Partnering undoubtedly a fan, Ms. Warren’s
is set to do. with the music only adds value to both dedication, enthusiasm, and inspired
entities. composition continue to give audi-
This year local singer/songwriter Kris- Perhaps the people most to ben- ences what they want. Kristen’s sing-
ten Warren and Her Brevard All-Stars efit from November 6th are the fans ing career began early in her youth
have been announced as the headlin- of local music, local art, responsibly with performances at local functions
ing act. A high energy set consisting of getting together to enjoy the day. Full and church services by the tender age
a who’s who of local talent is sure to music schedules were not available of seven. Continuing to develop her
send the audience home happy. at press time but will be viewable on talents throughout school and the oc-
“It is truly an honor to be chosen www.SpaceCoastRocks.com by the casional foray into the thespian arts,
to headline this year’s festival and be time you are reading this. The event she set out upon her personal road
surrounded with amazing local play- is set to start at 10am and run through to success. Performing smooth, en-
ers,” Warren says when asked what to until 10pm at various stages through- trancing renditions of fan favorites,
expect. “Music has a way to heal and out the Eau Gallie Arts District. Vol- both classic and modern, as well as
the response in doing so is deeper than unteer opportunities are still available her own heartfelt and artfully crafted
before since we are all going through and are encouraged to visit the above original music, she found her way
it.” Warren has amassed quite the re- website as well. into the minds and hearts of Central
sume in Brevard and Orange counties Florida. She has performed twice at
in a relative short amount of time. This Spencer and Harbor City Local con- the Florida Music Festival, Jackson-
year alone she has performed at the tinue with the Festival’s original intent villes’ PorchFest and at the Festival
closing fashion show of Robot Love, to raise money to buy musical instru- of Light and Sound. Kristen sang
as well as a co-headlining show at the ments. They are then donated to local background for American Idol con-
EGAD band shell with fellow musi- Title 1 schools in the area. Donations testant Robbie Carico. In February
cians Beebs and Char Good. from 2019 were handed out last year, 2017, she played Billie Holiday in a
Her ability to sing Jazz standards a memory that organizer Spencer will sold out run of “Lady Day at Emer-
as well as take a modern approach to always cherish. “To be able to help the sons Bar and Grill.” Though notice-
the genre has put her in high demand. schools, the kids, in achieving their ably divergent from her inspirational
It is also a mutual admiration society goals is something I’ll always remem- forbears, each note hints at the eclec-
as she filmed a ‘Tiny Desk Concert’ ber,” he recalls. Local music stores tic stylings of Lauryn Hill, the allur-
for the yearly NPR contest alongside have been instrumental (pun intended) ing jazz of Ella Fitzgerald, and the
the band Creek (who regularly serve in assisting with the purchase of the brilliant vitality of Stevie Wonder.
as her backing band) with the segment instruments. All Photos by Kadeem
filmed at acclaimed artist Derek Gores’ www.SpaceCoastRocks.com “ArrogantWatcher” Cobham
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From Troubadour To Viking Metal And Everything In Between
NOTEWORTHY “SLEEPER ACTS”
T his year’s Space Coast Music
Festival presents 10 “Sleeper
Acts.” A Sleeper Act is someone
band are presenting an all original set.
“It’s going to be the full band, I will
switch from acoustic, to electric guitar
and then keyboards,” he tells Brevard and as a 90s to the present cover band,
that you may not have heard a lot they have evolved into Neptune’s
Live. “We are starting folky and mel-
of hype about, but they are rath- Echo. The Melbourne Beach band spe-
low, then heavy rock by the end.” Ide-
er noteworthy. This year’s lineup ally, clubs would see the tremendous cializes also in original music. Bands
has more diversity than previous song writing abilities and follow suit, like this were made for a Saturday af-
years (Note: These bands are not but for now we will enjoy this oppor- ternoon audience making this one of
in any ranking order, and the line- tunity. many can’t miss performances.
up is subject to change.)
Tidal Theory: Paging Mr. Herman:
You’d be hard pressed to find another This is one of the bands on the bill that
The Gangly Youth:
band in Brevard to have such immedi- has a new record to promote, their lat-
This garage rock band describes them-
ate impact on the scene as Tidal Theo- est effort is called Nowadays. PMH
selves as ‘Mosquito math dream rock’
ry. Earlier this year they took part in wowed everyone in 2019 and this
on their Facebook page. Not sure what
the Jesse Hebb benefit online (bringing year’s appearance looks to be another
that means exactly but they have been
along another SCMF performer Drift- gem. Success couldn’t happen to nicer
missed on the scene. The band seem-
ing Roots). They bring a much needed guys.
ingly disappeared for a long while but
is back with new music and a handful boost to the typical reggae sound that
this area is known for. Look for Tidal Positive Chaos:
of shows. The festival atmosphere will
Theory to make the most out of the op- The band is continuing to promote
serve them well.
portunity and to be the topic of much their impressive Apprehensive Time
conversation post festival. Travelers Club; Departures release
Darien The Great:
and more recently an excellent cover
Rap and hip hop are represented at this
Shelley Songer Group: of The Who’s Eminence Front. They
year’s festival and Darien The Great is
Another familiar name from the local have continued writing and perform-
at the forefront. His rhyming talent and
scene is back after living out of state. ing, not letting the Pandemic stifle
use of uplifting beats and melodies are
Along with her husband and bandmate their creativity. In a long list of popu-
truly appreciated. Don’t let the boister-
Dave, Shelley Songer lived and per- lar, talented bands on this year’s festi-
ous name scare you away. This is set
formed in Nashville for the last few val, look for Positive Chaos to live up
to be a positive step for both artist and
years. Now back in Brevard since the to their name.
festival that you don’t want to miss.
beginning of this year, the scene is bet-
ter with the Songers in it. Withering Earth:
Frank Rios Band:
A case could be made that previous
Long known for cover song sets (and
Trash Cinema: music festivals had been missing one
his good looks) Frank Rios and his
The band formerly known as Death- thing: Viking Metal! Not this time as
Crusher has renamed but as singer Greg Moir & company will be repre-
Danilo Krkljus announces “same senting live and in living color. There
sound. Some new songs, some old will be a lot of headbanging during
songs.” The band also has added Kurt their set. Consider yourself warned.
Ronstrom Lamp (Laser Praiser, Final
Girl) on bass. This band has paid its Please continue to check out Space
dues and deserves some festival love. Coast Music Festival’s social media
Bring it. including the website at www.space-
coastrocks.com for updated info and
Neptune’s Echo: stage schedules. See everyone on No-
Formally known as Sons of Neptune vember 6th!
