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CLUB SANDWICH

THURSDAYS (MOSTLY):
GUEST PERFORMERS 2023

SEASON 3: June 2-October 21, 2023

We are excited to present an incredible lineup of varied and accomplished acts at Club Sandwich for the 2023 season. Some are returning guests and some are new to our stage, but all are compelling performers that will leave you amazed. Most are acts that are selling out much larger venues and who you won't see anywhere else in this area, but we are bringing them to the Lakes Region! So give someone new a chance and you won't be disappointed! Our 2023 guest lineup is completely booked. 
 
We are again LIVESTREAMING all shows. You can watch from anywhere! Livestream tickets are $10, and when you buy the ticket you will be granted access to a YouTube link that will become active at showtime. Click the "TICKETS" link of your choice to buy tickets to an in-person show, or the "LIVESTREAM" link of your choice to buy tickets to an online show,


>> This season is possible because of the gracious support of Graystone Builders of New Hampshire
 
NOTE - As of May 2023, the CDC has ended the COVID-19 public health emergency. We are NOT asking for vaccination status or requiring masking in the venue. If you are more comfortable wearing a mask, we encourage you to do so. New Hampshire COVID-19 dashboard: https://www.covid19.nh.gov/dashboard/overview
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12 Main Street
Center Sandwich
Sandwich, NH 03227
(617) 468-8512‬

THURSDAY, JUNE 8 2023 / 7pm

VANCE GILBERT

“If Joni Mitchell and Richie Havens had a love child, with Rodney Dangerfield as the midwife, the results might have been something close to the great Vance Gilbert.” As the above quote from Richmond Magazine suggests, Vance Gilbert defies stereotypes. It’s little wonder then that he also exceeds expectations. In this case, those two qualities go hand in hand.

IN-PERSON SHOW SOLD OUT

LIVESTREAM TICKETS ($10)

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THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 2023 / 7pm

KATIE O'CONNELL

Katie O'Connell has been a repeated sell out at Club Sandwich, so she's back again! Katie is a singer, poet, yogi, and nature girl who is as happy to jam around a campfire as she is to be up on the stage. Katie grew up right here in little Sandwich, NH, singing her way through local musicals, at pubs in Ireland while living overseas, performing with the Lakes Region Music Festival, and recording and performing with her band The Starlight Honeys. Katie plays guitar, Irish penny whistle, and is known to bang on a hand drum, but her principal instrument has always been her voice, once described by a fan as "smooth dark chocolate," versatile enough to cover Joni Mitchell, Kate Wolf, Gillian Welch, and Bob Dylan all in one set, so come on out for an evening of your favorites. Katie will be joined with fellow Starlight Honeys buddy, Roger Sorlien.

TICKETS ($35)

LIVESTREAM TICKETS ($10)

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THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2023 / 7pm

ELLIS PAUL

Ellis Paul is a troubadour, a singer/songwriter, a folky, and a storyteller — all are fair labels for this artist, but they do not quite suffice. However, the tattoo of Woody Guthrie worn proudly on his arm is a good starting place from which to grasp Ellis Paul, for it is from the Woody Guthrie tradition that he hails, and Maine as well. Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, and James Taylor are also listed among his influences, and their spirits seem to occasionally grace his work. With an acoustic guitar in hand, he weaves intimate, provocative, and romantic tales of lives that were obviously witnessed by a most-talented voyeur.

IN-PERSON SHOW SOLD OUT

LIVESTREAM TICKETS ($10)

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THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 2023 / 7pm

PETER MULVEY

Peter Mulvey - Peter Mulvey is: Nineteen records, an illustrated book, thousands of live performances, a TEDx talk, a decades-long association with the National Youth Science Camp, opening for luminaries such as Ani DiFranco, Emmylou Harris, and Chuck Prophet, appearances on NPR, an annual autumn tour by bicycle, emceeing festivals, hosting his own boutique festival (the Lamplighter Sessions, in Boston and Wisconsin).

