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KANGA w/
DJ ANNA BEETZ
Sunday May 28th
Doors Open at 6pm Show at 6:45pm
KANGA is a musician and producer from Los Angeles, CA. Widely considered one of the finest underground pop purveyors, KANGA fuses post-apocalyptic pop sensibilities with body-shaking rhythms and sinuous melodies. She is currently working on her next album set to be released on Artoffact Records in Fall, 2023.
Tickets $12 advanced $18 at the doors
*Kids 15 and under FREE with a ticket holding adult*
sponsored in part by BELLA Main St. Market
**Advanced ticket sales end 1 hour before all shows**
Food available from Young Roots Farm
Wednesday May 31st
Doors Open at 6pm Show at 6:30pm
Pops and Pies is a fundraising choir concert with all proceeds being used for student travel to band competitions and festivals.
Soft drinks or coffee is included in the admission price. Dessert items will be for sale as well as auctioned off to the highest bidder.
Other beverages will be available for purchase as well.
Tickets $15
*Kids 15 and under FREE with a ticket holding adult*
sponsored in part by BELLA Main St. Market, Oregon Cultural Trust, Baker City Cycling Classic and St. Luke's
June 3rd
Doors 6pm Show 6:45pm
*No COVID restrictions at this show*
Singer-songwriters have been tackling existential questions about life and death since time immemorial... or at least the 1960s. But when it came to Blitzen Trapper’s newest album, Holy Smokes Future Jokes, front man Eric Earley looked beyond mere existence—or even the end of it—to contend with grander cosmic explorations: namely, the intermediate period between a person’s separate lives on earth, “and what it means to escape the cycle of birth and rebirth,” he explains.
Weighty stuff, to say the least. But then again, Blitzen Trapper has never been the type of band to just skim the surface. Over the course of 20 years and ten full-length albums, the Portland, Oregon-hailing act, with singer, songwriter and guitarist Earley firmly at the helm, has crafted a singular catalog of songs—sometimes wrapped in impressionistic imagery and scruffy, singalong melodies (the fan favorite “Furr,” for just one example), and other times rendered in sharp-focus, needlepoint detail and imbued with driving, electrified rhythms (“Cadillac Road,” about a depressed and deserted mill town in the Oregon mountains where Earley’s father once worked, comes to mind here)— that celebrate the human experience in all its triumph and tragedy.
Tickets $22 advanced
$30 at the doors
*Kids 15 and under FREE with a ticket holding adult*
sponsored in part by BELLA Main St. Market, Oregon Cultural Trust, Baker City Cycling Classic and St. Luke's*
**Advanced ticket sales end 1 hour before all shows**
Food available from Young Roots Farm
Baker High School Battle of the Bands
June 10th
Doors open at 6pm
Show at 6:45pm
FREE!!!
This will be the first Baker High School Battle of the Bands at Churchill School.
Come cheer on the future rock stars of Baker County. The winning band will get to open for Cumulus on July 16th and $50 per band member.
Sponsored in part by Sweet Wife Baking, The Oregon Cultural Trust, Marylin's Music and Churchill School.
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An Evening with Leanne Grabel w/ Jerry Bobbe and Steve Sander
June 15th
Doors at 6pm
Show 6:45pm
Spoken-Word Artist/Performance Poet/Writer Leanne Grabel brings her unique trio to Baker City on Thursday, June 15. Backed up by her own digital keyboard beats, classical cellist extraordinaire Jerry Bobbe and vocal magician Steve Sander, Grabel presents her lyrical narratives about the hard and hilarious moments of life. She has been called brilliant, ingenious and the bravest writer writing today. Recipient of the 2020 Bread and Roses Award for contributions to women’s literature in the Pacific Northwest, Grabel has been a leading voice of the Pacific Northwest’s poetry scene for the past 45 years. Bobbe, who will open the show, adds rich texture with his classical cello accompaniment; and Grabel’s husband Steve Sander, who will also open the set with his original music, is able to mimic any sound imaginable, adding harmony and humor. Grabel’s graphic novel/memoir Brontosaurus Illustrated about a college rape and its aftereffects over the past 50 years was published by the Opiate Books in July 2022, and her book of illustrated prose poems about her long marriage to Sander, My Husband’s Eyebrows, was published in November 2022 by The Poetry Box. Grabel is currently working on a stand-up routine and illustrated book about aging, an excerpt of which will be published in the spring issue of Oregon Humanities Magazine online.
