FRIDAY NIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT This year marks the 18th year that Rough Shop will be at the Focal Point to offer up their take on the holiday season! Find out why these shows have become an annual tradition for so many! It’s all there – the wonder, the longing, the joy, the beauty, the feeling Read more about Rough Shop’s Eighteenth Annual Holiday Extravaganza! (FRIDAY and SATURDAY NIGHT)[…]
SUNDAY MATINEE This year marks the 18th year that Rough Shop will be at the Focal Point to offer up their take on the holiday season! Find out why these shows have become an annual tradition for so many! It’s all there – the wonder, the longing, the joy, the beauty, the feeling of loneliness Read more about Rough Shop’s Eighteenth Annual Holiday Extravaganza! (SUNDAY MATINEE)[…]
Yes! They are back for their 6th'ish(?) Holiday season sing on our stage! So come one come all, we absolutely guarantee your complete satisfaction!! The Wee Heavies (Aaron Schiltz, Peter Merideth, Jay Harkey, and Steve Neale) started singing together in the Shaw Neighborhood of St. Louis in 2013. The mostly a cappella band has won Read more about The Wee Heavies’ Annual Holiday Sing[…]
This will be a quick return to The Focal Point for Mean Mary and she'll be bringing her brother Frank James along to perform together Sunday, December 10th, at 6PM (doors 5:30) Tickets $20 in advance. Please get your tickets early; we expect a sell-out show! Mary and Frank will be playing crowd favorites (such Read more about A Very Merry Mean Mary Christmas[…]
The Hot Club of St. Louis is an all-star line up of the city’s finest acoustic jazz musicians led by guitarist Joe Park. The group will perform many of the classics made famous by Django Reinhardt and the Hot Club of France as well as some of Park’s own original compositions. Rinn Netherton - violin Read more about The Hot Club of St. Louis[…]
Yes, you heard it right! Not only will this be Jake's Leg's 10th Annual Holiday Show at Focal Point but they will only be doing ONE show rather than the typical two, so get those tickets while the-get'ns good! Spanning the generations, Jake's Leg has been performing the music of The Grateful Dead for 48 Read more about Jake’s Leg’s 10th Annual Holiday Acoustic Dance Party (One Night Only!)[…]
Graham Curry is a bluegrass multi-instrumentalist born and raised in Missouri and has been playing since a young child. Graham specializes in flat-picking guitar, mandolin & fiddle and has a strong passion for traditional Bluegrass, American roots & world folk music. Graham, who splits his time between St.Louis and Nashville as an accomplished live & Read more about Graham Curry’s Birthday Bash with The Missouri Fury[…]
Hey folks! Ryan Koenig here. I’ll be having my annual last Saturday of the year show at the Focal Point again on December 30th. This year I’m going to feature the band that I (willingly) exhausted myself the most for in 2023, So Grand Polka Band! So Grand Polka Band is run by my constant Read more about Ryan Koenig Presents: So Grand Polka Band[…]
Enjoy an evening of 1920's & 30's jazz performed by some of it's finest practitioners from around the USA. Each member of this band is a multi-instrumentalist and bandleader in their respective cities of Chicago, New York, Cincinnati, Davenport and Austin, and each travel the world performing this energetic and entertaining style of music. The evening will include Read more about T.J. Muller’s All Star Jazz Band Ft. Andy Schumm, Matt Tolentino, Mike Davis, Josh Duffee & Colin Hancock[…]
Band leader Mitzi MacDonald says “The neatest thing about Keltic Reign is the evolution of the band. My kids cut their teeth listening to us play…and now they are playing.” It’s true, the house has been filled with Celtic music for many, many years. So which Keltic Reign are we talking about? …well, it is Read more about Keltic Reign RETURNS for their (mostly) Annual New Year Focal Point Concert[…]
Born and raised in Cape Girardeau, MO, Laka grew up singing in a small community Pentecostal church. The energetic self-proclaimed soul singer had performed at a variety of St. Louis venues with an acoustic duo or full band since 2016. Commonly referred to as dynamite, many are surprised by the power that her voice projects. Read more about Laka[…]
Kieran Kane’s seminal work in The O'Kanes and Kane, Welch, Kaplin, as well as co-founding the independent label Dead Reckoning Records, laid the foundation for the contemporary world of Americana music. A successful solo artist, collaborator, and songwriter (with songs recorded by Alan Jackson, John Prine, Emmylou Harris, and many more), Kieran is a musician's Read more about Kieran Kane and Rayna Gellert[…]
Buddy Mondlock writes songs. He does it so well that some great songwriters have recorded his songs on their own albums. Guy Clark, Nanci Griffith, and Janis Ian, to name just a few. You might’ve heard his song “The Kid” (recorded by David Wilcox, Peter, Paul and Mary and Cry, Cry, Cry) and maybe even Read more about Buddy Mondlock[…]
Sam Robbins will be returning for his third appearance at The Focal Point! He is often described as an "old soul singer songwriter." A Nashville based musician whose music evokes classic 70's singer songwriters like James Taylor and Neil Young, Sam adds a modern, upbeat edge to the storyteller troubadour persona. An avid performer, he Read more about Sam Robbins[…]
Los Angeles-based chanteuse/songwriter Jessica Fichot is a lot like her hometown of Paris: French at heart, but with a soul that's truly international. Drawing from her multi-ethnic French / Chinese / American upbringing, her music takes the listener on a twisting journey out of the French chanson tradition, into the land of 1940's Shanghai jazz, gypsy swing, international folk, and into the wilderness of her imagination. With Read more about Jessica Fichot Quartet (featuring Chloe Feoranzo)[…]