Venkman's | 740 Ralph McGill Blvd.

Princess Brunch: The Lion KIng
2020-03-07 10:30 (America/New_York)
Join us, Simba, Timon & Pumba Saturday morning for a viewing of the beloved Disney classic, The Lion King.
Admission is free with RSVP. A royal brunch feast and bottomless mimosas (for the adult kids) available for purchase.
TICKETING & RESERVATION INFO:
Tickets are not available for FREE shows. For seating at a FREE show, please make reservations for the appropriate time at venkmans.com (RESERVE)

Lauren Morrow at Venkman's
2020-03-06 21:30
“Top 10 Country Artists to Watch in 2020.” – Paste Magazine
“With her self-titled solo EP, Morrow has struck out on her own, debuting four songs that showcase her tender songwriting and inward-looking artistic vision.” – Rolling Stone
“Lauren Morrow—known best as one-half of Nashville-by-way-of-Atlanta duo Whiskey Gentry—puts lyrical fire behind a classic country sound on her four-song solo debut.” – Garden & Gun
“As she starts a new era of her career, she needs something to advantageously represent herself that isn’t The Whiskey Gentry, and this is what she accomplishes with these four songs. But most importantly, these four songs are really good.” – Saving Country Music
After over a decade as the centerpiece of popular Americana band The Whiskey Gentry, Lauren Morrow packed her bags, her dogs, her cats, and husband and moved to Nashville to pursue a career as a solo artist and grow her craft as a songwriter and performer. Within months, she released her first solo EP to widespread critical acclaim and landed on many Best of 2018 year ends lists from Rolling Stone to Garden & Gun, quickly launching her already budding career and sending it into hyperdrive. Over the next year, Morrow filmed an episode for PBS’ Bluegrass Underground and toured the US playing festivals such as Pickathon and Bristol Rhythm & Roots to name a few. In November 2019, Morrow began recording her first solo, full-length album at the legendary Nashville studio, Sound Emporium. Set to release in 2020, Morrow’s new album showcases her flawless vocals and intricate songwriting, but also her willingness to take risks — an edge that makes her stand out from the Nashville norm. Whether she’s singing an alternative/indie rock banger, a classic-country cooner, or a traditional lovesick ballad, there’s a unique impression she leaves that lingers and is unlike anything you’ve heard before.
TICKETING & RESERVATION INFO:
Purchasing a General Admission ticket does not guarantee a seat/table and will be STANDING ROOM ONLY
Additional reservations are not required if a table, booth, or banquette has been purchased via Big Tickets.
PLEASE NOTE: If earlier dinner reservations are made, your seats are not guaranteed for the show. For example, you cannot reserve a table at 7:00 pm and keep it for a 9:30 pm show. The only way to guarantee a seat for the show is to purchase table, booth, or banquette tickets.
Reservations for the Captain’s Room (private dining room) can be reserved for parties of 12-24 guests. For more info contact info@venkmans.com

Free Show: Allman Brothers Acoustic Tribute w/ Alex Gannon + Andrew Venet
2020-03-06 18:30 - 19:30
Local Atlanta guitarist Alex Gannon is joined by upright bassist Andrew Venet for an acoustic evening of Allman Brotherssongs.
The duo will be performing their acoustic rendition of selections from the jam band’s expansive album catalogue.
Tickets are not required for free shows. Dinner reservations can be made at Venkmans.com (RESERVE). Walk-ins always welcome! Parties of 8 more please contact info@venkmans.com.

Timeless ATL at Venkman's
2020-03-05 20:00
Atlanta’s Premier Curated Open-Mic Experience. Curated by Atlanta’s own Brandon Thomas, guitarist for Leon Bridges. A night of live performances from Atlanta’s best-rising artists backed by an incredible house band.
TICKETING & RESERVATION INFO:
Please note: Communal seating is in the bar area at a high-top table and will be seated first come, first serve as ticket holders for these seats arrive.
General Admission will be standing room only once all bar seats are occupied at our main bar or kitchen bar.
Additional reservations are not required if a table, booth or banquette have been purchased via Big Tickets.