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October 16 & 17
at the The Avenue Viera
56th SPACE COAST
ART FESTIVAL
Saturday, October 16th
T he 56th Space Coast Art Festi- Friday, November 12, 8pm
Social Distance, Satellite Bch King Center, Melbourne
val will be held October 16th &
Michael Winslow 17th at The Avenue Viera, a unique
1964 - The Tribute
outdoor lifestyle shopping center lo-
M ichael Leslie Winslow is an ac-
tor, comedian and beatboxer
billed as “The Man of 10,000 Sound
cated just off I-95 in Viera for easy
access, with plenty of free parking.
The Juried Master Fine Arts Show
A fter a couple of cancelations due
to Covid, the show is finally hap-
pening. Experience the “Beatles.”
Effects” for his ability to make re- will feature artists from throughout “1964” focuses on the quintes-
alistic sounds using only his voice. the United States, as well as other sential moment in history, when The
He is best known for his roles in all countries. The selected artists exhibit Beatles actually played before a LIVE
seven Police Academy films as Larvell in ten different categories including audience. The Beatles toured the world
Jones. He has also appeared in Space- Oils & Acrylics; Watercolor; Draw- in the early 1960’s, but now only a
balls, Cheech and Chong’s Next Mov- ing, Graphics, Printmaking & Paper; precious few remain who actually
ie and Nice Dreams, The Love Boat, Clay; Sculpture; Photography; Glass; saw them LIVE, who actually felt the
and commercials for Cadbury and Jewelry; Leather, Fiber, Wood; Mixed “mania” that brought them to world
GEICO. According to his own ac- Media. In addition to the Juried Art- acclaim. Today, all that remains are a
count, Winslow had few friends grow- ists, the SCAF features a Student Art few scant memories and some captured
ing up. To pass time, he would imi- Show, open to all Public, Private or images in pictures and on poor quality
tate the sounds of engines, animals, Home Schooled Students in Brevard film and video. For those that never saw
flatulence, anything that made noise. County. The students will vie for both The Beatles LIVE and always wanted
Following his high school and college ribbons and cash awards recognizing to know what it must have been like...
periods, he performed in nightclubs their artistic talents. SCAF has joined this is as close as anyone could possi-
and theaters, where his sound imita- forces with Brevard Zoo to provide bly get to...feeling the magic!
tion skills won him positive appraisal the opportunity for children to ex- For over 30 years, “1964” has
and enough money to move to and press themselves through “Children’s thrilled audiences with what is con-
perform his act in Hollywood. He can Hands-On” art and also to promote sidered to be the most authentic and
recreate any sound known to man and the Aquarium Artwalk scheduled for endearing tribute to The Beatles. This
more, limited only by his imagination, March 2022 designed to build aware- has been accomplished by a steady and
making him a must see entertainment ness of the world-class aquarium and consistent cast of talented professional
staple which keeps him quite busy. conservation campus planned for Port musicians, who painstakingly recreate
He has recently finished up a come- Canaveral. Festival hours are Satur- the look, feel and note for note sound
dy special on the Starz Network with day, October 16th, 9 am to 5 pm and of an actual LIVE Beatles perfor-
Jimmy Walker. Mike’s next big proj- Sunday, October 17th, 10 to 4 pm. For mance. “1964” meticulously re-creates
ects involve various animated shows more information check www.space- the “MAGIC” of those LIVE Beatles’
with large network interest, as well as coastartfestival.com or contact SCAF performances with artful precision and
variety shows in Vegas! at info@spacecoastartfestival.com unerring accuracy.
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The Column
By Chuck Van Riper
Guitar Talk
I started playing guitar, amongst other things, in 1966,
back in the Mesozoic Era. Guitar life back then was
pretty simple. You had your Telecaster/Stratocaster type
guitars, Les Paul type guitars, and semi-hollow 335 type
guitars, and a myriad of acoustic styles.. You get your
light, medium, or heavy strings. The biggest thing in
guitar cables were the curly ones, like the cable on your
phone. You know, the one attached to the wall. They were
awful. If you put them in a gig bag or in your guitar case,
they would macrame themselves into a contorted ball
from hell, and the more you tried to untangle it, the more
knotted it would become. So you end up just getting an-
other one. Pretty soon you have a 5 foot ball of wires that
will never be straightened out. Now you can get cable ties
of varying styles for your straight chords to keep them
straightened out. If you’re a beginning guitarist, I strongly
suggest investing in these first to save yourself from guitar
chord hell. Now you can get “braided” cables with right
angle or straight jacks, or one side straight and one side
angled, with metal ends or wrapped in rubber ends, stereo
or mono. Personally, I’ve used those skinny, little, black
chords that they used to give away with guitars for years.
No problem. If they only made them longer than 4 feet.
As I’ve mentioned, you pretty much had your choice of
light, medium, or heavy strings, until they came out with
super slinky! When you’re 11 and just learning guitar, it
seemed like a good idea. Skinny strings must be easier to
play. Well that fallacy fell apart very quickly when I found
out that not only did they slice your fingers, but they went
out of tune as soon as you pressed them down. On acous-
tic, heavier sounded better but hurt like hell to play. My
first acoustic was an old Stella with really high action. It
hurt to play anything above the 3rd fret. My first electric
was a “Teisco del Ray” that I bought at Sears for about
$28. My brother’s first electric was a guitar that we won
playing the wheels down on the boardwalk in Point Pleas-
ant, NJ. Boy did we love that guitar! Three pickups and
everything! Now you can spend relatively little money
and get very nice guitars that play very easily. I have a
Chinese copy of a Gibson that I paid $125 for. It’s still one
of my favorites. Of course, with electric guitars, it depends
on the amplifier.
18 - Brevard Live October 2021Amps in the 60’s were big. I mean really big with hub cap
size dials. If you got reverb built in you were lucky. Of
course, there were amps like Fender around but at 11, a lit-
tle difficult to afford. We were relegated to off brand stuff.
Usually, there were 2 inputs, though, in which case that
amp doubled as a vocal PA system too. The only problem
being, whatever the tone you wanted on the vocal, that’s
the tone the guitar had to use too. I remember listening to
Hendrix back then wondering how he got that overdrive
sound. There really weren’t many pedals back then except
for some weird flangy/chorus type things which were fine
if you wanted to sound like you were playing underwater
all the time. How do you get that fuzzy sound? Maybe if
we turn the amp up all the way? No, that wasn’t it, but it
drove the neighbors crazy. Then we learned about TUBE
amps. You needed tubes to overdrive the amp. Well, we
were solid state living in a tube world. What’s a boy to
do? We figured out that if you take a razor blade and put
a couple inch slice in the speaker, you could almost get
that sound. Cool! Then, when you wanted a clean sound,
a mere piece of scotch tape would fix it. Of course, you
couldn’t do this too much or you end up with a speaker
covered in scotch tape. So save that technique for the big
gigs. When we were in high school, I was playing in the
jazz band. That’s when we first discovered tape delay.
