Downtown Shabbat Tickets

The essentials

Quick Facts About Downtown Shabbat

• Downtown Shabbat is Temple Emanu-El Tucson's Late Night Downtown Shabbat, an all-musical Friday service created to engage a younger audience. Rehearsed and performed with a contemporary musical format rather than a traditional folk-rock approach. (Source: AZ Jewish Post) ([azjewishpost.com](https://azjewishpost.com/2016/downtown-shabbat-hot-music-cool-venue-draws-more-than-millennials/))
• The Armon Bizman ensemble—written and arranged by Sam Golden with Bob Hanshaw—features Sun Bones members and performs a mash-up of rock, jazz, and Reform prayer texts for Shabbat; lineup includes Sam Golden, Bob Hanshaw, Chris Herald, Seth Vietti, with Lindsey O'Shea as guest soloist. (Source: AZ Jewish Post) ([azjewishpost.com](https://azjewishpost.com/2016/downtown-shabbat-hot-music-cool-venue-draws-more-than-millennials/))
• A remastered ARMON BIZMAN CD exists and was promoted via Temple Emanu-El gift shop and Bandcamp; the Bandcamp page has been referenced in public coverage. (Source: AZ Jewish Post; Business Briefs) ([azjewishpost.com](https://azjewishpost.com/2016/business-briefs-8-12-16/))
• Public coverage notes that Armon Bizman performances were held at Temple Emanu-El and later at Tucson's Historic Stone Avenue Temple, and that Sam Golden planned a move to St. Louis, suggesting the project operated primarily in the Tucson area during the 2010s. (Source: Tucson Weekly) ([tucsonweekly.com](https://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/a-new-worship-armon-bizman-shabbat/Content?oid=6187053&utm_source=openai))
• No widely publicized 2025 touring schedule for Downtown Shabbat has been published in major outlets; available reporting focuses on local Tucson performances and historical CD activity. (Source: multiple contemporary pieces referenced) ([azjewishpost.com](https://azjewishpost.com/2016/downtown-shabbat-hot-music-cool-venue-draws-more-than-millennials/))