Hi, fans and friends! I just got back from the first ever Caldera Pagan Music Festival, which hosted three solid days of concerts AND the release of our compilation CD The Green Album, and it was the experience of a lifetime. My gratitude and all of my high fives go out to the organizers, the community, and all of my friends and colleagues on stage and backstage. Keep your ears open for the future of that event, because CalderaFest will be back! Just wow.
I found out early this week that I get to play a set in Memphis this Saturday, at a #SemicolonProject event hosted by Underground Art in Cooper-Young! This is my only Tennessee gig until this fall. It’s free, it runs from noon to 6pm, and I’ll be playing around 4:30. Hope you can make it, Memphis peeps!
SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 12-6PM: ILLUMINATED SEMICOLON EVENT TO BENEFIT MEMPHIS CRISIS CENTER!
Underground Art
2287 Young Ave
Memphis, TN 38104
More info here!
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The next set of shows is particularly of interest to Tricky Pixie fans!
We’re going on the road together later this month to tour up to New York Faerie Fest together!
These are all of the appearances that we’ve got for 2016, and they’re happening this month! We hope to see you there.
SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 7-10PM: TRICKY PIXIE & MAMA GINA’S SASSY SUMMER SOLSTICE SHOW!
WHERE: The Bell House
4 Eldorado Ct
St. Louis, MO 63119
USA
Mama Gina’s soulful blues voice will steal your heart, and Tricky Pixie’s wicked wit and whimsy will bring it back to you! Don’t miss a chance to let these powerful folks wrap you up in song and rock your soul!
This event is sponsored and hosted by Harmony’s Flame School.
All ticket proceeds go to the artists, who adore you for your support even now!
Doors open at 6:30pm and music goes from from 7-10pm.
Bring a dish, stay and celebrate! Come one, come all!
UPDATE: At the time of this writing, Mama Gina is in the hospital in St. Louis, preparing for emergency foot surgery that’s forced her to cancel her area shows at The Focal Pointe and StL Pagan Picnic this weekend. That makes your support and attendance at the June 18 concert, which is going forward as planned, doubly important and doubly appreciated. Please join us if you can and help Mama Gina feel the love! If you cannot be there, please help us spread the word.
Join in the excitement and share the Facebook event page.
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Our next stop is a shared show in Indianapolis with the Heather Dale Band! RIGHT?!? We are all so stoked! Best Monday night ever!
MONDAY, JUNE 20, 7-9PM: TRICKY PIXIE & THE HEATHER DALE BAND!
Spiritual Gardens
5559 Madison Ave
Indianapolis, IN 46227
Hang onto something, Indy! A whole tribe of badass bards are coming to see you, all at once!
Whimsical scamps Tricky Pixie and the effervescent Heather Dale Band all travel the continent, doing their best to leave magic and inspiration in their wake, but they do not often meet up at the same concert! Well, it’s happening! We hope you’ll join us at this shared Summer Solstice show!
***Over to Newark, Ohio next, which is just outside of Columbus, for a concert under the stars!
TUESDAY, JUNE 21ST, 7-9PM: TRICKY PIXIE LIVE OUTDOORS AT KILLEN KEEP/VIOLET FLAME GIFTS!
118 W Locust St
Newark, OH 43055
GET TICKETS!
Killen Keep and Violet Flame Gifts welcome all Tricky Pixie fans and weeknight revelers to this very special outdoor concert, the band’s first time ever performing in Newark!Some seating will be available, but please bring your most comfortable camp chairs if you have them.
Advance tickets are $10, $15, or $20, buyer’s choice. Day-of-show admission is $20. All ticket sales benefit the band and Violet Flame Gifts.
Violet Flame Gifts and Killen Keep are housed in a beautiful Victorian house on Locust Street. Our concert will be behind the house, augmented by sunset and starlight. Parking is available on the street and in two large parking lots – one is directly across from the house and another is directly behind.
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Onward and Northward to New York Faerie Fest, the jewel in our crown this month! We’re so happy to be returning, and meeting up once again with dear friends Sharon Knight & Winter and the delicious Wendy Rule!
FRIDAY JUNE 24-SUNDAY JUNE 26: TRICKY PIXIE AT NEW YORK FAERIE FEST!
2195 NY-79
Harpursville, NY 13787
Elfin & Sylvan Folk, Wood Sprites & Faerie Folk, and All you Humans who still Believe in Magic…
Join Us in the Rolling Hills and Hollows of Rural New York for Central New York’s Faerie Festival!
A time of Escape from ordinary Reality… into Magical Play!
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Betsy, Alec and I are sorry that we can’t get everywhere around the country together to sing for you this year, but we’re happy to tell you that we’ve all been working on various recording projects. Those projects include, yes, the next Tricky Pixie CD! We have laid down preliminary tracks on both new and old favorites.
It’s going to be a while before the work is done. We will let you know when we’re getting close!
In the meantime, check out Alec’s Patreon, Betsy’s Patreon, and Sooj’s newly released song on the pagan music compilation The Green Album, now available for download! 25% of every single download or physical CD sale of this collection goes to the Rainforest Trust; great tunes for a great cause! Alec and Betsy are featured on Sooj’s track, and the other artists come from all over the globe: Damh the Bard, Wendy Rule, Ginger Doss, Spiral Dance, Spiral Rhythm, Tuatha Dea, Bekah Kelso, and more!
Check it out and spread the word!
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The band and I part ways again after New York Faerie Fest, but I’ve got two sweet concerts at The Magical Druid in Columbus, Ohio on my way home- the evening show is sold out, but there are still quite a few seats left for the afternoon concert!
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 7PM (sold out) AND 3:30PM: SOOJ SOLO SHOW AT THE MAGICAL DRUID!
The Magical Druid Spiritual Resource Center
3165 N High St
Columbus, OH 43202
Get tickets for the afternoon show here!
Sooj stops in for some music and magic at The Magical Druid on her way south! She’ll share both old favorites and new gems, so bring your ears and your energy.
We’re capping the tickets at 25 for that afternoon, so grab yours in advance if you can – ticket link coming soon! Advance tickets are $10, $15, or $20- purchaser’s choice. If any seats are left, day-of-show tickets will be $20.
The Magical Druid is at 3165 N High St., Columbus, OH 43202 (the northeast corner of High St. and Pacemont).
UPDATE: the evening show is sold out, so Sooj is giving an additional AFTERNOON set, beginning at 3:30!
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That takes us all the way to July! I’ve got concerts scheduled in New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington so far, with more in the works, and August will take me from Washington to Denver and all the way to Illinois! Get all the info right here on my tour calendar page.
Thank you all for taking the time to read this and to see what I’m up to.
Wishing you the sweetest of summers and hoping to see you soon!