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Wednesday September 18th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
Though he grew up in the generally frozen landscape of Troy, New York, Sean Rowe spent many of his formative summers in DeLand, Florida — a small town between Orlando and Daytona Beach — where his father was a residential caretaker at a home for troubled youths. It was there, in a mercifully air-conditioned, mostly unused building filled with donated musical instruments, that Sean taught himself to play drums and then bass. For those who have wondered where his distinctly low and percussive approach to guitar playing comes from, I believe you now have your answer… (more)
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Thursday September 19th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
Abraham Dennis was the “Toast of Europe” for decades and is now a Messenger of Love in the USA. This legendary entertainer uses the musical styles of Rhythm and Blues, Sweet Soul Sounds, Smooth Jazz, Funk, and of course blended with a Rock and Roll vibe, to create his amazing soulful performances. As the lead singer of many bands, it has been said that he has the voice of Marvin Gaye, as he wisks you away on a magical dance trance evening. The mission of he and his band members is to share Peace and Love with people all over the world through their music… (more)
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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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Saturday September 21st
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
On what would have been Leonard Cohen‘s 85th birthday, Robert Burke Warren brings his “I’m Your Man: An Evening of Leonard Cohen” tribute back to Woodstock’s premier live music venue. The evening spans Cohen’s entire career, from 60s classics like “Bird on the Wire” and “Suzanne,” to latter day epics like “Everybody Knows,” “Hallelujah,” and “First We Take Manhattan.” 2018 was standing room only, so advance tickets are recommended.
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Sunday September 22nd
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
Singer/songwriter, multi instrumentalist Tim Kapeluck’s music is steeped in the traditions of bluegrass and Appalachian folk. He has played for many years with banjo legends Bill Keith and Eric Weissberg. Tim’s songs include stories of characters that live on the fringes, social commentary, heartbreak and redemption. The music delivers everything from barn burning, roof raising country folk to an Everly Brothers inspired ballad and all are created with Tim’s keen ear for poetic and insightful language as well as music that takes his traditional influences into a new realm.
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Monday September 23rd
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
Bring out your latest and greatest tunes to the always lively Colony Open Mic! Join your hosts, Jim from Kansas and Galaexius Quasar, and an ever-widening community of performers young and old, new and seasoned, and everywhere in between! House guitar & piano always available!
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Tuesday September 24th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
C.W. Stoneking is an artist for whom ‘unexpected’ is probably the default setting. How else to describe such a fine purveyor of American roots music who also happens to be a towering, youthful-faced white Australian man? He surprises first-time listeners, throws curveballs at long-time fans, and everything he does contains at least some background level of bafflement for all involved.
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Thursday September 26th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
Woodstock, a town well known for incubating incredible talent, has a new guitarist to boast—20 year old Chogyi Lama—the most exciting young musician to come out of New York in quite some time. A versatile, multi-instrument artist, Chogyi is a shapeshifter, moving intuitively across genres and styles in connection with whatever he is playing. Sitting in with some of the industry’s most inspiring artists, he has come to be known as a remarkable guitar player with elegance, power and humility far beyond his years. His recent shows have called out his diverse, multigenerational audience who expected to hear some Hendrix, maybe some Zappa, and met a singer, songwriter and performer who continues to surprise and inspire them.
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Friday & Saturday September 27th & 28th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
Chris Gethard returns to Colony Woodstock for a two-night stand! On night one Chris will perform his standup comedy which will be filmed for a televised special. On night two The Colony is proud to host a taping of Chris’ popular Beautiful/Anonymous podcast. A limited discounted two-night combination ticket is also available, which includes a free signed show poster with ticket purchase.
9/27 $18 advance/$22 day of show – Chris Gethard’s Half-Life Tour Stand-up Comedy Special
9/28 $18 advance/$22 day of show – Chris Gethard’s Beautiful/Anonymous Podcast – Live Taping!