Tickets $12 advanced
$18 at the doors
*Kids 15 and under FREE with a ticket holding adult*
sponsored in part by
BELLA Main St. Market, Oregon Cultural Trust, Baker City Cycling Classic and St. Luke's
**Advanced ticket sales end 1 hour before all shows**
Food available from Young Roots Farm
June 16th
6pm doors open Show at 6:45pm
"Jenny Don't and The Spurs are a fantastic independent country and western quartet who sing heart wrenching songs about emotional turmoil wit passion and honesty. The quartet's albums will make classic country western fans extremely proud." - Jersey Beat
Since their inception in 2012, the Spurs have kept a relentless schedule of recording, playing locally, and touring. After nearly 500 live appearances in almost a dozen countries, and with a slew of albums and singles to their name, Jenny Don’t And The Spurs are just getting warmed up.
Tickets $12 advanced
$18 at the doors
*Kids 15 and under FREE with a ticket holding adult*
sponsored in part by
BELLA Main St. Market, Oregon Cultural Trust, Baker City Cycling Classic and St. Luke's
**Advanced ticket sales end 1 hour before all shows**
Food available from Trash Panda Express
w/ special guest Elwood
July 11th
Doors 6pm Show 6:45pm
*No COVID restrictions at this show*
During the spring and summer of 2020, The Lowest Pair (Kendl Winter and Palmer T. Lee) found themselves camping and sharing songs around the fire with two dear friends and incredible musicians Adam Roszkiewicz and Leif Karlstrom of the instrumental duo “Small Town Therapy”. Founding members of the progressive string band Front Country, multi-instrumentalists Adam and Leif bring a new dynamic palette of colors to Kendl and Palmer’s own instrumental prowess and expressive lyricism.
After sharing a handful of new songs and tunes, (and making immediate fans in the campground) there was no doubt that a record was in the future, and In August of 2020 they spent a week out in Enterprise, Oregon recording at the OK Theater.
The new record Horse Camp leans towards each member’s string band roots and showcases brand new Lowest Pair songs Kendl and Palmer wrote during the strange times of the pandemic. The album also includes an instrumental by each musician involved. It’s an awesome display of how a simple collaboration of friends can result in music that is as organic as it is undeniable.
Special guest Elwood
What is it that moves your soul? For Elwood it has always been the ever awe inspiring serenity and shear power of Mother Nature and you can feel it in his music.
Tickets $15 advanced
$23 at the doors
*Kids 15 and under FREE with a ticket holding adult*
**Advanced ticket sales end 1 hour before all shows**
Food available from Young Roots Farm
July 16th
Doors 6pm Show 6:45pm
*No COVID restrictions at this show*
Cumulus is the creative outlet for musician Alexandra Lockhart, who’s past two albums have won wide ranging praise from the likes of Stereogum, Interview, Consequence, PASTE, KEXP, Brooklyn Vegan, Seattle Weekly, The Stranger, and NPR Music’s All Songs Considered who lauded the “straight ahead pop” found on her most recent album Comfort World. In tandem with the album announcement, Cumulus is also sharing the new single “Sunbeam,” a warm and inviting blanket of lush guitar tones that builds into a bombastic and bittersweet observance of the obstacles we can put ourselves through when we don’t feel fully deserving of love. It’s a mourning of the time wasted dwelling on the past, with an appreciation of how beautiful it is to be fully vulnerable and open to another human.
Tickets $12 advanced
$18 at the doors
*Kids 15 and under FREE with a ticket holding adult*
**Advanced ticket sales end 1 hour before all shows**
Food available from Young Roots Farm
Aug. 12th
Doors open at 6pm show at 6:45pm
*No COVID restrictions at this show*
Wildwing is a Celtic/World/Folk group from Northern Utah founded by a trio of 3 sisters: Anna Watkins-Annawault (Vocals, Violin, Mandolin, Keys, Guitar)
Amy Watkins-Nelson (Violin, Mandolin, Recorder, Irish Whistle) Jessa Young (Vocals, Piano, Wooden Flutes)
“The trio members (Amy, Anna & Jessa) are often superbly backed up by their mother Paula Watkins, playing keyboard and accordion”...and by multi-instrumentalist & songwriter, Tanner Jones (Bass & Guitar). Also featuring Emily Ashcroft Densley (percussion) temporarily borrowed from the popular Cache Valley, Utah local band, Mama Long Legs.” And Danny Hankins, legendary drummer from Cache Valley, Utah.
“Wildwing shows are a balance of lyrical vocals and lively instrumental selections including Celtic tunes from Ireland, Scotland and Wales.” Amy & Anna are known to “shred” on their dualing violins, while Anna dances & audiences go wild!
