American Roots with Gary Wright, Leah Weiss & Jimmy Jacobs
2026-07-25 19:30 - 22:00 (America/New_York)
Please 410-626-9796 to make your reservations.

Seth Kibel Trio-Jazz, Klezmer & More
2026-07-26 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
Seth Kibel is a certifiable woodwind triple threat (clarinet/saxophone/flute) in the world of jazz and swing, and a powerhouse Klezmer clarinetist. In addition to all this, you will be treated to music from his new album release:
“Clarinet Without a Net”. Join us!
Learn more about Seth:https://sethkibel.com/
Seth Kibel – clarinet/saxophone/flute
Harry Appleman – piano
Bob Abbott – double bass
$25 cover. Call for reservations – 410-626-9796

Rehaash- Retrospective
2026-07-27 19:30 - 22:00 (America/New_York)
A rehashing of previous Rehaash Show! Alumni of the 2 1/2 years of shows will be playing as many songs of the past Rehaash shows!
Call for your reservations at 410-626-9796!

Uku-Nanny
2026-07-28 19:30 - 22:00 (America/New_York)

Dave Chappell & Friends- AKA HippieHappy Hour
2026-07-29 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-08-05 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-08-19 17:00 - 19:00 UTC | 49 West – The Back Room, 49 West St., Annapolis, MD, 21401, United States
Dave Chappell, Jimmy Jacobs, Rurik Reshetiloff & more!

Cafe Scientifique
2026-07-30 18:00 - 19:15 (America/New_York)
Annapolis Café Scientifique
THURSDAY, July 30, 2026 talk: Taking a Closer Look at the Ocean’s Declining Oxygen, by Hernan Garcia. This will be the 100th talk since Tracy, Andy, Roz and Paul began hosting Annap.Cafe Sci!
Taking a Closer Look at the Ocean’s Declining Oxygen
Speaker: Hernan Garcia, PhD, Retired Oceanographer with NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS).
About the Talk: Oxygen is critical to ocean health as it affects ecosystem composition, abundance, and distribution of marine microbes and animals. The ocean’s dissolved oxygen content has been declining by about 2% since at least the 1950s; a process termed ocean deoxygenation. This presentation provides a brief synthesis of observed O2 chemical changes and trends based on historical oceanographic data collected worldwide by many countries and institutions over the 1950 to 2023 time period.
About the Speaker: Hernan Garcia is a research chemical oceanographer with NOAA’s Centers for Environmental Information. He and NOAA colleagues developed the largest global ocean oceanographic database of observations to date. Hernan has always been interested in understanding global-scale ocean biochemical changes such as ocean deoxygenation and trends. He led the World Data Service for Oceanography and served as U.S. National Data Management coordinator for UNESCO. Hernan received his PhD at Oregon State University and conducted postdoctoral work at UCSD Scripps Institution of Oceanography before joining NOAA in 2001. He retired in July 2025 after 24 years with NOAA.
Observation-based trends (1960-2010) in dissolved oxygen change in the ocean in the upper 1200 meters (0.75 mi). Most of the open ocean shows deoxygenation in varying degrees of magnitude. Source: Schmidtko et al. Decline in global oceanic oxygen content during the past five decades. Nature 542, 335–339 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature21399
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Jay Crawdad & Larry Byrne
2026-07-30 20:00 - 23:00 (America/New_York)
An Intimate evening with Jay Crawdad & Larry Byrne. Soul, Jazz, Hip Hop
Please call for your reservations at 410-627-9796

Mike McHenry & Friends
2026-07-31 20:30 - 23:00 (America/New_York)
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The Solid Sender Trio
2026-08-01 19:30 - 22:30 (America/Halifax)
Please call for reservations at 410-626-9796.
Solid Sender -Leslie Agre, Rurik Reshetilof and Jimmy Jacobs

Gary Wright & Leah Weiss
2026-08-02 17:30 - 19:30 (America/Halifax) | 49 West – The Front Room, 49 West St., Annapolis, MD, 21401, United States
GARY WRIGHT & LEAH WEISS play roots-Americana music. Drawing from the traditions of Appalachian old-time and country music, their repertoire is a blend of originals, reinvented traditional songs and tunes, and innovative contemporary covers. Driving fiddle lines and tight harmony singing are trademarks of their sound.
No Cover Charge

