Friday, February 3, 2012

Valentines Day at The Mercury Cafe!


The Mercury CafĂ© present their Annual Valentine’s Follies, “Citizens United Doggy Style” February 3 - 24.  This is a dark, sick, perverse, romantic comedy with performances Fridays in February at 7:30 p.m. with a special Valentines performance on Monday, February 14 at 7:30.p.m. Tickets are $10 and available by calling the Box Office at 303-294-9258.

The Motley Players take wide aim at the long list of public figures including, Antonin Scalia and his wife, Maureen, Clarence Thomas and his wife, Virginia, Tim Tebow, George P. Bush II, Nancy Grace, Ted Nugent, and Katy Perry.

The Mercury Cafe also hosts Gumbo Le Funque's first annual Dirty Blues jam featuring Denver Blues legend Wende Harston. Special guests include Jeanie Schroder, a Bassist/Tubist, playing with world renowned DeVotchKa, the Diamond Dolls Dancers, and more on February 11 at 9 p.m..

Gumbo Le Funque is a funky, dangerous group of musicians and miscreants. These misfits are not throwbacks to another time or space-people of the future, but timeless and passionate musicians.


The Queen City Jazz Band's vocalist, Wende Harston, is a complete entertainer - she sings, dances and acts. She has appeared in many feature films and made-for-TV film series. She can be seen in local theater productions as well. She writes songs and is trying her hand at authoring a mystery novel.

Denver based group DeVotchKa recently took their celebrated live act across the globe, delivering spirited performances to audiences in places such as Istanbul, Belgium, and Poland. In Paris the band opened for Muse playing to massive crowds of 90,000. The Diamond Dolls are an all-girl dance troupe from Denver, Colorado. They focus on dances such as the Charleston, Vernacular Jazz, Classic Showgirl and more. Run by Becky Vigil, the group was formed in January of 2011. The Diamond Dolls have performed at national events such as Lindy on the Rocks, Rocky Mountain Balboa Blowout and the Colorado Intercollegiate Swing Battle.