Dawn Penn in Oakland! October 12th

The San Francisco Vintage Reggae Society & Wake The Town Radio in association with First Round Promotions are proud and honored to present a rare appearance in the SF Bay area:

DAWN PENN - Live in Oakland at The Uptown Nightclub

Dawn will be performing a pure '60s revival set of Rocksteady and Early Reggae.

Hear Dawn perform her classic hits from back in the day with legendary producers such as Bunny Lee, Duke Reid, Prince Buster, Boris Gardiner and of course her smash hit for Sir Coxson, the Studio One anthem "You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)" !!

Dawn Penn will be backed by the Bay Area's traditional Ska and Rocksteady outfit Franco Nero. Franco Nero will also open the show with a set of their own original compositions featuring the vocal stylings of Rashida Clendening aka "Audio Angel"

Hear more from Franco Nero here: 
http://www.franconeroska.com/tracks

Plus, an ensemble of the finest collectors and selectors of original Ska, Rocksteady and Reggae vinyl 45s spinning before, after and in between bands all night.

This an extremely rare performance by one of the leading female voices of the Original Rocksteady sound... Dawn Penn Live in Oakland at The Uptown on Friday October 12th.

DO NOT MISS!!!

The Uptown
1928 Telegraph Ave. (bet. 19th St & William St)
Oakland, CA 94612
http://www.uptownnightclub.com/

ADVANCE TICKETS ON SALE NOW!! http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=4808235

PRE-PARTY AND BLACKWELL RUM TASTING @ MAKEOUT ROOM IN SF THE NIGHT BEFORE! https://www.facebook.com/events/453856601303714/

Still unavailable, but at least decent quality now - Horace Ove's 1970 documentary "Reggae" !

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/one_of_the_first_and_best_reggae_documentaries_ever_made

Thursday 7/12/12 @ The Make-Out Room: "Festival '68"

Thursday 7/12/12 @ The Make-Out Room in SF is the return of: "Festival '68" '60s Jamaican Rocksteady, Early Reggae & Ska and this month a touch of '60s Soul! Resident selectors: Adam (Revival Sound System) & DJ Vanessa (V. Rocket) + very special guest selectors: DJ Sabateur + DJ Sureshot @ Make-Out Room 3225 22nd Street SF, CA. 94110 www.makeoutroom.com 10pm-2am 21 & up w/ID NO COVER "Run come celebrate, at Festival '68"

Tuesday 7/3/12 @ Monarch in SF: "Concrete Jungle" Pre-4th of July Indepen-Dance Party!

Tuesday July 3rd, 2012@ Monarch in San Francisco: "Concrete Jungle" Traditional Ska - Rocksteady - 2-Tone Ska - Soul & other unstoppable rhythms with DJs: Adam (Revival Sound Selecter/Festival '68/Wake The Town Radio) + The Selecter Dj Kirk (Sweater Funk/Soul ITRT/The Revival) 10pm-2am 21+ w/ID No cover - just love! @ Monarch 101 6th St (between Minna St & Mission St) San Francisco, CA 94103 Sponsored by B.I.G.... Where inspection is a way of life! Facebook Event Link: href="http://www.facebook.com/events/150818451719197/">

This Thursday 6/14/12 @ The Make-Out Room in SF is the return of: "Festival '68"

This coming Thursday 6/14/12 @ The Make-Out Room in SF is the return of: "Festival '68" '60s Jamaican Rocksteady, Early Reggae & Ska Dance! Resident selectors: Adam (Revival Sound System/Wake The Town Radio) & DJ Vanessa (V. Rocket) + very special guest selector: Mr. Ryha (Rhythm Injection Sound) @ Make-Out Room 3225 22nd Street SF, CA. 94110 www.makeoutroom.com 10pm-2am 21 & up w/ID NO COVER "Run come celebrate, at Festival '68"

Thursday 4/12/12 @ The Make-Out Room: "Festival '68"

Thursday 4/12/12 @ The Make-Out Room in SF is the return of:

"Festival '68"

'60s Jamaican Rocksteady, Early Reggae & Ska and this month a touch of '60s Soul!

Resident selectors:

Adam (Revival Sound System)

&

DJ Vanessa (V. Rocket)

+

very special guest selector:

Dukey (Tip Top Sound / SFVRS)

@

Make-Out Room
3225 22nd Street
SF, CA. 94110
www.makeoutroom.com

10pm-2am
21 & up w/ID
NO COVER

"Run come celebrate, at Festival '68"

Saturday, March 31st 2012 - Ken Parker live in San Francisco!

Another first for the Bay Area courtesy of First Round Promotions and the San Francisco Vintage Reggae Society:

Legendary Jamaican Rocksteady and Reggae vocalist Ken Parker graces the West Coast for just 2 shows in California!

