Music City's authentic late night jazz club
Serving classic New Orleans prohibition and pre-prohibition cocktails, local brews, and New Orleans cuisine.
HAPPY HOUR SPECIALS
Mon-Fri 5-7:30pm
Misterioso Mondays: one of our most loved house cocktails for $8
Tuesdays -Rudy's loves Locals: $4 Local Drafts, $5 Pickers, Corsair, or New Orleans beans & rice cup
Wednesdays Wooten & Wine: $6 wines (Pinot Grigio, Malbec or Cava)
Thirsty Thursdays -Swing & Sazeracs: $8 Sazeracs with purchase of ticket to show, $2 off drafts
Fridays Wine & Dine: $19 Jazz Combo includes cup of New Orleans beans & rice, side salad, and choice of glass of Malbec or Pinot Grigio
Rahsaan Barber: Advanced CD Release Party Weekend!
Don't miss this weekends exciting show, Rahsaan Barber's advanced CD release party weekend. Rahsaan Barber's new record won't be available digitally until November 3, but if you come to Rudy's this weekend you can take this special opportunity to take it home with you almost two months before it's released on iTunes and around the world!
Rahsaan is excited to give his amazing Nashville fans an early chance to pick up a copy of his upcoming release, "The Music In The Night", during a special weekend of shows performed by his quintet featuring pianist Matt Endahl, drummer Joshua Hunt, bassist Jack Aylor, and guitarist James DaSilva.
Sets start at 8pm and the cover is $20 online (50 tickets), and $25 at the door for remaining tickets, first come/first serve. We are excited to share that each night will also feature an amazing special guest, as well! On Friday, August 25, the quintet will be joined by the amazing vocalist Dara Tucker! On Saturday, August 26, the quintet will be joined by Rahsaan's amazing twin brother, trombonist/trumpeter Roland Barber!
Friday, August 25, 8:00pm Purchase your tickets here!Saturday, August 26, 8:00pm Purchase your tickets here!
Pre-sale tickets are $20 (limited availability at door day of show for $25) and are on sale through Brown Paper Tickets at the links above. Don't forget, Rudy's is an intimate jazz club with limited space. Limited tickets are available at the door so reserve your tickets today online to ensure a spot. Seats for the show will be General Admission (no reserved seating).
TONIGHT'S SHOWS
Roland Barber Quartet
6:00pm-8:30pm, $10
Roland Barber quartet - led by Roland Barber, featuring Bruce Dudley, piano, Geoff Clapp, drums, and John Birdsong, on bass. The quartet will blaze a path touching down on jazz classics an...
Cliff Richmond and the CliffNotes
9:00pm-11:30pm, $10
UPCOMING SHOWSFULL CALENDAR
Aug 23
Miguel Alvarado
6:00pm-8:30pm, $10
"A formidable and fresh sound. Keep an ear out for this cat!"
Bunky Green - Legendary jazz alto saxophone stylist
"He's a bad cat"
Terence Blanchard - Grammy award winning ...
Wooten Wednesday
9:00pm-11:30pm, $10
What day is is, Nashville? It's Wooten Wednesday of course! Every Wednesday, Regi Wooten assembles a cast of Nashville's best as they dig deep into the roots of funk, jazz, blues,...
Aug 24
Marc Payne
5:30pm-7:30pm, no cover
One of the most talented young up and coming jazz pianists in Nashville, Marc Payne is sure to dazzle you with beautiful chords, lines, rhythms, and harmonies.
Speakeasy Swing at Rudys
8:00pm-11:00pm, $10
Shindig Mafia presents
Speakeasy Swing at Rudys
Thursdays are the new best-night-out at Nashville’s only jazz club! Featuring 1930s-1940s live music. Vintage swing d...
Thursdays are the new best-night-out at Nashville’s only jazz club! Featuring 1930s-1940s live music. Vintage swing d...
Late Night Speakeasy
11:30pm-2:30am, $5
Late Night Speakeasy
Thursdays are the new best-night-out at Nashville’s only jazz club! Featuring 1930s-1940s live music. Vintage swing dancing. Swanky ladies and ge...
Thursdays are the new best-night-out at Nashville’s only jazz club! Featuring 1930s-1940s live music. Vintage swing dancing. Swanky ladies and ge...
Aug 25
Anthony Belfiglio - Solo Piano
5:30pm-7:30pm, no cover
Anthony Belfiglio is a world-class pianist, educator, clinician, and composer with a passion for improvisation, enchanting melodies, and rhythmic experimentation. Originally from...
Rahsaan Barber CD Release
8:00pm-11:00pm, $20
Late Night Jam
11:30pm-2:30am, $10
Each Friday night at 11:30pm, Rudy's hosts the official pro jazz jam. Come out and experience some of music city's best as they take the stage with Nashville's next generation of ...
Aug 26
Elliott McClain - Solo Piano
5:30pm-7:30pm, no cover
"Elliott, age 23, is a pianist and graduate student at Belmont University in Nashville studying commercial music performance. He is an independent artist and musician who speciali...
Rahsaan Barber CD Release
8:00pm-11:00pm, $20
Geoff Pfeifer Quartet
11:30pm-2:30am, $10
Aug 27
TJBS Great Albums Concert: Someday My Prince Will Come
6:00pm-7:30pm, $20
The Tennessee Jazz & Blues Society is a nonprofit organization with a 40-year history of supporting and promoting jazz and blues in the area. With an acclaimed website and newsletter along with concert productions, the TJBS is active in "connecting, supporting, and serving jazz and blues."
This Month's Featured Album:
"Someday My Prince Will Come" - Columbia Records - 1961
Featuring jazz trumpeter, Emmanuel Echem. Tockets at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3059382">The Great Albums Concert Series shows the incredible talent of Nashville's jazz and blues artists with performances of the greatest jazz and blues albums in history. The series fe...
TJBS Great Albums Concert: Someday My Prince Will Come
8:00pm-9:30pm, $20
The Tennessee Jazz & Blues Society is a nonprofit organization with a 40-year history of supporting and promoting jazz and blues in the area. With an acclaimed website and newsletter along with concert productions, the TJBS is active in "connecting, supporting, and serving jazz and blues."
This Month's Featured Album:
"Someday My Prince Will Come" - Columbia Records - 1961
Featuring jazz trumpeter, Emmanuel Echem. Tockets at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3059382">The Great Albums Concert Series shows the incredible talent of Nashville's jazz and blues artists with performances of the greatest jazz and blues albums in history. The series fe...
Aug 28
Dallas Starke
6:00pm-8:30pm, $10
Dallas Starke, a New York native and now Nashville resident, will pleasantly surprise you with throwbacks to the best jazz eras in history. Her voice has a melancholy compared to ...
Giovanni Rodriguez Group
9:00pm-11:30pm, $10
Giovanni Rodriguez is an exciting multi-instrumentalist and Nashville favorite on the Salsa and jazz scene. This will be his second show at Rudy's after an electric night of Salsa...
Aug 29
Diane Marino Quartet
6:00pm-8:30pm, $10
www.dianemarino.com
When you combine an accomplished vocalist, an accomplished pianist, and accomplished arranger all in one individual, you have the dynamic Diane Mari...
When you combine an accomplished vocalist, an accomplished pianist, and accomplished arranger all in one individual, you have the dynamic Diane Mari...
David Williford
9:00pm-11:30pm, $10
David Williford is a woodwind player, composer, and educator living in Nashville, TN. With early musical experiences playing blues, soul, and rock with his father, and studying mo...