Step into a whimsical world at the Ferndale Victorian Oddities Market, where peculiar treasures await on April 20th, 2024

Join our ODDventure™ at The Old Steeple in Ferndale, CA for a Victorian inspired Oddities & Curiosities Show featuring a curated lineup of vendors selling extraordinary wares, a cast of curious creature, music, entertainment, and libations!

We've got bones, bugs, taxidermy, bizarre art, strange home decor, unique fine jewelry, collectibles, medical specimens, antiques, and more..

Follow us to Ferndale! A sleepy Victorian town in Humboldt County near Eureka. It's home to famous TV and film locations and a beautiful cemetery as well as many restored Victorians.

Composer/multi-media artist Micah Nelson has a remarkable output that spans the creative spectrum unlike few others. The visionary, who Rolling Stone magazine hailed as one of their “New Classics” (“The creative visionaries celebrated here come from the worlds of music, acting, comedy, sports and more. …they share a refusal to be contained by the rules of the past as they define the territory of the future”), produces art under the moniker Particle Kid and finds no boundaries in his creativity. 

Particle Kid has released six albums of his original music, including his most recent release Time Capsule, a 26-song musical journey through time, space, and consciousness. It features guest appearances from Jim James, Sean Ono Lennon, J Mascis, Margo Price, The Lovely Eggs, and Micah’s dad Willie Nelson on three tracks including "Die When I'm High (Halfway to Heaven).” His previous albums – self-titled debut Particle Kid, Everything Is Bullshit, Particle War, Window Rock, Live! Underground – are just part of the catalog of work Nelson has amassed with other artists and musicians. He was chosen by Neil Young to become a member of his band Crazy Horse in 2023, and Nelson was also been featured in Young's full-length film Paradox. For Record Store Day in 2018, he released Lucky Wheel, a split 12” vinyl collaboration with punk legend and X co-founder John Doe. He created the cover art on Willie’s recent studio album First Rose of Spring. (Willie coined Micah “Particle Kid,” when he misspoke a “prodigal son” greeting.) On tour year round, Particle Kid has headlined shows around the world as well as opened for many other artists including The Flaming Lips, Tinariwen, Meat Puppets, Claypool Lennon Delirium, and been part of the line up for Luck Reunion, BottleRock Festival, UTOPiAfest, and the Outlaw Music Festival.

As an industrial hemp activist, Particle Kid has served on the National Hemp Association’s Board of Directors, participates in Farm Aid events and their annual music festival, and combined the missions of both organizations when he spearheaded a Change.org petition championing the Industrial Hemp Farming Act which became law in December 2018. Combining his passion for music and hemp, for his album Time Capsule the artist hand-made 20 actual time capsules constructed from hempcrete. Purchasers of the Time Capsule CD set have a chance of winning a ‘Time Token.’ Each of these randomly hidden tokens can be redeemed for one of the 20 hempcrete time capsules that contain a thumb drive that includes the record and videos, printed album artwork, industrial hemp seeds that Nelson cultivated himself, and a physical ticket that gains general admission to every Particle Kid concert in the year 2042. Nelson states, "I hope that incorporating industrial hemp into my art will help educate people not only on the crop’s many sustainable functional uses, but how it was deeply entwined with our nation’s history and the history of the world."

For nearly a decade, through his production company (which also includes his wife Alex Dascalu Nelson aka Sisterlu), Spitball Pictures, he has created music videos and films for his own music projects as well as for other artists. His productions include music videos for Edie Brickell & New Bohemians (“Tripwire” and “My Power”), Promise of the Real’s Anthony LoGerfo (“Love Commando”), folk-punk musician Sunny War (“Age of a Man“), GRAMMY award-winning Tinariwen (“Wartilla, Dan Caret Dub”), ukulele and guitar duo Folk Uke (“Small One”), and Neil Young (“Shape of You"). Watch a collection of his work on this playlist  He is currently working with Young on an animated short film adaptation of Young’s 1982 dystopian sci-fi concept album, TRANS. Particle Kid has also built his graphic art portfolio, creating album artwork for his own projects as well as the poster for his solo tour. He is part of the Moonlight Arts Collective, an art community founded by Incubus' Brandon Boyd, who is also a painter and art enthusiast. In 2023, 14 selections of Micah’s original art debuted as part of the collective. Since the initial showing, new originals and limited prints are regularly added to the collection for purchase via his online gallery at Moonlightartscollective.com

ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST TALENTED, GIFTED, AND AFFECTING ARTISTS." – American Songwriter

In 2023, Chris Pierce was handpicked to be the special guest opener for the NEIL YOUNG Coastal Tour.  He recently gained  additional worldwide prominence with “We Can Always Come Back to This”. His hit song aired on 3 episodes of the #1 NBC primetime series ‘THIS IS US,' then went on to #1 on the Billboard Blues Chart. Pierce has also done worldwide headlining tours and has performed with: Neil Young, B.B. King, Seal, Al Green, Steve Earle, Allison Russell, Ramblin’ Jack Elliot, Rodrigo y Gabriella, Jill Scott, Keb’Mo, Blind Boys of Alabama, Aaron Neville & others. 

