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Drew Holcomb has always charged listeners’ hearts and minds while inspiring them to find joy and community in their 15 years of nonstop touring. And never more so than on his latest album Dragons. His most collaborative to date, the record features artists & songwriters including Lori McKenna, Natalie Hemby, Sean McConnell, The Lone Bellow, and Ellie Holcomb.
Dragons debuted at #1 on several charts; including Billboard Americana / Folk Albums, Amazon New Albums, and iTunes Singer Songwriter. It also led to a feature in Rolling Stone which declared Holcomb “One of Americana’s Most Popular Stars.” With several critically-acclaimed albums under his belt, Holcomb has been featured by NPR, Entertainment Weekly, Billboard, CMT, and more. Holcomb is An Emmy Award-winning artist with music featured in over 75 of TV’s most watched shows. He and his band have also appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! twice.
Among Holcomb’s ambitious projects are Moon River Music Festival, which draws crowds of 10,000 people each year to Chattanooga and Magnolia Record Club, a monthly vinyl subscription service. Holcomb has traveled the globe with a catalog of vibrant, honest songs that explore the full range of American roots music. The band has appeared at countless major festivals including Bonnaroo, ACL, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Stagecoach, and more. They have shared the stage with legendary artists like Willie Nelson, Zac Brown Band, The Avett Brothers, and many more.
On Sale Schedule:
Artist presale - 8/29 11 AM
Member presale - 8/30 12 noon
General on sale - 8/30 12 noon
VIP 1 - Acoustic Performance + Photo Op:
o One (1) ticket to the show
o Early entry into the venue
o Join Drew for an intimate solo acoustic song performance before the main show!
o Photo with Drew
o Specially designed tour poster; autographed by Drew Holcomb
o Limited availability
o *Takes place one (1) hour before doors*
VIP 2 - Bourbon on the Bus:
o One (1) ticket to the show
o Pre-show hang with Drew on the bus prior to the VIP Acoustic performance
o Photo with Drew
o Early entry into the venue
o Join Drew for an intimate solo acoustic song performance before the main show!
o Specially designed tour poster; autographed by Drew Holcomb
o Limited to 10 people
o *Takes place one and a half (1.5) hours before doors*
Booking: Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors Sub Booking:
The Alpaca Gnomes are a vibrant, stomp-and-groove, 7 piece original rock-folk jam band from Bridgeport, CT. The Gnomes ensemble currently features violin, electric & acoustic guitar,bass,drums,sax,and percussion.
The Alpaca Gnomes eclectic style has allowed them to appear on a multitude of bills with varied acts and musical genres such as Living Colour, Blues Traveler, Twiddle, DJ Logic, Funky Meters, Anders Osbourne, Railroad Earth, The Drifters, The Tokens, Rick Derringer, Soul Rebels, Roots of Creation, Kung Fu, Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds, Funky Dawgz Brass Band, Box Set Duo Trio, The Main Squeeze, as well as private events such as ESPN radios NCAA College Football National Championship pre-party in Pasadena, California.
The Alpaca Gnomes have built a loyal following of passionate fans, nicknamed “Gnomies", who often join the fun by rocking the band’s signature Gnome style hats during shows. The band rocks out many venues, festivals, and concert series including:
Venues: Infinity Music Hall (Norfolk) Toad's Place (New Haven), Fairfield Theatre Company Warehouse (Fairfield), Pacific Standard Tavern (New Haven), The Acoustic (Bridgeport), The Ballroom/Outer Space (Hamden), BRYAC (Bridgeport), Palace Theatre (Stamford), Levitt Pavillion (Westport), Electric Haze (Worcester, MA), Arlene’s Grocery (NYC), Olive’s (Nyack, NY), Mexicali Live (Teaneck, NJ).
Festivals: Pleasantville Festival(NY), Blues Views BBQ (Westport), international festival of arts & ideas(New Haven), Blues on the Beach(Stratford), Two Roads Brewery Road Jam (Stratford), Rock n Roll Resort(NY), Soupstock Music & Arts Festival, Just Joshin' Festival, Shuck & Jive, as well as numerous Summer Concert Series throughout Connecticut including Bridgeport, Hamden, Rowayton, Stratford, Huntington and Mamaroneck, NY.
Booking: The Alpaca Gnomes Sub Booking:Ski lore is riddled with stories, sometimes of unknown origin, describing plausible but extraordinary past events. Often shared on chairlifts, the skintrack, or over a beer, these legendary tales, whether it be mythical storm cycles, heroic feats, or whispers of fantastical terrain, all contribute and shape our present experience. For 28 years Teton Gravity Research has been traveling the globe with the best athletes to the most incredible locations often based on this fabled history to uncover the experience…and sometimes creating legends of our own along the way.
Booking: Teton Gravity Research: Legend Has It Sub Booking:Joan Osborne is an 8-time Grammy nominee and multi-platinum selling recording artist. Pop stardom is fickle and fleeting, but real music endures. And for 30 years, Joan Osborne has been making real music. Whether she’s singing her own compositions or interpreting the work of other artists, her voice always brings life to the words. “One of Us” is a great song, but it’s only the surface level of Joan Osborne, and she has some deep waters.
Booking: Joan Osborne Sub Booking:After three of the most dynamic and successful U.S. charities were shut down by conservative charity watchdogs, destroying lives and cutting off precious resources, many of the top influencers in the field knew something had to be done to overhaul the nonprofit sector.
Led by Dan Pallotta, whose record-breaking TED Talk on the subject has inspired leading philanthropists and changemakers, this feature-length documentary directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal exposes the dark side of philanthropy and introduces a radical new way of giving. In a powerful call to action, Uncharitable demands that charities be freed from the traditional sackcloth-and-ashes constraints, so that they can truly change the world.
Driven by the poignant, personal stories of Dan Pallotta, Steve Nardizzi, Dorri McWhorter, Scott Harrison, Edward Norton, Darren Walker and other prominent figures in philanthropy, Uncharitable delivers an emotional journey that moves, persuades and inspires its audience to change the way we think about giving.
No topic is more crucial and timely as we confront an increasingly unstable world with the growing revelation that we are all interconnected and that our fate lies in how much we are willing to invest in positive change.
Booking: Uncharitable Sub Booking:Documentary follows the work and lives of legendary 1970s session musicians who were featured on some of the most iconic recordings of the era.
Booking: Immediate Family Sub Booking:Join New Paradigm Theatre Company (NPT) and usher in the holiday season at the Fairfield Theatre
Company's StageOne with spectacular performances!
NPT's annual holiday extravaganza features Broadway and local stars who will perform the annual Holiday-themed show
on Saturday December 9th at 8:00pm and Sunday December 10th at 2pm.
Booking: New Paradigm Theatre Co. Holiday Show Sub Booking:The Alternate Routes are the band that helped us to remember “we are how we treat each other, and nothing more.” Now they’re back with a new single, “Safe Haven”—a love song that uses real life as its backdrop.
“Nothing More” propelled the band into new ears and new heights, having been featured prominently in the 2014 Winter Olympics, on NCIS, and in a partnership with TOMS shoes. It was followed up with “Somewhere in America,” a poignant and personal conversation about gun violence that earned the band a 2016 Independent Music Award and a visit to the White House.
“Safe Haven” continues the socially-conscious, no-hold-barred examination on modern living that the band has increasingly embraced. It reflects an evolution and maturity that results from sticking together and trying new things, musically and lyrically, for over a decade.
“Sitting down with someone you love and trying to convince them, and yourself, to keep pushing forward, to face your fears and stay strong, is a sentiment that I hope many people can relate to,” says guitarist, Eric Donnelly.