TICKETS ($35)

LIVESTREAM TICKETS ($10)

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THURSDAY, JULY 6, 2023 / 7pm

AN EVENING WITH AMERICA'S MASTER MENTALIST JON STETSON

A sellout each time he's been here, Jon Stetson is not to be missed! Mind Reading has never been this much fun! Jon Stetson was the inspiration for the CBS hit television series “The Mentalist”. 

Stetson blends the art of Mystery with the study of Psychology, the predictability of human nature and the power of intuition, Imaginations are wowed, stretched and captured, as thoughts are revealed and minds are being read, with Jon's intriguing games of mind to mind contact. The Stetson Experience is intelligent, interactive, sophisticated fun. Along with hundreds of corporate, casino, and celebrity appearances, Jon has performed for five U.S. Presidents, The King of Sweden, The Royal Family of Monaco, and has appeared on several major Television Networks.

IN-PERSON SHOW SOLD OUT

LIVESTREAM TICKETS ($10)

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 2023 / 7pm

CLASSIC MOVIE NIGHT WITH SEQUOIA

 

Charade, 1963.

A star studded film featuring Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant, Walter Matthau, James Coburn and George Kennedy in a murder mystery, rom-com, thriller with a musical score by Henry Mancini.

Known as the best Hitchcock film Hitchcock never made! 

Enjoy musical accompaniment by David Lockwood. BYOB with thrilling cocktail recommendations via Instagram and popcorn provided by the house. 

Hosted by Kieran Sequoia

TICKETS ($20)
[no livestream for this show!]

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THURSDAY, JULY 13, 2023 / 7pm

THE EVERLY SET

In 1957, teens Phil and Don Everly supercharged the vocal sound of Rock’n’Roll with “Bye Bye Love” and “Wake Up Little Susie”, unleashing the sparkling vocal harmonies that would influence The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, The Beach Boys, The Hollies, The Eagles, Peter Paul & Mary, and the Bee Gees. Now, six decades later, two acclaimed singer-songwriters with a mind-bending three-decade age difference combine millennial pluck with baby-boomer sass to present The Everly Set: Sean Altman & Jack Skuller Celebrate The Everly Brothers, featuring Bye Bye Love, Wake Up Little Susie, Cathy’s Clown, All I Have To Do Is Dream, When Will I Be Loved, Crying In The Rain, Love Hurts, Bird Dog, Claudette, Walk Right Back, and more hits and rarities in concert.

 

And, because John performed WITH The Everly Brothers, you may see John and The Everly Set do a little something together!

IN-PERSON SHOW SOLD OUT

LIVESTREAM TICKETS ($10)

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THURSDAY, JULY 20, 2023 / 7pm

GUY DAVIS

Guy Davis is a two-time, back-to-back Grammy nominee for Best Traditional Blues, a musician, Actor, Author, and Songwriter. Guy uses a blend of Roots, Blues, Folk, Rock, Rap, Spoken Word, and World Music to comment on, and address the frustrations of social injustice, touching on historical events, and common life struggles. His background in theater is pronounced through the lyrical storytelling of songs “God’s Gonna Make Things Over” about the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, “Welcome to My World”, and “Got Your Letter In My Pocket”. His storytelling is sometimes painful, deep, and real, an earthy contrast to modern-day commercial music, meant to create thought, underlined by gentle tones from his guitar or banjo fingerpicking.

TICKETS ($35)

LIVESTREAM TICKETS ($10)

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 2023 / 7pm

FRANZ NICOLAY WITH MARIA SONEVYTSKY

Franz Nicolay is a musician and writer living in New York’s Hudson Valley. In addition to records under his own name (“a natural-born star”—Pitchfork), he has been a member of cabaret-punk orchestra The World/Inferno Friendship Society, “world’s best bar band” the Hold Steady, Balkan-jazz quartet Guignol, co-founded the composer-performer collective Anti-Social Music, was a touring member of agit-punks Against Me!; and recorded or performed with dozens of other acts. He was once named #1 of “Punk’s 10 Best Accordion Players.” His new record New River is out now on Don Giovanni Records, 

“Sad, wild folksongs...[an] unconventional multitalent.” —Rolling Stone
 

“Punk-tinged raconteur…with disarmingly honest lyrics and a sense of musical adventurousness.” —The New Yorker

