Upcoming Shows
THE MERMEN
The Mermen perform their groundbreaking album
FOOD FOR OTHER FISH
In celebration of
its release 30 years ago
Read about the album here
Sunday
April 7, 2024
Doors 3:00PM
Show 4:00PM
Great American
Music Hall
859 O’Farrell St
San Francisco, CA
Pleasure Point
Street Fair
The Mermen
4:00PM – 6:00PM
Saturday
June 22, 2024
Free Admission
Portola Drive
between 41st and 38th Ave
Santa Curz, CA
The Mermen
with
Flamin’ Groovies
Saturday
July 13, 2024
The Chapel
777 Valencia St
San Francisco, CA
SURF GUITAR 101 FESTIVAL 2024
THE MERMEN
3 hour show
8:00PM – 11:30PM
Friday
July 26h, 2024
Golden Sails Hotel
Long Beach, CA
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PAST SHOWS/EVENTS
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2023
NEW YEARS EVE SHOW
THE MERMEN
THE JOES
PRAIRIE PRINCE
Light Show by
George Holden & Co.
Sunday
December 31, 2023
Doors 8PM
Show 9PM
Park Chalet
1000 Great Highway
San Francisco, CA
Live Water Surf Fairfax presents
SURF NITE with THE MERMEN!
Light Show by
George Holden & Co.
Saturday, November 4, 2023
Show 9PM
Peri’s Tavern
29 Broadway
Fairfax, CA
Halloween
The Shitones (The Mermen)
With The Joes, Plus The Dunes
Tarzan Call Contest!
Guitar Giveaway!
Light Show by
George Holden & Co.
Tuesday, October 31, 2023
Music starts 7PM
Park Chalet
1000 Great Highway
San Francisco, CA
The Mermen
Doors 3pm
Show 4pm
Sunday
Sep 24, 2023
Great American Music Hall
859 O’Farrell Street
San Francisco, CA
The Mermen at
Pleasure Point Outdoors
Show 4pm
Sunday
Sep 3, 2023
East Cliff Drive
Between 37th and 38th Ave
Santa Cruz, CA
VSA Memorial Day Paddle Out
Monday
May 29, 2023
9 am – Opening Ceremony
10:30-12:30 – Paddle Out -Surf
11 am – LIVE MUSIC
THE NEW SHOCKWAVES
THE MERMEN (CANCELED)
12:00 pm – Lunch
1:30 pm Raffle winners drawn
surfboard and other prizes!
Capitola Beach
Capitola, CA
PRIVATE EVENT
THE MERMEN LIVE
Saturday
March 11th, 2023
5:30 -7:30 PM
at the St. Ignatius College Prep
Fathers Day Auction 2023
“SURFIN’ THE SUNSET”
one.bidpal.net/surfinthesunset
St. Ignatius College Prep
2001 37th Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94118
THE MERMEN LIVE
NIGHT OF IDEAS
Saturday
March 4th, 2023
San Francisco Library Atrium
Presented by KQED,
San Francisco Public Library,
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,
and Villa Albertine.
The Mermen close out the event
at 11:30 PM
nightofideas.org
THE MERMEN LIVE
THE CREPE PLACE
50th Anniversary Celebration
Sold Out Show
Saturday
February 25th, 2023
The Crepe Place
1134 Soquel Ave
Santa Cruz, CA 95062
2022
2022.12.19 THE MERMEN – JAMES BOND THEME at The Junction Mill Valley CA
2022.9.22 THE MERMEN – Little Stinky Kitty at Taros Essaouira Morocco
NEW YEAR’S EVE
THE MERMEN
THE JOES
with Maureen O’Keefe
Special Guest
Drummer extraordinaire
Prairie Prince
Light Show by
George Holden & Co.
