The Swongos with Special Guest Jupiter2
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time
- Wednesday, Jun 24, 2026 7pm
Location
Jilly's Music Room
111 N Main St
Details
The Swongos are a three-piece instrumental Surf Band from the St. Croix River Valley on the Minnesota/Wisconsin border. Their music goes from soft, sweet, and dreamy to wacky, wild, and psychedelic. In addition to Surf Music, they have many styles of music, such as Spy, Exotica, and Psychedelic Rock sprinkled in their sound. The Swongos are influenced by traditional surf music like Dick Dale and the Ventures but also groups such as the Pixies, Frank Zappa, and Los Cubanos Postizos.
The Swongos have played shows with Messer Chups, The Surfaris, Eddie Angel (Los Straightjackets), Deke Dickerson, Surfer Joe, Tony Andreason (The Trashmen), The Phantom Surfers, Los Yesterdays, The Volcanos, Intoxicats, Surf Zombies, 13 Tikis, Trailer Trash, Black Widows, Turn Turn Turn, Wiped Out, Gully Boys, and many more.
Jupiter 2 is a three-piece instrumental caper, fusing the echo-soaked swagger of surf rock with the hypnotic pulse of deep-space grooves. Emerging from Akron, Ohio’s underground scene, the band features drummer Mark Smith (Dutch Babies, Nite Klub, X_x), guitarist James Millar (Missile Toe, Peep), and bassist Linda Millar (The Crones, Peep)—all veterans of genre-bending projects like Zen Luv Assassins and the F-Models tribute band, S’Not Right.
Their sound is a cinematic collision of vintage sci-fi soundscapes, relentless rhythms, and otherworldly energy—equal parts beach party and alien abduction. Whether you’re catching a wave on some distant ocean planet or navigating Akron’s Route 8 at warp speed, Jupiter 2’s Intergalactic Surf & Turf is the ultimate soundtrack for your next cosmic adventure.
