Events 2024/25
wednesdays Summertime
Bachata/Salsa/Kizomba 21:00 H
Time may vary depending on weather conditions !!!
In the summertime (from May) I will open my doors from 21:00. Then you can come to my well-chilled dance cellar and dance the summer nights away with equally chilled drinks.
Your Betty
Admission: Free!
14.09.24
Metropolitan Night III
DJ Mishiva & Irie EFX Sounds
24 h
Get ready for a night full of unforgettable beats and infectious rhythms! For the third time I welcome DJ legend Selecta Mishiva and for the first time IRIE EFX SOUNDS to my Black Pearl. I am delighted to be able to present the master of Roots Ashanti to you!
Selecta Mishiva has established himself as an indispensable part of the DJ scene for over three decades. His unique signature combines the best sounds of Afrobeat, Reggae, Dancehall and Hip Hop - a fusion you've never heard before!
Today from 10pm, Selecta Mishiva brings the pulsating sound of the streets of Kingston, Lagos and other metropolitan cities directly to my club. Are you ready for an unforgettable party? Grab your loved ones and experience Selecta Mishiva live with us! Let's shake the night together! 🌍🎶
Be there and celebrate with me!
Your Betty
Admission: 5€
20.09.24
"Chill Checkers"
Rock 'n' Roll meets Rockabilly
20 Uhr
The Black Pearl is slowly becoming an insider's tip for cultivated rock'n'roll.
From our friendly neighboring city of Hamburg come for the second time this year the:
"CHILL CHERCKERS"
The ChillCheckers ensure the right operating temperature. Back to the roots - but in a fresh guise, they don't allow themselves to be squeezed into a corset and combine rock'n'roll, rockabilly and blues with a pinch of surf.
On the road as a trio with Tony (39) on mic and electric guitar, Freddy (32) on drums and Arnd (42) on electric bass.
Rock'n'roll!
Your Betty
Admission FREE !!!
27.09.24
"Chuck Plaisance & Band"
Rock Cover
20 Uhr
“Center of Jazz & Blues. Chuck began his professional singing career at the age of 13 and traveled the southern states with his bands (Flyght, Halifax, Antrieb & Voyager). In 1986 he moved to Los Angeles and taught singing at the Musicians Institute in Hollywood for 18 years. This was followed by studio recording and running a Synclavier studio for Chris Currel of Michael Jackson's “Bad” band. He has worked with artists such as Doanne Perry, Tim Bogert, Steve Dudas, Steve Bailey, Keith Wyatt, Paul Hanson, Gary Wright, Alice-Fassbinder, Michael Jackson, Chester Thompson, Styxx Böttcher, Ernestine Anderson, among others. In recent years, he has regularly performed with musical acts at the Frankfurt Music Fair, the Ruet-n-Rock open-air festival and sings in Germany, Holland, Spain, Belgium and the USA.
Chuck Plaisance presents a sound that is unparalleled in its differentiation, dynamics and expressiveness with the feeling of an alligator-steeled lifestyle and testosterone in his voice.”
Source: https://agentur-artgenossen.de/projekt/chuck-plaisance-band/ 12.09.24 15:28
11.10.24
"The Silverettes"
20 h
The 3 Rockabellas of the Silverettes have been touring for ten years and have been signed to ToBaGo Records for just as long. After a few initial line-up changes, the trio has become a permanent working unit, writing, playing and singing their own material as well as arranging songs by other artists and genres in their unique style.
This brilliant development could not have been foreseen when the ladies originally came together as the backing choir for the rock'n'roll ensemble The Golden Boys. In 2010, The Silverettes went independent, and four years later their aptly titled debut album "Real Rock 'n' Roll Chicks" was available on real and digital shelves. After appearances as support acts for the likes of Dick Brave & The Backbeats, Boppin' B. and The BossHoss, the band quickly became an insider tip. With perfect three-part vocals, the triumvirate mastered the leap from supporting act to main act. An absolute novelty in rock'n'roll. Especially as the current rockabilly scene is still only too happy to cling to outdated role clichés: Quite a few of the meticulously pomaded hairdressers still regard females merely as "decorative accessories". In this respect, The Silverettes are also doing a bit of emancipation work with TALK DIRTY.
(Source: https://thesilverettes.de/bio/)
I'm really looking forward to the three girls and their rock 'n' roll.
Your Betty
Tickets:
VK: 14
https://t.rausgegangen.de/tickets/the-silverettes-2
(in Betty's Black Pearl
Wed - Sat at 8 pm)
Gate: 16 €
18.10.24
"Buena Leche"
Funk, Soul, R'n'B & Latin
20 h
Buena Leche is a fusion band with influences from Latin, soul and funk music. The band's music is aimed at fans of live music who like a groovy, sunny sound.
