The Aquatudes

GIGS OF THE FUTURE

DATE	VENUE
Friday September 26, 2008 7 p.m.	Durham Fair (http://www.durhamfair.com/) Durham, Connecticut $12 Admission to the Fair We'll be headlining the Town Green Stage, from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. COWabunga Surf Rock Show! (Get it?) Should be a rip-roaring set. Wear your coolest Hawaiian Colors!

GIGS OF THE (RECENT) PAST

DATE	VENUE
Saturday August 16, 2008	Private Party The Aquatudes were the featured entertainment at a long-running annual private bash. It was a great group and we had a blast!
Saturday July 26, 2008	Silvercity Shakedown Quality Time Cafe, 999 Broad Street, Meriden, Connecticut http://www.myspace.com/silvercityshakedown http://www.qualitytimecafe.com AllStar Hotrods and QT present The 1st Annual SILVERCITY SHAKEDOWN Pre 1962 ROD & CUSTOM gathering. The Aquatudes went on at 3 p.m. for a wild power-set! Also playing were our friends The Crustaceans and the inimitable Preston Wayne Four. Photos to come.
Saturday July 19, 2008	Cypress Restaurant (http://www.cypressgrill.com) 1265 South Main Street Middletown, Connecticut 06457 (860) 346-3367 The Aquatudes returned for their second engagement at the Cypress, this time on the patio. Great weather, great evening, great crowd - thanks to all our friends/family who attended and special thanks to those who stuck around for all four sets! Max B. shot the photo below.

Tuesday June 17, 2008	Corporate Event New Haven, Connecticut The Aquatudes entertained at a private party with a beach/surf theme. Interesting international crowd enjoyed the music, danced a bit, and took lots of pictures of us!
Saturday June 7, 2008	Zen Bar (http://www.thezenbar.net/) Farmington, Connecticut The Aquatudes returned to the site of their first trio gig, courtesy of host the Blue Stingraye. Three other cool bands filled out another fun night.
Friday May 23, 2008	Allyn Park Pickett Lane, Durham, Connecticut The Aquatudes kicked off the Summer Concert Series outdoors in the meadow in Durham. It was a perfect spring evening and the audience stuck around despite the presence of thousands of mayflies! Photo below courtesy of Christine B.

Saturday April 19, 2008	Cypress Restaurant (http://users.ntplx.net/~cypress/index.htm#here) 1265 South Main Street Middletown, Connecticut 06457 (860) 346-3367 Well-known restaurant that regularly offers entertainment. Another one-band-night - another cool place to play! We played three sets to a receptive, dancing crowd. Rockabilly Willy from WESU-FM (88.1) was in attendance and was kind enough to introduce us. Thanks to Jenna Bascom (jennabascom.com) for the photos below.


Saturday March 29, 2008	Funky Monkey Cafe (http://www.thefunkymonkeycafe.com) 130 Elm Street, Watch Factory Shoppes Cheshire, CT 06410 (203) 439-9161 Cool restaurant in Cheshire - a little hard to find the first time, but worth it. We played for 2 hours and covered a lot of ground. Audience stayed all the way through and had a great time. We hope to go back during the summer to play outdoors on the patio. Photos to come (hopefully!).
Friday February 29, 2008	Corner Pocket Cafe http://www.myspace.com/thecornerpocketcafe 501 Boston Post Rd. Orange, Connecticut 06477 (203) 891-0777 Cost : $5.00 - over 21. SURF NITE! with 9th Wave and Big Fat Combo. We played first and got a great reaction to our original material. Dick brought his vintage blue Slingerland kit. Photo below is from a video capture.

Saturday February 2, 2008	Roaring Brook Nature Center http://www.roaringbrookconcerts.org/ 70 Gracey Road, Canton, CT 06019 Phone: 860-693-0263 We performed at this well-known venue, along with our friends, The Crustaceans (http://www.myspace.com/crustaceansrock). Rockabilly Willy from WESU-FM (88.1) was in attendance and was kind enough to introduce both bands. See the photos, below. Also, check out a video of Tom's "Take the Pipe" by clicking HERE.
The Aquatudes on stage. Check out Dick's groovy cocktail drums.
Here's a shot of the big "Wipe Out" finale, with the Crustaceans back on stage, as well as our audience participants still wailing away on the hand percussion.
Saturday January 5, 2008	Otto's Shrunken Head http://www.ottosshrunkenhead.com/ 538 E. 14 Street, NYC The Aquatudes were one of four bands. Otto's was a really cool place. We were the 4th band that night and some great folks hung around for our whole set. Thanks to Unsteady Freddie for adding us to the show. Photo is below.
Good thing there was just three of us on that stage. Check out our drum logo over Dick's head! Guess we need a banner.
Saturday November 17, 2007	Zen Bar Farmington, CT Our first gig as a trio - we rocked out and had a great time with all the friends and family who came out to see us. THANKS! Best photo is below, courtesy of friend Janet Franklin. Also check out a video of us playing "Sand in My Groove" by clicking HERE.