IN-PERSON SHOW SOLD OUT

LIVESTREAM TICKETS ($10)

Hiroya Tsukamoto

THURSDAY, JULY 27, 2023 / 7pm

HIROYA TSUKAMOTO

We loved Hiroya so much last year, we just had to have him back. Don't miss this one! “Eclectic, immersive and mesmerizing; a guitarist and songwriter Hiroya Tsukamoto embodies the notion that music has no language: Beautifully raw and cathartically emotional, Tsukamoto is a world-renowned, self-made musician." “Fingerpicking is delicate, fluid, and beautifully detailed" -Acoustic Guitar Magazine

Tsukamoto headlines concerts throughout the U.S. as well as internationally including Blue Note in NYC, United Nations and Japanese National Television. Hiroya is a 2nd place winner in International Finger Style Guitar Championship.

TICKETS ($35)

LIVESTREAM TICKETS ($10)

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 2023 / 7pm

JIM KWESKIN

Jim Kweskin is the founder of the legendary 1960s Jim Kweskin Jug Band with Fritz Richmond, Geoff Muldaur, Maria Muldaur, Mel Lyman and Bruno Wolfe. During the five years they were together, they successfully transformed the sounds of pre-World War II rural music into a springboard for their good-humored performances. Their imitators were legion, including a San Francisco jug band that became the Grateful Dead, a Los Angeles jug band that became the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and a New York jug band that became the Lovin' Spoonful. No other group attained their unique blend of youthful energy and antiquarian expertise, tight musicianship, loose camaraderie, and infectious swing.

TICKETS ($35)

LIVESTREAM TICKETS ($10)

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 2023 / 7pm

LARA HERSCOVITCH

Lara Herscovitch's songs are soulful, poetic treasure maps that point to the wisdom, grit and joy of underdogs & misfits, connection & courage, love & loss, hardship & hope, resilience & transformation. A singer-songwriter-poet-performer-author and policy social worker, she writes masterful modern folk-americana music, sings and leads with authenticity, integrity, humor and heart, and delivers performances that inspire, uplift and entertain.

TICKETS ($35)

LIVESTREAM TICKETS ($10)

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 2023 / 7pm

PATTY LARKIN

PATTY LARKIN is a visionary of sound and wonder, a real deal version of artistry made of equal parts guitar wizardry, vocals shot through with soul and inventive lyrics that ripple across the terrain of the heart. Described as “riveting” (Chicago Tribune), “hypnotic” (Entertainment Weekly), and a “drop-dead brilliant” performer (Performing Songwriter), Patty has captured audiences for over 30 years with an imagination, enchantment, and technical artistry that has redefined the boundaries of the guitar driven singer songwriter.

IN-PERSON SHOW SOLD OUT

[no livestream for this show]

Heather Pierson Duo

SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 2023 / 7pm

HEATHER PIERSON DUO

Healther and Shawn blew us away last year, so we had to have them back - don't miss this show! 

Heather Pierson is a pianist, singer/songwriter, and performer whose inspiring live performances with her bassist/partner Shawn Nadeau delve into Americana, New Orleans jazz, blues, and folk. Best known for her ease at the piano and her bell-tone vocals, Heather’s songs and the duo’s musicianship embody honesty, playfulness, and a desire to share from the heart. 

TICKETS ($35)

LIVESTREAM TICKETS ($10)

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 2023 / 7pm

ANDRIANA GNAP AND THE INTERNATIONAL STRING TRIO

Dynamic vocalist Andriana Gnap joins forces with the awe-inspiring International String Trio of Boston (violin, guitar, bass). These energizing performers draw you in with furious fiddle tunes, heartfelt country/pop, and stirring Ukrainian love songs. Andriana has appeared at the Lunaria Jazz Club in Los Angeles, the Lyric West Theatre in Boston, the Toronto Ukrainian Festival, and the Williamstown Theatre Festival with Broadway director Roger Rees. She often performs and records with her vocal Trio Heavenstar. Join Andriana and guests for a variety of popular and original music.

