GR’s Latest Music Venue Has First Shows Lined Up

The Listening Room by Studio Park is set to open in November. The 200-seat facility will be featuring local, national and even internationally known acts.

The new Studio Park complex downtown keeps chugging its way toward completion, and one of the new facilities will be a concert venue called The Listening Room.

This week, on their web site, listeningroomgr.com, the new, intimate theater announced its first shows, starting in November. Tickets for all shows are also available at that site.

Here is a list of scheduled performances:

After a soft opening in October featuring local bands, the venue will officially open November 6 with David Wax Museum, a folk and roots rock band that combines Mexican Son Music with Americana for an interesting blend.

November 7 will bring in Matthew Perryman Jones, a singer/songwriter from the South, whose latest album The Waking Hours was released late last year.

Nov. 8,9: David Bazan
Nov. 14: The Hot Sardines
Nov. 19: Amythyst Kiah
Nov. 23: Kris Allen — American Idol eighth season winner
Nov. 29, 30: local heroes The Verve Pipe

Dec. 7: Jazz combo The Bad Plus
Dec. 13: Mary Gauthier

March 12,13: Ladysmith Black Mambazo -- a South African acapella group made famous on Paul Simon's Graceland album.
March 27: folkster Loudon Wainwright III

April 11: Christian Sands Trio