Facebook Event Link:

http://www.facebook.com/events/252516164827661/

Ken parker will be accompanied by San Francisco's top Rocksteady band The Titan Ups featuring with the vocal stylings of Bob Reed.

Heavily influenced by Sam Cooke, Clyde McPhatter, Marvin Gaye and Brook Benton, Ken Parker is a unique voice in Jamaican music, whose soulful voice and falsetto have given us classics like True, True True, Only Yesterday, I Can't Hide, Someone to Love, The Choking Kind, My Whole World Is Falling Down, Jimmy Brown and many more.

Also performing live:

Boss 501 (Chico, CA)
Keyser Soze (Reno, NV)

plus DJs:

Sir Rudy Blackout (Scandal! SF)
Craig "King Daddy" McNaught (UK/SF)
Sir Winston Ratchet (The Satisfactions SF)

and

DJ Lady Sage (SF)
Jackieblu "Bluebird" Loya (OR)

This is not be missed!!!

Doors @ 8:30
21 & up w/ID
$10

Pre-sale tix available at:

www.holdmyticket.com

Rockit Room
406 Clement St
(between 6th Ave & 5th Ave)
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 387-6343
www.rock-it-room.com

This Wednesday 1/25/12 @ Little Baobab in SF: "Jamaican Jukebox"

Wednesday 1/25/12 @ Little Baobab in SF:

"Jamaican Jukebox"

Jamaican Oldies from the '50s, '60s & '70s

Resident selectors:

Mr Ryha

+

Special Lord B

+

Revival Sound Selector

@

Little Baobab
3388 19th Street (at Mission)
SF, CA. 94110

10pm-2am
21 & up w/ID
NO COVER

INTENSIFIED !! Ska Rocksteady 2-Tone night with guest Sure Shot

Join resident selectors Special Lord B and Dr Scott and special guest Sure Shot for a night of 60s Ska, Rocksteady, Early Reggae and some 2-Tone mixed in for good measure! Wednesday January 4, 2012 9:00pm until 2:00am @ Casanova Lounge, 527 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA 94103

Live and Direct from Jamaica: Derrick Harriott's New Years Eve Hop @ The Rockit Room in San Francisco 12/31/11

Description

First Round Promotions present in association with Wake The Town Radio & SF Vintage Reggae Society, for the first time ever on the West Coast, Jamaican Rocksteady & Reggae legend:

Derrick Harriott

Derrick will be supported by California reggae sensations:

Sand Dollar Sound

Also performing will be:

The Impalers
The Delirians

Plus some of the finest collectors and selectors of rare Jamaican Ska, Reggae and BlueBeat! Your Boss DJ’s:

Revival Sound Selector
Mr. Rhya
Dukey
Shawn
Sure Shot

Special Pre-party hosted by:

Nina and Viktor and crew of LA’s Rocksteady Lounge

w/Live performances by:

The Satisfactions
Boss 501

Two full floors of toe tapping, boot stomping ska reggae and rocksteady!

Pre sale tickets now available:

http://holdmyticket.com/event/31552

Doors @ 6pm

Rockit Room
406 Clement St (between 5th Ave & 6th Ave)
San Francisco, CA 94118

Click the play button below to hear DJs Adam (Revival Sound System) & Sure Shot (First Round Promotions) on "Rebel Music" Radio 89.5 FM KPOO in SF w/host Irie Dole (Jah Warrior Shelter) 12/28/11.

Oldies vs. Rocksteady -Wed Dec, 14

Disk jockeys Daniel spins American Doo Wop, R&B, & Soul Oldies & Dr.Scott spins Jamaican Ska + Rocksteady Oldies! All on 45 rpm.
No Cover. 21+ @ The hottest night spot in the East Bay -BAR 355- Every 2nd & 4th Wednesdays.

Tonight Thursday 12/8 at The Make-Out Room in SF: "Festival '68"

Thursday 12/08/11 @ The Make-Out Room in SF is the return of:

"Festival '68"

'60s Jamaican Rocksteady, Early Reggae & Ska and this month a touch of '60s Soul!
...
Resident selectors:

Adam (Revival Sound System)

&

DJ Vanessa (V. Rocket)

+

very special guest selectors:

"Bigger Boss" a.k.a Jim Fox (Los Angeles / UK)

+

"Lord James" a.k.a Jim Martinez (First Round Promotions)

@

Make-Out Room
3225 22nd Street
SF, CA. 94110
www.makeoutroom.com

10pm-2am
21 & up w/ID
NO COVER

"Run come celebrate, at Festival '68"

This Saturday November 12th @ St. Mary's Pub in SF: "Scandal!"

This Saturday November 12th Scandal! returns in triumphant glory to St Mary's Pub!

And this time you get not one but TWO selectors who have been knighted by the queen: special guest Sir Winston Ratchet (Mateo) and resident selectors Sir Rudy Blackout (Nick) alongside Sure Shot (Mikey).

