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We are looking ahead to October and what is shaping up to be yet another month of great music and cultural activities here on our little corner of Franklin and Einstein.
First up, Spred The Dub, Awarded “Best Reggae Band” by Broward-Palm Beach New Times as well as a win in the “Best Band” category from Miami New Times. Look for another dose of infectious ska-fueled shenanigans and plenty of that “Good Time Reggae” we all know and love.
Next four-time Grammy-winner Trae Pierce and his 9-piece bass-driven mix of funk, hip-hop, blues, and rock, who all but tore the roof off the place on his last Green Parrot visit.
Following right behind Trae don`t miss Miami Blues-Rocker Albert Castiglia.
Next we host the "Your Favorite Band!", Siberian Surf-Rockers Igor and The Red Elvises, returning with their unique blend of Russian folk music, 50’s rockabilly, and surf. rock. The month wraps up with Xperimento, the Grammy-Nominated Latin/Rock Fusion troupe that promises to turn up the heat on the dance floor for two steamy nights.
There`s 100% for Charity Bingo every Monday Night, Live Jazz on the first Sunday of the month and on the first Wednesday of the month it’s Green Parrot Ukulele Night, Key West`s only Uke-powered jam session.
We present as well local talent that continue to mix blues, rock, reggae, and jam, supplied by Andy Westcott`s Electrified Trio, Tony Baltimore`s Wilde Awake, as well as inspired performances by Key West chanteuse Claire Finley, Myles Mancuso and Jason Lamson, jam-rocker Jesse Wagner, and Key West`s King of Soul Robert Albury. Look for Rolando Rojas` "Mojito" to create a Salsa dance party and be here as we introduce a some late night sets with DJ Sanaris, fresh off his Bubba`s People Choice award as Key West`s Best D.J.
The Green Parrot Bar: "No Cover, No Minimum, No Wonder", free popcorn, spine-tingling cocktails, great live music, classic jukebox, pool, darts, and pinball, all for the price of a beer, Your Southernmost Center for Culture of All Kinds.#greenparrotbar #localsbar #bestbar#bestlivemusicvenue#divebar #nocovernominimumnowonder #firstandlastbaronus1#keywest #keywestmusic@greenparrotbar
We were flattered and honored to learn this week we were named the number one dive bar in the South by Southern Living magazine.
We know that of late, "dive bar" has become a wildly misapplied and overused appellation and, we also know that, for a few reasons some may even feel that the Green Parrot may have strayed too far from our roots to qualify.
For example, some say a true dive should never appear in print unless it is closing, or mentioned as a crime-scene.
Others say that a clean, safe, well-run joint, (which we are), without the sense that shit could get dangerously strange at any moment does not qualify.
It should also be noted as other potential disqualifiers that we no longer have a condom machine in the restroom, nor are there discarded whippits strewn about.
While we do have a pinball machine and a great jukebox, as well as having a string or two of year-round Christmas lights, all dive staples, we do understand and concede that just having them doesn’t make you a dive.
What we do understand however, and here’s where I think we do qualify, is that a dive bar is one of society’s best accidentally-created things ever and we believe it’s clear to even the most casual observer that no one could ever have planned this place.
In reality, dive bars are, put simply, neighborhood places that serve reasonably-priced simple drinks with no pretense and have no-nonsense attitudes where, to name just one example, it`s patently understood you can choose to be social, or can choose to be left alone to drink in private.
These are the places that pretty much say, “don’t F*** with anyone here and everything will be fine.” Our decor was once described as being whatever the clientele was wearing that day, and we acknowledge that our clientele is motley and changes according to the time of day.
In the words of local author Joy Williams, "The Parrot has an engagingly louche clientele, a pool table and a dart board, odd art, and an attitude best described by the sign over the booze shelves: `No Sniveling`”
#southernliving #divebars #greenparrotbar #localsbar #keywest #keywestlife #joywilliams#divebar#keywestbars #divebarlife #corner-bar
Hemingway’s House - Key West
We made sure to visit Ernest Hemingway’s house while we were in Key West. For those that don’t know, Ernest was an American novelist, short-story writer, journalist, and sportsman - all aspects of his life that are evident within the house and all around the beautifully-gardened property.
Visiting the house is stepping back in time to the 1930s and walking in the footsteps of one of American’s most well-known authors and member of the post-World War I “Lost Generation” writers whose works we still read and study today. We picked up a copy of The Old Man and the Sea at the gift shop - we thought it the perfect item to remember the man and the region.
And of course, we made sure to pet a few of the property’s infamous six-toed cats.