They mainly perform their own compositions. Spanish vocals and acoustic guitars are used in parts, giving the sound a special South American touch. The program is rounded off with stylistically appropriate cover versions of well-known songs.
The line-up consists of vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, saxophone, keyboards, drums and bass. In the foreground are 3 beautiful and talented singers who, together with the groovy band, make every event a success.
Admission FREE !!!
01.11.24
"Billy Rubyn"
Heavy Blues Rock
20 h
At the second attempt it finally worked out! BILLY RUBYN from our beautiful Hanseatic city is coming to me.
BUT WHO EXACTLY IS BILLY RUBYN?
Billy Rubyn is a heavy blues rock band. It was founded in 2012 by Christos Zarampoukas (guitar, vocals) (at that time still written Bilirubin). With the change of name to Billy Rubyn, Dennis Rihm (drums, percussion) and Sebastian Berensen (bass) joined and together they form the sound.
THE SOUND:
The vocals are in English, the music sounds like dust and desert, sun and rain, love and sorrow. Sometimes slow, sometimes not. Sometimes heavy, sometimes light. With elements of blues, garage rock, folk, southern. Analog rather than digital. Rather raw than polished. Clear harmonies instead of pleasing vocals. Repetitive guitar patterns and erupting riffs. A moving, growling bass as the foundation and link between rhythm and melody. It is caught and accompanied by pushing, rolling drums. Realized with a reduced song structure instead of classic songwriting. Relaxed and cool, instead of demanding and bulky.
That's Billy Rubyn.
Have fun, your Betty !!!
Admission FREE !!!
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08.11.24
Betty's Blues Club präsentiert:
"The Shufflecasters"
20 h
They are back - THE SHUFFLECASTERS !!! For the second time I am proud to present the girls and boys of the Bremen blues band ShuffleCasters. After their first performance at my place, it was only a matter of time before they came back. Now they are here! Blues with heart and passion will be pressed into your ear canals. There will be everything from Mississippi to Chicago blues. I'm really looking forward to it!
Your Betty
Admission free !!!
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22.11.24
"The Crazy Nights"
20 h
They were here almost a year ago - The Crazy Nights from Hamburg. It was a glamorous show at its best.
"The voice and the weirdness of The Pleasures, the pathos and the magic of great anthems, the favorite hits of your rock idols, the completely new Leif show with glitter, love and a touch of evil. These are "The Crazy Nights" from Hamburg.
This band was founded at the beginning of 2020 and things really took off, as they quickly put together a live set and tour and were ready for the stages of this planet.
The individual musicians in this truly diverse group have enjoyed international success and traveled far and wide, promptly formed Hamburg's new "supergroup" and could hardly be more different. Here, seasoned Hamburg metallers (Jörg Kassel and Carsten Sharky Meyer) meet the unpredictable guitarist Christian Krizzy Schwalm. And all together on Leif Astroid, who dances with his up to 4 octave voice on the musical tightrope somewhere between heart rock, glitter, lust and burden, love and ruin, joy and black humor.
A night with The Crazy Nights is anything but sleeping through the night. Every song is not just played on stage, but lived stylishly until even the last member of the audience sings along. Big show in a small club? Ladies and Rockers...here comes The Crazy Nights.
Admission: FREE !!!
29.11.24
Surf from the Baltic Sea meets Rockabilly from Bremen
"The Surfanauts" & "Red Hot 54"
20 h
Once upon a time in April 2019...
Crime scene Ebay classifieds
Ulli wants to buy a Gretsch 6120 Lefthand and therefore sells some things on Ebay classifieds, including an Aria Matsumoku bass.
Ulli: ...Sell Aria Bass (Matsumoku) with case....
Lisa: "I would be interested, is there anything you can do about the price?"...
Ulli: "Sure"
Lisa: "OK, I'll take it!" ...
Ulli: "What do you want to do with it?" ....
Lisa: "Yes, like rock'n'roll or psychobilly" ...
Ulli: "I'm a guitarist in a rock'n'roll trash band and we're still looking for a bass."
That was the first contact between Lisa and Ulli in April 2019.
At the time, Ulli's semi-existent band (still with vocals) was a disaster, the practice room was a battlefield and the concept resembled the idea of a one-liner.
Nevertheless, this disaster of hopelessly paralyzed stereotypes simply continued for another year.
Ulli was so pissed off that he wanted to quit completely. The singer had somehow vanished into thin air anyway and Lisa had the choice between quitting before she had really started or making a suggestion to keep Ulli in the music. Ulli had already talked about surfing a few times, but had relegated its realization to a distant galaxy. Then she said:
"We're doing surf now!!!"
The SurfAnauts were born.
(Source: https://thesurfanauts.com/thesurfanauts-com/Bandgeschichteundmehr/deutsch/ 09.08.2024 12:41 pm)
Admission: FREE !!!
