UPCOMING SHOWS
Hello friends,
So far we have two shows scheduled for Fall 2025. Here’s what you need to know:
• Feel free to BYOB. Feel free to BYO snacks.
• As always, 100% of the money collected goes to the artists. Suggested donation for each show is $30, but feel free to donate a few extra bucks if you’d like. It’s been tough times for touring musicians.
• To buy tickets, please click on "tickets" in the menu to the left and follow the instructions. Please indicate which show(s) you would like tickets for.
Saturday October 4, 2025
The Silos (40th Anniversary Tour)
8:00 pm (doors open at 7:30)
SOLD OUT!
2025 marks the 40th anniversary of The Silos. Band leader/singer/songwriter Walter Salas-Humara has been the one constant member of the band through all their great records. Walter played solo shows at our house twice in recent years (2019, 2022), but this time we’re getting the full band!
The Silos played alternative rock and alternative country before either term existed; they’re simply a great American rock band.
“The band's austere style inflects the astringent twang of The Velvet Underground with the drone of R.E.M. and adds countryish echoes that recall Gram Parsons." - New York Times
The Silos live on David Letterman, 1990:
Saturday October 25, 2025
The Invincible Casuals
(formerly "The Incredible Casuals")
8:00 pm (doors open at 7:30)
CANCELLED!
The band had to cancel for a medical emergency. We hope to reschedule for 2026. If you purchased tickets for this show, you will receive a refund shortly. Thank you.
Cape Cod legends The Incredible Casuals were formed in 1980. For 30 years they played gigs all over the world, then they took a break. After a 10-year hiatus, the band re-formed in 2023 under the new name The Invincible Casuals.
The band is comprised of founding members Chandler Travis (bass, vocals, songs) and Rikki Bates (drums), along with Steve Wood (guitar, vocals). House concert attendees may recall past performances by the Chandler Travis Philharmonic (also featuring Rikki) and the Chandler Travis Three-O, but this band is smaller and way louder!
Recommended for fans of garage rock, power pop, The Kinks, The Who, The Beach Boys, Link Wray...
Rolling Stone critic David Fricke wrote, “The Casuals make a vintage guitar-driven noise laced with cool Brit-pop hooks and harmonies not unlike NRBQ but with a hint of Replacements-style corrosion...”
https://www.facebook.com/InvincibleCasuals
The Invincible Casuals live on their home turf in 2023:
RECENT SHOWS
Saturday March 22, 2025
Ben Arnold
Photos from this show are now in the Gallery
Ben Arnold returns to our house for the first time since 2002! Ben is a longtime fixture of the Philadelphia music scene. He has toured regularly throughout the U.S. and Europe for the better part of the last 30 years.
Originally signed to Columbia Records in the 90s, Ben has since released countless label-supported and independent records. He has appeared on NPR’s World Cafe and Mountain Stage. His most recent album is Sunday Morning Meltdown. Recommended for fans of John Hiatt, Elvis Costello, Graham Parker....
“Arnold’s rangy melodies make him an artist to remember.” - Rolling Stone
“Here is an impressive artist making inroads.” - Billboard Magazine
Ben Arnold "Stupid Love" live for WXPN, 2022:
Saturday, October 12, 2024
Mike + Ruthy (of The Mammals)
Photos from this show are now in the Gallery
Mike Merenda and Ruthy Ungar are core members and founders of rock/folk group The Mammals. They’ve toured the world, recorded more than 10 albums together, collaborated with the likes of Pete Seeger and Arlo Guthrie, and are the hosts and curators of our favorite music festival.
Mike sings and plays guitar and banjo. Ruthy sings and plays guitar, bass, fiddle and ukulele. Great original songs, old-timey fiddle tunes, and beautiful vocal harmonies. Recommended for fans of Old Crow Medicine Show, The Band, Gillian Welch, John Prine…
"Some of the best songwriting of their generation." - LA Times
“Transcendent new album from a brilliant group…joy generator right here.” - Rhett Miller
"On My Way Home" live in their home studio, 2016:
Saturday, September 21, 2024
Mike Gent
A founding member of The Figgs (35+ years, 15 albums) and The Gentlemen, Mike has also played/recorded/written with The Candy Butchers, Tommy Stinson (Replacements), Graham Parker, Bill Janovitz (Buffalo Tom), Tanya Donnelly (Belly)...
Expect to hear songs from Mike's solo albums, some Figgs songs, cool covers, funny stories, amazing guitar work. Recommended for fans of the Beatles, the Kinks, Elvis Costello, the Replacements…
"As ever, Gent is covering a lot of ground here, and as ever, his music has an inexorable, seemingly effortless groove." — The Boston Globe
Music video for Mike's 2023 song "The Potential Contender":
Saturday, May 4, 2024
Laura Cantrell
Photos from this show are now in the Gallery
Photo: Liz Tormes
Country singer Laura Cantrell last played at our house in 2009. Cantrell is a recording artist, radio host, writer, and parent. Pioneering British DJ John Peel called her debut album "my favorite record of the last ten years, and possibly my life."
Cantrell has appeared on A Prairie Home Companion, NPR’s Mountain Stage, the Grand Ole Opry, and Late Night With Conan O'Brien. She also is a host on SiriusXM's The Beatles Channel and curates "States of Country," a monthly live concert series exploring regional diversity in country music. Cantrell’s most recent album is "Just Like A Rose: The Anniversary Session.”
“… she sings in a sweet, clear, purposeful voice…” —New York Times
“…impeccable…a strong, confident, articulate woman determined to plough her own furrow—all the while reminding the country music business where it came from.” —The Telegraph
Music video for Laura Cantrell's song "All the Girls Are Complicated":
Saturday, March 16, 2024
Jeffrey Lewis
Photos from this show are now in the Gallery
Photo: Duncan Cruickshank
This will be Jeffrey Lewis’ first show at our house. Lewis is a New York-based folk/pop/punk musician who has released many albums since his 2001 debut “The Last Time I Did Acid I Went Insane And Other Favorites”.
Lewis is also a comic book writer/illustrator. His writing and graphic work has been featured in the New York Times and on the History Channel, and his live performances often incorporate some of his own visual art. Sad songs, funny songs, political songs, songs about music…this is a must-see show!
“Hands down my favorite contemporary songwriter” – Ben Gibbard (Death Cab For Cutie)
“Jeffrey Lewis is an amazing musician, and if you don’t know his songs you probably have a hole in your heart that can only be filled by his words.” – Regina Spektor
“Weird? Very… but also downright inspiring” (****) – Rolling Stone