PRO-TIP: After your visit, have a few cold beers and enjoy some fantastic live music at the Green Parrot Bar nearby… definitely worth a stop!
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Loved this LFL attached to a restaurant in Key West when I visited a few months ago❤️ I always look around for Little Free Libraries when I’m vacationing somewhere! Do you do the same?
This account is basically just a photo diary of all the LFLs I visit 🤣
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#RhodeIslandbookstagrammer #rhodybookstagrammer #greenparrot #keywest #greenparrotbar
A special thank you and a big hug to Janet and Kevin Life from The Angelina guest house around the corner for their annual holiday delivery of their homemade cinnamon ring (of course delivered still warm).
It seems they’ve outdone themselves again this year with a family size ring Kevin dropped off and we still remember very well a few years back, when there was not a single tree to be had on the entire island, their donation of an awesome Christmas tree saved Christmas for The Parrot and we now use that tree every year!
Angelina, we love you and Merry Christmas from all of us.
Love you guys!
Great neighbors in a great neighborhood!
#keywestpeople #keywest #greenparrotbar #greatneighbors #angelinaguesthouse#merrychristmas #christmastree #christmasspirit
This Friday Night! Start your weekend off right, with great music and of course, happy hour.
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How’s your January going? Sunny and 75 down here in the keys! Catch me at one of this weeks shows:
1/12 Thu 7pm-11pm @ Irish Kevin’s
1/13 Fri 11pm-2:30am @ Irish Kevin’s
1/15 Sun 10:30pm-2am @ Irish Kevin’s
1/16 Mon 6:30-10:30 @ Irish Kevin’s
1/17 Tue Tom Petty Tribute @ Green Parrot
#keywest #keywestflorida #keywestlife #keywestparty #irishkevinskeywest #greenparrotbar #livemusic
The Colorado-quartet DeadPhish Orchestra brings their seamless web of Phish and Dead to The Parrot Stage on Tuesday and Wednesday March 21st and 22nd with sets at 5:30, 9:00 and 11:00.
A delicious hybrid of the two bands, the Granddaddies and Daddies of the jamband scene and with close to a 50/50 ratio of Dead and Phish, DPO moves through their jams with one mind. With a repertoire of well over 300 songs they continue to be remarkably creative in coming up with segues and mashups between the two bands and the possibilities are endless.@greenparrot
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Join us for this Bahamian Band filled with members of Long Island blood. Playing the soothing sounds of reggae, rake n` scrape and calypso music you love. #livebands #musicphotography #guitarist #event #rockmusic #metal #jazz #livemusicphotography #photography #bar #food #instagood #bass #events #livebandmusic #liveentertainment #artist #liveconcert #fyp #nassauparrot #greenparrotbar #greenparrotbarandgrill #nassau #nassaueats #nassaudining #itsbetterinthebahamas #photooftheday #bottleservice #servicewithasmile
Today, March 14th, we celebrate both Pi Day and Albert Einstein`s birthday, and, in one of the most remarkable coincidences in the world of science, we note that visionary theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author Stephen Hawking also died on the same date, making today easily one of the most cerebral days of the year.
Pi Day, celebrated on March 14th (3/14), for those who delight in numbers and pay attention to such things: 3.14, a mathematical constant, the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter.
Pictured here in the before-times is Official Green Parrot Art Conservator Steve Heuel sprucing up Bill Berg`s beloved portrait of Einstein on our Green Parrot shutter.
While personally I don`t see myself splitting atoms anytime soon we all would like to take a moment to give a Happy Birthday shoutout to Mr. Einstein, give our sincere thanks to Steven Hawking for his many contributions to astrophysics and his boundless personal inspiration to so many and to say to all, Happy Pi Day!
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From a recent City of Key West press release and from our own “be-careful-what-you-wish-for”Department comes the announcement that the Florida Marlins MLB team has proclaimed August 28th Key West Day.
At that Marlins-Cincinnati Reds game, Mayor Teri Johnston will throw out the first pitch and a group of Key West kids will join mascot Billy the Marlin on the field during the seventh inning stretch to sing “Take me Out to the Ballgame”.
Some of us however may recall a Marlins-Cubs game in 2011 when a Key West boat captain jumped the outfield wall, shed his clothes and streaked into Marlins baseball history.
Upon further, and closer review, too close really, it was revealed that the Marlins-Cubs streaker was not only a Key Wester but a good Parrot customer
The news account goes on to claim the nude streaker came from a crowd of 60 people from Key West who were subsequently asked to leave following the pantsless run.
#greenparrotbar @bellyflop_tilson#cityofkeywest#greenparrotpeople#keywestpeople#floridamarlins#streaker
