2023
- May 13, 9am-noon, Ferry Street Growers Market, 330 Ferry St, Danville PA.
- May 7, 9:30am-10:10am, at the Priestley Chapel, 380 Front St, Northumberland, PA. A Sunday morning service of words and music, with poet Linda Godfrey.
- April 22, 10:30-11:20am, at Joy to the Earth (it’s an Earth Day event!), East Snyder Park, Selinsgrove, PA.
- March 4, 10-11am, in the High Foundation Auditorium at Landis Homes Retirement Community, Lititz, PA. This one’s to raise money for the senior class trip at Monteverde Friends School (in Costa Rica, where Zeke is)
- January 14, 2023, 10am-noon, at the Mercadito Verdes, Monteverde, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
- January 11, 3-4:30pm, at CASEM Coop, Monteverde, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
2022
- October 8, 9am-noon, at the Ferry Street Growers Market, 330 Ferry St. in Danville, PA
- October 7, 6pm. First Friday at Greenwood Friends School, with Marie Almer fiddling and Safa Saracoglu percussing.
- September 17, 4:30-6pm. Equinox Party, a private event outside Bloomsburg. This was super fun for me, and I think they enjoyed it too. Maybe you want to also consider having me play at a party?
- August 25, 7-8:30pm. Warm Light CD release show at the Exchange Gallery, 24 E. Main St., Bloomsburg, PA. This one was great – with Katie Loomis-Adams on violin, Mike Hickey on bass, Safa Saracoglu and Urie Kline on percussion. Look for video soon!
- August 7, 11am-1pm. Brunch show at Brewskis Coffee & Bar, 22 E. Main St, Bloomsburg, PA.
- August 4, 7pm, Fernville Family Park, Bloomsburg, PA. (Note new location!) I’m the featured reader/musician for the August gathering of the River Poets. To get to the park, take Main Street in Bloomsburg and turn north at Railroad Street (at the Unida Pizza). Go about two blocks, over the bridge, and the park will be on your right. LAST MINUTE CHANGE: due to rain, this is now at the Bloomsburg Public Library, Market St in Bloomsburg (just south of the fountain).
- May 21, 10am-1pm. The Forks Farm Market, about ten minutes north of Bloomsburg. First market of the season!
- May 14, 9am-noon, at the Ferry Street Growers Market, 330 Ferry St. in Danville, PA. First market gig of the season!
- March 6, 9:30am-10:10am, at the Priestley Chapel, 380 Front St., Northumberland, PA. A Sunday morning service of words and music – me with about 4 songs, and poet Katie Hays. I’ve heard about these for years; I’m delighted to be playing one! (And it was a delight to play!)
2021
- October 23, 10am-noon, at the Bloomsburg Farmers Market. At the Bloomsburg Fairgrounds; come in through the entrance off Route 11 (that’s the first entrance, on the left, as you leave Bloomsburg.)
- September 11, 10am-1pm. The Forks Farm Market, about ten minutes north of Bloomsburg. Good food to take home or to eat there, lots of other great local products, and friendly people.
- September 8, 7pm at the Exchange, Bloomsburg, PA. “Catastrophes, Cataclysms and Calamities: Dealing with Disasters”, an event that (in part) commemorates the 10th anniversary of the Hurricane Lee flood. There will be several storytellers, and I’ll play a few songs. I’ll bet you can guess one of them.
- September 4, 11am-noon at the Danville Heritage Festival, Mill St. in Danville, PA.
- July 10, 9am-noon, at the Ferry Street Growers Market, 330 Ferry St. in Danville, PA
2020
- October 24, 10am-1pm. The Forks Farm Market, about ten minutes north of Bloomsburg. Good local produce and crafts, and food to eat there. And friendly people. A local treasure.
- October 20, 3-4pm. Socially-distanced outdoor show at Bloom Towers.
- August 22, 10am-1pm. The Forks Farm Market, about ten minutes north of Bloomsburg. Good food to take home or to eat there, lots of other great local products, and friendly people.
