Upcoming Funhouse Events
AcoustiCafe Open Stage host Chet Vincent ft Zachary Lee!!
Monday, January 27, 2025
Doors: 5:00 pm / Show: 7:00 pm
The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls
Millvale,
PA
Doors open downstairs in Mr Smalls Café at 5pm for checkin, Timeslots picked at 6:30. Show begins at 7pm, and runs until 11pm. Full sound and light system with backline (drums, keys, guitar and bass amp) available, and a house band to back you up if you want! (ps sometimes the drums are set up lefty, try to give us warning when you need to flip 'em!) Follow AcoustiCafe on FB at acousticafepgh and IG at acousticafe
This Event Is All Ages
This Event Is All Ages
Mr. Smalls Presents
Joey Harkum
With Special Guest: FUBAR
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Doors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm
The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls
Millvale,
PA
For his entire life Joey Harkum has been strumming a guitar and after a decade of touring as the lead singer and songwriter of Baltimore-based band Pasadena, he released his debut solo album, Love and Labor, to critical acclaim in 2016. Along with a relentless touring schedule Joey has most recently been working on his 4th studio album The Art of Revenge which released March 1st 2024. The album will see a cross country tour to support the release starting in March of 2024.
Known for his deep and poignant lyrics telling stories of joy, love, loss and sadness, Joey brings the human experience to life through his relentless tour schedule that culminated in the release of Live at Buffalo Iron Works in 2018. 2020 brought new challenges but Joey responded with writing and recording new music and released his album Storyboard in March of 2021. Immediately following the release of Storyboard, he started work on his follow up album Salt and Tar which was released in spring 2022. Catch him on tour now or online at joeyharkummusic.com.
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Known for his deep and poignant lyrics telling stories of joy, love, loss and sadness, Joey brings the human experience to life through his relentless tour schedule that culminated in the release of Live at Buffalo Iron Works in 2018. 2020 brought new challenges but Joey responded with writing and recording new music and released his album Storyboard in March of 2021. Immediately following the release of Storyboard, he started work on his follow up album Salt and Tar which was released in spring 2022. Catch him on tour now or online at joeyharkummusic.com.
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Opus One Presents
Bay Ledges
With Special Guest: future.exboyfriend
Friday, January 31, 2025
Doors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm
The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls
Millvale,
PA
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Mr. Smalls Presents
Dylan LeBlanc x David Ramirez
Saturday, February 01, 2025
Doors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm
The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls
Millvale,
PA
Dylan LeBlanc
Dylan LeBlanc is engaging and soft-spoken in person, yet his striking new album Renegade reflects the power of his live show – one that he simply describes as rock ‘n’ roll. While the album was recorded in just 10 days and tracked in three, the intensity of the project marks the culmination of more than a decade on the road.
“I like the idea of a renegade -- branching off from society or from the structure of the way our world is designed,” he says of Renegade, his first album for ATO Records. “It felt right to call it that. I wanted to write about the crueler, nasty aspects of the world and life.”
David Ramirez
The Austin, TX-based singer-songwriter—whose decades-long career has seen six full length studio albums, three EPs, countless collaborations, and an illustrious supergroup project in Glorietta—spent a season of rest away from his focus on writing songs. In the wake of the end of a long relationship, he wanted to prioritize processing his grief as a human, not as an artist bleeding on the page.
David’s new record “All the Not So Gentle Reminders,” which comes out March 21, 2025 via Blue Corn Music is exactly what he was waiting for. The 12-song album is an expansive succession of dreamlike songs that tell his stories, yes—but more than anything lean into the possibilities of the trip that music can take us on.“I’ve been a songwriter for a long time. I love words and stories. But this was about music. I wanted the long musical intros and outros [as on “Dirty Martini”, “Twin Sized Beds”, “A Bigger World”, and “Dreams Come True”] to contribute to the stories and be apart of them.”
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Dylan LeBlanc is engaging and soft-spoken in person, yet his striking new album Renegade reflects the power of his live show – one that he simply describes as rock ‘n’ roll. While the album was recorded in just 10 days and tracked in three, the intensity of the project marks the culmination of more than a decade on the road.
“I like the idea of a renegade -- branching off from society or from the structure of the way our world is designed,” he says of Renegade, his first album for ATO Records. “It felt right to call it that. I wanted to write about the crueler, nasty aspects of the world and life.”