PleaseRock presents (Not Annoying) Trivia
2020-03-04 20:00
THIS IS A FREE EVENT. Tickets are not available for FREE shows. For seating at a FREE show, please make reservations for the appropriate time at www.venkmans.com (RESERVE)
(Not Annoying) Trivia brings you everything you love about trivia – mind-bending questions, group camaraderie, great music, food and drink specials, prizes – without the one thing you don’t – annoying DJ chatter! Hosted by DJ Quasi Mandisco of Clermont Lounge fame with his trusty overhead projector, this uniquely Venkman’s take on trivia will get your competitive spirit racing without getting your blood boiling by hearing “Get those answers in” for the 500th time.
Sign-ups and music kick off at 7:30pm, with competition rocking at 8:00pm every Wednesday.

Classics with Classic
2020-03-04 17:30, 2020-02-26 17:30
Join us every Wednesday we’ll have $3 Classic City Lager on draft paired with a classic flick on the big screen*** and a classic soundtrack playing alongside.
Walk-ins always welcome, reservations encouraged.Parties of 8 or more contact info@venkmans.com
**Sound off. Soundtrack on
Keep it Classic, Atlanta

Venkman's presents Joe Gransden’s Jazz Jam
2020-03-03 20:00, 2020-02-25 20:00
Venkman’s is the home of ATL’s most legendary jazz jam, hosted by Joe Gransden and his house band every Tuesday. Dinner reservations are available at Venkmans.com (RESERVE) Music starts around 8 PM. Everyone is welcome and it’s free!

Venkman’s features half-price bottles of wine on Tuesdays!

Sounds of Life: A Celebration of Women's History Month
2020-03-01 18:00
A show of women, by an all women cast, featuring blues, R&B, Jazz, Indie-Pop, Spoken Word. Atlanta’s finest singing and performing the music of our lives. A socially engaging, awake evening of creative talents having alot of fun and sharing community! These performers have history in Atlanta, and internationally, performing with some of the biggest names in the industry and now they come together as a collective, to get you on your feet for a fabulous evening of fun, music and entertainment.
TICKETING & RESERVATION INFO:
Please note: Communal seating is in the bar area at a high-top table and will be seated first-come, first-serve as ticket holders for these seats arrive.
General Admission will be standing room only once all bar seats are occupied at our main bar or kitchen bar.
Additional reservations are not required if a table, booth or banquette have been purchased via Big Tickets.
Reservations for the Captain’s Room (private dining room) can be reserved for parties of 12-24 guests. For more info contact info@venkmans.com.

Bottomless Mimosa Brunch w/ Garrett Collins Project at Venkman's
2020-03-01 12:30
The Garrett Collins Project is a Funky Blues Based Rock Power Trio based out of Atlanta Georgia. Front man Garrett Collins is a young gun guitar player and vocalist that has been touring up and down the south east for the past three years! Bass player Dennis Stevenson and Drummer Justin Raffield are like a freight train chasing Garrett down the whole show! They push Garrett to a new level every night! This is a group you don’t want to miss!
RESERVATIONS:
This is a FREE show. Brunch reservations are STRONGLY encouraged and can be made at Venkmans.com (RESERVE) or emailing info@venkmans.com. Cheers!

The Sundogs Play Dead: A Tribute to the Grateful Dead
2020-02-29 21:30
Join us February 29th for as The Sundogs pay tribute to The Grateful Dead.
TICKETING & RESERVATION INFO:
Purchasing a General Admission ticket does not guarantee a seat/table.
Bar area seating is first-come, first-serve.
Additional reservations are not required if a booth, table, or banquette has been purchased via Ticketfly.
PLEASE NOTE: If earlier dinner reservations are made, your seats are not guaranteed for the show. For instance, reserving a table at 8:00pm and keeping it for a 10:00pm show is unlikely. The only way to guarantee a seat for the show is to purchase table, booth or banquette tickets.
Reservations for the Captain’s Room (private dining room) can be reserved for parties of 12-24 guests. For more info contact info@venkmans.com

Free Early Show: Unplugged Sing-Along w/ Questionable @ Best
2020-02-29 18:30
TICKETING & RESERVATION INFO:
Tickets are not available for FREE shows. For seating at a FREE show, please make reservations for the appropriate time at www.venkmans.com (see “Reservations”), or by calling 470-225-6162.

