Grand Stafford Theater

Craft Beer & Cocktail Tuesday
2015-10-06 16:30 - 22:00, 2015-09-29 16:30 - 22:00, 2015-09-22 16:30 - 22:00, 2015-09-15 16:30 - 22:00, 2015-09-08 16:30 - 22:00, 2015-09-01 16:30 - 22:00, 2015-08-25 16:30 - 22:00, 2015-08-18 16:30 - 22:00 (America/Chicago) | TX
CRAFT BEER & COCKTAIL TUESDAY
Join us starting at 4:30pm with drinks served by Cody Schilling!

BMBF Dinner Concert Series Feat. Beat Root and Nick & Paige
2015-10-03 19:00 - 22:00
Enjoy an evening with dinner and a concert. All proceeds go to research and development of Cystic Fibrosis medications.
Doors Open: 7:00 PM
Dinner: 8:00 PM
Music: 8:15 PM
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Nick and Paige
Nick & Paige met in the spring of 2011 when Paige approached Nick about forming their blues, roots-rock band, Paige & The Reverent Few. The two bonded over their deep love for roots & blues music & it’s paved way for their intimate, singer-songwriter setting. Lively fingerpicking, subtle slide, and floating harmonies add complex and emotional textures to the already rich lyrical repertoire. Influenced by John Prine, The Band, Chess Records, The Wood Brothers, & Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, the two have created a soulful sound & an enticing energy that’s been deeply resonating with their audiences.
The two currently reside in Austin, TX but tour back and forth from Chicago year round, continuing to play with the full band, The Reverent Few.
Nick & Paige independently released their first self-titled EP in the winter of 2013 and are working to release their first full-length record later this year.
Follow them on Facebook for tour dates, music, and more!

Beat Root
Both accomplished singer-songwriters in their own right, Ben Jones and Andrea Magee make up the duo known as Beat Root. Both had released solo recordings before meeting at a show in London in 2013. They were both there for individual performances, and found that their musical chemistry was unmatchable.
In February of the following year, they made their performing debut on a self-funded, self booked 3 month tour of the USA, taking their particular brand of contemporary Blues/Folk from the West Coast to the East. They made waves at an impromptu appearance at SXSW in Austin, TX, picking up a support slot with Dale Watson, and winning a fan in the form of Lucinda Williams.
Jones and Magee incorporate elements of classic 60s Pop, Folk, Blues and Rock n Roll to create an exciting, organic, honest sound, with no technical jiggery pokery, relying instead on good old fashioned showmanship and mastery of their craft to paint their musical pictures, with influences ranging from The Beatles to Van Morrison. They call their sound Retro Roots.
They’re preparing their debut album at this time, recording in Austin, TX, for a late 2014 release independently.

Free First Friday Feat. The Nightowls - Premium Passes Available
2015-10-02 19:00 - 23:00
As with every First Friday, Grand Stafford Theater will be open free to the public for a great concert. This month, we are happy to bring you The Nightowls!
Doors: 7PM
Music: 8PM
THE NIGHTOWLS
It’s 1,390 miles from Austin, Texas to Detroit, but when Austin band The Nightowls rev their musical engines, that distance disappears with the speed of sound. But The Nightowls not only channel the Motor City’s classic dancin’-in-the-street beats; they build on them to create an irresistible neo-soul sound that’s all their own.
Founded by lead singer and multi-instrumentalist Ryan Harkrider, the Nightowls—all ten of them—have been spreading their sound all over Texas ever since August 2013, releasing a critically acclaimed debut album, Good as Gold, and the toetapping, four-song EP Good as Gold B-Sides – which includes Austin’s official theme song, “Nobody Ever Wants to Leave” – in September of 2014. Good As Gold (The A-Sides) will be released on vinyl, giving fans an opportunity to hear The Nightowls’ jukebox-ready music the way it was meant to be heard, with the vinyl’s warm tones filling their ears and hearts.
Hailing from all over the map geographically and musically, the Nightowls claim terrain from New England to Arizona and influences from Americana to funk. Bassist Rob Alton was trained at Berklee College of Music; other bandmates honed their skills in dive bars and intimate listening rooms. Together, they push R&B’s boundaries while staying true to its horn- and harmony-laden heart, from the catchy hooks and soulful vocals to the crisp suits and dazzling dresses they wear onstage.

