JAZZ CLUB PERMIT APPROVED BY PLANNING COMMISSION

UPSCALE ENTERTAINMENT CLUB UNLIKE ANYTHING IN THE REGION

SUISUN CITY - A jazz and entertainment club was approved Tuesday for the new Harbor Square development in the heart of Suisun City's Waterfront District.

The Planning Commission unanimously approved a permit that could pave the way for the first upscale live music and entertainment club to locate in the rejuvenated Waterfront District.

Proposed for a 3,500-square-foot ground floor space at the corner of Main Street and Solano Street, the new club is expected to complement both existing restaurants in the area and the new Cast Iron Grill & Bar, which will open later this summer in a neighboring Harbor Square suite.

"The proposed lounge is a compatible fit and will help enhance and promote bringing people downtown to enjoy the promenade, our restaurants and listen to some live jazz or similar type of music," according to the planning staff report to the commission.

Local businessman Demetrius Mance wants to open the upscale music club tentatively named Demitri’s Lounge by the Bay to provide an entertainment option not available anywhere else in the region. Though Suisun City has had successful outdoor concerts for years, the lounge will take that experience to the next level indoors and year-round. >>READ MORE>>

Jazz on Sundays on the Waterfront

The rock group Chicago may have made Saturday in the Park a huge hit, but it's Sunday afternoons during the summer that are really special in Suisun City.

Each Sunday at 3 p.m. come enjoy the Waterfront Jazz Series. This free concert series hosts the most diverse array of top quality jazz music by the region's best musicians. You won't want to miss this.

• July 20 – Dalt Williams Quartet (swing and straight-ahead jazz)
• July 27 – Ted Schafer’s Jelly Roll Band (Dixieland)
• Aug. 3 – Dream Door (original smooth jazz)
• Aug. 10 – Dave Rocha Jazz Group (straight-ahead modern jazz)
• Aug. 17 – Outta Nowhere (contemporary jazz)
• Aug. 24 – Second Planet (smooth jazz)
• Sept. 7 – Reality Check (jazz, Latin, funk & rock)
• Sept. 14 – Delbert Bump
• Sept. 21 – Blusion
• Sept. 28 – Jerry Macchia Band

Click here for all the information, including an interactive map showing parking area, dining suggestions, even the weather.

Come early for lunch at a great local restaurant. Then bring your low-slung chair, blankets, and dessert or snacks to Harbor Plaza for the free jazz concert at Solano and Main Streets.

When you come to the Waterfront District these days you will notice some really exciting construction projects underway.

Right off Highway 12 at Civic Center Blvd, a new Hampton Inn & Suites Hotel is under construction. This 102-room waterfront hotel is expected to open next Spring and provide a terrific place to stay overnight right in the heart the burgeoning Waterfront District. (Click here for more information.)

On Main Street at Solano Street (right across from the Harbor Plaza concert stage), 40,000 square feet of restaurant, retail and office space is nearing completion. Harbor Square is expected to be completed this fall with exciting new restaurants to open there in early 2009. (Click here for more information.)

Come see Waterfront District renaissance, then grab a friend to come explore the Waterfront District again for yourselves.