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The Sunday-night wrap

Week of Mon, Jun 22 – Sun, Jun 28 · Sunday-night wrap

The Week
in Review.

21 shows on the Sacramento calendar this week, day by day, plus what we published.

Mon–Sun, Pacific time. A new wrap goes up Sunday at 6 pm.

Our coverage

Tue, Jun 23 · profile
Rainbow City Park Is Learning the Band in Public
Sacramento's Rainbow City Park spent three years learning to be a band in public. A debut EP, a sold-out SF support slot, and July 4 at the park they're named after.
By Eddie Stratton
Thu, Jun 25 · profile
The Band That Stayed
In a Sacramento scene built on churn, Arden Park Roots are the band that stayed: two decades, several genres of local music held open mostly on their own, and the closing slot at the 33rd Concerts in the Park.
By Eddie Stratton
Fri, Jun 26 · article
Sac Setlist Weekend Wire — June 26–28
Friday ends a 33-year tradition for free downtown. Saturday a punk legend plays a 200-cap blues room while the hometown heroes pack an arena. Sunday closes with a Pride party. Here's the best of the weekend in Sacramento.
By Eddie Stratton
Fri, Jun 26 · article
Tonight in Sacramento — Friday, June 26
Friday night in Sacramento ends a 33-year tradition for free downtown — and that's just the marquee. From a reggae-rock institution closing Concerts in the Park to funk at the Shady Lady, here's every room worth being in tonight.
By Eddie Stratton
Fri, Jun 26 · profile
BTU Arts Is Building the Path In
A Sacramento nonprofit and a New Orleans-style brass band are the same engine, teaching kids in South Sacramento the horns that stock the city's second lines.
By Eddie Stratton
Sun, Jun 28 · article
Café Colonial Wins a 2026 Music in Action Grant
Sacramento's DIY stronghold is one of 29 independent venues nationwide to land a 2026 Music in Action grant from the Live Music Society — money headed toward a heritage festival and more room for local artists.
By Eddie Stratton
Sun, Jun 28 · article
The Alt-Weekly That Built Sacramento's Cultural Record Goes to The Observer
After 37 years, the Sacramento News & Review hands its website to The Sacramento Observer for nothing. The lights stay on. The open question is who keeps covering the scene.
By Eddie Stratton

On the calendar

Monday, June 221 show

7:00 PM
Bôa
Ace of Spades · R Street Corridor
Our take:Alt-Rockalternative rock

Tuesday, June 231 show

7:00 PM
Khemmis
The Starlet Room
Our take:doom metalDoom Metal

Thursday, June 251 show

5:30 PM
Sky Eyes — Rhythm on the River
Drake's The Barn · Bridge District
LocalOur take:LatinReggae

Friday, June 267 shows

Saturday, June 279 shows

Sunday, June 282 shows

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