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!
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 - Club Sandwich Covid Policy (updated and adjusted as situations change): We are not currently asking for vaccination status or requiring masking in the venue. If you are more comfortable wearing a mask, we encourage you to do so. Masks will be available at the door if you'd like one. If you have any questions about this policy, please contact amy@johndavidson.com. New Hampshire COVID-19 dashboard: https://www.covid19.nh.gov/dashboard/overview\
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.
TICKETS ($35)
LIVESTREAM TICKETS ($10)
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, and maybe Sam Tracy - stay tuned!
TICKETS ($35)
LIVESTREAM TICKETS ($10)
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.
TICKETS ($35)
LIVESTREAM TICKETS ($10)
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)
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.
TICKETS ($35)
LIVESTREAM TICKETS ($10)
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!
TICKETS ($35)
LIVESTREAM TICKETS ($10)
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)
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
TICKETS ($35)
LIVESTREAM TICKETS ($10)
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)
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)
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)
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.
TICKETS ($35)
[no livestream for this show]
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)