PFS Presents Seth Bernard

Saturday, November 24
Doors 7:30pm | Music 8pm

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Members $10 *While Supplies Last* | Not-Yet-Members $12 | Doors $15

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About Seth
Born and raised on Earthwork Farm in rural northern Michigan, Seth Bernard was brought up in the folk and farmstead culture with an enriching integrative experience of the arts, agriculture, and community. In 2001, Seth founded Earthwork Music, a Michigan-based collective of independent musicians who focus their efforts on environmental advocacy, social justice, creative empowerment and community building. As the Artistic Director of “The Quest”, Seth has partnered with SEEDS, the Library of Congress and the National Parks Service to bring experiential arts and ecological education to children in Northern Michigan in after-school programs and summer camps. As the Director of the Musical Ambassador Program for On the Ground, Seth has helped cultivate partnerships and cultural exchanges between communities in southern Mexico, Ethiopia and eastern Congo and communities in Michigan with a focus on direct collaboration between youth. Seth is on staff at Interlochen Arts Academy for the summer high school singer songwriter program and presents assemblies at schools across Michigan through On Stage 4 Kids. Seth is a NMEAC Environmentalist of the Year Award winner for Arts Education and serves on the Crosshatch Art Team, advocating for artists and farmers. Seth is a prolific songwriter, a pragmatic performer, a multiple Jammie award-winning recording artist and producer, and has been a longtime leader and steward of Michigan’s music community. His 3-year-old daughter Iris has recently helped him enter his watercolor phase as a visual artist.

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PFS Presents Kaia Kater

*TICKETS ON SALE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 9AM*

Saturday, December 1, 2018
Doors 7:30pm | Music 8pm

$15 for Members *While Supplies Last* | $20 Not-Yet-Members | $25 Doors

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About Kaia Kater

A Montreal-born Grenadian-Canadian, Kaia Kater grew up between two worlds: one her family’s deep ties to folk music; the other the years she spent soaking up Appalachian music in West Virginia. Her old-time banjo-picking skills, deft arrangements, and songwriting abilities have landed her in the spotlight in North America and the UK, garnering critical acclaim from outlets such as NPR, CBC Radio, Rolling Stone, BBC Music, and No Depression

Kaia started her career early, crafting her first EP Old Soul (2013) when she was just out of high school. Since then, she’s gone on to release two more albums, Sorrow Bound (2015) and Nine Pin (2016). Her most recent album weaves between hard-hitting songs that touch on social issues like the Black Lives Matter movement (“Rising Down,” “Paradise Fell”) and more personal narratives speaking to life and love in the digital age (“Saint Elizabeth”). Nine Pin won a Canadian Folk Music Award, a Stingray Rising Star Award and sent Kaia on an 18-month touring journey from Ireland to Iowa, including stops at The Kennedy Center, Hillside Festival and London’s O2 Shepherd’s Bush. Kaia is currently working on her next album, due for release in late 2018.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH A VIDEO OF KAIA KATER

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An Evening with Steve Poltz

Friday, December 7 
Doors 7:30pm | Music 8pm

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Members $15 *While Supplies Last* | Not-Yet-Members $20 | Doors $25

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About Steve Poltz
Steve Poltz is not normal. He was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia (Canada) but has lived most of his life in Southern California and those geographic poles are quite likely responsible for his unhinged genius. He is a dual citizen – Canada/USA – but has often said that, “should a hostage situation arise, I become conveniently Canadian.”

Over the course of his life he’s met Elvis Presley (who hugged his sister for far too long), trick or treated at Liberace’s house (each finger had a diamond ring), was Bob Hope’s favourite altar boy (according to him), bravely traveled the world busking before he knew how to do it, famously co-wrote “You Were Meant For Me” with Jewel, pissed off David Cassidy and can count some of the world’s coolest people as fans.

