Far Out Bluegrass Showcase: Sandy Creek Pickers, Buffalo Galaxy, Avg Joey

Happy Heron Presents: Far Out Bluegrass Showcase featuring Sandy Creek Pickers, Buffalo Galaxy, Average Joey & The Rabble Rousers

Come out for a fun, genre-bending bluegrass showcase of one of the best regional bluegrass bands and two touring acts mixing classic, authentic picking bluegrass with new aged, psychedelic and punk infused bluegrass.

Date & Time: Monday, June 3rd, 2024

Music starts at 6:00 PM -- we know it's a Monday night, so we're starting early.

Venue: Dry Spokes - 1901 Leavenworth St, Omaha, NE 68102

Show is non-alcoholic, but still 18+ unless attended by an adult guardian.

Parking on-street on Leavenworth and 19th Street

Tickets $15 in advance. $20 day of show at the door. Nobody turned away for lack of funds.

Email [email protected] if you want to volunteer to help with checkin.

Bands are all paid a fair wage, but please also support them by buying merch!

The venue, Dry Spokes Craft Mocktail Lounge, is an intimate sober space featuring music, poetry, and lots of local art. Dry Spokes aims to "create social equity for those not consuming alcohol. It does not matter to us if it's just for the moment, for life, or anything in between. You're an adult and deserve a drink for the adult palette. Our mission is to offer quality alcohol-free options. We are a small operation but we are mighty." Learn more: https://www.dryspokes.com/

Sandy Creek Pickers: Authentic and called a "roaring good time," Sandy Creek Pickers is a six piece bluegrass band featuring multiple Winfield National Flatpicking and Fiddle Champions, John and Jason Shaw. The Sandy Creek Pickers are regulars on the bluegrass and old time music scene around the Omaha, Lincoln, and Western Iowa area.

Sandy Creek Pickers' Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/p/SANDY-CREEK-PICKERS-100063548558400/

Buffalo Galaxy: Deep Space, Light Speed, Bluegrass! Buffalo Galaxy is where heavy hitting psychedelia meets old timin’ bluegrass. Touring out of the Twin Cities in Minneapolis, Buffalo Galaxy has played hundreds shows around the US from the Rocky Mountains to the Blue Ridge Mountains including festivals Palisade Bluegrass Bash, Blue Ox Music Festival, AVL Fest, Summer's End Smoke Out & Porcupine Music Festival, and Shangri-La Music Festival.

Visit Buffalo Galaxy's Website & Check Out Their New Album: https://www.buffalogalaxy.com/

Average Joey & The Rabble Rousers: Touring out of the Hudson Valley in New York, Average Joey and the Rabble Rousers embodies deep roots in Appalachian folk and punk music. A unique mix of styles captures the feeling of those deep old rolling forests full of decay. Their new album, "Impermanence" was called "a sophisticated, well-orchestrated folk/punk album for the existential intellect that lies dormant in all of us." by It's Psychedelic Baby Magazine. Average Joey with his current band and previously Cousin Boneless, has toured the US, Europe, and Canada for nearly a decade playing everything from bars and small festivals to basements and abandoned bridges.

Watch and Listen at on Average Joey's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AverageJoey/featured

Email [email protected] with inquiries about the show or [email protected] with inquires about the venue. Space is wheelchair accessible. Volunteers work half of the show and get to attend the rest of the show for free.

Host or Publisher Happy Heron Presents