David Ramirez
The Austin, TX-based singer-songwriter—whose decades-long career has seen six full length studio albums, three EPs, countless collaborations, and an illustrious supergroup project in Glorietta—spent a season of rest away from his focus on writing songs. In the wake of the end of a long relationship, he wanted to prioritize processing his grief as a human, not as an artist bleeding on the page.
David’s new record “All the Not So Gentle Reminders,” which comes out March 21, 2025 via Blue Corn Music is exactly what he was waiting for. The 12-song album is an expansive succession of dreamlike songs that tell his stories, yes—but more than anything lean into the possibilities of the trip that music can take us on.“I’ve been a songwriter for a long time. I love words and stories. But this was about music. I wanted the long musical intros and outros [as on “Dirty Martini”, “Twin Sized Beds”, “A Bigger World”, and “Dreams Come True”] to contribute to the stories and be apart of them.”
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Opus One Presents
Jessica Lea Mayfield
With Special Guest: Margaux
Tuesday, February 04, 2025
Doors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm
The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls
Millvale,
PA
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Opus One Presents
Agriculture
Special Guests: Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean, Barren Plains
Friday, February 07, 2025
Doors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm
The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls
Millvale,
PA
This Event Is All Ages
Mr. Smalls Presents
Funhouse Film Club: February (“Bummer of Love” Edition)
Double Feature Screening
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Doors: 6:30 pm / Show: 7:00 pm
The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls
Millvale,
PA
Join us for the next iteration of the Funhouse Film Club, a free monthly curated series where we will screen a themed mystery double feature! For this February edition, we have "Bummer of Love" to help aid all the single folks through the sappy Valentine season!
Also in the mix: shorts and vintage trailers, drink & concession-style food specials, themed cocktails, free popcorn and fun movie facts!
Each month we will have suggested donations for different charities, with this edition being clean clothes going to Dress For Success Pittsburgh.
This Event Is 18+
Also in the mix: shorts and vintage trailers, drink & concession-style food specials, themed cocktails, free popcorn and fun movie facts!
Each month we will have suggested donations for different charities, with this edition being clean clothes going to Dress For Success Pittsburgh.
This Event Is 18+
Opus One Presents
Jarv
Special Guests: King Green and Damn Skippy
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Doors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm
The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls
Millvale,
PA
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Mr. Smalls Presents
“Dark Valentine” ft. Hemlock for Socrates
Special Guests:
Summore
Take Me With You
DJ Erica Scary
Thursday, February 13, 2025
Doors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm
The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls
Millvale,
PA
Dark Valentine: An Evening of Seductive Electronic Music
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This Event Is All Ages
Mr. Smalls Presents
The Exes Tour
Friday, February 14, 2025
Doors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm
The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls
Millvale,
PA
You've heard every album, been to every Eras show...
now it's their turn to spill the tea.
Pittsburgh comedians will be performing as Taylor Swift and her long list of ex-lovers for a night of roasts, comebacks, and trouble.
THIS EVENT IS A PARODY AND IS NOT AFFILIATED WITH THE ACTUAL TAYLOR SWIFT.
CAST:
Taylor Swift: Abby Evans/Lizzie Martin
Travis Kelce(MC): Trevor Austin
Joe Jonas/Calvin Harris: Ryan Carey
Taylor Lautner: Andreas O'Rourke
John Mayer: Clayton Hartley
Jake Gyllenhaal: Anthony Casella
Harry Styles: Asher O'Briant
Joe Alwyn:Clint Hanson
Matty Healy: Pete Morris
This event is not recommended for children under the age of 18.
now it's their turn to spill the tea.
Pittsburgh comedians will be performing as Taylor Swift and her long list of ex-lovers for a night of roasts, comebacks, and trouble.
THIS EVENT IS A PARODY AND IS NOT AFFILIATED WITH THE ACTUAL TAYLOR SWIFT.
CAST:
Taylor Swift: Abby Evans/Lizzie Martin
Travis Kelce(MC): Trevor Austin
Joe Jonas/Calvin Harris: Ryan Carey
Taylor Lautner: Andreas O'Rourke
John Mayer: Clayton Hartley
Jake Gyllenhaal: Anthony Casella
Harry Styles: Asher O'Briant
Joe Alwyn:Clint Hanson
Matty Healy: Pete Morris
This event is not recommended for children under the age of 18.
