Past Events

Jack Ryan from the Marcus King Band leads his heavily touring psychedelic, soulful Southern rock group from Greenville, South Carolina. The Shady Recruits onto The Green Parrot Stage. The Shady Recruits is a Greenville, SC based "supergroup" led by drummer Jack Ryan from the Marcus King Band. The ensemble features musicians from other prominent local and regional bands. Jack Ryan (Marcus King Band) - DrumsMarcus White (Soul Mechanic) - KeysDavid Katilius (Earsight, Jordan Okrend Experience) - BassCharles Hedgepath (The Work, The…

Jack Ryan from the Marcus King Band leads his heavily touring psychedelic, soulful Southern rock group from Greenville, South Carolina. The Shady Recruits onto The Green Parrot Stage. The Shady Recruits is a Greenville, SC based "supergroup" led by drummer Jack Ryan from the Marcus King Band. The ensemble features musicians from other prominent local and regional bands. Jack Ryan (Marcus King Band) - DrumsMarcus White (Soul Mechanic) - KeysDavid Katilius (Earsight, Jordan Okrend Experience) - BassCharles Hedgepath (The Work, The…

Pink Talking Fish is a Hybrid Tribute Fusion Act that takes the music from three of the world's most beloved bands and creates a special treat for fans of the music. Pink Floyd, Talking Heads and Phish are all more than just bands... they are Phenomenons. Their creations have artistically inspired people and their mindblowing live performances have brought people together to form a special sense of community around the love for their favorite band. Although the music from each…

Pink Talking Fish is a Hybrid Tribute Fusion Act that takes the music from three of the world's most beloved bands and creates a special treat for fans of the music. Pink Floyd, Talking Heads and Phish are all more than just bands... they are Phenomenons. Their creations have artistically inspired people and their mindblowing live performances have brought people together to form a special sense of community around the love for their favorite band. Although the music from each…

DeadPhish Orchestra Brings a Seamless Web of Phish and Dead to The Parrot Stage Colorado quartet The Deadphish Orchestra are close friends who have played music together for many years, they had played Grateful Dead songs together, and they had played Phish songs together. But they got to wondering what would happen if they tried to merge the music of these two bands, the Granddaddies and Daddies of the jamband scene. While these two bands have their surface similarities, most fans realize that their actual musical styles are quite different. The Grateful Dead are an earthy, folky,…

Well known for shaking up the Green Parrot Bar's stage, Paul Cebar's Tomorrow Sound. (formerly Paul Cebar  and the Milwaukeeans)  return to the Parrot Cebar's long-awaited return to The Green Parrot is sure to be one of the year's highlights as Cebar cranks out his mix of "classic      soul meets  Afro-Latin funk". Says Cebar, "My departure has always been funk and  soul oriented, with African and Latin aspects." But Cebar now feels he is making some of the most vital music of his career  that embraces hip-hop, reggae and old-school soul. Mike Joyce of The…

Well known for shaking up the Green Parrot Bar's stage, Paul Cebar's Tomorrow Sound. (formerly Paul Cebar  and the Milwaukeeans)  return to the Parrot Cebar's long-awaited return to The Green Parrot is sure to be one of the year's highlights as Cebar cranks out his mix of "classic      soul meets  Afro-Latin funk". Says Cebar, "My departure has always been funk and  soul oriented, with African and Latin aspects." But Cebar now feels he is making some of the most vital music of his career  that embraces hip-hop, reggae and old-school soul. Mike Joyce of The…

The Green Parrot to Host Vinyl Record Fair To help celebrate National Record Store day, the Green Parrot Bar will host their annual Vinyl Record Fair  from 2 to 5 p.m. Vinyl collectors and crate-diggers are invited to come and buy, sell or trade their vinyl. The event, to benefit the Bahama Village Music Program and sponsored by Dogfish Head Brewery, the official sponsors of National Record Store Day, gives beer-loving audiophiles an opportunity to spend Sunday afternoon guzzling Dogfish…