- August 8, 8am-noon, at the Ferry Street Growers Market, 330 Ferry St. in Danville, PA.
- August 6, 7-8:45pm. I’m the featured reader/musician at the August River Poets reading at Kocher Park, just north of Lightstreet, PA.
2019
- December 6, 6:30-8pm, at TreeFest, a great community fundraiser put on by BTE, at the Caldwell Consistory, Market Street in Bloomsburg, just north of the fountain.
- October 19, 9am-noon, at the Ferry Street Growers Market, 330 Ferry St. in Danville, PA.
- September 20, 7-9pm. Chef’s Listening Room, 414 Walnut St., Williamsport. I play from 7-8, string band Lavender Blue plays from 8-9, and we play a few together at the end. $20 at the door includes food! Or go here for slightly cheaper advance tickets go here.
- September 14, 10am-12:30pm. Forks Farm , about ten minutes north of Bloomsburg. Great for local produce, meat, dairy, and more.
- August 24, 12-2:30pm. Root Beer Float, a special Canoe and Brew event for kids, at Five Mountain Outfitters in Shickshinny, PA. The Canoeing/Kayaking actually starts at 9am, with these festivities starting at noon. I’ll be playing sometime during the afternoon part. There’ll be root beer floats, pizza, and beer from Five Mountain Brewing Company.
- July 13, 10am-12:30pm. Forks Farm , about ten minutes north of Bloomsburg. Great for local produce, meat, dairy, and more.
- May 4, 1:30-2:30pm. Spring Fling, at Canal Park on Mill St. in downtown Danville.
- April 27, 10am-12:30pm. Forks Farm , about ten minutes north of Bloomsburg. Great for local produce, meat, dairy, and more.
2018
- December 21, 5:15-7:15pm, at the Last-Chance Shopping for Cash & Carry V at the Exchange, 24 E. Main St, Bloomsburg, as a last-minute replacement for the Half-Ton Brass Band.
- November 30, 6:30-7:30pm, at TreeFest, at the Caldwell Consistory, Market Street in Bloomsburg, just north of the fountain.
- October 20, 9am-noon, at the Ferry Street Growers Market, 330 Ferry St. in Danville, PA.
- October 18, 7:30-9pm. Not really a music show, but me MCing for the annual Dead Poets gathering of the River Poets, at the Bloomsburg Public Library. I started at 7:15pm with an 18-minute version of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven, played like a Bob Dylan song from about 1965.
- August 25, 6-8pm, at the Exchange, 24 E. Main St, Bloomsburg. I am playing at the opening of the group art exhibit Now and Then. This comes at the end of a great day for art and music in Bloomsburg, as ArtFest will happen from 10 to 5 on Market St north of the fountain. Go here for information.
- July 14, 9am-noon, at the Ferry Street Growers Market, 330 Ferry St. in Danville, PA.
- February 9, 7-8pm at the King Street Coffeehouse at the Hotel Edison, 401 Market St., Sunbury, PA. The cover is $10, but that’s for me, Lawson & Disorder from 8 to 9, and KJ from 9 to 10. This coffeehouse is a great place to play and hear music. If you can’t come to my show, go see someone else play there.
2017:
- December 1, 6:30-7:30pm. TreeFest in the heart of Bloomsburg, at the Caldwell Consistory just north of the fountain, at the corner of Market and Main.
- October 21, 9am-noon, at the Ferry Street Growers Market, 330 Ferry St. in Danville, PA.
- October 20, 7-10pm at Chef’s Listening Room, 414 W. 4th St., Williamsport. Tickets are $16 or $28 per couple advance at www.ticketor.com/lavenderblue or $18 at the door, but include local food made by the chef. BYOB. This was a sweet night; I hope to get back there to hear others play.
- October 14, 12-1, at the Greenwood Friends School Fall Festival. Enabled ably by Jeremy and Audra.
- October 8, 1-2pm, at the CREATE event, Kocher Park, Lightstreet, PA. With Jeremy and Audra dePrisco, Mike Hickey, and Safa Saracoglu, all on a flatbed trailer. Great fun.