That consisted of running a loop through a reel to reel tape
recorder, then run that out to a PA. Far out, man! That was
the coolest thing ever, and I got to play the solo using it.
Billy and I were always into sounds. We practiced in our
basement which had cement steps going outside. So, one
time, we took my old Teisco guitar, which I really didn’t
use anymore, and hooked two or three amps together and
turned every one of those huge knobs all the way up to
10 (we didn’t have 11 yet). Then we got about 50 feet of
guitar chord, plugged in the guitar, went up the steps, and
threw the guitar down the stairs, just to see what it would
sound like. Hey! There’s that distortion sound! I think we
were laughing for days on that one. We would then repair
the guitar so we could try it again. The amps didn’t like it.
Nowadays, you can get guitars and amps fairly inexpen-
sively and get whatever sound you want. It’s easy. Not
only do amps usually have that overdrive sound built in,
or you can get one of the plethora of pedals out there and
even sound like you’re playing underwater. I do miss the
big dials, though. After 55 years of playing, my old eyes
would appreciate it. And I don’t care how many pedals
you buy, you’ll never get the sound of a 1966 Tiesco del
Rey tumbling down a flight of cement stairs!
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October 2021
Entertainment Calendar
1 - FRIDAY Walker 6 - WEDNESDAY Picture Show
BLIND LION: 8pm Chief HILTON CB/LONGBOARDS: COCOA BEACH FISH MATT’S CASBAH: 6:30pm
Cherry Quintet 7-10pm Jason Domulot CAMP: 7-11pm Dueling Pianos Vintage Duo; 11pm-2am Late
BONEFISH WILLY’S HURRICANE CREEK FRESH SCRATCH BISTRO: Night DJ
RIVERFRONT GRILLE: SALOON: 7-9pm Free Dance 6pm Char Good PUB AMERICANA MELB:
6pm Matt Adkins Lessons; 9pm Country Music DJ HURRICANE CREEK 5:30pm Jeffrey Lynn Bazemore
CARIB BREWERY USA/ KEY WEST BAR: 9pm Loaded SALOON: 7-9pm Free Dance RUBIX: 7pm Sing/Jam with Big
TAPROOM: 4-7pm Tru Phonic Dice Lessons; 9pm Country Music DJ Doc Cox & Friends
COCOA BEACH FISH LOU’S BLUES: 1pm Dave LOU’S BLUES: 7pm Rock-Star SANDBAR: 4pm 506 Crew
CAMP: 9pm Retro Active Daze Kury; 5:30pm Karaoke w/ Karaoke Duo; 9pm Drifting Roots
CROWNE PLAZA/ Cindy; 9:30pm Luna Pearl RUBIX: 7pm Antarah Metal SLOW & LOW CB: 7pm Buck
LONGBOARDS: 6-9pm MATT’S CASBAH: 6:30pm Karaoke Barefoot
Galaxy Vinnie Hines; 11pm-2am Late SANDBAR: 8pm Adam Sean SLOW & LOW Viera: 7pm
EARL’S HIDEAWAY: 8:30pm Night DJ SOCIAL DISTANCE: 8pm VIP Mark Soroka
Raisin Cane PUB AMERICANA MELB: Karaoke SOCIAL DISTANCE: 9pm
FRESH SCRATCH BISTRO: 5:30pm Martini Martini Forte Band; 1:30am DJ Rey
6pm Sarah Dent RUBIX: 8pm Deep Six Pink 7 - THURSDAY WHISKEY BEACH: 6pm
GOOMBAY’S: 6:30pm Billy Rock Show CARIB BREWERY USA/ Mary Kate Brennan
Chapman SANDBAR: 9pm Whiskey JuJu TAPROOM: 7pm Trivia
HILTON CB/ SLOW & LOW CB: 7pm Open COCOA BEACH FISH 9 - SATURDAY
LONGBOARDS: 6-9pm Dub Mic w/ Bo & Kenny CAMP: 5pm Anja, 9pm DJ Salt BLIND LION: 8pm The Which
Masters Duo SOCIAL DISTANCE: 9pm Shaker Doctors
HURRICANE CREEK Funpipe; 1:30am DJ Rey FRESH SCRATCH BISTRO: BONEFISH WILLY’S
SALOON: 7-9pm Free Dance WHISKEY BEACH: 8pm Eric 6pm Joel Thomas RIVERFRONT GRILLE: 6pm
Lessons; 9pm Country Music Lee Webb Band HURRICANE CREEK John McDonald
DJ SALOON: 7-9pm Free Dance CARIB BREWERY USA/
KEY WEST BAR: 9pm ELW 3 - SUNDAY Lessons; 9pm Country Music DJ TAPROOM: 6-9pm Cherry
LOU’S BLUES: 5:30pm BONEFISH WILLY’S LOU’S BLUES: 7:30pm TBA Down
Karaoke w/ Bob Neal; 9:30pm RIVERFRONT GRILLE: 4pm MATT’S CASBAH: 5pm Adam COCOA BEACH FISH
Kings County Reggae Juice Sean CAMP: 9pm Alex Hayes Band
MATT’S CASBAH: 6:30pm CROWNE PLAZA/ SANDBAR: 8pm Karaoke CROWNE PLAZA/
Ellen & Friends; 11pm-2am LONGBOARDS: 1-4pm Aaron RUBIX: 7pm Open Mic w/ LONGBOARDS: 12-4pm Tru
Late Night DJ Rhoades Steve Hodak Phonic
PUB AMERICANA MELB: EARL’S HIDEAWAY: 2pm SLOW & LOW CB: 7pm Matt EARL’S HIDEAWAY: 2pm
5:30pm Cash Colley Gary Hoey Riley Dave Scott & Tumbleweed;
SANDBAR: 4pm Bullet FRESH SCRATCH BISTRO: SOCIAL DISTANCE: 8:30pm 8:30pm Perfect Tuesday
Dodgers; 9pm Tidal Theory 5pm Good Vibes Sunday w/ TBA FRESH SCRATCH BISTRO:
SLOW & LOW CB: 7pm Mike Murphy 6pm Bill Hamilton
Andy Harrington HILTON CB/LONGBOARDS: 8 - FRIDAY GOOMBAYS: 7pm Joe & Tina
SLOW & LOW Viera: 7pm 1-4pm Blazing Posse BLIND LION: 8pm Tony Wynn (106 South)
Buck Barefoot KEY WEST BAR: 9pm Pinch & Cameron Brown HILTON CB/LONGBOARDS:
SOCIAL DISTANCE: 9pm LOU’S BLUES: 3pm Billy Lee BONEFISH WILLY’S 6-9pm Acoustics