Closed for a Private Event
2015-10-01
Grand Stafford Theater will be closed on this date for a private event. If you are looking to host an event in Downtown Bryan on this or any other date, please contact us at events@adventgx.com for more information. We have a variety of event venues available. Visit DowntownBryanEvents.com for more information.

Pecha Kucha Night - Bryan
2015-09-29 19:00 - 22:00
Craft Cocktail & Craft Beer Tuesday will have an exciting addition on Tuesday, September 29th!
The Institute for Applied Creativity has partnered once again with AdventGX and Grand Stafford Theater to bring Bryan – College Station and A&M communities together to celebrate creativity.
We’re hosting the next quarterly event officially sponsored by Pecha Kucha, a global movement for informal discussions in casual settings. We’re doing this to learn about people and groups in our local community. Good Pecha Kucha presentations are the ones that uncover the unexpected — unexpected talent, unexpected ideas. The format is simple: 20 slides for 20 seconds each. It’s very informal and quite diverse. Come on out!
Admission is free with a suggested donation of $10.

Texas Music Pickers Top Pick (Final Round), featuring Tony Ramey
2015-09-25 19:30 - 23:00
The Final Round of Texas Music Picker’s Top Pick Singer/Songwriter contest will feature performances by the top 10 finalists. Each contestant will preform an original song. he top 3 scoring contestants, and the contestant who has the highest audience score of the remaining contestants, will advance. Each contestant will perform an original song and a cover song of their choosing.
Following the show, Tony Ramey will perform an acoustic set.
To learn more about the singer/songwriter contest, visit www.texasmusicpickers.com/tmps-top-pick/.
Tony Ramey
Tony’s live performances have taken him from the Texas and Midwest Honky Tonks where people are two-stepping and raising their bottles, to where he says he is starting to feel even more at home–in the two-hundred-and-fifty to one-thousand seat theaters, where people come to listen to a storyteller at work. Audiences in the theaters at Tony’s performances are compelled to listen–to go down the same road together, on the same journey, wherever his song takes them. That journey ends up above the production and sonic value of a pounding track: “I want people to dance and have a good time, but there’s a romantic part of me that wants to believe it’s all derived from an honesty and passion in music that has substance and meaning, not just a loop or hip-hop beat and words that rhyme.”
With gold and platinum records on artists like Trisha Yearwood, John Michael Montgomery, George Strait, and a host of others who have covered Tony’s material, and with BMI awards and more than fifteen years of professional writing behind him, Tony has proven himself as a songwriter, but the best is yet to come for those watching and listening to Tony as he is proving himself as an artist…It will be a journey worth taking–wherever the journey takes us.

Texas Music Pickers Top Pick (Preliminary Round)
2015-09-19 17:00 - 23:00
Come on out to enjoy the Texas Music Picker’s Top Pick Singer/Songwriters as they compete for a place in the final round and to become the TMP Top Pick. Contestants will perform original songs and covers in a bid to earn the Top Pick title.
To learn more about the contest, visit Texas Music Pickers online at www.texasmusicpickers.com/tmps-top-pick/.

