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RCPM CM XXIV – One for the books!

With record ticket sales and more bands than ever before, it’s hard to believe a week has already passed since Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers’ Circus Mexicus XXIV blew through Puerto Peñasco! What RCPM started just over 15 years ago in area cantinas is now the biggest music festival on our shores, drawing in a […]

Rock ‘n Roll @ the beach! Rocky Point Weekend Rundown!

This weekend’s rundown sponsored by “high spirits, positive vibrations and good medicine” – and Banditos Don’t know about you, but this weekend should be heaven on a paper plate down this way as fans of Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers stream into town for the XXIV edition of Circus Mexicus! The weather should be absolutely […]

RCPM Circus Mexicus Tidbits

We’re just about a week away from the XXIV edition of RCPM’s Circus Mexicus (June 11-14, 2015)!!  Here’s some tips for the trip! Although VIP tickets are sold out, there are still GA tickets available for purchase at www.circusmexicus.net including Friday and Saturday only tickets as well as the discounted Friday and Saturday combo ticket.  […]

Music festival warms things up for Circus Mexicus

The biggest music festival in Puerto Peñasco is right around the corner, as Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers annual Circus Mexicus is already knocking at our door. However, this spot on the sandy shores of the Sea of Cortez has been bursting with music recently! Along with talented local groups crooning through jazz, salsa, banda, […]

Harry Luge ready to rock country in Rocky Point!

Donning a sure to be seen Banditos tank, I made my way through bikers, leather, and bandanas at the end of March to hear AZ country singer/songwriter Harry Luge play in Cave Creek, AZ during Bike Week. All I really knew about Harry was that he would soon be making his mark south of the […]

The Black Moods: “Music is our Medicine”

“Wow, THAT just happened,” exclaimed singer and rock guitarist extraordinaire Josh Kennedy on more than one occasion last week as The Black Moods (currently of Tempe, AZ by way of Missouri) spread their talent across Rocky Point. In addition to playing in nearly every nook and cranny around town, Josh’s echoes of what “just happened” […]

RCPM to headline back-to-back nights at Circus Mexicus 2015!

Fans from 40 states and several countries expected to reunite for annual beachside music festival For Immediate Release (Tempe, AZ)    Nationally touring rock artists Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers will wrap up their Spring touring schedule with their annual, band produced, four day music festival on the beach, under the stars and in seaside cantinas […]

Peacemakers and Thieves unite at January Jam VIII in Rocky Point

(Tempe, AZ) As a bitter cold front converges on the U.S. from the Pacific Ocean, it’s time to pack panchos and sombreros and head south toward warmer Mexican latitudes for Roger Clyne & The Peacemaker’s (RCPM) annual January Jam VIII, to be held January 23-24th, 2015. Joining RCPM will be Tramps & Thieves, veterans of […]

Lo que era Chango’s, fue The Hut, ¡ahora es Banditos!

Por Shandra Keesecker-Rivero “Al pedir un tequila aquí, recibirás nuestro tequila blanco (plateado) de Mexican Moonshine,” me explica Dan Jellum mientras saboreamos los caballitos en la reconocida palapa en el área de Sandy Beach, la cual pronto será oficialmente bautizada como Banditos por el cantante Roger Clyne, oriundo de Arizona.  Jellum, quien admite de la […]

Sippin’ tequila at Banditos

By Shandra Keesecker-Rivero “When you order a shot of tequila here, you get Mexican Moonshine silver tequila,” explains Dan Jellum as we sip our shots under the popular palapa bar near Sandy Beach, soon to be officially christened by AZ son and musician Roger Clyne as Banditos. Jellum, who humbly admits his role as part of […]

Here’s to Life! | Circus Mexicus 2013

Here we go again! Circus Mexicus weekend is in full swing! Thursday night kicked off at Wrecked with The Toluenes. Friday found Roger at the Tequila Factory for a few…. we mean a few photos and autographs on bottles of his Mexican Moonshine Ultra Premium Tequilas, and a shot here or there. PH Naffah then […]

Shurman performance at Beach Bum bar in Rocky Point, Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, México

Shurman in Rocky Point – prelude to CM weekend

The weekend is just getting started…. Before the official kick-off fiesta for Circus Mexicus at Wrecked on Thurs. evening, Shurman from Austin, TX took the stage in the Malecón! Shurman plays Friday night at PH’s Hotdog & a Smile at JJ’s Cantina and is one of the openers for Saturday night’s main concert!  Bienvenidos out […]

Let there be music! 2013 Circus Mexicus Weekend Rundown!

The long anticipated time to trek across the desert and to the shores of Puerto Peñasco from spots across the globe has come; it’s Circus Mexicus weekend in town though the music has already begun!  Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers take center stage on Saturday night, yet tunes begin to spill out over the beaches […]

March into the Weekend Rundown!

March. In like a lion and out like a lamb, as the saying goes. With the weather warming up this weekend, we are ready to roar through a month of activities in Puerto Peñasco. As I was going through preparations to jot down activities for the weekend rundown, I was dismayed to find my desk […]

January Jam VI under Full Moonshine

I knew the music of Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers had the power to move people; what I had not realized was Roger’s keen impact on the weather and ability to shift cloud patterns in preparation for a welcome night of music at JJ’s Cantina for the 6th edition of January Jam. Though rain had […]