“Safe Haven” was self-produced by Donnelly, drummer and engineer Kurt Leon, and singer Tim Warren, a sonic departure from previous efforts that highlights the use of the recording studio itself as an instrument. It was mixed by fellow Bridgeport, Connecticut native Peter Katis (The National, Interpol, The Swell Season).
The Alternate Routes first burst onto the scene in 2005 with their breakthrough album Good and Reckless and True. They released several albums on Vanguard Records and on their own, toured extensively, and relentlessly refined their craft. They have collaborated with such seemingly disparate artists as singer-songwriter Patti Griffin, director Lisa Cholodenko (The Kids Are All Right), and guitarist Carl Broemel of My Morning Jacket. They’ve performed on “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson,” “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” and have been repeat guests on NPR’s “Mountain Stage.”
Booking: The Alternate Routes Sub Booking:Join New Paradigm Theatre Company (NPT) and usher in the holiday season at the Fairfield Theatre
Company's StageOne with spectacular performances!
NPT's annual holiday extravaganza features Broadway and local stars who will perform the annual Holiday-themed show
on Saturday December 9th at 8:00pm and Sunday December 10th at 2pm.
Booking: New Paradigm Theatre Co. Holiday Show Sub Booking:The Alternate Routes are the band that helped us to remember “we are how we treat each other, and nothing more.” Now they’re back with a new single, “Safe Haven”—a love song that uses real life as its backdrop.
“Nothing More” propelled the band into new ears and new heights, having been featured prominently in the 2014 Winter Olympics, on NCIS, and in a partnership with TOMS shoes. It was followed up with “Somewhere in America,” a poignant and personal conversation about gun violence that earned the band a 2016 Independent Music Award and a visit to the White House.
“Safe Haven” continues the socially-conscious, no-hold-barred examination on modern living that the band has increasingly embraced. It reflects an evolution and maturity that results from sticking together and trying new things, musically and lyrically, for over a decade.
“Sitting down with someone you love and trying to convince them, and yourself, to keep pushing forward, to face your fears and stay strong, is a sentiment that I hope many people can relate to,” says guitarist, Eric Donnelly.
“Safe Haven” was self-produced by Donnelly, drummer and engineer Kurt Leon, and singer Tim Warren, a sonic departure from previous efforts that highlights the use of the recording studio itself as an instrument. It was mixed by fellow Bridgeport, Connecticut native Peter Katis (The National, Interpol, The Swell Season).
The Alternate Routes first burst onto the scene in 2005 with their breakthrough album Good and Reckless and True. They released several albums on Vanguard Records and on their own, toured extensively, and relentlessly refined their craft. They have collaborated with such seemingly disparate artists as singer-songwriter Patti Griffin, director Lisa Cholodenko (The Kids Are All Right), and guitarist Carl Broemel of My Morning Jacket. They’ve performed on “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson,” “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” and have been repeat guests on NPR’s “Mountain Stage.”
Booking: The Alternate Routes Sub Booking:TAUK has been painting with sound for nearly a decade now, pushing boundaries and reinventing themselves every chance they get. Founded by Dolan, Jalbert, and Carter, who began playing together as middle schoolers on Long Island, the band landed on its present incarnation in 2012, when college pal Teel joined full time.
Since then, the quartet has gone on to tour with the likes of Umphrey’s McGee, Widespread Panic, and Lettuce, landed festival slots everywhere from Bonnaroo to Electric Forest, racked up millions of streams across platforms, and garnered extensive critical praise with a series of widely lauded studio and live albums. The Washington Post hailed the band’s music as “a hard-charging, often melodic fusion that—thanks to a penchant for improv—offers limitless possibilities,” while Keyboard Magazine declared that their sound “doesn’t adhere to a single genre but, instead, creates its own,” and Relix dubbed them “an incredibly impressive ensemble of talent.”
Booking: Tauk Sub Booking:- On Sale Schedule -
•Artist Presale: Wednesday, August 9 @ 10 AM
•Spotify Presale: Wednesday, August 9 @ 12 noon
•FTC Classic member Presale: Thursday August 10 @ 12 noon
•General Onsale: Friday, August 11 @ 10 AM
The Lone Bellow makes music that feels like it's welcoming you in — like the band members are opening their arms wide and inviting you to join their family with sing-along choruses, the hand-clapping rhythms, and melodies that somehow sound familiar even on a first listen. Blending soaring three-part harmonies with Southern gospel-tinged Americana, blue-eyed soul, and acoustic folk, The Lone Bellow calls upon their upbringing in the South for an authentic yet polished sound, backed by the band's high caliber of musicianship.
- Heart of Gold VIP Details -
•General Admission ticket
Invitation to a pre-show experience including:
•Private acoustic trio performance
•Q&A with Zach, Brian and Kanene
•Personal photo opportunity
Exclusive VIP merchandise including:
•Commemorative VIP tote bag
•Flexi disc of a special live recording of “Green Eyes and a Heart of Gold”
•Oxford Pennant Mini Pennant
•Signed Souvenir Ticket
•VIP Tour Laminate
•Merchandise shopping before doors open to the general public
Driving gypsy jazz rhythms, acoustic guitars, upright bass and violin lay the foundation for mesmerizing vocal harmonies and fantastic stories. It's theatrical and humorous. It's musical and intense. It entertains, dazzles and defies classification while welcoming the spectator to join the band throughout the performance in momentary fits of claps, snaps and sing-alongs. If Django Reinhardt, the cast of Stomp and the Beatles all had a party at Tim Burton's house, Caravan of Thieves would be the band they hired.
Booking: Caravan of Thieves Sub Booking:With earthy, instantly catchy tunes that capture the promise of wide-open horizons and youthful rebellion, Tom Petty forever changed the course of rock 'n' roll. The Tom Petty Project celebrates the musical legacy of Tom Petty while tapping into the heart of one of America's most beloved and committed live acts.
Booking: Tom Petty Project Sub Booking:Jamie McLean Band creates a musical gumbo that incorporates New Orleans soul, middle Americana roots, Delta blues and New York City swagger. Jamie McLean Band is a triple threat. The group’s energetic and captivating live show is undeniable. McLean’s fiery guitar has joined the ranks of Derek Trucks, Gregg Allman, Aaron Neville, Dr. John and more on stages from from Madison Square Garden to Japan’s Fuji Rock. His blue eyed southern soul vocals ooze real emotion. And his top line songwriting chops have crafted profound, honest and heartfelt songs that will keep you singing along, dancing along and feeling like the song was written about you.
Jamie McLean Band is touring behind a fantastic new album “Paradise Found” on Harmonized Records. The album was produced by Ken Coomer of Wilco at Nashville’s Cartoon Moon studio and features the band’s strongest and most mainstream songwriting to date. Songs like “Give My Life To Rock and Roll” and “Waiting On You” are dripping with summer festival sweat while “Turn Around” and “Hotels and Cabarets” are ready made for film and television.
The Whiskey Treaty Roadshow is a collaborative band that brings together five Massachusetts singer-songwriters in the vein of Americana, rock and folk music. The collective is made up of songwriters Tory Hanna, Billy Keane, Chris Merenda, Greg Daniel Smith and David Tanklefsky. The Whiskey Treaty Roadshow puts on a performance that can’t be recreated anywhere else, with five singer/songwriters all trading off on lead vocals, an eclectic array of instruments from strings to horns to keys; consider the band a one-act music festival - replete with boot stomping jams, sing-along anthems and a completely larger than life command of the stage.
