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SUMMARY:Aquanett Brings the Big Hair\, Big Guitars and ’80s Metal Back to the Charlestown Rathskeller
DESCRIPTION:Aquanett at the Charlestown Rathskeller turns the Rathskeller’s outdoor stage into a full-blown ’80s rock show Friday\, September 18\, with three hours of Bon Jovi\, Def Leppard\, Mötley Crüe\, Whitesnake\, Poison\, Aerosmith and the other bands that ruled rock radio and MTV. \nAquanett takes the stage from 8 to 11 p.m. at the Charlestown Rathskeller’s wooded Down Back music venue. \nTickets are $15 in advance plus Eventbrite fees or $20 at the door\, and this is a 21+ outdoor show. \nThe Rathskeller suggests arriving early for dinner and drinks. \nThat might be the calmest part of the evening. \nAquanett Has Been Doing This Since the ’80s Were Still a Recent Memory\nThere are plenty of bands playing ’80s covers. \nAquanett has spent more than a quarter-century trying to recreate what it actually felt like to attend an ’80s hard-rock concert. \nThe Springfield\, Massachusetts-based group formed in late 1999 and played its first shows in early 2000. \nThat timing is interesting. \nThe members weren’t looking back on the ’80s from 40 years away. They launched Aquanett less than a decade after Nirvana\, Pearl Jam and the alternative-rock explosion had pushed much of the music they loved out of the mainstream. \nThey went in the opposite direction. \nBig guitar solos. \nBig choruses. \nLights. \nCostumes. \nSpecial effects. \nAnd\, naturally\, very big hair. \nAquanett celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2020 and has continued touring throughout the Northeast since then. \nThis Isn’t an ’80s Pop Dance Party\nThe decade was big enough to contain Madonna\, Duran Duran\, Cyndi Lauper\, Prince\, Michael Jackson and New Kids on the Block. \nThat’s not Aquanett’s neighborhood. \nTheir show is rooted firmly in the hard rock and metal side of the 1980s\, particularly the bands that turned Los Angeles’ Sunset Strip into rock-and-roll mythology. \nThink Bon Jovi\, Whitesnake\, Mötley Crüe\, Guns N’ Roses\, Def Leppard and Poison. \nAdd Aerosmith and other arena-rock heavyweights and you get a much better idea of what Friday night will sound like. \nThis is music built around distorted guitars\, soaring vocals\, enormous hooks and choruses specifically engineered for several thousand people to sing simultaneously. \nAquanett brings that attitude to a considerably more intimate backyard in Charlestown. \nThe Band Wants to Recreate the Concert\, Not Just the Songs\nAquanett’s own description makes a point of separating the group from a conventional cover band standing in the corner of a bar. \nThe musicians use a complete stage production with lighting\, effects\, costumes and theatrical presentation intended to evoke the excess of an actual 1980s rock concert. \nThat’s an important distinction. \nA convincing version of a Def Leppard song is one thing. \nRecreating the era requires some spectacle. \nThe clothes mattered. \nThe poses mattered. \nThe guitar heroics mattered. \nMTV mattered enormously. \nBy the middle of the decade\, a band’s image and its music had become almost inseparable. \nAquanett leans into all of it. \nMTV Changed What a Rock Star Looked Like\nWhen MTV went on the air in 1981\, it gave rock musicians something previous generations didn’t have: a national television outlet playing music videos around the clock. \nSuddenly\, sounding like a rock star wasn’t enough. \nYou needed to look like one. \nFor the hard-rock bands that followed\, subtlety wasn’t particularly useful. \nHair grew. \nStages grew. \nPyrotechnics grew. \nMusic videos became miniature movies. \nBands such as Mötley Crüe\, Poison and Bon Jovi understood that perfectly\, while Def Leppard became one of the defining rock acts of the MTV era. \nBy the late ’80s\, Guns N’ Roses had injected something darker and more dangerous into the formula. \nAquanett’s show draws from that whole period rather than treating the decade as one interchangeable collection of nostalgic hits. \nMeet the Current Aquanett\nAquanett currently lists Madison Humel\, Michael Abdow\, David Ward\, Matthew Macri\, Rick Thompson and Edmond H. Dupont III as its performing lineup\, with Ian Jones handling sound engineering. \nHumel is the newest chapter in the band’s history. \nA longtime vocalist who grew up around music\, she developed through theater\, singing competitions and choral ensembles before spending more than a decade performing with bands\, established musicians and tribute acts. \nShe studied with local musician Livio Gravini and credits him with teaching her to make authenticity the foundation of a performance. \nThat becomes particularly important when you’re stepping into songs originally sung by some of the most recognizable rock vocalists of the 1980s. \nMichael Abdow Has a Career Far Beyond the Tribute Circuit\nGuitarist Michael Abdow brings some serious progressive-metal credentials to the stage. \nHe’s an international recording and touring musician\, songwriter and producer whose work includes Fates Warning and longtime Fates Warning vocalist Ray Alder. \nAcross his career\, Abdow has released four solo albums\, appeared on numerous other recordings and toured on four continents. \nHe’s also been featured in major guitar publications for his technical and melodic playing. \nAnd he’s been doing this particular gig for a long time. \nAbdow joined Aquanett in 2008. \nFor a band recreating an era in which the lead guitarist was often nearly as important as the singer\, having a player with that background makes a difference. \nDavid Ward Has Been There Since the Beginning\nGuitarist David Ward goes back to Aquanett’s formation. \nWard grew up studying the guitar styles of Van Halen\, Ozzy Osbourne and Iron Maiden\, later taking private lessons\, attending a Connecticut guitar workshop and studying music theory at Holyoke Community College. \nDuring the 1990s\, he played in hard-rock and metal bands including Sweet Tragedy\, Aces High and Straw Dogs. \nThen came Aquanett. \nWard joined the Springfield-area project in late 1999\, just as the group was taking shape\, and played its first shows in early 2000. \nHe’s remained with it for more than two decades. \nAlong the way\, Ward has even played alongside Mötley Crüe vocalist Vince Neil and Extreme drummer Paul Geary. \nFor someone who built his playing around the music of that period\, those are pretty appropriate names to have on the résumé. \nAquanett Has Survived Longer Than the Era It Recreates\nThere’s an amusing bit of arithmetic here. \nThe period most people think of as the classic hair-metal explosion didn’t last very long. \nBy the early 1990s\, musical tastes were changing rapidly. Grunge and alternative rock became dominant\, and many of the bands that had filled arenas only a few years earlier suddenly seemed to belong to another age. \nAquanett itself has now existed for more than 26 years. \nThat’s considerably longer than the period of popular music it recreates. \nAnd the audience hasn’t disappeared. \nIf anything\, several generations can now recognize the songs. \nSome remember buying the records when they were new. \nOthers discovered them through older siblings or parents. \nSome weren’t alive until years after the last can of Aqua Net had been emptied backstage. \nThe choruses still work. \nThe Rathskeller Has Already Brought Aquanett Back This Year\nSeptember 18 isn’t Aquanett’s first trip to Charlestown in 2026. \nThe band played the Rathskeller on June 20\, and its return less than three months later says something about the fit between band and venue. \nAquanett’s own current tour calendar lists the Charlestown show between dates across Massachusetts\, Connecticut\, Rhode Island\, New York and New Hampshire. \nEarlier this month\, the group played its annual Labor Day weekend show at the Windjammer in Westerly\, followed by appearances at the Three County Fair and MGM Springfield. \nAfter Charlestown\, the tour heads to Saratoga Springs and Clinton\, Massachusetts. \nSo this isn’t a local band occasionally assembling for an ’80s night. \nAquanett maintains an active regional touring schedule. \nDown Back Is Built for This Kind of Night\nThe Charlestown Rathskeller is a restaurant\, tavern and live-music venue tucked into the woods at 489A Old Coach Road. \nIts history stretches back to 1933\, when the Rathskeller began life as a speakeasy-era establishment. \nThe modern property combines a restored dining room and tavern with an outdoor patio\, bars and its seasonal Down Back entertainment area. \nDown Back sits across the backyard from the restaurant. \nThere’s an outdoor stage\, backyard bar\, burger shack\, bonfire and room for lawn games including cornhole and bocce. \nIt’s intentionally less polished than an indoor theater. \nThat’s part of the attraction. \nYou can arrive early\, eat\, have a drink and then head outside for the show rather than treating dinner and the concert as two completely separate outings. \nCome Early if You Want Dinner\nThe Rathskeller’s kitchen is open until 10 p.m. Friday\, while the tavern itself remains open until 1 a.m. \nThe restaurant’s regular menu leans toward hearty tavern food: burgers and sandwiches\, grilled meats\, seafood and shareable appetizers. \nThe venue specifically encourages Aquanett ticket holders to arrive early for dinner