The Comet

COMET BIKE NIGHT
2019-04-02 17:00 - 22:00, 2019-03-26 17:00 - 22:00, 2019-03-19 17:00 - 22:00, 2019-03-12 17:00 - 22:00, 2019-03-05 17:00 - 22:00, 2019-02-26 17:00 - 22:00, 2019-02-19 17:00 - 22:00 UTC | The Comet, 4579 Hamilton Avenue, Cincinnati, OH, 45223, United States
Motorcycle enthusiasts gathering.

COMET BLUEGRASS ALL-STARS
2019-03-31 18:30 - 21:00, 2019-03-24 18:30 - 21:00, 2019-03-17 18:30 - 21:00, 2019-03-10 18:30 - 21:00, 2019-03-03 18:30 - 21:00, 2019-02-24 18:30 - 21:00, 2019-02-17 18:30 - 21:00 UTC
The Comet Bluegrass All-Stars (CBAS) assembled in 1996 as the Sunday night house band at The Comet. Since that time the popularity of the band has grown beyond the Comet lounge, opening for such national acts as Sam Bush, Blue Highway, Del McCoury, Peter Rowan and Ricky Skaggs.
The Sunday night Bluegrass sessions at the Comet are informal and known to draw a diverse, “listening” audience, from small children to senior citizens. Those attending the shows find each member of the band accomplished singers and multi-instrumentalists in their own right, with the live combination of these players presenting an even greater sum than its parts, through amazing musical interplay and high lonesome bluegrass harmony.

MARCH ARTIST RESIDENCY: MARC GOVERNANTI
2019-03-26 22:00 - 2019-03-27 01:00, 2019-03-19 22:00 - 2019-03-20 01:00, 2019-03-12 22:00 - 2019-03-13 01:00, 2019-03-05 22:00 - 2019-03-06 01:00 (America/Detroit)
Experimental Pop
marcgovernanti.bandcamp.com/music

SANDY EWEN + BLAKE CONLEY + FOSCO + RACHEL THODE TRIO + KEELING + PAPE
2019-03-23 22:00 - 2019-03-24 01:00 (America/Detroit)
Sandy Ewen is an experimental guitarist, artist and architect who has recently relocated to NYC from Houston, TX. She has performed extensively in 2018, including at the Sant’anna Arresi Jazz Festival, Experimental Sound Studio Option Series and the High Zero Festival. Sandy spent much of 2017 performing solo sets and in collaboration with Steve Jansen (tapes and electronics) and Maria Chavez (turntables) around Europe. Her other current projects include the trio Etched in the Eye, a duo with Tom Carter called Spiderwebs, the trio Garden medium, and ongoing collaborations with percussionist Weasel Walter and bassist Damon Smith. In years past, Ewen has performed alongside Roscoe Mitchell, Keith Rowe, Lydia Lunch and many others, and has performed and recorded with Jaap Blonk, Henry Kaiser and more. In 2014 she performed at San Francisco’s 13th Annual Outsound New Music Summit, and she has made several appearances at Austin’s annual No Idea Festival. Ewen’s approach to playing is centered around found objects and extended guitar techniques.
http://www.5049records.com/podcast/sandy-ewen
http://www.freejazzblog.org/2016/10/introducing-experimental-guitarist.html?m=1
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8fSH-seqD8s/VHTQGl-3fdI/AAAAAAAAsjs/7cmhXbxv4_k/s1600/68681_4941429334450_1118484086_n.jpg
“Like Keith Rowe and Kevin Drumm, Ewen plays an electric guitar that is laid flat before her. But one doesn’t get the impression that she is layering artistic and historical codes like Rowe or plumbing every identifiable extreme like Drumm. Rather, she seems to want to hear what a guitar can do when it is free of expectations. So while you won’t hear any conventional strumming or picking on this album’s six numbered tracks, the sounds that she does extract are imbued with an essential guitarness.
A gentle touch and prodigious amplification allows tiny string sounds to prick and stab, and for the vibration of air confined within the guitar’s body to swell like a looming thunderhead of feedback. Even the moments where Ewen gets physically busy to create a particular sonic environment, and there are moments on Tributaries where she gives the strings quite a scrubbing, evolve patiently. And why not? Even more than in one of the destination burgs, when you play free music in a place like Houston it’s because it’s what you want to do. So why rush anything?”
-Bill Meyer, dusted magazine
sandyewen.com
weirdweeds.com
Blake Edward Conley (Louisville resident, of droneroom and several other ventures)+Pete Fosco on dueling electric guitars will be joined for the first time by percussionist Rachel Thode of cincinnati shoegaze heroes Slow Glows for a blown-out free improv psychedelic sunset ride into the deepest parts of your scrambled cabbage brain. it’s 2019, you didn’t need it anyway. enjoy.
Nick Keeling (8-track tape loops plus piano)+signal wizard Fritz Pape first ever duo collaboration
“Fritz Pape (fka Zijnzijn Zijnzijn!) explores the process of auditory growth and decay from whispered drones through digital corruption, utilizing a swath of guitar pedals, synthesizers and other sound-making devices. A deep dive through tiny crevasses of sound, stretched into gentle infinity.”
https://noisenotmusic.com/2018/03/19/review-nick-keeling-kaily-moon-schenker-marker-torn-light-jan-8/amp/
https://nickkeeling.bandcamp.com/
https://fritzpape.bandcamp.com/merch

