Join us for open mic at our venue at 6156 Ridge Ave, Philly with Co-op Member Ken Ulansey 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 Presents Melanie Brulée

Get your tickets here!

Thursday, November 15, 2018
Doors 7:30pm | Music 8pm

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

CLICK HERE TO RSVP ON FACEBOOK

CLICK HERE TO WATCH A VIDEO OF MELANIE BRULÉE

About Melanie Brulée

Born in Cornwall Ontario to bilingual parents, Toronto-based Melanie Brulée interweaves her native language into her art like she crisscrosses musical genres: with ease. From the first listen, you can hear how her years living in Australia and France have influenced her style and sound. The first offering rich surf-style guitar tones and catchy hooks and the latter blurring the lines between audience and performer, like a speakeasy cabaret. What most might call Americana, folk-rock or country music, Melanie colours with her own distinctive essence, bringing a vintage respect to a modern sound. Seeing her ease onstage, it’s clear that’s where she feels most at home, quickly winning over audiences with her charisma.

Melanie’s striking stage presence, unique vocal stylings and expressive confidence have opened several doors for her since the release of her French album Débridée (2015), giving her the chance to build a solid team including management, booking, distribution and publishing. Critically acclaimed by media in Québec as well as across Canada, the album earned Melanie a Stingray Music Rising Star Award as well as three Trille Or nominations at Canada’s largest recognition of excellence in the arts outside of Québec. Melanie was featured on the official Ontario 150 anthem ‘A Place to Stand’ which was highly distributed across the province during 2017.

Her singles have been on regular rotation on CBC, Radio-Canada as well as Sirius XM satellite in Canada and the USA, allowing her to build a following and tour the continent playing near 100 shows per year. Most recent highlights include opening for Kathleen Edwards, Whitehorse and Amanda Marshall as well as performances at renowned festivals such as Mariposa Folk Fest, Luminato, Francofolies, Montreal Folk on the Canal and multiple performances at Yonge-Dundas Square. Most recently, Melanie has been spending significant time honing her craft as a songwriter in Nashville with some of Music City’s finest in preparation for her upcoming 2018 release.

The success of Débridée opened another unexpected door, allowing her to begin a conversation about mental health with her audience. She began running workshops on self-confidence with students across North America, encouraging young people to talk about their fears and anxieties, offering tips and tricks on dealing with depression, and sharing her story as a suicide loss survivor. “After my father’s passing, I remember being so angry. The truth is that without being able to express myself through songwriting, I’d be an absolute mess. Sharing my story with others has helped me get through the pain and loss and I hope that I can offer the same refuge to others through music and open conversation.” Melanie’s third full-length album Fires, Floods & Things We Leave Behind further explores themes of family, loss and addiction and will be released October 2018.

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO MELANIE BRULÉE ON SPOTIFY

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT MELANIE BRULÉE

PFS Presents The Tall Pines

Friday, November 16, 2018
Doors 7:30pm | Music 8pm

Click here to get your tickets! 

