Grammy nominees perform

at the Blue Rooster in Sarasota during a month of live music

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact: Veronica Pastore
941.330.4838 / [email protected]

[ Feb. 28, 2014 — Sarasota, Fla. ] Live music venue and Southern comfort food restaurant the Blue Rooster (1525 Fourth St., 388-7539) will host nightly live music again during the month of March.

In addition to the below listings, The Special Consensus will perform from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. on Sat., March 29 at the Blue Rooster and there is a $15 cover. The four person acoustic bluegrass band began performing in the Midwest in the spring of 1975. Since then, they’ve performed all across the U.S., recorded 16 albums, and were nominated for a GRAMMY for Best Bluegrass album in 2012.

FULL MARCH MUSIC SCHEDULE:

• Selwyn Birchwood Band, Sat, March 1: 9 pm to 12 am, $10.
• Gospel Brunch ft Lauren Mitchell, Sun, March 2: seatings at 11 am and 1 pm, no cover.
• George Worthmore, Sun, March 2: 6 to 9 pm, $5.
• RJ Howson & Friends, Mon, March 3: 7 to 10 pm, no cover.
• Sarasota Jazz Project, Tue, March 4: 7 to 9:30 pm, $5.
• Highway 41 South, Wed, March 5: 7 to 10 pm, no cover.
• Reverend Barry & Funktastic Soul featuring the Hellacious Horns, Thu, March 6: 8 to 11 pm, $5.
• Doug Deming & The Jewel Tones, Fri, March 7: 8:30 to 11:30 pm, no cover.
• Backtrack Blues Band, Sat, March 8: 8:30 to 11:30 pm, $5.
• Gospel Brunch ft Gladys Adams and God’s Property, Sun, March 9: seatings at 11 am and 1 pm, no cover.
• Lauren Mitchell & The Professor, Sun, March 9: 6:30 to 9:30 pm, no cover.
• RJ Howson & Friends, Mon, March 10: 7 to 10 pm, no cover.
• The Vestapolitans, Tue, March 11: 7:30 to 10:30 pm, no cover.
• Ari and the Alibis, Wed, March 12: 7:30 to 10:30 pm, no cover.
• Mike Imbasciani & his BluezRockerz, Thu, March 13: 8 to 11 pm, no cover.
• Lauren Mitchell Band Fri, March 14: 8:30 to 11:30 pm, $5.
• Heffner & Hefner, Sat, March 15: 8:30 to 11:30 pm, $5.
• Gospel Brunch ft Lauren Mitchell, Sun, March 16: seatings at 11 am and 1 pm, no cover.
• Rebekah Pulley, Sun, March 16: 6:30 to 9:30 pm, no cover.
• RJ Howson & Friends, Mon, March 17: 7 to 10 pm, no cover.
• Suitcase Full of Blues, Tue, March 18: 7:30 to 10:30 pm, no cover.
• Highway 41 South, Wed, March 19: 7 to 10 pm, no cover.
• Billy Seward Band with special guest Sidney James Wingfield, Thu, March 20: 8 to 11 pm, no cover.
• RJ Harman & Company, Fri, March 21: 8:30 to 11:30 pm, $5.
• Mike Imbasciani & his BluezRockerz, Sat, March 22, 8:30 to 11:30 pm, $5.
• Gospel Brunch ft Shantal & the Duets, Sun, March 23: seatings at 11 am and 1 pm, no cover.
• Lauren Mitchell & The Professor, Sun, March 23: 6:30 to 9:30 pm, no cover.
• RJ Howson & Friends, Mon, March 24: 7 to 10 pm, no cover.
• Ken Loomer Big Band, Tue, March 25: 7 to 9:30 pm, $5.
• Ari and the Alibis, Wed, March 26: 7:30 to 10:30 pm no cover.
• Doug Deming & The Jewel Tones, Thu, March 27: 8 to 11 pm, no cover.
• The Mix Tapes, Fri, March 28: 8:30 to 11:30 pm, no cover. 
• Special Consensus, Sat, March 29: 8:30 to 11:30 pm, $15.
• Gospel Brunch ft Gladys Adams and God’s Property, Sun, March 30: seatings at 11 am and 1 pm, no cover. 
• Belmont & Jones, Sun, March 30: 6:30 to 9:30 pm, no cover.
• RJ Howson & Friends, Mon, March 31: 7 to 10 pm, no cover.

More about The Blue Rooster

Southern comfort food and feel-good music — this is what The Blue Rooster in downtown Sarasota promises. Launched by Bill Cornelius and Devin Rutkowski in early 2013, The Blue Rooster offers the best live entertainment Sarasota has to offer seven nights a week, alongside New American Southern fare by executive chef Michael Yoder.
 
The venue was built out to accommodate musicians from around the nation with a top of the line sound system while Chef Yoder takes simple, locally-sourced base ingredients and transforms them into true blue southern comfort cuisine with a down home TBR twist. Try the famous fried chicken and waffles, low country shrimp and grits, fried green tomatoes and much more. 
 
The Blue Rooster, 1525 Fourth St., Sarasota, 5-10 p.m., Sun. and Mon., 5-10:30 p.m., Tues., 5-11 p.m., Wed., 5 p.m.-midnight, Thurs., 5 p.m.-1 a.m. Fri. and Sat., 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday brunch, 941-388-7539 or blueroostersrq.com