Wednesday, May 1, 2013
The event also celebrates the 75th birthday of the historic theater building in Bethesda.
The historic theater building in which the Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club recently opened turns 75 this year. To celebrate the supper club's March 1 opening and the building's 75th birthday, a "Grand Re-Opening" ribbon-cutting ceremony is planned for 6 p.m. on May 17. After the ceremony, reception, cocktails and dinner (at 7:15 p.m.), jazz saxophonist Branford Marsalis will take the stage at 8:30 p.m., according to a news release from the venue. Tickets for the evening are available through the Bethesda Blues & Jazz website (www.bethesdabluesjazz.com) and at the box office (7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda), open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club offers live music, monthly dance nights and a …
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Operators hope combining an intimate entertainment experience with quality food and parking will make the club a destination for a wide variety of music fans.
Tuesday morning, members of the media got a sneak peek of the Bethesda Blues and Jazz Supper Club, the music venue that will open March 1 in the former Bethesda Theatre space on Wisconsin Avenue. Operators said they hope to “hit all the notes” with the highly-anticipated club—with parking, acoustics, food, service, ambiance and entertainment. The theater opened in 1938 as an art deco movie house, and was re-incarnated as an Off-Broadway production hub before a flood forced it to go dark in the middle of a run. The theater took a financial hit, struggling to stay open as a rental venue, until it was foreclosed upon in 2010. Proprietor Rick Brown, of B&B Realty Investments, bought the venue in February of 2012 for $2,895,000 and announced …
A media event is set for Tuesday ahead of the March 1 opening of the much-anticipated music venue.
The media will get a sneak peek of Bethesda's newest music venue Tuesday morning. A press event is set to mark the launch of the Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club, a music club that will open March 1 in the former Bethesda Theatre space. Blues, jazz, comedy and country acts will take the stage and Chef Scott Mullen will serve up Louisiana-style cuisine. The Bethesda Theatre, a Wisconsin Avenue landmark, opened in 1938 as an art deco movie house. In 2007, it became an off-Broadway performance hub following a renovation by the Bozutto Group. The nonprofit that operated the theater, the Bethesda Cultural Alliance, partnered with Nederlander Worldwide Entertainment to produce several shows there. But in 2008, the theater suffered a financial…
A media event is set for Tuesday ahead of the March 1 opening of the much-anticipated music venue.
The media will get a sneak peek of Bethesda's newest music venue Tuesday morning. A press event is set to mark the launch of the Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club, a music club that will open March 1 in the former Bethesda Theatre space. Blues, jazz, comedy and country acts will take the stage and Chef Scott Mullen will serve up Louisiana-style cuisine. The Bethesda Theatre, a Wisconsin Avenue landmark, opened in 1938 as an art deco movie house. In 2007, it became an off-Broadway performance hub following a renovation by the Bozutto Group. The nonprofit that operated the theater, the Bethesda Cultural Alliance, partnered with Nederlander Worldwide Entertainment to produce several shows there. But in 2008, the theater suffered a financial…
Thursday, January 31, 2013
The supper club in the former Bethesda Theatre space will open March 1, Bethesda Magazine reports.
The supper club that's set to take over the former Bethesda Theatre space will debut in March, and a new chef will be heading up the kitchen when the doors open, Bethesda Magazine reports. The Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club will open its doors March 1, according to the report. Owners have brought in Chef Scott Mullen, who was named by Philadelphia Magazine as one of the city’s “Top 25 Up and Coming Chefs” when he cooked in upscale kitchens there. Mullen will still serve up the Louisiana cuisine that was part of the original vision for the supper club, but will also include shrimp scampi, prime rib and crab cakes on his menu, according to the report. Read the full report at Bethesda Magazine. Following a $1.5 million renovation, the …
Friday, September 21, 2012
The new venue hopes to attract a wide variety of entertainment acts.
The Bethesda Blues and Jazz Supper Club, set to take over the Bethesda Theatre, will likely open by early December, according to club proprietor Rick Brown. Following its renovation, the Wisconsin Avenue landmark will feature “300 seats for dinner, a beautiful new 40 foot bar and lounge and 200 additional performance seats,” according to the club’s website. “This is not a mosh pit or a stand-up concert venue, this is a sit-down venue [with] tablecloths, candlelight—it’s a very nice setting for high quality entertainment,” Brown said. The club also will feature a dance floor, Brown said. Director of Operations Ralph Camilli, who spent the last 15 years of his 35-year career booking and promoting entertainment at the Blues Alley, will be …
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