Tickets $12 advanced $18 at the doors
*Kids 15 and under FREE with a ticket holding adult*
sponsored by BELLA Main St. Market, Oregon Cultural Trust, Baker City Cycling Classic and St. Luke's
Food available from Young Roots Farm
Sept. 23rd
Doors open at 6pm
Show at 6:45pm
Shamarr Allen is the definition of New Orleans! Hailing from the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans, Allen has influences in jazz, hip-hop, rock, funk rhythms, blues and country. He is the lead vocalist and trumpeter of his band “Shamarr Allen & The Underdawgs.” In addition to performing with his band, Allen has collaborated with many renowned artists around the world such as Willie Nelson, Patti LaBelle, Galatic, Harrick Connick Jr, and Lenny Kravitz, to name a few. He is a sought after artist for festivals and venues around the world. In addition to displaying his skills on the front-line as a lead performer, Allen is also a music composer, writer, and producer. With a scintillating and unique sound, look, and exemplary talents, Shamarr Allen transcends musical boundaries. He is the True Orleans experience!
Adv. Tickets $18
at the doors $25
*Kids 15 and under FREE with a ticket holding adult*
sponsored in part by
BELLA Main St. Market, Oregon Cultural Trust, Baker City Cycling Classic and St. Luke's
**Advanced ticket sales end 1 hour before all shows**
Food available from Young Roots Farm
Saturday Nov. 11th
Doors open at 6pm Show at 6:45
Portland's The AM - Moody twin soul meets nostalgic futuristic dream pop. Hopeful romantics, real life twins! Come ready to dance all night!!!
Tickets $12 advanced
$18 at the doors
*Kids 15 and under FREE with a ticket holding adult*
sponsored in part by
BELLA Main St. Market, Oregon Cultural Trust, Baker City Cycling Classic and St. Luke's
**Advanced ticket sales end 1 hour before all shows**
Food available from
Fat Badger Snacks
Nov. 25th
Doors open at 6pm and show at 6:45pm
Hard-Hitting Alternative/Indie Rock
Boise, Idaho trio Mylo Bybee has a polished and hard hitting alternative/indie rock sound similar
to Manchester Orchestra, Silversun Pickups and Death Cab for Cutie.
Tickets $12 advanced
$18 at the doors
*Kids 15 and under FREE with a ticket holding adult*
sponsored in part by
BELLA Main St. Market, Oregon Cultural Trust, Baker City Cycling Classic and St. Luke's
**Advanced ticket sales end 1 hour before all shows**
Food available from Young Roots Farm
Previous Concerts
on our YouTube Channel
At a time when the world seems intent on pushing us further inward and further apart, Kiss the Tiger are here to rattle our bones and bust us out of our cocoons with some good old fashioned rock and roll.
Lo Fives w/special guest
March 21st
Lo Fives is a garage rock band from Portland, OR. Their fuzzy guitars and frenzied drums evoke a DIY aesthetic that captures a PNW basement studio with amply amounts of vitamin D. Lo Fives is an analog band in a digital world that harkens back to time-honored underground rock tropes in the vein of Swell Maps or Mission of Burma, despite the trends that may come and go.
Fox and Bones- Live at Churchill
Internationally touring folk duo and real-life sweethearts Fox and Bones (Sarah Vitort and Scott Gilmore) entertain and engage with their heartwarming, uplifting and "contagiously optimistic" brand of harmony-laden folk-pop, reminiscent of bands of the past with a modern flare.
The Depot Street Syncopators- Mardi Gras Show!!!
The Depot Street Syncopators formed over a decade ago to bring swinging horn-heavy New Orleans style funk, latin, jazz, and blues to rural Eastern Oregon. When the eleven members of the Syncopators break out their instruments, it’s party time.
Bitch w/ Special guest Katie Cash Live November 12th
Bitch makes witchy poet pop. She does it with violins and synthesizers, and the songs she writes are spectral, heartbreaking, political, and beautiful. The longstanding queer music icon has been performing for over 20 years. Eight years ago, she began to weave together Bitchcraft, her latest record.
Kaite Cash- Bay Area-bred singer-songwriter-guitarist Katie Cash writes personally charged, emotion-packed songs and performs them with a passionate urgency that marks her as a uniquely compelling artist. Cash's commanding songcraft, expressive vocals and bracing guitar work make her debut solo album Gift Horse, produced by Julie Wolf (Ani DiFranco, Carly Simon, Indigo Girls) a rousing collection that showcases her pointed songwriting and the edgy musical sensibility that's been honed by extensive roadwork and onstage experience.