and drinks before the 8 p.m. show. \nThat’s probably the better plan if you’re actually hungry. \nOnce Aquanett gets going\, abandoning your spot halfway through Pour Some Sugar on Me because you suddenly remembered dinner may seem like a questionable life choice. \nFriday’s Show Is Outside\nOne detail worth knowing before buying a ticket: this is an outdoor performance. \nAquanett’s concert listing identifies the September 18 Rathskeller date as a 21+ outside show. \nThe Down Back setting is one of the reasons the Rathskeller has become such a busy warm-weather music venue\, but outdoor concerts inevitably come with weather considerations. \nAnyone attending should check the venue and band’s event pages before leaving if Friday’s forecast becomes questionable. \nNo separate rain location or rain-date arrangement is advertised in the current ticket information. \n$15 Now or $20 at the Door\nAdvance tickets are $15 plus Eventbrite fees. \nAdmission rises to $20 at the door. \nThe show runs from 8 to 11 p.m. \nEventbrite lists a refund policy allowing refunds until seven days before the event\, so that window is effectively closed for anyone buying during event week. \nThe Rathskeller also warns that tickets may sell quickly. \nThis is not an all-ages event. \nAquanett’s own listing specifies 21+ for the Charlestown performance. \nThere May Be No Better Setting for Three Hours of Musical Excess\nThe joke about ’80s hair metal is that everything was too much. \nToo much hair. \nToo many guitar solos. \nToo much spandex. \nToo many lights. \nToo much hairspray. \nToo much everything. \nThat’s also exactly why the music remains so much fun to revisit. \nNobody wrote Livin’ on a Prayer hoping the audience would quietly appreciate its restraint. \nThese were songs built to be played loudly in a room full of people who already knew the chorus. \nAquanett has spent more than 25 years preserving that part of the experience. \nOn September 18\, they’ll bring it outside to a stage in the woods of Charlestown. \nTease the hair accordingly. \nDetails\nEvent: Aquanett at the Charlestown Rathskeller\nDate: Friday\, September 18\, 2026\nTime: 8–11 p.m.\nLocation: The Charlestown Rathskeller\, Down Back outdoor music venue\nAddress: 489A Old Coach Road\, Charlestown\, RI 02813\nBand: Aquanett\nMusic: 1980s hard rock and metal tribute\nCurrent Band Members: Madison Humel\, Michael Abdow\, David Ward\, Matthew Macri\, Rick Thompson and Edmond H. Dupont III\nAge: 21+\nAdvance Tickets: $15 plus Eventbrite fees\nDoor Price: $20\nSetting: Outdoor show\nFood: The Rathskeller serves lunch and dinner; the venue encourages concertgoers to arrive early for dinner and drinks\nKitchen Hours Friday: Noon–10 p.m.\nRathskeller Friday Hours: Noon–1 a.m.\nParking: On-site parking is available at the Rathskeller\nWeather: Outdoor event; check with the venue for any weather-related changes\nContact: 401-792-1000 \nMore information is available at the Event Website link below. \nTo purchase tickets\, click the Event Ticketing link below. \n  \n  \nFeatured image is an artistic representation inspired by the event and may not depict the actual people\, location\, or activities shown.
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SUMMARY:Blizzard of Ozz Brings the Randy Rhoads Era of Ozzy Osbourne to the Charlestown Rathskeller
DESCRIPTION:Blizzard of Ozz (Ozzy Osbourne Tribute) at the Charlestown Rathskeller brings the music of Ozzy Osbourne to Charlestown on Saturday\, September 19\, with a tribute band that goes considerably deeper than a greatest-hits impersonation. \nThe concert runs from 8 to 11 p.m. at the Charlestown Rathskeller\, with tickets priced at $15 in advance plus Eventbrite fees or $20 at the door. \nBlizzard of Ozz builds its show around the early years of Osbourne’s solo career and\, in particular\, the extraordinary music he created with guitarist Randy Rhoads. \nThat means Crazy Train and Mr. Crowley\, certainly. But the band’s repertoire extends through both of the Osbourne/Rhoads albums\, later Ozzy favorites and selected Black Sabbath material. \nFor anyone who thinks an Ozzy tribute begins and ends with shouting “All aboard!” before the opening riff of Crazy Train\, this band has considerably more planned. \nBlizzard of Ozz Starts With Randy Rhoads\nThe band’s name tells you exactly where its priorities lie. \nOzzy Osbourne released his debut solo album\, Blizzard of Ozz\, in 1980 after his departure from Black Sabbath. \nThe album introduced a new musical partnership between Osbourne and Randy Rhoads\, a young California guitarist whose combination of heavy-metal aggression and classically influenced technique helped establish a dramatically different sound for Ozzy’s solo career. \nThe record produced some of Osbourne’s defining songs\, including Crazy Train\, Mr. Crowley\, I Don’t Know and Suicide Solution. \nIt was followed by Diary of a Madman in 1981\, with songs including Flying High Again\, Over the Mountain and the title track. \nThen everything stopped. \nRhoads was killed in a plane crash in Florida on March 19\, 1982. He was 25. \nMore than four decades later\, those two albums remain the musical foundation of Blizzard of Ozz. \nThe tribute band’s stated mission is not simply recreating Ozzy’s appearance and famous songs. It places particular emphasis on preserving the music Osbourne and Rhoads created together. \nThis Band Can Play Both Rhoads Albums in Their Entirety\nThat’s an important distinction. \nBlizzard of Ozz has developed a repertoire that includes every song from Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman. \nFor a general audience\, the familiar songs provide the immediate payoff. \nCrazy Train has one of the most recognizable guitar riffs in heavy metal. Mr. Crowley remains one of the great showcases of Rhoads’ playing. Flying High Again became another cornerstone of Osbourne’s early solo catalog. \nBut fans who know the albums rather than simply the radio hits get the deeper cuts too. \nThe band’s full repertoire allows it to explore the period when Osbourne was reinventing himself after Black Sabbath and Rhoads was helping create a new vocabulary for heavy-metal guitar. \nThat’s why the guitar chair matters so much in this particular tribute. \nDamiano Christian Has the Randy Rhoads Assignment\nGuitarist Damiano Christian handles the role. \nBlizzard of Ozz describes Christian’s playing as deliberately faithful to Rhoads’ style\, and his job goes beyond reproducing the famous opening riff to Crazy Train. \nRhoads’ playing combined rapid alternate picking\, legato passages\, harmonics\, tapping\, intricate chord voicings and techniques drawn from classical guitar. His solos could be melodic and carefully constructed while still sounding explosive. \nGetting the notes approximately right isn’t enough if you’re building a band specifically around this era. \nThe phrasing and tone are part of the music. \nChristian’s role is therefore closer to reconstruction than imitation: recreating guitar parts that generations of metal players have spent decades studying. \nMark Lavoie Takes on Ozzy\nAt the microphone is Mark Lavoie\, who performs the Osbourne role. \nThat’s another difficult assignment because Ozzy’s voice has always been unusually recognizable. \nHe wasn’t a conventional technically polished hard-rock singer. His slightly nasal tone\, phrasing and ability to carry melodies over enormous guitar riffs made his voice immediately identifiable\, first with Black Sabbath and then on his solo records. \nA successful tribute has to capture enough of that character to make the songs feel right without turning the entire performance into parody. \nBlizzard of Ozz’s current lineup pairs Lavoie with Christian on guitar\, Paul Sylvia on bass and Kenny Evans on drums. \nTogether\, the four-piece recreates the basic architecture of the classic Ozzy solo band: voice\, guitar\, bass and drums\, with the guitar occupying a particularly prominent place in the arrangements. \nThe Set Doesn’t Stop in 1982\nRhoads is the band’s musical center of gravity\, but Blizzard of Ozz doesn’t end the story with his death. \nOzzy Osbourne continued recording and touring for decades with a remarkable succession of guitarists. \nBlizzard of Ozz reaches into those later periods as well. \nThe band’s advertised repertoire includes Bark at the Moon\, No More Tears and Mama\, I’m Coming Home\, taking the show into the Jake E. Lee and Zakk Wylde chapters of Osbourne’s career. \nAnd then there’s Black Sabbath. \nBlizzard of Ozz also works selected Sabbath material into its performances for fans who want to hear the music that established Osbourne before his solo career began. \nThe band specifically lists Paranoid among the songs it performs. \nThe result is effectively a tour through Ozzy’s career\, but one viewed through the lens of the Randy Rhoads years rather than a generic collection of heavy-metal hits. \nSaturday’s Concert Is Actually the Second Attempt\nThere’s another wrinkle to the Charlestown show. \nBlizzard of Ozz was originally scheduled to play the Rathskeller on July 18. \nThat performance was canceled because of weather. \nThe band now lists the September 19 Charlestown date as the rescheduled July 18 show. \nThat’s particularly relevant at the Rathskeller because its larger seasonal concerts take place outdoors. \nSeptember 19 gives the band and the venue another shot at