Lou Lou's's Upcoming Shows

COMPLIMENTARY ENTRY | NO RESERVATION REQUIRED | SEATING ON A FIRST-ARRIVAL BASIS | NO DINNER SERVICE | 21+

Zo has been a performing guitarist for 15 years. He has been teaching people how to play and understand the guitar/piano for four years. Born in London, he was raised in North County, San Diego, where he currently resides. He is a graduate of CSULB with a degree in Jazz Guitar Performance, and during his time there he studied Blues, Pop, Rock, Soul, Funk, Classical, and Irish Folk Music. He’s studied under many influential guitarists across the country. In Los Angeles, Ron Eschete and Mike Higgins. In New York, Peter Mazza, Gilad Hekselman, and Michael Valeanu. Finally, in San Diego he studied with Bob Boss, Lorraine Castellanos, Fred Kunze. These experiences have prepared him for large ensembles, quintets, quartets, trios, duos, and solo guitar performances in a variety of styles.

COMPLIMENTARY ENTRY | NO RESERVATION REQUIRED | NO DINNER SERVICE | 21+

Real Friends is bringing SD CLCTV and Hickies & Dry Humps to Lou Lou’s for a night built for the dance floor. Expect high-energy R&B, hip-hop, throwback favorites, and all the songs that make you want to dance. Julz, Kaos, Recap, and Just Ev (Birthday Celebration) will keep the energy high from start to finish.

Grab your crew, make some new friends. Doors open at 7 PM.

*Early arrival is highly recommended.

*Bar seating available from 6pm-8:30pm, General admission seating available at 8:30pm*

Born in Guadalajara, Mexico, and raised in Fresno, California, Gilbert’s musical career was preordained; the only son to his eponym father, a touring Cumbia band leader, singer and arranger, Gilbert was strongly influenced by his predecessor’s deep appreciation for classical

composers and big band jazz ensembles, broadening young Gilbert's horizons from an early age. Gilbert Sr. strongly encouraged Gilbert toward the Jazz genre when at first he showed an interest in trumpet at age 6. By age 11, Gilbert’s intensive training and education provided the context to begin playing professionally, and at age 15 he preformed with mentor and icon Dizzy Gillespie at the Monterrey Jazz Festival.

A fierce advocate of formal jazz education, Gilbert held the position of Adjunct Professor of Jazz Studies at the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music from 2001 to 2013. Thereafter, he served as the Artistic Director of the International Academy of Jazz San Diego

from 2014-2016, during which time he began conducting high school workshops and developing a more proactive role in mentorship. During his time visiting Title I schools, he recognized a need for increased accessibility to formal education, noting that many truly gifted students were

deprived the opportunities to further their education due to monetary constraints. Thusly, in 2016 Castellanos founded the Young Lions Jazz Conservatory based in San Diego, California.

Using his influence in a burgeoning Jazz community, one he is credited in large with establishing, Gilbert began successfully soliciting donations for and supporting thousands of dollars of scholarship to finance Conservatory Education Equity for economically disadvantaged students of promise. To date, the Young Lions Jazz Conservatory has graduated hundreds of

bright musicians of diverse backgrounds with Gilbert serving as personal mentor and advocate for each, often writing college recommendation letters and offering every one of his students "real world" experience each Wednesday evening at ensemble performances

For more information on our supper clubs and to book a dinner reservation, please visit https://loulousclub.com/dinnerandashow

~PRESENTED BY MONETTE MARINO KEITA~

*GENERAL ADMISSION | 21+ | 2 SHOWS - 7PM & 10PM | NO DINNER SERVICE*

Monette Marino Keita, a renowned percussionist and recent nominee for Best World Music Artist by the San Diego Music Academy, and her 11-piece band will be playing Michael Jackson’s Thriller album for Hallow’s Eve.

DOORS @ 7PM | COMPLIMENTARY ENTRY | NO RESERVATION REQUIRED | SEATING ON A FIRST-ARRIVAL BASIS | NO DINNER SERVICE | 21+

Fresh Veggies Micro Brass is an uplifting 4 piece spectacle of brass, drums, and dancing! Their highly anticipated return guarantees a night of mischief, mayhem, and debauchery!

Specializing in wind instrument performance through live effects pedals, Fresh Veggies (Micro Brass) has appeared alongside notable bands/artists as Too Many Zooz, Earthless, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Fishbone and Adrian Terrazas-Gonzalez along with performing at popular festivals Lightning in a Bottle, Same Same But Different, North Park Music Festival and Bad Vibes Good Friends Festival. Fresh Veggies also features members of local San Diego powerhouse bands, The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble, Chunky Hustle Brass Band, Finnegan Blue, Juicebox and the Matt Smith Neu Jazz Trio. The Fresh Veggies sound draws inspiration from wind-powered groups like Too Many Zooz, Moon Hooch and Youngblood Brass Band but in a metal and pop-punk context reminiscent of legendary artists like My Chemical Romance and Black Sabbath. The result is a "fresh" and bombastic performance unhindered by the limitations of traditional guitar-based bands with jazz-like dynamic range and an orchestral level of nuanced execution drawing on influences by all types of brass bands from New Orleans-style second line to Balkan brass bands to Mexican Banda. Fresh Veggies Micro Brass is proud to champion the next evolution of amplified music with the ultimate goal of generating more public awareness of sustainable, clean-eating habits; urban farming; and food desert issues across the nation.