Jazz session with the Mitch Watkins Trio at the iconic Congress Ave basement club, The Elephant Room.
Mitch Watkins and his trio are back at The Elephant Room on Tuesday, August 25, starting at 6 PM. It's part of the trio's regular Tuesday night residency at the club, so if you've been meaning to catch them, this is one of the nights they're always around.
Watkins is a fixture of the Austin scene, often called 'Austin guitar royalty,' and the Elephant Room bills him as 'one of the greatest guitar players on the planet.' The trio's playing is tasteful, lyrical, and deeply musical, and it doesn't stay in one lane—it pulls from jazz, folk, and beyond. That versatility is part of why he's worked with such a wide range of artists; he's backed everyone from Lyle Lovett to Leonard Cohen.
As for the room, The Elephant Room is Austin's iconic Congress Avenue basement club, with live jazz nightly. Its basement stage hosts many of the club's most popular acts, and the trio is one of them, playing there every Tuesday. If you're not familiar with the spot, it's a basement stage in the heart of downtown, and it's where a lot of the city's jazz life happens.
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Practical details: The set starts at 6 PM, and there's no cover before 8 PM, so if you get there early, you can catch the music without paying a door charge. The Elephant Room is on Congress Avenue, and the trio plays there every Tuesday.
