Natascha & The Spy Boys play an eclectic mix of blues, jazz & swing, their musical stylings recalling the smoky atmosphere of a 1920s Berlin night club. The Spy Boys are John "JT" Blues on piano, Robert Gardner on bass and Doug McMinn on sax and clarinets.
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$10
The Mijangos Duo is a musical project featuring Jose Mijangos on keys and Alex Mijangos on bass.
Originally located in Chapas, the southernmost state of Mexico, the father and son of the Mijangos lineage join their creative forces once again to share the stage in the heart of central Pennsylvania.
Jose Mijangos is a prominent musician, composer, songwriter and arranger with a great variety of original material in all musical styles. His virtuosic playing is one-of-a-kind, with rich harmonies and improvisation that invite all backgrounds for a night of vibrant, exciting music.
According to Cuban-born Piano master Daniel Herrera, Alex Mijangos is a "young promise of international bass playing".
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$12
JASON ADAMS is a home grown, multi-faceted State College artist with a focus on music teaching and performance. He hosts and facilitates events and open mics in efforts to grow and celebrate the community that has supported his endeavors. Jason has three, soon to be released, Nashville recorded songs and a book of lyrics and art moving towards final publishing!
Guitarist/vocalist STACY GLEN TIBBETTS (www.stacyglen.com) has released two CDs of his original songs, Out On the Town (2010), featuring jazz vocalist Catherine Dupuis and the Rick Hirsch Quartet, and Alleyways (2001). Recent professional performing credits include the Nittany Lion Inn’s PA on the Patio, The Village at Penn State, and regular appearances at Zola Bistro and Big Spring Spirits with Leah Mueller and Her Rhythm and the Stacy Glen Trio.
ANNA PEARL BELINDA is a local State College singer-songwriter, performing since she was 11 at events throughout PA such as the Arts Festival, Grange Fair and Happy Valley's Got Talent at The State Theatre. Predominantly playing the piano, you will often find melancholy tones throughout her songwriting. Additionally, she plays guitar and ukulele. Her inspirations draw from artists such as the Dave Matthews Band, Regina Spektor and Coldplay.
JOE BELLE is a local to the Centre County area who writes original songs on guitar and banjo, accompanied at times with harmonica. He sings about the hardships of life and love, as well as the joys of nature and friendship. Joe's stories are mixed with a blend of gravitas and humor that makes for a well rounded live experience.
$5
Pastor Paul Tomkiel from St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Pine Grove Mill's hosts a "Hops & Hymns" hour at 4pm on the 4th Sunday of each month. Order your hops from the bar on the 1st floor and stroll up to the 2nd floor to meet your fellow singers! Open to all - no reservation needed!
NOTE: The lineup has changed due to illness. Performing as a quartet will be Bob Hart, Kevin Lowe, Clay Wulbrect & Ryan Kauffman playing classic tunes by Horace Silver, Yusef Lateef, Eddie Harris, Bobby Timmons, Brian Blade, Arthur Goldstein, and others.
Lancaster-based saxophonist Ryan Kauffman is a member of the Harrisburg Jazz Collective and the NakedEye Ensemble. Kevin Lowe is the drummer in the Zeropoint Big Band, Erin Condo & the Hoofties, and Lemont. Bassist Bob Hart is in Zeropoint and Pure Cane Sugar, and has toured with Debbie Harry, Van Dyke Parks, and Kat Edmondson. Pianist Clay Wulbrecht is a graduate of the esteemed jazz studies program at Indiana University.
Dinner menu and full bar service all evening.
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$12
A few weeks ago, we experimented doing a show upstairs entirely acoustic. No amps, no microphones.... just pure music in the air. The sound was astonishingly good, so we're going to give it another try this week with Steve Christensen holding down the evening, and an assortment of his friends stopping by to join in.
Casual Fare menu and full bar service available all evening. No cover. Come and enjoy the experience and give us your feedback!
No Cover
Our monthly swing night with the ten-piece Crooner & Co. swing band. We push back the tables so there's plenty of room for dancing. Music starts at 8pm. Book an earlier time slot for dinner. Full bar service with our innovative and delicious craft cocktails available all evening.
