mocha events music concerts artists calendar

Thursday, March 4th Tarot Night
Entertaining, Engaging and Enlightening; have a private reading from acclaimed Tarot enthusiast Gwyneth. Originating over 500 years ago in northern Italy, Tarot was first used in a game called Triumphs. It was quickly adopted as a tool for divination, and popularized by occult societies drawing on symbolism deeply rooted in I-Ching, Kabbalah, Runes and Zodiac. First come, first serve. $15 for 10 minutes.

Thursday, March 18th Open Acoustic Jam
Join Julie Sorek will once again be leading her monthly acoustic music jam from 7 to 9:30 PM. Feel free to stop by and listen or join in with traditional Celtic (Irish and Scottish), English, Appalachian and Southern folk tunes.

Saturday, March 13th Kristin Ryan
A native of Sandy Hook, Kristin studied at the Suzuki Music School, Julie's Piano Workshop, and at the Newtown Music Studio with Jackie Gaudet before heading off to pursue a degree in music and Russian studies at Colgate University. She is happy to be back in Newtown and is currently working on a solo album featuring voice and acoustic guitar. A dark, mellow blend, sometimes pure and sometimes smoky, her songs are emotional snapshots capturing the last few years' worth of self discovery. Her original songs are inspired by the acoustic rock and folk songs of artists including Bob Dylan, Sarah McLachlan, Leonard Cohen, and the Dixie Chicks.

Friday, March 12th Elison Jackson
Folk/Indie/Western Swing
From the the loft of a church amongst the high pines in Berlin, CT:
Sam Jackson Perduta - guitars, harmonica, vocalsKevin Aust - bass, trumpetArthur Williams - vocals, tambourine manKevin Marrs - drums

Friday, March 5th Sammy B
Sam Blanchette, or Sammy B, has been playing music since he was 10 years old and has enjoyed every minute of it. Currently studying music performance in jazz for guitar at Western Connecticut in Danbury he is influenced by a wide spectrum of artists and instructors.

Saturday, March 6th Tim Gilbert
Tim Gilbert brings his "three guitars" performance to Mocha featuring instrumental interpretations and original compositions based on blues and rock themes from the 60's and 70's. He has been at his craft for over 35 years and has performed in Europe, the US as well as on the peaks of South America's Andes Mountains. He claims to have performed higher than any other guitarist out there, pun intended.

Saturday, March 20th Kathleen Pemble
Kathleen Pemble and her band Cold Spring the band (not to be confused with Cold Spring the town where she lives, performs and teaches) bring extremely diverse musicality and relentlessly honest writing to every performance; their alt-indie acoustic sound and rich vocal arrangements weave and sonic web which draws the listener close.

Friday, March 19th Adam Calderone & Friends
Adam is a 3rd year photography major at West Conn and for the past 7 or 8 years he has been playing the piano, drums and singing as well. He really enjoys writing his own music and has been greatly influenced by bands such as the Grateful Dead, Phish, Coldplay, Ben Folds, Death Cab for Cutie, Radiohead and many more.

Friday, March 26th Re-Think
Re-Think is a four peice band from Danbury, CT. Jack Riley on keyboards & vocals, Jonathan Zonenshine on drums, Hector Ares on bass & Vocals, and Bennett Cognato on guitar. They try and draw their influences from all across the musical spectrum to create a unique and diversified sound.

Saturday, March 27th Sarah Rags
Singer/Songwriter
Influenced by Bob Dylan, jazz/bop, african american spirutals/ballads, the blues; "god I love the old time blues"