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COLONY IS AN ALL-AGES VENUE. PERSONS UNDER 18 MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT.
TICKETS TO ALL COLONY EVENTS ARE AVAILABLE AT TICKETFLY, STOCKADE GUITARS IN UPTOWN KINGSTON & THE COLONY DURING BUSINESS HOURS.
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Monday April 22nd
Sign-up 7 PM to 8 PM
Hosted by Jim from Kansas & Galaxius Quasar! Bring out your latest and greatest tunes and show the room and the world your stuff. Join our growing community of new & seasoned songsmiths! Facebook Livestream every week!
House guitar & piano available!
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Thursday April 25th
Doors 7 PM Games 8 PM
Hosted by WDST’s Doug Grunther! Prizes! No cover! Full kitchen til 10pm & drink specials all night.
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Friday April 26th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
Rock City Vintage Presents! A spring fashion show and homage to the clothing and music of the Woodstock Festival era! Join us for a special night of vintage 70’s fashion and it’s music. Dance the night away with music by DJ Dave Leonard of JTD Productions! Let’s get this season off on the right foot! Or platform shoe perhaps! Local models will join Rock City Vintage proprietor Molly Farley in a fun night of fabulous clothing and music! Dig out your best bell bottoms and let your freak flag fly!
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Saturday April 27th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
Zepparella is the Led Zeppelin Powerhouse hailing from San Francisco. Vocalist Anna Kristina, guitarist Gretchen Menn, bassist Holly West, and drummer Clementine have brought their passion for the sacred music of the greatest band in the world all over the US and Canada. Zepparella shows replicate the nuance and detail of Zeppelin’s catalog while honoring the powerful improvisational journeys for which Zeppelin shows were renowned.
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Sunday April 28th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
Jeffrey Lewis & Los Bolts (NYC) play an abnormally satisfying style of scuzzy urban indie-rock-folk, like a 21st Century mash-up of Sonic Youth, Pete Seeger and R. Crumb. Born and raised New Yorker Jeffrey has pursued a relentless touring schedule around the world since 2002, as well as playing as the opening act for bands like the Mountain Goats, Daniel Johnston, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, Dinosaur Jr, The Fall, Dr. Dog, Pulp, Roky Erickson, The Vaselines, and most recently a USA tour supporting Hobo Johnson at 2,000-capacity venues.
$8 ADVANCE – $10 DAY OF SHOW
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Thursday May 2nd
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
Adult Mom headlines an amazing triple bill of indie pop at Colony!
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Friday May 3rd
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
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Saturday May 4th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
Professor Louie has emerged in the music industry as the torchbearer of the true spirit of American Roots music. Seasoned live performer, prolific recording artist and versatile multi-instrumentalist Professor Louie also wears the hat of award-winning recording producer and engineer, capturing the talents of some of the world’s most highly acclaimed musicians, most notably, The Band.
w/ Cally Anna
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Sunday May 5th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
For Emily King, the pop-soul singer from New York City who spent her first three decades living on the same downtown block, that notion was always easier said than done. A proud New Yorker, she loved her home, her family, her friends, and her life there. But a year ago, when she finally resolved to challenge herself by moving out of her comfort zone, positive changes started taking shape immediately. In Upstate New York, the fresh air and fresh mentality gave her the proper space and perspective to create what would become the album of her career. It’s name: Scenery.
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Monday May 6th
Sign-up 7 PM to 8 PM
Hosted by Jim from Kansas & Galaxius Quasar! Bring out your latest and greatest tunes and show the room and the world your stuff. Join our growing community of new & seasoned songsmiths! Facebook Livestream every week!
House guitar & piano available!
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SPECIAL TUESDAY SHOW!
Tuesday May 7th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
Contemporary singer-songwriter and Cabinet of Wonders impresario Wesley Stace and longtime sideman Robert Lloyd pay tribute to the legendary songwriter John Wesley Harding.
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Thursday May 9th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
Sarma Brass Band is a 10-piece Balkan Brass Band that evokes the energetic grooves and soaring melodies of the Balkan Roma. The band draws upon founder/leader Tano Brock’s upbringing in the Balkan music scene in Northern California, as well as his travels and studies throughout the Balkans. They play original material as well as a variety of traditional music from Macedonia, Serbia, Greece, and Albania. Featuring musicians from the US, Serbia, Turkey, and Palestine, Sarma Brass Band represents an international love of Balkan Brass. Their full and epic sound, consisting of groovy melodies and chest-thumping rhythms, will entice even the most shy listener to dance.