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Sunday September 29th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
New Orleans-based, Americana/Alt-Country group Ever More Nest is touring back through your market in September. Their debut album, The Place That You Call Home, was recently nominated for Best Alt-Country Album in the Independent Music Awards, and the band has had notable tour stops this year including at the Kennedy Center and Milwaukee’s Summerfest.
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Monday September 30th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
Bring out your latest and greatest tunes to the always lively Colony Open Mic! Join your hosts, Jim from Kansas and Galaexius Quasar, and an ever-widening community of performers young and old, new and seasoned, and everywhere in between! House guitar & piano always available!
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Friday October 4th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
On the stages of Brooklyn’s bars and nightclubs, the boundaries of gender are being subverted into something both refreshingly weird and delightfully erotic. Featuring an all-star cast of standout performers from across the spectrum of queer identity, follow the members of the Switch n’ Play collective as they strip, strut and squirt their way towards being one of the Big Apple’s most exciting drag burlesque acts. Beneath the many layers of makeup and synthetic hair, the individuals of this colorful troupe find a space to express themselves and reclaim ownership of their bodies from the narrow confines of societal beauty standards. For Switch n’ Play members, baring it all to crowds of delighted strangers with their chosen family provides a sense of affirmation found nowhere else.
After the film’s screening at the Colony in Woodstock, enjoy a live performance featuring all seven members of Switch n’ Play in a burlesque show that will be queer in every sense of the word!
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Saturday October 5th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
A rare duo performance of Richard Barone of the Bongos and Glenn Mercer of the Feelies, joining forces for a set of music from the post-Velvet Underground universe of the mid-1970s — a particularly fertile period of rock experimentation. Barone and Mercer will be exploring songs by David Bowie, Brian Eno, Roxy Music, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, T.Rex and others, along with songs from their own Bongos and Feelies catalogues. They will be joined by Feelies percussionist Dave Weckerman, bassist Bob Torsello, and special guests.
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Tuesday October 8th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
Mesmerizing is the word for “Adult Baby,” the first solo record by Kazu Makino, to be released on September 13th on Adult Baby Records, her new label. After nine albums with Blonde Redhead, New York based band in which she had accompanied the Italian twins Simone and Amedeo Pace as singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, the Japanese American artist has plunged into a new musical adventure, and is now prepared to re-present herself to the world in a completely new persona, intimate and totally unique.
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Thursday October 10th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
With an extensive and amazing track record of unique and imaginative performances featuring his curious instrument and copious amounts of originality, Mike Silverman, a/k/a That1Guy, has set himself apart as a true one-of-a-kind talent that rivals any other artist currently in the entertainment industry. Averaging 150-200 shows a year all over North America and Canada, he has been a consistent favorite at such festivals as: Wakarusa, Electric Forest, Big Day out, All Good Music Festival, Bella, High Sierra Music Festival, Summer Meltdown, Montreal Jazz Festival, and many more. He was also the ‘Tap Water Award’ winner at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for best musical act. His legendary collaboration and multiple tours with Buckethead performing as The Frankenstein Brothers has further cemented his virtuoso story as a creative visionary.
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Friday October 11th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
Three-time Grammy nominee, Peter Case’s work sets the bar for authenticity, passion and imagination and spans a number of genres, including folk, blues, and rock. Raised in Buffalo, NY, Case came to the Bay area in 1973 and worked as a street musician and played in the seminal power pop group The Nerves, before moving to Los Angeles to form the Plimsouls, landing a deal with Geffen Records…
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Sunday October 13th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
It’s impossible not to hear freedom and excitement coursing through the veins of Marco Benevento’s new studio album, ‘Let It Slide.’ Produced by Leon Michels (The Arcs, Lee Fields), the record introduces a gritty, soulful edge to Benevento’s brand of high-octane keyboard wizardry—an uptempo, uplifting sound he playfully describes as “hot dance piano rock.” For all Benevento’s virtuosity on the keys though, the songs here are driven primarily by intoxicating grooves, with spare drums and minimalist bass lines underpinning infectious, intentionally lo-fi vocal hooks. The resulting vibe is a timeless one, filtering elements of vintage R&B and soul through modern indie rock and pop sensibilities and peppering it with the kind of adventurous improvisation that Benevento’s come to be celebrated for worldwide…
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Monday October 14th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
Bring out your latest and greatest tunes to the always lively Colony Open Mic! Join your hosts, Jim from Kansas and Galaexius Quasar, and an ever-widening community of performers young and old, new and seasoned, and everywhere in between! House guitar & piano always available!
