Here's what we have on tap in 2024:
Tickets are on sale now for everything up through August. This being Vermont where there is weather, and Covid-19 being endemic, and life being what it is, stuff is subject to change. Usually not until at the last minute, hooray.
We're kicking things off in 2024 with something unusual:
We'll be having two electronic music performance concerts celebrating synthesizers, circuit-bending, and sound manipulation on the second Saturdays of the first two months of 2024 — January 13 and February 10. Players will be in the center of the room, with the audience in the round and encouraged to roam throughout the show. The performances are expected to range from cinematic and lush to computeresque and urgent. It may get loud.
Each session will start at 6:00 with a meet-and-greet / up-close Q&A / conversations with the performers and their gear (playing with the gear isn't allowed though), and a chance to get to know some of the other interesting folks who come to these things, and to generally look around and settle in.
The show proper starts at 7:00 with 20 minutes each from five separate performers.
Session 1 performers on January 13 include three from NYC — Metamyther, cameron.wav, and makamqore — along with Thomas Nöla of Vermont, and B.B. Dozer of New Hampshire.
Session 2 performers on February 10 include Repairer of Reputations from Rhode Island, Acacia Bridge from New York, and three from Vermont: Thorny, Malcolm McShinsky, and Uku Meri.
or at the door per event, all proceeds benefit the performers. No one will be turned away for lack of money. Advance donations through stage33live.com guarantee entry if the session sells out. Seating is limited. All performances will be recorded and filmed; audience members may be incidentally filmed in that process.
In-between the two Synthfests we've got something really special:
What do these things have in common?
Rick Springfield playing at the Flynn in Burlington ($72).
Dinosaur Jr. playing Higher Ground in South Burlington ($39 / $42).
Lucius playing there as well ($60 except it's sold out).
Grammy nominee Reed Foehl playing at Stage 33 Live ($20 in advance, $25 day of show).
They're all "January Arts Picks" in the Burlington Free Press.Other than that, the Reed Foehl one is different in almost every respect. Most strikingly that the tickets cost WAY less, and you don't have to drive two hours north to see it (but they have to drive two hours south).Tickets are on sale now.Grammy-nominated songwriter Reed Foehl writes stories of the human condition with lyrics and voice that push boundaries while paying homage to tradition… dusty, patient, genuine folk americana. His sixth studio album, Wild Wild Love (2022) was recorded with The Band of Heathens in Austin, TX. He now resides in the Green Mountains of Vermont and continues to tour across the globe.Foehl first hit the music industry radar as the lead singer of the relentlessly touring Boulder, Colorado, band Acoustic Junction (Mercury/Capricorn). His songs have appeared in TV and film productions including the feature Just Friends (New Line Cinema), Joan of Arcadia (CBS), Laguna Beach (MTV), The Biggest Loser (NBC), Dawson’s Creek (WB), and Party of Five (FOX).He was nominated for a Grammy Award for the song Fly, co-written with southern artist Brent Cobb, which country legend Lee Ann Womack recorded.“Reed’s songs hit you in the heart, and everything else falls away.” — Anais MitchellTommy Crawford is a multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter. A talented solo musician, Crawford is better known for his work in live theater and independent film as an actor, composer and lyricist, arranger, and music director. He is a founding member and director of NYC-based band / songwriting / theater collective The Lobbyists, which often explores the intersection between musical performance and theatrical storytelling. Tommy is a lifetime artist member of Ensemble Studio Theater and a graduate of Yale University in Theater Studies. His most recent studio album, Athena and the Moon, was released in 2022.“An engaging songwriter and a talented multi-instrumentalist.” — Chris Farnsworth, Seven Days VT
Grammy-nominated songwriter Reed Foehl will perform at Stage 33 Live in Bellows Falls, Vermont, on Sunday, January 28, 2024 at 7:00 PM, with singer-songwriter Tommy Crawford opening. Tickets are $20 in advance through stage33live.com or $25 at the door. Limited seating; the event will be recorded and filmed.
The clips from Hiroya Tsukamoto's wonderful mid-December set are just now trickling out. We posted a teaser short on YouTube and it got nearly 100 views per hour in the first three hours. That's pretty decent.
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