Happy 2013! If you missed our legendary show at The White Horse in Austin, you'll still have plenty of chances to catch us around town and around the country this year. We'll be headed to Dallas and Houston at the beginning of February, and will host our annual Valentine's Day dance on Feb 14 right here in Austin at The Continental Club. Check the calendar for details!
We'll be playing with some art at The Blanton Museum on November 30, then headed to NY for special parties on January 5, 6. New record on the rise.
HALLOWEEN BALL TIX HERE
October is always a big month for us, as we look ahead to the 9th Annual WGS Halloween Ball!! We're hosting the party this year at the beautiful Beauty Ballroom. Tickets are going to be an affordable $15 in advance, and are on sale HERE. Joining us will be long time friends Clyde and Clem's Whiskey Business, and Minor Mishap Marching Band, as well as a TON of other activities. Check the FB page here
We're also thrilled to announce we'll be making our way back to Kansas in October, as well as playing Yonder Mountain String Band's Harvest Fest in the Ozarks, Arkansas. Check the Calendar for more details, but here's our schedule:
10/10 Emporia, KS Grenada
10/11 Wichita, KS Loft 150
10/12 Lawrence, KS The Bottleneck
10/13 Harvest Fest, Mullberry Mountain, Ozark, AR
We have just also been nominated for a B. Iden Payne Award for our original score for the Glass Half Full production of "Fup Duck"! Here's the nominee list .
Whew!! We'll we're not out of the woods yet, but we've managed to survive another raging Austin Summer. Honestly, It could have been much worse... We're celebrating with an "End of Summer" show on Sept 7 here in Austin with Minor Mishap Marching Band, at Threadgills WHQ. We team up with MMMB once a year, and it's always a helluva show!! The night generally ends with about 50 people on stage blowin, pickin, beatin, hollerin... The Facebook event is HERE
In a few weeks, we'll be headed to Chicago to play some private parties for our pals over at Hendrick's Gin, the Gin of choice for WGS!This is an invite-only event, but if you are in the Chicago area Sept26/27 and interested in attending one of these uber-swanky parties, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , as we have a limited guest list.
October is always a big month for us, as we look ahead to the 9th Annual WGS Halloween Ball!! We're hosting the party this year at the beautiful Beauty Ballroom. Tickets are going to be an affordable $15, and will go on sale the first week of Sept. Joining us will be long time friends Clyde and Clem's Whiskey Business, and the world's best Queen cover band, Magnifico.
We're also thrilled to announce we'll be making our way back to Kansas in October, as well as playing Yonder Mountain String Band's Harvest Fest in the Ozarks, Arkansas. Check the Calendar for more details, but here's our schedule:
10/10 Emporia, KS Grenada
10/11 Wichita, KS Rock Island Live
10/12 Lawrence, KS The Bottleneck
10/13 Harvest Fest, Mullberry Mountain, Ozark, AR
On the Halloween Ball tip, every year we start brainstorming ideas for themes around July, and finally, after a painful process,...
We took a month off in July, but we're back! We've got two great shows this weekend...Fri Aug 3 @ Continental Club with The Carper Family here in Austin(10P), then Sat Aug 4 we'll be at Central Market (N) for a free family show (6:30)
We've been rehearsing with Glass Half Full, our fave theatre troupe here in Austin, for a run of the play "Fup Duck". This is an (adult) puppet show that we'll be providing the live musical accompaniment to. The show runs Aug 10-25, Thurs-Sat 8P, Sun Matinee 3P. For more information and tickets click here! DON"T MISS THIS!!!
We're gonna play the nefarious White Horse again on Aug 18. Last time was just crazy. Don't miss the sweaty mess o' fun this time.
We'll be hitting Dallas at the beautiful Kessler Theatre on Aug 31, then back to our fave spot in Houston, The Mucky Duck, on Sept 1.
See y'all around Texas!