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The Bill Roberts Combo
About the event
Founded in 2014, the Bill Roberts Combo brings a tight, nuanced, and rhythmically powerful presentation to blues-jazz unlike anything you've heard before. The Combo performs both as an instrumental unit, and in a full band with a vocalist and other instrumentation, allowing the Combo to shine in many different kinds of events and venues. Bill Roberts has been voted best electric guitarist in the Madison area, and his award-winning album Blues Rides Shotgun has received critical claim as best blues album of the year. Backing Bill is a band of veteran players who have performed nationally and internationally in such places as France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Mexico, and elsewhere. Closer to home, the Bill Roberts Combo plays many top venues in Madison and the upper Midwest. BRC delivers grace, subtlety, power and passion in their unique and mesmerizing take on the jazz-blues tradition every time they take the stage.Every 2nd Friday5:30pmFREE EVENT #block-06094d48c2553d9a8d8c { --stroke-style: none;--stroke-thickness: 6px; } #block-06094d48c2553d9a8d8c .sqs-html-content { --tweak-text-block-padding: 6% 6% 6% 6%; --tweak-text-block-padding: initial; } #block-06094d48c2553d9a8d8c { mix-blend-mode: var(--tweak-text-block-blend ); border-radius: var(--tweak-text-block-radius); } #block-06094d48c2553d9a8d8c { --tweak-text-block-radius: 0px 0px 0px 0px; } #block-06094d48c2553d9a8d8c { } @media screen and (max-width: 767px) { #block-06094d48c2553d9a8d8c { } } @media screen and (max-width: 767px) { #block-06094d48c2553d9a8d8c .sqs-html-content { } } @media screen and (max-width: 767px) { }
About the venue
The Cardinal Bar at 418 E Wilson Street is a long-running Madison bar with roots in the city's Latino and LGBTQ+ nightlife. After several years closed it reopened under new owners and now runs Latin, swing and trivia nights for a general crowd. It is a gay-friendly mainstream bar, not a gay bar…
“Amazing service great drinks definitely worth a stop in.” — Garrett Mathison, Google
“We came on a Thursday and had a blast! We attended the 8:30pm salsa lesson and then enjoyed the live music and dancing immensely. The band was incredible and the overall vibe of the bar is great. It was super full but a lot of fun. We would definitely go back when we’re in town” — Rockford’s Ruby, Google
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