
Jenny Scheinman, violin, Todd Sickafoose, bass, Scott Amendola, drums and effects, performing as Damn Skippy, Mitchell Park Community, March 4, 2023: soundcheck
Jazz and folk at seven public facilities in Palo Alto
Earthwise spring summer series 2023*
Phoebe Hunt, Lytton Plaza, Monday, February 20, 2023 (pop up– President’s Day)
The Tiptons Saxophone Quartet & Drums
Palo Alto Art Center, Wed. March 1, 2023 8 pm, free;
Damn Skippy
Mitchell Park Community Center, Saturday March 4, 2023 8 pm, $20 at door;
Stephan Crump
Lytton Plaza, Saturday, March 11, 2023 5 pm, free (rain cancels 🌧️);
Edu Ribeiro Trio featuring Edu Ribeiro drums, Vinicius Gomes guitar, Noah Garabedian, bass
Lytton Plaza, Thursday, April 20, 2023 5 pm free;
Nellie McKay, Karla Kane, Mitchell Park Community Center, Sunday, April 23, 2023 7 pm, $20;
Allison Miller Carmen Staaf Duo Mitchell Park Community Center, Monday, April 24, 2023 8 pm, $20;
Raffi Garabedian Octet featuring Danielle Wertz, Ben Goldberg, Scott Amendola, Marcus Stephens, Danny Lubin-Laden, Owen Clapp, Mark Clifford.
Palo Alto Art Center, Thursday, May 11, 2023, 8 pm, free;
Laurie Lewis and Men of Note, Alyssa Burgart
Mitchell Park Community Center, Sunday, May 14, 2023, 7 pm, $20;
Amendola Vs Blades, JoVia Armstrong Destiny Muhammad Duo, Mitchell Park Community Center, Sunday, May 21, 7:30 pm, $20;
Sonny and the Rhinestone Sunsets, The Suitcase Junket, Mitchell Park Community Center, Friday, May 26, 2023, 8 p.m. $20
Freddy Jones Band, Lytton Plaza, Friday, June 9, 7 p.m. Free.
Larry Ochs Gerald Cleaver, Cien Mil Mangos (Stanford, CA), Lytton Plaza, Saturday, June 10, 12 12 noon sharp to 2:30 pm, free
Jim Campilongo Ben Davis Duo Lytton Plaza, Sunday, June 11, 2023, 2 pm, free; world premiere; (repeats July 16);
Freddy Clarke Wobbly World, Thursday, June 15, 2023, 6 pm California Avenue “Third Thursdays”.
Will Bernard Charles Rumback James Singleton, Mads Tolling Mitchell Park Community Center Wednesday, June 21, 2023 8 pm; world premiere; $20; repeats 6/22/23, 6/23/23 $45 for three-show pass.
Will Bernard Charles Rumback James Singleton, Ben Goldberg Sheldon Brown Mitchell Park Community Center Thursday, June 22, 2023 8 pm; $20;
Will Bernard Charles Rumback James Singleton, Shelley Doty X-tet Mitchell Park Community Center Friday, June 23, 2023 8 pm; residency $20 per show, $45 for three shows;
“The Western Edition”, Lucie Stern Community Center, Wednesday, June 28, 2023, 7 pm, $20.
Adam Levy Mint Imperials Lytton Plaza, Monday July 10, 2o23 7 pm Free
Jim Campilongo Ben Davis Duo Lytton Plaza, Sunday, July 16, 7 pm, free
Lydia Lunch, Eugene Robinson, Saturday, July 15, 2023, Mitchell Park Community Center, 8 pm. $25.
Leon Timbo, Josh Thurston Milgrom Quartet, Thursday, July 20, 2023, California Avenue “Third Thursdays”.
Matt the Electrician, Sony Holland, Friday, July 21, Johnson Park Tickets on sale May 11.
Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express, Sunday, July 30, 2023 Mitchell Park Bowl, 2 pm.
San Francisco Mime Troupe, Sunday, August 6, 2023, 2 p.m. Mitchell Park Bowl, free
Lisa Mezzacappa’s DuoB, Vinicius Gomes Fabiana Cozza, Mitchell Park Community Center, Friday August 18, 2023, 8 p.m..
Shamarr Allen, The SticklerPhonics, Sunday, August 2o, 2023 2 pm, Mitchell Park Bowl, 2 pm. free
Amendola Vs Blades featuring Skerik and Cyro Baptista, Eric Person Quartet featuring Marcus Shelby, Adam Klipple, Sunday, September 17, 2 pm, Mitchell Park Bowl, Free. Note: this show features eight musicians and two sets; the AvB show on May 21 features four musicians and two sets.
David James Band Mission Rebel No. 1 Searching For the Reverend Jessie James, Sunday, September 24 2 pm early show, right before Yom Kippur, which starts at Sundown.
Earthwise at Palo Alto JCC, September 28, 2023. Hold the date: Earthwise at the JCC, which means “Jewish Community Center” but you do not have to be Jewish to attend. I have seen events there featuring Amy Tan, West Coast Live Sedge Thompson, Black Violin. (I produced a show there in December 2019 with Charlie Musselwhite, Valerie Trout and MC Lars).
Dan Bern, Sunday October 8, 2023, Mitchell Park Community Center 7 pm,. Note: at this show, in addition from culling from his collection of 1,000 songs, Dan will debut a song commissioned by Earthwise Productions and Lions With Wings — the online–only record label affiliated with Earthwise — about Wallace Stegner and his short story about tennis and class “As Cool As Them” on piano.
Young Dubliners, Saturday, November 11, 2023, Mitchell Park Community Center, 8 pm. $25.
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edit to add: the headline of this post is slightly misleading in that although I started Earthwise in Palo Alto in 1994, there were years when I focused on artist management and not concerts so there were few or no shows in Palo Alto (but I worked on shows in New Orleans or New York, for example). There was only one show in 2018 (Allison Miller Trio at The Mitch) – -the year my mother died — and no shows the year before. I did 43 shows last year — my most ever. Yet I also said that, like the rain Saturday, Earthwise is doing shows intermittently: let’s say its once or twice a month, on average. The upcoming three-night residency for Will Bernard, James Singleton and Charles Rumback— from New Orleans and Chicago — a notable exception. I’m predicting 36 shows for Earthwise in 2023.
*it says “spring summer” but now includes, via editing and adding, October and November. I am not sure if I will take the winter off, as I did in early 2023, and make it seasonal, and establish an off season or a quite zone, or just keep adding dates indoors. I would think October 15 or so is the last outdoor show.