Love Valley; 1:30am DJ Rey Celebration of Life with Switch, RIVERFRONT GRILLE: 6pm HURRICANE CREEK
WHISKEY BEACH: 8pm Vince Love, Chief Cherry, Soul Matt Adkins SALOON: 7-9pm Free Dance
Latin Dance Night with Island Jam CARIB BREWERY USA/ Lessons; 9pm Country Music DJ
Hans PUB AMERICANA MELB: TAPROOM: 6-9pm Lowell KEY WEST BAR: 9pm Jeff
4:30pm Drew Halverson Everly Bynum
2 - SATURDAY RUBIX: 7pm Sing/Jam with COCOA BEACH FISH LOU’S BLUES: 1pm John
BLIND LION: 8pm The Big Doc Cox CAMP: 9pm Cheetah Coalition Nugent; 5:30pm Karaoke w/
Shuffle Tones SANDBAR: 10pm DJ Cerino CROWNE PLAZA/ Cindy; 9:30pm Rios Rock Band
BONEFISH WILLY’S WHISKEY BEACH: 8pm LONGBOARDS: 6-10pm MATT’S CASBAH: 6:30pm
RIVERFRONT GRILLE: 2-6pm Joey Ferris Solo Joshua Keels Highway 1; 11pm-2am Late
6pm Stay Tuned EARL’S HIDEAWAY: 8:30pm Night DJ
CARIB BREWERY USA/ 4 - MONDAY Whiskey, Stills & Mash (from PUB AMERICANA MELB:
TAPROOM: 6-9pm Green GOOMBAYS: 7pm Open Mic N.C.) 5:30pm T.A. Williams
Light w/ Andrew Walker FRESH SCRATCH BISTRO: SANDBAR: 9pm RokSlide
COCOA BEACH FISH LOU’S BLUES: 7pm Dirty 6pm Irina Freckle Band
CAMP: 9pm Allen Wronko Bingo GOOMBAY’S: 6:30pm Billy SLOW & LOW CB: 7pm Open
Band RUBIX: 7pm Thom Parks Chapman Mic w/ Bo & Kenny
CROWNE PLAZA/ HILTON CB/LONGBOARDS: SOCIAL DISTANCE: 8:30pm
LONGBOARDS: 12-4pm Spot 5 - TUESDAY 6-9pm Island Breeze Rockfish; 1:30am DJ Rey
In Duo GOOMBAY’S: 5-7pm Dudley HURRICANE CREEK WHISKEY BEACH: 8pm
EARL’S HIDEAWAY: 2pm Quest; 7:30pm Villon Trivia SALOON: 7-9pm Free Dance Vince Love & The Soul Cats
3Ring; 8:30pm $ChaChings$ LOU’S BLUES: 6:30pm Trivia Lessons; 9pm Country Music DJ
FRESH SCRATCH BISTRO: SANDBAR: 9pm DJ Goldfinga KEY WEST BAR: 9pm 10 - SUNDAY
6pm Lowell SOCIAL DISTANCE: 8pm Heatstroke BONEFISH WILLY’S
GOOMBAYS: 7pm Andrew Jam w/ Russ Kellum LOU’S BLUES: 5:30pm RIVERFRONT GRILLE: 4pm
Karaoke w/ Bob Neal; 9:30pm
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Rick Ferrin Steve Hodak LONGBOARDS: 1-4pm Call SOCIAL DISTANCE: 8pm
CROWNE PLAZA/ SLOW & LOW CB: 7pm Matt the Wolf Jam w/ Russ Kellum
LONGBOARDS: 1-4pm Call Riley EARL’S HIDEAWAY: 2pm
The Wolf SOCIAL DISTANCE: 8:30pm Memphis Lightning; 8:30pm 20 - WEDNESDAY
EARL’S HIDEAWAY: 2pm TA Williams Love Valley COCOA BEACH FISH
Bruce Katz FRESH SCRATCH BISTRO: CAMP: 7-11pm Dueling Pianos
FRESH SCRATCH BISTRO: 15 - FRIDAY 6pm Char Good FRESH SCRATCH BISTRO:
5pm Good Vibes Sunday w/ BLIND LION: 8pm Josh Miller GOOMBAYS: 7pm TBA 6pm Sarah Dent
Mike Murphy Blues Review HILTON CB/LONGBOARDS: HURRICANE CREEK
HILTON CB/LONGBOARDS: BONEFISH WILLY’S 6-9pm Acoustics SALOON: 7-9pm Free Dance
1-4pm Top Hill Crew RIVERFRONT GRILLE: 6pm HURRICANE CREEK Lessons; 9pm Country Music DJ
LOU’S BLUES: 2pm Love Matt Adkins SALOON: 7-9pm Free Dance LOU’S BLUES: 7pm Rock-
Valley; 7pm Jeff Bynum CARIB BREWERY USA/ Lessons; 9pm Country Music DJ Star Karaoke
PUB AMERICANA MELB: TAPROOM: 6-9pm Anja KEY WEST BAR: 9pm Matt RUBIX: Antarah Metal Karaoke
4:30pm Billy Chapman Konklin Rosman SANDBAR: 8pm Anja
RUBIX: Deep Six Bands COCOA BEACH FISH LOU’S BLUES: 1pm John SOCIAL DISTANCE: 8pm
SANDBAR: 10pm DJ Cerino CAMP: 9pm Blue Diamond McDonald; 5:30pm Karaoke w/ VIP Karaoke
WHISKEY BEACH: 2pm CROWNE PLAZA/ Cindy; 9:30pm Guilty Pleasure
Lowell Everly LONGBOARDS: 6-9pm MATT’S CASBAH: 6:30pm 21 - THURSDAY
Sargassum Ellen & Friends; 10:30pm-2am CARIB BREWERY USA/
11 - MONDAY EARL’S HIDEAWAY: 8:30pm Late Night DJ TAPROOM: 7pm Trivia
GOOMBAYS: 7pm Open Mic Checkmate PUB AMERICANA MELB: COCOA BEACH FISH
w/ Andrew Walker FRESH SCRATCH BISTRO: 5:30pm Jeff Marquis CAMP: 5pm Chase; 9pm DJ
LOU’S BLUES: 7pm Dirty 6pm Irina Freckle RUBIX: Deep Six Bands Salt Shaker
Bingo GOOMBAY’S: 6:30pm Billy SANDBAR: 5pm-12am FRESH SCRATCH BISTRO:
RUBIX: 7pm Thom Parks Chapman Oktoberfest; 9pm The Syndicate 6pm Jerry Zee
HILTON CB/LONGBOARDS: SLOW & LOW CB: 7pm Open HURRICANE CREEK
12 - TUESDAY 6-9pm Dub Masters Duo Mic w/ Bo & Kenny SALOON: 7-9pm Free Dance
GOOMBAY’S: 5-7pm Dudley HURRICANE CREEK SOCIAL DISTANCE: 9pm Lessons; 9pm Country Music DJ
Quest; 7:30pm Villon Trivia SALOON: 7-9pm Free Dance Comedian Michael Winslow; LOU’S BLUES: 7:30pm
LOU’S BLUES: 6:30pm Trivia Lessons; 9pm Country Music DJ 1:30am DJ Rey Drifting Roots
SANDBAR: 9pm DJ Goldfinga KEY WEST BAR: 9pm WHISKEY BEACH: 8pm MATT’S CASBAH: 5pm Guy
SOCIAL DISTANCE: 8pm Payback Gravel Switch Lee
Jam w/ Russ Kellum LOU’S BLUES: 5:30pm RUBIX: 7pm Open Mic w/
