July2024

Friday, July 5

Party at the Zócalo 

4th of July After Party.

Celebrate the day after the 4th –

And the anticipation of the Monsoons!

Specialty Brats & Peppers, Hot Dogs, and Potato Salad

Volleyball, Badminton, Corn Hole

Pickers welcome. Come share a song & make some music.

Whiskey Creek Zócalo 

11786 HWY 180 East. Arenas Valley, NM \ wczocalo@gmail.com  / 575-388-1266

Tickets & Info: https://www.whiskeycreekzocalo.com /

Saturday July 13

Emily Nenni

Country Soul & Rock ‘n’ Roll

Doors: 7:00pm • $15/advance $20/door

Emily Nenni has emerged as one of the freshest and most electrifying voices in Nashville, with a sound rooted in classic honky-tonk and spiked with serious country, soul and rock 'n' roll fire, and sweet-and-sassy lyrics that chronicle hard living, heartbreak and other universal truths about the human condition.

Please Note: All shows are first come seating.

All proceeds go to paying the Performers and Supporting Live Music.

Whiskey Creek Zócalo 

11786 HWY 180 East. Arenas Valley, NM \ wczocalo@gmail.com / 575-388-1266

Tickets & Info: https://www.whiskeycreekzocalo.com /

Sunday, July 14

Jazz Brunch with John Mitchell & Friends

1:00pm • by Donation

Come listen to the jazz stylings of the John Mitchell Trio.

Journeyman improvisational keyboardist, John Mitchell and Friends will be playing a variety of tunes from their vast repertoire. Playing professionally for over five decades, Mitchell has an innate ability to play and lead, an insatiable fire to innovate and grow his craft, and an intensely creative approach to his playing.

Please Note: All shows are first come seating.

All proceeds go to paying the Performers and Supporting Live Music.

Whiskey Creek Zócalo 

11786 HWY 180 East. Arenas Valley, NM \ wczocalo@gmail.com / 575-388-1266

Tickets & Info: https://www.whiskeycreekzocalo.com /

Wednesday, July 17

The Glass Hours

Americana

Doors: 5:00pm • by Donation

The Glass Hours are American songwriters Brad Armstrong and Megan Barbera. Their music blurs between Sunday afternoon country-folk and the Golden Age of the 1970s.

Every song on The Glass Hours was written with the idea of this harmony and interaction, point and counterpoint, between two voices trying to come together as one.

“Long after the listener has shut off their stereo, its lush layers and lyrical details can be found loitering around in the most unexpected areas of the psyche.” — Examiner

Please Note: All shows are first come seating.

All proceeds go to paying the Performers and Supporting Live Music.

Whiskey Creek Zócalo 

11786 HWY 180 East. Arenas Valley, NM \ wczocalo@gmail.com / 575-388-1266

Tickets & Info: https://www.whiskeycreekzocalo.com /

Friday, July 19

AJ Woods

Folk Americana

Doors: 7:00pm • by Donation

In ‘the Lodge’

With music and lyrics that are “poignant and powerful" (ABQ Free Press), Woods creates not only songs, but "unpretentious poetry." (Alibi) “As soon as I heard these songs and watched the video, my mind was instantly made up that this was something exceptional, both calming and beautiful to listen to (and watch) and certainly deserving of Song of the Day on Folk Radio UK.” (Folk Radio UK) In times like these, Woods's music and words are grounding forces. They take us back to the earth on which we live and depend, remind us that we have hearts, bones that break and heal, blood that leaves, blood we can share. They show we are related to, made and capable of many things. -Alex Gallacher, Folk Radio UK

All proceeds go to paying the Performers and Supporting Live Music.

Whiskey Creek Zócalo 

11786 HWY 180 East. Arenas Valley, NM \ wczocalo@gmail.com / 575-388-1266

Tickets & Info: https://www.whiskeycreekzocalo.com /

Wednesday, July 24

Sarah Shook & the Disarmers

Outlaw Country

Doors: 7:00pm • $20/advance $25/door
Sarah Shook is coming to town! Shook offers up a full-bodied combination of the sound of vintage outlaw country with lyrics that waver between defiance and honest introspection -- and the fire of punk rock. Full-bodied country music in the traditional outlaw style.

Featured at number 2 on Indy Week's top 25 best albums. Sarah Shook and the Disarmers were listed as one of 10 New Country Artists to Know. BuzzFeed Community listed Shook as one of five women country artists who are impacting music. 

“Sarah Shook and the Disarmers have always been about two things: speaking the truth, and doing so loudly. That ethos is on full display in their new album announced today, Revelations.” — No Depression

Please Note: All shows are first come seating.

All proceeds go to paying the Performers and Supporting Live Music.

Whiskey Creek Zócalo 

11786 HWY 180 East. Arenas Valley, NM \ wczocalo@gmail.com / 575-388-1266

Tickets & Info: https://www.whiskeycreekzocalo.com /

Thursday, July 26

Songwriter’s Showcase

Sign Up: 7:00pm/ Music: 7:30pm

Last Thursday of the Month. Limited spots.

Must Sign Up in Person

Come showcase songs you’ve been working on.

Each participating writer will get the chance to play 3 original songs.

Whiskey Creek Zócalo 

11786 HWY 180 East. Arenas Valley, NM \ wczocalo@gmail.com / 575-388-1266

Tickets & Info: https://www.whiskeycreekzocalo.com /

Sunday, July 28

JD Pinkus / P.W. Long

Americana

2:00pm • by Donation

JD Pinkus is an American bassist best known for his work with American punk band Butthole Surfers and the Melvins. On tour with his new record which offers up “heavy psychedelia, drum and bass grooves, bouncy boogie, catchy tunes, and sprinkles of tasty horns, keys, and strings thrown in.” It's this eclectic approach that has earned him a loyal following across multiple genres. P.W. Long is best known as lead singer and guitar player for the groups Wig, Mule and Reelfoot. They put together a concoction of field hollers, backwoods legends, hellbilly canon and mixed it with a semi-punk – still comes to bluesy, powerful rock and roll.

Please Note: All shows are first come seating.

All proceeds go to paying the Performers and Supporting Live Music.

Whiskey Creek Zócalo 

11786 HWY 180 East. Arenas Valley, NM \ wczocalo@gmail.com / 575-388-1266

Tickets & Info: https://www.whiskeycreekzocalo.com /

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