Doors open at 7 p.m. | Show starts at 8 p.m. Ages 21+ ABOUT BOB SCHNEIDER Austin, Texas-based singer-songwriter and former frontman of The Ugly Americans and The Scabs, Bob Schneider is one of the most-celebrated musicians in the live music capital. Combining diverse styles, Schneider’s music spans genres, blending elements of folk, rock, rap, funk, bluegrass, reggae and country with the more traditional singer/songwriter aesthetic. In short, FRUNK. Schneider has won more than 59 Austin Music Awards including Best Album, Best Songwriter, Best Musician, and Best Male Vocals making him the most decorated artist in Austin’s storied music history. Schneider’s fan base reaches far beyond the city limits of Austin. He started gaining national recognition with his major-label debut for Universal Records, Lonelyland. A fiercely-independent artist, Schneider opted to start his own label, Shockorama Records, which has afforded him the freedom to make the music his fans love, on his own terms. Schneider’s live performances, both solo and with the band, are legendary. A two-time performer on his hometown’s famed Austin City Limits television show, he is also in the 20th year of his residency at The Saxon Pub. All told, he plays over a hundred shows a year and he doesn’t plan on slowing down anytime soon.
Our first Blue Whale Comedy Night of 2026 is kicking off with a bang! Don't miss The Funktion Comedy Showcase, featuring Joe Means, Sondra Slade, Duke Durant, and hosted by Hugo Willie. Doors open at 7 p.m. | Show starts at 8 p.m. Ages 21+
Don't miss an exciting program from multi-genre, critically acclaimed guitarist Jake Hertzog called "Ozarks Reimagined" featuring Ozark Folk music rearranged in a modern jazz style. Featuring Jake Hertzog on Guitar, Garrett Jones on Bass, and Don Mayall on Drums. Doors open at 7 p.m. | Show starts at 8 p.m. Ages 21+ ABOUT JAKE HERTZOG: Dr. Jake Hertzog is a critically acclaimed guitarist, composer and educator whose career to-date has spanned eleven albums as bandleader across jazz, rock and classical new music styles. He has toured throughout the U.S., Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and India and performed and recorded with a diverse cadre of artists including Randy Brecker, Ivan Neville, Mike Clarke, Blondie Chaplin, Anton Fig, Corey Glover, Barry Altschul, Dave Leibman, Ingrid Jensen and many others.
A night of smooth sailing with Grady Nichols featuring the Yacht Rock classics of Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins, & more! Featuring Grady Nichols on saxophone, Mike Wilson on the keys and vocals, David John on guitar, Joathan Watkins on drums, and Chuck "T-Bone" Tottress on bass. Doors open 30 minutes before showtime. Ages 21+ ABOUT GRADY NICHOLS Highly accomplished saxophonist Grady Nichols and his long-tenured band have been exciting audiences since the 90's. Grady is known for multiple collaborations with internationally acclaimed artists. His shows are variably themed for consistency of fresh presentation.
Rare two-night-only homecoming performance by the iconic Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey! Fans can enjoy live music from the iconic jazz trio featuring Reed Mathis on bass and guitar, Brian Haas on piano and Moog Bass, and Jason Smart on drums, at their special homecoming performances on March 20 and March 21. Doors open 30 minutes before showtime. Ages 21+, please provide a valid ID. ABOUT JFJO While navigating 30 years, 16 members, 27 albums, 11 European Tours, and sometimes 300 shows a year in the U.S., Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey has become an institution in modern music. Defined by evolution and change, the band has invented its own language, which defies genre. Beginning in Tulsa, OK in 1994 as a funky octet with MCs and horns, JFJO became an instrumental trio in 1999, a quartet in 2007 and expanded to a 9-piece ensemble for 2011's acclaimed Race Riot Suite. Celebrating their 20th anniversary in 2014, the band returned to the trio setting with two critically loved albums one of which, Millions: Live In Denver, sold out its International Record Store Day Release. Now in its 30th year as a band, JFJO returns to the well-known trio lineup of Reed Mathis (Bass & Guitar), Brian Haas (Piano), and Jason Smart (Drums). Known as the OG Jacob Fred Trio, this is the version of the band that took EVERYTHING to the next level. This is the jazz trio that U.S. News and World Report called the "#1 New Star of Jazz in the World." "JFJO burns with a quiet intensity rather than dramatically explodes. The musicians play with a coiled looseness, improvising with quicksilver yet deliberate force. You can hear the band’s power and inventiveness creatively eroding structure, and the tension produced from that is exhilarating. If JFJO isn’t moving jazz forward, it is shifting its center of gravity interestingly askew." – JAZZTIMES