Amp the Alley

10/30/2024

New Edition of Amplified out now!

Check out the gallery for The Experiment
Music Video from DAZR
New Hours for The Red Door
and ways to save shopping downtown this weekend.

Tomorrow is the last show of the season and DAZR is bringing electric energy to the Bud Light Stage. This is going to be a fun Halloween. Can't wait to see you all out there!

It's always bittersweet saying goodbye to Summer and hello to fall. You won't hear a single complaint out of me about a break in the heat, but I may reflect on my lack of watersports for the year while promising I'll make up for it next year. Fall, however, is exciting time of year packed with the H...

10/28/2024

This week is the last Amp of the season! DAZR takes the Bud Light Stage on Halloween!

Let's close the season in a big way!

10/24/2024

Check out the crowd last time The Experiment and the I 20 Horns performed on the Bud Light Stage.

Don't miss out! They are back tonight at 6:30pm.

See you out there.

10/23/2024

New edition of Amplified out now.

We've only got two more shows left for the season, and it has been an amazing one so far.

See you all tomorrow for The Experiment and the I-20 Horns!

We've all been running audibles the past couple of weeks. Adaptation is the nature of life, at least according to Darwin. It's also the nature of live music. Last Thursday the lead singer of Awen Family Band, Tim Husk, received the most exciting news - his partner is going into labor with his first....

10/21/2024

This week on the Bud Light Stage - The Experiment and the I-20 Horns!

This is the penultimate show before our big Halloween finale!

You know it's going to be fun with our local band, which has been soaring in popularity over the past two years.

We are excited to have them back. See you Thursday at 6:30 pm.

10/17/2024

We know you guys love your grass in Aiken, so don't miss Awen Family Band performing tonight on the Bud Light Stage.

10/16/2024

New Edition of Amplified is out now! Thank you to Whiskey Run for saving the show last week.

Check out this week's article for a recap of an amazing show, plus a gigantic gallery - I'm a sucker for great lighting! Thanks, David Helms and Ruskin Yeargain for crushing on production!

And thank you to everyone who came out to make a canceled show a packed out performance! You all are awesome.

See you all tomorrow for Awen Family Band.

And always, please share to help these awesome local bands, local businesses, and Amp itself. ❤❤❤

They are awesome. Their genre is AWESOME!" They opened with Eli Young Band, "Got a

10/15/2024

This week on the Bud Light Stage - The Awen Family Band!

This is the last of 3 shows left this season. Don't miss any of them and send 2024 off with a roar.

10/10/2024

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Check out this video from Whiskey Run , Amp's saviors of the evening, recorded and filmed at Aiken's own THEDIGITALHALO.

We are incredibly lucky to have these guys on any occasion, but especially last minute when another hurricane tried to cancel another show.

Be sure to come out to the Bud Light Stage tonight and show them some love.

Please stop in with our partnered Alley Businesses tonight as well. Being able to not operate for a week or more is devastating for a small business, and right now they could use your support.

Whiskey Alley
The Alley Downtown Taproom
Electric Eats
Southbound Smokehouse Aiken
Takosushi Aiken
The Red Door
Neon Fig
Mellow Mushroom

The Band Whiskey Run From Augusta Georgia asked us to document the recording of their New EP. This Band is great make sure you check out their new EP. We wil...

10/10/2024

***BREAKING NEWS***

Hurricane Milton is preventing Trae Pierce and The T-Stones from travelling to Aiken for Amp the Alley.

Local Legends Whiskey Run are stepping in last minute to save Amp the Alley!

I kept holding off on publishing the newest edition of Amplified to make sure we were 100% in the clear - turns out we weren't.

Our thoughts are with Trae Pierce and Crew as they weather a monster of a storm.

HUGE THANK YOU to THE BOYS - Whiskey Run! You guys are saving the day.

Be sure you make it out to what is going to be an amazing show on the Bud Light Stage!

10/09/2024

Well this one took a while, but new edition of Amplified is FINALLY out.

There was a lot of touch and go the past couple of weeks, and we all had to adapt a little or a lot!

Check out the King Size Gallery plus a video from Trae Pierce and The T-Stones that will be sure to get you excited about Amp being back this week.

It was a King Size setlist. They covered Tears for Fears, Billy Joel, and the Foo Fighters. The Beatles, Tom Petty, and LIT. John Denver,

10/09/2024

We are back!

