The Sinister Left - CANCELLED !!!  Sat, Aug 23, 9:30-11pm, The Wanch, 54 Jaffe Road, Wanchai, Tel. 2861 1621: "Playing all original music".
Email, www.myspace.com/thesinisterleft.

J.A.A.M.:  Sun, Aug 24, 5:30-7:30pm, The Island Bar, YSW: Two hours of mellow acoustics music, both vocal and instrumental.

Red Star Rising: Wed, Aug 27, 11pm, The Wanch, 54 Jaffe Road, Wanchai, Tel. 2861 1621: Red Star teams up with blues ace Tommy Chung. Show starts at 9:30pm. Red Star will be on at 11pm. RSR will be playing all the popular original tunes from Megaphone Man and Dollar Arcade to Shopping Malls, Escalator Girls and Walking With The Devil. Four of Steve's tunes, including his solo CROSSING THE BORDER are now up on MySpace. website, email.

Lamma Business Owners Group meeting: Thu, Aug 28, 8:30am, Lamma Activities Centre, Main Street, YSW (behind Ice-Cream Express opposite of Deli Lamma): website.

Transnoodle & NEW LAMMA BAND: Fri, Aug 29, 9:30pm-late, Makumba Africa Bar, Peel Street (between Elgin & Hollywood Rd), Soho, Central. See Facebook for details.

"Lammaites Rie Wada, Matt Steele, and Tunji Heath will debut a BRAND-NEW Lamma band (so new they don't have a name yet) playing funky soulful music, at Makumba this Friday at a special midnight show, after Transnoodle's last of a three-part series of summer shows.
COME ON, LAMMAITES! Last TRANSNOODLE show this summer! With Special guest band Featuring Surprise Mystery Lammaites!"