Bottomless Mimosa Brunch w/ Michael Magno
2020-02-29 12:30, 2020-02-22 12:30
Join us for the smoothest bottomless mimosa brunch ever Michael Magno. Come brunch and sing along with the smoothest mixtape hits of the 70s and 80s. The perfect pairing with bottomless mimosas.
TICKETING & RESERVATION INFO:
Tickets are not available for FREE shows. For seating at a FREE show, please make reservations for the appropriate time at www.venkmans.com (see “Reservations”), or by calling 470-225-6162.

Princess Brunch: Trolls
2020-02-29 10:30
Can’t Stop the Feeling! Join us at V’s for a brunch screening of Trolls! With a soundtrack that will have you dancing in your seats, the whole family is sure to have fun! Brunch reservations available at Venkmans.com (RESERVE)
This is a FREE event! Tickets are not available for FREE shows.

Amy! Amy! Amy! A Celebration of Amy Winehouse
2020-02-28 21:30
Amy! Amy! Amy! is a lively Celebration of Amy Winehouse. Relive the hits from her stunning debut Frank, Back to Black, and more! The night will feature some of the finest Soul singers in the country, coming together to celebrate this iconic singer who influenced many of today’s chart-topping ladies. An electrifying performer and bafflingly advanced songwriter, Amy’s genre-hopping catalog will make for a guaranteed Joyride!
TICKETING & RESERVATION INFO:
Purchasing a General Admission ticket does not guarantee a seat/table.
Additional reservations are not required if booth, table, or banquette tickets have been purchased via Big Tickets.
PLEASE NOTE: If earlier dinner reservations are made, your seats are not guaranteed for the show. For example, you CANNOT reserve a table at 7:00 pm and keep it for a 9:30 pm show. The only way to guarantee a seat for the show is to purchase a table, booth, or banquette ticket.
Reservations for the Captain’s Room (private dining room) can be reserved for parties of 12-24 guests. For more info please contact info@venkmans.com

FREE EARLY SHOW: Bill Withers Acoustic Jam by Scott Clayton
2020-02-28 18:30
Ain’t No Sunshine, Lean on Me, Just the Two of Us, Hello Like Before…if those are your jams, this set’s for you!
FREE SHOW:
Dinner reservations can be made at Venkmans.com. Walk-ins always welcome! Parties of 8 or more please contact info@venkmans.com

The Americana Dream w/ Bradley Smith + Nelson Nolen Duo
2020-02-27 20:00
Join us at the V, for an evening of acoustic Americana music, performed by local musicians Bradley Cole Smith & Nelson Nolen. You can expect to hear Ryan Adams, Son Volt, Wilco & more!
TICKETING & RESERVATION INFO:
Please note: Communal seating is in the bar area at a high-top table and will be seated first come, first serve as ticket holders for these seats arrive.
General Admission will be standing room only once all bar seats are occupied at our main bar or kitchen bar.
Additional reservations are not required if a table, booth or banquette have been purchased via Big Tickets.
Reservations for the Captain’s Room (private dining room) can be reserved for parties of 12-24 guests. For more info contact info@venkmans.com

PleaseRock presents (Not Annoying) Trivia
2020-02-26 20:00, 2020-02-19 20:00
THIS IS A FREE EVENT. Tickets are not available for FREE shows. For seating at a FREE show, please make reservations for the appropriate time at www.venkmans.com (see “Reservations”), or by calling 470-225-6162.
(Not Annoying) Trivia brings you everything you love about trivia – mind-bending questions, group camaraderie, great music, food and drink specials, prizes – without the one thing you don’t – annoying DJ chatter! Hosted by DJ Quasi Mandisco of Clermont Lounge fame with his trusty overhead projector, this uniquely Venkman’s take on trivia will get your competitive spirit racing without getting your blood boiling by hearing “Get those answers in” for the 500th time.
Sign-ups and music kick off at 7:30pm, with competition rocking at 8:00pm every Wednesday.

