Join us for a Jamaican inspired pairing dinner with music by Papa Herb and the Sol Vibration. Tickets will be $35 (including tax & gratuity) and are available for purchase at the bar. Seating is limited, get your tickets soon.

First Course:
The Food: Salt Fish and Ackee
Salt fish fritters topped with ackee and plantain relish – drizzled with chili pepper sour cream.

The Drink: Super Ape
Appleton Rum, pineapple juice, and lime juice topped with ginger beer.

Second Course:
The Food: Pineapple Oxtail Bammy
Slow-cooked spiced pineapple curry oxtails with beans and ginger rice over a flash fried Bammy (cassava bread), finished with a jalapeño habiscus jam.

The Drink: The Skylarking
Silver tequila, lime juice, simple syrup, and passion fruit juice.

Third Course:
The Food: Jerked Chicken & Shrimp Festival
A festival (Jamaican sweet bread) with jerked chicken towered with a scotch cherry and okra relish, flash-fried hand-breaded peppered shrimp, and finished with a spiced sour cream.

The Drink: The Mr. Harry Skank
Dark rum, orange rum, pineapple juice, orange juice, fresh lime and Grenadine.

Fourth Course:
The Food: I-Tal Stew Skewers
Roasted carrot, sweet potato, squash, taro, and plantain skewer dressed with seasoned collard greens and accompanied by a spiced coconut broth.

The Drink: The High Explosion
Plantation rum, fresh mint, lime juice, simple syrup, bitters, and Prosecco.

Dessert Course:
The Food: Mango Coconut Rum Cake
Coconut and mango marble rum cake topped with coconut whipped cream, candied almonds, and drizzled mango sauce.

The Drink: Mosquito One
Coconut rum, carrot juice, condensed milk, vanilla vodka, and topped with nutmeg.

WOMEN MAKING MUSIC hosted by AMANDA LEE PEERS.

AMANDA LEE PEERS
September of 2014 was the world’s first encounter with Amanda Lee Peers on a global level. Singing her own soulful rendition of ZZ Ward’s “Put The Gun Down”, she was featured on NBC’s The Voice as a contestant on Gwen Stefani’s team. Since then, she released an EP titled Summertime State of Mind, toured the North East and has opened up for the likes of Sawyer Fredericks, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Mat Kearny and The Script.

Amanda has just finished up her second solo EP titled Sinner, which is set to release in Spring of 2018. A large departure from her last acoustic-based EP, Sinner shows a deeper side of Peers, reflected in the dark and haunting overtones in each song. She worked with producer Sam Polizzi to create a hybrid of dark soul, R&B and rock similar to the likes of Bishop Briggs and The Weeknd.
https://www.amandaleepeers.com

JOAN BURCH
Joan Burch, singer/songwriter on guitar and keys with vocals. Reflective lyrics resonating with the singer songwriter style of the 70’s. JoanBurch.com.

TRACY ECKSTRAND
Tracy Eckstrand is a singer/songwriter from Rochester, New York. She began taking guitar lessons from George Collechio six years ago. She plays acoustic guitar when writing and performing her songs individually. Tracy plays acoustic guitar, electric guitar, and harmonica in the trio, Serendipity, which includes her husband-soloist, David Eckstrand, and bassist, Tim Thomas. Tracy especially enjoys playing jazz guitar and writing original songs.

Since nabbing a Blues Music Award nomination for Best New Artist in 2008, Gina Sicilia has enjoyed great chart and radio success in the genre. Tug Of War reached #3 on the Contemporary Blues Album chart and was the #1 roots album in Tennessee. “Abandoned” reached #2 on the Contemporary Blues Song chart, “He Called Me Baby” reached #1 on the Soul Blues Radio chart, “I Don’t Want To Be In Love” reached #3 on the Contemporary Blues Radio chart.

“I’m very influenced by being around musicians all the time, and being around so much live music,” she says. “Great things can come from being authentic and forming real friendships and connections with other musicians anywhere, but particularly in Nashville.”

Gina will release her eighth studio album, Heard the Lie, on August 31, 2018 via Blue Elan Records. Produced by Grammy-nominated Dave Darling, Siclia’s remarkable eighth body of work in just a little over a decade, is a testament to her ever evolving love and practice of blues and country music.

Check out Gina’s music here: https://ginasicilia.com/videos

Don’t miss the Legendary Joe Beard and his band performing an evening of smooth Mississippi Blues.

“Joe’s smokey guitar riffs were developed in Ashland, a small town located in the Delta region of Mississippi, where one of the earliest styles of blues music originated.

There was always a guitar in Beard’s childhood home and oftentimes someone would be playing it. He grew up watching B.B. King, Matt “Guitar” Murphy and many other iconic blues musicians practice before gigs in the living room where he lived.

“Those musicians influenced me to a point where I was able to learn how to play the guitar, just by listening and watching them play,” Beard said. “When I picked up the guitar for the first time at 15 years old, I could play all my favorite blues songs.”

His music career has taken him around the world to places like Paris, India, Belgium and Sweden. And in 1989, he performed at President George H. W. Bush’s inaugural ball.” – Rodney Brown / Rochester Democrat & Chronicle

Joe was inducted to the Rochester Music Hall of Fame in 2017.

Photo Credit: Aaron Winters