He’s also an ex high school wrestler (98 pound class), an obsessed baseball fan, a yoga practitioner, a hopeless romantic, a smart-ass philosopher and a child-like adventurer/observer with an absurdist’s view of this crazy world and the various life-forms that inhabit it. He’s interested in it all – the big and the small, the sublime and the ridiculous, the terrestrial and the cosmic. He doesn’t just love life, he rides it bareback, naked, at a full gallop with one hand clenched deep in its mane and the other waving to anyone watching as he flies by. Time is ticking and he has work to do…

As a recording artist, he’s fronted the semi-legendary Rugburns and is responsible for a critically lauded body of work on his own: One Left Shoe, Chinese Vacation, Answering Machine, The Barn (a children’s album), Tales From The Tavern (a performance DVD), Traveling, Unraveling, Dreamhouse, Noineen Noiny Noin and most recently the soundtrack for the acclaimed Sundance-screened documentary film, Running Wild – The Life of Dayton O. Hyde.

As good as his albums are (and they’re very, very good), Steve positively owns a crowd when he’s on stage, where the proverbial rubber hits the road. His shows are the stuff of legend – no two are alike – and can take an unsuspecting audience from laughter to tears and back again in the space of a single song. He is a master of improvisational songwriting and works without a set list to be free to react instantly to the mood of a room. It’s also worth mentioning that he is an astonishing guitar player on top of everything else. He is quite possibly the most talented, and engaging, solo performer on this planet. That’s what 250+ shows a year on three continents will do for you.

Whether he’s Canadian, or American, or simply from space there’s no denying there’s only one Steven Joseph Joshua Poltz and to know him is to love him.

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Join us for open mic at our venue at 6156 Ridge Ave, Philly with Co-op Member Rusty and Jan as our host and featured performer!

Doors open at 7:00pm
Performances at 7:30pm
Guests will perform 2 songs
Featured Artists/Host will perform 4 songs
Sound will be provided.
We ask for a donation of $3 for members and $5 for non-members in order to continue our programming.
PFS Venue events are BYOB. BYO wristbands are $2 and require proof of ID.

Open mics will be held on first and third Wednesdays* and will feature different hosts and different artists. If you would like to host an open mic or have your act considered as a featured act, please email dhaney@pfs.org (featured acts perform 4 songs around mid-evening).

*Occasionally, the Wednesday on which open mic falls will change due to holidays

PFS December Monthly Concert with Erin Costelo

Thursday, December 13, 2018
Doors 7pm | Music 7:30pm

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**FREE FOR MEMBERS** While Supplies Last
**$10 For Not-Yet-Members**

CLICK HERE TO WATCH A PERFORMANCE OF ERIN COSTELO

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About Erin Costelo

Although she has been compared to icons like Carole King and Nina Simone, Erin Costelo’s fifth studio album cements her status as an utterly inimitable voice in Americana music.

Taking inspiration from sources as varied as Ryan Adams and Randy Newman, Sweet Marie is a genre-defying album that sounds at once timeless, timely and completely fresh.

The album features a host of great Canadian talent including, Glenn Milchem on drums (Blue Rodeo), Anna Ruddick on bass (Randy Bachman), Leith Fleming-Smith (Matt Mays) and Erin’s long-time guitarist and partner, Clive MacNutt.

On Sweet Marie, Erin looks at a world and industry that pushed her to the edge of ending her musical career – but she pushes back. Pulsing with a confident and cathartic energy, Erin’s voice soars even as her songs dive deep.

Sweet Marie will be released in Canada on Oct 19th on Erin’s own label Venue Records and to the rest of the world on October 26th through Compass Records.

A “Making of” documentary, directed by Amelia Curran will air on CBC TV in Fall 2018.

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO ERIN COSTELO ON SOUNDCLOUD

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ERIN COSTELO

**Ticketing Policy**

The Philadelphia Folksong Society is proud to offer its’ members one or two free tickets (depending on membership level) to our selected Monthly Member Concert and Monthly House Concert every month. Due to the large number of members and limited seating, we ask that members reserve tickets when they know they can attend. If a member has reserved a ticket and cannot make it to the member concert of their choosing, they must contact the PFS office by phone or email prior to the event to cancel. Failure to do so will result in an inability to reserve your free member ticket to the following member concert.

If you arrive at a PFS member concert and have not reserved a ticket, you will only be seated ten minutes before show time if seats are still available.