Other recent highlights include: a solo concert at The Kennedy Center, a duet with Sara Bareilles, a sold-out concert with Allison Russell, and performance/interviews on NPR’s WORLD CAFÉ, MOUNTAIN STAGE, AMERICAN FOLK SHOW, SoCAL SOUND, and more. Stellar performances at Newport Folk, AmericanaFest, Folk Alliance, Rancho La Puerta Folk Fest, Four Corners Folk, MerleFest & NC Folk Festival led to further acclaim. 

His 2021 album, 'AMERICAN SILENCE' garnered critical acclaim from NPR, Rolling Stone, NoDepression, SiriusXM, The Bluegrass Situation, AmericanaUK, Acoustic Guitar and others. PopMatters named ‘AMERICAN SILENCE ’THE #1 Best Folk Album of 2021 and FolkAlley named "Residential School" from AMERICAN SILENCE one of the 100 Essential Folk Songs. 

​At a young age, Pierce developed a rare hearing disorder called Otosclerosis that led to the loss of hearing in one ear and partial deafness in the other, a setback that would deter many young musicians forever. The reality, however, fueled Chris’ passion and determination all the more, forcing him to re-learn almost everything he had known prior to his condition. To Chris, music was, and still is, an unconditional companion.

His highly anticipated album titled ‘LET ALL WHO WILL’ was released on September 1, 2023, with critical acclaim from NPR, NoDepression, American Songwriter, Hi Times and more. In addition to his solo career, Chris Pierce performs/records with both Americana/Folk/Soul sensation WAR & PIERCE with Sunny War, & the Americana/Roots band LEON CREEK as well as doing occasional appearances with the BLACK OPRY REVUE.

Horseback Across Mongolia

Are you interested in the landscape, people, and culture of Mongolia?  Do you realize that Mongolia has the longest surviving horse culture in the world and the Mongolian horse culture is rapidly diminishing?  What happens to the families and children who are displaced from their historical nomadic way of life?  What kind of help do the children of these families need to make their way in a settled urban world?

Tom and Lynn traveled 1,000 kilometers across Mongolia by horseback last summer.  Their talk will showcase traveling across Mongolia with Mongolians.  You will have a better understanding of the Mongolian geography, people and culture.  The proceeds from the event will go to the Mongolian children displaced from the steppe into the modern world.  Come join Tom and Lynn for stories and pictures on Saturday March 9 at 7:00 pm at The Old Steeple in Ferndale California hosted by The Old Steeple and the Ferndale Chamber of Commerce.

Multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Darrell Scott mines and cultivates the everyday moment, taking the rote, menial, mundane, and allowing it to be surreal, ever poignant, and candidly honest, lilting, blooming, and resonating. The words he fosters allow us to make sense of the world, what is at stake here, and our place in it. And ultimately, Darrell knows the sole truth of life is that love is all that matters, that we don’t always get it right, but that’s the instinctive and requisite circuitous allure of things, why we forever chase it, and why it is held sacred.

Darrell Scott comes from a musical family with a father who had him smitten with guitars by the age of 4, alongside a brother who played Jerry Reed style as well. From there, things only ramped up with literature and poetry endeavors while a student at Tufts University, along with playing his way through life. This would never change. 

After recently touring with Robert Plant and the Zac Brown Band (2 years with each), and producing albums for Malcolm Holcomb and Guy Clark and being named “songwriter of the year” for both ASCAP and NSAI, these days find him roaming his Tennessee wilderness acreage hiking along the small river, creating delicious meals with food raised on his property and playing music. He often leads songwriting workshops to help people tell their own truths with their stories, and is as busy as always writing, producing, performing, and just plain fully immersing himself in life. 

We are back in black, folx!
The Outlaw Jamie B invites you to come celebrate World Goth Day with your fellow dark-hearted friends and family in Ferndale on May 20th!
Goth Day is a world-wide event that celebrates Goth music, art, fashion and culture; from Victorian to Visi-goth, from Dark Wave to CottageCore. We're holding it down at The Old Steeple, a Gothic architecture-styled church-turned-music-venue, located right next door to the beautiful and historical Ferndale Cemetary.
We'll have a carefully curated vendor faire from 1-6, featuring all sorts of creepy cool local creators. And we'll have pop-up performances throughout the day, as well as DJ Semi Colon playing the tunes we love to hear. We'll also have Companion Animal Foundation onsite with adoptable cats so you can add a furry friend to your family. And this year there will be Cemetary tours!!!
From 7-9 we have Hollins and Hollins Mortuary Entertainment (known around these parts as The Pine Box Boys) lined up so you can dance the night away.
Food and drinks available onsite!
All ages welcome. $10 entry fee.
Keep an eye on this page for info about vendors and performers!!
for additional info please email theoutlawjamieb@gmail.com

A local band with a penchant for old time and bluegrass but a sound that is better recognized as indie folk rock, Huckleberry Flint has gained a committed fan base since 2003, thanks to their collective mix of originals, reinvented gospel, and traditional and contemporary tunes.

