June2024
Saturday, June 1
Levi Platero
Blues Rock – Full Band
Standing Show/Limited Seating
Doors: 7:00pm • $10/advance $12/door
Show time: between 7:30 + 8:00
Levi Platero is an award-winning Native American Blues singer-songwriter from the Navajo Nation. Steeped in musical lessons as far back as teaching himself guitar at nine years old from a launchpad of the three Kings and Stevie Ray Vaughn, Platero's leads and songwriting reflect a lifetime absorbing music. On "Work Hours," Platero's guitar work and songwriting style bring a breath of fresh air to a time-worn topic and make it new.
Platero's self titled EP featuring the single "Take Me Back" went on to win the 2016 NAMA (Native American Music Award) for Best Blues. Levi Platero is a great example of a guitar player with the gift of guitar playing intuition of a much more experienced player. His quiet nature is unleashed in a style that mixes a spectrum of Texas blues and vintage rock to modern guitar heroes such as Eric Johnson and Steve Vai. With a captivating live show he ranges from flurries of guitar acrobatics all the way down to soulful expressiveness.
Whiskey Creek ZócaloÂ
11786 HWY 180 East. Arenas Valley, NM \
Tickets & Info:Â https://www.whiskeycreekzocalo.com /
Sunday, June 2
Female Gaze
Alt Rock
Doors: 4:00pm • by Donation
‘The Lodge' @Whiskey Creek ZócaloÂ
Please Note: This show is scheduled at a Special Time when we are normally closed.
Food & drink offerings will be limited.
Female Gaze is a compelling rock performer from Tucson, Arizona, who deftly combines the untamed intensity of rock with the reflective nature of indie rock. Female Gaze builds a moment of beautiful chaos – as each member adds their signature to the sound, they cultivate a vibe and linger in the absurd.
Whiskey Creek ZócaloÂ
11786 HWY 180 East. Arenas Valley, NM \
Tickets & Info:Â https://www.whiskeycreekzocalo.com /
Sunday, June 9
Melissa Carper w/ Special Guest Theo Lawrence
Honky Tonk/Country
Limited Seating
Doors: 7:00pm • $15/advance $20/door
Show time: between 7:30 + 8:00
Please Note: This show is scheduled at a Special Time when we are normally closed.
"Not unlike Loretta Lynn, Melissa Carper is giving us scenes and stories and vignettes that kind of play out between home and the honky-tonk" – NPR
"Melissa Carper is one of the greatest classic golden era country singers and composers of this generation. A new batch of songs from Melissa Carper is something to smile and rub your hands together about like waiting for permission to cut into an apple pie". – Saving Country Music
"Singer-bassist Melissa Carper sounds like a voice from a bygone era…Evoking the cool, smoky croon of a lounge singer, Carper gives some winking commentary about having a good time." – Rolling Stone Country
"It's a tricky thing that Carper has done. She clearly revels in recreating the music of her heroes, carefully preserving the sense of romance and immediacy of the old classics. Yet by bringing her own experiences into the canon, she is unearthing a history that includes so many more of us, finally allowed to speak out through memories forgotten due to silence and taboo." – No Depression
Theo Lawrence is a young, independent French-Canadian songwriter, musician & singer based out of Bordeaux, France, and more recently, Austin, Texas. His music is rooted in the country music songs of the 1950's and 1960's, borrowing elements from Soul, Pop, and Rock 'n' Roll of the same era. A mix of styles & sounds, done with a deep love for tradition, while bearing the mark of modern times.
Whiskey Creek ZócaloÂ
11786 HWY 180 East. Arenas Valley, NM \
Tickets & Info:Â https://www.whiskeycreekzocalo.com /
Wednesday, June 12
Kimmi Bitter – Full Band
Retro Country Singer Songwriter
Doors: 7:00pm • $10/advance $12/door
Show time: between 7:30 + 8:00
Centered around the vein of old-school country with a touch of the swinging sixties, Kimmi Bitter and the Westside Twang are here to transport you on a retro journey into the year 1962 through their nostalgic songs. "The future of classic country is Kimmi Bitter," as Saving Country Music boldly states. Effortlessly navigating through Countrypolitan ballads in her mod wardrobe and love of white boots, Bitter has drawn strong comparisons to Patsy Cline, Tammy Wynette, and Nancy Sinatra.