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Friday May 10th & Saturday May 11th
Early Doors 6 PM Show 7 PM
Rock Academy presents 90s Prom! Featuring the best and worst of the nineties including songs by Nirvana, Weezer, Bell Div Devoe, Primus and many more over two nights of music!
NIGHT ONE: $20 ADVANCE – $25 DAY OF SHOW
NIGHT TWO: $20 ADVANCE – $25 DAY OF SHOW
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Sunday May 12th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
A special and intimate evening with songwriters Kevin Devine & John K. Samson. Kevin played an unforgettable show at the Colony last winter and we are thrilled to have him return. John K. Samson is best known as the front person and primary songwriter of Canadian indie-folk band The Weakerthans.
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Monday May 13th
Doors 7 PM Show 7:45 PM
Meat Puppets‘ original lineup (Curt Kirkwood, Cris Kirkwood, and the newly-welcomed-back drummer Derrick Bostrom) recently announced their first album together since 1995, Dusty Notes, and they promised they’d be touring in 2019 too. Now those dates — their first together in over 20 years — have been announced…
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Thursday May 16th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
The Jason Gisser Band formed in the late summer of 2015. After recording their first album “In The Garden of Crows” They went on to perform at large venues including The Chance Theater, The Paramount Theater, Mexicali Live, Daryl’s House, The Falcon, The Town Crier, and many more. Opening for bands such as Hoobastank, Grand Funk Railroad, Three Dog Night, Lukas Nelson and The Promise of the Real and many more, The Jason Gisser Band began headlining large venues and with quite a few sold out shows, they began playing festivals such as 19th Annual Harvest Fest and Freedom Fair with The Wailers and Murphy’s Law, as well as The Montalk Music Festival, Mazzstock, The Woods Bash in Woodstock, The Hudson Valley Film Festival, Froggy Daze Music Fest and many more. In 2018 The Jason Gisser Band recieved a high honor as their song The River made it to #2 on the song of the year charts in Ark of Music. After a few lineup changes The Jason Gisser Band is working on their second album which should be done by the fall of 2019. The Jason Gisser Band consists of Jason Gisser (Acoustic Guitar & Vocals), Jim Verzi (Bass), Stephen Habo… (Drums), Doriano Magliano (Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals), and Geordie Mac (Keys, Backing Vocals).
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Saturday May 18th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
From the first note, Lindsey Webster captivates listeners. Her rich, soulful voice enchants a dedicated following who connect with the raw emotion she shares with them. As a Soul R&B artist, she combines an admirable natural talent with a genuine, accessible stage presence.
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Sunday May 19th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
On May 3rd Red Parlor Records will release “The Hidden Hills Sessions” by Carla Olson and Todd Wolfe. A collection of original and cover songs ranging in style from acoustic rock to blues to Americana music. To support their release Carla & Todd will be performing shows on the East Coast in the month of May! Carla Olson & Todd Wolfe “Live Unplugged” features acclaimed songwriter/producer/guitarist Carla Olson (Textones, Gene Clark, Mick Taylor) and iconic guitarist/songwriter Todd Wolfe (Sheryl Crow, Leslie West). This classic duo will be performing new songs, as well as deep cuts in Roots, Americana, Rock & Roll and Blues.
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Monday May 20th
Sign-up 7 PM to 8 PM
Hosted by Jim from Kansas & Galaxius Quasar! Bring out your latest and greatest tunes and show the room and the world your stuff. Join our growing community of new & seasoned songsmiths! Facebook Livestream every week!
House guitar & piano available!
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Thursday May 23rd
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
Jules Taylor: “His vocals are as weathered as an old highway sign and as inviting as your favorite mom and pop diner… Overall, the collection is the musical equivalent of the Great American Novel: a work that captures what it means to be human – the shortcomings and the triumphs, the heartaches and the joys.” – Paula Cummings, NYSMusic.com “A kind of high-drama ambient American rock with equal parts grit and ether. Its affinities are many: Wilco, Calexico, Drive-by Truckers, Neil Young…
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Friday May 24th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
There is so much to say and tell about Arlen Roth as a musician and as a man, it would be impossible to write it in one short Bio. (He is, however, currently working on a real autobiography of his life!) This guitar legend is considered one of the most influential guitarists of all time, Arlen has toured the world with countless acts and recording with them as well. This includes artists such as Simon and Garfunkel, Bob Dylan, John Prine, Phoebe Snow, Levon Helm, Ry Cooder, John Sebastian, Janis Ian, Eric Andersen, The Bee Gees and so many more. His teaching and creation of Hot Licks Video pioneered music and guitar education all over the world, and his videos have sold in excess of 2.5 million copies. His current online lessons and blogs for Gibson.com have over 1 million followers!