Mr. Smalls Presents
Phat Man Dee’s 50th Birthday Bashtravaganza To Benefit CCRIP
Featuring:
Phat Man Dee
Qlitterati
Liz Berlin
Big Jus
Tommy Amoeba
Viva Valezz and Olympia PGH
Geña y Peña
Christine, Maria, and Joanna of the Starry Moon Dance Co.
Esai Aliquo-Varela
Windafire
+ DJ Kanti Kasa
Saturday, February 15, 2025
Doors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm
The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls
Millvale,
PA
Phat Man Dee’s 50th Birthday Bashtravaganza to benefit CCRIP - Community Care and Resistance in Pittsburgh
All proceeds to benefit local support of Pittsburgh’s at risk and unhoused community.
CCRIP is a project of 1Hood. More info: HERE!
Accessible entrance possible please email info@mrsmalls.com (or call the office at 412-821-4447) for information how to best access the venue in a wheelchair.
*VIP Table seating is front row, low top table seating. Includes a copy of Phat Man Dee's CD. Limited to 10 spots!
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Mr. Smalls Presents
Robert Ellis
With Special Guest: Rocket Loves Blue
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Doors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm
The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls
Millvale,
PA
Recorded live to tape in just two days, Robert Ellis’s exquisite new album, Yesterday’s News, is as stripped-down as it gets, with the celebrated songwriter and producer’s delicate, reedy tenor accompanied only by nylon string guitar, upright bass, and the occasional piece of handheld percussion. The arrangements are harmonically sophisticated here, drawing on the open tunings and intricate fingerpicking of English songwriters like Nick Drake or Richard Thompson, and Ellis’s performances are similarly subtle and nuanced, tapping into the bittersweet longing of Chet Baker and the playful poignancy of Bill Evans and Jim Hall.
While that might seem surprising coming off 2019’s raucous Texas Piano Man, subverting expectations is nothing new for Ellis. Born and raised outside Houston, he gained early acclaim for his piercing introspection and absorbing narratives, but over the course of five solo albums, he flirted with everything from Paul Simon and John Prine to Elton John and Joni Mitchell in a series of sonic and visual transformations that ran the gamut from Redneck Steely Dan to Lone Star Liberace. NPR hailed his “musical daring and impeccable songcraft,” while Rolling Stone praised his “sharp eye for storytelling,” and the New York Times lauded his writing as an emotional “gut punch.”
Yesterday’s News marks Ellis’s debut LP for Niles City Records, an outgrowth of the famed Niles City Sound studio he and longtime collaborator Josh Block run in Fort Worth, TX.
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While that might seem surprising coming off 2019’s raucous Texas Piano Man, subverting expectations is nothing new for Ellis. Born and raised outside Houston, he gained early acclaim for his piercing introspection and absorbing narratives, but over the course of five solo albums, he flirted with everything from Paul Simon and John Prine to Elton John and Joni Mitchell in a series of sonic and visual transformations that ran the gamut from Redneck Steely Dan to Lone Star Liberace. NPR hailed his “musical daring and impeccable songcraft,” while Rolling Stone praised his “sharp eye for storytelling,” and the New York Times lauded his writing as an emotional “gut punch.”
Yesterday’s News marks Ellis’s debut LP for Niles City Records, an outgrowth of the famed Niles City Sound studio he and longtime collaborator Josh Block run in Fort Worth, TX.
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Mr. Smalls Presents
The Local Honeys
With Special Guest: Jesse Milnes
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Doors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm
The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls
Millvale,
PA
Though many artists are defined by place, only a handful of artists come to define the places they’re from. The Local Honeys are Kentucky and Kentucky runs through their veins like an unbridled racehorse. When a master songsmith like Tom T Hall calls an artist “a great credit to a wonderful Kentucky tradition” it’s time to pull up a chair and pay attention. As it pertains to The Local Honeys he was right on the money. For almost a decade the duo (Montana Hobbs and Linda Jean Stokley) have been an integral part of the Kentucky musicscape. They’ve paid their dues, garnering countless accolades and accomplishments (tours with Tyler Childers, Colter Wall, praise from the New York Times) and have become the defining sound of real deal, honest-to-god Kentucky music.
