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Nourish Restaurant Open Mike Hosted by
Ellen Schmidt

Our Tuesday open mikes are held at Nourish Restaurant in Lexington. 1727 Massachusetts Avenue Lexington, MA 02420 (781) 674-2400 http://www.nourishlexington.com. Thanks to owners Karen and Kevin Masterson! Please visit the restaurant if you can and check out the tasty menu on line.

We run from: 6:30 – 10 p.m., mini-set at 7:30, features at 8:00, – all sign-ups should be done with me by noon of the day of the open mike at eschmidt01742@gmail.com or at 978-369-8090. Please don’t bother the venue for sign-ups.. You may also sign up at the door. I do a lottery for order at 6:15, but you may also come in late and get on the end of the list.

Generally all Tuesdays except for the 3rd Tuesday each month, starting at 6:30. In January we will run an extra open mike on the 17th.

Tasty food and beverages available at the venue. There is plenty of parking in the back of the building and on the street. Free admission. Please support the venue!

Featured Artists
(mini-sets in parentheses)
Jan 3 Judith Christianson/Jackie Damsky & Dave Simmons (John Bothelo)
Jan 10 Bill Duncan/ King Yee (Margie Pertchik)
Jan 24 Ergo Canto/Howie Rashba (Hope and Dock)
Jan 31 Bob Phillips and Sarah Nelson /Yani Batteau (the Harrimans)
Feb 7 Ellen Schmidt BNAN Benefit Night, with Seth Connelly & Hatrack Gallagher and special guests including Jake Kensinger. (Jaclyn Perreault)
Feb 14 Steve Rapson & Hatrack Gallagher and Peter Neuendorffer
Feb 28 Terence Hegarty and Mary Pratt (Finally Friday)
March 6 snow date
March 13 Gayle Picard/The Rafters (Trusting Fate)
March 27 John Botelho/Sandra Waddock (Chris Nauman)
April 3 Annie Rich/Trusting Fate (Laughing Boy)
April 10 Harriet Hart/Kurt Winikka (Julie Dougherty and Elle Gallo)
April 24 Jon Swenson/Phil & Trisha Knudsen (Gail Martin)
May 1 Rich Mungo/Chris Gerstner (Steve Salmon)
May 8 Junko Ogawa/Suzanne Owens (Rebecca Loechler)
May 22 Perry Desmond-Davies and tba (Dan Margarita)
May 29 Mike Campo/Bob Toabe (Paul Senn)
June 5 John Ferullo/Margaret Sargent
June 12 June 12 booked – tba
June 26 Kenny Selcer/Bo Veaner (Liz Buchanan and Gordon MacFarland)
July 3 tba
July 10 The Splinters/tba
July 24 Ed Loechler/Stephen Moore
Aug 7 Jake Kensinger - BNAN benefit
Aug 14 Peg Espinola/Jerry Wasserman
Aug 28 Marty Nestor/Mike Santoro

The Emerson Umbrella, Concord, (note new location) 7:30 - 10:30, $5, free refreshments available

First and third Mondays except for July and August vacation months. Note - only in September and January - we will run on the 2nd and 4th Mondays! The open mikes are held in the Downstage Room on the side of the building, near the rear.

40 Stow St., Concord. Sign up by phone 978-369-8090 or email eschmidt01742@gmail.com by noon of the day of the open mike, or arrive by 7:15 for lottery. Featured artists go on at 8:30.

Directions:

Emerson Umbrella is located in Concord Center, reachable by Route 126, Route 2, and Route 62.

From Concord Center, stay on Main St. (route 62) until the Concord Library is directly ahead of you. Take the left fork onto Sudbury Rd. Take your first left onto Stow St.

From Route 2, take Route 62 towards Concord Center. Turn right onto Thoreau Street, and take your first left at the light onto Sudbury Rd. Take your second right onto Stow St.

Featured Artists
Jan 9 Laura Gold and Randall Kromm (John MacLean) Downstage Room
Jan 23 Alice Groves/Buffie Groves/Rupert Waites (Branson Bofat) Downstage Room
Feb 6 Ruthann Baler/Al Cath (Bill and Pam Taylor) Musketaquid Room
Feb 20 Mike Lowe/Ana Eder-Mulhane (Chip Canty) Musketaquid Room
March 5 Steve Sadler and Jamie Walker (Kenny Selcer)
March 19 Chadbourne Chanticleers (Randy Ross)
April 2 Bill Kehoe / Kathleen Larkin (Marty Nestor)
April 16 JB Sweeney/Ron Israel (Mark Heiman)
May 7 Marilyn Rea Beyer/Steve Rapson (Brady Sea)
May 21 John Olivere/Betsy Binstock
June 4 Linda Leslie & Steve Gretz/Sherri Stepakoff
June 18 Oen Kennedy and Rob Siegel