John York
John York sings with a rich emotional voice and favors the twelve string guitar for his incredible repertoire of American music from folk roots to folk rock. He is best known for his work with the Byrds, but prior to joining The Byrds John was a member of Sir Douglas Quintet. He also worked as a session and touring musician for The Mamas & the Papas, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Barry McGuire, Rick Danko, Dr. John, and many more.
7:30pm (doors @ 7) $25
Folk Music Center Concert Series: (909) 624-2928
Peter Harper
[SOLD OUT]
Peter Harper is an artist in the purest sense of the word. Before music he was a sculptor casting bronze, until he decided he needed a new medium to shape — something heavier, but easier to carry around. He put out an album that took off in France where the fans built a tour for him. From that moment forward he’s been sculpting songs and touring the world.
7:30pm (doors @ 7) $20
Folk Music Center Concert Series: (909) 624-2928
Peter Harper
[SOLD OUT]
Peter Harper is an artist in the purest sense of the word. Before music he was a sculptor casting bronze, until he decided he needed a new medium to shape — something heavier, but easier to carry around. He put out an album that took off in France where the fans built a tour for him. From that moment forward he’s been sculpting songs and touring the world.
7:30pm (doors @ 7) $20
Folk Music Center Concert Series: (909) 624-2928
Rick Shea and Tony Gilkyson
Rick Shea & Tony Gilkyson, two guitarists and songwriters with well known resumes: Shea with Wanda Jackson, R.E.M. Gilkyson with Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, Dave Alvin . The pair teams up here on each others’ songs.
7:30pm (doors @ 7) $20
Folk Music Center Concert Series: (909) 624-2928
Beginning Ukulele Class
Beginners will learn to tune, hold and strum the uke, and basic chords. In minutes you will be playing lots of easy songs.
Bring a ukulele or borrow one of ours.
$25 cash or check. Call or email to save a spot.
(909) 624-2928
Janet Klein and her Parlor Boys
Janet Klein feels most drawn to the “obscure, naughty and lovely” songs from the begining of the 20th century. It’s the era whose spirit and style she so successfully recreates with her music. The L.A. based singer records and performs a vast repertoire of long forgotten songs from the 1910’s, 20’2 and 30’s.
7:30pm (doors @ 7) $25
Folk Music Center Concert Series: (909) 624-2928
Open Mic Night
Doors and sign-ups at 6pm. $2 per person.
A Folk Music Center Museum event the last Sunday of every month.
(909) 624-2928
Maritri
Maritri is a classically trained and self-taught multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and composer. She sang backup for Barbara Streisand and Michael Amante, composed music for the Washington ballet and is in the Soulfolk Experience band. She has scored several films and theater pieces and travelled extensively as a solo musician and with ensembles.
7:30pm (doors @ 7) $15
Folk Music Center Concert Series: (909) 624-2928
Peter Case
7:30pm (doors @ 7) $25
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. Peter is a superb guitarist and a well-reviewed published author and yet, he’s most at home on the stage. For 28 years, Peter, his guitar, and his songs have mesmerized audiences from coast to coast, whether holding down a festival crowd, warming up the place for luminaries like Jackson Browne and John Prine, or headlining thousands of solo shows, from Alaska to Ireland and from Nova Scotia to LA.
Folk Music Center Concert Series: (909) 624-2928
Tellabration
An international night of storytelling. Saturday, November 18th 7pm $20.
We often assume that storytelling is only for children, but this ancient art form integrates stories and folk tales that appeal to adults as well.
Folk Music Center Concert Series: 909) 624-2928
Beginning Ukulele Class
Call or email to save a spot. $25 cash.
Beginners will learn to tune, hold and strum the uke, and baic chords. In minutes you will be playing lots of easy songs. Bring a ukulele or borrow one of ours.
(909) 624-2928
Open Mic Night
Doors and sign-ups at 6pm. $2 per person.
A Folk Music Center Museum event the last Sunday of every month.
(909) 624-2928
Klezmer Juice
7:30pm, doors at 7 $20
While many of us associate klezmer music with European immigration to the United States, Jews at the turn of the century were settling all parts of the Americas, and they and their descendants have a rich history in Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, and many other Latin American countries. Klezmer Juice bandleader and clarinet player Gustavo Bulgach was born and raised in one such community in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A part of the large and active Jewish community there, he learned klezmer music from his family at a young age. Inspired by the religious and secular life of the Argentine community, Bulgach, who now lives in Los Angeles, has traveled around the globe, finding that klezmer music is the “soundtrack of the Diaspora.” While remaining true to klezmer’s Eastern European Jewish roots, Bulgach’s Latin background and hipster credentials (featured in the movie Wedding Crashers and as a founder member of the House of Blues house band) have also led to a busy career performing with other internationally acclaimed acts. Also, he has performed with Yusef Lateef, Adam Rudolph, Chris Botti, and with the legendary Bennie Maupin.
