Come hear us in person!


Friday, Jan 10th: 7:30 PM
Newton House Concert
Newtonville
Join us for our a house concert in Newton at Janet's place, Attend an ebulliently entertaining evening with Outrageous Fortune! We'll enjoy jug band music, early jazz, blues, and folk music, with a generous helping of vocal harmony, a dash of good humor, and a soupçon of hijinks. It will be a rollicking good time!

When: Friday, January 10, 2025, 7:30 pm (doors open at 7:00)
Where: Newtonville, MA
Suggested donation: $15-$30 (sliding scale

Contributions of snacks, desserts, and drinks (alcohol ok) are very welcome!

Space is limited, and tickets must be reserved in advance. For information or to reserve a spot: DELETE-THIS-jkty-AT-SIGN-yyci-DOT-com, Janet will confirm all reservations and send the specific address. (Use the contact page on jugband.cool if you have trouble parsing Janet's email.) I hope you can join us! .
Sunday, Jan 26th: 3 to 6 PM
Weston Library Monthly Concert & Jazz Jam
Weston Public Library, 87 School St, Weston, MA 02493
The concert and jam session our guitar player has been leading continues -- on our usual 4th Sunday this month. Our opening 1 hour set will feature songs from the Great American Songbook The house band this month features James Merenda (p), Miki Matsuki (d), Jon Dreyer (b) and Chris Welles (g, v).
Come down and hear the top notch house band sing and play music from the Great American Songbook; stay to hear an array of talented singers and instrumentalists!
Chris plays piano too. Check out his moody piano/voice demo on Soundcloud!
A Capella Fans: See our guitar player in his incarnation as a Boston Jazz Voices baritone, appear on two episodes of the 4th season of the PBS TV program "Sing That Thing" (Premiere - we're at 10m15s and Episode 7 )!

Past Gigs:

Concert Halls

The Regent Theatre (Arlington, MA)
Little Kresge Theatre (Cambridge, MA)

Festivals & Farmer's Markets & Special Events

Great Northeast Jug Band Festival 2019, 2020, 2022
Annual Meeting of the Thoreau Society 2014, 2015, 2018
The New England Folk Festival (NEFFA) 2008 ‐ 2022 (except '12 and '16)
The North Shore Music Festival 2010, 2011
Antrim Gazebo concert (NH)
First Night Needham (MA)
Land's Sake Farm, Weston (MA)
Lancaster Gazebo Concert (MA)
Natick Farmer's Market (Winter and Summer)
Newton Center for the Arts
Porchfest (Jamaica Plain, Newton & Somerville MA)
Saugus Town Day (MA)
Salem Antique & Vintage Boat Festival, Salem (MA) 2019
Salem Arts Festival (MA) 2018, 2019, 2022
Somerville Winter Farmer's Market (MA)
Wakefield Arts and Crafts Fair (MA)
Waltham Farmer's Market (MA) 2007 ‐ 2019

Radio Stations

WBUR Radio 90.0 "Here and Now"
WICN Radio 90.5
WBRS Radio 100.1
WCUW Radio 91.3

Libraries & Schools

Ames Free Library (North Easton, MA) 2008, 2009
Boyden Library (Foxborough MA) 2017, 2019
Glays E. Kelly Library (Webster MA) 2019
Harvard Public Library (MA) 2013
Lincoln Public Library (MA) 2006, 2008, 2010
Framingham Public Library (MA) 2010
Malden Public Library (MA) Morse Institute Library (Natick, MA) 2009, 2013, 2014
Needham Public Library (MA)
Newton Free Library (MA) 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2018, 2019
Thayer Public Library (Braintree, MA)
Thomas Crane Public Library (Quincy, MA) 2008
Waltham Public Library (MA) 2006, 2008, 2010
Weston PTO (MA)

Coffeehouses

Club Passim, Cambridge, MA
The 2d Friday Coffeehouse, Belmont, MA
Amazing Things Arts Center, Framingham, MA
Bolton Sings, Bolton MA
The Blue Moon Coffeehouse, Rockland, MA
The Casual Cup Coffeehouse, Brookline MA
Cafe Luna, Cambridge, MA
The Colonial Inn, Concord MA
Emily's Roadhouse, The Peace Abbey, Sherborn, MA
First Parish, Bedford (MA)
First Unitarian Society of Newton (MA)
The Kickstand Cafe (feature), Arlington MA
The Linden Tree Coffeehouse, Wakefield MA
Overall Music, Lexington MA

Retirement Communities

Cabot Park Village, Newton MA
Edgewood, North Andover MA
Fox Hill Village, Westwood MA
Newbridge On The Charles, Dedham MA
North Hill, Needham, MA
Orchard Cove, Canton MA
...and many more!

Restaurants & Pubs

The Maugus, Wellesley MA
Nourish Restaurant, Lexington MA
The Precinct, Somerville MA
Ristorante Primavera, Millis, MA
Savoury Lane, Acton MA

Private Parties, Weddings, Anniverseries, Bat/Bar Mitzvahs, etc.

The Taj, Boston MA - Engagement Party
Hotel Wentworth, Portsmouth NH - Anniversary Party
...and many more!

Other places the guitar player has performed:

Fenway Park - National Anthem for Red Sox – 2007
WGBH TV's "Sing That Thing" (with Boston Jazz Voices) 2017, 2018
First Night Boston, MA
Old Sturbridge Village, MA
Merrimack College, Andover, MA
The Middle East, Cambridge MA
The Nameless Coffeehouse, Cambridge MA
The Press Room, Portsmouth, NH
WERS Radio, Boston MA
WUNH Radio, Durham NH
WUMB, Boston, MA