The annual event, now in its 29th year, features “synths, solos and shameless nostalgia,” designed to indulge “questionable fashion, and crowd-sourced emotional purging,” according to a news release. The event will be held Wednesday, Nov. 26, at Cafe Nine in New Haven and will feature “a glorious onslaught of ’80s cover songs,” according to the release.
Musician Dean Falcone, who organizes the annual event, said it emerged some decades ago when musician friends came home for the holidays and began jamming.
“A lot of my friends moved to L.A. or Boston but we would try to get together for the holidays,” he said. Every year, the group picks a theme, or a band, like A-Ha or The Replacements, and plays its cover songs. “It’s meant to be fun, it’s a loose night,” he said. “We try to do stuff that people know.” This year, the event is scheduled to focus on the 1980s.
Falcone performs around the New Haven area. He also produces and composes music for films, including “Pizza: A Love Story.”
“I want people to have a place to go on the day before Thanksgiving just to indulge,” said Falcone, who worked at Cutler’s Records and Tapes in New Haven for 30 years.
Doors open at Cafe Nine at 8 p.m. The show begins at 9 p.m. For more information, visit cafenine.com
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