Klezmer Juice has an ever-growing fanbase in Los Angeles and was the house band for the Simon Wiesenthal Museum of Tolerance, as the new generation of Jewish Soul musicians, torchbearers of an ancient traditional craft that unites generations in spirit.
Fresh interpretations of traditional tunes, such as “Cigarettes,” “Ot Azoi,” “Zemer Atik,” “Eli Eli,” “Donna Donna,” among others, capture the heart of a new generation of fans. Being an international young mix of an average age of 30, the band adds the original and soulful sound of the traditional klezmer clarinet, that “laughing-crying Yiddish soul.”
In July 2005 and 2010, the legendary Hollywood Bowl booked Klezmer Juice to lead a weeklong educational series in which they played for the audiences and taught them the roots and evolution of Klezmer music.
Folk Music Center Concert Series: 909) 624-2928
Fivacious with The Bells
7:30pm, doors at 7 $15
The five brothers and sisters that comprise Fivacious have been performing together since they were children singing in their father’s church in the Mojave Desert. Every time they take the stage Fivacious pour their hearts out with spirited five part harmonies. Their a cappella Afro-Folk Gospel is guaranteed to stir your soul.
Mary And The Bells featuring Marilou Stuart (Black Tongued Bells) Jerry O’Sullivan (Claremont Voodoo Society) and Jeff Masters (Stolen 58’s) combine forces to present their extraordinary talents singing swamp blues and roots music.
(909) 624-2928
Robbie Fulks
7:30pm, doors at 7 $30
Robbie Fulks is “one of the most observant and wry songwriters of the past two decades” says Rolling Stone. Robbie is a singer, recording artist, instrumentalist, composer, and songwriter. His most recent release, Upland Stories, earned year’s-best recognition from NPR and Rolling Stone among many others, as well as two Grammy nominations. Robbie’s music is accessible, thoughtful, honest and always presented with Robbie’s incomparable sense of humor. Read more at http://www.robbiefulks.com/bio.
Folk Music Center concert series: (909) 624-2928
Roy Zimmerman
7:30pm, doors at 7 $25
Roy Zimmerman’s signature blend of heart and hilarity has never been more necessary. Roy’s songs have been heard on HBO and Showtime, and his videos have garnered hundreds of millions of views. Roy co-writes these songs with his wife Melanie Harby. Their song parody (The Liar Tweets Tonight)” has had over 140 million views online. Joni Mitchell says, “Roy’s lyrics move beyond poetry and achieve perfection.”
(909) 624-2928
Open Mic Night!
The last Sunday of every month
Doors & sign-ups at 6 pm $2
A Folk Music Center Museum Event
Liz & Pete
7:30pm, doors at 7 $20
Liz & Pete (Liz Cerepanya & Peter Dalton Ronstadt) are a folk duo from Tucson, AZ. While most would consider their music as folk, we like to refer to this genre as ‘Sonoran Contemporary,’ a style whose roots are grounded in the Sonoran Desert region of Southern Arizona primarily from around the Tucson area and northern Mexico.
(909) 624-2928
Peter Case
7:30pm (doors @ 7) $25
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. Peter is a superb guitarist and a well-reviewed published author and yet, he’s most at home on the stage. For 28 years, Peter, his guitar, and his songs have mesmerized audiences from coast to coast, whether holding down a festival crowd, warming up the place for luminaries like Jackson Browne and John Prine, or headlining thousands of solo shows, from Alaska to Ireland and from Nova Scotia to LA.
$25
7:30pm, doors @ 7
Folk Music Center Concert Series: (909) 624-2928
Tremoloco
Tremoloco is an eclectic roots band who have been described as Sonoran Gothic Folk, Gulf Coast roots and Tex-Mexican-Americana. They sometimes refer to it as simply “Cantina Music.”
Mexican groove and swing: The Los Angeles/Houston band Tremoloco play a singular blend of Mexican and American roots music, delivering original songs in Spanish and English that draw on a promiscuously diverse array of musical traditions. Encompassing Nashville twang and Louisiana bayou grooves, New Orleans R&B, Delta blues, rancheros, cumbias and Tex-Mex romps.