Backroom Sessions with Rabbits Anonymous (Ryan Abbot & Colleen Devaney), Colin Cutler (Greensboro, NC) & Skribe!
2026-08-03 19:30 - 22:30 (America/New_York)
The Back Room Sessions is a song & story concert series happening on the 1st Monday of every month at 49 West Coffeehouse in Historic Annapolis, MD. The featured artists are curated by local Americana artist Skribe who also hosts & performs a set. All shows are recorded so please keep refrain from conversation during performances. $20 cover will be added to your check and goes to the artists. Doors at 7:30.
49 West Coffehouse & Winebar provides an intimate artsy concert experience with full table service and no TVs.
There are 40 seats and we often sell out so call 49 West at (410) 626-9796 to reserve your table now!
The featured artists for Monday 8/3/26 are Rabbits Anonymous (Ryan Abbot & Colleen Devaney), Colin Cutler (Greensboro, NC) & Skribe!
Colin Cutler
https://www.colincutlermusic.com/
Rabbits Anonymous
https://btorgrecords.com/pages/rabbitsanonymous
Skribe
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL-Lx5dSVEstEQwSNSMyqTQ

Unified Jazz Ensemble
2026-08-04 19:00 - 21:30, 2026-08-18 19:00 - 21:30 UTC | 49 West – The Back Room, 49 West St., Annapolis, MD, 21401, United States
Playing the 1st, 3rd (and sometimes) the 5th Tuesdays of the Month!
The Unified Jazz Ensemble is a dynamic group of masterful musicians from the USA. This ensemble has years of experience educating and entertaining diverse audiences. This is acoustic jazz, a classic American art form, done to perfection with audience interaction at its best.

Songbird Open Mic
2026-08-05 19:30 - 22:00 (America/New_York)

Alter Ego Quartet
2026-08-06 19:30 - 22:00 (America/New_York)
Celebrate the centennial of Miles Davis with the Alter Ego Quartet, featuring Anjan Shah on saxophone, Jim Stivers on guitar, Mike Montgomery on bass, and David Martin on drums. Drawing from Miles’ groundbreaking repertoire, the group explores classics including All Blues, Solar, Blue in Green, Freddie Freeloader, and Nardis. Join us for an evening of timeless melodies, inventive improvisation, and the enduring spirit of one of jazz’s most influential artists. Limited seating. Reservations encouraged.

First Fridays with Tom Mitchell- Blue Rhythm Boys
2026-08-07 20:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York)
Friday, Oct. 3rd
What: Tom Mitchell’s 1st Fridays at 49 West
with the Blue Rhythm Boys – Jim Stephanson & Tom Mitchell
Where: 49 West Café, 49 West Street Annapolis, Md 21401
More: 8pm to 10:30 pm / $15
Reservations Encouraged- 410-626-9796
Have some dinner, have some drinks and enjoy some living, breathing, hardworking musicians bringing you all they got!

Jane Error & Raquel Ra Brown
2026-08-08 19:30 - 22:00 (America/New_York)
Please call 410-626-9796 to make your reservations

Man & Wolf
2026-08-09 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
Daphne Eckman & Gingerwolf

2nd Monday Songwriters Showcase Presents: Jeff Muller, Dan Haas, Laura Brino & Meg Murray hosted by Angie Miller
2026-08-10 19:30 - 22:00 (America/New_York)
MON AUG 10 7PM 49 West Cafe its 2ND MONDAY SONGWRITERS SERIES feat. BIRTHDAY BOY Jeff Muller, Dan Haas, Laura Brino Meg Murray Music and your Hostess with the Mostess Angie Miller Angie Miller!! You know you wanna!!
Call 410-626-9796 for your reservations today!

Viands @ Co
2026-08-11 19:30 - 22:00 (America/New_York)
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Songbird Collective Presents:The Summer Side Showcase
2026-08-12 19:30 - 22:00 (America/New_York)
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Chloe Key, Grace Elly, Dominick Satterwhite- The Summer Side Band
Please call 410-626-9796 to make your reservations.

The Annapolis Round Up
2026-08-13 19:30 - 22:00 (America/New_York)

Papa Presents:
2026-08-14 19:30 - 22:00 (America/New_York)

Dean Rosenthal’s 4 Piece Racket
2026-08-15 19:30 - 22:00 (America/New_York)
Please call for your reservations at 410-626-9796

The Befuddlers
2026-08-16 16:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York)

Dream Punch, David Augustus & Charm
2026-08-16 19:30 - 22:00 (America/New_York)
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Please call 410-626-9796 to make your reservations