Huck Flint started as an old-time string band playing acoustic music on the streets of Arts Alive in Eureka. The bands sound has since morphed into full electrified folk-rock, but the band has not lost touch with their roots. A melting pot of styles and sounds, Huck Flint has become a local favorite while drawing inspiration from the many different musical interests of the members of the 6-piece band. Heartwarming original songs, such as Goodnight Darling, Carpenter, and Summertime Lullaby slapped next to reconfigured classics from a wide-range of musical artists are just part of what make Huck Flint unique.

On her transcendent new record, Workin' On A World, Iris DeMent faces the modern world — as it is right now — with its climate catastrophe, pandemic illness, and epidemic of violence and social injustice — and not only asks us how we can keep working towards a better world, but implores us to love each other, despite our very different ways of seeing. Her songs are her way of healing our broken inner and outer spaces.

With an inimitable voice as John Prine described, "like you've heard, but not really," and unforgettable melodies rooted in hymns, gospel, and old country music, she's simply one of the finest singer-songwriters in America as well as one of our fiercest advocates for human rights. Her debut record Infamous Angel, which just celebrated its 30th anniversary, was recently named one of the “greatest country albums of all time” byRolling Stone, and the two albums that followed, My Life and The Way I Should, were both nominated for GRAMMYs. From there, DeMent released three records on her own label, Flariella Records, the most recent of which, The Trackless Woods (2015), was hailed as “a quietly powerful triumph” by The Guardian. DeMent’s songs have also been featured in film (True Grit) and television (The Leftovers) and recorded by numerous artists. Fittingly, she received the Americana Music Trailblazer Award in 2017.

Workin' On A World, her seventh album, started with the worry that woke DeMent up after the 2016 elections: how can we survive this? “Every day some new trauma was being added to the old ones that kept repeating themselves, and like everybody else, I was just trying to bear up under it all,” she recalls. She returned to a truth she had known since childhood: music is medicine. “My mom always had a way of finding the song that would prove equal to whatever situation we were facing. Throughout my life, songs have been lending me a hand. Writing songs, singing songs, putting them on records, has been a way for me to extend that hand to others.”

With grace, courage, and soul, Iris shares 13 anthems — love songs, really — to and for our broken inner and outer worlds. DeMent sets the stage for the album with the title track in which she moves from a sense of despair towards a place of promise. “Now I’m workin’ on a world I may never see / Joinin’ forces with the warriors of love / Who came before and will follow you and me.”

She summons various social justice warriors, both past and present, to deliver messages of optimism. “How Long” references Martin Luther King, while “Warriors of Love” includes John Lewis and Rachel Corrie. “Goin’ Down To Sing in Texas” is an ode not only to gun control, but also to the brave folks who speak out against tyranny and endure the consequences in an unjust world. “I kept hearing a lot of talk about the arc of history that Dr. King so famously said bends towards justice,” she recalls. “I was having my doubts. But, then it dawned on me, he never said the arc would magically bend itself. Songs, over the course of history, have proven to be pretty good arc benders.”

Bending inward, DeMent reaches agilely under the slippery surface of politics. She grapples with loss on the deeply honest “I Won’t Ask You Why,” while encouraging compassion over hate in the awe-inspiring “Say A Good Word.” Album closer

“Waycross, Georgia,” encompasses the end of the journey, thanking those along the way. As she approaches subjects of aging, loss, suicide, and service, an arc of compassion elevated to something far beyond words is transmitted. The delicate fierceness encompassed in the riveting power of her voice has somehow only grown over time.

Stalled partway through by the pandemic, the record took six years to make with the help of three friends and co-producers: Richard Bennett, Pieta Brown, and Jim Rooney. It was Pieta Brown who gave the record its final push. “Pieta asked me what had come of the recordings I’d done with Jim and Richard in 2019 and 2020. I told her I’d pretty much given up on trying to make a record. She asked would I mind if she had a listen. So, I had everything we’d done sent over to her, and not long after that I got a text, bouncing with exclamation marks: ‘You have a record and it’s called Workin’ On A World!’” With Bennett back in the studio with them, Brown and DeMent recorded several more songs and put the final touches on the record in Nashville in April of 2022.

The result is a hopeful album — shimmering with brilliant flashes of poignant humor and uplifting tenderness — that speaks the truth, “in the way that truth is always hopeful,” she explains. Reflecting on the lyrics of the song “The Sacred Now” (“see these walls/ let’s bring ‘em on down / it’s not a dream; it’s the sacred now”), DeMent is reminded of Jesus saying the Kingdom of God is within you and the Buddhist activist monk Thich Nhat Hanh saying the rose is in the compost; the compost is in the rose. On Workin’ On A World, Iris DeMent demonstrates that songs are the healing and the healing arises through song.

Opening the show will be Pieta Brown.

Mark O'Connor began his creative journey at the feet of American fiddling legend Benny Thomasson and the iconic French jazz violinist Stéphane Grappelli. Now, at age 55, he has melded these influences into a new American classical music, and is perpetuating his vision of an American School of String Playing.

Mark and his wife and duo partner Maggie have been existing in an uninterrupted musical collaboration since the day they met in 2014. During the early pandemic, the couple workshopped new songs during seventy weekly online concerts from home; Mondays with Mark and Maggie. A group of dedicated viewers watched as they made their musical experiments, some fans tuning in for all of them. What came out of this exploration is an Americana album project of mostly original vocal songs they sing together, other popular songs reimagined, and all of them supported by a small universe of acoustic instruments they’ve brushed up on in the time off the road. The album reveals the pair’s most sincere and deeply personal work yet.