With their self-titled debut on La Honda Records, (home of some of today’s most gifted songwriters; Colter Wall, Riddy Arman, Vincent Neil Emerson) the duo have set forth on a journey to create something true to themselves while pushing the envelope within the traditions they hold dear. Carefully crafted vignettes of rural Kentucky soar above layers of deep grooves and rich tones masterfully curated by longtime mentor Jesse Wells, Grammy nominated producer and musician (Assistant Director at the Kentucky Center for Traditional Music at Morehead State). “Jesse grew up with sisters. He was cut from the same cloth as us and we knew he would understand what we wanted to do.” What they ended up with is the most nuanced, moody, deep-holler sound they have captured to date. “This is the first time we’ve actively gotten to express who we are and where we’re from” says Linda Jean, “The songs on the album speak for us,” adds Montana “they’re about what we know, reflections of us as people. We realized we have the power to add our own narrative into Kentucky music.” Through that realization the two were able to uncover and dissect themes unique to Central Appalachia and in turn their own lives, capturing small moments in time that deliver thunderous results.
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With their self-titled debut on La Honda Records, (home of some of today’s most gifted songwriters; Colter Wall, Riddy Arman, Vincent Neil Emerson) the duo have set forth on a journey to create something true to themselves while pushing the envelope within the traditions they hold dear. Carefully crafted vignettes of rural Kentucky soar above layers of deep grooves and rich tones masterfully curated by longtime mentor Jesse Wells, Grammy nominated producer and musician (Assistant Director at the Kentucky Center for Traditional Music at Morehead State). “Jesse grew up with sisters. He was cut from the same cloth as us and we knew he would understand what we wanted to do.” What they ended up with is the most nuanced, moody, deep-holler sound they have captured to date. “This is the first time we’ve actively gotten to express who we are and where we’re from” says Linda Jean, “The songs on the album speak for us,” adds Montana “they’re about what we know, reflections of us as people. We realized we have the power to add our own narrative into Kentucky music.” Through that realization the two were able to uncover and dissect themes unique to Central Appalachia and in turn their own lives, capturing small moments in time that deliver thunderous results.
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Acousticafe + Mr. Smalls Presents
AcoustiCafe Tribute to the 80s
Hosted by Shawn MacIntyre
Friday, February 21, 2025
Doors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm
The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls
Millvale,
PA
Join us as regulars from our popular Monday night open stage, AcoustiCafe, celebrate the music of 1980s!
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This Event Is All Ages
Hellbender Vinyl + Mr. Smalls Presents
Hedonism Bots – Appreciate the Sentiment Album Release Party
With Special Guest: Dumplings
Saturday, February 22, 2025
Doors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm
The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls
Millvale,
PA
The Hedonism Bots are a 3 piece band based in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Having trouble describing their sound, the band was once told by an intoxicated bar patron that they sound like a jam band version of Iggy Pop and The Stooges with lo-fi vocals. Not being able to dispute this, the band respects this description, and continues to describe their sound to be this.
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This Event Is All Ages
Mr. Smalls Presents
buffchick
Special Guests: Lem, Shay Park
Friday, February 28, 2025
Doors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm
The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls
Millvale,
PA
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Mr. Smalls Presents
JADY
Special Guests: Caleb Kopta, Rex Tycoon
Saturday, March 01, 2025
Doors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm
The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls
Millvale,
PA
Jady is an alternative pop rock duo from Columbus OH. They formed two years ago and have
since released two full length albums, supported acts like Saint Motel, Nightly, and The
Astronomers, and have played their first headlining tour playing shows in 13 different states.
Recently they sold out America’s oldest Rock Music venue, Newport Music Hall in Columbus
OH, and are headed out on a nine country Europe tour this fall.
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This Event Is All Ages
Mr. Smalls Presents
Kokoko!
Special Guest: Jellyfish (DJ set)
Saturday, March 08, 2025
Doors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm
The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls
Millvale,
PA
Pioneers of Kinshasa’s sonic revolution, KOKOKO! have captivated global audiences with their striking sonics and energetic performances since 2017. Their accolades include best live band award by AIF, NPR Tiny Desk and Boiler Room slots, appearances at festivals including All Points East, SXSW, Green Man and Pitchfork Festival, and a placement on the Grand Theft Auto and FIFA soundtracks. Fongola achieved near universal praise, with DJ Mag labelling it “quite unlike anything else you’ll hear”, while The Guardian called the group a “commanding new voice”.
