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Hailed by John Renbourn as ‘the best Celtic guitarist in the world’ Tony McManus  has been listed as one of the 50 transcendental guitarists of all time by Guitar Player Magazine. Conjuring a unique but universal language from that most ubiquitous of instruments, the acoustic guitar, Tony McManus has both extended and transcended the parameters Read more about Tony McManus with an opening set by The Bishops[…]

Legendary guitarist and voice of Nothin' but the Blues Ron Edwards will be honored in a special reunion show hosted by Brian Curran, Jon Erblich along with Ron’s longtime partner Bob Case! Other guests TBA. Come help us celebrate and honor Ron in this intimate setting!

$20 TICKETS at the DOOR CASH ONLY Focal Point presents the STL Songwriter’s Showcase. The showcase highlights St. Louis-based performers representing some of the best singer songwriters in the metropolitan area. You will get to learn about the stories behind the songs and hear the songs presented by their authors. Check out below for the Read more about St. Louis Songwriter’s Showcase[…]

Come one, come all, to Dixie D's Victory Canteen. This May, (on the 8th day to be exact) 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of VE Day, and victory of WWII in Europe. Dixie Denier is once again bringing a swinging celebration to the canteen marking this historic occasion. Come join us for a 1940s variety Read more about Dixie D’s Victory Canteen – A 1940s Immersive USO Show[…]

Due to a well-deserved success in their field, It's been several years since we've had the opportunity to book them, but Sparky and Rhonda have been coming to Focal Point for DECADES and we can't recommend them enough! When we decided to celebrate Focal Point's 50th anniversary with commemorative concerts they were amongst the top Read more about Focal Point’s 50th Anniversary Celebration featuring Sparky and Rhonda Rucker[…]

FRIDAY NIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT   These shows are a BIG deal. Martin and Eliza are both longtime friends, but that aside, contacting friends who rarely tour the USA and live 4000 miles from St.Louis (in England) and asking them to play Focal Point's 50th anniversary is quite the ask, but to our absolute delight and Read more about Focal Point’s 50th Anniversary Celebration featuring Martin & Eliza Carthy (Friday and Saturday Night)[…]

We're pleased to welcome back Compton & Newberry to the stage at Focal Point for an evening of old-time and early bluegrass music!   Mike Compton and Joe Newberry collaborate with a vision that is both modern and ageless, digging deep into early country music, blues, and other heartbeat sounds of traditional music.Their performances at home and abroad, Read more about Compton & Newberry (presented by Focal Point Friends of Old-Time Music)[…]

In the music of Charlie Parr, there is a sincere conviction and earnest drive to create. The Minnesota-born guitarist, songwriter, and interpreter of traditional music has released 19 albums over two decades and has been known to perform up to 275 shows a year. Parr is a folk troubadour in the truest sense: taking to Read more about Focal Point’s 50th Anniversary Celebration featuring Charlie Parr[…]

Paddy is an old friend who's been making the trip stateside for our listening pleasure for decades. While no one's quite sure how many such trips he's got left in him, we're thrilled to have him now!  Master Irish Uilleann piper and co-founder of the incomparable Bothy Band (who just had a successful reunion), Paddy Read more about Paddy Keenan[…]

Songbird Concerts is a St. Louis-based concert series with singer-songwriters performing their material in a stripped-down, intimate, in-the-round performance space, a format unique in STL. Come enjoy singer/songwriters Steve Dawson, Diane Christiansen, Marc Chechik, Monica Casey.

Multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Darrell Scott mines and cultivates the everyday moment, taking the rote, menial, mundane, and allowing it to be surreal, ever poignant, and candidly honest, lilting, blooming, and resonating. The words he fosters allow us to make sense of the world, what is at stake here, and our place in it. And ultimately, Read more about Darrell Scott[…]

Spanning the generations, Jake’s Leg has been performing the music of The Grateful Dead for 49 years. (That’s only 11-ish years less than the Dead played Dead themselves!) This will be an acoustic performance exploring the folkier roots of the Grateful Dead. The show will likely not be the perfectly silent listening room experience we Read more about Focal Point’s 50th Anniversary Celebration with Jake’s Leg’s Summertime Acoustic Dance Party[…]

Todd Albright is a country blues, twelve string guitar player and vocalist based in Detroit, Michigan. Grounded in the pre-war era of the blues tradition (1880-1939), Todd is a mindful purveyor of blues history. His repertoire upholds musical pillars such as Blind Willie McTell, George Carter, Blind Lemon Jefferson and Leadbelly. His life’s work continues Read more about Todd Albright[…]

Greg Pacini is a retired psychotherapist of 44 years and author of two books born of his work with the chronically and terminally ill. He began writing songs almost 50 years ago, the first just before leaving Pecos Benedictine monastery in 1977.  Three of Greg's albums have received airplay. If you like CSNY, Ritchie Havens, Joni Mitchell, Read more about Greg Pacini[…]

TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR A farewell performance by St. Louis' own multi-instrumentalist and composer, Drogo.  Featuring top-tier guest musicians as the Delicacies: Parker Volland (Mother Meat), Jess Adkins (Opera Bell Band, The Goldenrods, So Grand Polka Band), and Rick Vaughn (Baś Drogo). The ensemble will consist of marimba, vibraphone, guitar, stand-up bass, accordion, piano, Read more about A Drogo’s Farewell[…]

Beth Bombara:   Beth is a Focal Point favorite based in St. Louis, who loves taking her music coast to coast and beyond.  It’s not that it’s retro, really, but there is something of a different era about her music – it has an earnestness to it, an organic depth that feels natural and easy.  Read more about Beth Bombara and Sam Golden with special guests Minor Gold[…]

St Louis Irish Arts is thrilled to host students and teachers from Music Generation Clare based in Ennis, Ireland at our annual Summer Camp. Join us for a celebration of musical connections and friendships at Focal Point on Saturday, June 14th where SLIA and MGC students will perform together and showcase what they have collaborated on Read more about St Louis Irish Arts & Music Generation Clare Students in Concert Together[…]

Focal Point is proud to welcome Hiroya Tsukamoto back to St.Louis! Hiroya is an innovative guitarist and composer who fuses folk, jazz and world music into a complicated web of fingerstyle wonder. Born and raised in Japan, in 2000 he received a scholarship to Berklee College of music and came to the U.S.   Tsukamoto’s Read more about Hiroya Tsukamoto[…]

Rupert Wates is returning to The Focal Point!  He has captivated our audience in the past with his superb guitar work and poignant lyrics, and we're excited to have him back. Rupert was born in London and studied at Oxford University. He began his full-time songwriting career in the late 1990s after signing a publishing deal with Read more about Rupert Wates[…]

Al Scorch grew up in Chicago, with its storied history of corrupt power at the top and righteous fighters and big dreamers at the bottom. From the town that gave the world characters like Studs Terkel, Upton Sinclair, and the anarchists in Bughouse Square, Scorch adds his voice to the choir with the enthusiasm and Read more about Al Scorch[…]

The Tillers have been creating their own distinctive sound of string band style folk music for over a decade, riding it all over the country and across the sea. Four studio albums and one live record have won them praise as modern folk storytellers of the national soundscape. The Tillers got their start in August Read more about The Tillers[…]

Joe, Rinn, Paul, and Joey play the music of John, Paul, George, and Ringo. 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 usually performs many of the classics made famous by Django Reinhardt and the Hot Club of Read more about The Hot Club of St. Louis Plays The Beatles: Presented by Focal Point Friends of Traditional Jazz Blues & Ragtime[…]

One More Dollar Band: An evening of contemporary string band music from the Ozarks   After more than five years as a trio, One More Dollar has honed its craft and reputation of a rockin’ roots based folk music group traveling all over the Midwest. Coming from their home base of Springfield Missouri, near the Read more about One More Dollar[…]