“Jamie McLean has soaked up quite a bit of America's musical DNA. McLean provides a fascinating cross-section of sounds that merge the yearning and romanticism of Tom Petty, the air-tight instrumental proficiency of Nashville and the rugged independent streak of alt-country.” — Guitar World Magazine
Booking: Jamie McLean Band and Whiskey Treaty Roadshow Sub Booking:One of the key bands of the U.K. ska revival of the late '70s and early '80s, the Beat (known as the English Beat in North America to avoid confusion with the Paul Collins-led power pop group) achieved a near-perfect balance of pop melodies and taut rhythms that made them stars in Britain and won them a substantial cult following in the United States. Fronted by vocalist and guitarist Dave Wakeling and toaster Ranking Roger, the racially integrated Beat were based in Birmingham, England and released their debut single, "Tears of a Clown" b/w "Ranking Full Stop," through the Specials' 2-Tone label in 1979. The single went Top Ten in the U.K., and they soon struck a deal with Arista to distribute their own Go Feet label. 1980's I Just Can't Stop It (released by Sire in the United States) went gold in England on the strength of the single "Mirror in the Bathroom," and the band's ferocious performances and clever blend of personal and political lyrics made them stars at home. After a disappointing sophomore effort, 1981's Wha'ppen?, the band came roaring back with 1982's Special Beat Service, a more pop-oriented set that gave them a wider U.S. audience thanks to MTV's embrace of the singles "I Confess" and "Save It for Later." The band split at the end of that year, but in the 2000s, both Wakeling and Roger were fielding touring versions of the Beat, and the Wakeling edition recorded a new album, 2018's Here We Go Love.
Booking: The English Beat Sub Booking:These guys need no introduction. They've successfully sold out The Warehouse every time they've come 'round. They deliver the 80s hits in Big Hair and faithful renditions with all the lights, confetti, and hairspray to go with it. This is the closest anyone can get to classic Van Halen, Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, Journey, and Poison without hitting 88 mph in a tricked-out Delorean.
Booking: Mullett Sub Booking:Director Nick Broomfield uncovers the true story and legacy of Brian Jones, founder and lost creative genius of The Rolling Stones. Featuring revealing interviews with all the main players and unseen archive released for the first time, the film explores the creative musical genius of Brian Jones, the key to the success of the Rolling Stones. The film uncovers how the founder of what became the greatest rock’n’roll band in the world was left behind in the shadows of history.
Booking: The Stones and Brian Jones Sub Booking:Over the years, Assembly of Dust has crafted a unique sound that recalls the likes of The Band, Traffic and Neil Young. They have taken that early 70s Americana swagger, put their own funky spin on it and and earned comparisons to the next generation of Americana heroes. Hooky melodies, poetic lyrics, and a profound depth of musicianship prompted USA Today to say Assembly of Dust has what it takes to “dazzle the Alt-Country universe.” The New York Times praises saying that AOD “puts forth one of the more lucid songwriting efforts to emerge in the long wake of the Grateful Dead.”
Booking: Reid Genauer & Assembly of Dust Sub Booking:VIP Ticket: $150 pp
Doors open 5:30 pm
Hearty hors d’oeuvres in private VIP area
Meet and greet with the bands
Open Bar
General Admission: $50 pp
Doors open at 6:30 pm One drink ticket good for beer or wine Description:
A Night of Music, in memory of Keith Lebo and Jim DeSantie, has been a long standing fundraising event to support cancer patients through the Swim Across the Sound. This year, the Night of Music leadership committee has partnered with Hartford Healthcare’s St. Vincent’s Medical Center to come together to ignite the night with classic rock with two of the most sought after bands, Tangled Vine and Fleetwood Macked.
Tangled Vine is made up of professional full time musicians and has won multiple Best of the Gold Coast's Highest Award for total votes for all gold coast towns. With a mix of classic and contemporary rock, soul, and rhythm & blues - from Janis Joplin to the Stones, Bruno Mars to Prince, Johnny Cash to Humble Pie - Tangled Vine delivers an irresistible soundtrack and is ready to bring the house down with smokin’ hot rock and roll.
Fleetwood Macked is hailed as the most authentic Fleetwood Mac tribute band in the U.S. All members of Fleetwood Macked are and have always been professional, touring Rock musicians, which adds to the authenticity of the sound of the band. Fleetwood Macked live brings the passion, depth, heart and the musicianship Fleetwood Mac's music requires. Whether performing the Rumours album or Fleetwood Mac's hits from the 70's, 80's, 90's and today, every performance transports audiences to another time and place.
There are two ticket levels available. Get your VIP tickets early as there are a limited number available. Whether you purchase a VIP or a general admission ticket, get ready to rock out to these two amazing bands and celebrate the important work of Swim Across the Sound!
There will be a cash bar, silent auction and t-shirts for sale.
Booking: Night of Music Sub Booking:"Brooklyn's Rubblebucket performs a high-wire act, mixing genres and piling on details. It all works.The band makes ecstatic upbeat music that blends horns, vocal harmonies, clubby beats, squiggly synths and all kinds of extra fizz and trippy touches. Fans of Best Coast, Florence and the Machine, Arcade Fire, Tuneyards and other ambitious indie popsters should pay attention. Rubblebucket wants to make the live experience festive, interactive and theatrical. It's a band that seems to call for a confetti cannon, balloons, and bright costumes." - Hartford Courant
Booking: Rubblebucket Sub Booking: Fall Tour 2023Combining elements of folk, jangle pop, post-grunge, and south-of-the-Mason-Dixon-Line classic rock, Sister Hazel's earworm melodies, tight harmonies, and upbeat D.I.Y. aesthetic helped make the Florida-based group a fixture on the alternative charts in the 1990s and early 2000s. Emerging in 1993, the band found success in 1997 with the release of their sophomore effort, Somewhere More Familiar, which went platinum on the strength of the single "All for You," Sister Hazel's biggest hit to date. Subsequent LPs like 2000's Fortress and 2009's Release also saw a modicum of chart success, and in 2016 the band issued its first country album, Lighter in the Dark. They continued to find favor on the country charts with the EPs Water, Wind, and Fire, which were compiled on 2020's full-length Elements.
Booking: Sister Hazel Sub Booking:Band Central brings you rock legend Joe Bouchard, former member of Blue Oyster Cult for a concert to support Operation Hope and their programs to eliminate hunger and homelessness in our community.
Featuring music from The Rolling Stones, Grand Funk, Steely Dan, Doobie Brothers, Sly & The Family Stone, Stevie Wonder, Blue Oyster Cult, CSNY and more, this music is the soundtrack of our lives! The show features Joe Bouchard, Gabrielle Lakshmi, Joan Levy Hepburn, Bill Carbone, John Torres, Gray Fowler, Pat Marafiote and Rob Fried.
Come join the pre-party at 6:30PM prior to the concert to socialize in the FTC gallery and get warmed up for the show! Let’s celebrate the important work of Operation Hope!
Each ticket will include a drink ticket for beer/wine. There will be a cash bar.
Booking: Rock For Hope - A Benefit for Operation Hope Featuring Band Central Sub Booking:In a world, where the snowboard corporatocracy cares more about the next Instagram swipe, one company has decided to team up with legendary snowboard film director, Mike Hatchett, and do the impossible. This film defies all odds - to bring together a crew of passionate riders for a full-length feature film - and celebrate what matters most: a bomber squad, rowdy soundtrack, and pure unadulterated riding action. Are you ready?
Booking: Teton Gravity Research: Flying High Again Sub Booking:A documentary film exploring the life of sailing legend Buddy Melges He won Olympic medals and world championships. But sailing’s biggest prize eluded him, the America’s Cup. Follow Buddy’s extraordinary journey as seen through unprecedented access to over 200 hours of archival footage and interviews with the icons of sailing.