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This Event Is All Ages
Mr. Smalls Presents
Cellar Dwellar x Powerviolets
With Special Guest: James Castle, Street Prophets
Thursday, March 13, 2025
Doors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm
The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls
Millvale,
PA
Cellar Dwellar is an art-rock sextet from Columbus, Ohio. Mixing the theatrical with the ethereal, the band's goal is to perform with as much personal conviction as humanly possible.
Powerviolets is the solo project of multi-instrumentalist Violet Hetson, who is currently based out of New York. After several false starts bouncing around the east and west coast recording music and performing with several lineups, Hetson has finally released her debut album ~No Boys~ titled after a sarcastic sign she hung up on her suburban Connecticut teenage bedroom door after being tormented by puppy love. Violet Hetson grew up mostly listening to punk and hardcore and uses elements of these genres with influences from bands such as X and Suburban Lawns. ~No Boys~ takes a softer, melodic approach to Hetson’s punk roots. Powerviolets’ music is linear, unconventional, and dark, airy with a sense of humor.
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Powerviolets is the solo project of multi-instrumentalist Violet Hetson, who is currently based out of New York. After several false starts bouncing around the east and west coast recording music and performing with several lineups, Hetson has finally released her debut album ~No Boys~ titled after a sarcastic sign she hung up on her suburban Connecticut teenage bedroom door after being tormented by puppy love. Violet Hetson grew up mostly listening to punk and hardcore and uses elements of these genres with influences from bands such as X and Suburban Lawns. ~No Boys~ takes a softer, melodic approach to Hetson’s punk roots. Powerviolets’ music is linear, unconventional, and dark, airy with a sense of humor.
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Mr. Smalls Presents
SamJAMwich
Friday, March 14, 2025
Doors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm
The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls
Millvale,
PA
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Opus One Presents
Lilly Hiatt – Forever Tour
Saturday, March 15, 2025
Doors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm
The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls
Millvale,
PA
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Mr. Smalls Presents
Downhaul
Special Guests: Naked Spirit, king blue heron, Secret Tunnel
Friday, April 04, 2025
Doors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm
The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls
Millvale,
PA
Downhaul's third record How to Begin is not the work of a new band, but it does feel like the start of something. The Richmond, VA-based group expertly blend college rock jangle, emo urgency, and alt-country twang into an instantly satisfying strain of indie rock that manages to be both welcoming and unencumbered by anything but the desire to write the best songs possible. The result is Downhaul’s most flat out accessible output yet, combining the loquacious catchiness of songwriters like John K. Samson or Blake Schwartzenbach with the vitality and idiosyncrasies of bands like Piebald or The Wrens, and it's sure to catch the ears of longtime fans and new listeners alike.
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This Event Is All Ages
Mr. Smalls Presents
mssv
mike baggetta + stephen hodges + mike watt
with special guests Ed Crawford Band, Crush Curl
Saturday, April 12, 2025
Doors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm
The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls
Millvale,
PA
mssv, composed of guitarist Mike Baggetta, Stephen Hodges on drums and mike watt on bass, creates music that is a heretofore unimagined hybrid of a punk power-trio and a dreamy experimental rock band, though they prefer the term “post-genre.” Their last full-length album, Human Reaction, finds the oddly memorable hooks of their noir-tinged adventure music with a lot more vocals from Main Steam Stop Valve leader Baggetta, adding more personality than ever before, alongside his bandmates, Hodges and watt, who also share in the vocal duties throughout the album.
With inventively churning drum textures from Hodges (an instantly identifiable sound honed in his days with Tom Waits and David Lynch) and the full-steam-ahead all-in attitude from watt, (as he’s displayed throughout his storied career with MINUTEMEN, fIREHOSE, and The Stooges), there is the impression of “pressure, combustion, power, and hissing clouds of sonic poetry,” as Premier Guitar said. Also evident is the more fearless exploring that comes from a band that has spent a lot of time together crafting their vision, as well as making room for guests like J Mascis, Petra Haden and Nels Cline on some of their previous releases.
Even though Baggetta, who has also worked with David Torn, Jim Keltner, Psychic Temple, Jeff Coffin, Henry Kaiser, Rev. Fred Lane, and Viktor Krauss among many others, wrote all the songs specifically for these bandmates to play, there’s no telling which way the band will turn at any given moment, a proposition that becomes a promise when they break down and reassemble these songs live, with an instinct for restraint and an openness to anarchy.
mssv's 3rd full-length studio album comes out Spring 2025 on BIG EGO Records.
