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Upcoming Events, Concerts & Bands
at Ratso's
Events
April
April 27th -
Construction Opening
Stop by and check out the ongoing construction!
We'll
have a full outdoor bar inside a heated tent, and we'll be
serving up a partial menu including finger foods and barbeque fresh
from our smokers. If the weather's nice we'll open the flaps and let
the warm breeze blow through, if it's chilly or rainy we'll drop the
flaps and turn up the heat.
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May
Tournament Time!
Join us for our 1st annual
Rat Bait Fresh Water & Salt Water fishing tournaments, held
Saturday May 14th & Saturday May 21st. There'll be trophies,
give always, classes for the kids and bragging rights for the
adults.
Bring your fish back and tell our
cooks how you want it grilled while you kick back and listen to
music from the country rock band Cowboy Style who cover songs by
Toby Keith, Alan Jackson and Clint Black just to name a few.
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June
Grand Opening Party - June 3rd to June 6th
Years from now a lot of people will
claim they were there at the beginning - the first night of the Rat.
Be one of the people who really were there.
On Friday night meet our phenomenal
house band, The Cold Shot Blues Band,
playing a mix of rock, southern rock, blues and country rock.
On Saturday afternoon things lighten
up with Caribbean Soul playing Jimmy Buffett and Caribbean themed
music out on the patio in the afternoon.
On Saturday night come down and check
out the amazing Elijah Black band. These guys have shared the stage
with the likes of Neil Young, Motley Crue, Warrant, Steve Vai, Dream
Theatre, Styx, Jackyl, Cinderella, Ratt and more. (sample
their music)
On Sunday afternoon Caribbean Soul is
back playing Jimmy Buffett and Caribbean themed music out on the
patio in the afternoon, and our own Cold Shot
band is back on stage in the evening.
Monday the
party continues for those playing hooky from work with incredible
beer 'n barbeque specials all day and into the night.
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July
July 2nd, Hot Rod & Custom Car Show
We'll have 1,500 custom cars
and hot rods at Ratso's all day Saturday. We'll kick the day off
with a Hot Rod Parade through downtown Mays Landing. There'll be a a
car show all day, a midway with vendors and parts for your own
custom car project. The Platters will provide the soundtrack for the
day, and of course there's all that great Ratso's barbeque.
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August
Saturday August 6th, The Who Needs
Sturgis Party !
Can't make it out to Sturgis
this year? Who cares, we're partying in Jersey. Come join us for the
Who Needs Sturgis Party. We're having live music all weekend, a
vendor midway with everything you can imagine for your bike and a
huge bike show on Sunday.
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September
Sept 3rd, 1st Annual Rat Run
Bike run to benefit breast cancer research. Five separate runs in
one!
The Rat Run starts at five locations
in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware, all ending at a huge
concert with The Allman Brothers Dickie Betts performing at the
party at Ratso's.
Come party with us for a good cause.
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October
The Ratso's Halloween Bash !
We toast the official end of the 2005
summer season with our Halloween Party. Music and discounts for
people in costume. Come out and help us celebrate the end of another
great summer with the ultimate Halloween concert - Dee
Snyder's Van Helsing's Curse!
Sunday October 30th, End of Season Party
Join us as we bid farewell to another summer season.
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Concerts
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in big name bands and do lawn seating out on the ball fields. All
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Elijah Black
Grand Opening Concert
Saturday, June 4th 9PM
Elijah Black was founder
and front man of Peace Tree. With three successful albums the band
shared the stage with Neil Young, Motley Crue, Dream Theatre, Styx,
Jackyl, Cinderella, Ratt and more.
Now Black has struck out on his own,
teaming with guitarist extraordinaire, Freddy Demarco (Warrant, Steve
Vai) and Jayni Lane (Warrant). His timeless
guitar-driven music is blues and rock inspired, with introspective
and intricate melodies.
