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Upcoming Shows
| When? | Where? | Notes |
| Saturday, June 26, 2010 | St. Paul Eagles Club, St. Paul MN | Electric show and pre-CD-release for More Songs About Robots & Death. Electric show with Feng Shui Ninjas (also releasing their first full-length CD!), Primadonahue, Joe Fahey and the Bottom Forty, and Thought Thieves. $5 suggested donation. Doors at 7:30; we go on at 10. |
| Thursday, July 1-Sunday, July 4, 2010 | CONvergence 2010, Bloomington MN | Electric show in Harmonic Convergence at 2:30 Saturday, July 3. Also our official CD release! Please stop by and hear us! |
| Friday, July 23, 2010 | St. Paul Eagles Club, St. Paul MN | Show through DEMO. More information TBA. |
| November 12-14, 2010 | Windycon, Chicago IL | Further information TBA. |
photo by Mark Boenish
Past Shows
| When? | Where? | Notes |
| Friday, May 14-Sunday, May 16, 2010 | DemiCon, Des Moines IA | Solo acoustic show, a good time in music circles, and some awesome concerts by my fellow performers made this an awesome weekend! |
| Friday, April 30-Sunday, May 2, 2010 | No Brand Con, Eau Claire WI | Solo show + busking + the whole weekend this year = goodness. |
| Friday, April 23, 2010 | Dunn Brothers Coffee, Eden Prairie MN | Our second acoustic show at the Smith Douglas More House went a lot more smoothly than the first one. Nobody's car broke, for starters. |
| Saturday, March 6, 2010 | MarsCon, Bloomington MN | Once again the Player Characters hosted the Space Oddity Music Club & Brew Pub room party, and performed alongside Gifted Gear, Feng Shui Ninjas, the Potential Slayers, and Toyboat. It was amazing. |
| Saturday, February 20, 2010 | Sacred Paths Center, St. Paul MN | Acoustic fundraiser show for Twin Cities Pagan Pride. |
| Friday, February 19, 2010 | The Coffee Grounds, Falcon Heights MN | Acoustic show, fun as always. |
| Saturday, February 6, 2010 | St. Paul Eagles Club, St. Paul MN | Electric show through DEMO withWillie McManus, Dragich and the Polemics, and Lying Naked with the Stars. |
| Friday, January 22, 2010 | St. Paul Eagles Club, St. Paul MN | Electric show through DEMO with Savannah Smith, Delta Rasa, Run At The Dog, and Summerset Fire. |
| Tuesday, January 12, 2010 | Terminal Bar, Minneapolis MN | Really fun, really laid back acoustic show. |
| Friday, December 4, 2009 | Dunn Brothers Coffee, Eden Prairie MN | Our first show at the Smith Douglas More House location didn't exactly go as planned what with Dave's car breaking down on the way, but we enjoyed it anyway and will be back! |
| Friday, November 27, 2009 | Acoustic Cafe, Eau Claire WI | Acoustic show with Sarah Jade and Savannah Smith. This venue is always guaranteed to give us a fun and interesting time. |
| Saturday, October 24, 2009 | ICON 34, Cedar Rapids IA | Duo show with Dave Stagner and my first year at this convention. |
| Saturday, October 3, 2009 | Twin Cities Pagan Pride, Minneapolis MN | Beth and Justin play a duo show at 3 p.m. in the banquet room. Please see the Pagan Pride website for further information. |
| Friday, October 2, 2009 | The Coffee Grounds, Falcon Heights MN | Acoustic show with Napatree. All ages show begins at 7 p.m. Free; tips welcomed. |
| Friday, July 17, 2009 | St. Paul Eagles Club, St. Paul MN | Acoustic Player Characters show organized by DEMO. Also featuring Life As We Know It, Alameda, The Analog Collection, and Uzza. |
| Wednesday, September 2, 2009 | Acadia Cafe, Minneapolis MN | Acoustic Player Characters show with the Virtual Grass Roots Art Garden Orchestra featuring Larry Sahagian, the Sons of Gloria, Durbs, and art and stories by Sarah Reuter. Larry is a cool dude and we had fun backing him up. |