Restoration Church Bryan Presents: Bizzle
2015-09-18 19:00 - 22:00
Bizzle

Born with a God given talent for music in general, the Los Angeles raised M.C. Bizzle (born Mark J. Felder) wrote his first rap verse at no older than 8 years old and also started writing R&B around that same time. He, now at 31 years old, has over 20 years under his belt as a writer and the experience shows in his sound and versatility.
Between the years 2004-2008 Bizzle released L.A.V. Mixtapes Vol. 1-5 in Southern California. He then released Dirty West Mixtapes 1 and 2 with 360 Records in Houston TX, and went back to CA to release his biggest yet, “Certified Mixtape”. In 2005 he was offered a deal by 360 Records out of Houston and declined. Two years later he was offered a deal with Blackground/Universal, but he also declined that offer. He’s put on many successful shows as the headliner and opened up for artists like Lil Wayne, Juelz Santana, Lil Boosie, and more. He’s also worked with platinum producer Chink Santana, Darock Ramos, Stack Bundles, Lil Eazy E, Roccett from CTE, Dirty Birdy, Pretty Willie aka P-Dub, Mouthpi3ce, and many more including a compilation project feat. Ne-You, The Game, Nelly, David Banner, T.I., Akon, and many more. Bizzle spent 3 years preparing his debut album “Grind Pays”. With multiple singles gaining momentum, his myspace plays quickly reached over 500,000.With his street buzz in the Los Angeles and I.E. areas and his success on myspace, the expectations for the album were big, but God had bigger plans for Bizzle. In 2008 Bizzle started attending church more frequently and his relationship with God grew even stronger.

Software Developers Cartel
2015-09-15 16:30 - 19:00, 2015-08-18 16:30 - 19:00
SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS CARTEL – BRIGHT MINDS FROM CENTRAL TEXAS
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2nd Sunday Foreign Film Featuring "Wadjda"
2015-09-13 15:00 - 18:00
Grand Stafford Theater is proud to continue our 2nd Sunday Foreign Films with “Wadjda” (2012), the first feature film shot entirely in Saudi Arabia and the first feature-length film made by a female Saudi director. This comedic drama tells the story of an enterprising Saudi girl signs on for her school’s Koran recitation competition as a way to raise the remaining funds she needs in order to buy the green bicycle that has captured her interest.

2nd Tuesday Real Jazz feat. Bill Clark, Chris Hollar and Greg Tivis
2015-09-08 19:00 - 22:00
Join us for the first installment of our Fall Real Jazz Series, presented every 2nd Tuesday throughout the Fall.
The Vintage Jazz Organ Trio features Bill Clark, Chris Hollar and Greg Tivis. Bill Clark has been playing jazz guitar for over three decades and has performed frequently in the New York and Detroit metro areas, Berlin, Germany, and, most recently, Bryan/College Station. He studied with renowned guitarists Bob Fugel, Bucky Pizzareli, Bob Devos, Harry Leahey, and Josh Breakstone and jazz performance at William Paterson College. His influences on the guitar include Wes Montgomery and Jim Hall, but his approach to improvisation is more closely tied to saxophonists such as Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins, and Dexter Gordon, and trumpeters such as Clifford Brown, Chet Baker, and Art Farmer. In his spare time, Clark is the Head of the Political Science department at Texas A&M, where he is the Charles Puryear Professor in Liberal Arts.

Free First Friday Feat. Hazy Ray w/ Mystery Loves Company and Megan Mulcahy Premium Passes Avail.
2015-09-04 19:00
HAZY RAY

Hazy Ray is an amalgamation of sights and sounds you may have seen and heard before, but never blended together so distinctively to create an experience that ensnares the senses and communicates the soul. The five piece band boldly describes their sound as “… at the core, true rhythm & blues,” pulling from their vast influences that range from Jamie Cullum and Dave Matthews to Radiohead and Maroon 5. Hazy Ray’s head-turning sound is equal parts new and familiar, as the band continuously draws from a seemingly-endless bag of tricks. In 2011, the band’s premiere performance in New Orleans birthed the signature sound they now brand as “New Orleans Rock.” Their debut album, “Deep and Shallow,” was recorded at Houston’s Wire Road Studios later that year.
On stage, Hazy Ray is known for their precise and exceptionally energetic live show that leaves audiences dancing to new charts and singing along to familiar, albeit different, covers.The Texas natives stepped onto the New Orleans scene quickly, landing on bills with singer/song-writer John Lefler of Dashboard Confessional, Everclear, Free-Sol, Hunter Hayes, Grammy award-winning Rapper/Actor Ludacris, blues greats Tinsley Ellis and Tab Benoit, and festival headliners Cowboy Mouth, Chicago, and Earth, Wind, and Fire. Music Festival appearances at Springboard South (Houston), Gretna Music Fest, French Quarter Fest, and performances during SXSW and Jazz Fest this past year show promise into future festivals. The band’s 2012 and 2013 summer tours have expanded the group into a National Touring Act, performing across 15 states. Hazy Ray has concluded their summer tour and performed their 100th show of the year by headlining the New Orleans House of Blues Parish Room.
Hazy Ray on Facebook | Hazy Ray on Twitter | Official Website