Note that a service fee of $1.50 is applied to each ticket sold online. To avoid this fee, you may purchase tickets at Mind’s Eye Coffee Lounge in Ferndale or Wildberries in Arcata, or send us a check made out to Ferndale Music Company with a note specifying which concert(s) and quantity of tickets you wish to purchase to:

Ferndale Music Company
PO Box 1350
Ferndale, CA 95536

We will send the tickets to you (time permitting), or if you prefer we can hold them for you at will call with your name on them.

The best in Western music since 1977! With their award-winning harmonies, wacky Western wit and high-yodeling adventures, Riders In The Sky stand "hats & shoulders" above the rest of the purveyors of C & W - "Comedy & Western!"

For more than thirty years Riders In The Sky have been keepers of the flame passed on by the Sons of the Pioneers, Gene Autry and Roy Rogers, reviving and revitalizing the genre. And while remaining true to the integrity of Western music, they have themselves become modern-day icons by branding the genre with their own legendary wacky humor and way-out Western wit, and all along encouraging buckaroos and buckarettes to live life "The Cowboy Way!"

Over the years Riders in the Sky have racked up 7,200+ appearances, 35 years on the Grand Ole Opry, 40 records albums (well, now CDs,) and tours of all 50 states and all over the world. Honors accumulated as well: In addition to the two Grammy Awards, Riders received numerous awards from the Western Music Association, including the highest: membership in the Western Music Hall of Fame; numerous Wrangler awards from the Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Museum; awards from the Academy of Western Artists; enshrinement in the Walkway of Western Stars, and more.  What began as a celebration of classic Western Music and an evening of hilarity has become a career, and that career has become a legend, one which, 40 years on, shows no signs of stopping or even slowing down much.

Note that a service fee of $1.50 is applied to each ticket sold online. To avoid this fee, you may purchase tickets at Mind’s Eye Coffee Lounge in Ferndale or Wildberries in Arcata, or send us a check made out to Ferndale Music Company with a note specifying which concert(s) and quantity of tickets you wish to purchase to:

Ferndale Music Company
PO Box 1350
Ferndale, CA 95536

We will send the tickets to you (time permitting), or if you prefer we can hold them for you at will call with your name on them.

Shawn Colvin, Marc Cohn & Sarah Jarosz come together onstage for a special evening. A singular and enduring talent, Grammy winner Shawn Colvin's songs like "Sunny Came Home" are slow-release works of craft and catharsis that become treasured, lifetime companions for their listeners. After winning a Grammy for his soulful ballad “Walking in Memphis,” Marc Cohn solidified his place as one of this generation’s most compelling singer-songwriters, combining the precision of a brilliant tunesmith with the passion of a great soul man. Though just barely in her thirties, Texas native Sarah Jarosz has compiled a remarkable career, winning four Grammy Awards in both the Americana and Folk categories.

Note that a service fee of $5 will be applied to each ticket sold online. To avoid this fee, you may purchase tickets at Mind’s Eye Coffee Lounge in Ferndale or Wildberries in Arcata, or send us a check made out to Ferndale Music Company with a note specifying which concert(s) and quantity of tickets you wish to purchase to:

Ferndale Music Company
PO Box 1350
Ferndale, CA 95536

We will send the tickets to you (time permitting), or if you prefer we can hold them for you at will call with your name on them.

Drawing from influences such as country, soul, swing, rock, and jam music, AJ Lee and Blue Summit uses the lens of bluegrass as a vessel through which to express and explore the thread that binds and unifies all great music. Led by singer, songwriter, and mandolinist, AJ Lee, the bluegrass band made their first appearance in Santa Cruz in 2015 and has since performed all over the world, finding home in California’s Bay Area.

The latest full length project, I’ll Come Back, debuted August 2021 - with national touring in support of the record ongoing. Although falling loosely under the bluegrass label, AJLBS generally plays sans banjo, with Sullivan Tuttle and Scott Gates on steel stringed acoustic guitars, AJ on mandolin, Jan Purat on fiddle, and Chad Bowen on upright bass - a configuration effectively used to create unique space and texture in the arrangements not as commonly found in the music of their peers.

Doors at 6:30 p.m. & show at 7:30 p.m. All ages. Indoor masking encouraged during concerts. Tickets are available at Mind’s Eye Coffee Lounge in Ferndale (393 Main St.) in addition to online and by mail.

Note that a service fee of $1.50 is applied to each ticket sold online. To avoid this fee, you may purchase tickets at Mind’s Eye Coffee Lounge in Ferndale or Wildberries Marketplace in Arcata, or send us a check made out to Ferndale Music Company with a note specifying which concert(s) and quantity of tickets you wish to purchase to:

Ferndale Music Company
PO Box 1350
Ferndale, CA 95536

We will send the tickets to you, or if you prefer we can hold them for you at will call with your name on them.