If a member concert is listed as “sold out,” please contact Katie Kresz at kkresz@pfs.org to secure your spot atop the waitlist. You will be notified prior to the concert if seats become available.

PFS asks that all members show respect to their fellow members and the Society through following this policy.

Saturday, 12/15: Radiant Others, Judith & Michael Winograd | 7:30pm Doors / 8pm Music

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$12 for Members *While Supplies Last* | $15 Not-Yet-Members | $18 Doors

New Sounds in Jewish Music: Haimish Harmonies wraps up with a broad look at cutting-edge players uniting for an adventurous program where familiar sounds take audiences to new places. Radiant Others, led by Klezmer trombone master Dan Blacksberg, re-imagines traditional music with trombone at the forefront, bringing the instrument beyond its traditional accompaniment role and into the spotlight. Judith Berkson (piano/voice) & Michael Winograd (clarinet), two leading voices in a new generation of Klezmer, create inventive takes on traditional music… with sublime results.

This concert is part of Haimish Harmonies, a series exploring Klezmer Connections at the Philadelphia Folksong Society in a monthly installment, curated by Philadelphia-based trombonist, composer, and premier Klezmer practitioner, Dan Blacksberg.

The series features a selection of artists who each offer unique insight into Klezmer music and sounds, both new and traditional, creating a crossroads of offerings where connections can be made.

Join us for open mic at our venue at 6156 Ridge Ave, Philly with Co-op Member Rob Lincoln as our host and featured performer!

Doors open at 7:00pm
Performances at 7:30pm
Guests will perform 2 songs
Featured Artists/Host will perform 4 songs
Sound will be provided.
We ask for a donation of $3 for members and $5 for non-members in order to continue our programming.
PFS Venue events are BYOB. BYO wristbands are $2 and require proof of ID.

Open mics will be held on first and third Wednesdays* and will feature different hosts and different artists. If you would like to host an open mic or have your act considered as a featured act, please email dhaney@pfs.org (featured acts perform 4 songs around mid-evening).

*Occasionally, the Wednesday on which open mic falls will change due to holidays

Join us for open mic at our venue at 6156 Ridge Ave, Stuart Lewis as our host and featured performer! Stuart has requested to make this a black tie affair, so dress to the nines!

Doors open at 7:00pm
Performances at 7:30pm
Guests will perform 2 songs
Featured Artists/Host will perform 4 songs
Sound will be provided.
We ask for a donation of $3 for members and $5 for non-members in order to continue our programming.
PFS Venue events are BYOB. BYO wristbands are $2 and require proof of ID.

Open mics will be held on first and third Wednesdays* and will feature different hosts and different artists. If you would like to host an open mic or have your act considered as a featured act, please email dhaney@pfs.org (featured acts perform 4 songs around mid-evening).

*Occasionally, the Wednesday on which open mic falls will change due to holidays

PFS Presents Kaia Kater

*TICKETS ON SALE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 9AM*

Saturday, December 1, 2018
Doors 7:30pm | Music 8pm

$15 for Members *While Supplies Last* | $20 Not-Yet-Members | $25 Doors

CLICK HERE TO RSVP ON FACEBOOK

About Kaia Kater

A Montreal-born Grenadian-Canadian, Kaia Kater grew up between two worlds: one her family’s deep ties to folk music; the other the years she spent soaking up Appalachian music in West Virginia. Her old-time banjo-picking skills, deft arrangements, and songwriting abilities have landed her in the spotlight in North America and the UK, garnering critical acclaim from outlets such as NPR, CBC Radio, Rolling Stone, BBC Music, and No Depression

Kaia started her career early, crafting her first EP Old Soul (2013) when she was just out of high school. Since then, she’s gone on to release two more albums, Sorrow Bound (2015) and Nine Pin (2016). Her most recent album weaves between hard-hitting songs that touch on social issues like the Black Lives Matter movement (“Rising Down,” “Paradise Fell”) and more personal narratives speaking to life and love in the digital age (“Saint Elizabeth”). Nine Pin won a Canadian Folk Music Award, a Stingray Rising Star Award and sent Kaia on an 18-month touring journey from Ireland to Iowa, including stops at The Kennedy Center, Hillside Festival and London’s O2 Shepherd’s Bush. Kaia is currently working on her next album, due for release in late 2018.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH A VIDEO OF KAIA KATER

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO KAIA KATER ON SPOTIFY

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT KAIA KATER

PFS December Monthly Concert with Erin Costelo

Thursday, December 13, 2018
Doors 7pm | Music 7:30pm

Secure your tickets here!