bringing the Ozzy show into the woods of Charlestown before the outdoor concert season winds down. \nDown Back Is Built for Nights Like This\nThe Charlestown Rathskeller at 489A Old Coach Road is both a restaurant and a seasonal live-music destination. \nThe property traces its tavern history back to the early 20th century and sits away from the main commercial strips\, surrounded by woods. \nIts outdoor Down Back area transforms the property into something closer to a small festival ground during concert nights. \nThere’s a stage\, outdoor space\, lawn games and the Rathskeller’s enormous fire pit. \nIt’s a different environment from seeing a metal tribute inside a conventional nightclub. \nAnd the setting should work particularly well once darkness settles in. \nA band playing Mr. Crowley\, Bark at the Moon and Paranoid on an outdoor stage in the woods doesn’t exactly need much additional atmosphere. \nCome Early and Make Dinner Part of the Night\nThe Rathskeller is encouraging concertgoers to arrive early for dinner and drinks. \nThat’s practical advice. \nThe restaurant is open until 1 a.m. on Saturdays\, while the kitchen is scheduled to serve until 10 p.m. \nIts menu runs through burgers and pub food into steaks and seafood\, with items such as New England clam chowder\, calamari\, mussels\, fish and chips\, steak frites and the Rathskeller’s well-known fries. \nArriving before the 8 p.m. show gives you time to eat without trying to coordinate dinner with a three-hour concert. \nIt also gives you a better chance to settle into the outdoor concert area before the band starts. \nOzzy’s Music Has Outlived Almost Everything Around It\nThere’s a reason tribute bands can build entire shows around this particular catalog. \nThe music survived its era. \nCrazy Train was released more than 45 years ago. Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman came from a period when heavy metal was still defining what it would become during the 1980s. \nRhoads didn’t live long enough to see how influential his playing would become. \nOsbourne did. \nHe continued performing for decades\, became a cultural figure far beyond heavy metal and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame twice: first as a member of Black Sabbath and later as a solo artist. \nOzzy Osbourne died in July 2025 at age 76\, just weeks after performing at the massive Back to the Beginning farewell concert in Birmingham\, England. \nThat inevitably changed the character of Ozzy tribute shows. \nThe music is no longer celebrating the career of an artist who might conceivably appear on another stage someday. \nIt’s preserving it. \nFor Blizzard of Ozz\, though\, that mission was already familiar. \nThe band had spent years preserving the work of Randy Rhoads. \nNow the same songs carry the legacy of both men. \nThree Hours of Ozzy in the Woods\nThere isn’t much ambiguity about what Saturday night is supposed to be. \nThis isn’t a broad classic-rock tribute with a couple of Ozzy songs tucked into the set. \nBlizzard of Ozz has built the entire night around him. \nThe early solo albums. \nThe Randy Rhoads guitar parts. \nThe later hits. \nAnd enough Black Sabbath to reach back to where the story started. \nFor three hours Saturday night\, the Charlestown woods are going to sound considerably heavier than usual. \nDetails\nEvent: Blizzard of Ozz (Ozzy Osbourne Tribute) at the Charlestown Rathskeller\nDate: Saturday\, September 19\, 2026\nTime: 8–11 p.m.\nLocation: The Charlestown Rathskeller\nAddress: 489A Old Coach Road\, Charlestown\, RI 02813\nBand: Blizzard of Ozz\nTribute: Ozzy Osbourne\, with a particular focus on the Randy Rhoads era\nBand Members: Mark Lavoie\, vocals; Damiano Christian\, guitar; Paul Sylvia\, bass; Kenny Evans\, drums\nAdvance Tickets: $15 plus Eventbrite fees\nDoor Price: $20\nOriginal Date: July 18\, 2026; canceled because of weather and rescheduled to September 19\nVenue Hours Saturday: Noon–1 a.m.\nKitchen Hours: Noon–10 p.m.\nVenue Phone: 401-792-1000\nVenue Email: info@rathskellertavern.com\nMusic Contact: music@rathskellertavern.com\nWeather: This is an outdoor concert. Check the venue’s current event information if weather is questionable. \nMore information is available at the Event Website link below. \nTo purchase tickets\, click the Event Ticketing link below. \n  \n  \nFeatured image is an artistic representation inspired by the event and may not depict the actual people\, location\, or activities shown.
URL:https://thectbeacon.com/event/blizzard-of-ozz-brings-the-randy-rhoads-era-of-ozzy-osbourne-to-the-charlestown-rathskeller/
LOCATION:Rathskeller\, 489A Old Coach Rd\, Charlestown\, RI\, 02813\, United States
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SUMMARY:Take It To The Bridge (Trio) at the Charlestown Rathskeller Turns an Eight-Piece Party Band Into a Sunday Afternoon Groove
DESCRIPTION:Take It To The Bridge (Trio) at the Charlestown Rathskeller takes a band normally built for packed dance floors and pares it down to three musicians for a free Sunday afternoon show in Charlestown. \nThe trio plays Sunday\, September 20\, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Charlestown Rathskeller\, bringing acoustic arrangements of songs drawn from the funk\, soul\, pop and rock repertoire of the full Take It To The Bridge. \nAdmission is free\, although the Rathskeller is asking guests to RSVP in advance. \nIt’s also an interesting change of scale. The full Take It To The Bridge is an eight-piece Rhode Island event band designed to make a lot of sound. \nThe trio has to accomplish the same basic mission with considerably less machinery. \nTake It To The Bridge Usually Arrives With Eight Musicians\nTake It To The Bridge has been performing around Rhode Island and southern New England since 2014. \nThe full band works primarily in the event and wedding circuit\, where versatility matters. Its repertoire moves across decades and genres rather than attempting to establish one narrowly defined sound. \nFunk can lead into soul. Pop can give way to rock & roll. Older songs can sit beside contemporary material. \nThe band’s full configuration uses eight musicians\, giving it the personnel to create the kind of layered arrangements\, vocal harmonies and rhythmic punch expected from a large event band. \nThat’s the version that played the Rathskeller just nine days before this trio appearance. \nOn September 11\, Take It To The Bridge brought the full eight-piece band to the venue for a Friday-night concert. \nSunday’s show is deliberately different. \nThree Musicians Changes More Than the Volume\nThe Rathskeller describes the trio as three members of the main band performing “stripped-down” versions of familiar songs. \nThat’s more significant than simply turning down the amplifiers. \nSongs arranged for a large band have places for multiple instruments\, vocals and rhythm parts. Reduce that to three musicians and someone has to decide which pieces of the original arrangement are essential. \nA horn line might disappear. \nA guitar or keyboard can suddenly have considerably more room. \nBacking vocals become more exposed. \nAnd the rhythm has to work without all the layers that normally help propel a large dance band. \nThe result can reveal something about a familiar song that gets lost in a bigger arrangement: whether the melody and groove still work when most of the decoration is gone. \nTake It To The Bridge calls its trio performances soulful interpretations of familiar hits rather than simply miniature versions of its full-band show. \nThe Groove Is Still the Point\nDon’t mistake “acoustic” or “stripped down” for background music. \nTake It To The Bridge built its reputation as a dance-oriented band. \nThe full group’s repertoire is rooted heavily in music where rhythm matters\, particularly funk and soul\, while stretching into pop and rock & roll. \nThe trio format preserves that emphasis. \nInstead of trying to reproduce every element of the eight-piece arrangements\, the smaller lineup can lean harder on the groove underneath them. \nThat makes the Sunday-afternoon format a natural fit. \nThe goal isn’t necessarily the all-out energy of a Friday-night dance floor. It’s familiar music played closely enough that you can pay attention to what the musicians are doing while still having enough rhythmic life to keep the afternoon moving. \nThis Is One of Several Trio Dates on the Band’s Calendar\nThe Rathskeller show isn’t a one-time experiment. \nTake It To The Bridge has been using the trio as a distinct version of the band\, with additional 2026 trio performances appearing on its schedule. \nThe group returns to the smaller format at Sakonnet Vineyard in Little Compton on October 4\, while the larger band continues handling weddings\, private events and public performances. \nThe schedule illustrates the difference between the two configurations. \nOne weekend can find the full group working a large wedding or gala. Another afternoon can put three members outdoors at a vineyard or tavern. \nIt’s the same musical catalog adapted to a very different room and audience. \nThe Rathskeller Has Already Become Familiar Territory\nTake It To The Bridge has been a recurring presence at the Charlestown Rathskeller. \nThe full band appeared there on September 11\, while the trio also played the venue earlier this summer on July 26. \nThat makes Sunday’s show less of an introduction