Bill Blue learned his chops playing for many years with Arthur (Big Boy) Crudup (author of Elvis’ hit “That’s Alright Mama”). He’s shared the stage with ZZ Top, The Allman Brothers, Albert King, Johnny Winter and Hank Williams Jr. He was signed to the prestigious Adelphi Record label, one of the best blues labels in the US. Adelphi’s international distribution offered Blue the opportunity to be heard around the world. After touring with his own ensemble, The Bill Blue Band, Bill  decided eighteen years on the road was…

The Green Parrot  Hosts Chicken and Waffle Jazz Brunch,Fats Navarro Tribute On Sunday April 28th The Green Parrot Bar will  host their Annual  Chicken and Waffle Jazz Brunch.  Festivities kick off at 1 PM with The Green Parrot Jazz Allstars featuring Mike Emerson, Hal Howland and Tim Mc Alpine. and a special appearance by Robert Albury. The Jazz Allstars set will be followed at  at 3 PM by our annual Fats Navarro Tribute. Trumpeter Kenny Fradley and guitarist Larry Baeder will front this tribute to seminal be bop jazz trumpeter…

The Legendary JC's Bring 70's Soul Revue and Hully Gully Fever to Parrot The Legendary JC's Lonesome Soul Revue brings their soul-stirring, hands-to-heaven, old-fashioned R&B/rock 'n roll sound to The Green Parrot. Take Sam Cooke with hints of James Brown and Sammy Davis, put some rockin' Southern guitars, a kickin' rhythm section and a mind-blowin' horn section behind them, mix it up, and you get The Legendary JC's. The Orlando-based, wild-eyed, soul-rock revue's shows have already become the stuff of legend, tearing up stages tornado-style, whipping audiences into a…

The Green Parrot Hosts Friday Key West Songwriters Event The Green Parrot's  Key West Songwriter Festival shows  have become one of the  Festivals not-to-be-missed  events and this years event on Friday, May 10th, is no exception as we proudly feature a Friday Soundcheck with Billboard chart-busters Channing Wilson and Rob Snyder,  followed by  late-night sets with the high-octane, blues-rocking barn-burners, The  Dylan Altman Band.

New Orleans-based trumpet player Shamarr Allen,  with his band the Underdawgs bring their immense musical diversity to The Green Parrot Stage,   Shamarr Allen, combining elements of hip hop, rock, soul, and pop delivers a powerful wallop of fun, good music, and genre bending blends of his original sound, hip-rock Music has been a part of Shamarr Allen’s life for as long as he can recall. A musical prodigy, people have forever recognized his extraordinary talents as a musician. Shamarr’s countless career accomplishments are highlighted by performances…

New Orleans-based trumpet player Shammar Allen,  with his band the Underdawgs bring their immense musical diversity to The Green Parrot Stage.  Shamarr Allen, combining elements of hip hop, rock, soul, and pop delivers a powerful wallop of fun, good music, and genre bending blends of his original sound, hip-rock Music has been a part of Shamarr Allen’s life for as long as he can recall. A musical prodigy, people have forever recognized his extraordinary talents as a musician. Shamarr’s countless career accomplishments are highlighted by performances…

Sunday Jazz Showcase will begin at 1:00 PM featuring special guests Pat and Deb Lawler.

Sunday Jazz Showcase will begin at 1:00 PM

Green Parrot Monday Night Bingo, 7:00 to 9:00 PM,

All-World Blues Harmonica icon, Jason Ricci & The Bad Kind, are prepared to blow away The Green Parrot with a much-anticipated night of hellacious harp play. He'll be promoting his new cd, "Dirty Memory". Without a doubt, Jason, a Pat Ramsey protégé, is the most innovative, creative and energetic harp player on the blues/rock circuit. He lights up the  stage with the most fiery and original harp display the Parrot has ever seen. Absolutely phenomenal! He's won too many blues harp…

Suenalo, the Miami-based 8-piece Afro-Latin-funk-jam band, explodes on to The Green Parrot Stage for two pelvis-grinding nights of  of funk, mambo, cumbia, and hip-hop, Any Parrot patron present for Suenalo's past Parrot shows will remember a barrage of music that's simultaneously Afro-Cuban, Dominican hip-hop, R&B, Latin-Funk, Cuban Rumba, and Colombian Cumbia. The ensemble employs rhythms from Brazil to Jamaica, including samba, rumba, son, hip-hop, and reggae, mainly focusing on fusing Afro-beat and Latin rhythms with funk and rhythm and blues. The…

A scaled-down but high-energy 5-piece version of Suenalo.

