STL Weekend Events: January 22-25
Jessica
Your St. Louis Weekend Event Guide for Thursday, January 22nd through Sunday, January 25th.
Featured Event
Sesame Street Live: Let’s Dance!: Hosted by two live performers, Sesame Street Live “Let’s Dance!” offers an up-close, interactive experience that includes dance parties. Like television’s Sesame Street, each Sesame Street Live production features timeless tunes and lessons for all ages. The universal appeal of each Broadway-quality musical production continues long after preschool. Adults will appreciate the professional staging, cleverly written script, and music they’ll recognize and enjoy sharing with children. Tickets: Opening Night: $63, $39 & $15, Fri – Sun: $63, $39, $27 & $19. We gave away tickets last month in our Friday Vine contest. Want to know what we’re giving away this month? Check it out!
Date: Jan 22-25
Time: Times vary
Place: Peabody Opera House – 1400 Market
Thursday
Pharmakon with Ghost Ice: Margaret Chardiet is a founding member of the Red Light District collective in NY, and has been a figurehead in the underground experimental scene since the age of seventeen. Bestial Burden is a thematically intense album based on a major surgery Chardiet had just before she was set to go on her first European tour. It’s the second Pharmakon LP for Sacred Bones Records. Jeremy Kannapell is an artist, filmmaker and musician and has been actively participating in St. Louis’s experimental music scene for the past 10 years. Performing under the moniker Ghost Ice, Kannapell creates collaged stereoscopic bursts of electronic sound combining homemade gear, tapes, and synthesizers, while fusing influences ranging from French Musique Concrete to post-Industrial sound tactics. Tickets are $10 in advance or $12 at the door.
Date: Jan 22
Time: 9pm
Place: The Luminary – 2701 Cherokee
Big and Rich at PBR St. Louis: Big and Rich will be performing a charity show in St. Louis as part of the STL Auto Show. As the full-throttle action and excitement surrounding the Saint Louis Auto Show reaches maximum capacity the Saint Louis Auto Dealers Association will once again be taking time out to help some worthy causes in style. VIP ticket price includes food, beverage, and Big and Rich performance. General admission ticket does not include food and beverage. GA ticket is $40, VIP is $100.
Date: Jan 22
Time: 7pm
Place: PBR Bar – Ballpark Village
Friday & Saturday
5th Annual Shimmy Showdown: Watch some of the most fabulous, glamorous, and talented women take the stage, ready for combat: 12 Competitors, 1 Night, 1 Shimmy Shaker will reign supreme! This hilarious, improv, “death match” style competition will be a night of unforgettable entertainment! Hosted by Lola van Ella with a glorious step down performance from 2014 Shimmy Showdown Champion, Siobhan Atomica! Plus: Celebrity Judges: Hollywood legend and star of stage and screen, Clownvis Presley, Jeez Loueez, and business mogul and local entertainer, Kristen Goodman. Music by DJ Monsieur Gaston! In addition to the Showdown, there will also be an All Star show featuring all of our wonderful national stars on Saturday, the 24th at the Ivory Theater. Tickets are $18.
Date: Jan 23
Time: 9pm
Place: 2720 Cherokee
St. Louis Ambush: Come out and see the Ambush take on the Tulsa Revolution on Friday night followed by the Witchita B-52s on Saturday night. Come cheer on the Ambush and help them out of a 3 match losing streak. Tickets start at $15. Call the Ambush office to get a discount on the Weekend Pack.
Date: Jan 23 & 24
Time: 7:35pm
Place: St. Charles Family Arena
Winter Jam 2015 Tour Spectacular: Christian music’s largest annual tour will be in downtown St. Louis this Saturday. Grammy nominated platinum-selling rockers, Skillet, will return to the famed Winter Jam stage to headline the blockbuster tour’s 20th year. Founded and hosted by NewSong, the tour will also feature Jeremy Camp, Francesca Battistelli, Building 429, for King & Country, Family Force 5, and evangelist Tony Nolan, while the LifeWay Christian Stores Pre-Jam Party is slated to showcase Blanca, About A Mile and VERIDIA. Tickets are $10 at the door day of show only.