Third Seven, est. in 2002, is an international touring one-man cello band from Oregon, led by Billy Mickelson. Third Seven's musical style and approach is not held to any one genre, as he draws global influence from cultures around the world.
Brook Faulk - Sisters in Songwriting Benefit Concert for Baily Sessions - Live
October 2nd
Brook Faulk, Emily Tipton, Deb Wessler, Wayland Harman and percussionist Meghan Kelly Watters (Cajon) are joining together to help raise funds for Baily Sessions.
Goodbye Viking w/ special guest Moogyman- Live
September 10th
Goodbye Viking is a melody-forward pop-punk band that implements lots of synthesizer and organ. Elements of ska and hardcore seep in too.
Jeshua Marshall - Live August 19th, 2022
Americana Punk artist and founding member of Larry and His Flask. Jeshua Marshall pours his heart and soul out into every song he creates in an emotion filled emulsion of genres.
WINGTIPS -w/ special guest DJ St. Christopher Live
August 6th, 2022
Chicago-based electro pop mainstay duo WINGTIPS comprises Vincent Segretario & Hannah Avalon, and was officially formed in 2015 by Vincent after having informally used the moniker for a number of previous experimental solo performances.
DJ St. Christopher Live
August 6th
Disc Jockey, Saint Christopher (chriSTopher) began his journey into music at his childhood home. As a young adult, chriSTopher moved to Idaho and discovered a thriving music scene where DJ’s were in high-demand. After obtaining his first pair of turntables in 2000, he began to play house-parties and small venues. By 2003, chriSTopher and his brand, Safe Travels, was becoming popular in the underground music scene. In 2004, chriSTopher headlined in Washington alongside of acts like Sir Mix-a-lot and the Beastie Boys’ DJ, Mix Master Mike.
Dead Lee - Live
July 30th
Dead Lee is a Portland OR based folk duo, and Churchill favorites, comprised of Brian Koch (current and founding member of Blitzen Trapper) and singer-songwriter Kara Harris. The duo represents a mutual love of the darker folk and country traditions.
Laney Jones and the Spirits Live July 2nd
Stories Up High follows Laney Jones’ 2013 debut, Golden Road, which landed her a nationally televised performance at The Kennedy Center, and 2016’s Laney Jones, which prompted Rolling Stone to dub her an Artist You Need To Know. To date, Jones’ songs have racked up millions of streams, soundtracked films from Disney and Pixar.
“When I write, it’s like I step inside of a dream,” says Laney Jones. “I go to this place that’s somewhere between sleeping and waking, between memory and imagination. It’s a place where anything can happen.”
Kathryn Claire and Margot Merah - Live on July 2nd
With her violin and voice at the center of her music, Kathryn Claire weaves together stories and melodies rooted in her classical and traditional musical background while infusing each song and composition with an energy and electricity that is palpable. Her musicality and joy on stage is infectious.
Margot Merah is a folksinger and songwriter from the Netherlands. For the past 20 years she has toured all over the world; Europe, Australia, USA, Canada and Japan.
Live July 12th
MARBIN is a progressive jazz-rock band based in Chicago, IL, with a unique story that stands out in today's music world. With a do-it-yourself approach, Marbin started touring extensively in 2011, bringing their original instrumental music to every part of the United States. Through word of mouth, Marbin has gained hundreds of thousands of devoted fans all over the world and has sold tens of thousands of albums.
Hillfolk Noir - Live
June 10th
Fronted by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Travis Ward, Hillfolk Noir is a trio of neo-traditionalists playing traditional music on traditional instruments for non-traditional times. They call it Junkerdash!
Bad Bad Hats- Live
May 24th
Bad Bad Hats is an indie rock band from Minneapolis, Minnesota. The band consists of Kerry Alexander, Chris Hoge, and Connor Davison.
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Bag of Hammer consists of two people, eight instruments, three loop stations and a sweet dirty dance party.
Firefly has delighted audiences with lyrical depth, humor, and passion using song to bring people together in community. She's building bridges to heal and inspire, her music is a folktronica journey of moody soundscapes and inspirational themes, with a strong 90’s singer-songwriter sound.
On August 6th she was in a bad accident and a GoFundMe account was set up to help with her medical bills and family expenses.
If you can please donate here.
Hillstomp- Live April 30th on our YouTube Channel
Hillstomp is a 2-man band comprised of Henry Hill Kammerer and John Johnson. Henry plays guitar and banjo like a hurricane, and if you close your eyes you’d swear he’s playing 2 parts at once. John Johnson beats mercilessly on his drums, with the fury of a demon loose from hell. Once you get past the pure ferocity of his playing, you notice the parts are intricately crafted patterns that provide the framework for Kammerer’s guitar and banjo sorcery.