Suenalo, the Miami-based 8-piece Afro-Latin-funk-jam band, explodes on to The Green Parrot Stage for two pelvis-grinding nights of  of funk, mambo, cumbia, and hip-hop, Any Parrot patron present for Suenalo's past Parrot shows will remember a barrage of music that's simultaneously Afro-Cuban, Dominican hip-hop, R&B, Latin-Funk, Cuban Rumba, and Colombian Cumbia. The ensemble employs rhythms from Brazil to Jamaica, including samba, rumba, son, hip-hop, and reggae, mainly focusing on fusing Afro-beat and Latin rhythms with funk and rhythm and blues. The…

Green Parrot Monday Night Bingo, 7:00 to 9:00 PM, 100% of proceeds go to charity.

Monday Night Bingo to benefit Key West Art and Historical Society

The ten-piece funk-flavored rock-and-soul dance-party Holey Miss Moley makes their much anticipated return to The Green Parrot. Described as  “.....dripping in jazz, funk, rock and blues with a touch of reggae and ska thrown in for good measure”,  Holey Miss Moley draws from a wealth of influences and promises a groove that, as any who were present for their Green Parrot debut will recall, had Parrot patrons swinging from the rafters and kept Green Parrot dancers crowding the floor all night.

The ten-piece funk-flavored rock-and-soul dance-party Holey Miss Moley makes their much anticipated return to The Green Parrot with shows at 5:30, 9:00 & 11:00 on Friday & Saturday, November 9th and 10th and at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, November 11thth.  Described as  “.....dripping in jazz, funk, rock and blues with a touch of reggae and ska thrown in for good measure”,  Holey Miss Moley draws from a wealth of influences and promises a groove that, as any who were present for their Green Parrot debut will recall, had…

The ten-piece funk-flavored rock-and-soul dance-party Holey Miss Moley makes their much anticipated return to The Green Parrot. Described as  “.....dripping in jazz, funk, rock and blues with a touch of reggae and ska thrown in for good measure”,  Holey Miss Moley draws from a wealth of influences and promises a groove that, as any who were present for their Green Parrot debut will recall, had Parrot patrons swinging from the rafters and kept Green Parrot dancers crowding the floor all night.

Mia Borders is a singer/songwriter from New Orleans, LA. With her endlessly soulful voice, richly emotional songwriting, and undeniable style, Mia Borders embodies the spirit of her hometown, New Orleans, Louisiana. She is heralded locally and nationally as one of New Orleans’ best talents. The Times-Picayune described her as "confident and cool," while USA Today characterized both Borders and her music as “deeply funky."

Mia Borders is a singer/songwriter from New Orleans, LA. With her endlessly soulful voice, richly emotional songwriting, and undeniable style, Mia Borders embodies the spirit of her hometown, New Orleans, Louisiana. She is heralded locally and nationally as one of New Orleans’ best talents. The Times-Picayune described her as "confident and cool," while USA Today characterized both Borders and her music as “deeply funky."

Mia Borders is a singer/songwriter from New Orleans, LA. With her endlessly soulful voice, richly emotional songwriting, and undeniable style, Mia Borders embodies the spirit of her hometown, New Orleans, Louisiana. She is heralded locally and nationally as one of New Orleans’ best talents. The Times-Picayune described her as "confident and cool," while USA Today characterized both Borders and her music as “deeply funky."