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Saturday May 25th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
TOM PACHECO. His songs have been covered by Jefferson Starship, the Band, Rick Danko, Ritchie Havens, Scott Petito and Leslie Ruler, John Hall and dozens of European artists, many becoming number one hits in England and Norway. His albums have sold well in Europe. One became platinum in the mid 90’s. He played folk rock in Greenwich Village, NY in the late 60’s and alternative country in Austin Texas in the early 80’s. He walked out on the Nashville songwriting factories and spent 10 years in Dublin Ireland recording and touring extensively in Europe. He now lives in Woodstock, NY and tours both America and Europe. He is admired by critics, fellow performers and perceptive music lovers who have bought the imported copies of many of his albums. Andy Hardin, Tom Russell’s long time guitarist, called him ‘the best solo performer he’s ever seen.”
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Monday May 27th
Sign-up 7 PM to 8 PM
Hosted by Jim from Kansas & Galaxius Quasar! Bring out your latest and greatest tunes and show the room and the world your stuff. Join our growing community of new & seasoned songsmiths! Facebook Livestream every week!
House guitar & piano available!
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SPECIAL TUESDAY SHOW!
Tuesday May 28th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
Tav Falco’s Panther Burns! American psychedelic ballroom combo founded in 1979 in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Friday June 7th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
Danielia Cotton is a New York City based singer-songwriter originally from Hopewell, NJ. In 2010 Danielia was named Lilith Fair’s Ourstage Local Talent Winner for NYC. Since then she has shared the stage with the likes of Robert Cray, Bon Jovi, and Gregg Allman. In the review of her Rare Child album, the NY Times says this: “She’s a belter who can hold back or work her way up to a gospelly blues-rock shout, and in the songs she writes with her band’s brawny guitar riffs, she grapples with the road, salvation, holding on and letting go. The truth will set you free, but it always feels like it tears you apart, she sings. She’s a throwback, but a gutsy one.”
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Saturday June 8th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
Featuring two sets of rebellion-fueled anthems from The 70s British punk explosion! The anarchy! The attitude! The punk pop perfection! John Gullo and his band of veteran punk rockers will kick out high energy, raw powered covers of some of the best punk music that came across the pond in the mid and late 1970s… Everything from one hit wonders like the Undertones and Stiff Little Fingers, to Brit punk giants like The Clash, The Sex Pistols, The Buzzcocks, Generation X, and many more! It’s Brit punk at its bloody best!
*The first set will feature music by:
The Undertones, The Saints, The Vibrators, Stiff Little Fingers, The Rezillos, Penetration, The Adverts, Gang Of Four, and Sham 69!
*The main set will feature music by:
The Clash, The Sex pistols, The Buzzcocks, Generation X, The Damned, The Jam, Siouxsie & The Banshees, and X-ray Spex!
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Thursday June 13th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
For fans of the song and how to feel it, Kath Bloom is some kind of legend. She comes from a special place where country, blues and folk are made beautifully translucent and emotive. She has a special gift – her voice is delicate and tender, yet retains that raw emotion and hard worn truths that allows each sung word to be felt.
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Friday June 14th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
Four incredible, up-and-coming Hudson Valley punk bands in one night on the Colony stage! Sure to be an incredible night.
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Sunday July 7th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
Called “one of the most gifted singer-songwriters of his generation,” by The New York Times, singer-songwriter Teddy Thompson is a native Englishman who has adopted New York City as his home; famously the son of singer-songwriters Richard and Linda Thompson, he emigrated to the States almost twenty years ago, barely out of his teens, to embark on a career of his own.
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Special Tuesday Show!
Tuesday July 9th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
A.A. Bondy releases his first new album in eight years on May 10th from Fat Possum records.
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Thursday July 18th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
Over the course of their twenty-one-year career, Okkervil River has released nine albums that have given frontman Will Sheff a reputation as one of the greatest working songwriters in the country. As Sheff and his shifting lineup of players have traveled the world many times over, they’ve made fans ranging from Lou Reed to Barack Obama and been praised by outlets from the New York Times to NPR to Pitchfork, who called Sheff “One of indie rock’s most ambitious thinkers.” 2019 will see Okkervil River’s two-decades-plus trek around the globe captured and anthologized in “A Dream in the Dark,” a 12-album live series that follows the group from their shaky and earnest beginnings to their sweat-soaked barnstorming rock club days, and from big festival sets into mellow acoustic improvisations.