$15
7:30pm, doors @ 7
Folk Music Center Concert Series: (909) 624-2928
Madison Violet
7:30pm (doors @ 7) $25
Madison Violet received the Canadian Folk Music Award for Best Vocal Group Album of the Year, have reached the top 5 on the Canadian iTunes download charts, amassed over one million streams on Spotify, and have placed on CBC’s Top 20 multiple times throughout their career. Their music is consistently played across Canada and throughout the world, and the internationally acclaimed artists are no strangers to receiving glowing reviews for both their studio work, and live performances.
Folk Music Center Concert Series: (909) 624-2928
Tom Freund
7:30pm (doors @ 7) $25
Over the course of his career, singer/songwriter Tom Freund has released more than a dozen records, collaborated with legends such as Elvis Costello and Jackson Browne, and his long time collaborator Ben Harper with whom he’s made numerous albums and toured the world. Tom has also recorded and toured with rock legend Graham Parker as well as appearing with him in Judd Apatow’s “This Is 40”. Tom has spent much of his career traversing genres, melding whatever sounds that have happened to catch his whimsy.
Folk Music Center Concert Series: (909) 624-2928
Open Mic Night!
The last Sunday of every month
Doors & sign-ups @ 6pm $2
A Folk Music Center Museum Event
Joti Rockwell - Bach’s Fiddle Tunes and the American Mandolin Family
Joti Rockwell with special guest artists in this interactive concert featuring J. S. Bach’s C minor cello suite and E major violin partita played on mandocello, guitar, mandolin, and mandola. Joti, professor of music at Pomona College who performs a range of styles in multiple genres will also talk about the history of the mandolin family in the United States. The performance will conclude with some traditional mandolin pieces from the twentieth century.
(Free of charge, however a donation of $5 to $10 would be appreciated)
Folk Music Center Concert Series: (909) 624-2928
Bodhran Workshop with Roy Durnal
4:30-6:00pm $25 (cash please)
The bodhrán is the heartbeat of Irish music. This ancient frame drum is traditionally played with a mallet or tipper. The modern Irish word bodhrán is properly pronounced “bow-rawn” with a slight emphasis on the first syllable. Bring your own bodhran or borrow one of ours.
Folk Music Center : (909) 624-2928
Joel Rafael with The Citrus Sisters
7:30pm (doors @ 7) $20
Joel Rafael is an award winning, internationally recognized songwriter from San Diego, California. He is considered to be one of the most natural interpreters of Woody Guthrie's songs, and has been a featured performer at the annual Woody Guthrie Folk Festival in Woody's hometown of Okemah, Oklahoma since it's inception a decade ago. He has toured the U.S. extensively over the last decade.
The Citrus Sisters: Ellen Harper, Elizabeth Hangan and Marguerite Millard are a local songwriting trio who include traditional folk songs, sing-a-longs and more!
Folk Music Center Concert Series: (909) 624-2928
Janet Klein and her Parlor Boys
7:30pm (doors @ 7) $25
Janet Klein probably should have been born at the beginning of the 20th century, when the "obscure, naughty and lovely" songs she sings were popular. It's the era to which she feels most drawn, and whose spirit and style she so successfully recreates with her music. The L.A.-based singer records and performs a vast repertoire of long-forgotten songs from the 1910's, 20's and '30's.
Folk Music Center Concert Series: (909) 624-2928
Beginning Ukulele Class
4:30pm $25 (cash or check)
Beginners will learn to tune, hold and strum the ukulele, and basic chords. In minutes you will be playing lots of easy songs. Bring a ukulele or borrow one of your ours.
Call or email to save a spot: (909) 624-2928, info@folkmusiccenter.com
Tellebration
$10
An international night of storytelling. We often assume that storytelling is only for children, but this ancient art form integrates stories and folk tales that appeal to adults as well.
For more information call: (909) 624-2928
Authentic Conversations
At the Claremont Laemmle Theater
Be sure to catch “Deep Talk with the Masters.” Following the documentary premiere will be a trailer for PBS host Angela Sadler Williamson’s latest book featuring a song by the Citrus Sisters.
For more information call: (909) 624-2928
Peter Case
7:30pm (doors @ 7) $25
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. Peter is a superb guitarist and a well-reviewed published author and yet, he’s most at home on the stage. For 28 years, Peter, his guitar, and his songs have mesmerized audiences from coast to coast, whether holding down a festival crowd, warming up the place for luminaries like Jackson Browne and John Prine, or headlining thousands of solo shows, from Alaska to Ireland and from Nova Scotia to LA.
Folk Music Center Concert Series: (909) 624-2928