than another variation on an established relationship between the band and the venue. \nAnd the Rathskeller’s outdoor setup is particularly well suited to the trio version. \nThe property sits back from Old Coach Road in a wooded setting\, with its seasonal Down Back entertainment area providing space for live music\, outdoor seating\, lawn games and the venue’s large fire pit. \nA Sunday afternoon there doesn’t have to function like a conventional concert. \nYou can arrive for food\, find a place outside\, have a drink and let the music become part of the afternoon. \nMake Dinner the Second Half of the Show\nThe timing works particularly well for anyone who wants to combine the concert with a meal. \nThe Rathskeller opens at noon on Sunday\, four hours before the music begins\, and remains open until 10 p.m. The kitchen is also scheduled until 10. \nThat gives you several options. \nCome early for a late lunch and stay for the band. \nArrive around showtime and eat while the trio plays. \nOr treat the 4-to-7 concert as the first half of the evening and move inside for dinner afterward. \nThe Rathskeller’s menu leans into hearty tavern food with burgers\, seafood and pub standards\, along with dishes including New England clam chowder\, calamari\, mussels\, fish and chips\, steak frites and other substantial plates. \nThe venue is also known for its fries\, which can be considerably more elaborate than the phrase “side of fries” suggests. \nSunday Is Free\nThere’s another substantial difference between Sunday’s trio performance and the full band’s September 11 Rathskeller concert. \nThe earlier eight-piece show was ticketed at $10 in advance and $15 at the door. \nThe trio show is free. \nThe Rathskeller and Eventbrite both list free admission for September 20. \nThe venue is nevertheless accepting advance RSVPs through Eventbrite. That doesn’t turn the afternoon into a paid ticketed event\, but registering gives the venue an idea of attendance. \nWith outdoor seating generally operating on a first-come basis\, arriving early remains sensible if you care where you sit. \nIt’s the Quieter Cousin of a Saturday Night at the Rathskeller\nThe Rathskeller has a particularly busy live-music weekend planned. \nFriday brings ’80s tribute band Aquanett. \nSaturday belongs to Blizzard of Ozz and the music of Ozzy Osbourne. \nThen Sunday afternoon changes the temperature completely. \nInstead of big hair\, metal riffs and a full-scale nighttime concert\, Take It To The Bridge arrives with three musicians and a collection of songs rearranged for a smaller setting. \nThat’s one of the advantages of a venue programming music across an entire weekend. \nNot every show needs to operate at maximum volume. \nSometimes a few musicians\, a good song and a Sunday afternoon in the woods are enough. \nDetails\nEvent: Take It To The Bridge (Trio) at the Charlestown Rathskeller\nDate: Sunday\, September 20\, 2026\nTime: 4–7 p.m.\nLocation: The Charlestown Rathskeller\nAddress: 489A Old Coach Road\, Charlestown\, RI 02813\nAdmission: Free\nRSVP: Advance RSVP requested through Eventbrite\nMusic: Acoustic and stripped-down interpretations of funk\, soul\, pop and rock hits\nBand: Three members of the eight-piece Take It To The Bridge\nVenue Opens: Noon\nSunday Closing: 10 p.m.\nKitchen: Noon–10 p.m.\nPhone: 401-792-1000\nGeneral Contact: info@rathskellertavern.com\nMusic Contact: music@rathskellertavern.com\nSetting: Outdoor seasonal live-music area; seating is generally first come\nWeather: Check the venue’s current event information if weather could affect the outdoor performance. \nMore information is available at the Event Website link below. \nTo reserve your spot\, click the Event Registration link below. \n  \n  \nFeatured image is an artistic representation inspired by the event and may not depict the actual people\, location\, or activities shown.
URL:https://thectbeacon.com/event/take-it-to-the-bridge-trio-at-the-charlestown-rathskeller-turns-an-eight-piece-party-band-into-a-sunday-afternoon-groove/
LOCATION:Rathskeller\, 489A Old Coach Rd\, Charlestown\, RI\, 02813\, United States
CATEGORIES:Rathskeller
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SUMMARY:Nick Casey Brings Old-School Country Back Home to Rhode Island
DESCRIPTION:Nick Casey Brings Old-School Country Back Home to Rhode Island Friday\, Sept. 25\, when the Rhode Island singer-songwriter and his band take over the outdoor Down Back stage at the Charlestown Rathskeller for three hours of country\, roots and rock. \nThe 8 p.m. show puts a local artist with a decidedly old-school approach to country music into a setting built for exactly this kind of Friday night: a stage in the woods\, drinks nearby and enough room for a full band to turn things up. \nCasey isn’t trying to make country music sound like contemporary pop. His music reaches backward toward the storytelling\, baritone voices and lived-in sound of artists such as Johnny Cash\, Merle Haggard\, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson. \nBut that’s only part of the story. \nThe Rhode Island musician has spent more than a decade building from coffee shops and open mics into a career that has taken him and The Whole Damn Band far beyond New England. \nFrom Rhode Island Coffee Shops to a Full Country Band\nCasey began performing at 16\, initially playing coffee shops\, open mics and busking on local streets. \nMusic was already part of the family. His mother\, Mary Ellen Casey\, is a Rhode Island folk singer-songwriter\, and Casey has said that Bruce Springsteen’s performance style was what first made him want to pick up a guitar himself. \nCountry became his direction. \nSince 2013\, Casey has performed throughout New England\, developing a style centered on traditional country sounds and a low baritone that Providence Monthly once compared to Johnny Cash\, with storytelling reminiscent of Haggard\, Jennings and Nelson. \nEventually\, those small performances grew into Nick Casey & The Whole Damn Band\, and the group began traveling well beyond Rhode Island. \nThey’ve played national stages as far west as Kansas and Montana and have opened for country artists including HARDY\, Joe Nichols\, Kameron Marlowe and William Michael Morgan. \nFriday’s Rathskeller date is billed as a full-band performance. \nA Mohegan Sun Win Helped Push Things Forward\nOne of Casey’s significant regional breakthroughs came in 2018 when the band entered Mohegan Sun’s Locals Live competition. \nThe annual contest brings regional acts into the Wolf Den and puts performers from different genres against one another before a live audience. \nCasey and his band won. \nTwo years later\, they released their debut album\, Ghosts Like Me\, establishing a recorded version of the traditional-country direction Casey had been developing onstage. \nHe later stripped things back for the acoustic solo album When I’m Alone. \nRecognition followed. Casey received six New England Music Awards nominations and was named Male Performer of the Year in 2023. \nHis more recent full-length album\, All Over the American Land\, brings the band back into the picture. \nCountry With Some Dirt Under Its Boots\nThe Rathskeller describes Casey’s show as a mixture of country\, roots and rock\, which is probably more useful than trying to squeeze his music into a narrower country category. \nThe foundation is traditional\, but this isn’t a historical reenactment. \nCasey’s shows mix originals with classic hits and newer favorites\, and the full band gives the material considerably more weight than his acoustic performances. \nThat should suit Rathskeller Down Back\, the tavern’s seasonal outdoor concert space tucked into the wooded property behind the restaurant. \nIt’s a deliberately informal place to see a band. There’s a stage\, outdoor seating\, lawn space\, games and a large fire pit rather than rows of theater seats. \nThe Rathskeller encourages concertgoers to arrive early for dinner and drinks before heading out back for the show. \nThree Hours Under the Stars\nCasey and the band are scheduled from 8 to 11 p.m.\, making this a full Friday-night show rather than a short concert set. \nAdvance tickets are $10 plus Eventbrite fees. Admission increases to $15 at the door. \nFor Casey\, it’s another stop in a career that has expanded considerably beyond the state where it started. But this particular night brings the whole operation back home: a Rhode Island country singer\, his full band and an outdoor stage in the woods of South County. \nMore information is available at the Event Website link below. \nTo purchase tickets\, click the Event Ticketing link below. \nDetails\nEvent: Nick Casey at the Charlestown Rathskeller 2026\nDate: Friday\, Sept. 25\, 2026\nTime: 8–11 p.m.\nVenue: Charlestown Rathskeller / Rathskeller Down Back\nAddress: 489A Old Coach Road\, Charlestown\, RI 02813\nPerformance: Full-band show\nMusic: Country\, Americana\, roots and rock\nAdvance Tickets: $10 plus Eventbrite fees\nDoor Admission: $15\nFood & Drinks: The Rathskeller encourages guests to arrive early for dinner and drinks; the kitchen is scheduled to remain open until 10 p.m.\nSeating: Down Back uses festival-style seating rather than reserved seats\nSetting: Outdoor seasonal concert venue \n  \n  \nFeatured image is an artistic representation inspired by the event and may not depict the actual people\, location\, or activities shown.
