Had an absolute blast at Art All Night and at the Kelly-Strayhorn Theatre on April 29!
I organized and ran sound for the Art All Night Coffeehouse stage, as I have been doing for several years. It was a blast! Here are some pictures of the performers…
I didn’t perform on the coffeehouse stage myself though because about halfway through the evening I went to play blues with Debbi Pace in the lobby of the Kelly-Strayhorn Theatre, as the pre-show opener for Calliope‘s concert featuring Guy Davis with special guests Ernie Hawkins & Ray Morin.
I also help to organize the SongSpace concert series at First Unitarian Church of Pittsburgh. Our last show of the season (just last night!), featuring Jess Klein with special guest Brad Yoder, was really special to be a part of.
For a fuller listing, audio and video recordings, and more, see brianjunkermusic.com.
Summer’s heating up and I wanted to let you know about where I’ll be singing and playing. You can see it all on my events page. They all should be fun, and all but one are free!
I had great performances at the 25th annual Art All Night event in the Strip in April, the rainy but wonderful Friendship Flower & Folk Festival in May,
Art All Night, 2022Setting Up AAN, 2022Playing Art All Night, 2022Friendship Flower & Folk Festival 2022At the FFFF… neither rain nor snow….
the Sharpsburg Art & History Stroll and International Make Music Day at Cousin’s Lounge in Millvale (both in June),
Sharpsburg Art & History Stroll, 2022Playing at the Sharpsburg Art & History StrollPlaying Cousin’s Lounge for International Make Music DayInternational Make Music Day, 2022
the tenth annual Deutschtown Music Festival in July,
Art All Night, 2022Playing Threadbare Cider for the Deutschtown Music Festival
and the Pittsburgh Art Jam / Play Music on the Porch Day at the Sleeping Octopus in Wilkinsburg in August!
Play Music on the Porch DayArt Jam, 2022Art Jam, 2022The Art Jam, 2022!Old Time Music on the Porch at Sleeping Octopus, 2022
I also provided live sound engineering for Art All Night, the Deutschtown Music Festival and the Pittsburgh Art Jam!
And all through the summer there were almost-weekly performances at the Swissvale Farmers’ Market (alone and with East End Appalachian Jam) and the Bloomfield Saturday Market. There are always friendly faces at the Swissvale Market, and the Bloomfield performances were completely un-amplified, allowing me to connect with market shoppers and vendors a little more personally (and it was only a challenge to hear myself during the Columbus Day Parade!).
Swissvale Farmers’ Market, 2022Ready to Play at Swissvale!East End Appalachian Jam at SwissvaleEast End Appalachian Jam at Swissvale!Bloomfield Saturday Market, 2022Playing in BloomfieldPlaying in BloomfieldAppreciative Bloomfield Audience Member!Cayt manning the maple syrup stand at Bloomfield
Looking forward to seeing you at my last farmers’ market performance of the season, at the Swissvale Farmers’ Market Saturday Oct 22. I’ll be playing songs and tunes from 9 to 11, and then joining the East End Appalachian Jam from 11 to 1.
And of course I’ll let you know of other upcoming events right here at brianjunkermusic.com.
Be sure to specify your genre as “Coffeehouse” if you want to play on my stage, and select as many time preferences as possible to give me lots of flexibility in scheduling you or your group to perform. Mics and cables and a PA will be provided.
Notes: Art All Night 2022 is happening live and in person! Come see the art! Listen to the music! I’ll be running the Coffeehouse Stage there (and performing too), so I’ll see you there!
I wrote a track for an online benefit concert for the National Foundation for Transplant. You can find out all about the concert, and the accompanying digital compilation, here: blowupradio.com/nftpress.html.
The live concert runs online Saturday March 5 and Sunday March 6, from noon to 9pm each day.
My song “Second Chance” is on the compilation, as well as several tracks by super singer-songwriter Catherine Wacha (https://catherinewacha.bandcamp.com/), who is an inspiration for this fundraiser.
I wrote a track for an online benefit concert for the National Foundation for Transplants. You can find out all about the concert, and the accompanying digital compilation, here: https://blowupradio.com/nftpress.html.
The live concert runs online Saturday March 5 and Sunday March 6, from noon to 9pm each day.
My song “Second Chance” is on the compilation, as well as several tracks by super singer-songwriter Catherine Wacha (https://catherinewacha.bandcamp.com/), who is an inspiration for this fundraiser.
It’s been a long year-plus without much in the way of live music… But with the widespread availability of great vaccines, it’s clear live music is coming back this summer! Free performances are coming back at some farmers’ markets, and other outdoor (and some indoor) live music is coming back!
Here are some opportunities that I’ll be involved in, in the coming months. I hope to let you know about even more as things develop!
Swissvale Farmers’ Market (2036 Noble Street, Swissvale): Starting on Saturday June 12, I’ll be playing 9-11am, and East End Appalachian Jam will be playing 11-1pm, almost every other Saturday, all summer long! There’s also a kickoff show Saturday June 5!
Make Music Pittsburgh: June 21, all over Pittsburgh! Check back here to find out when & where I’ll be playing.
Starlite Lounge Open Mic: Every Wednesday night at 8pm. The “regulars” (with special thanks to Michael Berkey and Devin Russian) have kept this open mic going online through the pandemic, and the live in-person event is starting up again at the Starlite Lounge in Blawnox.
Notes: Make Music Pittsburgh (http://www.makemusicpittsburgh.org/) is part of an International day of music, June 21st, where musicians of all ages, music style, and skill level play music outdoors.
To help celebrate, I’ll be playing an hour of so of music, starting at 6pm, at Church Brew Works on Liberty Avenue in Lower Lawrenceville.
What if for one day everything just stopped… and we all just listened to the music?
1:00pm to 5:00pm Saturday August 28
Listen on Facebook (brianjunkermusic), Youtube (bwjunker), or in person (bring a mask!) at 344 S. Evaline Street 15224!
Featuring:
Donna O
Devin Russian
Kate Snow
Paul Eisert
Ronni Weiss
Michael Berkey
Vince Rause
Cyndy Carroll
Brian Junker
Brad’s playing songs live tomorrow evening (Fri., 9/4), from 6:30-8pm, weather permitting. Folks are invited to come and sit (socially distanced) out on the yard (we have some folding chairs), BYOB (but i have lots of ice!), and there’s a bathroom in the house available. 7211 Thomas Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15208-2506. He’ll also be live-streaming this, from https://facebook.com/bradyodermusic.
I’l be there too! — mostly running the livestream. See you there!
Join me for music on Saturday Aug 29, 2020, for this year’s edition of Play Music On the Porch Day! Click on that to learn more about it, and to learn where–all over the world–there will be music! I’m going to get together with a couple of friends in my backyard where we can socially distance, and just play some tunes. I think we’ll try to stream some of it too (more on that later…)
Check out the organizer’s Facebook Event for more details!
I try not to post a lot of covers here, but I thought this turned out OK. The song is from the movie The Alamo, made famous I think by The Brothers Four. I was asked to do it for the funeral of a friend’s husband; this was their courting song.