The Juno award-nominated Slocan Ramblers are a Canadian bluegrass music group from Toronto, Ontario. Rooted in tradition, fearlessly creative and possessing a bold, dynamic sound, The Slocans have become a leading light of today’s acoustic music scene. With a reputation for energetic live shows, impeccable musicianship and an uncanny ability to convert anyone within earshot into a lifelong fan, The Slocans have been winning over audiences from Merlefest to RockyGrass and everywhere in between.

“If you’ve grown tired of the same old sounds, here’s a band who reinvents a genre.”

– Bluegrass Unlimited

$25 in advance/$26.50 online/$30 at door

Note that a service fee of $1.50 has been added to tickets sold online. To avoid this fee, you may purchase tickets at Mind’s Eye Coffee Lounge in Ferndale or Wildberries Marketplace in Arcata, or send us a check made out to Ferndale Music Company with a note specifying which concert(s) and quantity of tickets you wish to purchase to:

Ferndale Music Company
PO Box 1350
Ferndale, CA 95536

We will send the tickets to you, or if you prefer we can hold them for you at will call with your name on them.

Brennen Leigh is an American songwriter, guitar player, mandolin player and singer whose to-the-point storytelling style has elevated her to cult icon status in Europe, Scandinavia, across the United States, South America and the United Kingdom. Her songs have been recorded by Lee Ann Womack, Rodney Crowell, Sunny Sweeney, Charley Crockett, and many others. As renowned for her musicianship as for her writing, it’s easy to see how Leigh caught the ear of greats like Guy Clark, who colorfully endorsed her flatpicking: “Brennen Leigh plays guitar like a motherfucker,” and David Olney, who described her writing as “tender, violent, sentimental, foolish and wise, she is always Brennen. Confident and at ease with herself, without being a jerk about it.”

Leigh’s wise-beyond-her-years perspective comes from her hard time on the road, and her accolades prove it: she is two-time Texas Music Awards Best Female Vocalist, 2018 Ameripolitan Music Honky Tonk Award winner, appeared as a finalist on USA Network’s Nashville Star television show in 2003, and most notably, was champion of the 1993 Vergas Loon Calling Contest as a child in her home state of Minnesota.

On the 2008 critically acclaimed duet album Holdin’ Our Own, Leigh sang duets penned with country rockabilly giant Jesse Dayton, hailed by American Songwriter as “A combo of clever, contemporary country-wise originals.” In 2013, Leigh released the Gurf Morlix produced album Before The World Was Made, with her frequent songwriting and touring partner Noel McKay, which CMA Close Up called “Hilarious, sentimental and profound, usually all at the same time.”

Leigh is a member of the band Antique Persuasion, a bluegrass side project whose 2015 album Don’t Forget Me Little Darling, Remembering the Carter Family, remains a modern day bluegrass radio standard. The same year, Leigh released a tribute to country legend Lefty Frizzell (“Brennen sings these songs with such exquisite love and passion…this album makes a brilliant vessel for her voice.” -Saving Country Music). She has been featured as an instrumentalist and singer on a myriad of releases by artists such as Jim Lauderdale, Rodney Crowell and James Hand.

Joining Leigh will be longtime collaborator Sunny Sweeney, a genre-bending, songwriting spitfire who has spent equal time in the rich musical traditions of Texas and Tennessee. Sweeney’s latest album, Married Alone, is here finest work yet, bringing together confessional songwriting, image-rich narratives and no shortage of sonic surprises for a loosely conceptual album about loss and healing.

Note that a service fee of $1.50 is applied to each ticket sold online. To avoid this fee, you may purchase tickets at Mind’s Eye Coffee Lounge in Ferndale, at Wildberries in Arcata, or send us a check made out to Ferndale Music Company with a note specifying which concert(s) and quantity of tickets you wish to purchase to:

Ferndale Music Company
PO Box 1350
Ferndale, CA 95536

We will send the tickets to you, time permitting, or if you prefer we can hold them for you at will call with your name on them.

We are stoked to announce that the postponed Particle Kid show from May 5, 2022 has been rescheduled to Friday, November 11. All tickets sold from the previous date will be honored. If you have a conflict, please let us know and we can exchange your ticket for another show!

$25 in advance/$26.50 online/$30 at door

Particle Kid is an experimental future-folk project from Los Angeles-based musician and visual artist Micah Nelson. The youngest son of country music icon Willie Nelson and an occasional member of brother Lukas Nelson's band, Promise of the Real, Micah's diverse releases as Particle Kid have taken an exploratory bent, combining lo-fi loops and strange textural elements with more straightforward folk and indie rock songwriting.

Opening the show is space-surf band, The Starhoppers! Comprised of local musicians including Ferndale Music/The Old Steeple’s own Paul Beatie, the group is “a trio of musical hitchhikers on a journey through the cosmos exploring the ancient soul of rock n roll.”

Note: A service fee of $1.50 has been added to online tickets to cover credit card processing fees/shipping. To avoid the service fee, you may buy your tickets in person at Mind’s Eye Coffee Lounge in Ferndale or Wildberries Marketplace in Arcata, or mail a check (made out to Ferndale Music Company) with a note specifying which concert(s) and quantity of tickets you wish to purchase to:

Ferndale Music Company
PO Box 1350
Ferndale, CA 95536

We will send the tickets to you, or if you prefer we can hold them for you at will call with your name on them.