URL:https://thectbeacon.com/event/nick-casey-brings-old-school-country-back-home-to-rhode-island/
LOCATION:Rathskeller\, 489A Old Coach Rd\, Charlestown\, RI\, 02813\, United States
CATEGORIES:Rathskeller
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SUMMARY:Steve Smith & The Nakeds Bring 53 Years of Rhode Island R&B to the Charlestown Rathskeller (cancelled)
DESCRIPTION:NOTE: This event has been cancelled due to the nor’easter.\nSteve Smith & The Nakeds Bring 53 Years of Rhode Island R&B to the Charlestown Rathskeller Saturday\, Sept. 26\, when one of the state’s longest-running bands takes over the Rathskeller’s Down Back stage for three hours of horns\, rock & roll\, soul and rhythm & blues. \nThe 10-piece band performs from 8 to 11 p.m.\, bringing more than half a century of Rhode Island music history to the wooded outdoor venue in Charlestown. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door. \nOn the Road Since 1973\nSteve Smith & The Nakeds trace their beginnings to 1973\, when the group started performing as Naked Truth. \nMore than five decades later\, this is still a big band in the literal sense. The current lineup combines a four-piece rhythm section with five horns and Steve Smith on lead vocals and harmonica. \nThat horn section is fundamental to the band’s identity. Saxophones\, trumpet and trombone give the group the punch of classic American soul and R&B rather than the leaner sound of a typical rock cover band. \nOver the years\, The Nakeds have played thousands of shows\, moving from the New England college and club circuit to major stages while building the kind of regional following that allows a band to keep working for more than 50 years. \nThe Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame inducted Steve Smith & The Nakeds in 2013. \nA Connection to the Big Man\nOne particularly notable chapter in the band’s history came through Clarence Clemons. \nBest known as the saxophonist whose larger-than-life presence and sound became inseparable from Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band\, Clemons also performed and recorded with Steve Smith & The Nakeds. \nThe relationship went well beyond a one-night guest appearance. Clemons toured with the group when his Springsteen schedule allowed\, while Clemons and E Street Band guitarist Nils Lofgren contributed material to the Nakeds’ Never Say Never album. \nIt became one of several connections between a homegrown Rhode Island band and a much larger national music world. \n“I’m Huge” Finds a Second Life\nThe band’s longevity has also produced some unexpected twists. \nSteve Smith & The Nakeds recorded the tongue-in-cheek original “I’m Huge (And The Babes Go Wild)” years before the song suddenly reached an entirely new audience when it appeared on Family Guy in 2008. \nThe exposure revived interest in the song and helped introduce a band formed in the early 1970s to listeners who weren’t alive for much of its original run. \nThe Nakeds’ music has also appeared in movies\, while the band’s career has included national television appearances and performances ranging from local clubs and festivals to an appearance with President Bill Clinton. \nBut the center of the operation has remained New England and live performance. \nDown Back at the Rathskeller\nSaturday’s setting fits that tradition particularly well. \nThe Charlestown Rathskeller’s Down Back area takes the music outside\, surrounded by the trees and grounds behind the historic tavern. Instead of a formal theater show\, this is a Saturday night built around dinner\, drinks and three hours of live music. \nThe Rathskeller encourages concertgoers to arrive early for food and drinks before heading Down Back for the 8 p.m. performance. \nAnd while a 53-year history gives Steve Smith & The Nakeds plenty of material for nostalgia\, the band isn’t being resurrected for an anniversary tour. \nThey’re still doing what they’ve been doing since 1973: putting a large horn section behind rhythm & blues\, soul and rock & roll and taking it to a live audience. \nMore information is available at the Event Website link below. \nTo purchase tickets\, click the Event Ticketing link below. \nDetails\nEvent: Steve Smith & The Nakeds at the Charlestown Rathskeller\nDate: Saturday\, Sept. 26\, 2026\nTime: 8–11 p.m.\nVenue: Charlestown Rathskeller — Down Back\nAddress: 489A Old Coach Road\, Charlestown\, RI 02813\nMusic: R&B\, soul and rock & roll\nAdvance Admission: $10 plus applicable ticketing fees\nAt the Door: $15\nFood & Drinks: Available at the Rathskeller; arriving early for dinner and drinks is encouraged. \n  \nFeatured image is an artistic representation inspired by the event and may not depict the actual people\, location\, or activities shown.
URL:https://thectbeacon.com/event/steve-smith-the-nakeds-bring-53-years-of-rhode-island-rb-to-the-charlestown-rathskeller/
LOCATION:Rathskeller\, 489A Old Coach Rd\, Charlestown\, RI\, 02813\, United States
CATEGORIES:Rathskeller
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SUMMARY:Roc-Kin’-On Brings Four Decades of Party Rock to the Charlestown Rathskeller (cancelled)
DESCRIPTION:NOTE: This event has been cancelled due to the nor’easter.\nRoc-Kin’-On Brings Four Decades of Party Rock to the Charlestown Rathskeller Sunday\, Sept. 27\, with three hours of classic rock\, country\, and pop-rock built for an afternoon of dancing\, singing along\, and stretching the weekend a little longer. \nThe five-piece New England cover band takes over the Rathskeller’s outdoor stage from 4 to 7 p.m.\, with free admission and food and drinks available throughout the afternoon. \nAnd this show has been a few months in the making. \nRoc-Kin’-On was originally scheduled to play the Rathskeller over Memorial Day weekend. Rain forced the May 24 performance to be canceled\, and the band was rescheduled for Sept. 27. \nFour months later\, they’re finally getting their Sunday afternoon Down Back. \nA Setlist That Can Jump 40 Years in a Few Songs\nRoc-Kin’-On doesn’t tie itself to a single decade. \nThe band’s repertoire reaches across the 1970s\, ’80s\, ’90s and 2000s\, mixing classic rock with country\, pop-rock\, and danceable party songs. \nThat broad approach is intentional. \nRoc-Kin’-On has been performing together for more than a decade\, developing its identity around songs audiences already know and getting those audiences involved in the show. \nRather than presenting a narrowly defined tribute to one artist or era\, the group can move between generations during the same performance. \nThat makes the band a particularly good fit for an afternoon at the Rathskeller\, where the audience can range from people who came specifically for the music to diners who wandered Down Back after lunch and decided to stay. \nThe band describes its Sept. 27 set as rock favorites from the ’70s through the 2000s. \nThe Rathskeller goes a little broader\, describing Roc-Kin’-On as a high-energy rock and party band playing classic rock favorites\, timeless hits and danceable anthems. \nEither description gets to the same point. \nThis isn’t a sit-down-and-listen kind of show. \nFrom Eastern Connecticut to a New England Party Band\nRoc-Kin’-On began as an Eastern Connecticut favorite before expanding its schedule throughout New England. \nMore than a decade of playing together has taken the group through bars\, clubs\, festivals and entertainment venues around the region. \nThe band continues to maintain an active schedule well beyond summer. \nAfter Charlestown\, its currently announced dates stretch into December\, with shows in Rhode Island\, Connecticut and Massachusetts. \nThat kind of schedule matters for a cover band. \nPlaying familiar songs is only half the job. A successful party band has to read a room\, understand when to change gears and know how to turn people who weren’t necessarily planning to dance into part of the show. \nRoc-Kin’-On has built its reputation around that interaction. \nThe Show That Rain Postponed\nSunday’s performance was supposed to happen much earlier. \nRoc-Kin’-On had been booked for the Rathskeller on May 24\, part of the venue’s Memorial Day weekend schedule. \nWeather intervened. \nBecause Down Back is an outdoor venue\, the show was canceled and moved all the way to Sept. 27. \nThe new date lands in an interesting part of the Rathskeller season. \nLate September still belongs to the outdoor concert calendar\, but the atmosphere has started changing. The afternoon light fades earlier\, temperatures become more comfortable around the fire and the number of weekends left Down Back can suddenly be counted rather than assumed. \nFor Roc-Kin’-On\, it means the postponed beginning-of-summer performance has effectively become an early-fall Sunday show. \nThe Rathskeller Has Been Doing This Since Long Before Outdoor Concerts Were Trendy\nThe Charlestown Rathskeller isn’t a purpose-built concert venue. \nIts history reaches back to 1933\, when the secluded property became associated with the kind of tucked-away tavern atmosphere that would eventually become part of its identity. \nToday\, the restored restaurant retains that old tavern character inside while the property behind it has evolved into something very different. \nRathskeller Down Back is the seasonal outdoor side of the operation. \nThe wooded grounds include a performance stage\, backyard bar\, Burger Shack\, fire pit and lawn games including cornhole and bocce. \nThe result falls somewhere between a restaurant backyard\, beer garden and small outdoor music festival. \nThere isn’t traditional theater seating. \nThe setup is deliberately informal\, with festival-style seating and guests moving between tables\, the bar\, games and the area in front of the stage. \nThat gives the Rathskeller something most conventional music venues can’t offer. \nYou can arrive well before the first song. \nCome for Lunch\, Stay for the Band\nThe Rathskeller opens at noon on Sundays\, four hours before Roc-Kin’-On starts. \nThe kitchen remains open until 10 p.m.\, so the afternoon can easily begin with lunch before moving outside for the show. \nThe restaurant’s menu leans toward hearty New England tavern food\, including burgers\, seafood\, steaks\, sandwiches and pub fare. The property also operates outdoor food and drink service during its Down Back season. \nThen there are the games and the fire pit. \nThat combination explains why the Rathskeller’s Sunday concerts feel different from its Friday and Saturday night shows. \nA 4 p.m. start makes the music part of an afternoon rather than the destination at the end of the night. \nEat. Grab a drink. Play a game. Find somewhere outside. Hear a band. \nAnd in this case\, there’s no ticket price standing in the way. \nFree Show\, RSVP Optional\nAdmission to Roc-Kin’-On is free. \nThe Rathskeller encourages guests to RSVP through Eventbrite\, but the earlier listing for the rescheduled performance also indicated that guests could simply show up. \nWith outdoor seating operating festival-style\, arriving early remains the better strategy for anyone who wants a preferred spot. \nWeather is also worth watching. \nThe original May performance was canceled because of rain\, and Down Back remains an outdoor venue. The Rathskeller posts schedule changes when weather affects a performance. \nAssuming September cooperates better than May did\, Roc-Kin’-On finally gets its three hours onstage Sunday afternoon. \nFour decades of rock songs. \nThree hours of music. \nOne show that took four months longer than expected to happen. \nMore information is available at the Event Website link below. \nTo RSVP for free\, click the Event Ticketing link below. \nDetails\nEvent: Roc-Kin’-On at the Charlestown Rathskeller\nDate: Sunday\, Sept. 27\, 2026\nTime: 4–7 p.m.\nLocation: Charlestown Rathskeller / Rathskeller Down Back\nAddress: 489A Old Coach Road\, Charlestown\, RI 02813\nAdmission: Free\nRSVP: Free RSVP available through Eventbrite\nBand: Roc-Kin’-On\nBand Size: Five-piece\nMusic: Classic rock\, country\, ’80s\, ’90s\, 2000s pop-rock and dance/party favorites\nSetting: Outdoor seasonal music venue on the Rathskeller grounds\nSeating: Festival-style; arrive early for a preferred spot\nRestaurant Hours Sunday: Noon–10 p.m.\nKitchen: Open noon–10 p.m.\nFood & Drinks: Available for purchase\nWeather: Outdoor performance; schedule may change because of weather\nBackground: Rescheduled from the band’s May 24 performance\, which was canceled because of weather\nContact: Charlestown Rathskeller\, 401-792-1000 \n  \n  \nFeatured image is an artistic representation inspired by the event and may not depict the actual people\, location\, or activities shown.
