The Frat Boys and Blackout Fridays get things started before Petty Jack Flash and Grooveline take over Saturday; California Blues Hall of Famers Delta Wires close the weekend Sunday
From vintage rock ’n’ roll and two legendary classic-rock catalogs to an Anything But Clothes party and a horn-powered blues band with more than five decades of history, Powerhouse Pub is packing plenty of variety into the first weekend of October in Historic Folsom.
The music starts Friday, Oct. 2, with The Frat Boys bringing hits from the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s to the TGIF Early Show at 6:30 p.m. Friday night then shifts from live music to the club side of Powerhouse with Blackout Fridays beginning at 9 p.m., featuring three DJs across multiple entertainment spaces.
Saturday, Oct. 3, opens with a double dose of classic rock as Petty Jack Flash combines the music of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers with The Rolling Stones for the Saturday Afternoon Dance Party at 3 p.m. Later that night, things get considerably less conventional when Powerhouse hosts its Anything But Clothes party at 10 p.m., with live music from Northern California party band Grooveline.
Sunday, Oct. 4, belongs to the blues. Delta Wires, the veteran Bay Area harmonica-and-horns outfit whose history stretches back more than five decades, takes the stage at 3 p.m. for Powerhouse of Blues, bringing a weekend of dancing, rock, funk, R&B and blues to a close.
The Frat Boys turn back the clock Friday
Friday’s TGIF Early Show starts at 6:30 p.m. with The Frat Boys, a five-piece band based in Rocklin with roots in the Greater Sacramento music scene. The group specializes in vintage rock ’n’ roll and dance music, concentrating primarily on hits from the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s.
That makes Friday’s early show a trip back to the formative decades of rock, when early rock ’n’ roll gave way to the British Invasion, classic rock and the dance-friendly hits of the 1970s. The Frat Boys build their performances around familiar songs and an upbeat approach intended to keep audiences moving rather than simply revisiting the music as a history lesson.
The band performs from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., giving the early crowd two hours of vintage favorites before Powerhouse changes gears for its late-night Friday format. At 9 p.m., Blackout Fridays takes over with three DJs, five bars and Big Rob’s Cigar & Hookah Cabana as the venue moves from live rock ’n’ roll into a multi-room dance party.
Blackout Fridays has become part of Powerhouse’s regular late-night rotation, offering several entertainment areas rather than a single stage presentation. The combination gives Friday two distinctly different halves, beginning with live vintage rock before transitioning into DJs and dancing for the remainder of the night.
Petty Jack Flash doubles up on classic rock Saturday
Saturday afternoon brings two major rock catalogs together when Petty Jack Flash takes the stage at 3 p.m. for the Saturday Afternoon Dance Party. Instead of devoting its show to a single artist, the Northern California tribute band combines the music of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers with that of The Rolling Stones.
It’s a pairing that gives the group decades of recognizable material to draw from, bringing Petty’s American rock songwriting together with the Stones’ blues-rooted rock ’n’ roll. The result is a show built around songs audiences can readily recognize, sing along with and dance to throughout the afternoon.
The five-piece group features lead vocals with rhythm guitar and harmonica, along with lead guitar, keyboards, bass and drums. Multiple members contribute vocals and harmonies, giving the band the flexibility needed to move between the distinct sounds of its two featured catalogs.
Petty Jack Flash performs from 3 to 6 p.m., setting the stage for a very different kind of Saturday night at Powerhouse. At 10 p.m., the venue launches its Anything But Clothes party with live music by Grooveline.
Grooveline brings the funk to Anything But Clothes party
The name of Saturday night’s party says just about everything guests need to know about the dress code: get creative and wear anything but conventional clothes. Powerhouse is encouraging partygoers to come up with their own unusual creations for the 21-and-over event, which combines the costume-style theme with drinks, dancing and live music.
Providing the soundtrack will be Grooveline, an eight-piece Northern California party band whose music reaches through R&B, Motown, old school, funk and Latin rock. The group’s full-band approach includes horns, twin guitars, keyboards, percussion, bass and layered vocals, giving it a much larger sound than the typical small cover-band lineup.
Grooveline’s repertoire stretches across generations of dance music, with songs associated with artists including The Temptations, Kool & The Gang, Rick James, The Commodores, Santana, Earth, Wind & Fire, Malo and Montell Jordan. That mix allows the group to move from Motown and funk into Latin rock and later R&B without leaving the dance floor behind.
The band has performed throughout Northern California and beyond at clubs, casinos, fairs, private events and Sacramento Kings games. Saturday’s Powerhouse appearance puts that horn-driven party sound at the center of one of the venue’s more unusual themed nights of the fall.
The Anything But Clothes party and Grooveline begin at 10 p.m. Saturday. The event is for ages 21 and over.
Delta Wires bring more than five decades of blues history Sunday
Sunday’s Powerhouse of Blues brings a band with deep roots in Northern California’s blues scene to Historic Folsom when Delta Wires takes the stage at 3 p.m. The Oakland and San Francisco Bay Area group describes its sound as big, rocking harmonica-and-horns blues, a style developed over a history that stretches back to the early 1970s.
Delta Wires began as a college project created by bandleader Ernie Pinata to trace the evolution of blues music from Mississippi Delta field hollers to the amplified sounds that emerged in cities such as Chicago. What started as an academic exploration soon moved into Bay Area clubs and developed into a working band with its own sound and identity.
The group played clubs including Esther’s Orbit Room and The Continental Club in Oakland and Mandrake’s and the New Orleans House in Berkeley. Along the way, Delta Wires crossed paths with many of the artists who helped define modern blues, eventually sharing stages with performers including Van Morrison, John Lee Hooker, Freddie King, The Neville Brothers, Dr. John, Buddy Guy and Junior Wells, John Mayall, Charlie Musselwhite, Boz Scaggs and Elvin Bishop.
That history has continued across decades of recordings and performances. Delta Wires has been a finalist in The Blues Foundation’s International Blues Challenge in Memphis and was inducted into the California Blues Hall of Fame in 2012, while also earning recognition as a top live band in the East Bay.
The group has recorded eight albums and continues to release new music, including singles issued in 2025. Its touring history includes appearances at the Umbria Jazz Festival in Italy, San Francisco Blues Festival, Russian River Blues Festival, Monterey Bay Blues Festival, Sacramento Jazz Festival and Jubilee and numerous other blues events.
At the center of the Delta Wires sound is the combination of harmonica and horns, backed by a rhythm section designed to give traditional blues a bigger, more driving presentation. That approach has allowed the group to preserve the foundations of the music while developing the energetic live sound that has carried it through more than five decades.
Delta Wires performs from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday for Powerhouse of Blues, closing a weekend that begins with vintage rock ’n’ roll Friday, moves through classic rock, funk, R&B and Latin rock Saturday and finishes with a veteran Bay Area blues band Sunday afternoon.
Powerhouse Pub is located at 614 Sutter St. in Historic Folsom. The Frat Boys start Friday at 6:30 p.m., followed by Blackout Fridays at 9 p.m.; Petty Jack Flash performs Saturday at 3 p.m., followed by the Anything But Clothes party with Grooveline at 10 p.m.; and Delta Wires takes the stage Sunday at 3 p.m.
All shows are for ages 21 and over. Tickets, VIP reservations and additional event information are available through the Powerhouse Pub website.
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