| Thursday, August 6, 2009 | Terminal Bar, Minneapolis MN | Solo show with Caz Falen, Apple Ivy, and our new nerdy friends AnaKataCombo. |
| Thursday, July 30, 2009 | Terminal Bar, Minneapolis MN | Electric Player Characters show with Feng Shui Ninjas, Candles Enough, and a fourth band whose name I totally don't remember but they were really awesome. |
| Friday, July 17, 2009 | St. Paul Eagles Club, St. Paul MN | Electric Player Characters show organized by DEMO. Also featuring Auburn, Lower 48, AnaKata Combo, and Nancy Olson and Rick Holland. I would like to state here for the record that AnaKata Combo is an awesome band. |
| Friday, July 3, 2009 | CONvergence 2009, Bloomington MN | The Player Characters will provide a full-on melt-your-face-off electric show in Harmonic Convergence as their CD release party for their second album, Apocalypse Blues. Free with con badge. Further information TBA. |
| Saturday, June 6, 2009 | Acoustic Cafe, Eau Claire WI | The acoustic Player Characters return to Beth's hometown and her favorite coffee shop as a teenager. Free; tips welcome. Music starts at 7 p.m. |
| Saturday, May 9, 2009 | Sacred Paths Center, St. Paul MN | A private acoustic show will follow the Resistance Choir's recording session. Please see this page for further information. |
| Saturday, May 2, 2009 | DemiCon, Des Moines IA | My second year at DemiCon featured a fun acoustic show with two-thirds of the other Player Characters. We can't wait for next year! |
| Saturday, April 25, 2009 | No Brand Con, Eau Claire WI | Acoustic duo show, busking in the stairwell, overly generous tippers, and a whole lot of funn. |
| Friday, April 24, 2009 | St. Paul Art Crawl, St. Paul MN | Acoustic show with two-thirds of the Player Characters at the Lowertown Group. |
| Friday, April 17, 2009 | The Coffee Grounds, Falcon Heights MN | Acoustic show with Candles Enough in celebration of their anniversary. All ages. Free; tips welcome. Music starts around 7 p.m. |
| Thursday, March 26, 2009 | Terminal Bar, Minneapolis MN | Acoustic show with Trash Bin Troubadors and The Delta Routine. |
| Saturday, March 7, 2009 | MarsCon, Bloomington MN | The acoustic Player Characters had a great time making the inaugural year of the Space Oddity Music Club & Brew Pub a success. We were honored to share a stage with Gifted Gear, Karl Brown, the Feng Shui Ninjas, and Toyboat. |
| Friday, February 27, 2009 | St. Paul Aerie for the Arts, St. Paul MN | Acoustic show in support of the Feng Shui Ninjas as they released their new album, Garbage Pizza. |
| Thursday, January 22, 2009 | Terminal Bar, Minneapolis MN | Electric show with the Feng Shui Ninjas, and Possible Oscar. Music starts around 9. Further info TBA. |
| Friday, December 26, 2008 | Acoustic Cafe, Eau Claire WI | A dream comes true for me: playing a solo acoustic show at my favorite teenage hangout in my hometown. |
| Tuesday, December 16, 2008 | Terminal Bar, Minneapolis MN | Dave and I were honored to share the stage with Candles Enough in their return to live performance. We hope this is the first of many more like it. |
| Wednesday, December 10, 2008 | Terminal Bar, Minneapolis MN | Last-minute impromptu solo show, went about how you would expect. |
| Friday, November 14, 2008 | Betsy's Back Porch, Minneapolis MN | The last show I played at Betsy's before it closed. At least it was a good one. |
| Friday, October 17, 2008 | St. Paul Aerie for the Arts, St. Paul MN | Electric show with the Milltown Band and Bluedog. Thanks again to the great people at the Aerie for always setting us up with a fun night! |
| Saturday, October 4, 2008 | Twin Cities Pagan Pride, Minneapolis MN | Another fun acoustic show surrounded by great people. |