Over the last two decades, Kentuckian Ben Sollee has distinguished himself as multi-faceted creative, blurring the lines between music, tech, and experiential design. As a cellist, songwriter, and storyteller he has toured the globe, sometimes by bicycle, performing his original music. As a composer he has created music for stage, screen, and virtual reality apps earning an Emmy Award for his 2018 score for Base Ballet. As a producer, he has curated hundreds of live events including experiences for the Speed Art Museum and Lincoln Center. Throughout it all, he has continued to advocate for people and the land by creating and curating experiences that grow a greater sense of togetherness.

“The throughline for all my various projects is togetherness”, says Sollee of his music and creative work. “Whether I’m producing a live experience or developing a virtual reality app, my purpose is the same: to include rather than exclude and help humans grow their affection for each other and the environment.” Sollee’s body of work bears this out. His latest record Kentucky Native, blends traditional bluegrass with influences from Kentucky’s latest immigrant population. In the 2010, Sollee teamed up with songwriter Daniel Martin Moore and My Morning Jacket’s Jim James to create Dear Companion, a record raising awareness about the devastating practice of mountain top removal strip mining in Appalachia. In fact, his advocacy for the environment is what led him to film composing.

“Yes, early on my film composing centered around supporting filmmakers in and around Kentucky producing environmental documentaries”, recalls Sollee, “and my purpose was to help the audience be open to the issues in the films.” As time went on, Sollee’s composing voice matured, showcased in films such as Maidentrip (2013) and Beauty Mark (2018). In 2013, he teamed up with composer Christopher Young on Killing Season, featuring Robert Dinero and John Travolta. Sollee infused his unique cello styling in to the film’s score and wrought the original song Letting Go. Ever the collaborator, Sollee’s latest score for Robin Wright’s directorial debut LAND finds him teaming up with contemporary string trio Time for Three.

Sollee is known for his outside-of-the-box cello playing and his curiosity has led him to new, innovative media spaces. In 2016, Sollee teamed up with designer Pat King of Woodpenny games to create The Vanishing Point, the first-ever interactive, virtual reality music app for mobile devices. The project was crowd-funded on Indie Go Go with the support of over 160 backers. Continuing his work in interactive media, Sollee collaborated with contemporary dance icons Keoni & Mari in 2018 to create the music for RUTH, the first-ever, interactive “dancebook.”

Mr. Sollee is also known for his social and environmental advocacy. Growing up in Kentucky, he developed a deep affection for the land and its people. This affection has manifested in many collaborations and projects with Appalachian Voices, The Nature Conservancy, and Oxfam America to name a few. In 2009, Sollee began touring partly by bicycle. Over the following five years, he racked up over 5,000 miles of pedaling around the nation with his cello Kay on what he affectional called his “Ditch the Van” tour. Currently, Sollee works as Media and Production lead for Canopy Ky, a non-profit helping businesses incorporate, measure, and grow their social and environmental good.

Mr. Sollee lives in Louisville, KY with his wife and three children.

Note that a service fee of $1.50 is applied to each ticket sold online. To avoid this fee, you may purchase tickets at Mind’s Eye Coffee Lounge in Ferndale, or send us a check made out to Ferndale Music Company with a note specifying which concert(s) and quantity of tickets you wish to purchase to:

Ferndale Music Company
PO Box 1350
Ferndale, CA 95536

We will send the tickets to you, or if you prefer we can hold them for you at will call with your name on them.

Grammy Award-winning musician Laurie Lewis is internationally renowned as a singer, songwriter, fiddler, bandleader, producer and educator. She was a founding member of the Good Ol’ Persons and the Grant Street String Band and has performed and recorded since 1986 with her musical partner, mandolinist Tom Rozum. Laurie has twice been voted IBMA's Female Vocalist of the Year and has won the respect and admiration of her peers.

Note that a service fee of $1.50 has been added to tickets sold online. To avoid this fee, you may purchase tickets at Mind’s Eye Coffee Lounge in Ferndale, Wildberries Marketplace in Arcata, or send us a check made out to Ferndale Music Company with a note specifying which concert(s) and quantity of tickets you wish to purchase to:

Ferndale Music Company
PO Box 1350
Ferndale, CA 95536

We will send the tickets to you (time permitting) or if you prefer we can hold them for you at will call with your name on them.

**Vaccination and masks are strongly encouraged to attend our indoor concerts, but are no longer required**

$30 in advance/$31.50 online/$35 at door

Led Kaapana’s mastery of stringed instruments, particularly slack key guitar, and his extraordinary baritone and leo ki`eki`e (falsetto) voices, have made him a musical legend. He has been thrilling audiences for more than 40 years. With easy-going style and kolohe (rascal) charm, he has built a loyal corps of Led Heads from Brussels to his birthplace on the Big Island of Hawaii. Recognition by his peers earned Led 4 Grammy nominations in his own right and 2 wins on slack key compilations.

Like so many Hawaiians, Led grew up in a musical family. In the tiny black sand bay village of Kalapana, there were few distractions. “We didn’t have electricity, no television, not even much radio,” says Led. “So we entertained ourselves. You could go to any house and everybody was playing music.”