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$12
EMMETT DRUEDING is a Philadelphia-based guitarist, singer and songwriter with an admiration for Chet Atkins, The Beatles, Elliott Smith, Dave Van Ronk and the greats of jazz and country blues. Drueding has spent years developing his distinctive guitar-centric sound that draws fluidly on these influences and others. In 2015, Drueding released his first solo EP, titled Strange Bruise. In 2017 he released Let’s Hook, under the moniker Sons of EL and then his first solo full length Tightrope Walker in 2019. Emmett’s self titled release is due later in 2022. featuring songs he wrote and recorded in his home studio during the pandemic. On Drueding’s writing and performing style, indie music blog B-Sides and Badlands noted, “He might be playing a character . . . but his conviction is as ripe as grapes on a vine ready for harvest.”
NATE CUTSHALL is a guitar-picker, harmonica-slinger, and songsmith from Central Pennsylvania. He has been performing up and down the east coast for the past decade. His music ranges from the serious to the humorous, from the historical to the abstract, and seeks to leave listeners with a full heart.
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$6
Sam and Steve Christensen bring their guitars and vocals to the stage playing songs by Steely Dan, The Beatles, Pink Floyd and more. The show is free, but reserve your table by clicking the GET TICKETS link below.
Free
Join us for a VERY special night of interactive dance and film with multi-media artist Katie Monsell!
Katie graduated from Slippery Rock University with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance in the Summer of 2019. Her studies include training in ballet and modern techniques, improvisation, and choreography. It was during her senior year independent study that she discovered her passion for dance technology and film. She was also introduced to multimedia software, which allows her to create interactive dances using special effects.
Katie’s work is largely experimental, combining site-specific improvisation with self-filming practices. She also investigates the effects of various lighting with costume and choreography. Her multimedia projects are very similar, frequently attempting to cast footage onto a moving body. She is a great admirer of Vaslav Nijinsky’s work and continues to be inspired by other pioneers such as Loie Fuller, Isadora Duncan, Ruth St. Denis, and Mary Wigman.
In July of 2019, Katie had the opportunity to learn dance forms that are indigenous to Malaysia, Hawaiian Islands, and Northwest Coast of British Columbia. This experience ignited another passion for research in indigenous dance practices. As she currently studying other culture-specific dances such as Egyptian folk dance. This subject of culture is at the forefront of her research, as well as the advocation for the use of dance notation alongside film to better preserve dance choreography.
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$10
Josh Davis is professor of bass and head of Jazz Studies at Penn State University and hosts our First Thursday Jazz evenings at Pine Grove Hall with a rotating roster of fine jazz musicians from around the world.
This month's show features Todd Harrison, a former member of the The Jazz Ambassadors which is the official touring big band of the US Army and local keyboard wizard Clay Wulbrecht on piano and synth.
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$12
The Mijangos Duo is a musical project featuring Jose Mijangos on keys and Alex Mijangos on bass.
Originally located in Chapas, the southernmost state of Mexico, the father and son of the Mijangos lineage join their creative forces once again to share the stage in the heart of central Pennsylvania.
Jose Mijangos is a prominent musician, composer, songwriter and arranger with a great variety of original material in all musical styles. His virtuosic playing is one-of-a-kind, with rich harmonies and improvisation that invite all backgrounds for a night of vibrant, exciting music.
According to Cuban-born Piano master Daniel Herrera, Alex Mijangos is a "young promise of international bass playing".
$8
Our August Writers' Round will be hosted by Judson Mantz. Joining Judson will be Doug Irwin, Ed Kenepp and Emily Bedell. Our monthly Writers’ Round showcases multiple writer/artists on stage at the same time, each playing one song going "AROUND" until 3, 4, or five "rounds" have been completed. They'll present new and sometimes not even fully completed songs in our exquisite listening room environment. It's an intimate evening that you won't want to miss.