| Friday, September 19, 2008 | The Coffee Grounds, Falcon Heights MN | Acoustic show with the Feng Shui Ninjas. This was a fantastic turnout; thanks for coming out! |
| Friday, August 15, 2008 | Matty B's, Minneapolis MN | An epic night of geeky music featuring the electric Player Characters, the Feng Shui Ninjas, and Possible Oscar. |
| Friday, July 25, 2008 | Betsy's Back Porch, Minneapolis MN | Small but enthusiastic crowd, fun night. |
| Friday, July 4, 2008 | CONvergence 2008, Bloomington MN | The best electric show the PCs have done yet. Thanks for being there. |
| Saturday, June 28, 2008 | House Concert, Minneapolis MN | Acoustic show at a private home in Minneapolis. Also featured the Feng Shui Ninjas. |
| Saturday, June 21, 2008 | Acadia Cafe, Minneapolis MN | Graveyard Blues Project has invited the Player Characters back for another electric show. Also featuring Kristin Kitko, Roller Shop, and Glen Wadie. $5 cover. Doors at 8 p.m.; we go on at 9 p.m. Come hear us debut new songs! |
| Friday, May 30, 2008 | St. Paul Aerie for the Arts, St. Paul MN | Electric show with the Player Characters. Also featuring Stacy Halter and the Buzzard Brothers. We had a great time. |
| Friday, May 16, 2008 | Art-A-Whirl, Minneapolis MN | I provided 3 fun hours of music at the Women’s Art Registry of Minnesota gallery opening and reception. |
| Saturday, May 3, 2008 | DemiCon, Des Moines IA | Solo show and my Iowa debut. What a great little con. |
| Saturday, April 26, 2008 | St. Paul Art Crawl, St. Paul MN | Acoustic show with the Player Characters, at the Lowertown Group, with many other great acts. |
| Saturday, April 19, 2008 | No Brand Con, Eau Claire WI | My first official duo show with Nikki Walker, and our first anime convention and Wisconsin debut! We had a great time busking in the hotel stairwell afterwards. |
| Friday, April 18, 2008 | Terminal Bar, Minneapolis MN | My first fully electric full band show with the Player Characters was an awesome disaster and also featured Sarah Winters and Sarah Morris. Organized by Graveyard Blues Project. |
| Friday, March 28, 2008 | Betsy's Back Porch, Minneapolis MN | I can't believe these people keep letting me come back. |
| Friday, February 29, 2008 | MarsCon 2008, Bloomington MN | My official CD release for All Of My Heroes Are Villains. With the Player Characters (acoustic) and too many other dementia and filk musicians to count. Great fun! |
| Friday, February 15, 2008 | The Coffee Grounds, Falcon Heights MN | With Adrienne Nightingale. My first acoustic full band show with the Player Characters! |
| Friday, December 7, 2007 | Betsy's Back Porch, Minneapolis MN | Yup, again. |
| Saturday, November 17, 2007 | Tillie's Bean, Minneapolis MN | A benefit to help Tillie's pull out of its financial troubles. |
| Friday, November 2, 2007 | Betsy's Back Porch, Minneapolis MN | It's becoming a tradition... |
| Friday, October 12, 2007 | Tillie's Bean, Minneapolis MN | Fun show, cool venue! |
| Saturday, September 29, 2007 | Besty's Back Porch, Minneapolis MN | A very important benefit concert to help save Betsy's - and it worked! With tons of other performers. |
| Saturday, September 29, 2007 | Twin Cities Pagan Pride, Minneapolis MN | With Kari Tauring, Future Lisa, T. Gordon Anderson, Richard Griffith, and various other performers. |
| Tuesday, September 18, 2007 | Loring Pasta Bar Red Room, Minneapolis MN | DEMO "Lo-Fi Tuesdays" showcase. With Matthew Noyes, Jackson Street, and Quarterstance. |
| Saturday, September 1, 2007 | The Coffee Grounds, Falcon Heights MN | With John Skoy. This is a pretty swell venue. |
| Friday, August 10, 2007 | Betsy's Back Porch, Minneapolis MN |
Another fun one! Thanks to all the Dementia Radio people who came out. |