Creating a buzz from her grassroots efforts and vigorous touring, her debut album "Old School" hit the ground running in 2024 landing at #24 on the Americana Album Radio Chart with "My Grass is Blue" debuting on the Americana Single Radio Chart. She also found recognition in her hometown at the San Diego Music Awards winning Best Country/Americana Artist and "My Grass is Blue" was nominated for Song of the Year in 2023, as well as, Saving Country Music's 2022 Single of the Year. In 2024, single "Aquamarine" was nominated for San Diego Music Award's Song of the Year making it the third nomination of a song featured on break-out album "Old School".
Driven by a hyper-obsession for the 1960s, Kimmi Bitter and her band create a captivating soundscape that blends classic country with surf rock, psychedelic twangs.
"Like the bulk of Bitter's new album Old School, "I Can't Unlove You" is immersed in a detailed study of 1960s countrypolitan sounds, from the Jordannaires-esque harmonies to the hushed percussion. Meanwhile, Bitter possesses a smooth, polished vocal that unmistakably draws comparisons to the late Patsy Cline." ~ * Must Hear New Country Songs, Billboard  April 2024
Whiskey Creek ZócaloÂ
11786 HWY 180 East. Arenas Valley, NM \
Tickets & Info:Â https://www.whiskeycreekzocalo.com /
Thursday, June 13
Era Snow & CuerdasÂ
Doors: 7:00pm • by Donation
‘The Lodge' @Whiskey Creek ZócaloÂ
Era Snow is a singer-songwriter originally from Ruidoso, New Mexico. Her music has been described as sultry, soothing, and hypnotic. Ranging between various genres, she translates covers into her lullaby, trance-like style and performs her collection of original music.
Whiskey Creek ZócaloÂ
11786 HWY 180 East. Arenas Valley, NM \
Tickets & Info:Â https://www.whiskeycreekzocalo.com /
Friday, June 14
Kara Granger – Full Band
Blues Singer Songwriter
Doors: 7:00pm • $10/advance $12/door
Show time: between 7:30 + 8:00
Kara Grainger is an Australian soul blues and roots rock singer-songwriter, based out of Nashville, Tennessee. She played with the Papa Lips band starting in 1994. In 1998, they were awarded the "Best New Band" award at the Australian Blues Music Awards. With sultry. mesmerizing vocals, engaging songwriting talent, and fiery slide guitar work, Kara Grainger boasts an impressive set of skills. This Australian performer bears a style all her own, full of soulful swagger and elegant musicianship, her songs bring a distinctly unique and modern take to blues, roots and soul music. ​Kara was invited to play in Northeast India by the Himalayan Blues Foundation. She has also opened for many extraordinary acts such as Peter Frampton, Buddy Guy, Taj Mahal and Jonny Lang to name a few.
Whiskey Creek ZócaloÂ
11786 HWY 180 East. Arenas Valley, NM \
Tickets & Info:Â https://www.whiskeycreekzocalo.com /
Sunday, June 16
Larry & Joe
Appalachian Folk and Traditional Venezuelan Fusion
Doors: 4:00pm • $20/advance. $25/door
PLEASE NOTE: This Show is scheduled at a Special Time.
Seating is Limited and First Come.
Larry & Joe were destined to make music together. As a duo they perform a fusion of Venezuelan and Appalachian folk music on harp, banjo, cuatro, fiddle, maracas, guitar, upright bass, and whatever else they decide to throw in the van.
Larry BellorÃn hails from Monagas, Venezuela and is a legend of Llanera music. Joe Troop is from North Carolina and is a GRAMMY-nominated bluegrass and oldtime musician. Larry was forced into exile and is an asylum seeker in North Carolina. Joe, after a decade in South America, got stranded back in his stomping grounds in the pandemic. Larry worked construction to make ends meet. Joe's acclaimed "latingrass" band Che Apalache was forced into hiatus, and he shifted into action working with asylum seeking migrants. Then Larry met Joe.
Currently based in the Triangle of North Carolina, both men are versatile multi-instrumentalists and singer-songwriters on a mission to show that music has no borders. As a duo they perform a fusion of Venezuelan and Appalachian folk music on harp, banjo, cuatro, fiddle, maracas, guitar, upright bass, and whatever else they decide to throw in the van. The program they offer features a distinct blend of their musical inheritances and traditions as well as storytelling about the ways that music and social movements coalesce.