URL:https://thectbeacon.com/event/roc-kin-on-brings-four-decades-of-party-rock-to-the-charlestown-rathskeller/
LOCATION:Rathskeller\, 489A Old Coach Rd\, Charlestown\, RI\, 02813\, United States
CATEGORIES:Rathskeller
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SUMMARY:Charlestown Rathskeller Turns Oktoberfest Into a Three-Day Party With German Food\, Live Music and Big Prizes
DESCRIPTION:Charlestown Rathskeller Turns Oktoberfest Into a Three-Day Party With German Food\, Live Music and Big Prizes Oct. 2–4\, filling the historic wooded tavern with German-inspired food\, cold beer\, three days of live music and a raffle lineup that ranges from gift cards to beer for a year and a Vermont getaway. \nThis isn’t a Saturday-afternoon Oktoberfest squeezed into a few hours. \nThe Rathskeller is making a weekend of it\, with festivities running Friday through Sunday at its Old Coach Road property in Charlestown. A special menu brings the German flavors\, while a different band takes over each day and raffle prizes are drawn throughout the weekend. \nThe restaurant’s own pitch gets right to the point: “Come for the Oktoberfest. Stay for the prizes.” \nConsidering what’s being given away\, that’s not much of an exaggeration. \nStart With the German Food\nThe Rathskeller is supplementing its regular offerings with an Oktoberfest menu built around dishes that go well beyond adding a pretzel to the bar menu. \nCurrywurst brings one of Germany’s great street foods to Charlestown: sausage served with the distinctive curry-spiced sauce that became a postwar favorite in Berlin. \nThere are Rathskeller soft pretzels\, along with frikadellen\, the German seasoned meat patties that land somewhere between a meatball and a small hamburger. \nFor something more substantial\, the menu includes cider-braised pork shank and sauerbraten\, the traditional German pot roast known for its sweet-and-sour character and long marinating process. \nAnd because this is still an American fall festival in Rhode Island\, there are funnel cakes for dessert. \nAdd cold beer\, and the Rathskeller has the food-and-drink side of Oktoberfest well covered. \nThree Days\, Three Bands\nThe music changes every day\, giving each part of the weekend a different personality. \nFriday: AD/HD\nAD/HD kicks off the music Friday from 8 to 11 p.m. \nThe AC/DC tribute act draws from both major periods of the Australian band’s career\, covering music associated with original frontman Bon Scott as well as the Brian Johnson era. \nThat opens Oktoberfest with hard rock rather than polka. \nAdmission for the performance is listed at $10 in advance and $15 at the door\, plus applicable advance ticketing fees. \nSaturday: Wicked Peach\nSaturday belongs to a band plenty of southeastern Connecticut music fans already know. \nWicked Peach performs from 8 to 11 p.m. \nThe regional rock band dates to 1996 and has built its following through decades of shows around southeastern Connecticut and southern New England. \nIts repertoire stretches across several generations of rock and pop-rock\, making the Saturday night show less about a single artist or era than the kind of recognizable songs designed to keep a weekend crowd moving. \nTickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door. \nSunday: Timeless\nThe weekend shifts gears for its finale. \nTimeless performs Sunday from 4 to 7 p.m.\, turning the final day into more of an afternoon and early-evening party. \nThe Rhode Island-based group has been performing since 2016\, mixing classic rock\, pop\, country and dance music. Its résumé includes appearances at venues including Bally’s Twin River and Hard Rock Boston. \nSunday’s show is also listed at $10 in advance and $15 at the door. \nTogether\, the three bookings give Oktoberfest three very different musical flavors: an AC/DC tribute Friday\, regional rock favorites Wicked Peach Saturday and a broad party-band mix from Timeless Sunday. \nThen There Are the Prizes\nThis is where the Rathskeller’s Oktoberfest gets unusually ambitious. \nRaffle drawings take place throughout all three days\, and the prizes grow substantially beyond T-shirts and promotional swag. \nOrganizers are advertising hundreds of dollars in Rathskeller gift cards\, Oktoberfest merchandise and DownBack tickets alongside some much larger prizes. \nFriday’s festivities build toward a $500 Rathskeller gift card drawing at midnight. \nSaturday brings one of the weekend’s attention-getters: Beer for a Year. Another prize offers a dinner for two and wine every month for a year. \nSunday answers with Wine for a Year and perhaps the weekend’s most distinctive prize\, a two-night getaway for two to the von Trapp family’s Vermont resort and brewery\, including a brewery tour and a $200 dining credit. \nThere’s also a 2027 DownBack VIP pass among the prizes. \nThe raffle rules make entering relatively easy. There is no purchase necessary\, but participants must be 21 or older and must physically visit the Charlestown Rathskeller on the day of the drawing to enter. \nEntries are valid only for that day’s drawings and don’t carry over into the following day. \nVisitors don’t have to spend the entire day waiting to see if they’ve won. Winners can be contacted by email after the drawing. \nThat makes it possible to stop in during the afternoon\, enter the raffle\, have something to eat and return later for the night’s band without spending eight hours guarding a raffle ticket. \nOktoberfest at a Place That Dates to 1933\nThe setting gives the weekend considerably more character than a temporary beer tent in a parking lot. \nThe Charlestown Rathskeller traces its history to 1933\, the same year Prohibition ended nationally. \nIts secluded location in the woods became part of its identity\, and the property has long traded on the atmosphere of an old roadside tavern tucked away from the main coastal route. \nToday’s Rathskeller is considerably larger than a single historic dining room. \nThe property combines the restaurant and tavern with patios\, outdoor gathering spaces\, games including cornhole and bocce and the seasonal DownBack entertainment area. \nDownBack adds outdoor bars\, food\, a large fire pit and a concert stage to the wooded property. \nIts regular music season runs through the warmer months into October\, making Oktoberfest an appropriate way to push the outdoor-party atmosphere into fall. \nThree Days Instead of One Big Rush\nThe format also gives visitors options. \nSomeone interested primarily in the food and raffles doesn’t necessarily need to arrive for an 8 p.m. concert. AC/DC fans have a reason to choose Friday. Wicked Peach followers can make Saturday their night. Families or people who don’t want to stay out late can take advantage of Timeless’ earlier Sunday performance. \nAnd because raffle prizes are spread across the weekend\, there’s a reason to return. \nThat makes this less like a conventional Oktoberfest with a fixed four-hour program and more like the Rathskeller temporarily changing its personality for an entire weekend. \nGerman-inspired food provides the theme. \nThe beer certainly helps. \nBut between three bands\, three days of drawings and prizes that include everything from gift cards to a Vermont brewery getaway\, the Rathskeller has built plenty around the beer steins. \nMore information is available at the Event Website link below. To purchase tickets for the individual live music performances\, click the Event Ticketing link below. \nDetails\nEvent: Charlestown Rathskeller Oktoberfest\nDates: Friday–Sunday\, Oct. 2–4\, 2026\nLocation: Charlestown Rathskeller\nAddress: 489A Old Coach Road\, Charlestown\, RI 02813\nOktoberfest Menu: Currywurst\, Rathskeller soft pretzels\, frikadellen\, cider-braised pork shank\, sauerbraten and funnel cakes\nFriday Music: AD/HD\, 8–11 p.m.\nSaturday Music: Wicked Peach\, 8–11 p.m.\nSunday Music: Timeless\, 4–7 p.m.\nMusic Tickets: $10 advance/$15 at the door for the listed performances; advance ticketing fees may apply\nRaffles: Drawings throughout all three days\nMajor Prizes: Rathskeller gift cards\, Beer for a Year\, Wine for a Year\, monthly dinner-and-wine package\, 2027 DownBack VIP pass and a two-night Vermont getaway\nRaffle Admission: No purchase necessary\nRaffle Age: 21+\nRaffle Rules: Entrants must visit the Rathskeller in person on the applicable day; entries do not carry over to subsequent days\nSetting: Historic tavern\, restaurant and wooded outdoor entertainment property with the seasonal DownBack area\nWeather: Outdoor portions of the weekend may be affected by weather; check with the Rathskeller for any day-of changes \n  \n  \nFeatured image is an artistic representation inspired by the event and may not depict the actual people\, location\, or activities shown.
