Hi Mudheads, May & June is busy with live music, boating, songwriting, quaffing, and camping! Deets below, Enjoy the weather :) ~ Muddy Mike McNevin
May Tue May 14 - "2nd Tuesday Songs In Progress" at the Mudpuddle Shop Fri May 17 - Joe's Corner Songwriter Showcase in Niles Sat May 18 - Live Music At The NoCal Boat Fest in Alameda Sun May 19 - Niles Art & Wildflower Festival Thu May 23 - Songwriter Sessions at The Woodshed May 25 & 26 - Memorial Day Weekend at Strawberry Music Festival by Yosemite
June 6/4 Niles, CA - Mudpuddle Shop Show w/ Steve Seskin & Julia Sinclair 6/6-9 Cambria, CA - SummerSongs West, a 4-day Songwriting Retreat! 6/11 Niles, CA - Mudpuddle Shop 2nd Tuesday "Songs In Progress" group6/12 Niles, CA - Vine & Mudpuddle "Pub To Puddle Crawl" w/ Friction Farm 6/13 Livermore, CA - 2nd Thursday "Art Happens", monthly Art Walk6/15 Niles, CA - Concert at Paul & Jana's w/ Stevie Coyle, Hannah Kile, McNevin6/19 Niles, CA - Vine-MudPuddle "Pub To Puddle Crawl"? (TBD)6/21 Niles, CA - 3rd Fri Songwriter Showcase at Joe's Corner 6/22 Los Gatos, CA - House Concert pending at CW's place? (likely, TBD) 6/23 Nevada City, CA - Horse ride camp fire 6/29 Peninsula, CA? - possible Songwriter Workshop + Eve Concert? (TBD) 6/30 Niles, CA - Summer Plaza Concert w/ WOOSTER + McNevin/McClellan
Tues May 14 "2nd Tuesday Songs In Progress" at the Mudpuddle Shop. Song swapping, peer to peer feedback, free writing, new ideas, prompts, bring your half songs, old songs, new songs, no songs, get the juices flowing. In the Niles District of Fremont, CA. All levels. Regulars or "Drop Ins" always welcome, for everyone and anyone. 6-7 mingle/arrive, 7pm song sharing starts. BYO or share what's there. $12-15 sliding donation. West Coast Songwriter Association Members get a discount. https://www.facebook.com/events/286176544844056/
Fri May 17th Joe's Corner Songwriter Showcase - Every 3rd Friday - 7-9:30pm - Featured artists in May are Michael Stadler, Mark Lemaire & Twilight, & Other Cameos. Hosted By Michael McNevin. https://www.facebook.com/events/504995116229955---Sat May 18th 3013 - Live Music At The NoCal Boat Fest in Alameda at Marina Village. McNevin on Sat at 12:30. Easy Parking on site, wine tasting, live music, food, and a whole lotta boat stuff going on. www.boat-fest.com---Sun May 19th - Niles Art & Wildflower Festival. McNevin and perhaps another artist randomly placed in a garden, looking like flowers, singing like bees. Tix and info at www.niles.org---May 23rd - Songwriter Sessions at The Woodshed. Every 4th Thursday Songwriters we get together to swap, write, and talk songwriting at "The Woodshed" in Los Gatos, inside Keith Holland Guitars Store 7-8:30 (or a tad later). $20 donation. All levels - "Drop-ins" & "Regulars" welcome. Brush off old tunes, write new ones. Friendly, supportive, peer to peer. Prereg or just show up: www.woodshed.org---Memorial Day Weekend is Strawberry Music Festival up near Yosemite - Heaven on Earth. McNevin sets at The Birch Lake Stage on Sat & Sun Afternoons. Info & Tix: www.strawberrymusic.com