Chicago Sandy
07-12-2007, 08:46 PM
Hi, everyone! I promised earlier in the week that I would spill the details of the open mic I'm co-hosting again this Sat. night (Live Earth Madison, redux--but this time we get to use the PA) and the SASS! Trio's appearance(s) at this Sunday's Woodstock Folk Festival. Details:
Sat. July 14, 8 pm--Andina & Rich co-host the open mic at ESCAPE JAVA JOINT, 912 Williamson St., Madison, WI. Come for the music, stay for the coffee and the art (it's a gallery too and has several comfy rooms for schmoozing and wi-fi surfing). We'll be taping for our concert video--so if you want to be immortalized even without performing, all you have to do is show up and be in the audience! Free! Std. open mic rules apply: 3 songs or 15 min., whichever ends first; no full drum kits; keep your clothes on. Covers and originals both perfectly ok. No instrument too weird--last week we had someone pay tribute to Boots Randolph with "Yakkety Pennywhistle," with "Louie Louie" and a Ray Charles medley as encores. Plenty of free parking in the lot 2 doors down.
Sun. July 15, 1-1:30 pm--the SASS! Trio kick off the WOODSTOCK FOLK FESTIVAL's air-conditioned *indoor* stage at the STAGE LEFT CAFE right in the center of town on the town square, as the Featured Artists before the open mic. And from 5-6 pm, we'll be joining all the acts on the outdoor main stage (in the middle of the square) for the group singalong finale. We're hoping you'll be there singing along (and maybe hitting that open mic in between). Sugg. donations: $10 indiv/$20 family/$7 students & seniors.
Wondering who's headlining? Well, among others, JIM POST (remember the 1968 duo Friend & Lover? Jim may prefer you don't because he's come a LONG way since then;) ), AMY SPEACE (E. Coast alt-folk/acoustic rocker) and LEE MURDOCK (with his 12-string guitar and a lifetime's worth of collected songs about the Great Lakes, including his own classic, "The Christmas Ship"). Hope to see you there!
Sat. July 14, 8 pm--Andina & Rich co-host the open mic at ESCAPE JAVA JOINT, 912 Williamson St., Madison, WI. Come for the music, stay for the coffee and the art (it's a gallery too and has several comfy rooms for schmoozing and wi-fi surfing). We'll be taping for our concert video--so if you want to be immortalized even without performing, all you have to do is show up and be in the audience! Free! Std. open mic rules apply: 3 songs or 15 min., whichever ends first; no full drum kits; keep your clothes on. Covers and originals both perfectly ok. No instrument too weird--last week we had someone pay tribute to Boots Randolph with "Yakkety Pennywhistle," with "Louie Louie" and a Ray Charles medley as encores. Plenty of free parking in the lot 2 doors down.
Sun. July 15, 1-1:30 pm--the SASS! Trio kick off the WOODSTOCK FOLK FESTIVAL's air-conditioned *indoor* stage at the STAGE LEFT CAFE right in the center of town on the town square, as the Featured Artists before the open mic. And from 5-6 pm, we'll be joining all the acts on the outdoor main stage (in the middle of the square) for the group singalong finale. We're hoping you'll be there singing along (and maybe hitting that open mic in between). Sugg. donations: $10 indiv/$20 family/$7 students & seniors.
Wondering who's headlining? Well, among others, JIM POST (remember the 1968 duo Friend & Lover? Jim may prefer you don't because he's come a LONG way since then;) ), AMY SPEACE (E. Coast alt-folk/acoustic rocker) and LEE MURDOCK (with his 12-string guitar and a lifetime's worth of collected songs about the Great Lakes, including his own classic, "The Christmas Ship"). Hope to see you there!