Reserved for a Private Event
2015-09-02, 2015-08-24, 2015-08-20

Parker McCollum with Nathan Bonnes
2015-08-29 20:00 - 23:00
Parker McCollum

At just 22 years old, Parker McCollum is already earning comparisons to critically acclaimed artists like Ryan Bingham and John Mayer. However, the young singer-songwriter has also worked tirelessly to establish his own name, a fact that is evident on his striking full-length debut album, The Limestone Kid, which will be released on Feb. 24, 2015. The 11-song record (featuring nine originals written by Parker — a writer mature beyond his age — and a guest appearance from steel guitar legend Lloyd Maines) covers an impressive amount of musical ground, from the driving roots rock of “Lucy” to the introspective heartbreak of the album’s first single, “Meet You in the Middle.” A rising star on the regional music scene, McCollum and his stellar band plan to take their energetic show on tour this year to celebrate the release of The Limestone Kid. For show updates and more: parkermccollum.com
Nathan Bonnes

When Nathan Bonnes was in a high school band, he received a biting piece of advice on how to improve the sound of his band – let someone else sing into the microphone. Looking back, he has to admit that this piece of advice was true. Things have gotten drastically better for Nathan Bonnes since then. As he entered college and began to hone his songwriting skills, he grew into his baritone voice, and started being invited to sing into the microphone all over the great state of Texas. While other musically inclined college students were piddling around on their guitar in spare time between classes, Nathan was writing daily, performing around Houston at open mics and coffee shops, and taking off on weekends for recording sessions, gigs, and practices with his band. In four years of college he wrote and produced three EPs of original material and played over one hundred shows. As he individually improved, Nathan also made many talented friends, from the best folk pickers of Aggie land to classical musicians enrolled alongside him at Rice University, which has one of the best music programs in the country. This varied cast of musician friends gives his songs a unique flavor, with string quartet arrangements soaring right beside steel guitar and mandolin. His latest EP, To Love and Be Loved, displays Nathan’s finest songwriting and most polished production work to date. Look for his single, Broken Again, on country radio now!

TMP Presents Josh Grider and Haley Cole
2015-08-28 20:00 - 23:00
Texas Music Pickers Presents
Josh Grider

Having been a respected member of the Texas/Red Dirt Music Scene for years, it wasn’t until spring of 2013 that momentum really started to build for this NM born country singers career. In November 2013 he carried that momentum into the studio with producer Trent Willmon to record 2014’s full length album “Luck & Desire”. He’s paid his dues, he’s waited his turn, and it looks like Josh Grider just might be 2014’s 10 year overnight success story.
Haley Cole