Booking: Melges: The Wizard of Zenda Sub Booking: 1/2 of the Proceeds to Benefit St. Vincent's FoundationThe Weight Band presents a dynamic set of classic Americana that draws upon roadhouse rock, funky swamp pop, blues, country soul and folk music. Composed of band leader, renowned guitarist Jim Weider (The Band, Levon Helm’s Midnight Ramble Band, Jim Weider Band), keyboardist Brian Mitchell (Levon Helm’s Midnight Ramble Band), bassist Albert Rogers (Jim Weider Band, Jimmy Vivino), drummer Michael Bram (Jason Mraz) and keyboardist Matt Zeiner (Dickey Betts), the veteran quintet shares a deep appreciation and knowledge for this music, which Weider describes as the “Woodstock Sound.” The Weight Band continues to serve as its torchbearer, with Shines Like Gold representing a sublime example of these masterful roots musicians at work.
“The performances have inspired dancing in the aisles, reflecting the continued appeal of favorites like “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down,” “Up on Cripple Creek” and “The Weight.” – New York Times
Booking: The Weight Band Sub Booking: featuring members of The Band & Levon Helm BandAward-winning blues, soul and Americana singer Shemekia Copeland possesses one of the most instantly recognizable and deeply soulful roots music voices of our time. She is beloved worldwide for the fearlessness, honesty and humor of her revelatory music, as well as for delivering each song she performs with unmatched passion. Copeland — winner of the 2021 Blues Music Award for B.B. King Entertainer Of The Year— connects with her audience on an intensely personal level, taking them with her on what The Wall Street Journal calls “a consequential ride” of “bold and timely blues.” NPR Music says Shemekia sings with “punchy defiance and potent conviction.” The Houston Chronicle describes her songs as “resilient pleas for a kinder tomorrow.”
“Shemekia Copeland is the greatest blues singer of her generation.” —The Washington Post
“One of the leading blues artists of our time.” —NPR Music
“Powerful, ferocious, clear-eyed and hopeful...She’s in such control of her voice that she can scream at injustices before she soothes with loving hope. It sends shivers up your spine.” —Living Blues
“She is a commanding presence, a powerhouse vocalist delivering the truth.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer
“I am so happy Shemekia is delivering these songs that the world needs to hear. Her voice is strong and soulful, and her message comes from her heart.” —Mavis Staples
Booking: Shemekia Copeland Sub Booking:
Established 2022 in New York City, the Yacht Lobsters sail the waves of the butteriest Soft Rock of the 70's and early 80's. Their big sound recreates - and at times reimagines - the studio mastery of retro-rock icons like Steely Dan, the Doobie Brothers, Hall & Oates, Toto, etc. It's the breezy Yacht Rock cool vibe you know and love, fused with stellar vocals, a full horn section and unique elements of NOLA funk, classic rock and jazz improvisation to keep things bouncy, set your mood to festive and ensure your boat's a-rockin'. There's even a tasteful smattering of original music that sounds like it stepped right out of 1978. Founded by the visionary team behind Brother Joscephus and the Love Revolution, the Lobster roster features NYC's finest professional musicians who have played together for decades. Grab your captain's hat, make that Pina Colada a double and climb aboard!
Booking: Yacht Lobsters Sub Booking:Join us for a night of short Patagonia films related to marine protected areas. There will be a Q&A with Kate Masury from Eating With the Ecosystem and Emma Deloughry from Save the Sound.
Corazón Solado (27 min.): In Corazón Salado by Patagonia Films, Patagonia Global Sport Activist Ramón Navarro joins with the Kawésqar—a traditionally nomadic Indigenous community who had their practices stripped from them during the colonization of Chilean Patagonia—in a fight for their homeland and ancestral waters. The salmon industry is creeping deeper and deeper into the region, polluting and destroying its wild and delicate ecosystem. For the locals, the fish no longer bite here, forcing the Kawésqar to stray farther from home to feed and support their families. Navarro connects with Leticia Caro and her father, Don Reinaldo, a traditional fisherman and elder, who show him the damaging effects of the salmon farms and the need to establish a marine protected area in the Kawésqar National Park. Along the way, they find common ground in their love for the sea.
The Custodians (12 min.): Over the last 40 years, commercial overfishing and bottom trawling have turned Scotland’s once-thriving west coast waters into sparse, lifeless deserts. Patagonia Films’ The Custodians follows the work of four locals from the West Coast of Scotland are reclaiming their natural coastlines. They’re restoring wildlife, creating sustainable industries and showing us how we can work with, not against, our ocean.
Madre Mar (11 min.): The local people have worked the waters of the Sado Estuary Natural Reserve in Portugal for hundreds of years, coexisting with the dolphins, fish and shellfish supported by the region’s rich seagrass meadows. Then big industry arrived, bringing with it the devastating practice of bottom trawling and its scouring of the seafloor—which has helped wipe out nearly two-thirds of the ocean’s seagrass meadows globally. Raquel Gaspar, marine biologist, mother and cofounder of the Portuguese NGO Ocean Life, is on a journey to protect and re-meadow Sado’s seagrass habitat. In Patagonia Films’ Mãe Mar, Raquel teams up with a group of local fisherwomen to restore this crucial piece of the ocean’s ecosystem–one that provides habitats for sea life and 10 percent of the carbon captured in the ocean.
For the Love of the Sea (12 min.): In Patagonia Films’ For the Love of the Sea, a family pioneers a movement to revive the Welsh coastline and a fishing industry that locals have depended on for decades. The documentary short follows Câr y Môr, the first community-owned regenerative ocean farm in Wales. Cultivating versatile crops like seaweed with zero-input techniques, the Haines family reveals the powerful ways that the ocean can help fight climate change while nourishing people in more ways than one.
The ever-charming and British music legend Nick Lowe joins forces with Nashville-based luchador-masked surf rockers Los Straitjackets for a fun night of rock n roll. Lowe could hardly look less like a rock star - but don’t let appearances fool you. Beneath the snow-white hair and Buddy Holly specs lurks a consummate stage performer and Los Straitjackets seem to have re-ignited his love of rock & roll.
“I’ve always had a penchant for this kind of ‘rocking-hard-whilst-hardly rocking’ skiffle style of music,” Lowe tells NPR. “The difficulty nowadays is finding people who understand how to make it happen, because in the wrong hands it can easily turn into something that’s a whole lot less funny. I have to work quite hard to achieve it, but luckily Los Straitjackets are premier rock and roll entertainers to whom this phenomenon occurs naturally.”
Booking: Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets Sub Booking:Join us for night of short films by local filmmakers curated by Brian Russell of Red Shoe Film. We'll have several special guests for Q&A after their film. The night will be moderated by Brian Russell.
Red Shoe Film was founded in 2010 after accidentally buying a camera. He has shot over 2,000 interviews, and has hundreds of credits to his name, ranging from an ESPN 30 for 30, to celebrities like Arianna Huffington, Ed Burns and the entire cast of Saturday Night Live. He loves movies, and has directed over a dozen short films (some of which he hopes you never see!)
Special Guests-
Actor James Naughton
Actor/Musician Greg Naughton
Writer/Director Samuel B. Russell
Writer/Actor Mike Boland
Writer/Director Jim Clemente
Composer Chris Kalafus
Films -
Yo Andrea
A middle-aged man hatches a plan to win the woman of his dreams.
Street Sale
Wide-eyed and eager Chris finds that his new job is much more than he bargained for when he begins working with the shrewd, yet perpetually broke street hustler Skip! Will Chris surrender to this world of easy money and questionable ethics or will he rise above it?
Be Nice to Fish
An anchovy pizza-loving man must contend with the ethics and consequences of his actions when he acquires a pet goldfish.