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With inventively churning drum textures from Hodges (an instantly identifiable sound honed in his days with Tom Waits and David Lynch) and the full-steam-ahead all-in attitude from watt, (as he’s displayed throughout his storied career with MINUTEMEN, fIREHOSE, and The Stooges), there is the impression of “pressure, combustion, power, and hissing clouds of sonic poetry,” as Premier Guitar said. Also evident is the more fearless exploring that comes from a band that has spent a lot of time together crafting their vision, as well as making room for guests like J Mascis, Petra Haden and Nels Cline on some of their previous releases.
Even though Baggetta, who has also worked with David Torn, Jim Keltner, Psychic Temple, Jeff Coffin, Henry Kaiser, Rev. Fred Lane, and Viktor Krauss among many others, wrote all the songs specifically for these bandmates to play, there’s no telling which way the band will turn at any given moment, a proposition that becomes a promise when they break down and reassemble these songs live, with an instinct for restraint and an openness to anarchy.
mssv's 3rd full-length studio album comes out Spring 2025 on BIG EGO Records.
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Opus One Presents
The Bright Light Social Hour
Friday, April 18, 2025
Doors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm
The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls
Millvale,
PA
Presale 11/13/2024 @ 1pm
On Sale: 11/15/2024 @ 1pm
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Mr. Smalls Presents
Olive Klug
Special Guests: TBA!
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Doors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm
The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls
Millvale,
PA
Olive Klug refuses to be put in a box. Working out who you are in front of an ever-growing audience is no small task, but one that the Portland-born, Nashville-based singer/songwriter is up for and thriving.
Olive graduated with a liberal arts degree shortly before the 2020 pandemic derailed their plans of pursuing a career in social work. Though they'd recorded and self-released the 2019 EP "Fire Alarm" from a childhood friend's bedroom, up until early 2021, Olive categorized their music as either a hobby or a pipe dream, depending on who was asking. However, after being laid off of a teaching job in late 2020, Olive starting working as a barista and decided to commit all of their extra energy to an ever-growing community of fans online.
Olive can't help but be unapologetically themselves, something their community of fans (dubbed the "Klug Bugs" on Instagram and Discord) appreciate most about them. Their debut LP ranges from a playful Americana romp about "watching all the rules disintegrate" to folk-punk anthem "Coming of Age," which somehow manages to reference both pop singer Taylor Swift and existential philosopher Kierkegaard in one song, to "Parched"'s haunting modern ballad about a doomed relationship, to an indie rock closer about learning to take up space as a person with a marginalized identity. Through this no-holds-barred documentation of the struggles of their early adulthood, Klug embraces all their inner contradictions with reckless abandon.
Artist pre-sale: Jan 22 @ 10am (pre-sale ends Jan 23 @ 11am)
General on-sale: Jan 24 @ 10am
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The Consortium + Mr. Smalls Presents
Calabrese
Special Guests: Zombeast, The Cheats
Thursday, May 01, 2025
Doors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm
The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls
Millvale,
PA
Steeped in a hard rock swing, brash punk energy, metallic bombast, and a healthy helping of death rock, these three musicians—Jimmy Calabrese [vocals, bass], Bobby Calabrese [vocals, guitar], and Davey Calabrese [drums]—established a diehard following and garnered immense critical praise outside of the traditional system, emerging as underground luminaries from their native Phoenix, AZ.
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This Event Is All Ages
Mr. Smalls Presents
Maya de Vitry (TRIO)
Friday, May 09, 2025
Doors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm
The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls
Millvale,
PA
Originally from Lancaster, PA, Maya de Vitry is a Nashville-based artist whose music blurs the lines of folk, indie rock, and Americana. An admirer of the dedicated song craft of writers like John Prine, Gillian Welch, and Townes Van Zandt — and of the stirring vocals of artists like Bonnie Raitt and Nina Simone — Maya de Vitry’s music invites listeners into a space of openness and connection.
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Opus One Presents
Shayfer James
With Special Guest: Sparkbird
Saturday, May 10, 2025
Doors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm
The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls
Millvale,
PA
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Opus One Presents
Matthew Logan Vasquez
With Special Guest: Jacob Alan Jaeger
Sunday, May 18, 2025
Doors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm
The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls
Millvale,
PA
This Event Is All Ages
Directions
Parking
Street parking is available along Lincoln Ave and on the surrounding streets. Valet parking will be available for select shows in the future. Check back for more info.