Schedule of Events
QCB / Leo Coffeehouse 2024-2025 season
NEXT UP AT THE LEO COFFEEHOUSE
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MAY 4, 2025
PERFORMANCES 6:40 - 9:00 PM
1ST SET MIKE BOERSCHIG
Mike has roamed to festivals and pubs to find songs and stories to lift people up. He performs them in his own unique style. The rhymes and the rhythms will make you smile.
2ND SET CHARLIE MOSBROOK www.charliemosbrook.com
Few people have been as central to Cleveland’s music. His turf is acoustic singer/songwriter/folk music. He has performed for 30 years, releasing albums, collaborating with and encouraging other artists, and hosting open mic nights. He’s an artist teacher with Roots of American Music and president of FARM and Folknet. Through countless charities and events that advocate for human rights and environmental action, Charlie uses his music as a vehicle for a better world.
3RD SET BUTCH ROSS
Chattanooga multi-instrumentalist and mountain dulcimer maestro Butch Ross has tackled everything from Radiohead to Bach and come away with a renewed appreciation for what the humble dulcimer is capable of. No genre is off-limits, nor is there a limit to what Ross has envisioned for this specific instrument. It is his groundbreaking and iconoclastic approach that caused ukulele-virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro to comment, "Now I know what a dulcimer is supposed to sound like."
BEFORE THE LEO
3:00 PM 1ST SUNDAY RISE UP SINGING
Tell all your friends and bring the kids! Everyone picks songs from Rise Up Singing and Rise Again song books which are available to purchase or to use in the circle. The incredible Al Wauligman will lead us on the piano.
4:15 PM Back to Basics workshop
For anyone who wants to refine their technique, and share their experience with others. Newcomers are encouraged to come. Easy chords and transitions…. plus easy tempo and strumming are the focus of this group.
5:15 PM Patriots and Protesters led by CHARLIE MOSBROOK
Let’s unite and heal our communities through song! Protest songs point to injustice and challenge us to make things better. Patriotic songs celebrate the best in our communities and draw us together. Like Woody Guthrie, Charlie uses his music to make a better world through programs that advocate for human rights and environmental action.
5:15 PM Open Jam
Anyone can bring songs to lead in the circle while others provide backup and harmony.
Performances now start promptly at 6:40 pm
Season Schedule:
MAY 11, 2025
PERFORMANCES 6:40 - 9:00 PM
1ST SET QCB SONGFARMERS
QCB members who attended the SongFarmers Annual Gathering will strut some of the stuff they learned at the gathering.
2ND SET DAN & FAITH www.danandfaith.com
Dan and Faith are an award-winning, New England-based husband and wife singer-songwriter duo who describe their music as dream-inspired folk. Daniel Senie (guitar, banjo, harmonica, vocals) and Faith Senie (mandolin, bass guitar, dulcimer, ukulele, vocals) tap into dreams and everyday life in crafting their original songs. The duo has just released their sixth album, Who We Are.
3RD SET OXFORD FOLK JAZZ https://www.facebook.com/oxfordfolkjazz
Oxford Folk Jazz quintet performs an eclectic mix of jazz, blues, American standards and musical selections from around the world. Composed of Zach Davis, Jim Dynes, Frank Fitch, Fred Hautau and Lara Thurston, the band presents up tempo, rhythm centric arrangements that invigorate the spirit.
BEFORE THE LEO
5:15 PM Songwriters Collaborative led by DAN AND FAITH SENIE
Come and share your songs with other songwriters for encouragement and friendly critiques.
Dan and Faith will offer their unique perspective on songwriting.
5:15 PM Open Jam
Anyone can bring songs to lead in the circle while others provide backup and harmony.
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MAY 18, 2025
PERFORMANCES 6:40 - 9:00 PM
SINGING CREECH SISTERS & COUSIN CLEM
This performance is part of their MANDATORY PUBLIC SERVICE TOUR after being released from the Leavenworth Home for Wayward Women, where they served time for showing their garters. Corrina (Cheryl McKinney), Cassandra (Alana Johnson), Eula Mae (Cynthia McCarthy), and Clementine (Chris Bieri) will be accompanied on bass by Cousin Clem (Dick Males).
SELDOM THE SAME
a group of retirees who share Americana music. Dean Vamvas, lead vocalist, plays guitar, mandolin, banjo and harmonica. Tom McDonald is our primary harmonica and mountain dulcimer player. Vocalist Tom Laskey also plays lead guitar and percussion. Dave Martin supplies keyboard, fiddle and Dobro and sings. Dave Sanders plays cello, acoustic guitar, banjo and sings both lead and harmony. Karen Shrock plays guitar and provides both lead and harmony vocals.
JOLLY OLD HAWK–Mke Oberst and Justine Cefalu
Tradition meets innovation when Cincinnati's genre-spanning veterans of folk scenes Mike Oberst and Justine Cefalu team up. Oberst- a multi-instrumentalist, singer/songwriter and founding member of the Tillers- has spent years crafting a unique style of balladry with clawhammer banjo, guitar, tin whistle and uilleann pipes, blending time-honored tradition with punk rock energy. Cefalu- accomplished fiddler of Québécois, Irish, and old-time American styles brings her vast repertoire and background of language study for a rich performance experience. Together, the duo brings a vibrant mix of warm, fluent and playful tones, rhythms and harmonies for a set sure to enthrall traditional enthusiasts and general music lovers alike.
BEFORE THE LEO
5:15 PM MIKE OBERST leads a clawhammer banjo workshop
5:15 PM GUITAR ROUNDTABLE Workshop Mike Helm leads this forum for players of any skill level to exchange ideas so we can all make better music together. Bring a question, share a tip. Learn a new lick or chord. Gain a new perspective, share your own with us. Enrich your guitar experience.
5:15 PM Open Jam
Anyone can bring songs to lead in the circle while others provide backup and harmony.
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MAY 25, 2025
YEAR END POTLUCK AND MIC-LESS OPEN MIC
5:15 - 6:45 PM Potluck
Bring a dish to share.
Plates, utensils and cups provided.
6:30 PM Sign up for Open Mic
7:00 - 9:00 PM Open Mic
Time limit will depend on the number of performers
Sound system will not be set up
7:00 - 9:00 PM Song Circle upstairs
