Bad Cactus Brass Band

UPCOMING SHOWS!

Do you have your tickets to the Crescent Ballroom

Get your tickets, NOW - Link in the comments. Keep your eyes peeled for more show announcements and upcoming projects we have going on! We have been hard at work to create and bring you more, and can't wait for you to see what we have in store!

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Summer matinee at Crescent Ballroom -

Summer matinee at Crescent Ballroom

Just announced + on sale NOW!

We are so excited to be part of this year's Crescent Ballroom Summer Matinee Concert Series, along with some of Phoenix's best.

Spanning all genres, Crescent Ballroom is giving you something special to make it through the scorching heat. You can spend a whole seated afternoon with us, for our 🌵FIRST TIME🌵 at one of the Valley's favorite places to experience live music.

Sunday July 28
2PM Doors/2:30PM Show
$8 Advanced/$10 at door
ALL AGES

✨ LINK IN COMMENTS + AT CRESCENT WEBSITE ✨

New Music: Succulent Delight -

New Music: Succulent Delight

LIVE! STREAM NOW!

https://open.spotify.com/track/56yAkhNShI84zMdfQL1vCY?si=f8cANEyBQBS7JzO0iU4BQw&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A4mdZd4n8Kabx7HOCHdWJur

TONIGHT!!!

Happy Birthday Mikel Lander! He's to our Whiskey stompin' South paw and bean master! Celebrate with us tonight at The Rhythm Room 🥳 Yay!

Tomorrow night!!!!
Details below! Do NOT miss this one!

This will be a fantastic mix of music and fun, great chance to see us before the summer heat shuts us all down!

We have a huge show this Thursday at The Rhythm Room and we are planning some special percussion stuff for ya that night! Come see us with Dean Nelson & Bad Cactus Brass Band, Doors open early at 6:30!

7:00
8:00
9:00

Event Page: https://facebook.com/events/s/the-metropolis-man-dean-nelson/1882253872197378/

Hey Arizona! Are you looking for hot, single Cacti in your area? Are you ready for the blazing heat and poolside pollination? Are your roots dried out and yearn for a bottom soak? Is your heart in need of a re-soil and a bigger pot?

Well just in time for summer, our sexy, stick-y, dripping-in-aloe, new single is just what your stems are calling for.

For all the lovers out there. Botanical Bedroom Soul.

Succulent Delight.
Out Saturday.
Pre-save link in comments.

Two shows this week! -

Two shows this week!

TWO SHOWS AT THE RHYTHM ROOM NEXT WEEK!!

If you can't make it Thursday we'll be there for a PARTYYY SATURDAY NIGHT.

The amazing The Sugar Thieves have asked us to join the celebration for Mikel and we can't wait to get down at the ol' Phoenix home of the blues.

7pm
Tix at the door.
21+

COME GET FUNKY AT THE Rhythm Room

Night one of our week at Rhythm Room is with:

Dean Nelson
The Metropolis Man

$15 at the door
21+

Going to be a fun night with a great mix of music at one of Phoenix' live music landmarks. Come join us! Big thanks to Metropolis Man for including us!

TOMORROW Is the opening of and we are so beyond thrilled to be a part of this experience.

The bicycles themselves are a work of art created by Lemonde Studios and the installation has been showcased around the world, including Singapore and New York City.

Here in Tempe, the bikes will project visual art by local artists and when activated by a person's pedaling, along with songs by musicians, Bogan Via, Cheap Hotels, Danielle Durack, Miguel Melgoza, One Way Sky, Phoenix Afrobeat Orchestra, Pijama Piyama, Prime Society, Saraswathi Jones, Solh and Tindal Muzic!

This temporary art piece is presented by City of Tempe Government with support from Downtown Tempe Authority and the Tempe City Arts Playlist program.

It's FREE and around THROUGH April. Go check it out, TOMORROW!

It was such a pleasure helping raise money for Big Brothers Big Sisters last month! https://frontdoorsmedia.com/society/big-night-out-masquerade-gives-a-lift-to-big-brothers-big-sisters/

SATURDAY!!

We are honored to play The Nash Brunch Fundraiser once again, this time with the incredible New Orleans great, Ashlin Parker.

Click for more info!!

Check out this week's lineup! Don't miss the opportunity to see the talented Ashlin Parker TWICE this Saturday. First time is for our Bash for The Nash jazz brunch fundraiser, playing with the talented Bad Cactus Brass Band. Then, come check him out in the evening at The Nash to play with Michael Kocour, Corcoran Holt, Lewis Nash, and Clark Gibson. You can find all your ticket needs through our events or visiting our website.

March events + new video -

March events + new video

This Saturday!!

Next week! Join us for Tempe City Arts series.

Scan the QR or head to their website for tickets.
- all ages!