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Dickie
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Dickie Betts
Playing the Concert at the 1st Annual Rat Run
September 3rd, 6PM
As the front man of the Allman Brothers Band
since 1969, Dickie Betts and the band pretty much invented
southern rock. Betts penned some of their most popular hits,
including ‘Rambling Man,’ ‘Jessica,’ and ‘Blue
Sky.’
These days Betts is out on his own again,
putting on one of the best live shows in southern rock. If
you've never seen this guy live you've missed out on some of
the best jams you'll ever hear.
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The
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The Platters
July 2nd, Hot Rod & Custom Car Show
The perfect soundtrack for
our Custom Car show, the Platters epitomize the 50's rock
'n soul sound. The Platters have sold sold well over 89
Million records since their founding in 1953. Today
Herb Reed, the original founder of the band, still heads up
the group with his distinctive soulful bass voice.
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Cold
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The Cold Shot
Blues Band
Ratso's House Band, on stage every Friday night
Led by experienced session player Chuck
McCrory, the Cold Shot Blues Band plays an upbeat mix of rock,
southern rock, blues and country rock spanning the 60's to the
present.
If these guys don't get you moving your feet
you're either dead or passed out on the floor.
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Jimmy & The Parrots |
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Caribbean
Sunday Afternoons
at
Ratso's
Can't afford a trip to the Caribbean? Go
there every Sunday afternoon at Ratso's with Bands like Jimmy
& The Parrots, John Frinzi and Doyle Grisham from the Coral Reefer Band.
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Jimmy & The Parrots (formerly
Second Wind)
These guys do a great mix of upbeat summer
music and island tunes. You'll hear songs like Brown
Eyed-Girl, Jamaica Farewell and Southern
Cross wrapped around a core of Jimmy
Buffett island favorites and original songs. And there
are even some unexpected favorites like Play
That Funky Music.
These guys will get you up dancing and
kicking beach balls around the patio like no one else.
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John Frinzi
John plays a mellow mix of acoustic, island,
country-rock and folk music. The perfect soundtrack for a mellow
Sunday afternoon on out patio.
John has shared the stage with such notable
national acts as: Mac McAnally, Peter Mayer, Club Trini, Ray
Wylie Hubbard, Todd Snider, Chuck Pyle, Bill Wharton (The Sauce
Boss), Mark Erelli, Randy Weeks, Slaid Cleaves and Duane Jarvis.
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Dee
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Halloween Bash
Dee Snyder -
Van Helsing's Curse
Dee Snyder brings the wildest Halloween show
in rock 'n roll to Ratso's.
Van Helsing's Curse combines heavy
metal, a classical string section and chanting gothic
monks for a sound celebrating Halloween unlike anything you've
ever heard. (http://www.vanhelsingscurse.com)
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Bands
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June |
Show
Times |
Fri |
Sat |
Sun |
Mon |
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3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
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Caribbean
Soul |
Caribbean
Soul |
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| 7:00-12:00 |
Cold
Shot |
Elijah
Black |
Cold
Shot |
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11 |
12 |
13 |
| 1:00-5:00 |
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Ray
& Dave |
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| 7:00-12:00 |
Cold
Shot |
Tim
McAllister Band |
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18 |
19 |
20 |
| 1:00-5:00 |
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Caribbean
Soul |
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| 7:00-12:00 |
Cold
Shot |
Cowboy
Style |
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25 |
26 |
27 |
| 1:00-5:00 |
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Ray
& Dave |
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Cold
Shot |
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October |
Show
Times |
Fri |
Sat |
Sun |
Mon |
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8 |
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10 |
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Caribbean
Soul |
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Cold
Shot |
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15 |
16 |
17 |
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Ray
& Dave |
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Cold
Shot |
Tim
McAllister Band |
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22 |
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24 |
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Caribbean
Soul |
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Cold
Shot |
Cowboy
Style |
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Cold
Shot |
Ray
& Dave |
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Cold
Shot |
Halloween
Bash |
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