Fiddling Cricket & Canyon Acoustic Society
Concert Series 2025
Alison Steele; Dan and Laurel
Thursday 23rd October, 7p, $25/30door
The Ugly Mug, 4640 Soquel Drive, Soquel CA
Beer, wine, coffee, etc available, plus the regular Ugly Mug food
(if you wish, bring your own wine and pay corkage)
reservations at crbrundle@gmail.com or 408 499 9441 (text or voice). Money collected at the door.
Alison Steele
A native of Virginia, Alison Steele lives with her family in Boulder Creek where she tends her mountain garden of fruit trees, vegetables, and herbs. She documents the growing, harvesting, and seasonal living from The Santa Cruz Mountains back to her native home in the Blue Ridge Mountains on her instagram handle, alisonsteelemountainliving.
As a young mother far from home, she learned the openback banjo at night, while her children slept, so she could keep the traditional mountain music of Virginia alive in her home in California. Find her instagram channel Banjoandblossom and follow along to learn some technique and traditional mountain tunes. Alisonplays both banjo and guitar, and sings, in Coyote Moon(with Patti Maxine and Lizzy Smith). She is also part of the all-girl group, Sugar By The Pound. Her latestproject is heartfelt originals in the duo, Starlit Hymns,with classical guitar luthier Joel Di Mauro. In this show, however, she will be solo.
Dan and Laurel.
Meeting in 2012 via a chance YouTube sighting and fueled by a once-in-a-lifetime musical chemistry and friendship, Canadian-American Roots-Folk duo Dan Frechette (guitar and vocals) and Laurel Thomsen (violin and vocals) are “prodigious players with songwriting that sets them apart.”With soaring violin, diverse guitar styles, compelling storytelling, a dash of harmonica and humor, and unique vocal rapport they deliver a dynamic, engaging, polished performance. This is their 6th time at The Ugly Mug!Probably Alison will join them for a couple of songs
Fiddling Cricket and Canyon Acoustic Society remaining Concerts at Ugly Mug in 2025. All shows at 7pm. All $25 with reservations, $30 at the door if not.
Please check at Fiddlingcricket.com for changes/updates
Money collected at the door.
Beer, wine, coffee, etc available, plus the regular Ugly Mug food
AT THE UGLY MUG CAFE
4640 Soquel Dr, Soquel, CA 95073
Contact Fiddling Cricket at 408 499 9441 or crbrundle@gmail.com for reservations or more information.
Reservations still pay at the door, by cash or check.
Food and Drink: Beer, wine, coffee, tea and soft drinks available. Usual coffee shop food. (if you wish, bring your own wine and pay corkage)