$15 for Members *While Supplies Last* | $18 Not-Yet-Members | $20 Doors

CLICK HERE TO RSVP ON FACEBOOK

About The Tall Pines

THE TALL PINES ARE A SHACK-SHAKIN’, FOOT–STOMPIN’ FOLK-ROCK BAND FEATURING CONNIE LYNN PETRUK, SINGING HER HEART OUT, PLAYING DRUMS ON HER ALLIGATOR SKIN SUITCASE, AND SHAKING HER TAMBOURINE. HER PARTNER CHRISTMAS DAVIS, PLAYS GUITAR, WRITES THE SONGS AND HOWLS ALONG. THE TALL PINES REVEL IN THE SPIRITS OF THE LATE 1960S AND EARLY 1970SCOUNTRY, SOUL, AND SWAMP-ROCK SCENES, WHILE WORKING HARD TO TAKE THE SOUNDS THEY LOVE BEYOND THEIR HISTORY AND INTO THE NEXT PHASE OF AMERICAN MUSIC. THEIR FIRST SELF-TITLED ALBUM WAS VOTED ONE OF THE TOP TEN BEST RECORDS OF THE YEAR BY NPR’S MEREDITH OCHS. THEY’VE PERFORMED LIVE WITH COUNTRY MUSIC GREAT CHARLIE LOUVIN (RIP) AT THE CMJ MUSIC FESTIVAL, WITH NORAH JONES AND PUSS N BOOTS, JUSTIN TOWNES EARL, KEVN KINNY OF DRIVN’ AND CRYIN’, AMY RAY OF THE INDIGO GIRLS, AND MANY MORE GREAT FOLKS. THEY PRODUCE A MONTHLY LIVE MUSIC SERIES IN NEW YORK CITY CALLED THE TALL PINES REVUE, AND WERE RECENTLY DUBBED A BUZZ BAND AT THE 30A SONGWRITER’S FESTIVAL LAST JANUARY BY AMERICAN SONGWRITER MAGAZINE. THEIR NEW EP “FEAR IS THE DEVIL” WILL BE RELEASED IN THE FALL OF 2015. THE TALL PINES ARE ON A MISSION TO REMIND A WORLD INCREASINGLY MADE OF CONCRETE, GLASS AND STEEL THAT SOME MUSIC STILL BURNS LIKE RAW TIMBER.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH A VIDEO OF THE TALL PINES

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE TALL PINES ON SPOTIFY

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE TALL PINES

PFS Election and November Monthly Concert with Sharon Katz & The Peace Train

Get your tickets here!

ELECTION at 2pm
MUSIC at 3pm

**FREE FOR MEMBERS** While Supplies Last
**$12 For Not-Yet-Members**

CLICK HERE TO WATCH A PERFORMANCE OF SHARON KATZ & THE PEACE TRAIN

CLICK HERE TO RSVP ON FACEBOOK

About Sharon Katz & The Peace Train

The multicultural South African band of Sharon Katz & The Peace Train helped Nelson Mandela end Apartheid and have continued spreading their message of peace and reconciliation around the world. Their pulsating rhythms, rich harmonies, guitar-driven melodies, spine-tingling dances, funky basslines, intricate drum patterns, and compelling lyrics tell of the social justice challenges worldwide and how we can change them – while getting the dance party going! Nominated for the Grammy’s “Best World Music Album,” the group made history in 1992 when they formed South Africa’s first, 500-voice multiracial choir and then organized a courageous tour on board a train –The Peace Train – to promote a peaceful transition to democracy. The documentary film about The Peace Train’s music and work, “When Voices Meet,” was selected by 30 film festivals and won Best Documentary, Best Director, Best Original Soundtrack, and Audience Award at Philadelphia International Film Festival. Recordings: “Imbizo” on Billboard’s Highly Recommended list and Grammy nomination list for Best World Music Album; “Live in NYC with Pete Seeger;” “Double Take” with Jazz divas Abigail Kubeka and Dolly Rathebe; “Carnival!” with Sting, Elton John, Tina Turner and Madonna and “Side-By Side” featuring Sharon Katz and Peace Train co-founder, Nonhlanhla Wanda.

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO SHARON KATZ & THE PEACE TRAIN ON SPOTIFY

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SHARON KATZ & THE PEACE TRAIN

**Ticketing Policy**

The Philadelphia Folksong Society is proud to offer its’ members one or two free tickets (depending on membership level) to our selectedMonthly 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 emailprior 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 Kreszat 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.

PFS Presents Seth Bernard

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

Get your tickets here! 

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

CLICK HERE TO RSVP ON FACEBOOK

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.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH A VIDEO OF SETH BERNARD

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO SETH BERNARD ON SPOTIFY

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SETH BERNARD

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

An Evening with Steve Poltz

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

Get your tickets here! 

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

CLICK HERE TO RSVP ON FACEBOOK

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.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH A VIDEO OF STEVE POLTZ

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO STEVE POLTZ ON SPOTIFY

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT STEVE POLTZ

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

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.

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 The Tall Pines

Friday, November 16, 2018
Doors 7:30pm | Music 8pm

Click here to get your tickets! 