EOCenes- Live April 23rd on our YouTube Channel
Fifty-one years have passed since the EOCenes first played music together, and during that time, everyone has continued their musical careers, but on divergent paths. Hal Spence spent over 25 years as the guitarist and tenor singer with "The Sawtooth Mountain Boys". Hugh McClellan played in a number of groups in the Portland area, including the Bluegrass band "Gold Rush" and the western swing group, "The Modern Age Drifters", which featured the music legends Fritz Richmond and Bus Boyk. He also presently sings bass in AQUA, a nationally known gospel quartet, along with playing guitar and singing with the EOCenes. Ron Emmons, mandolinist for the group, was a long-time member of "The Muddy Bottom Boys" and later "Cabbage Hill". Duane Boyer, banjo, played guitar and pedal steel in the country band "Muddy Creek" for 25 years, and played banjo in several local groups during that time.
photo by Corrina Stadler
Mattiel- Live at Churchill April 13th on our YouTube channel
Georgia Gothic, a magic third in Mattiel’s run of full-length albums, was shaped in the quiet seclusion of a woodland cabin in the north of the Atlanta duo’s mother-state; “Some faraway place that just Jonah and I could go where there would be no distractions, nothing else going on, and we could turn everything off and only focus on writing songs”, reflects Mattiel Brown. Where 2017’s self-titled debut and its 2019 follow-up Satis Factory were written with what Jonah Swilleyrefers to as a “hands-off” approach — he arranging the music and Brown the lyrics and vocals, the two working largely separately — the making of Georgia Gothic was, for the first time, a truly collaborative undertaking.
Humbird- Live at Churchill on April 2nd on our YouTube channel
Inspired by the crystalline chill of the north country she calls home in Minnesota, Humbird combines a wintry longing with the warmth of a familiar folktale. Humbird’s music moves between experimental folk and environmental Americana to embrace the unexpected. The music invites a refreshing dissonance into the house.
Jenny Don't and the Spurs- Live at Churchill on March 25th on our YouTube channel
"Jenny Don't and The Spurs are a fantastic independent country and western quartet who sing heart wrenching songs about emotional turmoil wit passion and honesty. The quartet's albums will make classic country western fans extremely proud."
- Jersey Beat
Fox and Bones- Live at Churchill on
February 18th on our YouTube channel
Internationally touring folk duo and real-life sweethearts Fox and Bones (Sarah Vitort and Scott Gilmore) entertain and engage with their heartwarming, uplifting and "contagiously optimistic" brand of harmony-laden folk-pop, reminiscent of bands of the past with a modern flare.
Rob Scheps and the TBA band- Live in person
Rob Scheps is a renowned artist with his own citation in The Encyclopedia of Jazz.
In Case you missed the show
Watch it here on our YouTube Channel
"Oregon’s own Cedar Teeth has a sound as lush and layered as the Mount Hood National Forest, which happens to be a stone’s throw from the band’s hometown." - WILLAMETTE WEEK (JUSTIN CARROLL-ALLAN)
In Case you missed the show
Catch some of it here on our YouTube Channel
In Case you missed the show
Watch it here on our YouTube Channel
Lauren Napier and Vic Ruggiero
Inspired by all forms of energy and art, Lauren Napier (PunkRockDoll) takes comfort in the written word and in creative performance.
Ruggiero is known for his distinct Bronx accent that has a deep, raw quality to it. His lyrics follow several themes, including the apocalypse, dark humor, paranoia, murder, and romance.
Elwood
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What is it that moves your soul? For Elwood it has always been the ever awe inspiring serenity and shear power of Mother Nature and you can feel it in his music.
Bart Budwig and Jen Borst
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Bart and his band were the first musicians to grace the Churchill Dancehall stage when we opened to the public on August 17th, 2018.
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The Horsenecks play hard-hitting and heartfelt Old Time and classic Bluegrass music. Their sound is centered around the pairing of the signature rhythmic Appalachian fiddle style of Oregonian Gabrielle Macrae and the driving yet subtle banjo playing of Liverpudlian Barry Southern.
Lauren Napier and Vic Ruggiero
January 29th at 7pm Churchill in Your House Party with Lauren Napier and Vic Ruggiero
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Reeb Willms and Caleb Klauder form a vocally-driven duo that has been playing and singing together since 2008, performing professionally across Europe, Scandinavia, Australia and North America. Weaving together powerful harmonies, Caleb and Reeb perform timeless original songs, as well as their favorite gems from old time and country repertoire.