**FREE FOR MEMBERS** While Supplies Last
**$10 For Not-Yet-Members**

CLICK HERE TO WATCH A PERFORMANCE OF ERIN COSTELO

CLICK HERE TO RSVP ON FACEBOOK

About Erin Costelo

Although she has been compared to icons like Carole King and Nina Simone, Erin Costelo’s fifth studio album cements her status as an utterly inimitable voice in Americana music.

Taking inspiration from sources as varied as Ryan Adams and Randy Newman, Sweet Marie is a genre-defying album that sounds at once timeless, timely and completely fresh.

The album features a host of great Canadian talent including, Glenn Milchem on drums (Blue Rodeo), Anna Ruddick on bass (Randy Bachman), Leith Fleming-Smith (Matt Mays) and Erin’s long-time guitarist and partner, Clive MacNutt.

On Sweet Marie, Erin looks at a world and industry that pushed her to the edge of ending her musical career – but she pushes back. Pulsing with a confident and cathartic energy, Erin’s voice soars even as her songs dive deep.

Sweet Marie will be released in Canada on Oct 19th on Erin’s own label Venue Records and to the rest of the world on October 26th through Compass Records.

A “Making of” documentary, directed by Amelia Curran will air on CBC TV in Fall 2018.

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO ERIN COSTELO ON SOUNDCLOUD

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ERIN COSTELO

**Ticketing Policy**

The Philadelphia Folksong Society is proud to offer its’ members one or two free tickets (depending on membership level) to our selected Monthly Member Concert and Monthly House Concert every month. Due to the large number of members and limited seating, we ask that members reserve tickets when they know they can attend. If a member has reserved a ticket and cannot make it to the member concert of their choosing, they must contact the PFS office by phone or email prior to the event to cancel. Failure to do so will result in an inability to reserve your free member ticket to the following member concert.

If you arrive at a PFS member concert and have not reserved a ticket, you will only be seated ten minutes before show time if seats are still available.

If a member concert is listed as “sold out,” please contact Katie Kresz at kkresz@pfs.org to secure your spot atop the waitlist. You will be notified prior to the concert if seats become available.

PFS asks that all members show respect to their fellow members and the Society through following this policy.

Saturday, 12/15: Radiant Others, Judith & Michael Winograd | 7:30pm Doors / 8pm Music

Click here to get your tickets!

$12 for Members *While Supplies Last* | $15 Not-Yet-Members | $18 Doors

New Sounds in Jewish Music: Haimish Harmonies wraps up with a broad look at cutting-edge players uniting for an adventurous program where familiar sounds take audiences to new places. Radiant Others, led by Klezmer trombone master Dan Blacksberg, re-imagines traditional music with trombone at the forefront, bringing the instrument beyond its traditional accompaniment role and into the spotlight. Judith Berkson (piano/voice) & Michael Winograd (clarinet), two leading voices in a new generation of Klezmer, create inventive takes on traditional music… with sublime results.

This concert is part of Haimish Harmonies, a series exploring Klezmer Connections at the Philadelphia Folksong Society in a monthly installment, curated by Philadelphia-based trombonist, composer, and premier Klezmer practitioner, Dan Blacksberg.

The series features a selection of artists who each offer unique insight into Klezmer music and sounds, both new and traditional, creating a crossroads of offerings where connections can be made.

Lansdowne, PA

Fri, Dec 21 at Jamey’s House of Music w/Rootology

• Buy Tickets $15: https://jhom.ticketleap.com/rootology/dates/Dec-21-2018_at_0800PM
• RSVP on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1972252626400776/