| Thursday, August 9, 2007 | Terminal Bar, Minneapolis MN | With Dingus and Andy Holmaas. |
| Sunday, July 8, 2007 | CONvergence, Bloomington MN | Con number two! I performed as part of the Harmonic Convergence track, along with too many other musicians and bands to list. |
| Saturday, June 23, 2007 | Ginkgo Coffeehouse, St Paul MN | With Nancy Olson. |
| Saturday, May 19, 2007 | Diamonds Coffee Shop, Minneapolis MN | DEMO show in conjunction with the Minneapolis Art-A-Whirl. Literally dozens of people played this day, so I hope you don't expect me to remember them all. |
| Wednesday, May 9, 2007 | Acadia Cafe, Minneapolis MN | With M.E.S.S. Crew, L. Preston West, and Really Long Night. |
| Saturday, May 5, 2007 | Espresso 22, Minneapolis MN | Twin Cities Pagan Pride benefit. With Todd Menton and Late November (whose guitarist would later become my producer and bandmate...small world, huh?). |
| Saturday, April 21, 2007 | St Paul Art Crawl, St Paul MN | DEMO show in conjunction with the Lowertown Group. With Bill Geezy, Drouz, Jake Kuiper, Carl & Chris Johnson, Jenna Charland, Jeff Horwich, and Ethan Lewis. |
| Friday, April 6, 2007 | Betsy's Back Porch, Minneapolis MN | This show was broadcast on tape by Dementia Radio. |
| Sunday, March 25, 2007 | 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis MN | DEMO "Big In '07" showcase. With Chris Thompson, Bright Lights Small City, and Refuke. I should also inform you that this show was ridiculously fun. |
| Tuesday, March 20, 2007 | Loring Pasta Bar Red Room, Minneapolis MN | DEMO "Lo-Fi Tuesdays" showcase. With Mike Limberg, Danny Jack, Andrea Sorum, and Gumption Trap. |
| Sunday, March 4, 2007 | MarsCon 2007, Bloomington MN | My first convention, which featured too many other filkish/fannish/Dementia musicians to count. Good times. |
| Saturday, February 17, 2007 | Acadia Cafe, Minneapolis MN | Graveyard Blues Project show. With Andy Holmaas, Dalia, Nikki Schultz, and Andy Elwell. |
| Thursday, January 11, 2007 | Acadia Cafe, Minneapolis MN | DEMO "Lo-Fi Thursday" benefit. With Joe Kovach, David Hanners, Brady & Jake, and Rareview. |
| Thursday, December 7, 2006 | Betsy's Back Porch, Minneapolis MN | Twin Cities Pagan Pride benefit. With Jean Salo. |
| Thursday, November 16, 2006 | Acadia Cafe, Minneapolis MN | DEMO "Lo-Fi Thursday" benefit. With David Brusie, Kyle Frenette, Scarlet Slipping, Ian Huddleston, and The Vintage Mink. |
| Monday, May 17, 2004 | Larson International Coffeehouse, Northfield MN | With Apt Abraxas. CD release for Underneath The Mask. |
| Friday, May 14, 2004 | Relay for Life, Northfield MN | Played for a couple thousand people who were walking around in circles. It was windy and all my music blew away. |
| Sunday, April 18, 2004 | Larson International Coffeehouse, Northfield MN | With Switchboard. |
| Thursday, April 1, 2004 | The Essence of Bean, Northfield MN | I don't remember anything about this show, so it must have gone okay, right? |
| Tuesday, March 30, 2004 | Live on Platonic Girlfriends, KSTO Radio, Northfield MN | I was, in fact, both the guest of and a co-host of this particular radio show. Shh. |
| Wednesday, December 10, 2003 | Larson International Coffeehouse, Northfield MN | With David Mellby, Me Low, and We Don't Really Exhist. Unnecessary Friction winter festival and Christmas compilation tape release. |
| Thursday, November 6, 2003 | The Essence of Bean, Northfield MN | Tried playing piano. It was a big mess. |
| Monday, October 27, 2003 | Larson International Coffeehouse, Northfield MN | With Me Low. Tape release for In The Dust and Fingerprint Collector. |
| Thursday, April 17, 2003 | The Essence of Bean, Northfield MN | My first live show ever. I was scared out of my mind. Also a little bit drunk. |