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Thursday October 17th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
Rasputina is quite unique in modern music history. They are the first rock-group to be composed entirely of cellos (celli), and their evocative, emotional songs have influenced movements as various as crafting, corsetry, freak-folk and steampunk. Melora is the brains behind the group, and she has kept it going strong for decades. There is no one like them- such beautiful costumes, such sparkling integrity. Rasputina has recorded with such luminaries as Cheap Trick, Marilyn Manson, and the Goo-Goo Dolls. Melora has made a lot of Rasputina albums (9?); for record labels (Sony/Columbia, Virtual/Filthy Bonnet), and all by herself, with and without a delightful roster of revolving band-members.
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Friday October 18th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
New York City’s most beloved blues bashers Daddy Long Legs have been huffing and puffing and blowing houses down on a nightly basis on their infinite world tour and always bring an elevated level of rough and ready intensity to contemporary lo-fi blues w ith their explosive fire ceremony!
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Saturday October 19th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
American hip-hop duo from Sacramento, California, founded in 1992. “We’re older, we’re wiser, we’re more mature,” MC Gift of Gab (nee Timothy Parker) says of Imani, Vol. 1, Blackalicious‘ first new album in a decade. “It’s better now, because we’ve grown as people and artists.” “Each one of these records is a chapter in our lives, and we put our complete heart and soul into it,” agrees Gab’s longtime musical partner, CJ/producer Chief Xcel (aka Xavier Mosley). “We live these records.”
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Monday October 21st
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
Bring out your latest and greatest tunes to the always lively Colony Open Mic! Join your hosts, Jim from Kansas and Galaexius Quasar, and an ever-widening community of performers young and old, new and seasoned, and everywhere in between! House guitar & piano always available!
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Thursday October 24th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
Caleb Hawley is a Harlem-based, Minneapolis-raised singer, songwriter, and producer who has been shoveling Gobstoppers into ears for the past decade. Combining catchy melodies with dark and satirical lyrics, one has to be careful not to slip while dancing in a puddle of their own tears… (MORE)
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Friday October 25th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
“In a time where nothing makes sense, or when everyone is trying to make sense of everything, even the right idea might not make perfect sense to everybody at that moment.” Steve Marion, the songwriter, guitarist, and producer who has made four studio records of primarily word-less, guitar-first music as Delicate Steve, is talking about the bifurcated and reactionary culture of the moment. But by no coincidence he’s also describing musical moments that helped to inspire Till I Burn Up (Anti-, 2019) his forthcoming LP…
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Saturday October 26th
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…(MORE)
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Sunday October 27th
Doors 1 PM Show 2 PM
Verna Gillis performs a her work TALES FROM GERIASSIC PARK at The Colony in Woodstock! Verna Gillis’ Older-Woman’s TALES FROM GERIASSIC PARK – On the Verge of Extinction reflects on childhood, the holocaust, addiction, aging, drugs, relationships, peeing, and cancer. She laughs her way through it. At age 68 she won her first story slam. The topic was Coming of Age which she changed to Coming of Aging. She recently won the 2019 Woodstock Bookfest story slam.
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Sunday October 27th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
Theatre on the Road presents: DRACULA.
The acclaimed Crane Johnson stage version. Directed by Frank Marquette
The New York Times called it, “fascinating…eerily worthwhile.”
Anna Barton, writing for the Southern Dutchess News called Theatre on the Road’s production, “an immersive theater experience” and “all actors performed beautifully.”
Freely adapted from the novel by Bram Stoker. In this simply staged, full-length thriller Dracula attempts to move from Transylvania to England to find new blood and spread his undead curse, but Professor Van Helsing and the townspeople get in his way. This production ran for a full season at New York’s Royal Playhouse and several unique features including a woman playing Van Helsing!
