Don't have plans next weekend? Sweet Crude (12/28) & Cosmic Shift (12/29) will be here, so problem solved! #MartinsDowntown

We've got your New Year's Eve plans right here! Young Valley & Tyler Lance Walker Gill will be here to help us ring in the New Year! #MartinsDowntown

Rybolt Productions Presents The Mike Dillon Band January 12, 2019 at Martin's Downtown Jackson MS 214 S State Doors 9 pm Ages 18+ www.martinsdowntownjxn.com www.mikedillonvibes.com How many artists have been praised a “punk rock provocateur,” “jazz vibraphone visionary,” and “percussion virtuoso” in the same sentence? There’s only one: Mike Dillon. Whether through his affiliation with artists like Les Claypool, Primus, Rickie Lee Jones, and Ani Difranco, or collaborations such as Nolatet, Garage a Trois, The Dead Kenny G's, Critters Buggin or bands he has led, including Mike Dillon Band, Mike Dillon's New Orleans Punk Rock Percussion Consortium, Billy Goat and Hairy Apes BMX, the Texas-native has set his own standard for 25 years now. Over the past decade, Mike Dillon has released a number of acclaimed albums, intertwining a range of influences from Zappa-esque eccentricity to Fishbone punk funk, D.C. Go-Go to Milt Jackson-influenced vibraphone majesty. Never before, however, has he recorded music so personal and committed to a sustained mood as his latest album, Functioning Broke. The recording finds Dillon solo on vibraphone and various percussion, building each track into its own minimalist, but multi-dimensional auditory landscape. The current version of the Mike Dillon Band features guitarist Cliff Hines, Bassist Nathan Lambertson and a rotating cast of drummers including Claude Coleman Jr. (Ween), Simon Lott, G. Maxwell, Doug Belote and Paul Thibodeaux. With this line up, Dillon has continued exploring the connection between New Orleans street beats, Ska, funk, Hardcore and jazz. The band will release a new record in February 2017 titled, “Life is not a Football." Produced in New Orleans by Richard Maloney and Dillon with engineers Rick Nelson and Robert Mercurio, this album sounds like a Spotted Cat trad band that grew up playing Dead Kennedys and invited Captain Beefheart over for a dinner cooked by Thelonious Monk. The Mike Dillon Band has supported acts like Galactic, The Revivalists, Clutch, Primus, and Fishbone, while continuing to play music festivals and in cities across the U.S. In 2016, the Gambit's Big Easy Awards named Mike Dillon "Performer of the Year" and the Mike Dillon Band "Best Punk/Metal Band" in New Orleans. Living in New Orleans for over 10 years now, when not on the road with Rickie Lee Jones, Nolatet, or the Mike Dillon Band, Mike resides in the Musician's Village with his fiancee.

Barry Leach Live in the dining room Happy Hour 6 pm - 8:30 pm Free Admission Kitchen Open until 9 pm

Rybolt Productions Presents Hash Cabbage at Martin's w/ special guest Scott Albert Johnson Downtown Jackson MS Doors 9 pm Ages 18+ www.martinsdowntownjxn.com www.hashcabbage.cashmusic.org Founded in 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana, Hash Cabbage has an eclectic sound with a variety of influences from southern rock, improvisational jazz, reggae, funk, outlaw country all the way to surreal psychedelia. Rooted in both rock improv and traditional singer/songwriter structure, Hash Cabbage proudly admits that it doesn't fully fall into any particular subgenre and skates on the edges of many. Hash Cabbage will be joined by singer/songwriter and harmonica virtuoso Scott Albert Johnson. Scott was a featured guest artist with the Boston Pops in May 2017, and he was Player of the Month on harmonica.com in December 2018. “Scott Albert Johnson manhandles his harmonica with a master’s flair. He is a triple-threat artist who can sing, write and blow his emotions clear on out of his harmonica like nobody’s business.” Goldmine [USA]

Be at the show that everyone is going to be talking about, The Weeks are here this weekend with 2 shows! Doors open at 9pm. #MartinsDowntown

North Mississippi Allstars are here tonight, so come check it out! Doors open at 9pm.

Rybolt Productions Presents Southern Comfort Brass Band Friday January 4, 2019 at Martin's Downtown 214 S State Jackson MS Doors 9 pm Ages 18+ www.martinsdowntownjxn.com Founded in 2010, the Jackson (MS)-based Southern Komfort Brass Band brought together 7 musicians who quickly discovered their niche - New Orleans-style street jazz with a unique Mississippi twist. Countless thousands have traveled to New Orleans to hear the likes of Dirty Dozen, Rebirth , Soul Rebels, Hot 8 and Lil' Rascals Brass Bands. Southern Komfort Brass Band presents a live show that focuses on traditional Brass Band standards, originals by the aforementioned groups, and Southern Komfort originals as well as special arrangements of popular blues, jazz and R&B tunes. This party band has expanded their line-up to include up to 9 musicians. Their act is fast, fun and never fails to get their audiences singing, dancing and occasionally forming second-lines. The Southern Komfort Brass Band appeared in the James Brown biopic movie "Get on Up" that was filmed in Mississippi in 2013-2014.