Saturday
December 31, 2022
Park Chalet
1000 Great Hwy
San Francisco, CA
First 100 buyers of advance tickets
get a free NYE poster
was Live at
The Mermen Facebook
Private Event
Holiday Party
THE MERMEN
8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Monday
December 19, 2022
The Junction
Beer Garden & Bottle Shop
PizzaHacker
226 CA-1
Mill Valley, CA
MOUNTAIN MAYHEM
with 6 BANDS
THE MERMEN
(Headliner)
Power Aged – 11:30 – 12:00
Sepsis – 12:30 – 1:00
Hemorage – 2:00 – 2:45
12Gauage Promise – 3:00 – 3:30
3UpFront – 4:00 – 4:30
Heavy Blazer – 5:00 -5:30
The Mermen – 6:00 – 8:00
11:00 am – 8:00 pm
Sunday
November 20, 2022
The Sawmill Boulder Creek
15520 Highway 9
Boulder Creek, CA
ART FOR SHARKS
BENEFIT PARTY
WITH THE MERMEN
6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Thursday
November 10, 2022
This event is canceled
and will be rescheduled
Marin Made
90 Gate 5 Rd
Sausalito, CA
HALLOWEEN SHOW
THE MERMEN/THE SHITONES
9 pm – 11 pm
THE JOES
8 pm
Light show by George Holden
Saturday
October 29, 2022
Park Chalet
1000 Great Hwy
San Francisco, CA
THE MERMEN
APE
Bobb Saggeth
Saturday
October 15, 2022
Phoenix Hotel
Tenderloin
601 Eddy Street
San Francisco, CA
THE MERMEN
+ ALIZA HAVA
Thursday
September 22, 2022
TAROS CAFE RESTAURANT
Place Moulay Hassan
Essaouira, Morocco
THE MERMEN
Wednesday
September 21, 2022
THE SOURCE MARRAKECH
Km 10 Route de L’ourika
Marrakesh, Morocco
THE MERMEN
3:00PM
Sunday
September 4, 2022
Same as last year at
Pleasure Point Outdoors
East Cliff Drive
between 37th and 38th Ave
Santa Cruz, CA
THE MERMEN
(Headliner) 2:30 PM
Opening Bands
The Young Barons
The New Shockwaves
Saturday
September 3, 2022
Golden Gate Park Bandshell
75 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr.
San Francisco, CA
THE SHITONES
by THE MERMEN
“Back by popular demand”
6:00PM – 8:00PM
Friday
August 26, 2022
Seascape Beach Resort
on Monterey Bay
1 Seascape Resort Dr
Aptos, CA
THE SHITONES
by THE MERMEN at
Seascape Beach Resort
Friday, July 29, 2022
6:00 – 8:00PM
Seascape Beach Resort on Monterey Bay
One Seascape Resort Drive
Aptos, CA
Pleasure Point
Street Fair 2022
to Benefit the Live Oak Education Foundation
The Mermen
3:30PM -5:00PM
Stage at 41st Ave and Portola Dr
Sat, June 25, 2022
11:00AM – 6:00PM
Portola Dr between 41st and 38th Ave
Santa Cruz, CA
In Loving Memory
of a Friend
The Mermen
Prairie Prince
The Joes
Joe Mirante
Joe DiLeo
Rotton Core
May 1, 2022
4:00-8:00 PM
Park Chalet – Outdoor
San Francisco, CA
Celebrating
Jennifer and Martyn’s Birthday!