Past Prologue
Robert and Claudette have a chance encounter in a coffee shop, their first meeting since they dated over 60 years ago. A re-connection to memory, and discovery of feelings long buried takes them on an emotional journey through their past.
Not the Same Clarence
A man must come to terms with his fathers Alzheimer's disease.
Will Leet
WILL LEET IS A BROOKLYN BASED SINGER-SONGWRITER, ALSO KNOWN AS THE LEAD GUITARIST OF SAMMY RAE & THE FRIENDS. SELF DESCRIBED AS “CAMPFIRE ROCK WITH A CITY GROOVE,” WILL'S MUSIC IS AN ECLECTIC MIX OF ROCK, FOLK, COUNTRY AND BAROQUE POP, WITH INFLUENCES RANGING FROM KACEY MUSGRAVES TO THE BEATLES. JOINED BY HIS BAND, “THE NYC COWBOYS,” LEET WILL TAKE YOU ON A SONIC JOURNEY THROUGH POIGNANT ACOUSTIC SONGS TO EXTENDED ROCK N’ ROLL JAMS.
Pan Arcadia
Fresh out of the cellar-studio of a tipsy Brooklyn shack lumbers the music of Pan Arcadia. Raised on the nutritious sounds of Television, Status Quo, Miles Davis and Sam & Dave, Pan Arcadia makes propulsive yet soulful indie music; melding garage rock with horn arrangements. Pan released its debut album in February 2023. Leading up to its release, they organized the Save the Scene NYC virtual festival to benefit performers and venue workers affected by Covid, and got voted ‘New York’s Best Emerging Band’ by readers of The Deli Mag.
Booking: Will Leet & Pan Arcadia Sub Booking:Singer/songwriter Eric Hutchinson is feeling nostalgic as he prepares to spend 2023 celebrating the 15th anniversary of his debut album, Sounds Like This. “It’s a special record for me - one that changed my life, my career, and introduced my music to a new audience I could only have dreamt of,” the Takoma Park, MD native reflects. To commemorate the anniversary, Eric has announced that he will be playing shows all year long, performing the album in its entirety.
Booking: Eric Hutchinson Sub Booking: Sounds Like This 15th Anniversary Tour
The Rocky Horror Picture Show is renowned for its audience participation roles at different times and scenes during the film. There will be props available for purchase at the venue the night of the show for $5 a bag. To encourage the safety and enjoyment of the film by all in attendance, any bags brought to the theater could be subjected to a search for inappropriate/non-allowable items.
What is allowed & what’s in the kit!
The $5 kits include:
Rice, Newspaper, Water Gun, Glow Stick, Time Warp Flyer, Rubber Glove, Noisemaker, Confetti Popper, Toilet Paper, Party Hat, Bell, Sponge, Cards, Instructions, Bag.
So now we know what the kit will include, we’re new to this thing. How do we use them, which ones that aren’t in the kit are also allowed OR are not allowed, and at what point in the movie do we use them?
This movie is all about participation but we also want to make sure the theater isn’t damaged, wrecked, or burned down (under NO circumstances should an open flame ever be used within the Theatre). People are absolutely encouraged to dress up and have fun, but there are just a few things we cannot and will not allow and they are listed below along with the items included in the $5 kit, as well as when to use them.
Another thing we ask is to please not throw things at the screen.
Here’s your play-by-play of when to use your props, as well as the things that just can’t be allowed. Here we go:
Rice
In the kit? Yes
Is it allowed? Yes… But PLEASE, less than a handful. Large bags will be
taken at the door.
When to use: At the beginning of the film when the wedding guests exit the church.
Large “J”-“A”-“N”-“E”-“T” cards
In the kit? No
Is it allowed? Yes, we just didn’t include it since it takes some decent coordination between people to pull off. You’re welcome to do it if you feel like your four friends can spell.
When to use: During the song “Dammit Janet” when Brad says Janet’s name, and when spells out Janet’s name, each card is held up as he spells it. Some people also write “Oh” “B”-“R”-“A”-“D” on the back of them and use them then.
Water Guns
In the kit? Yes
Is it allowed? Yes… Only tiny squirt guns will be allowed. Anything oversized will not be allowed in.
When this normally happens: During the song There’s a Light (Over at the Frankenstein Place), while they are walking through the rain.
Newspaper
In the kit? Yes
Is it allowed? : Yes
When to use: When Brad and Janet are caught in the storm, Janet covers her head with a newspaper. At this point, you should likewise cover your head.
Glow Stick / flashlight
In the kit? Yes (1 qty)
Is it allowed? Yes (NO Lighters, matches, flammables due to fire code restrictions). Get creative and download a concert lighter app on your phone. Those are much less flammable!
When to use: During the song There’s a Light (Over at the Frankenstein Place), while the “There’s a Light” chorus is playing. Do this during the chorus and when they say “in the darkness” lower it.
How to Time Warp Flyer
In the kit? Yes (1 qty)
Is it allowed? Of course! Yes but try to keep the aisles open if possible for people trying to get through.
When to use: During the Time Warp – get up and dance!
Rubber Glove
In the kit? Yes (1 qty)
Is it allowed? Yes
When to use: During Frank’s speech at the tank when he puts on the gloves, stretches and snaps them. He does this three times and try to snap them at the same time!
Noisemakers
In the kit? Yes (1 qty)
Is it allowed? Yes
When to use: During the “Lab” scene, when the Transylvanian Guests use their noisemakers at the end of the creation speech.
Confetti
In the kit? Yes (1 confetti streamer popper)
Is it allowed? Yes
When to use: At the end of the “Lab” scene when the wedding march is being played when they head to the bedroom.
Toilet Paper
In the kit? Yes (1 qty)
Is it allowed? Yes
When to use: When Dr. Scott makes his entrance and Brad exclaims “Great Scott!” Get it? Like Scotts toilet paper? Yeah, that’s why people do it. Wait to toss it when Dr. Scott crashes through the wall. By the time Dr. Scott hits the Transducer wall and Frank has his leg on the chair it’s time to stop tossing.
Party Hat
In the kit? Yes (1 qty)
Is it allowed? Yes
When to use: During dinner, Frank will put on his party hat, and you should too. It’s a party after all and you should be dressed appropriately.
Toast
In the kit? No
Is it allowed? : Yes… If you must, but we’d rather you didn’t.
When this normally happens: During dinner after Frank is done carving, he will lift his glass and proclaim “a toast”.
Bell
In the kit? Yes
Is it allowed? Yes, if you didn’t bring a bell you can use your keys also. However it doesn’t look as cool.
When to use: When Frank is chasing Janet after dinner and asks the musical question “did you hear a bell ring?” during the song “Planet Schmanet”.
Sponge
In the kit? Yes (1 qty)
Is it allowed? Yes
When to use: When Columbia is doing her “bitch out” speech and says to Frank, “you’re like a sponge!”
Cards
In the kit? Yes
Is it allowed? Yes… But Please, not a whole deck.
When to use: After floor show, when Frank is doing his solo number and sits down and sings the line “cards for sorrow, cards for pain”. Make it rain!
Rope
In the kit? No
Is it allowed? Yes
When to use: When the rope falls from the rigging after Riff finishes shooting.
Hot Dog and Prunes
Is it allowed? Please, please, please DON’T.
People sometimes throw these anytime they’re mentioned. It’s messy, stains things, and nobody wants to get hit with a prune or a hot dog for that matter.
He knows no musical genre boundaries. He rocks. He funks. An imposing figure with a shaven head, tattooed arms, a goatee and a performance style he describes as “the Stooges meets Buddy Guy, Motörhead meets Muddy Waters, and Jimi Hendrix meets Robert Johnson,” Popa Chubby is an endearing character who is one of the genre’s most popular figures.