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Saturday July 20th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
The last time drummer Brendan Canty and bassist Joe Lally were in a band together, they were the rhythmic architects for Fugazi, an organization whose decade and a half of disciplined progressivism provided a necessary bridge between the zenith of late-punk expression and everything alternative in rock that followed. In 2016, the two were enlisted by guitarist Anthony Pirog in a conspiracy to subvert and reimagine the power trio, bringing fully into the 21st Century a form that may have reached near perfection with Hendrix’s Band of Gypsys on the very first day of the 1970s.
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Sunday July 21st
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
The Menzingers‘ eagerly awaited fifth full-length After the Party is available now. The album arrives as the follow-up to the Philadelphia-based band’s widely acclaimed Rented World.
Produced by Will Yip (Title Fight, Balance & Composure, Pianos Become the Teeth), After the Party taps into the Menzingers’ everyman romanticism to reflect on getting older but not quite growing up. Throughout the album, singer/guitarists Greg Barnett and Tom May, bassist Eric Keen, and drummer Joe Godino offset that deeply nuanced songwriting with anthemic harmonies, furious power chords, and larger-than-life melodies.
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Saturday August 3rd
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
Traditionalists or progressives? Fronted by the charismatic Jamaican-born singer and songwriter Nee Nee Rushie, the seven-piece New York band The Big Takeover plays original music that is rooted in and reverent toward the genres and rhythms of Jamaican pop: reggae, rocksteady, ska. They are devotees of Desmond Dekker and the way the old school did it. At the same time, The Big Takeover crosses lines and blends traditions like global pop fusionists. Their deceptively complex arrangements and big hooks connect with the spirit of Motown and the uptown sophistication of the 21st century retro soul and R&B revival scene.
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Sunday August 4th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
The Legendary Shack Shakers’ hell-for-leather roadshow has earned quite a name for itself with its unique brand of Southern Gothic that is all-at-once irreverent, revisionist, dangerous, and
fun. Led by their charismatic, rail-thin frontman and blues-harpist J.D. Wilkes, the Shack Shakers are a four-man wrecking crew from the South whose explosive interpretations of the blues, punk, rock and country have made fans, critics and legions of potential converts into true believers.
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Thursday August 15th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
Johnny Nicholas’ music is full-spectrum Americana — a rich gumbo of blues, cajun, swing, and rock ’n’ roll. A consummate songwriter, as well as a gifted vocalist and multi instrumentalist, his collaborations with musical soulmate Cindy Cashdollar are not to be missed. Cindy is one of the all-time great steel guitar players who, in addition to her associations with Bob Dylan, Levon Helm, Rod Stewart and many others, has won multiple awards including several Grammys. The addition of co-conspirator Scrappy Jud Newcomb is the icing on this already delectable musical cake. Scrappy is arguably the best guitarist in Austin today and his mandolin playing is stunning and soulful. The three performed together in Johnny’s band Hell Bent for six years before Cindy recently moved back to Woodstock. Join this trio of gifted Americana music greats for an unforgettable night of music and ‘troubadoric’ ramblings.
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Friday August 16th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
John Lennon, Peter Gabriel, Pink Floyd, Mr Mister, XTC, Talking Heads, David Bowie, Frank Zappa, NIN, David Sylvian, Laurie Anderson and of course, King Crimson. The list goes on and on and on. Collectively, they have helped create the history of modern rock music. Guitarist Adrian Belew, Bassist Tony Levin and Drummer Pat Mastelotto plan to spend some quality time with you at the Colony for one night only this year. This line up appearing (in conjunction w/ their week long summer camp at Full Moon Resort) only here at the Colony in Woodstock, NY. An essential summer destination for the discerning Proglodyte.
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Friday September 20th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
The 420 Funk Mob is Clip Payne’s off days project that features a revolving cast of all star musicians that have backed Bowie, D’Angelo, Outkast, Amy Winehouse, Lenny Kravitz, Bad Brains, Bootsy Collins, Kung Fu, Muzik Mafia posse, musicians from his other critically acclaimed band DRUGS and of course Parliament/Funkadelic members.
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Thursday
Doors 7pm
Show 8pm
Saturday
Closed for Wedding
Monday
Open Mic Monday!
Sign-up 7pm – 8pm
Show 8pm
