Events

Join us for a Sunday Funday with one of the top Rooster tribute bands! Madison's Foo Foo Dolls rock out with all your favorite '80's and '90's sing-along rock anthems.… Read More »Foo Foo Dolls

The Blues Party! has steadily grown a reputation for their wide variety of music, both originals and covers, sometimes fun and danceable, sometimes heavy and intense. They constantly incorporate other… Read More »Tuesday-Bluesday with The Blues Party!

The Red Rooster Open Mic returns on Wednesday, January 29th at 7:00p with host Jack Tomlinson. Bring your talent to the stage and meet other like-minded artists! This can be… Read More »Open Mic hosted by Jack Tomlinson

Southern Wisconsin's King of Roadhouse Blues, Paul Filipowicz, plugs in and powers up! Paul grew up in the Chicago area - embracing the raw intensity of guitarists such as Magic… Read More »Paul Filipowicz

You may have heard Tall Paul Sabel's warm baritone voice and bluesy harmonica licks with the Ryan McGrath Band. You may have also heard him behind Lorenzo "Cat Daddy" Thompson… Read More »Tall Paul & The Naughty Cats

The Dirty Pretty (Jeaniee Dee, guitar; Mike Christenson, drums) is a homocore rock duo. Also described as noise, math, punk rock. A Bear and a Non-Binary on a queer-positive punk… Read More »The Dirty Pretty, Wasabi Neon, Primitive Broadcast Service

The Red Rooster welcomes back one of Madison's most accomplished musical units, the Bill Roberts Combo, for a Friday happy hour show! Shaped by jazz/blues stylings in the tradition of… Read More »Happy Hour Jazz w/ Bill Roberts Combo

Dirty Red & The Soul Shakers are a modern-day powerhouse-blues band, built on old-school influences and a mutual love for the down'n'dirty style of blues that defines the band's sound.… Read More »Dirty Red & The Soul Shakers

Known for having everyone in the crowd on their feet, The Jimmys are an award winning, high energy, 7-piece funky blues band with touring experience throughout the US, the Caribbean… Read More »The Jimmys

The Red Rooster hosts a Blues Jam nearly every Thursday! Musician sign-ups begin at 6 and continue all night. This week’s host is Madison blues legend James Earl Tate, host… Read More »Tate’s Blues Jam

Down 2 Hearse Annual Show 2025 March 13thDoors 7:30pm // 21+ $10 Admission Hosted By Kid Vibe LINEUP:Kid Vibe (Down 2 Hearse)TheRealTaco (Down 2 Hearse)Reces Aura (Down 2 Hearse)Reverse PlaybackObscureSuviMista… Read More »Down 2 Hearse, The Real Taco

Six-Thirty Sharp represents the best of local community spirit and talent. They're McFarland's musical team - including teachers, administrators, and residents - sharing joy playing danceable soul, R&B, and funk… Read More »Six-Thirty Sharp

The music of John C. Van Orman & Adam Helwin blends textures and texts of antique and modern soundscapes, familiar enough to be warm and welcoming, adequately exotic to be fresh and surprising. Two… Read More »Van Orman & Helwin

The Buttermilk 3 is a musical duo (don’t let the name fool you) that love performing contemporary, acoustic interpretations of classic songs from the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s. Audiences love… Read More »The Buttermilk 3

Mike Zito is one of the most lauded artists in the contemporary blues arena today and rightfully so, but for him, the thing that counts the most is maintaining his… Read More »Mike Zito

Automatic Lover is what happens when a singer from Sonora, Mexico gets in a room with a drummer from the banks of Lake Superior. When keyboards steeped in jazz and… Read More »Automatic Lover

Maestranza returns to the Red Rooster and we're bringing some crazy friends to help us out. The Simsons Band from Illinois and Madison favorites The Flavor that Kills are gonna… Read More »The Flavor That Kills, The Simsons, Maestranza

Playing the songs they love while bringing the blues right out of them, New Age Phonograph adds their unique sound to songs new and old. Blues-rock blends, jazz infused and Americana-folk… Read More »New Age Phonograph

CIRCUS is a popular Dane County area band made up of five musicians who have fun with each show by bringing the best of 80's Glam, Classic, and Sunset Strip… Read More »Circus