Often everybody was playing music at a backyard party, many of which lasted for days. “People played in shifts, taking over when somebody went to sleep,” Led recalls. “You’d fall asleep to the music, wake up….and the music was still playing. That was the best alarm clock I ever had!”

Note that a service fee of $1.50 has been added to tickets sold online. To avoid this fee, you may purchase tickets at Mind’s Eye Coffee Lounge in Ferndale, or send us a check made out to Ferndale Music Company with a note specifying which concert(s) and quantity of tickets you wish to purchase to:

Ferndale Music Company
PO Box 1350
Ferndale, CA 95536

We will send the tickets to you, or if you prefer we can hold them for you at will call with your name on them.

When Tré Burt was signed to John Prine’s Oh Boy Records in 2019, he was one of only two artists  - including label mate Kelsey Waldon, to join the label in the past 15 years. Caught It From The Rye, Tré Burt’s debut album was re-released on Oh Boy in Jan 2020. The album showcases Burt’s literary songwriting and lo-fi, rootsy aesthetic, which he honed busking on the streets of San Francisco and traveling the world in search of inspiration. Like label mate and songwriting hero John Prine, Burt has a poet’s eye for detail, a surgeon’s sense of narrative precision and a folk singer’s natural knack for a timeless melody. Caught It From The Rye is an urgent missive from an important new voice in songwriting.

For a songwriter who thoughtfully documents what he sees in the world, 2020, while challenging, was rich with inspiration. The year birthed the single, Under The Devil’s Knee, a song that continues the tradition of outspoken political folk songwriters of yore. It is an incredibly moving protest song tracing the lives of George Floyd, Eric Garner, and Breonna Taylor. Recorded remotely featuring Allison Russell, Sunny War and Leyla McCalla. “Humanity feels like it’s slipping away from us, as a country. I wanted to reinstate the humanity of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Eric Garner and so many other brothers and sisters slain by police in the way I know how. I wanted to immortalize their dignity and make the work easy for future historians and remind the present that no matter what side of the aisle you’re on, this is about actual pain and real human suffering caused by a system of governance that is morally bankrupt. This, I felt was my duty as an American songwriter to do. Music is a powerful force, especially when you put it through a protest song. It makes the fight more tangible. Reframes perspective. None of which entered my mind when writing this, at all. That was out of anger. I wrote this song out of anger. They should all be alive.” - Tré Burt

Tré’s sophomore album, You, Yeah, You  builds on his previous work as “he grows ever more sophisticated, empathetic and razor sharp as a storyteller and musical philosopher” - NPR. Recorded in North Carolina with producer Brad Cook (Bon Iver, Waxahatchee, Nathaniel Rateliff) the album reads like twelve rounds in a ring, summoning the will to fight the unknown rather than surrender to fear and fatigue. You, Yeah, You is a cohesive body of work that clearly illustrates the ever expanding space in which Tré Burt’s voice belongs.

Tré toured in summer 2021 with Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats and Shakey Graves as well as making his Newport Folk Festival debut performance, “Tré Burt blazes his own troubadour path, a powerful and moving debut from a singer poised to become a folk festival mainstay for years to come” Rolling Stone

Following a support tour with Watchhouse, a performance at the venerable LUCK Reunion on Willie Nelson’s ranch, and  the 2022 release of the EP Know Your Demons,  Burt heads out on his long awaited debut headline tour in the US and Europe and summer festival touring to include Under The Big Sky, Hinterland and numerous other festivals.

“Burt’s music expresses an ache for harmony, justice and solidarity. “You, Yeah, You” tells a story about the Sweet Misery and grief that defines our time” - NPR

“Burt’s stories, be them freewheeling tales about watching time pass by or hyper-focused political screed, represent a breath of fresh air in the Americana genre” - Paste Magazine

"Burt’s album possesses a raw, heart-rending sound, one that will thoroughly absorb you. Prine would be proud."  Folk Radio

"Tré is just a master storyteller… I plan to follow him for a good long time" - Ann Power

Sunny War is a prodigious guitar player and lyricist whose songs touch on everything from police violence to alcoholism to love (found and lost). As a woman whose youth was spent attending protests, often homeless, and busking on city streets and Venice Beach, she finds relief in taking action. Sunny founded the Los Angeles chapter of the nonprofit Food Not Bombs and coordinates a volunteer effort to feed vegan food to the local unhoused population.

J2B2 is an all-star bluegrass supergroup featuring four legendary, award-winning musicians – John Jorgenson on acoustic guitar, mandolin and vocals; Herb Pedersen on banjo, acoustic guitar and vocals; Mark Fain on bass; and Patrick Sauber on acoustic guitar and vocals – delivering bluegrass like no one has ever heard it before. The band’s undeniable live shows have received stellar reviews and have the bluegrass world buzzing. The four combine forces to form a spot-on union of impeccable musicianship, incomparable songwriting, incredible harmony vocals (a fresh twist combining bluegrass with elements of West Coast folk rock) and seasoned showmanship. This is the “high lonesome sound” of American roots music at its finest.