Booking: Popa Chubby Sub Booking:Newly restored in 4K to coincide with its 40th anniversary, the 1984 film was directed by renowned filmmaker Jonathan Demme and is considered by critics as the greatest concert film of all time. Stop Making Sense stars core band members David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, and Jerry Harrison along with Bernie Worrell, Alex Weir, Steve Scales, Lynn Mabry and Edna Holt. The live performance was shot over the course of three nights at Hollywood's Pantages Theater in December of 1983 and features Talking Heads' most memorable songs.
Booking: Stop Making Sense 40th Anniversary Sub Booking:A master lyricist and satirical storyteller, John Hiatt delivers songs filled with tales of redemption, relationships and surrendering on his own terms. Hiatt's finest album is 1987's Bring the Family; other catalog highlights include the pop and rock of 1983's Riding with the King, the rough-hewn blues-rock of 2008's Same Old Man, and 2021's Leftover Feelings. His lyrics and melodies have graced more than 20 studio albums, have been recorded by Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris, B.B. King, Willie Nelson, Bonnie Raitt and scores of others, and have earned him a place in the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, a BMI Troubadour award, and a lifetime achievement in songwriting designation from the Americana Music Association.
Booking: John Hiatt - CANCELLED Sub Booking:Ben Ottewell and Ian Ball of Gomez will come together for an intimate run of duo performances this Winter. Ottewell and Ball’s first release with Gomez, the 1998 break-outBring It On, launched a spectacular career punctuated with the distinguished Mercury Prize, multiple platinum selling records and legions of devoted fans spanning three continents. Taking a break from writing sessions for Gomez’s next record, the duo’s performances will draw from Gomez fan-favorites, highlights from their respective solo projects, and perhaps offer an opportunity to road-test some of their newest work.
Booking: Ben Ottewell and Ian Ball (of Gomez) Sub Booking:An unusually intimate psychological portrait of legendary folk singer and activist Joan Baez. Neither a conventional biopic nor a traditional concert film, this immersive documentary is more of a visual memoir anchored by Joan’s extraordinary archive, including newly discovered home movies, diaries, artwork, and audio recordings.
Booking: Joan Baez I Am A Noise Sub Booking:Mountainfilm is a documentary film festival that showcases stories about environmental, cultural, climbing, political and social justice issues. Mountainfilm is held every Memorial Day weekend in Telluride, Colorado. Along with exceptional documentaries, the festival goes beyond the film medium by bringing together world-class athletes, change makers and visionary artists for a multi-dimensional celebration of indomitable spirit. Mountainfilm’s mission is to use the power of film, art and ideas to inspire audiences to create a better world. To learn more about Mountainfilm, visit www.mountainfilm.org.
Booking: Mountainfilm on Tour Sub Booking:Nothing runs deeper than family ties. Brothers, sisters, fathers, mothers, sons, and daughters understand one another at the purest level. When families rally around music, they speak this oft-unspoken bond aloud and into existence. After 25 years, twelve albums, four GRAMMY® Award nominations, and sold out shows everywhere, North Mississippi Allstars open up their world once again on their thirteenth album, Set Sail [New West Records], welcoming other family (by blood and by the road) into the fold. As legend has it, Luther and Cody Dickinson started the band in 1996 as a loose collective of like-minded second-generation musicians who shared a local repertoire and regional style. Over the years, the lineup shifted by design, and each subsequent record offered up a different combination of collaborators. This time around, they mined the talents of Jesse Williams on bass and Lamar Williams, JR. on vocals. During the Allman Betts Band Family Revival, the Dickinsons first linked up with Lamar, son of the Allman Brothers bassist Lamar Williams, Sr., becoming fast friends and collaborators and eventually paving the way for Set Sail.
Booking: An Evening with North Mississippi Allstars Sub Booking:The current Melvin Seals & JGB lineup finds Seals joined by guitarist John Kadlecik (Dark Star Orchestra, Further), bassist John-Paul McLean and drummer Jeremy Hoenig. Melvin spun his Hammond B-3 magic with the Jerry Garcia Band for 18 years and in doing so, helped define what jamband music is today. As nicknamed by Garcia himself, come see the Master of the Universe’s powerful presence in The Warehouse.
Booking: Melvin Seals & JGB Sub Booking:Join Band Central for an evening of the best party-vibe rock music to benefit CLASP, a local nonprofit that provides homes and opportunities for adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities.
Featuring the most popular, danceable, and fun rock music from artists including Tina Turner, Rolling Stones, Journey, Wild Cherry, Led Zeppelin, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Rick James and more, this show includes Stephanie Harrison, powerhouse who leads the band Fake ID, Anthony Gadaleta, Crispin Cioe, accomplished sax player who has toured with the Rolling Stones, Pat Marafiote, Marcos Torres Jr., who plays with the Cosmic Jibaros, and Rob Fried, Band Central founder.
The pre-party starts in the FTC gallery at 6:30PM with complimentary light bites and the opportunity to support a great cause. Wear a costume (or don’t) and come ready to dance your CLASP off! 100% of the proceeds benefit CLASP, its residents, and its programs. Visit www.clasphomes.org for more information.
Booking: Rockin' Halloween Bash - A Benefit Concert for CLASP Sub Booking: Featuring Band CentralNashville, Tennessee's Wild Feathers prefer the term "American" over Americana when describing their sound, which falls somewhere between the earnest, neo-Southern rock of the Black Crowes, the bluesy swagger of the Black Keys, and the wide-open-road country-rock of the Eagles. The group's eponymous debut drew largely from classic rock and country, while 2016's Lonely Is a Lifetime bristled with modern touches and big production values, dialing back on the twang and incorporating elements of psych, pop, and anthemic alt-rock. The band continued to refine their Southern rock, Americana, blues, and folk-tinged sound on subsequent efforts Greetings from the Neon Frontier (2018) and Alvarado (2021).
Booking: The Wild Feathers Sub Booking:On Sale Schedule:
Artist Presale: 9/13 11AM
Classic Member Presale: 9/14 12PM
General On Sale: 9/15 11AM
A celebrated singer and songwriter, Alejandro Escovedo has as eclectic a background and body of work as any rock artist of his generation. As comfortable performing with a string ensemble as he is with an amped-up power trio, and as likely to bare his soul in his lyrics as he is to display some serious rock & roll swagger, Escovedo had already played an important role in punk (with the Nuns), roots rock (the True Believers), and alt-country (Rank & File) before he launched a solo career that's seen him work with everyone from John Cale to Bruce Springsteen. Beginning with 1992's Gravity, Escovedo's music has been consistently literate, ambitious, and eclectic, with 2001's A Man Under the Influence exploring different genres and approaches from track to track, while 2008's Real Animal and 2016's Burn Something Beautiful focused on passionate, guitar-based rock & roll. 2018's The Crossing (and its 2020 Spanish-language counterpart La Cruzada) told a richly detailed story of the immigrant experience.
Booking: Alejandro Escovedo Sub Booking:Jason Narducy is a Chicago musician. When he isn't touring with Bob Mould or Superchunk, he writes and sings in Split Single. Greg Kot (Chicago Tribune, Sound Opinions) calls Jason “a first rate songwriter and band leader”. Jason has performed with Robert Pollard (Guided By Voices), Sunny Day Real Estate, The Pretenders, Liz Phair, Eddie Vedder, and many more.
Jason and his first band, Verböten, were featured in the Foo Fighter's HBO series Sonic Highways and in Dave Grohl's NYT best seller, Storyteller. Playwright Brett Neveu wrote a musical about Verböten (featuring music by Jason) that opened in Chicago in January 2020. Verböten the musical garnered rave reviews and sold out performances and is currently being re-worked for a film adaptation.