The Green Parrot will celebrate their 25th Annual Tradesman's Appreciation Day on Friday, September 21st, beginning at 4 PM. More than two decades ago, great American sculptor John Martini, whose Key West studio was just around the corner from The Green Parrot, would frequent The Parrot to quench his thirst after long, late-night sessions creating metal sculptures. He came, too, looking to recruit for his projects some of the able-bodied, often elusive skilled tradesmen known to take their afternoon breaks…

The Legendary JC's Bring 70's Soul Revue and Hully Gully Fever to Parrot The Legendary JC's Lonesome Soul Revue brings their soul-stirring, hands-to-heaven, old-fashioned R&B/rock 'n roll sound to The Green Parrot. Take Sam Cooke with hints of James Brown and Sammy Davis, put some rockin' Southern guitars, a kickin' rhythm section and a mind-blowin' horn section behind them, mix it up, and you get The Legendary JC's. The Orlando-based, wild-eyed, soul-rock revue's shows have already become the stuff of legend, tearing up stages tornado-style, whipping audiences into a…

The Legendary JC's Bring 70's Soul Revue and Hully Gully Fever to Parrot The Legendary JC's Lonesome Soul Revue brings their soul-stirring, hands-to-heaven, old-fashioned R&B/rock 'n roll sound to The Green Parrot. Take Sam Cooke with hints of James Brown and Sammy Davis, put some rockin' Southern guitars, a kickin' rhythm section and a mind-blowin' horn section behind them, mix it up, and you get The Legendary JC's. The Orlando-based, wild-eyed, soul-rock revue's shows have already become the stuff of legend, tearing up stages tornado-style, whipping audiences into a…

The Legendary JC’s Bring 70’s Soul Revue and Hully Gully Fever to Parrot The Legendary JC’s Lonesome Soul Revue brings their soul-stirring, hands-to-heaven, old-fashioned R&B/rock ‘n roll sound to The Green Parrot.

Join us as The Dents, led by New Orleans Keyboard wizard Chris Spies take the stage with our own  world-class drummer Randy Morrow,  Sean Peterson, bassist for the late Col Bruce Hampton, blue-chip guitarist Ben Jernigan, and, guitarist Albert Simpson, fresh from a tribute to Jerry Garcia with Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh at the legendary Fillmore in San Francisco.

 Join us as The Dents, led by New Orleans Keyboard wizard Chris Spies take the stage with our own  world-class drummer Randy Morrow,  Sean Peterson, bassist for the late Col Bruce Hampton, blue-chip guitarist Ben Jernigan, and, guitarist Albert Simpson, fresh from a tribute to Jerry Garcia with Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh at the legendary Fillmore in San Francisco.

 Join us as The Dents, led by New Orleans Keyboard wizard Chris Spies take the stage with our own  world-class drummer Randy Morrow,  Sean Peterson, bassist for the late Col Bruce Hampton, blue-chip guitarist Ben Jernigan, and, guitarist Albert Simpson, fresh from a tribute to Jerry Garcia with Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh at the legendary Fillmore in San Francisco.

Heavy Petty, Gainseville-based Tom Petty Tribute Band Headlines Green Parrot Green Party Be here as  Gainseville-based Tom Petty tribute band Heavy Petty makes their much-anticipated debut at  The Green Parrot with shows at 5:30, 10 p.m and midnite. on Tuesday, October  22nd. Heavy Petty grew up in the culture, music, and community of Tom Petty’s hometown, Gainesville, FL, cultivated in the same rock and roll scene where Tom Petty grew up. Known for their energy, showmanship, authenticity, and their own Gainesville-grown rock and roll style,…

Promising Rhythm and blues to rattle the bones and sweet soul music to set you free The Shady Street Show Band brings their R&B, soul, and Americana muscle to the Parrot stage. With a mantra of  "Grin Wider" and "Groove Harder" Shady street is a   sonic carnival with  a keyboard-driven New Orleans groove,  a group that gives a respectful nod to the past and  follows the traditional pathway of bands such as  Supertramp, Tower Of Power, Joe Cocker, Randy Newman, The Band and many more while  Ryan Gregg and Zac Silva continually…