ITZALL Goode Concerts and SHC Music Tribe Present Pierce Pettis with Special Guest Danielle Howle 49 West
2026-08-17 19:30 - 22:00 (America/New_York)
ITZALL Goode Concerts and SHC Music Tribe Present
Pierce Pettis with Special Guest Danielle Howle 49 West
Monday, August 17, 2026
49 West Coffeehouse, Winebar, and Gallery
40westcoffeehouse.com
Tickets $20 – Door $25
https://PiercePettiswithDanielleHowle.eventbrite.com
If you reserve an advanced ticket, do not call the venue to reserve a seat. Your ticket is your reservation. If you do not want to buy a ticket online, you can make a reservation by calling 410-626-9796
For more info, email shcmusictribe@gmail.com
ABOUT PIERCE: piercepettis.com
After a lifetime of crafting finely-wrought, heart-touching songs, singer-songwriter Pierce Pettis feels that he’s finally found his comfort zone. The biggest change, he says, of this point in his career has been getting over myself and realizing this is a job and a craft. And the purpose is not fame and fortune (whatever that is) but simply doing good work.
From the time I was very little, I always had the music going in my head, Pettis explains. Like my own personal soundtrack or something. I also come from a fairly musical family: my mother went to music school and was an excellent organist and pianist. And my sisters all played piano and other instruments. In school, I met other kids who wanted to be rock stars, just like me. From the time we were around 10 or so up through high school, we put together various bands — all of them horrible.
His horrible bands didn’t deter hi,m though and even though he had a nagging feeling (I thought I was supposed to be a doctor or something.) he persevered, not only playing music but writing songs in a mix of rock, folk, country and R&B genres that landed him an unpaid position as a staff writer for Muscle Shoals Sounds Studios. While there, his track Song at the End of the Movie found its way to Joan Baez’s 1979 album Honest Lullaby.
Pettis hit the road and became a member of the Fast Folk movement in New York in the mid-1980s. He released one independent solo album, Moments (1984), before signing with High Street Records, a division of Windham Hill. There, he released three albums: While the Serpent Lies Sleeping (1989), Tinseltown (1991), and Chase the Buffalo (1993). His relationship with Tinseltown producer Mark Heard transcended the album. After Heards’ untimely death in 1992, Pettis committed to including a song of Heards on every one of his own albums, a practice that continues to this day.
Pettis was a staff songwriter for PolyGram from 1993-2000, and when his High Street contract ended, Pettis signed to Compass Records, where he has released Making Light of It (1996), Everything Matters (1998), State of Grace (2001), and Great Big World (2004). Pierce Pettis’ songs have been recorded by artists including Susan Ashton, Dar Williams, Garth Brooks, and Art Garfunkel.
His album, “That Kind of Love” on Compass Records, was released January 27, 2009. In 2013, “New Agrarians Songs & Stories of the Southland” was released, a co-effort by Pierce Pettis, Kate Campbell & Tom Kimmel. Fathers Son, Pettis’s newest solo project for Compass Records Group, was released in January of 2019 to widespread critical praise in the US, UK, and Europe.
Pettis currently lives in NE Alabama with his dog, Buddy, and his cat, Aretha.
ABOUT DANIELLE:
Website:daniellehowle.com
Video: I Held the Satchel opening for Indigo Girls

“An extraordinary mind, a southern storyteller with a gorgeous sense of melody that should be pouring out of stereos everywhere” – The New York Times
“Howle captivates audiences with her stunning vocal ability” – Broadwayworld.com
Danielle Howle is a free spirit on a mission: “I want to be your friend, and I want to blow your mind,” she says. On her latest album, Current, the South Carolina songbird accomplishes both with tenderness, charm, and ease.
A lifelong artist and natural storyteller, Howle has lived a million lives in one, releasing well over a dozen studio albums in a four-decade career that has traversed genres, styles, and cultures, encompassing everything from country-swamp-blues and jazz to folk, southern rock, indie, and Americana – all while endlessly exploring the depths of the human condition. She’s opened for legends like Bob Dylan and Bonnie Raitt, and was a close friend of the late singer/songwriter Elliott Smith, but Howle doesn’t focus on, nor does she live in the past: Her head and her heart are in the present, as is made abundantly clear throughout her highly anticipated sixteenth studio album, Current (out November 2023 via Kill Rock Stars Nashville).

Jazz Wire Jam Session
2026-08-20 19:30 - 22:30 (America/Halifax)
Jeff Antoniuk’s Monthly JazzWire Jam Session
7:30 pm – 10:30 pm ($10 cover)
One of the top jazz jam sessions in the DC/MD/VA area is right here at 49 West! Hosted by jazz education legend Jeff Antoniuk, and sponsored by JazzWire (www.JazzWire.net), this is friendly, welcoming and swinging good time. Adult amateurs and semi-pros, high school students and hot shot college players all converge on the 3rd Thursday of the month to share their stuff.
The first set (7:30pm) features one of Jeff Antoniuk’s Jazz Band Masterclass (www.JazzBandMasterclass.com) groups in concert. From 8:30pm on, they are the house band for the jam session. Come one, come all, and tell your friends. There isn’t a more fun night out this month! Cover $10