Jason Narducy has written and performed in comedy shorts such as The Sexiest Elbows in Rock (3 episodes all found on YouTube). The episodes feature Fred Armisen, Michael Shannon, Frank Black, Sharon Van Etten, Todd Barry, Dave Hill, Rick Nielsen, and Michael Cerveris among others.
Booking: Bob Mould Solo Electric Sub Booking:Nicotine Dolls formed in New York City (Summer 2017) by Singer Sam Cieri and Guitarist John Hays, with John Merritt (Bass) and Abel Tabares (Drums) joining shortly after. The band has released a string of singles including "The Madness" and "Burning a Good Thing" throughout 2019, along with self produced music videos. The band prides itself on there raw live shows. Nicotine dolls are the ones who stand outside smoking all night because they are too afraid to go inside but can't bring themselves to leave.
Booking: Nicotine Dolls Sub Booking:WANTED! Cowboys and cowgirls are being lassoed up for Fairfield Theatre Company’s dance party fundraiser, Rock N’ Rodeo! Dust off your boots, grab your hat, and saddle up for a rowdy night in The Warehouse with live music by Southern Voice. Not only are they covering your favorite country dance hits, but they’ll be shakin’ The Warehouse with guided line dancing! Whether you’re a seasoned dancer or a newcomer, these experts are sure to have your boots scootin’ all night long.
The Warehouse will be transformed into the Old West for this hoedown - complete with hay bales to dance around, lassoes to round up your friends, and twinkling lights that stretch like starlight to shine on the evening!
So, buckle up and mosey on down to FTC for a rootin’ tootin’ good time!
See y’all there!
*VIP ticket details - a ticket for the event plus a tshirt and one drink ticket
Booking: Rock N' Rodeo Sub Booking: A Country Themed Dance PartyA tour de force of horn-fired blues. So tight, and so right: a masterful combination of jumping, horn-heavy, hard-edged blues, and R&B. The group's deeply rooted blend of swing, rock 'n' roll, jump, blues, and soul has earned it five Grammy Award nominations and a slew of other accolades, including seven BluesMusic Awards. These guys are a non-stop hip-shaking party. It's clear why People Magazine said Roomful's music "can turn a dull evening at home into a heel-clicking night of fun."
“Brawny shuffles, swinging horns, searing guitar, passionate vocals and balls-to-the-wall enthusiasm” —Living Blues
“High-voltage swingin’ jump blues and R&B” —USA Today
Booking: Roomful of Blues Sub Booking:This year, we have selected six short films (85 Min Total) to create a unique and captivating lineup.
MANHATTAN SHORT has a history of sharing short film selections with the Academy Awards and this year is no different. Two of the six films in this year's lineup are Oscar Nominated while another two of them were shortlisted for the 2023 Oscars.
Booking: Manhattan Short Film Festival Sub Booking:MORE!, the current project from Tom Hamilton is also his oldest. Hamilton (Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Brothers Past, Ghost Light) was still in high school when he began writing songs with his brother Jim Hamilton and friends Joe D’Amico and Tom McKee. By the end of their college years life had pulled them all in different directions. When the world shut down in 2020, Hamilton found himself in his studio with no band or inspiration. The solution to both came as the four boys reconnected. With the addition of drummer Scotty Zwang, MORE! was born.
This group of artists combine elite songwriting skills with an incredible sense of adventure in improvising within those songs. They’re live debut came in early 2023 when they were invited to share the bill with Grateful Dead offshoot, Dead & Company at their destination event, Playing in the Sand. MORE! wowed 5,000 fans in attendance with two shows of their unique sound, and followed with a sold out hometown debut at Philadelphia’s Ardmore Music Hall.
Contemporary singer/songwriter Brendan James began writing placid, autobiographical songs in college, accompanying himself on piano and wrapping his tenor vocals around tales of childhood, love, and nature. A native of New Hampshire, James relocated to Chapel Hill to attend the University of North Carolina, but the desire to pursue music convinced him to temporarily move to Los Angeles. He wrote songs during his stay in California and returned to Chapel Hill in 2002, where he graduated from college and set his sights on New York. James decamped to the Big Apple and issued a four-song EP before enlisting producer Mikal Blue (who would later produce Colbie Caillat's Coco) to help him record a full-length debut. Featuring songs inspired by his parents' divorce and former love interests, The Day Is Brave arrived in June 2008. After touring the album and relocating once again to Los Angeles, James wrote and recorded his self-titled sophomore release, Brendan James, which appeared in 2010. Playing Favorites followed in 2013, with the emotionally direct Simplify arriving later that same year.
Booking: Brendan James Sub Booking:Andy Frasco & The U.N. have long been the high-flying DIY renegades of the touring scene known and loved for their kaleidoscopic musical fusion and one-of-a-kind onstage audacity. Now celebrating their longevity, the band is shaking things up with L’Optimist (Fun Machine Records/Soundly), as its title suggests, Frasco’s most hopeful and enthusiastic collection thus far. A testament to Frasco’s wide-ranging influences and boundless energy, his band’s sixth released studio album sees the magnetic frontman continuing to chart his path of self-exploration and personal discovery through increasingly introspective lyricism and musical adventure. Songs like “Everything Bagel (Feat. Artikal Sound System)” and the deeply moving “Iowa Moon” touch on matters of the heart and mental health, emotional struggle and the sheer vulnerability of the human experience, all relayed through a wildly eclectic approach navigating funk, jazz, surf rock, blues, swing, gospel, reggae, exotica, and more with horn-blasted positivity and soulful power.
Empowering and energizing from its very start, Frasco’s dopamine-raising approach that has made Andy Frasco & The U.N. a much beloved live outfit renowned for unbridled improvisation, audience interaction, surprising covers, special guests, and animated antics unlike any other. The band has long spent seemingly all their time on the road, performing more than 200 shows each year, as Atwood Magazine wrote, “spreading their bohemian philosophy of finding joy from existing in the moment.” Truly a creative force not to be reckoned with, Frasco also somehow finds time to host Andy Frasco’s World Saving Podcast and cater to his nearly 1M monthly dance party views on Twitch.
“With so much bad news in the world, why not try to figure out a way to get out of the darkness,” Frasco says. “We’re not going to be able to change the world, but at least we can change the mind state we have moving forward. We can at least help the process along by being optimistic that the future will turn itself around. And if everyone changes their mind state about the future, then maybe we can change the world.”
L’Optimist sees Frasco continuing to develop as a songwriter, band leader, and human being, his restless spirit giving way to something more firmly grounded yet no less adventurous. Having built a still-expanding career on forward motion, Andy Frasco remains positive in his determination to keep on keeping on, pushing himself and his music to grow and improve with every passing day.
“My superhero, Kobe Bryant, used to say don't be bitter, be better,” says Andy Frasco. “So, I've always tried to be better every year. I'm not trying to stay still, I want to get better at everything in life. I'm not just plateauing. I'm going to keep fighting to be the best songwriter I can be. Because if you're not evolving, you're dying.”
Booking: Andy Frasco & The U.N. - Fall 2023 Tour Sub Booking: With special guest Cool Cool CoolThe joke’s on us!
Staples High School Girls Swimming & Diving Team Dive presents “DIVE INTO COMEDY” — a FUNraiser to help provide necessary gear and equipment for the always outstanding squad.
An evening of laughter is just what the doctor ordered! Relax and destress as you enjoy an evening with four New York stand-up comedians who have performed at iconic comedy clubs such as Caroline's on Broadway, The Stress Factory, Stand Up New York, and the Connecticut Comedy Festival!