Hunter Peebles is a singer/songwriter from Southern Illinois, currently based out of St. Louis, MO, that blends his heavy influences in country and roots music to produce a sound and style unique to his character. His greater influences are singers like George Jones and writers like John Prine. His most recent full band release, Volume Read more about Hunter Peebles and the Moonlighters[…]

St.Louis’ (as well as St.Charles’) own goofballs of the midwest are doing a reunion! Expect masterful musicianship, ridiculous parodies, goats on wheels, ballads of love, love of weed, love of truckers, love of small brains, love of weed, love of women, love of canned goods, love of friends and most importantly love of weed! We Read more about Jim Findlay’s Colin Sphinctor Band[…]

Gypsy Girl: “Mean” Mary James, youngest of six children, was born in Geneva, Alabama, though her family lived in Florida, a couple miles below the Alabama line. Her mom (author, Jean James) and dad (WWII veteran, William James) lived a very nomadic lifestyle. On one occasion they packed up the family (Mary was four at Read more about Mean Mary[…]

There is a point in certain musicians’ careers where their music begins to be recognized for its influence on others. At that point, they cease to be part of the crowd, but rather, the standard to build upon. The duo Switchback, has become such a standard, with critical recognition of their contribution to Celtic and Read more about Switchback[…]

Once again local band leader T.J. Muller has assembled an Avengers worthy team of internationally renowned jazz musicians to perform for one night only! The band includes leading experts in 1920's jazz performance such as Andy Schumm (Chicago), Andrew Oliver (Portland), Colin Hancock (Austin) and Hal Smith (Searcy). The evening will also include a demonstration Read more about T.J. Muller’s All Star Jazz Band[…]

Step into a world of soul-stirring lyrics and dreamy melodies with Posey Lulu, an emerging singer-songwriter whose music feels like a heartfelt conversation wrapped in the strum of a guitar and the echo of a harmonica. Known for her poetic storytelling and enchanting sound, Posey creates an intimate musical experience that lingers long after the Read more about Posey Lulu with special guest Walter Parks[…]

Focal Point Friends of Old-Time Music present The Stones River Reelers for the very first time at Focal Point. The Stones River Reelers are a P-E-D-I-G-R-E-E-D old-time band from down in Sunny Tennessee. Hitch up the Mules. They'll provide that century-old music without any of the ailments. Fifteen strings, twenty reeds, and good cleanish humor Read more about Stones River Reelers: Presented by Focal Point Friends of Old-Time Music[…]

If you’re looking to be impressed, you will be – if you’re looking to make a friend, you already have. Darren Nicholson, who has played mountain music since his youth in Western North Carolina, is a high-caliber musician with substantial contributions to such acts as Alecia Nugent and Balsam Range.   Yes, he’s a punchy Read more about Darren Nicholson Band[…]

The Midwestern Harvesters - Lynn "Chirps" Smith (fiddle), Fred Campeau (banjo, Hawaiian guitar), and Jim Nelson (guitar) - have been playing together for over four decades, beginning with their long association with the Volo Bogtrotters. During those years these guys have forged an intuitive musical bond that brings out the best of each of them Read more about The Midwestern Harvesters[…]

Alan Sibley is a multi-instrumentalist, Bluegrass/Gospel singer and host of The Bluegrass Trail, a nationally televised music series on RFD-TV. Growing up in rural Mississippi, music was always a part of the Sibley home. Many of Alan’s earliest memories are of listening to his mother play the piano and accordion while singing some of the Read more about Alan Sibley & The Magnolia Ramblers[…]

Songbird Concerts is a St. Louis-based concert series with singer-songwriters performing their material in a stripped-down, intimate, in-the-round performance space, a format unique in STL. Come enjoy singer/songwriters Chris Shepherd, Hunter Peebles, Shanna in a Dress, and Miki P.