URL:https://thectbeacon.com/event/charlestown-rathskeller-turns-oktoberfest-into-a-three-day-party-with-german-food-live-music-and-big-prizes/2026-10-02/
LOCATION:Rathskeller\, 489A Old Coach Rd\, Charlestown\, RI\, 02813\, United States
CATEGORIES:Rathskeller
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SUMMARY:Charlestown Rathskeller Turns Oktoberfest Into a Three-Day Party With German Food\, Live Music and Big Prizes
DESCRIPTION:Charlestown Rathskeller Turns Oktoberfest Into a Three-Day Party With German Food\, Live Music and Big Prizes Oct. 2–4\, filling the historic wooded tavern with German-inspired food\, cold beer\, three days of live music and a raffle lineup that ranges from gift cards to beer for a year and a Vermont getaway. \nThis isn’t a Saturday-afternoon Oktoberfest squeezed into a few hours. \nThe Rathskeller is making a weekend of it\, with festivities running Friday through Sunday at its Old Coach Road property in Charlestown. A special menu brings the German flavors\, while a different band takes over each day and raffle prizes are drawn throughout the weekend. \nThe restaurant’s own pitch gets right to the point: “Come for the Oktoberfest. Stay for the prizes.” \nConsidering what’s being given away\, that’s not much of an exaggeration. \nStart With the German Food\nThe Rathskeller is supplementing its regular offerings with an Oktoberfest menu built around dishes that go well beyond adding a pretzel to the bar menu. \nCurrywurst brings one of Germany’s great street foods to Charlestown: sausage served with the distinctive curry-spiced sauce that became a postwar favorite in Berlin. \nThere are Rathskeller soft pretzels\, along with frikadellen\, the German seasoned meat patties that land somewhere between a meatball and a small hamburger. \nFor something more substantial\, the menu includes cider-braised pork shank and sauerbraten\, the traditional German pot roast known for its sweet-and-sour character and long marinating process. \nAnd because this is still an American fall festival in Rhode Island\, there are funnel cakes for dessert. \nAdd cold beer\, and the Rathskeller has the food-and-drink side of Oktoberfest well covered. \nThree Days\, Three Bands\nThe music changes every day\, giving each part of the weekend a different personality. \nFriday: AD/HD\nAD/HD kicks off the music Friday from 8 to 11 p.m. \nThe AC/DC tribute act draws from both major periods of the Australian band’s career\, covering music associated with original frontman Bon Scott as well as the Brian Johnson era. \nThat opens Oktoberfest with hard rock rather than polka. \nAdmission for the performance is listed at $10 in advance and $15 at the door\, plus applicable advance ticketing fees. \nSaturday: Wicked Peach\nSaturday belongs to a band plenty of southeastern Connecticut music fans already know. \nWicked Peach performs from 8 to 11 p.m. \nThe regional rock band dates to 1996 and has built its following through decades of shows around southeastern Connecticut and southern New England. \nIts repertoire stretches across several generations of rock and pop-rock\, making the Saturday night show less about a single artist or era than the kind of recognizable songs designed to keep a weekend crowd moving. \nTickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door. \nSunday: Timeless\nThe weekend shifts gears for its finale. \nTimeless performs Sunday from 4 to 7 p.m.\, turning the final day into more of an afternoon and early-evening party. \nThe Rhode Island-based group has been performing since 2016\, mixing classic rock\, pop\, country and dance music. Its résumé includes appearances at venues including Bally’s Twin River and Hard Rock Boston. \nSunday’s show is also listed at $10 in advance and $15 at the door. \nTogether\, the three bookings give Oktoberfest three very different musical flavors: an AC/DC tribute Friday\, regional rock favorites Wicked Peach Saturday and a broad party-band mix from Timeless Sunday. \nThen There Are the Prizes\nThis is where the Rathskeller’s Oktoberfest gets unusually ambitious. \nRaffle drawings take place throughout all three days\, and the prizes grow substantially beyond T-shirts and promotional swag. \nOrganizers are advertising hundreds of dollars in Rathskeller gift cards\, Oktoberfest merchandise and DownBack tickets alongside some much larger prizes. \nFriday’s festivities build toward a $500 Rathskeller gift card drawing at midnight. \nSaturday brings one of the weekend’s attention-getters: Beer for a Year. Another prize offers a dinner for two and wine every month for a year. \nSunday answers with Wine for a Year and perhaps the weekend’s most distinctive prize\, a two-night getaway for two to the von Trapp family’s Vermont resort and brewery\, including a brewery tour and a $200 dining credit. \nThere’s also a 2027 DownBack VIP pass among the prizes. \nThe raffle rules make entering relatively easy. There is no purchase necessary\, but participants must be 21 or older and must physically visit the Charlestown Rathskeller on the day of the drawing to enter. \nEntries are valid only for that day’s drawings and don’t carry over into the following day. \nVisitors don’t have to spend the entire day waiting to see if they’ve won. Winners can be contacted by email after the drawing. \nThat makes it possible to stop in during the afternoon\, enter the raffle\, have something to eat and return later for the night’s band without spending eight hours guarding a raffle ticket. \nOktoberfest at a Place That Dates to 1933\nThe setting gives the weekend considerably more character than a temporary beer tent in a parking lot. \nThe Charlestown Rathskeller traces its history to 1933\, the same year Prohibition ended nationally. \nIts secluded location in the woods became part of its identity\, and the property has long traded on the atmosphere of an old roadside tavern tucked away from the main coastal route. \nToday’s Rathskeller is considerably larger than a single historic dining room. \nThe property combines the restaurant and tavern with patios\, outdoor gathering spaces\, games including cornhole and bocce and the seasonal DownBack entertainment area. \nDownBack adds outdoor bars\, food\, a large fire pit and a concert stage to the wooded property. \nIts regular music season runs through the warmer months into October\, making Oktoberfest an appropriate way to push the outdoor-party atmosphere into fall. \nThree Days Instead of One Big Rush\nThe format also gives visitors options. \nSomeone interested primarily in the food and raffles doesn’t necessarily need to arrive for an 8 p.m. concert. AC/DC fans have a reason to choose Friday. Wicked Peach followers can make Saturday their night. Families or people who don’t want to stay out late can take advantage of Timeless’ earlier Sunday performance. \nAnd because raffle prizes are spread across the weekend\, there’s a reason to return. \nThat makes this less like a conventional Oktoberfest with a fixed four-hour program and more like the Rathskeller temporarily changing its personality for an entire weekend. \nGerman-inspired food provides the theme. \nThe beer certainly helps. \nBut between three bands\, three days of drawings and prizes that include everything from gift cards to a Vermont brewery getaway\, the Rathskeller has built plenty around the beer steins. \nMore information is available at the Event Website link below. To purchase tickets for the individual live music performances\, click the Event Ticketing link below. \nDetails\nEvent: Charlestown Rathskeller Oktoberfest\nDates: Friday–Sunday\, Oct. 2–4\, 2026\nLocation: Charlestown Rathskeller\nAddress: 489A Old Coach Road\, Charlestown\, RI 02813\nOktoberfest Menu: Currywurst\, Rathskeller soft pretzels\, frikadellen\, cider-braised pork shank\, sauerbraten and funnel cakes\nFriday Music: AD/HD\, 8–11 p.m.\nSaturday Music: Wicked Peach\, 8–11 p.m.\nSunday Music: Timeless\, 4–7 p.m.\nMusic Tickets: $10 advance/$15 at the door for the listed performances; advance ticketing fees may apply\nRaffles: Drawings throughout all three days\nMajor Prizes: Rathskeller gift cards\, Beer for a Year\, Wine for a Year\, monthly dinner-and-wine package\, 2027 DownBack VIP pass and a two-night Vermont getaway\nRaffle Admission: No purchase necessary\nRaffle Age: 21+\nRaffle Rules: Entrants must visit the Rathskeller in person on the applicable day; entries do not carry over to subsequent days\nSetting: Historic tavern\, restaurant and wooded outdoor entertainment property with the seasonal DownBack area\nWeather: Outdoor portions of the weekend may be affected by weather; check with the Rathskeller for any day-of changes \n  \n  \nFeatured image is an artistic representation inspired by the event and may not depict the actual people\, location\, or activities shown.