$100 single ticket
Cash Bar
Booking: Dive Into Comedy Sub Booking: A FUNraiser with comedian Nic Scopoletti & FriendsA documentary feature film about the Elephant 6 Recording Company & collective: Neutral Milk Hotel, the Olivia Tremor Control, the Apples In Stereo, Elf Power, the Music Tapes, the Minders, the Gerbils, of Montreal, Beulah, Dressy Bessy, Great Lakes & more.
"One of my favorite things about the film is the way it captures the necessity of creativity and a do-it-yourself ethos in places where there isn’t a lot of pre-existing art or culture." New York Times
NY Times - The Amplifier A crash course in the Elephant 6 Recording Co. - https://shorturl.at/lnSX8
Booking: The Elephant 6 Recording Co Sub Booking:In partnership with the Town of Fairfield, Experience Fairfield, and Fairfield Parks & Recreation, join us for the inaugural Fairfield Oktoberfest. This FREE event will take place in the FTC & Sanford Street Lot on Saturday, September 23 from 2 – 6PM.
• Selection of Food Trucks coming soon
• Axe Throwing & Corn Hole
• Commemorative Fairfield Oktoberfest T-Shirts & Steins available for purchase
• Live music by Benny Mikula (of Alpaca Gnomes) & Alligator
• Rain or Shine
• Beverages for purchase and restrooms will be open inside The Warehouse
Thank you to our sponsors: Boca Grille & Raw Bar, Elicit Brewing Company, Two Roads Brewing Company, New Belgium Brewing, Bear Fight, Creek Water, Hotel Hi-Ho, Circle Hotel Fairfield, Massage Envy, Outdoor Design & Living, and Vintage Garden
Booking: Fairfield Oktoberfest Sub Booking:Austin, Texas…Eric Johnson has been traveling on a prolific odyssey over the course of more than four decades. Along the way, his creations have encompassed repertoire that cross pollinate genres which include rock, blues, jazz, fusion, soul, folk, new-age, classical and even country. Inevitably, E.J. says it best himself in sharing, “It really boils down to the music and the song at the end of the day,” he explains. “If it doesn’t have that it gets boring for me. The most important thing for me is to grow musically and make a more expansive and meaningful artistic statement with every new project.”
During the Pandemic, the Grammy winning guitarist, vocalist, composer, and multiinstrumentalist has been busy releasing weekly, donation-based, virtual “Mini-Lessons” benefitting Food Banks across the country and working in the studio on previously un-released tracks and new recordings. The currently untitled new record is scheduled for release later this year.
Throughout his career, Johnson has approached music as a healing force, a way to enhance a listener’s consciousness, and conjure joy and inspiration. More than a year into the Pandemic, and because of the Pandemic, he reflects that this approach has become reinforced and more enhanced. The 2022 Treasure Tour will feature some of the previously un-released gems, some new songs, and some older favorites. His band will include Tom Brechtlein on drums, and Roscoe Beck on bass.
Booking: Eric Johnson's Treasure Tour - 9/21/2023 Sub Booking:Bonerama is a force of nature. It is a band that in many ways defies categorization. A funky rock band with brass…a funky brass band that rocks. Pick Yer Poison. Bonerama is a New Orleans-based band that fuses everything that has made that city’s music famous into a genre defying gumbo. The band has taken the best elements of rock, soul, fusion, pop, jazz, funk, brass, gospel and blues to forge its unique sound.
Formed in 1998, Bonerama is the brainchild of trombone players Mark Mullins and Craig Klein (who from 1990-2006, were also members of Harry Connick Jr.’s big band). Currently comprised of Mullins (trombone, electric trombone and lead vocals), Klein (trombone and lead vocals), Greg Hicks (trombone and vocals), Bert Cotton (lead guitar), Matt Perrine (sousaphone and electric bass) and Walt Lundy (drums), Bonerama is one of the funkiest and most unique bands to ever come out of New Orleans.
Equally adept at delivering extraordinary originals or blistering covers of artists as diverse as Led Zeppelin; The Beatles; The Allman Brothers; Jimi Hendrix–even Black Sabbath, Bonerama’s distinctive, inimitable, genuine, one-of-a-kind sound is unmatched, high-energy, fun, dynamic and bold. Over the years, Bonerama has joined forces with many prominent musicians on stage or in the studio such as R.E.M., Little Feat, OKGo, Nicole Atkins, George Porter Jr., The Radiators, Ivan Neville, Galactic and many more. Whoever Bonerama teams-up with gets an interesting and personal take on Bonerama’s style of music infusing a piece of their own genetics into the band vibe of whoever they are joining. Simply put, Bonerama’s sound is a mélange unlike anything else. By placing the trombones, up front and center stage as the lead instrument, Bonerama is “different” in the best possible way. Not only is the band’s music unique but it is drenched with the New Orleans’s DNA that flows through the veins of the band’s members…and it works!
A Bonerama concert is life-changing and will permanently alter how one views popular music. When seeing Bonerama live, attendees are treated to a masterclass that is both a musical time machine and a trip through 20th and early 21st Century popular music. Audience members are magically transported to old New Orleans (via tunes like “Mr. Okra,” an original about the New Orleans character and treasure Arthur Robinson who sold vegetables from his truck, “Let The Four Winds Blow,” “Iko Iko,” “Big Chief,” and “Indian Red”); current New Orleans (with its funk, rock and jazz-flavored originals such as “Shake Your Rugalator,” “Bad Dog,” “Hard Times,” and “Hot Like Fire”); Classic or Alternative radio (through unconventional and unsuspected covers of “When The Levee Breaks,” “Frankenstein,” “Helter Skelter” “Whipping Post,” “Crosstown Traffic,” “War Pigs” and “Paranoid Android”) as well as familiar traditional gems and nuggets (such as “What A Wonderful World,” “When My Dreamboat Comes Home” and “Down By The Riverside”). Every song is performed with a high-energy and spicy concoction of deliciously Southern funky New Orleans attitude and joy.
Bonerama has appeared on national television shows including Late Night with David Letterman and in 2006 was the house band for HBO’s Comic Relief. The band’s appeal and fan-base is spread across the globe. Over the past 20+ years, Bonerama has been recognized as one of New Orleans’ best-loved touring bands—making numerous stops each year in New York City; Washington, DC; Chicago; Philadelphia; St. Louis and many other U.S. markets. The band regularly performs at well-known music festivals and venues across the country and in the fall of 2018 Bonerama performed three nights at the famed Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles while opening for Mullins and Klein’s former boss, Harry Connick Jr. More than a New Orleans band, Bonerama also has a huge international following. It makes frequent trips to Brazil with tour stops in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and other locations in that country playing to large scale audiences of all ages that are wowed by the band’s unique sound, catalog and deep New Orleans roots.
During its career, Bonerama has delivered seven major releases. It’s current full-length album, Bonerama Plays Zeppelin (Basin Street Records), was one of the best-selling albums at Jazz Fest in 2019. The band’s most recent release, the “Empty World” single, is a tribute to the late Allen Toussaint that features Michael McDonald (who will be inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Doobie Brothers at the 2020 Induction Ceremony).
Bonerama is a band that truly resides in a class of its own. Its jazzified, funkified, rhythmic and rockin’ brass band music is unequaled and unparalleled. Once heard, it leaves an indelible imprint upon the listener that can never be forgotten.
Current Line-up:
Mark Mullins – trombone / vocals Greg Hicks – trombone / vocals Chris Butcher – trombone Matt Perrine – sousaphone Bert Cotton – guitar Eric Bolivar – drums
Booking: Bonerama Sub Booking:
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