The Blue Canyon Boys are equal parts purists and innovators when it comes to Bluegrass: they stay true to the form’s roots while constantly reimagining their relationship to tradition. The result is a toe-tapping mix of haunting standards, genre-bending arrangements, and catchy original numbers—all built on the bedrock of their collective bluegrass mastery. Ever since Read more about The Blue Canyon Boys – High Octane Colorado Bluegrass (Focal Point Friends of Old-Time Music)[…]

We are happy to get country and folk singer Jack Grelle "out of retirement" and back on stage at the Focal Point!  Over the past few years Jack has been teaching and traveling, but now he is ready to perform music again!  Backed by his longtime side man Ryan Koenig, Jack will play some old Read more about Jack Grelle and Ryan Koenig[…]

Several years back, during one of our multi-artist showcases celebrating the annual World Accordion Day, a patron who had heard about the performance through the grapevine appeared with accordion in hand and requested a time slot. Though the slots were all pre-filled, we just couldn’t say no to his enthusiasm (and alluring accent). We extended Read more about Accordion Virtuoso Sergey Tsukhai[…]

John Batdorf has been performing regularly at The Focal Point for many years.  He is a singer-songwriter solo artist and one half of Las Vegas Rock and Roll Hall Of Famers folk-rock duo Batdorf & Rodney and 70’s hit band Silver whose hit song Wham Bam became a part of the Guardians Of The Galaxy Read more about John Batdorf[…]

The Tropicales featuring Mireya Ramos bring a 1950's Caribbean hotel party to life with torrid horns, tropical rhythms and infectious grooves. With a nod to New Orleans’ history as the northernmost port of the Caribbean, the Tropicales perform music from Trinidad, and Jamaica, Venezuela, Martinique and Guadeloupe, and other destinations along the archipelago. Scorching tropicalia, Read more about Charlie Halloran and The Tropicales featuring Mireya Ramos[…]

We're pleased to welcome back Lil Rev and special guest Ray Cygrymus. Join Wisconsin's Award-winning Folk Artist for an enjoyable evening of songs, stories, poetry and American folklore performed on ukulele, guitar, harmonica, mandolin and dulcimer. Expect a joyful evening of old time, blues, folk, bluegrass, celtic, and rev's rooted originals. Joining Rev as a Read more about Lil Rev with special guest Ray Cygrymus[…]

Three like minded musicians; Brian Curran, Dave Black and John Higgins, join together once again to showcase the guitar!  Each of these fine players is unique in their own way and together they will blend their skills for a night of music to be remembered!

Songbird Concerts is a St. Louis-based concert series with singer-songwriters performing their material in a stripped-down, intimate, in-the-round performance space, a format unique in STL. Come enjoy singer/songwriters Maxwell Landry, James Ibur, Karen Choi, and Amber Skies.

Saturday Night Sunday Matinee Join us for a 50th anniversary to remember with the  one and only Tannahill Weavers!! Traditional Celtic music at its best! With fire-driven instrumentals and songs, haunting ballads and a good dose of humour, the Tannahill Weavers have transformed traditional Scottish material and brought it into the modern world, vitally alive Read more about Focal Point’s 50th Anniversary Celebration featuring Scotland’s own Tannahill Weavers! (Saturday Night and Sunday Matinee)[…]

Special Consensus, marking its 50th anniversary in 2025, continues to deliver a vibrant contemporary bluegrass sound deeply rooted in tradition. The band released a brand-new album, Been All Around This World, on the Nashville-based Compass Records label in June, 2025. Led by founder Greg Cahill, a recipient of the prestigious International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Read more about The Special Consensus[…]

Ethan Leinwand is a St. Louis based pianist who is recognized around the world as a leading exponent of barrelhouse blues. A student of the music and its rich history, his one-of-a-kind repertoire stretches from ragtime to boogie-woogie, and tells the story of blues piano.   Ethan, who moved to St. Louis in 2014, is Read more about Ethan Leinwand: Solo Piano Concert presented by Jackson Pianos[…]

