Java Jive Band NARA Park Amphitheater, 25 Ledge Rock Way, Acton, Thursday, July 15, 6:30 p.m., lawn seating. Free, donations welcome. For details and updates visit ...

Bob’s Java Jive in Tacoma has been closed for more than a year due to COVID-19. To help reopen the iconic dive bar, fans and regulars raised more than $12,000 in 24 hours.

Loads of legends circulate around the 97-year-old bar on South Tacoma Way. Bob’s Java Jive attracts a wide variety of regulars even today.

Loads of legends circulate around the 97-year-old bar on South Tacoma Way. Bob’s Java Jive attracts a wide variety of regulars even today.

Bob's Java Jive has been designated an official historical landmark. The Java Jive did have a lively karaoke scene recently until things got dead quiet. “It has been quiet,” says Schrenk.

Java Jive has performed in such exotic locations as Honolulu and Barbados as well as at weddings, corporate functions and open-air venues from Maine to Connecticut.

Bring a blanket or chairs, a picnic if you like, and come enjoy music under the stars* on Tuesday July 7, at 7 PM as the Norton Public Library starts its summer concert series with the Java Jive Band.