- August 26, 1-2pm, at Bloomsburg’s ArtFest, in the center of town, with assistance from Audra & Jeremy dePrisco of Fricknadorable. Good music all day!
- August 25, 6:30-8pm, for the first anniversary celebration for A Soulful Space on Front Street in Berwick, with Jeremy dePrisco playing bass. A rare sitting gig!
- August 19, 9am-noon, at the Ferry Street Growers Market, 330 Ferry St. in Danville, PA.
- August 3, at 6:30pm, at Kocher Park, just north of Lightstreet, PA, on route 487. This is the August reading of the River Poets. Oren Helbok talks about years chasing trains, then I play about 20 minutes, then a break and open reading.
(here we have a year-long hiatus as we spent a sabbatical year in Bolivia, Argentina, and Peru)
2016:
- July 2, 8-10pm at Filet 18 on Main St. in Bloomsburg, with Mike Hickey on guitar!
- July 2, 9am-noon, at the Ferry Street Growers Market, 330 Ferry St. in Danville, PA.
- June 4, 8pm to 8:45 or so, 4 E. Third St. in Bloomsburg. I’m the opening act for the one-man play Drunk Lion. It’s pay-what-you-wish, outdoors, so bring a seat or a blanket. (Actually, we got rained out and moved it to the Alvina Krause Theatre. A treat, it was, to play solo on the AKT stage.)
- June 4, 9-11:30am, Fish & Fun at Kocher Park, Lightstreet, PA, with Safa Saracoglu on percussion.
- May 27, 8-10pm at Filet 18 on Main St. in Bloomsburg.
- May 14, 10am-12:30pm. Forks Farm , about ten minutes north of Bloomsburg. Great for local produce, meat, dairy, and more.
- April 30, 12:30-1:30pm at the Bloomsburg Maker Faire at the Children’s Museum. $5 for the whole-day event. I’m playing under the “Pepperhead Studios Presents” banner, as part of the growing (and impressive) group of musicians who have recorded with Jeremy dePrisco at Pepperhead.
- April 22, 7-8pm at the King Street Coffeehouse in Northumberland, PA. This one costs $10 for this listening room; I’m followed by Rich Ahearn and Strawberry Ridge.
- April 16: The annual Greenwood Friends School Local Makers Auction, at the Caldwell Consistory in downtown Bloomsburg, 6-10pm. Jeremy and Audra dePrisco play first, I’m on around 7, and Raven Creek is the headliner. This is a great fundraiser for Greenwood, where our kids go to school. Tickets are $35, but that includes enough great finger food to make a meal, and dessert, and beer and wine, and lots of great people to hang out with.
- March 17, 6:30-8:30pm at Fog and Flame Coffeehouse at 34 East Main St. in Bloomsburg. Free admission.
2015:
- December 5, 8-10pm at Filet 18 on Main St. in Bloomsburg. With Jeremy dePrisco on bass! Audra dePrisco singing! Safa Saracoglu percussing!
- November 28, 9-11pm. At Martini’s Cafe/Bar at 106 N. Susquehanna Ave in Shickshinny. Smoky solo show.
- November 28, 11:30am-12:30pm. Treefest, a great community fundraiser put on by the Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble, at the Caldwell Consistory on Market Street in Bloomsburg. $6 for adults, 12 and under free.
- October 15, 8-10pm at Filet 18 on Main St. in Bloomsburg. With Jeremy dePrisco on bass! Audra dePrisco singing! Safa Saracoglu on occasional percussion! Luke Saracoglu singing Little Birds and Chimpanzees!
- October 10, 9am-noon, at the Ferry Street Growers Market, 330 Ferry St. in Danville, PA.
- October 2, 6-7:30pm, completely unplugged, at the Antler, 24 East Main Street, Bloomsburg. It’s part of the First Friday Art & Music Crawl .
- September 26, in the afternoon – Canoe and Brew! – music at the Berwick Brewing Company at the end of a paddle from Shickshinny.
