Our June 2024 Stage Left Open Mic features Mark Ambrose, Friday, June 14, 2024, 7:00 pm / CDT (doors open at 6:30 pm).
Save the date, Friday, June 14! Please join us at Stage Left Cafe, 125 Van Buren St., Woodstock, on the historic Woodstock Square. Returning to Friday evenings brought back our great crowds along with wonderful music.
These monthly events offer a delightful evening of music and friendship. We hope to see you — performing or enjoying the performances.
June 2024 Stage Left Open Mic Features Mark Ambrose
Our June featured performer, Mark Ambrose, is an American singer-songwriter who turns out songs faithful to the Texas folk/roots tradition. Still, his music sounds like a much needed revival for our modern times.
Mark’s voice, effortless flat picking guitar style, humor and sincere delivery will win an audience over. “A talent that is sure to be a force in roots country music (Roots Music Report)”. His album “Troubadour (2011)” has songs like “Train Whistle Blues” that have the feel of an instant classic. Meanwhile songs like “Shadow on the Moon” and “Redbirds” speak to the depth and romance embedded in Mark’s songwriting, as he addresses matters of the human spirit and the heart.
At least a couple dozen artists have either performed or recorded Mark’s songs including Dave Rawlings and Gillian Welch and Austin stalwart, Toni Price. Mark worked with Rawlings and Welch, playing acoustic guitar on Welch’s “Soul Journey” album (electric guitar on “Wrecking Ball.”) Dave Rawlings produced Ambrose’s album, “Put The Hammer Down” in Nashville at RCA’s historic Studio B. Both Rawlings and Welch played and harmonized on the record.
Mark’s particular charm, laid back and charismatic, is deceptively simple but also satisfyingly profound as the very best of folk music should be.
Places where Mark has played:
- The Living Room, Little Rock, AK
- Peace Acoustic Cafe House Concert, Conway, AK
- Sadlacks, Raleigh, NC
- The Garage, Winston-Salem, NC
- The Evening Muse, Charlotte, NC
- Sawbriar House Concert, Pilot Mountain, NC
- Late Week Lazy Boy Supper Club, Archer City, TX
- Jimmy Rogers Festival, Kerrville, TX
- Flipnotics, Austin, TX
- The Cactus Cafe, Austin, TX
- The Bugle Boy, La Grange, TX
- Anderson Fair, Houston, TX
- The Old Quarter, Galveston, TX
- Beans and Leaves Coffeehouse, Long Grove, IL
- Uncommon Ground, Chicago, IL
- The Montrose Saloon, Chicago, IL
- The Rockford Listening Room, Rockford, IL
- Cork & Tap, Oregon, IL
Enjoy samples of Mark Ambrose’s music
https://www.markambrose.com/music.html
Find out more about Mark Ambrose
- Website: https://www.markambrose.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.ambrose.52
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnYkm76d4EKvLuX5Lpwqh73oSvsqDVJTA
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markambrosemusic/
Don’t miss Mark Ambrose, Stage Left Cafe, 125 Van Buren St., Woodstock, Friday, June 14, 2024, 7:00 pm / CDT (doors open at 6:30 pm).
Want to perform? Sign up now – here’s how:
Stage Left Open Mics get better and better since we came back to Friday evenings. Spots fill quickly, so sign up early — two songs or ten minutes, whichever comes first.
If you’d like to perform and haven’t already completed your one-time informational form, please visit this page (or use the button below). Once you submit the form, then return to that page any time to request a performance spot in any of our venues.
You can also contact the event organizer directly, for Stage Left Open Mics, Keith Johnson, keith@offsquaremusic.org.
What is the Stage Left Open Mic?
These Open Mics, brought to you by Off Square Music, are monthly events on 2nd Fridays in Woodstock. Performers — musicians, singers, poets, and others — come together to connect with a live audience in a wonderful, family-friendly environment.
Whether you’re just starting out as a performer or are a seasoned veteran, our audience provides a supportive atmosphere. Stage Left, part of the Woodstock Opera House, adds to that ambiance with an exceptional performance space and sound system.
Off Square Music requests a $5.00/pp suggested donation to support our many music activities, including these Stage Left Open Mic nights.
Important note to all performers and attendees
Masks are currently optional, and we do not require proof of vaccination. Please be thoughtful of your neighbors.
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