As always, cheap booze, great bartenders, tasty Italian food and pizza delivered directly to the bar from next door (try the lasagna!), and of course, sick 60's and early 70's ska, rocksteady, and reggae.

Short walk from Glen Park Bart or take Muni directly to the front door.

Be there or be a jive sucka.

This Thursday 11/10/11 @ The Make-Out Room in SF is the return of: "Festival '68"

Thursday 11/10/11 @ The Make-Out Room in SF is the return of:

"Festival '68"

'60s Jamaican Rocksteady, Early Reggae & Ska dance!

Resident selectors:

Adam (Revival Sound System)

&

DJ Vanessa (V. Rocket)

+

very special guest selector:

Dr. Scott (Intensified!/SFVRS/Nightbeat)

+

Woppi King (Germany)

@

Make-Out Room
3225 22nd Street
SF, CA. 94110
www.makeoutroom.com

10pm-2am
21 & up w/ID
NO COVER

"Run come celebrate, at Festival '68"

This Thursday night 10/13/11 @ The Make-Out Room in SF: "Festival '68"

This Thursday 10/13/11 @ The Make-Out Room in SF is a very special edition of:

"Festival '68"

'60s Jamaican Rocksteady, Early Reggae & Ska dance!

Resident selectors:

Adam (Revival Sound System/Wake The Town Radio)

&

DJ Vanessa (V. Rocket)

+

very special guest selector all the way from Japan:

TOMMY FAR EAST (FAR EAST RECORDS, ROCK-A-SHACKA/DRUM & BASS, SOLID ROCK)

http://www.facebook.com/Tommy.RockAShacka

+

very special guest selectors up from Los Angeles:

NINA & VIKTOR (ROCKSTEADY LOUNGE L.A)

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Rocksteady-Lounge/332070840875

@

Make-Out Room
3225 22nd Street
SF, CA. 94110
www.makeoutroom.com

10pm-2am
21 & up w/ID
NO COVER

"Run come celebrate, at Festival '68"

Saturday October 1st in SF's Lower Haight: "Wake The Town"

This Saturday, October 1st, 2011

Join Resident selector:

Shawn Atkinson

and special guest selector:

Sir Winston Ratchet

for a night of Rocksteady & Reggae all original 45 rpm press:

WAKE THE TOWN!!

Hotshots of Rocksteady & Reggae!

San Francisco's longest running Vintage Reggae night, Four years and still going strong!!!

Mad Dog in the Fog
530 Haight Street
SF, CA. 94117

10PM-CLOSE
NO COVER
21&UP

Hope to see ya there!

Pat Kelly @ The Rockit Room in SF Saturday 9/17/11

First Round Promotions in association with Wake The Town Radio present...

For the first time ever in San Francisco, Jamaican Rocksteady & Reggae legend and vocalist of The Techniques:

Pat Kelly

Pat Kelly will be supported by SoCal's very own organ heavy Reggae & Rocksteady band:

The Revivers

Plus, we're also proud to announce the addition of local SF heroes:

The Titan Ups

Also, SF Vintage Reggae Society DJs:

Mr. Ryha (Rhythm Injection Sound)
Sureshot (Scandal!)
Adam (Revival Sound System/Wake The Town Radio)

Doors open @ 9pm
21 & up w/ID

406 Clement St.
San Francisco, CA. 94118
(415) 387-6343

Tickets available $15 at the door or online at:

http://holdmyticket.com/event/26067

Facebook link:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=218440458175624

This Friday September 2nd in Santa Cruz!

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DJs:

Mr. Ryha & DJ Soulciter spin Reggae & Soul Oldies!

9pm-2am
NO COVER

@

Poet & Patriot Irish Pub
320 Cedar St Ste E
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
(831) 426-8620

Rusty Zinn & His All Stars @ the Starry Plough! (Sept. 4)

Sunday, September 4th @ The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Ave. in Berkeley: an afternoon of classic Rocksteady and Reggae with RUSTY ZINN & HIS ALL-STARS, featuring legendary Jamaican Guitarist HUX BROWN! Special guests Inner Riddim.
Doors at 2:00, show at 3:00, $6-10 sliding scale, kids under 12 $5. All ages!
www.rustyreggae.com
www.starryploughpub.com

This Thursday 8/11/11 @ The Make-Out Room in SF: "Festival '68"

This Thursday 8/11/11 @ The Make-Out Room in SF is the return of:

"Festival '68"

'60s Jamaican Rocksteady, Early Reggae & Ska dance!

Resident selectors:

Adam (Revival Sound System)

&

DJ Vanessa (V. Rocket)

+

very special guest selector:

Doctor Sappa Too (Michael Turner co-author of Jamaican Music Discography "Roots Knotty Roots")

@

Make-Out Room
3225 22nd Street
SF, CA. 94110
www.makeoutroom.com

10pm-2am
21 & up w/ID
NO COVER

"Run come celebrate, at Festival '68"