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Upcoming Shows

When? Where? Notes
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!
Saturday, June 28, 2008 House Concert, Minneapolis MN Music party and possible acoustic set at the home of Dave Stagner. Contact him for directions; more details TBA.
Friday, July 4, 2008 CONvergence 2008, Bloomington MN Electric show with the Player Characters. Free with convention membership. We go on at 7 p.m.
Friday, July 25, 2008 Betsy's Back Porch, Minneapolis MN You know the drill: solo, 8 p.m., free, tips welcome.
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. $5 cover. Music starts at 9:30 - order of bands yet to be determined, but you should really stay for all three anyway!
Saturday, October 4, 2008 Twin Cities Pagan Pride, Minneapolis MN I'm tentatively confirmed for a band show on this date. Watch this space for more details.

photo by Mark Boenish

Past Shows

When? Where? Notes
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.