- August 16, 1pm, at the Democratic Party picnic at Columbia Park, Lime Ridge, PA
- August 6, 6pm. 20 to 30 minutes of music as part of the River Poets We Love Kocher Park gathering at, you guessed it, Kocher Park on PA 487 just north of Lightstreet, PA. Free, donations for Kocher Park appreciated but not required.
- July 11, 9am-noon, at the Ferry Street Growers Market, 330 Ferry St. in Danville, PA.
- June 13, 10:15am-12:15pm. Forks Farm , about ten minutes north of Bloomsburg. Great for local produce, meat, dairy, and more.
- June 6, 10am-noon, Fish & Fun at Kocher Park, Lightstreet, PA, with Safa Saracoglu on percussion.
- May 28, sometime between 6:15-7:15pm, part of a benefit for Restore NYC at Fog and Flame Coffeehouse at 34 East Main St. in Bloomsburg. Free admission.
- May 23, 6-8pm at Fog and Flame Coffeehouse at 34 East Main St. in Bloomsburg. Free admission.
- May 8, 8-10pm at the Booth Theater, 116 Mill St. in Danville, PA. Cover charge $10, snacks provided, BYOB.
- April 18, 6pm-10pm (exact time TBD) at the Greenwood Friends School Auction at the Caldwell Consistory, just north of the fountain in the middle of Bloomsburg. Tickets are $35 per person ( but you can get four for the price of three) for great food, drink, spirits, entertainment, and lots of great items on auction to benefit Greenwood Friends School (where Anna and Zeke go).
- April 18, 11am-1pm at the Bloomsburg Children’s Museum, 2 W. 7th St, Bloomsburg. Regular museum admission is $6.50 for non-members. As you may imagine, this is a more kid-centric show than usual.
- April 17, 7-8pm at the King Street Coffeehouse in Northumberland, PA followed by Rich Ahearn (8-9pm) and the Ridge & Valley String Band (9-10pm). $7 admission.
- March 11, 5-6:30pm at the ArtWalk-In at the Caldwell Consistory, Market Street just north of the fountain in Bloomsburg. Free! Come see some art! Hear some music!
- February 20, 6-8pm at Fog and Flame Coffeehouse at 34 East Main St. in Bloomsburg. Free admission.
- February 7, 6:30-8:30pm at Fog and Flame Coffeehouse at 34 East Main St. in Bloomsburg. Free admission. (This is during the Destination Blues weekend.)
2014:
- December 6, noon to 2pm, at Brews n Bytes, a great little vegetarian restaurant at 20 Lower Mulberry Street, Danville. No cover, but eat some food! I’ts good! (Reservations might be a good idea: 570 275 8666.) With Mike Hickey on 3 guitars, mandolin, autoharp, Anna & Zeke on trombone, violin, and singing.
- December 5, 7:30-8:30pm. Treefest, a great community fundraiser put on by the Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble, at the Caldwell Consistory on Market Street in Bloomsburg. $6 for adults, 12 and under free. Solo, with Anna/Zeke singing just a little, and Zeke teaching the lights/fan/dog/tree dance.
- November 25, 3-5pm. The Forks Farm pre-Thanksgiving Market, about ten minutes north of Bloomsburg. With a little Anna/Zeke help (and some cold fingers).
- November 22, 6-8pm. World Famous in Bloomsburg CD release party at the Antler, 24 East Main Street, Bloomsburg. CDs on sale for $10, live performance of the whole album and a few older songs. With Jeremy and Audra dePrisco, Anna and Zeke Weber-Loomis, Erin Dietrick, Randy Moyer, Safa Saracoglu, and John Huckans (all who sang or played bass or violin or percussion or tuba or trombone on the album). No cover charge.
- October 25, 12:30-2pm, at Forks Farm Market, about ten minutes north of Bloomsburg, in/near Forks, PA.
- October 25, 10am-noon. At the Camp Lavigne Wine Festival, north of Benton, PA.
And that takes us back to when this site went up. There were tons more, stretching all the way back to 1996.