John Jorgenson is perhaps best known for his guitar work with bands such as the Desert Rose Band and The Hellecasters. Jorgenson is also proficient in the mandolin, mandocello, Dobro, pedal steel, piano, upright bass, clarinet, bassoon, and saxophone. John Jorgenson, known for his blistering guitar and mandolin licks and mastery of a broad musical palette, has earned a reputation as a world-class musician, as evidenced by his collaborations with Earl Scruggs, Bonnie Raitt, Elton John, Luciano Pavarotti, Bob Dylan and many others.

Jorgenson and Pedersen are founders (with Chris Hillman) of the formative country rock group Desert Rose Band. After working as a freelance musician in Southern California, Jorgenson met Hillman and soon formed the Desert Rose Band. In 1990, Jorgenson went on to found the Hellecasters and toured with Elton John's band for six years. Artists ranging from Barbra Streisand to Bonnie Raitt to Earl Scruggs have sought out Jorgenson's guitar work. Jorgenson portrayed Django Reinhardt in the Hollywood feature film Head in the Clouds. In 2008, Jorgenson won a Grammy for Best Country Instrumental with Brad Paisley and was nominated for Best Bluegrass Album with Earl Scruggs.

Herb Pedersen was a member of legendary bluegrass band The Dillards as well as bluegrass super-group Old and In the Way. A sought-after singer and musician, he has worked with such music legends as Chris Hillman, Earl Scruggs, Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris, Tony Rice, Dan Fogelberg, Stephen Stills, Linda Ronstadt, Kris Kristofferson, John Prine, Jackson Browne and John Denver.

Mark Fain toured and recorded as bass player for Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder for 13 years. He’s toured and recorded with the Dixie Chicks, Alan Jackson, Travis Tritt, Dwight Yoakam, Allison Krauss and Dolly Parton, as well as producing many artists in jazz, country, bluegrass and gospel genres.

**Vaccination and masks are strongly encouraged to attend our indoor concerts, but are no longer required**

$20 in advance/$21.50 online/$25 at door

Surfer Joe represents the true, authentic side of surf music, carrying on the legacy of the original Californian bands of the early 60s with their sound and energy while showcasing his own style. As co-organizer of the Surfer Joe Summer Festival in Italy, the greatest surf music event of the world, he’s earned the unofficial title of "international surf music ambassador.”

The compositions of Surfer Joe are generally very melodic, appealing to attentive listeners, but also easily recognizable, memorable and accessible to any kind of audience, so that someone defined his records as "instant classics". The live show is loaded with great energy, it’s extremely dynamic, but also powerful when necessary, featuring the most typical reverb-drenched surf sounds. On stage, Surfer Joe likes to tell stories and anecdotes, keeps the interaction with the audience personal and funny, and he certainly has a lot to say since he has collaborated in many occasions with legends of the genre and played in all the original locations and venues.

Opening the show is space-surf band, The Starhoppers! Comprised of local musicians including Ferndale Music/The Old Steeple’s own Paul Beatie, the group is “a trio of musical hitchhikers on a journey through the cosmos exploring the ancient soul of rock n roll.”

Note that a service fee of $1.50 has been included in each ticket sold online. To avoid this fee, you may purchase tickets at Mind’s Eye Coffee Lounge in Ferndale, or send us a check made out to Ferndale Music Company with a note specifying which concert(s) and quantity of tickets you wish to purchase to:

Ferndale Music Company
PO Box 1350
Ferndale, CA 95536

We will send the tickets to you, or if you prefer we can hold them for you at will call with your name on them.

The Outlaw Jamie B Presents: Goth Day at The Old Steeple. Experience carefully curated crafts, clothing and art; live music from Hollins & Hollins Mortuary Entertainment; and adoptable animals from Companion Animal Foundation, while enjoying the scenery of the historic Victorian Gothic Revival building and neighboring cemetery. $5 entry fee; all ages welcome!

About World Goth Day: May 22nd is World Goth Day, a day to celebrate the Goth scene and subculture, including the fashion, art, and music. The Goth scene has been around since the 1980s and has gathered a huge following since. With many people who dress in the typical Gothic style misunderstood, World Goth Day wants to commemorate everything about the Goth scene, its presence around the globe, and encourage people to be themselves and embrace their inner Goth.

SORRY FOLKS but we have had to POSTPONE this concert due to COVID-19. We are working to reschedule the show and will honor all tickets at the future date. We can also refund if the new date won’t work for you. Please e-mail or call us and we will get back to you as soon as we are able. 707-786-7030

Fire Breathing Indie Grass from Arcata!

$15 in advance/$16.50 online/$20 at door

**Vaccination and masks are strongly encouraged to attend our indoor concerts, but are no longer required**

Note: A service fee of $1.50 has been added to online tickets to cover credit card processing fees/shipping. To avoid the service fee, you may buy your tickets in person at Mind’s Eye Coffee Lounge or mail a check (made out to Ferndale Music Company) with a note specifying which concert(s) and quantity of tickets you wish to purchase to:

Ferndale Music Company
PO Box 1350
Ferndale, CA 95536

We will send the tickets to you, or if you prefer we can hold them for you at will call with your name on them.