$15 for Members *While Supplies Last* | $18 Not-Yet-Members | $20 Doors

CLICK HERE TO RSVP ON FACEBOOK

About The Tall Pines

THE TALL PINES ARE A SHACK-SHAKIN’, FOOT–STOMPIN’ FOLK-ROCK BAND FEATURING CONNIE LYNN PETRUK, SINGING HER HEART OUT, PLAYING DRUMS ON HER ALLIGATOR SKIN SUITCASE, AND SHAKING HER TAMBOURINE. HER PARTNER CHRISTMAS DAVIS, PLAYS GUITAR, WRITES THE SONGS AND HOWLS ALONG. THE TALL PINES REVEL IN THE SPIRITS OF THE LATE 1960S AND EARLY 1970SCOUNTRY, SOUL, AND SWAMP-ROCK SCENES, WHILE WORKING HARD TO TAKE THE SOUNDS THEY LOVE BEYOND THEIR HISTORY AND INTO THE NEXT PHASE OF AMERICAN MUSIC. THEIR FIRST SELF-TITLED ALBUM WAS VOTED ONE OF THE TOP TEN BEST RECORDS OF THE YEAR BY NPR’S MEREDITH OCHS. THEY’VE PERFORMED LIVE WITH COUNTRY MUSIC GREAT CHARLIE LOUVIN (RIP) AT THE CMJ MUSIC FESTIVAL, WITH NORAH JONES AND PUSS N BOOTS, JUSTIN TOWNES EARL, KEVN KINNY OF DRIVN’ AND CRYIN’, AMY RAY OF THE INDIGO GIRLS, AND MANY MORE GREAT FOLKS. THEY PRODUCE A MONTHLY LIVE MUSIC SERIES IN NEW YORK CITY CALLED THE TALL PINES REVUE, AND WERE RECENTLY DUBBED A BUZZ BAND AT THE 30A SONGWRITER’S FESTIVAL LAST JANUARY BY AMERICAN SONGWRITER MAGAZINE. THEIR NEW EP “FEAR IS THE DEVIL” WILL BE RELEASED IN THE FALL OF 2015. THE TALL PINES ARE ON A MISSION TO REMIND A WORLD INCREASINGLY MADE OF CONCRETE, GLASS AND STEEL THAT SOME MUSIC STILL BURNS LIKE RAW TIMBER.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH A VIDEO OF THE TALL PINES

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE TALL PINES ON SPOTIFY

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE TALL PINES

PFS Election and November Monthly Concert with Sharon Katz & The Peace Train

Get your tickets here!

ELECTION at 2pm
MUSIC at 3pm

**FREE FOR MEMBERS** While Supplies Last
**$12 For Not-Yet-Members**

CLICK HERE TO WATCH A PERFORMANCE OF SHARON KATZ & THE PEACE TRAIN

CLICK HERE TO RSVP ON FACEBOOK

About Sharon Katz & The Peace Train

The multicultural South African band of Sharon Katz & The Peace Train helped Nelson Mandela end Apartheid and have continued spreading their message of peace and reconciliation around the world. Their pulsating rhythms, rich harmonies, guitar-driven melodies, spine-tingling dances, funky basslines, intricate drum patterns, and compelling lyrics tell of the social justice challenges worldwide and how we can change them – while getting the dance party going! Nominated for the Grammy’s “Best World Music Album,” the group made history in 1992 when they formed South Africa’s first, 500-voice multiracial choir and then organized a courageous tour on board a train –The Peace Train – to promote a peaceful transition to democracy. The documentary film about The Peace Train’s music and work, “When Voices Meet,” was selected by 30 film festivals and won Best Documentary, Best Director, Best Original Soundtrack, and Audience Award at Philadelphia International Film Festival. Recordings: “Imbizo” on Billboard’s Highly Recommended list and Grammy nomination list for Best World Music Album; “Live in NYC with Pete Seeger;” “Double Take” with Jazz divas Abigail Kubeka and Dolly Rathebe; “Carnival!” with Sting, Elton John, Tina Turner and Madonna and “Side-By Side” featuring Sharon Katz and Peace Train co-founder, Nonhlanhla Wanda.

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO SHARON KATZ & THE PEACE TRAIN ON SPOTIFY

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SHARON KATZ & THE PEACE TRAIN

**Ticketing Policy**

The Philadelphia Folksong Society is proud to offer its’ members one or two free tickets (depending on membership level) to our selectedMonthly 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 emailprior 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 Kreszat 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.

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

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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.

Lansdowne, PA

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

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