Roberta Setzu “AS YOU ARE” Album Release Concert
2020-02-23 19:00 - 20:30
Singer and composer Roberta Setzu and Grammy-Nominated Pianist Kevin Bales are thrilled to invite you to a Special Concert, Celebrating the Release of Roberta’sNew Album “AS YOU ARE”.
The Record came about after Roberta’s musical encounter with Kevin, who co-wrote 2 songs and produced the album with the singer.
Italian and just recently American, Roberta Setzu was born in Cagliari, Sardinia, a proud island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. Since a young age, Roberta was exposed to the wonders of the rich Mediterranean culture, musical heritage, traditions, rhythms and sounds, which deeply rooted and influenced her singing and approach to music and composition. After her graduation from Cagliari University with a major in Jazz Studies, she moved to New York where she studied acting and she deepened her understanding of Jazz. She currently lives in Atlanta, GA.
A complete Artist with a distinctive vocal identity, Roberta approaches her writing in a very visual way and lets the music develop around the stories that draw her in.
Singing jazz is like “having a wire from the earth to the sky and trusting that the essence of your truth will come out in your music”.
Roberta Setzu is a dynamic performer with a natural ability to connect with the heart of her audience. Her warm and evocative voice captures her listeners’ attention and lures them into a mesmerizing journey of powerful self-recognition. She draws enthusiastic fan support wherever she performs.
Voice: Roberta Setzu
Kevin Bales Trio: Kevin Bales: Piano, Billy Thornton: Bass, Larry Wilson: Drums.
With Special Guests: Justin Powell and Marco Maritz on Trumpet.
TICKETING & RESERVATION INFO:
Please note: Communal seating is in the bar area at a high-top table and will be seated first come, first serve as ticket holders for these seats arrive.
General Admission will be standing room only once all bar seats are occupied at our main bar or kitchen bar.
Additional reservations are not required if a table, booth or banquette have been purchased via Big Tickets.
Reservations for the Captain’s Room (private dining room) can be reserved for parties of 12-24 guests. For more info contact info@venkmans.com.

Bottomless Mimosa Brunch w/ Long Horn
2020-02-23 12:00
LONG HORN is the Elegant Bachelors own Parker Smith’s Jazz side project featuring some of Atlanta’s finest musicians. The members have brought together years of playing experience and intense study from Jazz masters.
Combining their love of Jazz with contemporary music, they pay respect to the past and forge ahead with grooving originals. Songs range from Jazz/Funk standards to quiet ballads and multi-layered compositions. In LONG HORN Parker draws on the influences of his guitar heros Grant Green, Wes Montgomery, and Kenny Burrell. Catch them playing around Atlanta and keep an eye out for more live video and recordings coming soon!
TICKETING & RESERVATION INFO:
Tickets are not available for FREE shows. For seating at a FREE show, please make reservations for the appropriate time at www.venkmans.com (see “Reservations”)

