On Tuesday, Sky Zone, the premier indoor active entertainment destination announced it is set to be opening new locations including in Santa Clarita by the end of the year.  “Opening new Sky Zone parks in Texas, California and Oregon will give us market share in strategic target markets,” said Shawn Hassel, CEO of Sky Zone. “We continue to capitalize on ...

Valentine’s Day is Sunday, of course — and what better way to start the most romantic weekend of the year than with an irreverent, side-splitting marathon comedy show? By Stephen K. Peeples Friday night starting at 8, more than a dozen SoCal comedians will converge on Newhall for two hours of merry mayhem at the Spotlight Arts Center on Lyons ...

Santa Clarita Valley Entertainment Report: October 22, 2015: The California Alliance for Jazz recently honored the College of the Canyons Studio Jazz Ensemble as 2015 State Champions, and for the second year in a row. On Friday night at the Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center, COC’s big band and student Jazz Lab bands will flash back to the ‘40s. The ...

By Stephen K. Peeples Santa Clarita Valley Entertainment Report: September 24, 2015 – It’s “Rock Universe” night Friday at Vincenzo’s on Lyons Avenue in Newhall. The show’s theme is prog, funk and folk, and the lineup includes local whiz kid guitarist Roger Atlas. Roger and his keyboard-playing younger brother Dennis blew us away on SCVTV’s “House Blend” a few years ...

By Stephen K. Peeples Santa Clarita Valley Entertainment Report: September 09, 2015 – Thursdays at Newhall this month features the “Revved Up” car show, and it’s low-rider night. Starting at 7 p.m., some sweet rides will be rollin’ static drops and hydraulically bouncin’ down Main Street in Old Town Newhall. There’ll be a live DJ, food trucks and a beer ...

By Stephen K. Peeples Last Friday the L.A. SummerFest at Rivendale on The Old Road near Calgrove featured local blues bands gettin’ down for International Blues Day. This Friday, SummerFest goes spiritual with “An Evening of Praise, Songs of Hope, Love and Grace.” The concert features music from Christ Lutheran Church, Newhall Church of the Nazarene and the Valencia UMC. ...

By Stephen K. Peeples On Friday night, the L.A. Summerfest at Rivendale on The Old Road presents “Broadway Rocks.” More than a dozen of your favorite local singers will perform tunes from stage productions and movies like “All Shook Up,” “Footloose,” “Rent,” “Rock of Ages,” “Rocky Horror Picture Show” and “Tommy,” plus Queen’s immortal “We Will Rock You.”  General admission ...

By Stephen K. Peeples On Friday night the Valencia Jazz & Blues summer series presents the return of Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps. The world-famous, award-winning local blues band and SCVTV “House Blend” stars just got back from a European tour with Eric Burdon of The Animals. Showtime for Teresa and the Tramps is 7 p.m. on the street ...

By Stephen K. Peeples If you dug the smokin’ set by Kelly’s Lot last Friday at the Valencia Jazz & Blues Festival, you have a couple chances to see more of bandleader Kelly Z coming up. Thursday night at Bergie’s, off Sand Canyon in Canyon Country, she and bandmate Perry Robinson will sit in with SCV Blues Society award-winner and ...

Santa Clarita Valley Entertainment Report: June 17, 2015 – Well, drummer Chuck Strong, the Santa Clarita Valley Blues Society award-winner and SCVTV “House Blend” star, is gonna be in a jam Thursday night. A rockin’ blues jam, that is, at Bergie’s Steakhouse, in Canyon Country off Sand Canyon and Soledad. Red-hot guitarist Tommy March is cruising in from Ventura, joining ...