The Grape's Upcoming Shows

West Coast Swing and Boogie Woogie Blues with Fred Kaplan and friends

Every Friday in the bar side Happy Hour 5-7pm.

No cover.

The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble

7:30pm Doors

8pm Show

$20 - General Obstructed View Seating

$25 - General Seating

$30 - Preferred Seating

+$5 all ticket tiers at the door

The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble is a 9 piece, heavy Funk and Soul-Jazz band from San Diego,

CA. Their influences are vast and include Hip Hop groups like Gang Starr and De La Soul,

as well as Funk and Soul masters like Isaac Hayes, The Meters, and James Brown. Two of

their last three studio LPs debuted in the top 15 on Billboard’s Contemporary Jazz Chart.

Their music has been licensed to appear in videos for brands and companies such as New

Balance Shoes, Fifth Third Bank, Land Yachts Skateboards and Independent Trucks. The

Sure Fire Soul Ensemble's 5th studio album, Gemini, was released on March 28, 2025 via

Colemine Records.

SFSE is equally at home in the studio as they are on the stage, where their original songs

transform and take on new life through live performance. They have shared the stage with

Kamasi Washington, Quantic, Lee Fields, Monophonics, Jungle Fire, The Family Stone, and

most recently served as backing band for Hip Hop legend, Big Daddy Kane. SFSE has

made numerous live appearances throughout California and Oregon including renown

festivals such as The Joshua Tree Music Festival and Live Oak Music Festival in Central

California. Members of SFSE did a 9 major US city tour w/ BDK in 2024.

🎶 BLUES SATURDAY AT THE GRAPE! 🎶

This Saturday, October 10th, we’re bringing the blues back with RJ Mischo & Friends, playing 2–5 PM! 🎵

Come spend your Saturday afternoon with the world-famous blues harmonica master RJ Mischo and an incredible group of musicians. Cold drinks, cool A/C, and three hours of live blues at The Grape! 🍻🎶

📅 Saturday, October 10

⏰ 2–5 PM

📍 The Grape

Come join us for another Blues Saturday! 🎷🔥

7:30pm Doors

8PM Show

$50 - VIP Seating

$40 - Standard Seating

+$10 on all ticket tiers at the door

*One drink minimum per person

Mike Garson (piano): Mike’s extraordinary musical partnership with David Bowie began in 1972, when he joined Bowie for the Ziggy Stardust tour, and continued across decades of recordings and performances. His unmistakable piano work became an essential part of Bowie’s sound, most famously through his legendary improvised solo on “Aladdin Sane.” Garson would ultimately perform with Bowie across multiple eras of his career, including Bowie’s final public performance in the United States.

Carmine Rojas (bass): Carmine was Bowie’s bassist during one of the most commercially explosive periods of Bowie’s career, touring the world with him from 1983 through 1987 and recording on classics including “Let’s Dance,” “China Girl,” “Modern Love” and “Blue Jean.” A remarkably versatile bassist, musical director and producer, Rojas has also worked extensively with Rod Stewart, Joe Bonamassa and Julian Lennon, as well as artists ranging from Stevie Wonder and Tina Turner to Eric Clapton, Keith Richards and B.B. King. He reunites here with Mike Garson to revisit the Bowie songbook from the perspective of two musicians who helped create it.

Dave Wood (guitar): Dave is a guitarist, producer, and musical director, known for his longstanding work with Grammy-winning singer Andra Day, serving as her guitarist and musical director, touring internationally with her and contributing to her recordings. A Berklee College of Music graduate, Dave has also performed or recorded with artists including Dua Lipa, Jennifer Lopez, Jessie J, Sabrina Carpenter, Steve Perry and Common. A longtime collaborator with Mike Garson, Dave has joined Mike for numerous performances spanning jazz, rock and the music of David Bowie.

Max Garson (drums): Max represents the next generation of the Garson musical family. Mike’s grandson and a student at the USC Thornton School of Music, Max is building his own career through jazz, rock, and contemporary music alongside accomplished musicians, including Billy Corgan, Andra Day, and Luke Spiller.

6:30pm Doors

7pm Show

$15 - Advance

$20 - At The Door

*One drink minimum per person

Brad Rabuchin’s Hidden Agenda is a band formed to explore his

compositions in an expanded format. Adding 2 more horns and keys to

his core lineup of guitar trio with sax. The resulting seven piece

ensemble ensemble is Brad on guitar & electric sitar plus, Sax,

Trumpet, Bone, acoustic piano, acoustic bass & drums. Hidden Agenda

is no guitar dominated blowfest, but a musical outing accenting the

leader’s compositional sensitivity and the delicate-yet-feisty textures of

a carefully-conceived ensemble.

Brad Rabuchin is a LA based guitarist who now splits time between

leading his own band and a successful career as a sideman. Some of

Brads’ credits include: Bonnie Rait, Roy Hardgrove, Louie Bellson,

Pat Martino, Steve Turre, Al Kooper, Steve Wonder, Buddy Miles,

Lean-to, Diane Shurr, David “Fathead” Newman, Willie Nelson and

even Mr. Tom Jones. He also spent 5 years and toured 6 continents as

the last guitarist with Ray Charles. Brad has also Toured Japan 3 times

under his own name and recently played at both the Rocky Mountain

Archtop Festival and the Central Coast Jazz Guitar Festival. All the

while, though, Rabuchin has also been honing his own unique musical

voice, just left of center.

Guitarist Rabuchin is not one to paint by the numbers, musically

speaking, or play by a given set of rules. That much is clear on his 2

solo albums “When Smart Dogs Go Bad” and “ Cats Have

Edge” .They are jazz albums with liberal doses of other, mutually

compatible influences, from rock to funk to ethereal aesthetics, and

back.

He also has 2 albums out for 2021: "For John" a guitar duo project

with David Becker, and "Held to a Different Standard" a quartet

project with guitarist Allen Hinds.

Brad Rabuchin - guitar & electric sitar

Jon Papenbrook - trumpet & Flugal

Ed Wynne - sax

Justin Kirk - bone

Ryan Roberts - acoustic bass

Dave Zarlinga - drums

6:30pm Doors

7pm Show

$20 - Advance

$25 - At The Door

*One drink minimum per person

The Grape presents a tenor battle on October 15, pairing Aidan Farrell, a DownBeat Award-winning saxophonist and rising force on the LA jazz scene, with veteran tenor player Doug Webb, in the tradition of the great two-horn showdowns from Gordon and Ammons to Cohn and Sims. Farrell’s rich tone and sophisticated musical vocabulary set him apart as a bandleader, composer, and recording artist, while Webb has spent decades as one of the most recorded and in-demand saxophonists on the West Coast. It is a rare chance to hear two generations of LA tenor players sharing a stage, bringing their different styles together in a battle that will make for an unbelievable night of music. They’ll be backed by an exceptional rhythm section featuring Josh Nelson on piano, Edwin Livingston on bass, and Charles Ruggiero on drums.