"Together, they fuse Appalachian folk and traditional Venezuelan music in dizzying ways." Â - San Francisco Chronicle
"Their virtuosity is jaw dropping live…they both take great, transcendent joy in making this music together, and that kind of joy is contagious." - Folk Alley
Whiskey Creek ZócaloÂ
11786 HWY 180 East. Arenas Valley, NM \
Tickets & Info:Â https://www.whiskeycreekzocalo.com /
Thursday, June 20
Katie Mae and the Lubrication
Alt Country – Full Band
Doors: 7:00pm • $10/advance $12/door
Show time: between 7:30 + 8:00
Limited First Come Seating
Katie Mae is an independent songwriter playing shows both solo and with her band, the Lubrication. Featuring Katie Mae's signature sultry vocals, Nasty Nick's psychedelic-infused guitar solos, and Pedal Steel Pete's 70's inspired licks, this is a live band not to be missed.
Their most recent EP, Yellow Medicine Hills, evokes wide-open spaces, smokey barrooms, and Sunday morning comedowns. "There's plenty of extra poignant introspection, a heaping helping of rebel attitude, and lots of grit and muscle" - The Phoenix New Times, The Best Music We Heard in Metro Phoenix This Year.
"My favorite performers are those who seem to be entranced in their own hypnotic spell. They transcend deep into altered states of consciousness & invite you along for the ride. Katie Mae is one of those performers." -R.W. Tudor, Anything But Mainstream Records
Whiskey Creek ZócaloÂ
11786 HWY 180 East. Arenas Valley, NM \
Tickets & Info:Â https://www.whiskeycreekzocalo.com /
Sunday, June 23
Bat Conservation International Presentation
1 PM in ‘The Lodge' @Whiskey Creek ZócaloÂ
Overview of BCI's Agave Program Presented by Rachel Burke, Agave Restoration Coordinator.
Citizen Science to Inform Conservation and Habitat Restoration for Nectar-feeding Bats in the Southwestern US.
Whiskey Creek ZócaloÂ
11786 HWY 180 East. Arenas Valley, NM \
Tickets & Info:Â https://www.whiskeycreekzocalo.com /
Wednesday, June 26
Ross Cashiola & Ryan Sambol
Singer Songwriters
Doors: 7:00pm • by Donation
Show time: between 7:30 + 8:00
Ross Cashiola is a songwriter living in Marfa, Texas. He is the front man for the band Hotel Brotherhoo. Untraditional folk, western folk and roll, and country grunge are indicative of the songwriting tone and musicality of this expressively themed music.
Ryan Sambol, former front man of the fantastic Austin band, The Strange Boys. Ryan's work contained a world-weary seriousness and vacillated between sunny and nihilistic outlooks. It's a conversation that develops in his solo work, and separated from the vehicle of his band, his songwriter's persona seems more beguiled and tormented. With 'Rail Sing', Sambol delivers a stunning display of an artist very much in his prime, navigating seamlessly between baroque pop, jazz, and songbook.
Whiskey Creek ZócaloÂ
11786 HWY 180 East. Arenas Valley, NM \
Tickets & Info:Â https://www.whiskeycreekzocalo.com /
Thursday, June 27
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 ZócaloÂ
11786 HWY 180 East. Arenas Valley, NM \
Tickets & Info:Â https://www.whiskeycreekzocalo.com /
Saturday, June 29
Garrett T. Capps & NASA Country
Little Mazarn
Buttercup
Sunjammer
Psychedelic Country / Soulful Rock
Doors: 7:00pm • $10 Cover
Show time: between 7:30 + 8:00
Multiple Bands on Tour! Americana with a wicked twist, Garrett T. Capps sings with a traditional country inflection about topics like spiritual visitations and social unrest. With his wide array of influences, ranging from Tex-Mex to psychedelia, Capps fits comfortably into the trailblazing side of the honky tonk sound. Garrett T. Capps and his band NASA Country blend synth and twangy guitar with lyrics about outer space and social unrest on their latest album, People Are Beautiful.
Plus Music with: Little Mazarn, Buttercup, Sunjammer
Whiskey Creek ZócaloÂ
11786 HWY 180 East. Arenas Valley, NM \
Tickets & Info:Â https://www.whiskeycreekzocalo.com /
