High Dive HiFi Lounge

10/17/2026

SAT, OCT 17: Fela in 5 🔥

We’re celebrating Fela Kuti’s birthday week. He invented Afrobeat, blending Yoruba rhythms with jazz and funk, and used it to take on Nigeria’s military government, even when it cost him his freedom. His sound still shapes hip-hop and modern Afrobeats.

Sugar Deluxe DJs spin five decades of Fela, all on vinyl.

⏰ 8–11pm
📍 High Dive HiFi Lounge, 524 32nd St S

10/15/2026

Friday: Physical Graffiti – Led Zeppelin (1975)

Led Zeppelin’s sixth studio album and arguably their best. This album is a collection of some of John Bonham and John Paul John’s best grooves mixed with Jimi Page’s best work in a studio. With a mix of funk, blues, cosmic ballads, acoustic interludes, and hard rock anthems, Physical Graffiti covers all of Zeppelin’s bases.

Saturday: Illmatic – Nas (1994)

This is a staple of Nas’s career and one of the most famous classic Hip-Hop records of all time. Nas began recording Illmatic at 19 years old with help from some of Hip Hop’s best producers: DJ Premier, Pete Rock, the Large Professor, and Q-Tip. As a reflection of the New York projects he grew up in, Illmatic doesn’t shy away from the gritty aspects of growing up around crime and poverty.

Sunday: Live at Carnegie Hall – Cameron Winter (2026)

Released just last Friday, Live at Carnegie Hall is brand new. It features Cameron Winter, the famous lead singer for Geese, performing his songs solo on stage with piano. This presentation of Winter’s music stands in stark contrast to the usual chaotic arrangements with Geese or on his solo records. Hearing Winter in this new light brings comparisons to other famous songwriters like Bob Dylan, Carole King, and Leanord Coen.

10/13/2026

Another packed week at High Dive + Lakeview Marina! 🎶🍻

🎤 Thursday: Maggie Rose live in the park, 7 PM (doors 6)
🎷 Thursday: Live music with Allen Barlow in the lounge, 7 PM
🎸 Friday: Joe Breckenridge in the lounge, 5 PM
🏈 Saturday: Gameday Watch Party in the park, Bama @ Tenn + Auburn @ Georgia, 2:30 PM kickoff
🎧 Saturday: Sugar Deluxe DJs celebrate Fela Kuti in the lounge, 8 PM
☕ Sunday: Brunch with Erick Forsyth spinning in the lounge, 11 AM
🎤 Sunday: Ratboys live in the park, 7 PM (doors 6)

Park show tickets at the link in bio. Which event will we see you at? 👀

10/09/2026

📣 Attention High Dive fans: an important update for today, Friday, October 9.

Our Sam Grisman Project concert in the Music Park is moving inside High Dive tonight. Here’s what that means for your evening:

🕒 The Lounge closes at 3PM for sound check. From 6PM, it’s open to concert ticket holders only.
🍔 The Courtyard + Music Park stay open all evening, with food and drinks from the Airstream. Everyone’s welcome.

Concert ticket holders: doors at 6PM, show at 7PM. Enter through the High Dive front door at 524 32nd St S.

Thanks for rolling with us. We’ll see you out back.

10/06/2026

Jazz guitar in a room built for listening.

Josh Couts brings his Fall Tour to High Dive this Thursday, Oct 8. His playing blends bebop and hard bop with Brazilian choro, and his band is stacked with talent from Birmingham and beyond:

🎷 Gary Wheat – sax
🎹 Ronald Rodriguez – piano
🎸 Ben Melvin– bass
🥁 Carldario “CJ” Brown – drums

7–9 PM · $10 cover

10/04/2026

10/03/2026

SG Goodman was incredible tonight.

09/25/2026

Talk about immersive sound!? Wow! That was beautiful. John Kiran Fernandes and Russell Franklin brought a wonderful set of atmospheric, meditative music to the High Dive tonight. We can’t wait to have them back. Afterwards the crowd stuck around while we listened to The Olivia Tremor Control’s two albums in their entirety: Dusk at Cubist Castle and Black Foliage. Masterpieces. Looking forward to the new OTC album coming this fall.

09/21/2026

Wednesday: OutKast – Speakerbo###/The Love Below

Speakerbo###/The Love Below splits into two solo discs, Big Boi’s P-Funk-driven Southern rap and André 3000’s genre-blurring psych-funk experiment. Anchored by “Hey Ya!” and “The Way You Move,” it reinvented what a hip-hop record could sound like. It won Album of the Year at the Grammys, only the second rap album ever to do so. Turns 23 this week.

Thursday: A Tribe Called Quest – The Low End Theory

The Low End Theory fused live upright bass with dusty jazz samples, giving Q-Tip and Phife Dawg’s rhymes room to breathe. Its minimalism became its own kind of virtuosity. Widely credited as the bridge between jazz and hip-hop that shaped a generation of producers. Turns 35 this week.

Friday: Nirvana – Nevermind

Nevermind pulled grunge out of the Seattle underground and onto mainstream radio overnight. “Smells Like Teen Spirit” is the calling card, but “Come As You Are” and “Lithium” hit just as hard. Butch Vig’s production gave Cobain’s songwriting a polish that made the anger land harder. Turns 35 this week, released the same week as Thursday’s pick.

Saturday: The Beatles – Abbey Road

Abbey Road was the last album the four Beatles ever recorded together, capturing a band at its peak even as it quietly fell apart. Side two’s extended medley remains one of the most seamless stretches of songwriting in the catalog. The zebra crossing on its cover became one of the most recreated images in music history. Turns 57 this week.

Sunday: Dion – Born to Be with You

Born to Be with You paired doo-wop veteran Dion with a cavernous, cinematic Phil Spector production, trading brightness for something darker. It flopped on release but was later reclaimed as a cult classic, cited by Bruce Springsteen and Bono as a favorite. A strange, rewarding detour in both artists’ careers.