Shinyribs
2020-02-22 21:30
Once you’ve seen Shinyribs’ Kevin Russell on-stage and heard his band’s music, it’s impossible
to forget him. Known for his outrageous outfits and antics, Russell is a regular Austin fashion
icon, liable to turn up in anything from his lime-green sherbet leisure suit to a flashing LED
cloak, which he donned for a soulful performance of “East Texas Rust” on the award-winning
PBS show Austin City Limits.
Born and raised in Beaumont, East Texas, Russell has been dubbed (mostly by himself) the
Baryshnikov of the Big Thicket, the Pavarotti of the Pineywoods, the Shakespeare of Swamp
Pop or the Shiniest Man in Showbidniz. Balding with a scraggly beard and an unapologetic gut,
Russell boasts the indelible spirit and nudge-nudge, wink-wink playful quality of a man forever
young, who points to the likes of Tony Joe White and the Coasters for his rib-tickling,
mind-expanding, butt-shaking “is he for real” sense of humor. As a member of The Gourds,
Russell took his musical inspiration from the fertile Ark-La-Tex turf and became a pioneer of
Americana.
Shinyribs is one of the music world’s best-kept secrets, but not for long. The eight-piece outfit
was named Best Austin Band for 2017 and 2018 at the Austin Chronicle’s Austin Music Awards
and their album, “I Got Your Medicine,” was tapped as Album of the Year. Shinyribs was also
nominated by Black Fret in 2015 for a grant and was selected as a recipient.
The crack eight-piece band features Russell on lead vocals, uke, and electric guitar, as well as
keyboardist Winfield Cheek, bassist Jeff Brown and drummer Keith Langford, with the Tijuana
Trainwreck Horns (trumpet player Tiger Anaya and Mark Wilson on sax and flute) and the Shiny
Soul Sisters (Alice Spencer and Kelley Mickwee), as well as occasional on-stage appearances
by the Riblets, Shinyribs’ very own dance troupe.
About his status as a local hero, Russell says, “The competition is pretty serious here in Austin. I
don’t know how big a fish I am, but I certainly flop around a lot.”
Kevin Russell might not take himself too seriously, but he is dead-serious about the eclectic
blend of music he favors, combining Texas blues, New Orleans R&B funk, horn-driven Memphis
soul, country twang, border music, big band swing, roots-rock, Tin Pan Alley and even punk into
a raucous mix that includes such out-of-the-blue cover nods as David Bowie’s “Golden Years”
(a posthumous tribute with an unlikely “On Broadway” groove) or the Beatles’ “Everybody’s Got
Something To Hide Except Me and My Monkey” (interpolated into a live version of “Poor
People’s Store,” his populist “jingle” for an imaginary bargain-basement outlet).
Russell’s Shinyribs have recorded five albums since starting out as his “solo” side project,
starting with 2010’s “Well After Awhile,” followed by “Gulf Coast Museum” (2013), “Okra Candy”
(2015), 2017’s award-winning “I Got Your Medicine,” and the holiday project “The Kringle
Tingle” (2018). The band’s impending release, “Fog & Bling,” set to be released June 14, 2019,
came to fruition with demos Kevin started in his backyard studio, with Los Lobos’ Steve Berlin
providing some of the horn arrangements.
The conceptualization of “Fog & Bling” derived from discussions between Russell and beloved
Austin Bassist and producer George Reiff when the two conceptualized taking Russell’s home
recordings and building on top of them to see what would come of it. After Reiff’s passing in
2017, Russell worked with David Boyle of Church House Recording Studios to piece together
the various recordings and compile them into an album.
When asked to describe the new record, Russell responded in his true, eccentric fashion, “Time
capsule opened in the presence of poets leading clergy to a field of wine drunk hippies parading
half-nude behind a cattle drive. It’s multiple radios lost in time crossing signal paths. It’s stained
pages of books with dead flowers and moths pressed between its pages. It’s grackle’s feathers
festooning the hats of dancers sliding slowly across a wooden dance floor. It’s all that and more
than I can even begin to conjure.”
Russell’s parents were both music lovers, his father teaching him his first guitar chords, “then
pretty much letting me go my own way.” As a teenager, he went through a hard-core punk
phase, attracted to west coast acts like Minutemen, Hüsker Dü and Gun Club, followed by an
alternative college fascination with R.E.M., the dBs and the Replacements.
“
I was raised in an era where there were no rules, where marketing and specialization hadn’t yet
become the status quo,” Russell says of his vast musical canvas. “I think of radio as playing all
styles of music; everything is up for grabs. I never wanted to play just one kind of music.
Honestly, I don’t know how to do anything else. I love mashing things together you wouldn’t
expect, like a donut taco.”
The past flows through Russell’s aesthetic sensibility to become something, well, Shiny and
new.
“On a more linear line I hear it as a move towards the never-ending goal of merging great songs
with great performances,” says Russell. “In the world of music, there are great songs and great
performances. Rarely do the two meet. But, this is the best we can hope for when it does
happen. These are the colors I am always working with. I use my own Dr. Suess meets James
Joyce personal poetry to give it a structure to live within. These songs are, as I listen back,
deeply personal meditations on my life. From my adolescent, disaffected years of angst, angry
at the world, through my naive 20s into my depressed 30s into my melancholy, longing 40s I
walk with this group of songs gracefully into my 50s a hopefully wiser, gentler, more
understanding man. I feel like I have never been better as a songwriter and singer. I cherish my
gift as a bringer of song
TICKETING & RESERVATION INFO:
Purchasing a General Admission ticket does not guarantee a seat/table and will be STANDING ROOM ONLY.
Additional reservations are not required if a table, booth, or banquette has been purchased via Big Tickets.
Reservations for the Captain’s Room (semi-private dining room) can be reserved for parties of 12-24 guests. For more info contact info@venkmans.com