Andy Irvine is one of the great Irish singers, his voice one of a handful of truly great ones that gets to the very soul of Ireland. He has been hailed as "a tradition in himself." Musician, singer and songwriter, Andy has maintained his highly individual performing skills throughout his over 55-year career. From Sweeney's Men in Read more about Andy Irvine[…]

October of 2025 is Ensemble Galilei’s 35th anniversary and while coral and jade are beautiful (think wedding anniversary) instead of gussying up, we are releasing a two CD set, playing everywhere we can, and doubling down on our guiding principles. Play music that excites you. Put the very best people in the room. Leave it all on Read more about Ensemble Galilei[…]

Beppe Gambetta is a guitarist, composer and folk singer who is inspired by roots music from both sides of the Ocean. A virtuoso of the acoustic Flatpicking style, he is an ambassador of art who, for more than four decades, continues to amaze us with the uniqueness and originality of his projects fueled by the curiosity Read more about Beppe Gambetta with special guest Hayes Griffin – Terra Madre[…]

"A Mongol without a horse is like a bird without wings." That proverb comes close to articulating the importance of horses in Mongolia, whose people are outnumbered by its horses. Were it not for horses, Mongolian/American folk-fusion trio Tuvergen Band (“galloping” in Mongolian) may not exist, either. Tamir Hargana (lead vocals, folk lutes, morin khuur), Read more about Tuvergen Band[…]

Songbird Concerts is a St. Louis-based concert series with singer-songwriters performing their material in a stripped-down, intimate, in-the-round performance space, a format unique in STL. Come enjoy singer/songwriters JJ Loui, Kip Loui, Mattie Schell, and Gerard Erker.

Daniel Neihoff bio:   That songwriters come from the western Kentucky clan of Neihoffs is a surprise to no one aware of the land and family. In number and colorfulness, there aren’t many rivals. But few have natural storytelling and melody baked in quite as thoroughly as in Daniel Neihoff. Born in Texas and raised Read more about Daniel Neihoff with Ryan Biter[…]

Fiddle and harp duet, Eimear Arkins and Eileen Gannon are excited to release their debut duet album, The Belles of St. Louis. Eimear and Eileen have been lighting up the music scene in St. Louis and beyond for almost a decade and have toured extensively together. This album is a celebration of musical friendship, and a Read more about Eimear Arkins and Eileen Gannon “The Belles of St. Louis” Album Release[…]

Chicago Farmer has quickly become a Focal Point favorite with his witty banter and excellent songwriting. The son of a small town farming community, Cody Diekhoff logged plenty of highway and stage time under the name Chicago Farmer before settling in the city in 2003. Profoundly inspired by fellow midwesterner John Prine, he’s a working-class folk Read more about Chicago Farmer[…]

Established in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, Palmyra captures the collective spirit of three Virginia natives: Teddy Chipouras, Mānoa Bell, and Sasha Landon. Palmyra straddles at least two musical worlds. They are, on one hand, a band from the South that plays traditional instruments and indeed once lived in the old-time locus of Floyd, Virginia. Comparisons to Read more about Palmyra: Still Restless Tour[…]

$20 TICKETS at the DOOR CASH ONLY Focal Point presents the STL Songwriter’s Showcase. The showcase highlights St. Louis-based performers representing some of the best singer songwriters in the metropolitan area. You will get to learn about the stories behind the songs and hear the songs presented by their authors.

