{"id":10067,"date":"2025-12-02T13:14:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T18:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/?page_id=10067"},"modified":"2026-09-04T11:29:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T16:29:05","slug":"shows-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/shows-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Music, Trivia, Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Upcoming Stuff<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These days, you&#8217;ll find (and hear) Michael playing both solo and with His New Best Friends, in addition to hosting several weekly trivia nights. There&#8217;s a lot going on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Saturday September 19th<br>Private Event, Watsonville CA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sunday September 20th<br><a href=\"https:\/\/aromasgrange.org\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/aromasgrange.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aromas Grange<\/a><\/strong><br>361 Rose Avenue, Aromas CA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Co-bill with Michael Gaither &amp; His New Best Friends (full band) and local Aromas favorite Heartquakers. Doors open at 3:30pm. Music at 4:30pm. Proceeds benefit the grange. Tickets available Marshall&#8217;s Market in Aromas, at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/michael-gaither-his-new-best-friends-with-special-guests-the-heartquakers-tickets-1995041404546\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/michael-gaither-his-new-best-friends-with-special-guests-the-heartquakers-tickets-1995041404546\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">eventbrite.com<\/a> and at the door day of show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sunday September 27th<br>Private Event, Santa Cruz CA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Saturday October 31st<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whalecityaptos.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.whalecityaptos.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Whale City Aptos<\/a><\/strong><br>7941 Soquel Drive, Aptos CA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Michael and his SCARY New Best Friends celebrate their favorite holiday ON HALLOWEEN night this year. Full-band show with dancing, Halloween tunes, upbeat originals and covers, costume contest, witches, antics AND great food with a full bar. Starts at 5:00pm. No cover!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Get the Latest<\/strong><br>Sign up on <strong><a href=\"mailto:michael@michaelgaither.com?subject=Subscribe-to-Michael-Gaither-Music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael\u2019s Monthly Mailing List<\/a><\/strong> to get info in the latest gigs and other events as they drop in!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ongoing Trivia Nights<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Trivia Wednesdays at <a href=\"https:\/\/bargetto.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bargetto Winery, <\/a><\/strong>3535 North Main Street, Soquel. This weekly series begins at 6:30pm every Wednesday. Michael hosts every other week, trading off with David L. Hays Jr. <br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Second Tuesday Trivia @ <a href=\"https:\/\/seascapegc.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/seascapegc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Seascape Golf Club<\/a><\/strong>, 610 Clubhouse Drive, Aptos. Running on the second Tuesday of every month. Two rounds of ten questions each, with four rotating topics thorough the game. Full bar plus food specials. Starts at 6:00pm. Upcoming dates: <strong>August 11th,<\/strong> <strong>September 8th<\/strong>, <strong>October 13th<\/strong>, <strong>November 10th<\/strong> and <strong>December 8th<\/strong>.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tacos &amp; Trivia &#8211; Every Thursday&nbsp;at&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elvaquerowinery.com\/events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>El Vaquero Winery<\/strong><\/a>, 2901 Freedom Blvd in Corralitos. One long game with four categories, including visual and audio rounds, centered around a trivia theme for the evening. Wine to the three top-scoring teams. Game starts at 7:00pm. No reservations necessary. Food available from Chubby&#8217;s Tacos, Corralitos Pizza and Circle &amp; Square.<br><br><strong>For tips and hints on all trivia games, check Michael&#8217;s Instagram <a style=\"font-size: revert;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/michael_gaither\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@michael_gaither<\/a> on game day!<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.michaelgaither.com%2Fhome%2Fshows-2%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;&amp;width=800&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:800px;height:30px;margin-top:5px;\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Upcoming Stuff These days, you&#8217;ll find (and hear) Michael playing both solo and with His New Best Friends, in addition [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10331,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10067","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10067"}],"version-history":[{"count":80,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10355,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10067\/revisions\/10355"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}