It's been a tough couple weeks, but Amp the Alley is back. Come out and make Trae Pierce and the T-Stones feel welcome as they visit us from Florida to take the Bud Light Stage. They may be taking refuge from something similar to what we just went through, so come show them that HOLO123 Love and support!

10/01/2024

Cool video from Whiskey Business's performance a couple weeks ago.

09/30/2024

Amp the Alley this week is canceled, as are all events this week.

I snagged this pic while .sc was playing a couple weeks ago, and I thought it was a good one to remind us that we are all in this together and to look out for our neighbors.

If you get bored, lord knows I have been, go back and thumb through some issues of Amplified and give them a couple more shares. Gig workers (aka our local bands) will be needing to get back to work soon to earn some beer money! You can find issues of Amplified and the full show galleries at ampthealley.com

Hope all of you are well and safe!

I've missed you the past couple of weeks - ❤️Moose

09/26/2024

It looks like we've finally been faced with our first Gully-Washer! So we have decided to unfortunately cancel Amp the Alley tonight.

News from other sponsors:

The Alley Downtown Taproom will be having a Hurrican Hoe Down - 50% off of all tabs! When it rains, YOU POUR!

The Red Door is going to be closed for the evening.

Whiskey Alley: Rain can make seatings limited, be sure to make a reservation for dining.

If we get any other updates we will keep you posted!

Please share and get the word out and keep an eye out on your phone, some of you will be getting cancellation texts as well.

09/26/2024

As I watch the satellite trying to figure out what tomorrow brings, I'm adjusting my posting schedule in kind. So here's a picture of Ruskin Yeargain rocking out last week.

The blog should be out tomorrow as we continually evaluate the weather.

09/25/2024

Mood Lighting!

King Size killed it last week.

We are all glued to the radar currently and trying to make plans for this Thursday. We've been lucky so far this year, but this one is certainly looking sketchy. Not the first time I've said that this year though. Fingers crossed!🤞🤞🏼🤞🏻🤞🏽🤞🏾🤞🏿

09/23/2024

This week on the Bud Light Stage - Low Country Locals.

These guys just won 2nd place at The Battle at The Alley and are returning to rock out for a bit longer this time.

09/19/2024

New Edition of Amplified is out now!

This one is coming out a bit late, but check out the article to see the Full Whiskey Business Gallery, Check out a King Size Video, and Learn about Live Music at Brunch!

The newly reigning Battle at The Alley Champs took to the Bud Light stage just 5 days after winning the annual Battle of the Bands competition.

09/16/2024

Excited to have King Size back to the Bud Light Stage this Thursday!

09/11/2024

New edition of Amplified is out now!

Check out the gallery from The Grumble as well as a small Gallery from this past weekends Battle at The Alley.

Get a sneek peak of this week's band and check out a video from them as well.

As always, I humbly ask that you share the blog and help out the artists and local businesses. You all did so brilliantly last week with Jaycie's blog! She and I both thank you for that.

• The Grumble Gallery • This Week on the Bud Light Stage • Sneak Peek Music Video • The Battle at The Alley GalleryFor the past several years we have a had a pretty amazing rotation of artists from around the CSRA and beyond. Most of which are guys and gals I've worked along side for over a ...

09/10/2024

The Grumble had the crowd fired up last Thursday.

Don't miss Whiskey Business this week on the Bud Light Stage!

09/09/2024

This Week on the Bud Light Stage - 2024 Battle at The Alley Champions

Whiskey Business!

For the 6 - 14 of you who were not at the battle this past Saturday, this post is for you! This week, the first-place champs will perform at Amp the Alley. You won't want to miss that.

In 2 weeks we will have the 2nd place Champs, Low Country Locals, performing at Amp as well. Not bad for the Amp Alum!

09/07/2024

If you enjoyed The Grumble this past Thursday, and I know you did because you already told me, then check them out for round 2 today at The Battle at The Alley!

The battle is a fundraiser for the Aiken County Veterans Council, and it starts at 6 pm. Grab a funnel cake at Aiken's Makin then check out the battle of the bands in The Alley.

***BONUS*** - Grab a sneak peek at two of our upcoming Amp bands including next week's Whiskey Business and Low Country Locals who will be performing in a couple weeks!