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Monday October 28th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
Bring out your latest and greatest tunes to the always lively Colony Open Mic! Join your hosts, Jim from Kansas and Galaexius Quasar, and an ever-widening community of performers young and old, new and seasoned, and everywhere in between! House guitar & piano always available!
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Thursday October 31st
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
Sean Matthew Whiteford and Castaway Productions presents: A Halloween Night Live Celebration of the Cult Classic Musical ROCKY HORROR musical production with Live Band! Costumes and shout-alongs encouraged! A midnight dance party follows and will go late into the night!
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Wednesday November 6th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
Maya Hawke is an actress, singer and lyricist. She plays Robin in the new season of Stranger Things and a Flower Child in Quentin Tarantino’s new film “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” She and Grammy Award winning songwriter Jesse Harris have been collaborating on songs together since 2017 and are currently making an album. The first single, “To Love a Boy,” and its B-side, “Stay Open,” were released in July.
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Thursday November 7th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
Kristina Koller presents music from her eclectic new album ‘Stronger’. Blending art rock with R&B, indie-pop and jazz, Koller’s thematic songs radiate mental strength dealing with and breaking through the claustrophobic isolation and loneliness of city life – projecting empowerment through self-discovery & awareness. The music marks a turn for Kristina to a more diverse sound away from her jazz-oriented previous efforts.
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Thursday November 14th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
Singer/songwriter, bandleader, and human being Samantha Bowers (Sammy Rae) was born in the small town of Derby, Connecticut. Sam first began writing songs at age 12 while taking piano lessons and listening to Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel and Freddie Mercury playing on the family stereo. By 16, Sam developed a love of jazz and began to study the great female vocalists of the century (mainly Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James and Sarah Vaughn) as she started to perform original compositions in local Connecticut and New Jersey venues…
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Saturday November 16th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
Joan Shelley is a songwriter and singer who lives near Louisville, Ky., not far from where she grew up. Like the River Loves the Sea is her fifth album. She draws inspiration from traditional and traditionally-minded performers from her native Kentucky, as well as those from Ireland, Scotland, and England, but she’s not a folksinger. Her disposition aligns more closely with that of, say, Roger Miller, Dolly Parton, or her fellow Kentuckian Tom T. Hall, who once explained—simply, succinctly, in a song—“I Witness Life.”
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Wednesday November 20th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
What will we do? For Lula Wiles, the trio made up of Isa Burke, Eleanor Buckland, and Mali Obomsawin, the question is central to the creation of their music—and it’s the title of their sophomore album, out in 2019 on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. “We wanted to make an album that reflected, in a current way, what we are all staying up late thinking about and talking about over drinks at the dinner table,” says Obomsawin. “What is everyone worried about, confiding in their friends about, losing sleep about?” Anchoring the band’s sharp, provocative songcraft is a mastery of folk music, and a willingness to subvert its hallowed conventions. They infuse their songs with distinctly modern sounds: pop hooks, distorted electric guitars, and dissonant multi-layered vocals, all employed in the service of songs that reclaim folk music in their own voice…
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Thursday November 21st
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
Prepare To Party! Performing over 150 shows since April of 2017, Max Weinberg’s Jukebox continues to barnstorm the country, blasting out the hits! As Chuck Berry instructed us in his classic “School Days,”…drop the coin right into the slot” audiences have thoroughly embraced the idea of picking and calling out the songs the band pays—in real time and in a variety of intimate venues.
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Saturday November 23
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
Louis Prima Jr. and The Witnesses Bring The Swingin’est Rock Band In The World To The Colony in Woodstock NY, on Nov 23! Born into an undeniable musical legacy, Louis Prima Jr. picks up the torch lit by his iconic father and leads his incarnation of The Witnesses headfirst into the future. Their seamless blend of hard driving big band jazz, insanely danceable swing and, at its core, real rock and roll has been wowing crowds worldwide for over a decade.