Karaoke w/ Bob Neal; 9:30pm 17 - SUNDAY Steve Hodak
13 - WEDNESDAY Harbor City Sound BONEFISH WILLY’S SANDBAR: 8pm Karaoke
COCOA BEACH FISH MATT’S CASBAH: 6:30pm RIVERFRONT GRILLE: 4pm SLOW & LOW CB: 7pm Matt
CAMP: 7-11pm Dueling Pianos Joe Calauttis; 11pm-2am Late Matt Adkins Riley
FRESH SCRATCH BISTRO: Night DJ CROWNE PLAZA/ SOCIAL DISTANCE: 8:30pm
6pm Denise Turner PUB AMERICANA MELB: LONGBOARDS: 12-4pm Joshua Keel
HURRICANE CREEK 5:30pm John McDonald SoulTime
SALOON: 7-9pm Free Dance SANDBAR: 4pm Steel Pan EARL’S HIDEAWAY: 2pm 22 - FRIDAY
Lessons; 9pm Country Music DJ Man; 9pm People Corrupting Stacey Mitchhart BLIND LION: 8pm Skootch
LOU’S BLUES: 7pm Rock-Star People FRESH SCRATCH BISTRO: and Skoot
Karaoke SLOW & LOW CB: 7pm Josh 5pm Good Vibes Sunday w/ BONEFISH WILLY’S
RUBIX: Antarah Metal Karaoke Keels Mike Murphy RIVERFRONT GRILLE: 6pm
SANDBAR: 8pm Teddy V SLOW & LOW Viera: 7pm HILTON CB/LONGBOARDS: Matt Adkins
SOCIAL DISTANCE: 8pm Andy Harrington 12-4pm Dub Masters CARIB BREWERY USA/
VIP Karaoke SOCIAL DISTANCE: 8:30pm LOU’S BLUES: 2pm Tru TAPROOM: 6-9pm Lowell
Radar Red; 1am DJ Rey Phonic; 7pm Eric Webb Everly
14 - THURSDAY THE TINY TURTLE: 6:30pm PUB AMERICANA MELB: COCOA BEACH FISH
CARIB BREWERY USA/ Part One Tribe 4:30pm Thomas Mitchell CAMP: 9pm Which Doctors
TAPROOM: 7pm Trivia WHISKEY BEACH: 8pm Eric SANDBAR: 10pm DJ Cerino CROWNE PLAZA/
COCOA BEACH FISH Lee Webb Band WHISKEY BEACH: 2pm LONGBOARDS: 6-9pm
CAMP: 5pm Megan Katarina, Karalyn Woulas Sargassum
9pm DJ Salt Shaker 16 - SATURDAY EARL’S HIDEAWAY: 8:30pm
FRESH SCRATCH BISTRO: BLIND LION: closed for 18 - MONDAY The Flood w/ Dylan Butler
6pm Bill Hamilton private event GOOMBAYS: 7pm Open Mic FRESH SCRATCH BISTRO:
HURRICANE CREEK BONEFISH WILLY’S w/ Andrew Walker 6pm Irina Freckle
SALOON: 7-9pm Free Dance RIVERFRONT GRILLE: 6pm LOU’S BLUES: 7pm Dirty GOOMBAY’S: 6:30pm Billy
Lessons; 9pm Country Music DJ TBA Bingo Chapman
LOU’S BLUES: 7:30pm CARIB BREWERY USA/ HILTON CB/LONGBOARDS:
Modoc River TAPROOM: 10am-Noon Alan 19 - TUESDAY 6-9pm Rising Lion
MATT’S CASBAH: 5pm Shepard Park Beach Clean UP GOOMBAY’S: 5-7pm Dudley HURRICANE CREEK
Elemental Froove Duo COCOA BEACH FISH Quest; 7:30pm Trivia SALOON: 7-9pm Free Dance
SANDBAR: 8pm Karaoke CAMP: 9pm Dalla Tyler Band LOU’S BLUES: 6:30pm Trivia Lessons; 9pm Country Music DJ
RUBIX: 7pm Open Mic w/ CROWNE PLAZA/ SANDBAR: 9pm DJ Goldfinga KEY WEST BAR: 9pm Lil Lin
22 - Brevard Live October 2021Band EARL’S HIDEAWAY: 2pm
LOU’S BLUES: 5:30pm Denny Artache; 4pm Skyla 29 - FRIDAY
Karaoke w/ Bob Neal; 9:30pm Burrell BLIND LION: 8pm Tony Wynn
Kings County FRESH SCRATCH BISTRO: & Cameron Brown
MATT’S CASBAH: 6:30pm 5pm Good Vibes Sunday w/ BONEFISH WILLY’S
Frank Rios; 11pm-2am Late Mike Murphy RIVERFRONT GRILLE: 6pm
Night DJ HILTON CB/LONGBOARDS: Matt Adkins
PUB AMERICANA MELB: 1-4pm 506 Crew CARIB BREWERY USA/
5:30pm John McDonald LOU’S BLUES: 2pm Vince TAPROOM: 6-9pm Vince
SANDBAR: 4pm Jeff Marquis; Reed Band; 7pm Syd Taylor Cranford
9pm 506 Crew Band PUB AMERICANA MELB: COCOA BEACH FISH
SLOW & LOW CB: 7pm Tim 4:30pm Martini Martini CAMP: 9pm Bailey Callahan
England RUBIX: Karaoke with Big Doc Duo
SLOW & LOW Viera: 7pm Cox CROWNE PLAZA/
Bonnie Harrington SANDBAR: 10pm DJ Cerino LONGBOARDS: 6-9pm Galaxy Sunday, Oct 24, 2pm
SOCIAL DISTANCE: 8:30pm WHISKEY BEACH: 2pm Joey EARL’S HIDEAWAY: 8:30pm Earl’s Hideaway
TBA; 1:30am DJ Rey Ferris Reckless Shot
WHISKEY BEACH: 8pm FRESH SCRATCH BISTRO: Sebastian
Lacey Onstage 25 - MONDAY 6pm Irina Freckle Skyla Burrell
GOOMBAYS: 7pm Open Mic GOOMBAY’S: 6:30pm Billy
23 - SATURDAY w/ Andrew Walker Chapman Skyla Burrell was born in
BLIND LION: 8pm Jeff Staton LOU’S BLUES: 7pm Dirty HILTON CB/LONGBOARDS:
Bingo
Los Angeles, CA. Skyla
Trio 6-9pm Island Breeze
BONEFISH WILLY’S HURRICANE CREEK formed her first band at
RIVERFRONT GRILLE: 6pm 26 - TUESDAY SALOON: 7-9pm Free Dance the age of 13 and has
TBA GOOMBAY’S: 5-7pm Dudley Lessons; 9pm Country Music DJ been a working musician
CARIB BREWERY USA/ Quest; 7:30pm Trivia KEY WEST BAR: 9pm 106 ever since. Skyla played
TAPROOM: 6pm Syd Taylor LOU’S BLUES: 6:30pm Trivia South
COCOA BEACH FISH SANDBAR: 9pm DJ Goldfinga LOU’S BLUES: 5:30pm with several bands as a
CAMP: Okto-Beer-Fest SOCIAL DISTANCE: 8pm Karaoke w/ Bob Neal; 9:30pm teenager and young adult,
CROWNE PLAZA/ Jam w/ Russ Kellum Speakeasy working her way up and
LONGBOARDS: 12-4pm MATT’S CASBAH: 6:30pm down Southern Califor-
SoulTime 27 - WEDNESDAY Galaxy Duo; 11pm-2am Late nia. She relocated to the