We're STILL coming down from our show at Valley Bar, two weeks ago (some of us literally got sick and are still coming down from it ;) and maybe that's why it took so long to post. Sorry friends.)

Again, thank you SO MUCH PHOENIX! You really came out and showed love, you sang along to our new music, and you paraded around Valley Bar with us.

Until next time, enjoy some amazing shots from Brittany Lee Photography. IF YOU MISSED THE SHOW: You can now see almost the ENTIRE set on our youtube, again filmed by the talented Brittany Lee!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkmcXuGxQfVzIHpMwrzORJQ

We're still loading all the footage from last night....

WE LOVE YOU, PHX.

IF YOU MISSED US LAST NIGHT, Find us here this weekend.

TONIGHT:

- Westin Kierland Black Tie Event

TOMORROW:
DTPHX Location on the Rooftop
2nd annual
4-5pm FREE

More show announcements coming next week. We'll see you soon. 💜🌵💜

It's Fat Tuesday! -

It's Fat Tuesday!

NEXT WEEK! Valley Bar

Get ready for Mardi Gras in The Valley Of The Sun!

Link below for tickets, OR SEND A DM FOR DELIVERY from our own Benjie Messer or your favorite Cacti!

Valley of the Sun. Coming soon!

We're all dancing in the valley of the sun.
We're all dancing and the party's just begun.

Join us for our Valley Of The Sun Mardi Gras Party
Valley Bar. 2.15, and video release on our YouTube 2.16.

Featuring:
Scattered Melodies
The Sugar Thieves

TICKETS in our bio.

It's Mardi Gras time! -

It's Mardi Gras time!

FIRST BIG ANNOUNCEMENT OF 2024

Valley Bar
2/15

Come celebrate the release of our first single from - Valley Of The Sun

With special guests:
The Sugar Thieves
Scattered Melodies

7pm doors
21+
$12/$15

https://www.ticketweb.com/event/bad-cactus-brass-band-w-valley-bar-tickets/13396393?pl=valleybar

We're so excited to share what we've been working on. Please stay tuned...

🖼️ - Electric Biscuit Design

What adjectives would you use to describe us? I need to write a new bio for the band.

Love y'all for still following us after these years! (Or, if you just found us recently, welcome!)

DAY 4. Primary recordings: FIN

Yesterday we capped 4 straight days and about 20 hours of studio time with our final 3 songs for the album.

📸: We were blessed by our good friend who took some time to grab some shots of us in the studio, for our final takes. You are 1000% a part of the Cactus family, thanks man!!

This experience has been... Beyond exceptional. Beyond our hopes. Incredibly honored to record in Tempest with Clarke and the comfort, professionalism, and opportunity that he provided us to put our best work down and feel so at home, as he has done for EVERYONE who has walked into that building and left their notes in history.

Solos, vocals, percussion etc, still to come, so our time in Tempest (thankfully) is not done.
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THANK YOU'S:

AGAIN, thanks to our new friend for the footage that you will all get to see soon! HIRE THIS DUDE. PRO. COOL. GREAT IDEAS. SO EASY TO WORK WITH. Can't wait to do it again 🤘🤘

(👀👀 KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR BAD CACTUS' FIRST MUSIC VIDEO.)

And thank you to for yesterday 🙏💪

Thanks to for the raps and vibes 💜

Thanks to Haji Baba and for providing provisions, sustenance, AND🍺🍺

But biggest thanks to Clarke and Tempest. Here's to hopefully many more...

Day 3, down.

After each session so far, we have finished feeling proud, and energized with what we're doing. The band is firing on all cylinders, and having a blast doing it at a studio with so much history, and with Clarke Rigsby behind the board.

Today, as we started to feel the fatigue of 3 days in a row with hours of horns to the face, intense rhythmic/articulation focus, and getting each section LOCKED down - came in and pushed the day along, giving us the vibe and energy we needed to knock out more songs and add even more depth to the new album.

Lots of work ahead, but we'll keep you updated.

For our last primary session of the weekend, join us when we go LIVE, TOMORROW AFTERNOON on Instagram. Check stories for details 👀👀 - on on IG.

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WE ARE IN THE STUDIO!!

Day ONE of is IN THE BOOKS.

stay tuned for more behind the scenes coming tomorrow with

Huuuuge thanks to Clarke Rigsby at Tempest Studios for getting us going and steering this ship to shore.

DOWNTOWN PHX LETS GO!

We will be headlining the Center Stage for the Roosevelt Row CDC presented by Get Ready Entertainment

2ND + ROOSEVELT, by the Welcome Center.

🌵: 8-10pm

-FREE

-Find parking east of 7th, or north of Roosevelt.

Art, music, food. COME GET IT ALL and have a blast before THE HEAT OF THE SUMMER kicks everyone off the street. First Friday is something that makes Phoenix so special, come join us.

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