Step aside, Edgar Allen Poe. This Halloween Eve, The Opera Bell Band returns with a special performance of their very own Gothic masterpiece: the Tragedy at Point Peak — a bone-curdling, blood-chilling tale in which five merry balladeers foolishly embark to the top of a haunted mountain for an evening of campfire songs. As the Read more about The Opera Bell Band Presents the Tragedy at Point Peak[…]

Moon Island is an eclectic ensemble that was formed in the early 90s by multi instrumentalist Sandy Weltman, guitarist Dave Black, vocalist & pianist Beth Tuttle and bassist Mike Tiefenbrun!   Those who were around the St. Louis area during the 90s, might remember their weekly residency at Riddle’s Penultimate in the University City Loop! Read more about Moon Island[…]

Come celebrate the annual international uilleann piping day at the Focal Point. This concert features Nicolas Brown, an internationally recognized uilleann piper who has performed, taught workshops, given lectures, and played at venues and festivals throughout Canada, the United States, and Ireland. Nicolas Brown is “an excellent piper” and one of a “who’s who of Read more about International Uilleann Piping Day featuring Nicolas Brown[…]

Kentucky Music Hall of Fame members and recipients of the International Bluegrass Music Association's Distinguished Achievement Award, the McLain Family Band are internationally known as one of the most spontaneous, creative, and spirited groups performing original and traditional bluegrass music. Since 1968, they have performed in all 50 states – and 64 countries during 15 Read more about Focal Point Friends of Old-Time Music present the McLain Family Band[…]

Recently inducted to the East Tennessee Writers Hall of Fame, fiery roots-rock singer/songwriter Scott Miller returned to his native Virginia to tend the family farm while continuing to release and perform new music informed by that rural area, history, and Appalachia. The Staunton native first made a name for himself in the 90s as guitarist, Read more about Scott Miller[…]

Combining three members of the world-class St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and three of the St. Louis region’s finest jazz musicians, The 442s are a genre-defying acoustic sextet named for the modern standard tuning of 442 Hz! Brought together by the innovative and inspired compositions of Adam Maness, who plays piano, guitar, accordion, melodica and glockenspiel Read more about The 442s[…]

Join T.J. Muller and his all-star line up of world-class traditional jazz musicians for a tribute to Louis Armstrong's Hot Five recordings of the 1920's. The band will feature Dave Kosmyna on cornet (Toledo), Andy Schumm on clarinet (Chicago), T.J. Muller on trombone (St. Louis), Steve Pistorius on piano (New Orleans) & Alex Belhaj on banjo (Ann Arbor).

Larry & Joe is the duo of Joropo maestro Larry Bellorín (Monagas, Venezuela) and GRAMMY-nominated bluegrass and oldtime star Joe Troop (Winston-Salem, North Carolina). These two virtuosic multi-instrumentalists fuse their respective Venezuelan and Appalachian folk traditions on the harp, banjo, cuatro, fiddle, upright bass, guitar, and maracas to prove that music has no borders. Their Read more about Larry & Joe[…]

Shades of Green celebrates the life and music of St. Louis jazz icon Grant Green, one of the most distinctive guitar voices in jazz history. Born in St. Louis in 1935, Green began playing professionally as a teenager in local clubs, drawing deeply from gospel, blues, and swing. In the early 1960s, he became a Read more about Shades of Green – A Tribute To Grant Green – Featuring The Joe Park Quintet[…]

Skylar Townsend (Finan) is releasing her long anticipated debut record, ‘Hit The Ground Runnin’!  Recorded in 2024 and 2025 at Holiday Heart Studio in South St. Louis, the record produced by Skylar, Sam Golden, and Ryan Koenig features an all-star line up of beloved St Louis players that bring Skylar’s original material and style to Read more about Skylar Townsend’s Record Release Show[…]

Get ready for a night of hot jazz, swinging blues, and pure St. Louis energy as Miss Jubilee (aka Valerie Kirchhoff) takes the stage at The Focal Point! Known for her joyful and high-spirited performances, Miss Jubilee brings the music of the 1920s and ’30s roaring back to life — from blues to hokum to Read more about Miss Jubilee and The Bluebird Rhythm Kings presented by Focal Point Friends of Traditional Jazz, Blues & Ragtime[…]