EARL’S HIDEAWAY: 2pm COCOA BEACH FISH Night DJ
Justified; 8:30pm CrashRocket CAMP: 7-11pm Dueling Pianos PUB AMERICANA MELB: East Coast in her early
FRESH SCRATCH BISTRO: FRESH SCRATCH BISTRO: 5:30pm TBA 20’s where she continued
6pm Alexander James 6pm Denise Turner SANDBAR: 4pm 506 Crew learning and growing from
GOOMBAYS: 7pm TBA HURRICANE CREEK Duo; 9pm People Corrupting her musical experiences
HILTON CB/LONGBOARDS: SALOON: 7-9pm Free Dance People
Lessons; 9pm Country Music DJ
and eventually co-forming
6-9pm Acoustics SLOW & LOW CB: 7pm Dave
HURRICANE CREEK LOU’S BLUES: 7pm Rock-Star Myers the Skyla Burrell Band. In
SALOON: 7-9pm Free Dance Karaoke SLOW & LOW Viera: 7pm addition to her singing,
Lessons; 9pm Country Music DJ SANDBAR: 8pm Sasha TBA writing and guitar duties,
KEY WEST BAR: 9pm Mental SOCIAL DISTANCE: 8pm VIP SOCIAL DISTANCE: 8:30pm Skyla also plays the pia-
Note Karaoke Whiskey JuJu; 1:30am DJ Rey
LOU’S BLUES: 1pm John WHISKEY BEACH: 8pm
no. Downbeat Magazine
Nugent; 5:30pm Karaoke w/ 28 - THURSDAY Karalyn & The Dawn Patrol writes: “Burrell and her
Cindy; 9:30pm Switch CARIB BREWERY USA/ three cohorts find virtue
MATT’S CASBAH: 6:30pm TAPROOM: 7pm Trivia 30 - SATURDAY in professionalism. They
Anja Conklin; 11pm-2am Late COCOA BEACH FISH BLIND LION: 8pm TW6 deliver unpretentious, self
Night DJ CAMP: 5pm Jeff Marquis; 9pm BONEFISH WILLY’S
PUB AMERICANA MELB: DJ Salt Shaker RIVERFRONT GRILLE: 6pm described “Hard Drivin’
5:30pm Thomas Mitchell FRESH SCRATCH BISTRO: Tommy Mitchell Blues” in which strength
SANDBAR: 9pm Retro Active 6pm Chuck Van Riper CARIB BREWERY USA/ and understatement unite
Days HURRICANE CREEK TAPROOM: 6pm Joshua Keels in an easy, fluid balance
SLOW & LOW CB: 7pm Open SALOON: 7-9pm Free Dance COCOA BEACH FISH without sucking up to
Mic w/ Bo & Kenny Lessons; 9pm Country Music DJ CAMP: 9pm Saltwater Hippie
SOCIAL DISTANCE: 9pm LOU’S BLUES: 7:30pm Juiced Band rock.” They fill the songs
Karalyn & Dawn Patrol; 1:30am MATT’S CASBAH: 5pm CROWNE PLAZA/ with hot licks, sweet tones,
DJ Rey Lowell Everly LONGBOARDS: 6-9pm impassioned vocals, and
WHISKEY BEACH: 8pm RUBIX: 7pm Open Mic w/ Sargassum undeniable spirit. Between
Roughouse Steve Hodak EARL’S HIDEAWAY: 2pm
SANDBAR: 8pm Karaoke
Skyla’s voice, twin blaz-
Syrsy; 8:30pm Shovelhed &
24 - SUNDAY SLOW & LOW CB: 7pm Matt Costume Party ing guitars and grooving
BONEFISH WILLY’S Riley FRESH SCRATCH BISTRO: rhythm section you have a
RIVERFRONT GRILLE: 4pm SOCIAL DISTANCE: 8:30pm 6pm Sarah Dent recipe for all night boogie
Tommy Mitchell Vince Love Valley GOOMBAYS: 7pm TBA marathons,
Brevard Live Live October 2021 - 23HILTON CB/ Oct 1: Spyro Gyra, King Cen-
LONGBOARDS: 6-9pm ter, Melbourne, 321-242-2219
Acoustics Oct 8-24: Side Show, Henegar
HURRICANE CREEK Center, Downtown Melbourne,
SALOON: 7-9pm Free Dance 321-723-8698,
Lessons; 9pm Country Music Oct 8 – Nov 14: Murder on
DJ
the Orient Express, Melbourne
KEY WEST BAR: 9pm
Rockfish Civic Theatre, Downtown Mel-
LOU’S BLUES: 1pm Ana bourne, 321-723-6935
& Dave; 5:30pm Karaoke w/ Oct 13 & 14: Swingtime
Cindy; 9:30pm Luna Pearl Concert, Melbourne Municipal
MATT’S CASBAH: 6:30pm Band, Melbourne Auditorium,
The John McDonald Duo; 321-724-0555
11pm-2am Late Night DJ Oct 16: Opening Night: Around
PUB AMERICANA MELB: the World in 80 Minutes
5:30pm TBA Concert, Brevard Symphony
RUBIX: Hallow Eve Metal Orchestra at the King Center,
Mayhem
Melbourne, 321-242-2219
SANDBAR: 6-10pm Love
Valley Oct 16 & 17: Boo at the Zoo,
SLOW & LOW CB: 7pm Brevard Zoo, Melbourne, 321-
Open Mic w/ Bo & Kenny 254-WILD
SOCIAL DISTANCE: 9pm Oct 16 & 17: Space Coast Art
Halloween Party w/ Costume Festival, The Avenue Viera,
Contest; 1:30am DJ Rey 321-784-3322
WHISKEY BEACH: 9pm Oct 16 & 17: Fall Art & Craft
80’s Halloween Costume Party Festival in Historic Cocoa Vil-
with DJ Tom lage, 321-631-9075
Oct 19: L.O.L. Surprise! Live,
31 - SUNDAY
King Center, Melbourne, 321-
HALLOWEEN
BONEFISH WILLY’S 242-2219
RIVERFRONT GRILLE: Oct 22-24: The House on Foggy
4pm Stay Tuned Bluff Ghost Walk Tours, Green
CROWNE PLAZA/ Gables, Melbourne, 321-794-
LONGBOARDS: 2:30- 8901
4:30pm Jazz Band Oct 23: Classic Albums Live
EARL’S HIDEAWAY: 2pm – Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the
Mr Sipp Moon, King Center, Melbourne,
FRESH SCRATCH 321-242-2219
BISTRO: 5pm Mike Murphy Oct 24: Hotel California: A Sa-
HILTON CB/
lute to the Eagles, King Center,
LONGBOARDS: 1-4pm I