TICKETS ($35)

LIVESTREAM TICKETS ($10)

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 2023 / 7pm

JOHN JOHN BROWN

{This show will use our multimedia screen is a very unique and beautiful way!] Kerrville New Folk winner John John Brown is bringing giant comics, iconic photographs, and moving panoramas to the stage. Titled Songs, Stories, & Art- Lessons from Strangers, this original project weaves together storytelling songs and the visual arts in a live performance. Set outside of Grand Central Station in New York City, Brown takes the listener inside the unique lives of 14 characters, while strumming his guitar and singing beside a projected graphic story. Unfolding is an imaginative and colorful world revealing the idea that all people, strangers alike, have a story we can learn from.

“So well written that every song could be a short story, a treat for lovers of narrative-driven tales.” -Americana UK

The protagonists come from all walks of life; from an aging Vietnam Vet, to a trumpet playing orphan, a  married couple debating evolution, to a young man with mental illness wandering the aisles of Walmart. With his guitar in hand, Brown may have found a new way to sing a song. Above all, he stays rooted in the soil of a good story.

TICKETS ($35)

LIVESTREAM TICKETS ($10)

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 2023 / 7pm

KAREN MORGAN

Karen was a sellout last year and we just had to have her back! Comedian Karen Morgan helps people laugh at life. “Her humor is wildly funny and relatable.” (Michael Tobin, Footlights Theater). Born and raised in Athens, Georgia, Karen was enjoying a promising career as a trial attorney in Atlanta when she met her husband and ended up in Maine with 3 children under the 3. This insanity propelled her into a comedy career as a Finalist on Nickelodeon Television’s “Funniest Mom in America.” Since then, she has spent far more time approaching the mic than approaching the bench. Her clean shows have made her a favorite among theater audiences around the country. Karen can also be heard on Sirius XM Radio, and her second Dry Bar Comedy, “Rub Some Dirt On It,” will be released this summer.

“Comedy through the perceptive eye of a loving wife and mother, prepared with the tenacity of an attorney, and tempered with a dash of Southern Charm. Karen Morgan hits home for men and women alike.” (Bill Taylor, NBC/WCSH)

TICKETS ($35)

LIVESTREAM TICKETS ($10)

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2023 / 7pm

BALL IN THE HOUSE

Ball in the House is an R&B/Soul/Pop a cappella group based out of Boston, MA, whose high energy shows have audiences singing, dancing, even beatboxing along. With their extensive tour schedule (averaging 200 shows a year), Ball in the House has performed everywhere - from theaters to performing arts centers, fairs & festivals, to opening for some of the biggest acts in the world, such as The Beach Boys, The Jonas Brothers, The Temptations, Fantasia, Gladys Knight, Lionel Richie, Jessica Simpson, Blondie, Smokey Robinson, KC & The Sunshine Band, Diamond Rio, Colin Raye, Orleans, and numerous others. They headlined the 2018 & 2016 China International Chorus Festival in Beijing, won the 2016 Boston Harmony Sweepstakes, and were voted 2014 APCA Band of the Year and 2009 Best of Boston for Outstanding Musical Performers. For six years, they were the voices behind all the Cool Whip commercials and recently wrote and performed the jingle for Amazon’s Prime Day. Ball in the House has appeared on America’s Got Talent, The TODAY Show, The Daily Buzz, the Philadelphia 4th of July Parade, and SBS Culture Club and MBC News in Seoul, South Korea.

TICKETS ($35)

LIVESTREAM TICKETS ($10)

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2023 / 7pm

AZTEC TWO-STEP

Rex Fowler & Neal Shulman spent a lifetime making music as the acoustic duo Aztec Two-Step, recording and touring non-stop since 1972. After Neal retired in 2018, Rex gathered some stellar musicians for his new incarnation, Aztec Two-Step 2.0. This special performance will bring the ATS 2.0 trio to Club Sandwich, featuring the inimitable Rex on acoustic guitar with his distinctive and endearing lead vocals; his wife Dodie Pettit on acoustic & electric guitars, keyboards and vocals; and Steven "Muddy" Roues on upright bass, harmonica and vocals. They'll be performing favorite ATS classics as well as some forgotten gems, and other surprises! 

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TICKETS ($35)

LIVESTREAM TICKETS