Michael Kelly

New Deal Cafe

OK, you never know what to expect when you host an open mic but how often does it involve an encore performance from a belly dancer? Shaharazad, visiting from New York, where she performs regularily, wowed the crowd. And that’s not to mention a jazz quartet from UMBC, fiddle player and songwriter John Roy Zat visiting from the Bay area, and Joey Campfire himself taking the rock and roll pratfall to close out his set.