Ruption Melbourne, 321-242-2219
LOU’S BLUES: 2pm Coolers Oct 27: Buddy Guy, King Cen-
PUB AMERICANA MELB: ter, Melbourne, 321-242-2219
4:30pm Drew Halverson Oct 29: Monster Mash Sock
SANDBAR: 10pm DJ Cerino Hop, Melbourne Municipal
SOCIAL DISTANCE: 8pm Band, Melbourne Auditorium,
Forte Band 321-724-0555
WHISKEY BEACH: 2pm Oct 29-31: Halloween Plays,
TBA Historic Cocoa Village Play-
All calendar listings are sub- house, 321-636-5050
ject to change without notice. Oct 30 & 31: Boo at the Zoo,
Please confirm with the venue. Brevard Zoo, Melbourne, 321-
254-WILD
Oct 29-31: The House on Foggy
Bluff Ghost Walk Tours, Green
COMMUNITY Gables, Melbourne, 321-794-
CALENDAR 8901
Thru Oct 10: Disney’s Beauty
and The Beast, Historic Cocoa The Community Calendar has
Village Playhouse, 321-636- been submitted by Brevard Cul-
5050 tural Alliance.
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Saturday,
Nov 6, 7:30pm
King Center,
Melbourne
Yngwie
Malmsteen
Y ngwie Malms-
teen is a Swed- November 12-14. Wickham Park, Melbourne
ish guitarist, song-
writer, composer, and 13th Native Rhythms Festival
I
bandleader. Malm- n celebration and honor of Native American Heritage
steen first became Month, the Native Heritage Gathering, the Indian Riv-
known in the 1980s for his neoclassical playing style in er Flute Circle, Riverwind Flute Circle, and the Native
heavy metal, and has released 22 studio albums in a career Rhythms Festival Committee will host the 13th annual
spanning over 40 years. Yngwie originally had no interest Native Rhythms Festival. This event will be held at the
in music. However, on September 18, 1970, Yngwie saw Wickham Park Amphitheater, Melbourne, on the week-
a TV special on the death of guitar iconoclast Jimi Hen- end of November 12th to 14th. Building on previous festi-
drix. Seven-year-old Yngwie watched with awe as Hendrix vals, the 2021 event will include even more entertainment,
blasted the audience with torrents of feedback and sacrificed craftsmanship, art and learning experiences. Admission to
his guitar in flames. The day Jimi Hendrix died, the guitar- the festival is FREE. Musical performances are scheduled
playing Yngwie was born. By age 15, Yngwie’s trademark throughout each day starting at 9 am, with headliner perfor-
style had begun to emerge. He worked for a time as a luthier mances starting in the late afternoon through 10 pm Friday
in a guitar repair shop, where he encountered a scalloped and Saturday, 9 am to 6 pm on Sunday.
neck for the first time when a 17th century lute came into Multiple award-winning musicians, featuring Native
the shop. Intrigued, Yngwie scalloped the neck of an old American Music Awards Artist of the year 2019, Shelley
guitar in similar fashion and was impressed enough with the Morningsong and her husband, Mens Traditional Dance
results to try it on his better guitars. The scalloped fret board champion Gathering of Nations, Fabian Fontenelle, along
was somewhat more difficult to play than a normal neck, with additional awarded artists from all over the United
but his control over the strings was so improved that Yn- States will be on stage throughout the weekend. There will
gwie immediately adopted it as a permanent alteration to his be competitions for flute-playing, flute-making, and art cre-
equipment. Yngwie’s first solo album, Rising Force (now ation. This family-friendly festival will also host a wide
considered the bible for neoclassical rock) made it to #60 on variety of free workshops. In addition, vendors will sell
the Billboard charts, an impressive feat for a mostly instru- musical instruments, Native-style and environmental arts &
mental guitar album with no commercial airplay. The album crafts and food. Presentations and displays by a variety of
also gained Yngwie a Grammy nomination for best rock non-profit historical preservation and Earth Aware ecologi-
instrumental performance. He was voted Best New Talent cal groups, along with story telling during the music perfor-
in several readers’ polls, Best Rock Guitarist the year after, mances, will round out the educational experiences. This
and Rising Force became Album of the Year. Rising Force year the organizers are proud to present the Jim Sawgrass
blazed a trail on the concert circuit that established Yngwie East Meets West Educational program. The Living History
as one of rock guitar’s brightest new stars and added a new program will run three times daily throughout the weekend.