Date: Jan 24
Time: 6pm
Place: Scottrade Center
Mardi Gras Family Carnival: Bring the family out to the Family Winter Carnival! This free, family-friendly event will keep the kids busy with bounce houses, story time, fire trucks, and police vehicles. Kids can also check out fun interactive displays provided by local artists and organizations. The whole family can pick out festive crowns, masquerade masks, and face paint to get in the Mardi Gras spirit! The Carnival concludes at 4pm with the Children’s Parade through Soulard.
Date: Jan 24
Time: 11am-4pm
Place: Soulard Market Park
Clayton Restaurant Week: 19 Clayton fine dining restaurants form the 6th Annual Clayton Restaurant Week. For those unfamiliar with the Restaurant Week concept… they are a vital part of over 50 major cities’ annual schedule of events. For diners, simply attend the participating restaurant of your choice January 19 – 25 and select from a special 3-course dinner menu. Simply visit the participating restaurant of your choice and select from a special 3-course dinner menu for $25 per person, plus tip, plus tax. You can also add an “Extra Helping” $5+ donation to Operation Food Search to help provide nutritious food to the hungry in our community.
Date: Jan 19-25
Time: Available for dinner
Place: Participating restaurants
STL Auto Show: The largest automobile event in the St. Louis area, the Saint Louis Auto Show features more than 500 new cars, trucks, SUVs and luxury vehicles from over 25 manufacturers all under one roof. Drifting champion Vaughn Gittin Jr. brought to you by Cars.com and Valvoline will be back this year. Not only will show attendees get to see Vaughn Gittin Jr. and his Ford Mustang RTR in action, but they will also have the opportunity to get his autograph inside the Edward Jones Dome after each drifting session, and a few lucky fans might even get chosen for a ride-a-long! Check out the all-new Aftermarket Alley. From leather, to DVD players, to spoilers, and rims, you will be able to see the latest and greatest in after market accessories. Don’t miss the STL Auto Show Charity Party featuring Big & Rich on January 22nd at PBR St. Louis at the St. Louis Ballpark Village at 7pm!
Date: Jan 22-25
Time: Thurs: 12-9pm, Fri: 12-10pm, Sat: 10am-10pm, Sun: 10am-5pm
Place: America’s Center & Edward Jones Dome
Sunday
MPBA Basketball: St. Charles welcomes the Midwest Professional Basketball Association with the St. Louis RiverSharks and the Gateway Steam both calling the St. Charles Family Arena their home. Both teams will play in a double-header matinee. The RiverSharks play first at 1pm against the Bloomington Flex. The Flex won back-to-back championships in the Premier Basketball League in 2012 and 2013. The second game of the afternoon will feature the Gateway Steam against the Chicago Force. Tip-off for the nightcap is set for 4pm. Tickets range from $10 to $25.
Date: Jan 25
Time: 1pm
Place: St. Charles Family Arena
Blues For The Heart Benefit: Blues concert to benefit the American Heart Association. 12th annual event with performances by Pat Liston, Rough Grooves with special guests Big Mike Aguirre and Aaron Griffin, Paul Bonn and the Bluesmen with special guests Melissa Neels and Matt “Rattlesnake” Lesch, Benefit Blues Band, Five Long Years, Hudson and the Hoodoo Cats, Jeremiah Johnson Band.
Date: Jan 25
Time: 1-8pm
Place: BBs Jazz & Blues- 700 S Broadway
Jessica
Doesn’t know how to cook and survives pretty much on macaroni and cheese and pizza, so naturally, loves to eat out at restaurants. However, one day when she is married and has a family to cook for, she would love to take cooking classes and learn awesome skills like the chefs on Iron Chef America...as long as she doesn't have to clean the dishes afterwards.
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