Come to Giant Jones for a silent movie screening of Russian auteur Sergei Eisenstein’s first full-length feature, Strike!
Set just before the 1905 Bolshevik Revolution, depicts a workers’ strike against their oppressive factory bosses. When a worker is accused of stealing a piece of machinery, he commits suicide, and his fellow employees revolt against the Czarist regime controlling the factory. As the strike drags on and government officials grow more desperate to end it, their methods of dealing with the rebellious workers become grislier.
This screening will be accompanied by live music from Madison’s own Wonderporium!
Wonderporium is an ensemble specializing in improvised music. Based in Madison, WI, the trio combines acoustic instruments, synthesized sound, and live effects processing to craft dynamic large-scale sonic environments. Their fully improvised performances are marked by a distinctive blend of eclectic contrasts and cinematic depth, offering an ever-evolving auditory experience.
Tickets ($15) are available now for this one of a kind movie experience.
You are welcome to bring in your own food, or you can order from our neighbors at The Deliciouser (until 9pm).
Movie starts at 8pm! (Our tasting room is open at 3pm.)
We love music here at Giant Jones, especially jazz, so we’re very excited that our friend Jon Irabagon is going to play at our tasting room!
Join us to celebrate the collaborative spirit that music and beer fosters! Jon Irabagon, whose most recent album, Someone to Someone, lent inspiration to our own barrel-aged Belgian-style stout (of the same name), will be playing (and recording) a solo bass saxophone set here at Giant Jones, starting at 8 pm, Friday, December 12th!
The show is free!
Come say hi, listen in, enjoy some beers, purchase the album, and celebrate the joys of community and connection with us!
We’ve got new art hanging on our walls from Kate Olsen Birner! Their work will be showcased here at Giant Jones through 9/14.
Kate is a visual artist based in southwestern Wisconsin. Their skills and specialties include, but are not limited to: portraits, painting, bottle cap mosaics, collage, mixed media and large-scale work.
They have been a working artist since college and an art educator for 35 years.
Their use of color and pattern is heavily influenced by the pre-Columbian and Native Peruvian (Quechua) artwork to which they were exposed as a child.
Stop by to meet the artist and check out their show “Courage”. There will also be live music from SoaringTortoise!
It’s Sunday Funday at Giant Jones & our Lagniappe stage will be showcasing amazing musical acts all day long. Our tasting room will open at Noon so come on by and grab some beers & sit back and enjoy the music…
1pm-2pm The Stop and Listen – The Stop and Listen plays old-time stringband music with a unique set of instruments and voices. We specialize in fiddle tunes, old-time songs, jug band numbers, and country blues. They bring some serious drive and groove with harmonicas (sometimes a couple at once), extraordinary improvisation on cello and fiddle, banjos of uncompromising size, and a bass with a chip on its shoulder. Songs are sung with an old-time swagger, harmonies included.
2:45pm-3:45pm The Lonesome Cobras – A band from Madison and Milwaukee featuring an unusual take on songwriter music–with violin, accordion, upright bass, multiple vocalists, and a dark, bluesy sound.
4:30pm-5:30pm Jon Irabagon Trio – First-generation Filipino-American saxophonist Jon Irabagon (b. 1978, Chicago) draws from the AACM’s innovative spirit and Chicago’s storied tenor saxophone legacy. Equally skilled in modern jazz and new music, he blends influences from late-period Coltrane and modern classical, composing primarily for mixed chamber ensembles tailored to his musicians’ unique voices.
6:15pm-7:15pm Mr Chair – Mr. Chair is a boundary-pushing Madison piano trio blending jazz, classical, and experimental sounds. Known for dynamic collaborations across genres, they’ve released acclaimed albums like Nebulebula, Better Days, the operatic Sirena, and hip hop-infused Spectaculous. Their adventurous performances range from A Charlie Brown Christmas to Stravinsky reworks, all marked by bold storytelling and musical precision.