genre to the music lexicon: neoclassical rock. Malmsteen Children are invited to attend the free Children’s-Day pro-
kicked off his “Guitar Gods 2014 Tour” alongside ex-Guns gram. The Cultural Showcase will start at 10 am and go
N’ Roses guitarist Bumblefoot and guitarist Gary Hoey. until 1 pm. The Cultural Showcase is repeated on Saturday
On May 8, 2021, Yngwie Malmsteen was reported to have and Sunday and the 2019 World Champion Hoop Dancer,
launched the Parabellum album and video for the “Paganini- Cody Boettner will be performing his famous Hoop Dance.
referencing” track “Wolves At The Door”. www.nativerhythmsfestival.com
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to come to a halt and my time and ef- things you don’t like. That part seems
fort was going to be wasted. But, I was like common sense I know, but it’s not
overwhelmed between work and my enough anyway. Without the second
health issues and I needed time to find you can still get caught up over-work-
myself again. ing yourself or doing something too
stressful. The second step is simple…
Around that time my youngest nephew literally. Simplify your life. Figure out
came to town with a new boat, and what’s most important to you, focus
he wanted to spend time on the water on those things and strip everything
playing in the sun. I wasn’t doing any- else away. Suddenly you will find you
thing so I jumped onboard. Just like spend less money, have much less
that I was island hopping and boating stress, have more time with loved ones
every day or laying by a pool with a or do things you enjoy and all of that
margarita. My stress began to melt adds up to you being happier overall.
away, I started sleeping better and get- Studies show you will live a longer life
The Simple Life ting up earlier in the morning. I began as well…and that right there is worth
to have more energy than I’ve had in a it.
By Matt Bretz
long time and the best part—I felt hap- So, this is my plan now. I know it will
F or as long as I can remember I have
been working. I have been working
to pay bills and build a future and just
py. I had almost forgot what that felt
like. It began to occur to me that may-
be it was time to let go of some of the
be a process and can’t happen over-
night, but it’s time to make a change.
I will go back to my career eventually,
better myself over all. I can’t remem- lofty aspirations that had been running but not the way it was before. Things
ber a time since I was 15 that I even my life. Spending time with my loved will have to change a bit. And for now
worked just one job. As I got older I ones enjoying life was so much better I want to take a break from the grind
still continued to work multiple jobs than killing myself trying to out run the and do something easy and less stress-
but then I decided to go to school full other rats. I realize I can’t live on vaca- ful while I re-prioritize my life. And if
time as well…I guess I needed to fill tion forever - gotta pay the bills - but you feel like I have felt you can do it
that extra 5 minutes of time I had left. know there has to be a happy medium too. I know you have mortgages and
For decades I haven’t had much of a in there somewhere between work and car payments and kids to feed, but I bet
free moment. But, I told myself it was life. And I believe the answer is simple if you take a hard look at what you re-
all worth it because I would eventually and two fold. ally need and what’s really important
get to a point where I made enough to you as opposed to what you own and
money to slow down and drop a few The first thing you have to do is love pay for you might find some excess
things. That time never came. Instead what you do for work. And if you can’t to trim away and lighten your load.
what happened is I had a heart attack do that then at least love the reason Stress breaks down the body at a phys-
and ended up in the hospital at a young why you are working—supporting ical level and can’t be anything other
age. your family, going to school etc…. than unhealthy for you. It seems like
Remember you will spend an average the more advanced a civilization we
About a month ago I took an open end- of 8 hours a day 5 days a week work- become the faster everything moves
ed leave of absence from work. At first ing. That’s 160 hours a month or 1,920 and the harder it is to find that sweet
it was stressful because I wasn’t sure hours a year or 67,200 hours over 35 spot in life to work to live - not live to
what I was going to do with myself. I years. Basically you will spend about work. Any way you do it I wish you all
also worried that this career I had been a decade of your life at work which is health and happiness. Until next month
building for the last 9 years was going a lot of your life if you are stuck doing Brevard - stay safe and be well.
Sun, Oct 3, Lou’s Blues, Indialantic will take the stage at 4:15pm followed
BILLY LEE MUSIC JAM by the Chief Cherry Quintet at 5:30pm.
The concert ends with a Jam lead by
The Celebration of Life for the late Billy Dave Clark who was the music director
Lee will take place with several bands of Billy Lee’s Soul Review. Musicians
performing starting at 3pm with the band will pay homage to a great soul singer
Switch. Vince Love and The Soul Cats who passed away last year.
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Lizette’s Cajun Bistro in Melbourne
A VISIT TO NEW ORLEANS
By Heike Clarke
T his is the story about Chef Kevin and his
mother Sheryl Johnson who opened a cozy
little restaurant that brings the taste and atmo-
sphere of Louisiana to Melbourne. Where else
do you get Po’boys with fried oysters, shrimp,
catfish or gator; gumbo with andouille sau-
sage, shrimp and crabmeat; and Natchitoches
fried meat pies, a north Louisiana version of
empanadas with a blend of ground beef, pork
sausage and Cajun spices? Now you do, along
with a heaping helping of live Jazz and Blues
on the weekends.
Chef Kevin started cooking when he was 5 years old. “He
always wanted to be a cook and own his restaurant,” Shy-
rl remembers. He attended Le Cordon Bleu in Orlando,
worked in a resort for a while, then moved over to a restau-
rant called North by South in Satellite Beach that he took
over in 2020. It was a seafood restaurant with a few Cajun
dishes that became another Covid casualty. Kevin was out
of worked and shared the fate of several hospitality work-
ers. It was time to start a whole new chapter, and Kevin
knew what he wanted to cook - Cajun Cuisine made from
scratch.
While Sheryl was born and raised in Louisiana with a moth-
er who did all the cooking, her son Kevin was born in Little
Rock. “We were a military family,” explains Shyril whose
husband Kevin J. Johnson died in the 1996 terrorist attack
at Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia. He was a member of the
71st Rescue Squadron at Patrick Air Force Base. Kevin was
4 when his father passed, and it was up to Shyrl to raise him
and his brothers Nicholas and Ché. She worked for 21 years
as a school teacher and retired as an educator.
Life has been good to her over the past years. She
moved into her new home in 2018. In 2020 Kevin talked
to his mother about opening a new restaurant. They found
a perfect space that seats about 60 people - the former
Francisco’s Mexican Restaurant off Wickham Road. “We
wanted to keep it cozy,” Shyrl says. “When you visit New
Orleans these are the little restaurants you see everywhere.”
In January 2021 they started the renovation and in August
Photos: A nicely decorated dining room. Shyrl Johnson Lizette’s Cajun Bistro opened its bright nicely decorated
and Chef Kevin. Panko Crusted Mahi. Shrimp Etouffee. dining room, and there is also some outside seating.
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