Both born on the same day March 20th
which is also the first day of spring
Marco Ferrero, Liam Gillespie and Timothy Brown
March 20th, 2022
Doors at 3:00PM
Show at 4:00PM
The Great American Music Hall
San Francisco, CA
THE MERMEN
NEW YEARS EVE
Friday, December 31, 2021
Show 9:00PM
Park Chalet
1000 Great Hwy
San Francisco, CA
THE SHITONES/THE MERMEN
HALLOWEEN PARTY
Sat, October 30, 2021
8:00PM
Park Chalet
1000 Great Hwy
San Francisco, CA
Guitar Radio Show
Episode 288
Jim Thomas
from The Mermen
(1:48:06)
By: Mark Daven
October 19, 2021
The SHITONES, featuring
members of THE MERMEN
doing only instrumental covers
and various SHITONES mayhem
Thursday, October 7th, 2021
6-8pm
Seascape Beach Resort
One Seascape Resort Drive
Aptos, CA
Presented by
The Center for the Arts
Sat, September 25, 2021
Doors 7:00pm, Show 8:00pm
Main Stage Theater
The Center for the Arts
314 W. Main Street
Grass Valley, CA
Sat, September 11, 2021
Private Event
with The Mermen
San Francisco, CA
Art by Ann Cohen
3:30-4:30 pm
Sun, September 5, 2021
Pleasure Point Outdoors
(Free Live Music)
East Cliff Drive between 37th and 38th Ave
Santa Cruz, CA
Fri, August 20, 2021
THE MERMEN at
LIGHT RAIL STUDIOS
San Francisco, CA
Fri, August 13, 2021
Private Event
with The Mermen
Pacifica, CA
Fri, August 13, 2021
Jack Casady – bass player from Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna, hanging out at the Mermen’s studio in Santa Cruz today. Jennifer is playing Jack’s very special custom bass
Jack Casady, Jennifer and Stacy Parish (Stacy is a recording engineer/production who received 6 Grammy certificates for his engineering work on the Robert Plant/Allsion Krause RAISING SAND album. (the album won 5 Grammys)
Sat, August 7, 2021
SIFF (Sonoma International Film Festival)
Summerfest Saturday Music & Movie
Live Music from The Mermen
before the film The Ventures: Stars On Guitars
Cornerstone
23570 Arnold Drive
Sonoma, CA
Henry Kaiser, 1993 Giant Mantas with The Mermen (Jim Thomas, Martyn Jones, Jennifer Burnes)
Recorded on June 22, 2021 at The Mermen Studio, Santa Cruz, CA
Sat, May 22, 2021
Private Event
with The Mermen
Sonoma, CA
(((folkYEAH!))) Presents
THE MERMEN
at The Chapel’s Outdoor Stage
Dinner & Show
Thu, November 12, 2020
Early Show
5:30 PM, Doors at 5:00 PM
Late Show
8:15 PM, Doors at 7:45 PM
Featuring Liquid Lights
by Mad Alchemy
The Chapel – Outdoor Stage
777 Valencia St
San Francisco, CA
The Mermen: Jim, Jen and Martyn at Pleasure Point, Santa Cruz, overlooking the beach
on East Cliff Drive
between 37th and 38th Ave.
Sun, Sept 6th
3:30 PM SHARP
CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19
THE MERMEN
12:00 PM Sun, April 19th, 2020
Esplanade Park
Capitola, CA
Operation Surf Santa Cruz
CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19
THE MERMEN
1:00 pm, Sat, April 25, 2020
EcoFest
Linda Mar State Beach
(south parking lot)
5000 Hwy 1 , Pacifica, CA
The Pacific Beach Coalition
www.pacificbeachcoalition.org
JIM & JENNIFER as
SPECIAL GUESTS
at ALIZA HAVA
Album Release Party
7 PM Wednesday
March 11th, 2020
Michael’s on Main
2591 S Main St
Soquel, CA
With special appearances by
Jim Thomas on guitar,
Jennifer Burnes on bass
Santa Cruz Mayor
Justin Cummings on guitar
Dan Frechette & Laurel Thompson
Tyler Larson
Cory Graves
Poster art by Kelly Tunstall
© 2020 Fillmore Corporation
Poster by Denise Halbe
VIOLENT FEMMES & THE MERMEN
at THE FILLMORE, SF
Thursday, February 13, 2020
Doors 7:00 PM, Show 8:00 PM
Friday, February 14, 2020
Doors 8:00 PM, Show 9:00 PM
The Fillmore
1805 Geary Blvd, San Francisco, CA
The Mermen
Jim Thomas – guitar
Jennifer Burnes – bass
Martyn Jones – drums
Violent Femmes
Gordon Gano – lead vocals, guitars, violin
Brian Ritchie – bass, backing and lead vocals, xylophone
Blaise Garza – saxophones, backing vocals
John Sparrow – drums, percussion, backing vocals
NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY
Tuesday, Dec 31, 2019
Show 9:00 PM
BEACH CHALET
1000 Great Hwy
San Francisco, CA
One of the only Venues
in San Francisco
on the Ocean
The first 50 MERMEN fans
with YOUR OWN MAGIC WORDS
received 2 MERMEN stickers
at the Beach Chalet merch table.
PAST SHOWS/EVENTS
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