Free Show: Classic Rock Acoustic w/ The Heritage
2020-02-22 18:30
The Heritage are bringing you all your favorite classic rock jams acoustic style with a dinner show that is sure to conjure up that sweet sensation of nostalgia.
Tickets are not available for free shows. Dinner reservations are encouraged and can be made via the RESERVE button at Venkmans.com or by emailing info@venkmans.com. Walk-ins always welcome.

Princess Brunch: Shrek!
2020-02-22 10:30
Join us for a brunch event fit for an ogre! Once upon a time, in a far away swamp, there lived an ogre named Shrek (Mike Myers) whose precious solitude is suddenly shattered by an invasion of annoying fairy tale characters. They were all banished from their kingdom by the evil Lord Farquaad (John Lithgow). Determined to save their home — not to mention his — Shrek cuts a deal with Farquaad and sets out to rescue Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz) to be Farquaad’s bride. Rescuing the Princess may be small compared to her deep, dark secret. Free with RSVP. Advance reservations are encouraged for this event. Bottomless mimosas available for purchase for the adult kids!
Tickets are not available for FREE shows. For seating at a FREE show, please make reservations for the appropriate time at www.venkmans.com (RESERVE)

Mardi Gras in the O4W w/ Wasted Potential Brass Band
2020-02-21 21:30
Wasted Potential Brass Band is a bonafide New Orleans-style Second Line brass band, based in Atlanta. Multiple readers-choice award winners in Atlanta’s Creative Loafing, WPBB is a favorite and parades, festivals and the streets of Atlanta in Little Five Points, Cabbagetown and Decatur. It’s what fun sounds like.
TICKETING & RESERVATION INFO:
Please note: Communal seating is in the bar area at a high-top table and will be seated first-come, first serve as ticket holders for these seats arrive.
General Admission will be standing room only once all bar seats are occupied at our main bar or kitchen bar.
Additional reservations are not required if a table, booth or banquette have been purchased via Big Tickets.
Reservations for the Captain’s Room (private dining room) can be reserved for parties of 12-24 guests. For more info contact info@venkmans.com

Free Show: Old School Jammin' w/ A. Lush
2020-02-21 18:30
Performing your favorite R&B/Soul/Pop classics from the 70s/80s/90s, from Anita Baker to Hall & Oats…from The Beatles to Prince and everything in between! It’s an evening of feel-good music that reminds of us simpler times & brings us all together!
FREE SHOW:
Dinner reservations can be made at Venkmans.com. Walk-ins always welcome! Parties of 8 or more please contact info@venkmans.com

The Atlanta Latin Jazz Orchestra
2020-02-20 20:00
New on the scene in Atlanta, the Atlanta Latin Jazz Orchestra is the hottest sound in Latin Jazz in the Southeast. Featuring music from the legends – Tito Puente, Dizzy Gillespie, and Perez Prado – and the latest in Latin Jazz Big Band – Michael Philip Mossman, Michel Camilo, and more, the ALJO will make it almost impossible to sit still. Featuring some of the finest musicians in the Southeast, and led by Atlanta music scene veteran Rob Opitz, the ALJO makes even the most difficult music sound easy. Check us out on Facebook and online at www.atlantaljo.com. *Special Guests Kennesaw State University Ensemble I
TICKETING AND RESERVATION INFO:
No further reservations required when purchasing Banquette, Table, or Booth tickets via Big Tickets.
General Admission seating may be available in the bar area on a first-come, first-serve basis. Once all bar seating is gone standing room remains.

Classics with Classic
2020-02-19 17:30
Join us every Wednesday we’ll have $3 Classic City Lager on draft paired with a classic flick on the big screen*** and a classic soundtrack playing alongside.
Walk-ins always welcome, reservations encouraged.
Parties of 8 or more contact info@venkmans.com
**Sound off. Soundtrack on
Keep it Classic, Atlanta