The Focal Point Friends of Old-Time Music are happy to welcome back our old friend Bob Bovee as part of our 50th Anniversary Celebration series. Bob has been a regular performer at the Focal Point for nearly all 50 years of our existence. He is a native Nebraskan who grew up in a family that Read more about Focal Point’s 50th Anniversary with Bob Bovee & Ryan Koenig[…]

For over a decade, Rum Drum Ramblers have bridged the gap between pre-war string band country blues and post-war city blues, with a blend of deep-welled influences, instrumental prowess, and raw feeling. Mat Wilson (guitar, vocals), Ryan Koenig (harmonica, washboard, mandolin, fiddle, vocals), and Joey Glynn (upright bass) have recorded two studio albums and have Read more about Rum Drum Ramblers[…]

Cindy Kallet and Grey Larsen, each well-known and loved for their decades of music making, have spent well over a decade and a half in a joyful musical collaboration. Cindy is a superb singer, guitarist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Grey is one of America’s finest players of the Irish flute and tin whistle, as well as Read more about Cindy Kallet and Grey Larsen[…]

Jontavious Willis is resolved in his mission: to reinvigorate today’s Blues with the spirit of the past. Inspired by a time when the Blues were plentiful and rhythm reigned supreme, Jontavious leverages his unique sound—a synthesis of his Georgia heritage and reverence for traditional Blues—to get the world dancing again. A Grammy-nominated musician and songwriter, Read more about Jontavious Willis[…]

Roy St. John began playing folk clubs in England in the 1960s, after a stint of toting guitars with his school friend John Renbourn. After a few years with the River Bottom Band, he went electric and became a well-known and highly respected leader of a pub-rock band in London. Singles and albums on Virgin Read more about Rocky & The Wranglers[…]

Friday Night Saturday Night Sunday Matinee   Want to bring in the holidays in grand style? If so, we have the shows for you! This year marks the 20th(!) anniversary of the Rough Shop Holiday Extravaganza.   In addition to the usual eleven-piece line-up, we will have different special guests from past extravaganzas joining us Read more about 20th Annual Rough Shop Holiday Extravaganza! (Friday Night, Saturday Night, and Sunday Matinee)[…]

  Unfortunately this tour had been postponed. More details to come about a reschedule.

Spanning the generations, Jake’s Leg has been performing the music of The Grateful Dead for nearly 50 years. This will be an acoustic performance exploring the folkier roots of the Grateful Dead. The show will likely not be the perfectly silent listening room experience we are known for, however we promise that it will be Read more about Jake’s Leg Annual Holiday Acoustic Show[…]

Hey folks, Ryan here, and all I got for Xmas was sick!  For the sake of the show and all involved we're going to reschedule and refund the existing tickets. The new show date will be announced soon!

St. Louis-based Graham Curry & the Missouri Fury are back at The Focal Point for their annual show in celebration of Graham's birthday. Missouri Fury plays traditional bluegrass music with an added modern twist. The band is led by flatpicker and vocalist Graham Curry, and includes Sam Aubochan on mandolin and vocals, Will Miskall on Read more about Graham Curry and Missouri Fury[…]

Join T.J. Muller and his All Star Jazz Band on January 3rd for an incredible evening of traditional jazz featuring some of the USA's finest practitioners of the style! Dave Kosmyna (Toledo) on cornet, Andy Schumm (Chicago) on clarinet, Riley Baker (Los Angeles) on trombone, Kris Tokarski (New Orleans) on piano, Matt Tolentino (Cincinnati) on Read more about T.J. Muller and his All Star Jazz Band[…]

Oklahoma-born, Texas-reared, and now living in New Orleans, multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter Mark Rubin is an unabashed Southern Jew, known equally for his muscular musicianship and larger-than-life persona that has earned him the respect of legends of the industry. Over an accomplished 40+ year career, he has accompanied or produced a virtual who’s-who of powerful, authentic American traditional Read more about Mark Rubin – Jew of Oklahoma[…]