06.12.24
"Green Blues Band"
Dirty Blues at Nikolaus
20 h
The Green Blues Band is a blues-rock formation from Bremen, which was formed in 2003 around the Bremen guitarist and singer Ole Morisse and the Lithuanian harp player Danny Lee. Within two years, the band had become a welcome guest on blues and rock stages in clubs and at festivals in Germany and abroad.
After a break and a reshuffle on bass and drums, the band returned to the successful original formation in 2010 and released their official debut album in 2011/12, which made its first mark on the national and international radio landscape and the blues scene.
Stylistically, the band's sound can be categorized between the dirty blues of the Red Devils and the crunchy rock of modern blues greats such as Jonny Lang and Kenny Wayne Shepherd. Even though pieces by these protagonists appear in the band's program, the Green Blues Band has developed its own style and songs that differ from all of this and bring a breath of fresh air to the blues genre.
In 2013, there was another line-up change and the talented young drummer Rasmus Bruns took over the drums.
Another album was released at the beginning of 2019 and was also advertised in "Blues-News".
In 2020, their bassist JĂĽrgen Streithorst died suddenly and unexpectedly and was replaced by Christian Figge. The band can now be seen and heard again full of energy on stages around the world.
I look forward to seeing you!
Your Betty
Admission: Free !!!
13.12.24
"Zebras Crossing"
Rock - Alternativ - Crossing over
20 h
Admission: FREE !!!
Crossing Zebras stand for (hard) rock, alternative and pop music from around the 2000s, in which we 'cross' again and again - turning a Euro-dance number into an unplugged ballad, for example. We play club and open-air concerts with a large line-up - or the three of us with western guitar and cajon in the pub around the corner. We can adapt to the venue and look forward to thrilling any crowd with our music.
There are six of us - two lead vocalists, two guitarists, bassist and drummer - and we've been making music in this constellation for some time, although we've all been on stage in various projects for many years before that.
Admission Free !!!
20.12.24
"Kolumne Fatal"
Special Guest: Lars Schneider
20 h
Welcome to the living room of KOLUMNE FATAL. This is the fifth time I have had the pleasure of welcoming the guys from Bremen. I'm delighted to have our regular band here again.
What's it all about?
The German-language independent trio moves musically between John Mayer, Rory Gallagher, Blumfeld and the classic German/rock/poppers.
The lyrics are about people who generally miss out, drinkers, young parents, dreamers and middle class prisoners or “big city hectic people” and “Mama Söhnchen”.
In a sometimes deceptively harmonious guise, the songs penetrate deep into the listener,
not always meant seriously.
Admission: FREE !!!
27.12.24
"Jay the Bird"
Rock - Blues - Funk
20 h
The 4 from Jay The Bird want to trigger the need to simply nod your head to the beat in their audience. How do they do it? With simple and honest blues rock and influences from pop and funk. Unofficially, the band has been around for a while. They have played at several private events, back then without a band name, and impressed with their authentic sound. The 4 then played their first official gig as Jay The Bird in January 2020 at Cascadas. The consistently positive feedback from the audience motivated the four to stay on the ball and take their music out into the world.
Admission: FREE !!!
07.03.2025
"The Devils"
Hard Blues from Danmark
20 h
RECKLESS BLUES ROCK THAT’S DIRTY AS HELL
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The Devils from Copenhagen, Denmark is a reckless and dirty genre bastard that approaches blues rock in the exact same way as their Californian inspiration -The Red Devils- As a feeling that needs to get out. A desperation that is yearning to escape the body. A redemption and a catalyst for all the things that we suppress in our everyday life. Form is not the important factor here, as the experience is created by the intensity and the energy when the audience gets carried away by the music.
A lot of the band’s songs are built around trance-like repetitions and a worn and ragged sound – dirtied-up blues rock. It’s not meant to sound nice, as The Devils don’t play red love songs or sad blue melancholy. Instead, they play with a reckless ferocity and a more organic approach to their music, which is rooted in blues but with offshoots in lots of different directions.
The band’s lyrics are based on a fundamental element of regret and desperation. The feeling of really having fucked up and reached a dead end in your life. To be so far out that it’s too late to do anything about it. To have reached that point where you can’t go back and just stop caring and start screaming at the world in pure and utter helplessness. This is music that puts a finger directly into a sore nerve and pushes down hard – and sends the audience into pure ecstasy during the band’s infectious concerts.
Members of The Devils are: Vocalist Søren Bruun, who sings into a classic Green Bullet harmonica microphone giving his voice a crackling 50s-style lo-fi transistor sound, while guitarist Lars Diers, bassist Christian Balder and drummer Magnus Søderberg provide the pulsating sonic backdrop. Their sound is a true melting pot of great influences like ZZ Top, Motörhead and blues fathers like Howlin’ Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson and Willie Dixon.