KERCHIEF
2019-03-22 22:00 - 2019-03-23 01:00 (America/Detroit)

VALLEY OF THE SUN + CASINO WARRIOR
2019-03-21 22:00 - 2019-03-22 01:00 (America/Detroit)
Kicking off their first major tour of the US and Canada, from the Comet, come hang!

THE BLUE ROCK BOYS
2019-03-16 22:00 - 2019-03-17 01:00 (America/Detroit)
It’s a Saint Patrick’s Day tradition with the Blue Rock Boys at the Comet (a day early)!

LUNG + WINTERMUTE (IN) + OKAPI (NC) + BI + DJ IMHUMAN
2019-03-08 22:00 - 2019-03-09 01:00 (America/Detroit)
Come spend an evening at the Comet with….
Lung – https://lunglunglung.bandcamp.com/album/all-the-kings-horses
Wintermute (Bloomington) – https://paperthinsurprises.bandcamp.com
Okapi (Asheville) – https://okapiband.bandcamp.com
Bi – https://biohio.bandcamp.com
DJ Imhuman in between sets all night!

MAGGY + EVA + SUMMER LIKE THE SEASON + J BORROUGHS
2019-03-07 22:00 - 2019-03-08 01:00 (America/Detroit)
SUMMER LIKE THE SEASON (Detroit)
https://summerliketheseason.bandcamp.com/
MAGGY
MAGGY.bandcamp.com
J BORROUGHS
https://jburroughs.bandcamp.com
EVA

FRITZ + JEFF + JOEL FEST 2019
2019-03-02 22:00 - 2019-03-03 01:00 (America/Detroit)
Fritz Pape, Jeff Mellott and Joel Griggs all make music and they’re all going to make music more or less at the same time at THE COMET on MARCH 2nd.
Permutations include:
Fritz solo
Joel solo
Fritz + Joel duo
Silent Human (Joel + Jeff duo)
Come hang out and eat a burrito and peep some sick jams.

ACTUAL ITALIANS + RAT DREAMS + UPSTAIRS
2019-03-01 22:00 - 2019-03-02 01:00 (America/Detroit)
Actual Italians: https://actualitalians1.bandcamp.com/releases
Rat Dreams (Columbus): https://ratdreams.bandcamp.com/releases
Upstairs: https://upstairsuk.bandcamp.com/releases

FEBRUARY ARTIST RESIDENCY: CASTELESS
2019-02-26 22:00 - 2019-02-27 01:00, 2019-02-19 22:00 - 2019-02-20 01:00 (America/Detroit)
2/5/19 – Casteless + Cryptic Hymn + Coelacanth + Bloodgate
https://www.facebook.com/events/173547750219896/
2/12/19 – Casteless + Stonecutters + Crypt Seeker + Necronamaconda
https://www.facebook.com/events/1996816390398167/
2/19/19 – Casteless + Sewage Grinder + Ethicist + TBA
https://www.facebook.com/events/743419342676779/
2/26/19 – Casteless + Flesh Mother + Shankable Offense + Opium Doom Cult
https://www.facebook.com/events/278245946131166/

DYLAN LANCASTER + J DORSEY BAND + CHELSEY FORD AND THE TROUBLE
2019-02-23 22:00 - 2019-02-24 01:00 (America/Detroit)
Dylan Lancaster (Nashville)
J Dorsey Band (Cincinnati)
Chelsea Ford and The Trouble (Cincinnati)

BISCUITS & GRAVY: A Comet Brunch Comedy Showcase
2019-02-17 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Detroit)
Bombs Away! Comedy and THE COMET have teamed up to bring a ONE OF A KIND experience to Northside, a FREE Comedy show at BRUNCH! Each month we bring 3 of Cincinnati’s top comics to perform for you as you let your brunch settle. Whether you eat Biscuits and Gravy, Crepe Cakes, or drink the Comet’s famous Bloody Mary, we have something for everyone.
Featuring: Billy DeVore IV, Zachary Wycuff, and Dennis Piper
Hosted by: Chris Siemer (Gravy) & Wayne Memmott (Biscuit)
* Brunch service STOPS at 2PM, so arrive early to place an order.
* Seating is limited and first come first serve.
* Follow @BombsAwayComedy on Instagram for more details
* Beer specials from Taft’s Brewing Company
