Randy Sabien And Gordon Thorne With Special Guest Andy Carlson
There are many jazz/blues/rock/fiddlers to choose from but only one has written a song about a chicken with a speech impediment. - Randy Sabien.
He'll be joined by the North Shore's best kept secret Gordon Thorne who says his guitar and singing style originated in the time when "giant bluesmen roamed the Earth."
Andy Carlson began learning traditional fiddle music from his grandfather when he was five. He has won numerous fiddle contests including Georgia State Champion Fiddler, twice and 2000 Ohio Grand Champion fiddler. As a studio musician and string arranger he has recorded with artists including R.E.M., Nanci Griffith, Billy Bragg, and the Cowboy Junkies. Carlson has performed with orchestras such as the Columbus Symphony Orchestra and more. In a 1998 New York Times Music Review referenced him as the 'Demon Fiddler'.
They'll put their new twist on a familiar style with boogie-woogie piano, intricate guitar renditions of classic jazz melodies, hot jazz violin, down home fiddling and, of course, there's that song about a chicken...
Tickets: $20 advance / $25 door / $5 students
Tickets available at: Out Of The Woods Winery: Main Street, Hayward, Redbery Books: Cable, Whistle Punk: Stone Lake.
Hayward Dance Experience Presents
An Evening For Dance!
FREE SHOW! Donations are gladly accepted and support the Park Center.
Saturday, June 17, 2023 - 7:30 pm
North Star Comedy Hour With Mary Mack
Comedian hostess Mary Mack (Conan, Fallon) interacts with a diverse line up of stellar guests! The June 17th episode features internationally touring folk-blues man Charlie Parr and powerhouse songstress Joyann Parker with her six-piece band and brand new album, Roots. Mary will also be joined by comedians Tim Harmston and Sherlonda Sharp. This variety show has something for everyone: Comedy, poetry, music and more. You might even end up as a contestant on a gameshow or trivia contest!
Watch a B-movie horror classic, filmed in the 1980s around a fishing festival theme, in the very town it was filmed in! Costume contest!
"Blood Hook" is a Troma pictures cult classic. Welcome to Hayward in the 1980s, where a fishing maniac is on the loose during the town's annual Musky Madness fishing competition. This low-budget teen slasher-type flick was filmed in and around Hayward and even features a few locals on screen. And of course you'll see Hayward's iconic giant fiberglass musky museum in the background.
In addition to screening this camp favorite, the Park Center will host a Blood Hook/1980s themed costume contest and serve up a themed drink or two. Film will be shown on the Saturday night of Musky Festival, so get ready to party.
This is Hayward's new favorite annual tradition!
Rated R: no one under 17 admitted without a parent or guardian.
Tickets: $12
Tickets available at: Out Of The Woods Winery: Main Street, Hayward, Redbery Books: Cable, Whistle Punk: Stone Lake.
Yazmin & Beat Zero serve up a unique blend of lyric-driven folk-rock mixed with Cuban rhythms, jazz-informed harmonies and classical foundations. Blues, R&B, Funk, Timba, Latin Jazz, and Rock are all part of the recipe. Yazmin’s songwriting is honest and soul-baring, diving into subjects such as creative burnout, finding one’s life purpose, immigration, and of course, love. She weaves between both English and Spanish with ease, inviting listeners to cross between worlds with each note. You may be equally called to dance or to shed a tear before the night is over.
The show features Yazmin’s powerful keyboard playing and soaring vocals as well as the talents of her world-class band: Grammy-nominated Álvaro Benavides from New York City on bass and multi-instrumentalist Andrew Gillespie from Minneapolis, MN on drums.
Yazmin & Beat Zero are touring across the Midwest this summer. This is a rather momentous occasion for Yazmin as it’s the first time reforming her trio since the pandemic and since losing her father and lead violinist T Bruce Bowers to cancer in 2020. T Bruce was a founding member of the Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua where Yazmin now performs in the house band. He was also one of her greatest musical collaborators. After several transformative years spent in grief and quarantine, Yazmin is ready to step fully into this next chapter and emerge with new wings, hence the tour’s title: The EMERGENCE Tour.
Tickets: $20 advance / $25 door / $5 students
Tickets available at: Out Of The Woods Winery: Main Street, Hayward, Redbery Books: Cable, Whistle Punk: Stone Lake.
First Thursday Music Series
Featuring: Chad Kostner
FREE SHOW! Donations are gladly accepted and support the Park Center.
Friday, July 14, 2023 - 7:30 pm
Storyhill
Storyhill is a billboard-charting, modern folk duo from Bozeman, Montana that brings brotherly harmonies, infectious melodies and smart story songs together in one perfect package. Their beautiful music and passionate performances have won them much critical acclaim and devoted fans (“Hill Heads”) all over the country. Celebrating over 30 years of playing together, members Chris Cunningham and John Hermanson breathe and play as one unit, showing why Billboard and the Austin Chronicle have likened them to the great songwriting duos of our time--Simon & Garfunkel, the Indigo Girls, The Everly Brothers and The Jayhawks’ Gary Louris & Mark Olson. They have charted on Billboard and have been favorites on national radio shows like Mountain Stage and A Prairie Home Companion. Not slowing down any time soon, Storyhill continues to produce their annual Storyhill Fest and has released two new albums within a year – Where to Begin and their holiday album Bethlehem. They are currently working on a new album.
Tickets: $20 advance / $25 door / $5 students
Tickets available at: Out Of The Woods Winery: Main Street, Hayward, Redbery Books: Cable, Whistle Punk: Stone Lake.
Cup O’Joe is a progressive bluegrass and folk band founded and based in Northern Ireland by three siblings Tabitha, Benjamin and Reuben Agnew, later joined by Tabitha’s husband David Benedict. Their unique mix of original compositions and re-imagined traditional songs paired with their lively performances has given them a growing presence in the acoustic music scene surrounding Ireland, The United Kingdom, Mainland Europe, and beyond.
They'll put their new twist on a familiar style with boogie-woogie piano, intricate guitar renditions of classic jazz melodies, hot jazz violin, down home fiddling and, of course, there's that song about a chicken...
