click to enlarge Roosevelt Row Bar The Lost Leaf brings back live music. The Lost Leaf You won’t have to wait long to see a show at The Lost Leaf, as the Roosevelt Row bar and cultural center will again host live music gigs in late July. Lost Leaf’s music and arts curator Tato Caraveo tells Phoenix New Times that the venue will be hosting regular live gigs on Friday, July 30th, with performances by local bands The MadCaPs, Beekeeper and Spiritual Warfare and the Greasy Shadows will resume, followed by a set by singer-songwriter Will De Carvalho (aka Will From Brazil) on Saturday July 31st. Both shows will take place from 9 p.m. at The Lost Leaf. Admission is free. It is the first time in more than 16 months that the popular bar, located on Fifth Street south of Roosevelt Street, has regularly hosted bands or musicians. (Local DJ Alex “Djentrification” Votichenko played a few times in the back yard of the venue last year and the Bad Cactus Brass Band also played a set in July). “We waited a bit to see how it went [with the pandemic] before we had music, ”says Caraveo. “I started planning the bands again about three weeks ago.” Related Stories I Support Local Community Journalism Support the independent voice of Phoenix and help keep the future of the New Times clear. The Lost Leaf has opened and closed a number of times since the pandemic began. It was initially closed from March 2020 before reopening for field service in November 2020. The bar closed again from January to March this year due to an increase in COVID-19 cases in the valley. Back office work was resumed at the end of June. click to enlarge Sweetbleeders appear in the 2012 Lost Leaf. Before the pandemic, bands, musicians and DJs performed every night at Lost Leaf. Caraveo says they will offer a reduced program for the foreseeable future, with shows a few nights a week, including a jazz night on Monday and bands on Friday and Saturday. The focus will also be on local artists, he says. “We’re going to try to cut things down and keep the regular Monday evenings and Fridays and Saturdays for now, but maybe [expand] every now and then on one or the other Wednesday and Thursday, ”says Caraveo. “We’re trying to keep it a bit more local instead of touring.” However, live music on Lost Leaf may not last long thanks to the recent surge in COVID-19 cases from the Delta variant. Co-owner Eric Dahl texted the New Times that they may revert to working outdoors only, requiring guests to wear masks, but are considering putting on live music outside. According to Caraveo, it all depends on people’s comfort and other factors. “With cases rising again, we’re not really sure what’s going to happen. It really depends on what Eric and others choose, ”says Caraveo. “Once the weather cools down, it may be easier to move on to more outdoor shows. It all depends on what’s going on. ”
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