Upcoming Concerts
The Peninsula Arts Center presents the best and brightest in the Northwest music scene in an intimate house-concert-style setting with professional production and staging at the Peninsula Arts Center on Pacific Avenue in Long Beach.
Concerts benefit the Long Beach Peninsula Acoustic Music Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit charitable organization.
The Foundation is supported by our many donors and patrons, The Templin Foundation, and ArtsWA. ArtsWA, the Washington State Arts Commission, is a state agency formed by the Washington State Legislature in 1961 with a mission of nurturing and supporting the role of the arts in the lives of all Washingtonians.
The Peninsula Arts Center is a Fair Trade Music venue.
Take a tour of our Gallery of Past Concerts!
2023 Schedule
Watch for our emails, which will always have the latest info.
To accommodate both online and in-person preferences, the online portion of the weekly open mic will begin at 5:00 PM, and the in-person part at 7:00. Steve Frost will be hosting the online portion (thanks, Steve!).
The link for the on-line portion will go live at 4:45.
The Arts Center will open for the in-person portion at 6:30.
EVENT LINK:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7915967542
Meeting ID: 791 596 7542
Hope to see you there!
Saturday, Feb. 11th, 4PM – Colm Gannon and Sean Gavin
Accordion wizard Colm Gannon’s playing is as vibrant and beautiful as the Connemara hills. Born in Boston of Connemara parents, he learned his music from his father and brother Sean. As a youth he played regularly with Seamus Connolly, Tina Lech and Jesse Smith. Colm won the All Ireland on the button accordion in 1994, has toured widely with Riverdance, Dervish, and DeDannan and even performed with Dolly Parton. He has many recordings to his credit, and is widely recognized as one of the young masters of the tradition. Colm has studied and lectured on the connections between American culture and Irish music, and the history of Irish music, particularly in Connemara, focusing on accordion players of the last century.Uilleann piper and flute player, Seán Gavin, is one of the most highly regarded Irish musicians of his generation. In 2016 he became the first and only musician born outside Ireland to win the prestigious Seán Ó Riada gold medal, and his most recent recording, a collaboration with fiddler Jesse Smith, accompanist John Blake, and bodhran player Johnny “Ringo” McDonagh, was hailed by The Irish Echo as “traditional music at its best!” Seán tours regularly with the groups Bua and Téada, both of which have gleaned top praise from Irish music critics around the globe.
In addition to performing, Seán was Musical Director for the PBS program “I Am Ireland”, and for the long running Atlantic Steps. He’s one of the most highly sought instructors of Irish music, with lectures on the subject at institutions around the world including the University of Chicago, St. Andrew’s University in Scotland, and Na Píobairí Uilleann in Dublin. He has recently authored a popular tutor book, The Tin Whistle Method, from publisher Hal Leonard.
~ Seating is limited to 30 people ~
Reservations: email events@peninsulaartscenter.org, call Bill at 360 901 0962, or buy tickets at the link below:
Friday, Feb. 17th, 4PM – Singer and Songwriter Christopher Worth
Christopher recently appeared at the Arts Center with David Jacobs Strain and upon hearing him sing we knew we had to have him back for his own show.
He’s well-known in the Pacific NW as both a songwriter, producer, and a fine musician.
He describes his music as “Indie Soul”; an apt description for his heartfelt lyrics.
Christopher graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Philosophy in 2005 and currently lives in Portland.
~ Seating is limited to 30 people ~
Reservations: email events@peninsulaartscenter.org, call Bill at 360 901 0962, or buy tickets at the link below:
Wednesday, Feb. 22nd, 4PM – Terry Robb
Reservations: email events@peninsulaartscenter.org or call Bill at 360 901 0962, or buy tickets at the link below:
Saturday, Feb. 25th, 4PM – The Oyster Crackers
Join us for a concert with our area’s most popular vocal group, the Oyster Crackers.
~ Seating is limited to 30 people ~
For reservations, email events@peninsulaartscenter.org, call Bill at 360 901 0962, or buy tickets with the links below.
COMING IN MARCH
Wednesday, March 1st – The Beau Brothers
Great tunes of the ’60s to the ’90s from two of the Peninsula’s most popular players, Daryl and Dohny Beau.
~ Seating is limited to 30 people ~
For reservations, email events@peninsulaartscenter.org, call Bill at 360 901 0962, or buy tickets with the links below.
Saturday, March 11th, 4PM – Jazz with Jamie Stillway and Eric Skye
Jamie Stillway, named by Fretboard Journal as “one of top fingerstyle guitarists of her generation,” and Eric Skye, hailed by Premier Guitar as a “virtuosic guitarist with improvisational telepathy,” will be performing at the Peninsula Arts Center on March 11th in support of their newest release, “Over the Waterfall”, a collection of traditional old-time fiddle tunes.
Jamie Stillway and Eric Skye are both widely regarded in the world of fingerstyle guitar as masters of their craft, and their debut album, “Home on the Midrange” was praised by Acoustic Guitar magazine as “a remarkable display of chemistry and imagination.” To hear these two guitarists in conversation is a nothing short of a master class in the nuance of guitar. Eric’s present, laser-like guitar tone meets the languid, spacious beauty of Jamie’s. What this creates is a musical experience that highlights the distinct voices of these two extraordinary guitarists. Both Jamie Stillway and Eric Skye utilize their mastery in service to the song, the melody, and the fleeting moment.
~ Seating is limited to 30 people ~
Wednesday, March 15th – St. Partrick’s Day kickoff with Celtic singer Kathryn Rose
Kathryn is one of the finest Irish & Celtic singers we’ve encountered. She sings songs ranging from Traditional pieces from centuries ago to modern songs from noted current songwriters.Saturday, March 18th – Even more St. Partrick’s Day celebrating with Marian Dicicco
Marian picked up a guitar at the age of five and just cant put it down! With no lessons, music became her self-taught coping mechanism to being raised in a very troubled home. Music is how Marian connects with people and stays connected to herself.COMING IN APRIL and MAY
Daryl Beau (of the Beau Brothers, Long Beach): lead guitar
Steve Frost (Long Beach): guitar
Julia Underwood: bass, vocals
Ron Baldwin, drums
Saturday, April 29th, 4PM – Lisa Mann and Jason Thomas return to the Arts CenterLisa is a favorite of Peninsula audiences and one of the Northwest’s most popular blues artists.
Wednesday, May 3rd, 4PM – Mandolin virtuoso Tim Connell
We’re very pleased have Tim back to the Arts Center. He has spent many years putting together solo arrangements for the mandolin from Brazilian choros to Irish jigs, from Beatles to Broadway. Tim couples these flights of virtuosic picking with heartfelt American songs
Saturday, May 13th, 4PM – Americana songwriter Jim Faddis with Dale Atkins
Wednesday, May 17th, 4PM – The Brothers Reed
Saturday, May 27th, 4PM – The final performance of Groovy Wallpaper (Skip vonKuske and Don Henson). A show not to be missed!