URL:https://thectbeacon.com/event/charlestown-rathskeller-turns-oktoberfest-into-a-three-day-party-with-german-food-live-music-and-big-prizes/2026-10-03/
LOCATION:Rathskeller\, 489A Old Coach Rd\, Charlestown\, RI\, 02813\, United States
CATEGORIES:Rathskeller
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SUMMARY:Charlestown Rathskeller Turns Oktoberfest Into a Three-Day Party With German Food\, Live Music and Big Prizes
DESCRIPTION:Charlestown Rathskeller Turns Oktoberfest Into a Three-Day Party With German Food\, Live Music and Big Prizes Oct. 2–4\, filling the historic wooded tavern with German-inspired food\, cold beer\, three days of live music and a raffle lineup that ranges from gift cards to beer for a year and a Vermont getaway. \nThis isn’t a Saturday-afternoon Oktoberfest squeezed into a few hours. \nThe Rathskeller is making a weekend of it\, with festivities running Friday through Sunday at its Old Coach Road property in Charlestown. A special menu brings the German flavors\, while a different band takes over each day and raffle prizes are drawn throughout the weekend. \nThe restaurant’s own pitch gets right to the point: “Come for the Oktoberfest. Stay for the prizes.” \nConsidering what’s being given away\, that’s not much of an exaggeration. \nStart With the German Food\nThe Rathskeller is supplementing its regular offerings with an Oktoberfest menu built around dishes that go well beyond adding a pretzel to the bar menu. \nCurrywurst brings one of Germany’s great street foods to Charlestown: sausage served with the distinctive curry-spiced sauce that became a postwar favorite in Berlin. \nThere are Rathskeller soft pretzels\, along with frikadellen\, the German seasoned meat patties that land somewhere between a meatball and a small hamburger. \nFor something more substantial\, the menu includes cider-braised pork shank and sauerbraten\, the traditional German pot roast known for its sweet-and-sour character and long marinating process. \nAnd because this is still an American fall festival in Rhode Island\, there are funnel cakes for dessert. \nAdd cold beer\, and the Rathskeller has the food-and-drink side of Oktoberfest well covered. \nThree Days\, Three Bands\nThe music changes every day\, giving each part of the weekend a different personality. \nFriday: AD/HD\nAD/HD kicks off the music Friday from 8 to 11 p.m. \nThe AC/DC tribute act draws from both major periods of the Australian band’s career\, covering music associated with original frontman Bon Scott as well as the Brian Johnson era. \nThat opens Oktoberfest with hard rock rather than polka. \nAdmission for the performance is listed at $10 in advance and $15 at the door\, plus applicable advance ticketing fees. \nSaturday: Wicked Peach\nSaturday belongs to a band plenty of southeastern Connecticut music fans already know. \nWicked Peach performs from 8 to 11 p.m. \nThe regional rock band dates to 1996 and has built its following through decades of shows around southeastern Connecticut and southern New England. \nIts repertoire stretches across several generations of rock and pop-rock\, making the Saturday night show less about a single artist or era than the kind of recognizable songs designed to keep a weekend crowd moving. \nTickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door. \nSunday: Timeless\nThe weekend shifts gears for its finale. \nTimeless performs Sunday from 4 to 7 p.m.\, turning the final day into more of an afternoon and early-evening party. \nThe Rhode Island-based group has been performing since 2016\, mixing classic rock\, pop\, country and dance music. Its résumé includes appearances at venues including Bally’s Twin River and Hard Rock Boston. \nSunday’s show is also listed at $10 in advance and $15 at the door. \nTogether\, the three bookings give Oktoberfest three very different musical flavors: an AC/DC tribute Friday\, regional rock favorites Wicked Peach Saturday and a broad party-band mix from Timeless Sunday. \nThen There Are the Prizes\nThis is where the Rathskeller’s Oktoberfest gets unusually ambitious. \nRaffle drawings take place throughout all three days\, and the prizes grow substantially beyond T-shirts and promotional swag. \nOrganizers are advertising hundreds of dollars in Rathskeller gift cards\, Oktoberfest merchandise and DownBack tickets alongside some much larger prizes. \nFriday’s festivities build toward a $500 Rathskeller gift card drawing at midnight. \nSaturday brings one of the weekend’s attention-getters: Beer for a Year. Another prize offers a dinner for two and wine every month for a year. \nSunday answers with Wine for a Year and perhaps the weekend’s most distinctive prize\, a two-night getaway for two to the von Trapp family’s Vermont resort and brewery\, including a brewery tour and a $200 dining credit. \nThere’s also a 2027 DownBack VIP pass among the prizes. \nThe raffle rules make entering relatively easy. There is no purchase necessary\, but participants must be 21 or older and must physically visit the Charlestown Rathskeller on the day of the drawing to enter. \nEntries are valid only for that day’s drawings and don’t carry over into the following day. \nVisitors don’t have to spend the entire day waiting to see if they’ve won. Winners can be contacted by email after the drawing. \nThat makes it possible to stop in during the afternoon\, enter the raffle\, have something to eat and return later for the night’s band without spending eight hours guarding a raffle ticket. \nOktoberfest at a Place That Dates to 1933\nThe setting gives the weekend considerably more character than a temporary beer tent in a parking lot. \nThe Charlestown Rathskeller traces its history to 1933\, the same year Prohibition ended nationally. \nIts secluded location in the woods became part of its identity\, and the property has long traded on the atmosphere of an old roadside tavern tucked away from the main coastal route. \nToday’s Rathskeller is considerably larger than a single historic dining room. \nThe property combines the restaurant and tavern with patios\, outdoor gathering spaces\, games including cornhole and bocce and the seasonal DownBack entertainment area. \nDownBack adds outdoor bars\, food\, a large fire pit and a concert stage to the wooded property. \nIts regular music season runs through the warmer months into October\, making Oktoberfest an appropriate way to push the outdoor-party atmosphere into fall. \nThree Days Instead of One Big Rush\nThe format also gives visitors options. \nSomeone interested primarily in the food and raffles doesn’t necessarily need to arrive for an 8 p.m. concert. AC/DC fans have a reason to choose Friday. Wicked Peach followers can make Saturday their night. Families or people who don’t want to stay out late can take advantage of Timeless’ earlier Sunday performance. \nAnd because raffle prizes are spread across the weekend\, there’s a reason to return. \nThat makes this less like a conventional Oktoberfest with a fixed four-hour program and more like the Rathskeller temporarily changing its personality for an entire weekend. \nGerman-inspired food provides the theme. \nThe beer certainly helps. \nBut between three bands\, three days of drawings and prizes that include everything from gift cards to a Vermont brewery getaway\, the Rathskeller has built plenty around the beer steins. \nMore information is available at the Event Website link below. To purchase tickets for the individual live music performances\, click the Event Ticketing link below. \nDetails\nEvent: Charlestown Rathskeller Oktoberfest\nDates: Friday–Sunday\, Oct. 2–4\, 2026\nLocation: Charlestown Rathskeller\nAddress: 489A Old Coach Road\, Charlestown\, RI 02813\nOktoberfest Menu: Currywurst\, Rathskeller soft pretzels\, frikadellen\, cider-braised pork shank\, sauerbraten and funnel cakes\nFriday Music: AD/HD\, 8–11 p.m.\nSaturday Music: Wicked Peach\, 8–11 p.m.\nSunday Music: Timeless\, 4–7 p.m.\nMusic Tickets: $10 advance/$15 at the door for the listed performances; advance ticketing fees may apply\nRaffles: Drawings throughout all three days\nMajor Prizes: Rathskeller gift cards\, Beer for a Year\, Wine for a Year\, monthly dinner-and-wine package\, 2027 DownBack VIP pass and a two-night Vermont getaway\nRaffle Admission: No purchase necessary\nRaffle Age: 21+\nRaffle Rules: Entrants must visit the Rathskeller in person on the applicable day; entries do not carry over to subsequent days\nSetting: Historic tavern\, restaurant and wooded outdoor entertainment property with the seasonal DownBack area\nWeather: Outdoor portions of the weekend may be affected by weather; check with the Rathskeller for any day-of changes \n  \n  \nFeatured image is an artistic representation inspired by the event and may not depict the actual people\, location\, or activities shown.
URL:https://thectbeacon.com/event/charlestown-rathskeller-turns-oktoberfest-into-a-three-day-party-with-german-food-live-music-and-big-prizes/2026-10-04/
LOCATION:Rathskeller\, 489A Old Coach Rd\, Charlestown\, RI\, 02813\, United States
CATEGORIES:Rathskeller
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