JUDSON MANTZ has been a singer/songwriter for more than 30 years. He has self-released five studio albums. Belch of the Muses (1998) and The Road Less Traveled (2002) with his band 3-D Betty, In An August Room (2012) a solo project, Raucous Polyglot (2015) with his band August Room and Sunday Night Feeling (2019) his latest solo CD. He is currently working in the studio with his latest band, The Remnants of Betty. For a complete list of his CDs, videos and free downloads of his music, visit www.augustroom.com
ED KENEPP is a Musician/ songwriter from Lewistown Pa. He has played in many bands in the State College music scene from 1980 - 2000 including Hat Trick, Too Normal, Foxie , Stickmen, JR Mangan Band , Hardline and Soul Gypsies. He quit playing live in 2000. In 2010 Ed started his Youtube channel “Woodshed with Ed” where he invited old friends to jam at his Woodshed recording live, 1 take songs and jams and posting over 80 videos from 2010 to 2019. At age 65 he is still writing and recording new original music. To view Ed’s music videos go to : YouTube.com/edkenepp
Singer-songwriter DOUG IRWIN hails from Bellefonte in Central Pennsylvania. He bought his first guitar at the tender young age of 39. He taught himself a few chords, learned himself a few tunes & soon decided to try his hand at writing some songs of his own. He reasoned, “How hard can it really be?” He belts out three-chord, rhythm-fueled originals & hand-picked, free-range, grass-fed covers. Years ago his song Rattle the Cage received Honorable Mention in the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival Songwriting Competition and his song For the Bush House merited 3rd place at the Smoked Country Jam Pennsylvania Heritage Songwriting Contest. He almost always writes his bios in the third person. He truly hopes you hear something that you like.
State College native EMILY BEDELL made her way to Portland, Maine where she enjoys building connections among farms, restaurants, and community to encourage understanding of the importance of personal relationships to environmental sustainability. In her spare time, Emily enjoys writing poetry, music, and developing her own understanding of our world and its place in time and space.
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$6
Pastor Paul Tomkiel from St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Pine Grove Mill's hosts a "Hops & Hymns" hour at 4pm on the 4th Sunday of each month. Order your hops from the bar on the 1st floor and stroll up to the 2nd floor to meet your fellow singers! Open to all - no reservation needed!
Granma Ben is an acoustic Americana trio based out of Bellefonte City, Pennsylvania that started congregating in early 2021. They baste their own flavor onto a wide variety of free-range, hand-picked, grass-fed covers. A healthy dose of their own original music is always thrown into the mix for good measure. Band members are Doug Irwin on rhythm guitar & vocals, Bryan Homan on bass, mandolin & vocals and Brian Cleary on lead guitar & vocals.
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$8
NattyLou Race (Raven and the Wren, Pure Cane Sugar and & Dan Collins (Caledonia, Lowjack.)
Our Casual Fare menu and full bar service will be available all evening.
$10
Guitars and vocals from Sam and Steve Christensen. Steely Dan, The Beatles, Pink Floyd and more... No Cover! Your reservation guarantees a seat.
Grammy-nominee mandolinist Andy Statman is joined by 3-time Grand Ole Opry performer and "flatpick wizard" Jake Eddy to perform a bluegrass set of monumental proportions. This trio offers a culmination of legendary skill and time-honored tradition, completed by upright bassist Carter Eddy. Fast-paced and utterly mesmerizing, Jake, Andy, and Carter channel eras gone by while speaking youth into the bluegrass sphere.
BLUEGRASS WORKSHOP - 3pm to 5pm Come sit with Andy Statman, Jake Eddy and Carter Eddy in this special pre-show workshop to talk all things music. Experience their skill up close while they answer your questions discuss improvisation touch on their creative process, and recount stories from their careers and life on the road. Don't forget to bring your own instrument to learn new tunes and play alongside these incredible musicians. The workshop will be held at Pine Grove Hall.
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Show: $25. Workshop: $80 (+ tax & fees)
A very special 2-hour conversation and hands-on workshop with Andy Statman, Jake Eddy and Carter Eddy in this special pre-show event. Experience their skill up close while they answer your questions discuss improvisation touch on their creative process, and recount stories from their careers and life on the road. Don't forget to bring your own instrument to learn new tunes and play alongside these incredible musicians. The workshop will be held at Pine Grove Hall.
$80
Initially a student-created ensemble on campus, Crooner & Co. have moved out into the broader community to share their music with a larger audience.
Crooner & Co. will be playing in our large second floor room where we'll clear out the middle of the floor so you can let loose!
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$12