Tough Love - A Cabaret-style Night of Song
2015-08-27 19:00 - 22:00
Back by popular demand, Tough Love is a cabaret-style night of song drawn from the world of musical theatre exploring the many (and often complicated) facets of relationships.
The fabulous Mark Bendiksen will be accompanying the performances of Joseph Cole, Adrienne Dobson, Casey Gilbert, and Andrew Roblyer as they explore the power (and tribulations) of love.
(FYI: There will be strong language and some discussion with mature content)
This event will benefit This Is Water Theatre, and will be accompanied by the announcement of the company’s 2015-2016 season plans. There will also be opportunities to purchase advertising and company sponsorships at the event.
TICKET INFORMATION
General Admission standing room and balcony seating:
Pay-What-You-Can ($20 suggested)
https://secure.buyplaytix.com/thisiswater/reserve/tough_love_a_clothes_on_cabaret.html
Reserved Table Seating:
(To reserve, please email andrew@thisiswatertheatre.com)
Individual – $40
Reserved table seat*
Recognition in the program
Recognition on This Is Water Theatre website
Hors d’oeuvres throughout the event
Drinks not included, but available for purchase at the bar
Group – $130 ($160 value)
4 reserved table seats*
Table sponsor placard
Recognition in the program
Recognition on This Is Water Theatre website
Hors d’oeuvres throughout the event
Drinks not included, but available for purchase at the bar
Advertising Sponsor – $450 ($560 value)
4 reserved table seats*
Table sponsor placard
Recognition in the program
Recognition on This Is Water Theatre website
Hors d’oeuvres throughout the event
1 half-page B&W ad in all show programs in the 2015-2016 season**
Drinks not included, but available for purchase at the bar
Season sponsor – $700 ($960 value)
4 reserved table seats*
Table sponsor placard
Recognition in the program
Recognition on This Is Water Theatre website
Hors d’oeuvres throughout the event
1 full-page B&W ad in all show programs in the 2015-2016 season**
Drinks not included, but available for purchase at the bar
*Reserved table seats may include some high-top tables with tall chairs. Please notify us if you require a specific type of seating.
**The 2015-2016 season will be announced at this event.
This Is Water Theatre is committed to making our events accessible to all. If you require accommodations of any kind, please contact us at info@thisiswatertheatre.com as soon as possible before the event.

Jillian Edwards and Special Guest Saint Helena
2015-08-26 20:00 - 23:00
Jillian Edwards

Jillian Edwards is singer-songwriter based in Nashville, TN. Originally from Dallas, TX, this 25-year old indie songstress has been compared to the likes of angels, with a sound influenced by artists such as Alison Krauss, Patty Griffin and Mindy Smith. Jillian’s ability to silence a room of strangers with just the distinct pureness of her voice and an acoustic guitar is a scene to behold. Combining raw talent with honest melodies, she continues to captivate new fans and keep old ones faithfully returning each time she graces a stage. You may have caught her opening for a variety of talented artists over the last few years, including Drew & Ellie Holcomb, Josh Garrels, Ben Rector, David Ramirez, the Civil Wars, & more.

Odd Folks - Keep Texas Odd Tour with Hodera, Corusco and Electric Astronaut
2015-08-16 20:00 - 23:00
Odd Folks
Odd Folks is the love child of modern punk and post hard core ordained by the spirit of DIY and fortified with pop influence. The band stirs catchy hooks, emocore, and the ferocity of 00’s alternative rock into a sound that defies the boundaries of both genres and audiences alike. Odd Folks: Punk Tested, Mother Approved.
Hodera

A collaborative of musicians led by Matthew Smith playing music that spans Alternative, Indie Rock and Folk genres.
Corusco
Corusco is an indie rock project with its roots spread across Texas and currently located in the Bryan-College Station area. In May 2015, Corusco released a four song acoustic demo entitled “Don’t Give Up” that is available on Bandcamp. They have toured through Texas and Oklahoma most recently and are planning to release an EP in late 2015. With themes ranging from loss and hope to heartbreak and joy, “Don’t Give Up” encompasses the journey through grief and the darker moments in life while struggling to maintain hope.
Electric Astronaut
Electric Astronaut is a four piece band out of College Station Tx. With rock roots and Game of Thrones influences Electric Astronaut shows are something to see.

Reserved for a Private Event.
2015-08-12

Second Sunday Foreign Film Featuring "Amelie"
2015-08-09 15:00 - 18:00
Grand Stafford Theater is proud to continue our Second Sunday Foreign Films. This month we will feature the 2001 French film “Amelie” from director Jean-Pierre Jeunet.
“Amelie” is a creative delight presenting the story of the innocent and naive Amelie who lives in Paris and sees the world through a unique lense. She decides to help those around her and, along the way, discovers love.
Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the door. Popcorn included.
Doors open at 3pm. Film starts at 3:30pm.