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Sunday November 24
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
The Dustbowl Revival is an Americana and Soul band with eight full-time members who mash the sounds of New Orleans funk, bluegrass, soul, pre-war blues, and roots music, into a genre-hopping, time-bending dance party that coaxes new fire out of familiar coal. They band was founded in 2008 in the bohemian enclave of Venice Beach, California.
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Monday December 2nd
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
Thurston Moore moved to NYC at eighteen in 1976 to play punk. He started Sonic Youth in 1980. Since then Thurston Moore has been at the forefront of the alternative rock scene since that particular sobriquet was first used to signify any music that challenged and defied the mainstream standard. With Sonic Youth, Moore turned on an entire generation to the value of experimentation in rock n roll – from its inspiration on a nascent Nirvana, to Sonic Youth’s own Daydream Nation album being chosen by the US Library of Congress for historical preservation in the National Recording Registry in 2006… (read more)
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Monday December 5th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
In celebration of the cult icon’s 70th Birthday, Colony Woodstock and Eric Squindo present Trampled Roses – The Songs of Tom Waits. The evening will chronologically cover the entire career of the gravel voiced singer/songwriter, from the subdued ballads of his early work, to the raw beauty of albums such as Bone Machine and Mule Variations.
Following the success of previous Colony tribute nights (Townes Van Zandt, The Basement Tapes) Eric Squindo is thrilled to present another one of a kind event. Featuring talent from the Hudson Valley and beyond, each act will bring there own unique style to the stage. Collaboration between artists offers the audience a special experience that these shows have been known for. Not to be missed!
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Saturday December 14th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
BAILEN’s gorgeous harmonies, striking arrangements and evocative songwriting springs from a very deep well. Growing up in NYC, the siblings, David, Daniel (twins!) and Julia Bailen were raised by their professional orchestral musician parents, and the young trio immersed themselves in a record collection that included Simon & Garfunkel, Joni Mitchell, Carole King and The Band. Their amazing three-part harmonies have been compared to The Staves and Fleet Foxes, however, on their debut album, Thrilled To Be Here, BAILEN have created something all their own. Produced by GRAMMY-Award winner John Congleton (St. Vincent, Manchester Orchestra, The War on Drugs), BAILEN’s shiny gleam and meticulous songcraft combine with the group’s unusual self-awareness, musicality and bite.
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Thursday December 19th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
Come celebrate with Sylvia Bullett! She finished recording an 11 song album “Runway” at Area 52 Studios with Dave Cook, released it digitally on Tunecore whereupon it is available in 35 stores . Now celebrate her vinyl release–a collectors’ item album with cover art by Ian Laughlin. Come get your personalized, signed copy! Sylvia will be performing tunes from “Runway” and creating her usual house party with amazing musicians in tow!
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Saturday December 28th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
The Rick Danko Birthday Celebration!
This show will feature songs from Rick Danko’s solo records, Ricks hits with The Band and Professor Louie & The Crowmatix original tunes – some which were co-written with Rick Danko. Come out for a rockin’, stompin’ good time !
Professor Louie has emerged over his five decades in the music industry as the torch bearer of the true spirit of American Roots music, capturing the talents of some of the world’s most highly acclaimed musicians, most notably, The Band collaborating with them for over 16 years.
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Friday April 10th
Doors 7 PM Show 8 PM
A singer/songwriter, film composer, and pianist based in Montreal, Canada, Patrick Watson makes explorative chamber pop with his band — also called Patrick Watson — often blending spare indie pop, synthesizer experiments, cinematic orchestral song, and a melancholy tone. The group’s second album, 2006’s Close to Paradise, won the Polaris Prize. After composing music for several short films, Watson made his feature-length debut with It’s Not Me, I Swear! in 2008. Released in 2015, Love Songs for Robots became his band’s fourth straight album to reach Canada’s Top Ten.
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Thursday
Doors 7pm
Show 8pm
Saturday
Closed for Wedding
Monday
Open Mic Monday!
Sign-up 7pm – 8pm
Show 8pm
