Watermelon Music

10/18/2026

That Halloween Costume Dance Party ft. The Sugar Pushers

The Sugar Pushers will de-liver their playfully paranormal themed Rock & Roll and phantasmic antics at Watermelon Music, Friday, October 23rd! Step through the creaking doors of The Melon Ball as it transforms into a Spooktacular Dance Haunt for JUST ONE NIGHT! Come dressed to kill for the Costume Contest, judged by KDRT’s That California Sound!

It will be Ghastly! Ghoulish! and Gloriously over-the-top! Don’t Ghost this Mischievously Macabre Monster Masquerade!

Adult Centric / All Ages / 18+ Recommended
Doors 7:30
Show 8pm
$20 General Admission

Cash or Venmo at the door only (no Credit Card)

This is a BYOB Event!

Presented by Left of the Dial Promotions, KDRT, and Watermelon Music

10/18/2026

The Living Arts Playback Theatre Ensemble is a troupe of improvisational actors and musicians who “play back” personal stories shared by audience members in ways that both honor and illuminate the original experience.

Abount Playback Theatre - Website Link

Doors open at 2:00pm

$25 General Admission
$20 Seniors (in-store or at the door only)
$20 Students (w/ID, in the store or at the door only)
$20 Kids 12 and under (in the store or at the door only)

Cash or Venmo at the door only (no Credit Card)

10/14/2026

Due to unavoidable circumstances, we regret to inform you that we have been forced to cancel this show. We were truly looking forward to hosting these three amazing musicians! We will be refunding money to all of you that purchased admission. We apologize for the inconvenience.

10/09/2026

The Living Arts Playback Theatre Ensemble is a troupe of improvisational actors and musicians who “play back” personal stories shared by audience members in ways that both honor and illuminate the original experience.
Doors open at 2:00pm

$25 General Admission
$20 Seniors (in-store or at the door only)
$20 Students (w/ID, in the store or at the door only)
$20 Kids 12 and under (in the store or at the door only)

Cash or Venmo at the door only (no Credit Card)

10/09/2026

his past April, Jim Bruno, Rita Hosking, and Richard March took stage for one of the most amazing and memorable shows ever to hit the Melon Ball stage. All three return for ROUND 2! Not to be missed!

$25 General Admission
Doors open at 7:00pm
Cash or Venmo at the door only (no Credit Card)

This is a BYOB event!

10/04/2026

Nacho and the Dollar Menu Live @ The Melon Ball

10/04/2026

10/04/2026

Jim Bruno is a San Francisco Bay Area based published songwriter. He taught Songwriting at the Freight and Salvage in Berkeley and at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills both for 11 years.

He's also taught Songwriting Workshops at Chicago's Old Town School of Folk Music, at Far-West Music Conference, at San Francisco State University's High Sierra Campus and more.

Songs he's written have been recorded and released by Shawn Colvin, Chuck Prophet, Mary Lou Lord, Cliff Eberhardt, Thad Cockrell, Maurice Tani and Laurie MacAlister.

As a performing songwriter he has performed with or opened shows for the following artists: Shawn Colvin, Timothy B Schmidt of the Eagles, Graham Parker, John Gorka, Charlie Musselwhite, Joe Ely, Greg Brown, Steve Forbert, Bill Morrissey, Big Twist, and Cliff Eberhardt. He's performed at the Greenwich Village Folk Festival, the Udine Folk Festival in Udine, Italy and has toured five times in Europe. He also played bass, guitar and sang in the Shawn Colvin Band for several years and often performed with Shawn as a duet.

He has signed numerous song publishing agreements including Largo Music in New York and Bug Music in Los Angeles.

Enrollment is $20
Participants are asked to bring a printed lyric sheet to the event