Society Hall Welcomes Back Alexa Wildish With Sadie Gustafson-Zook!

Name: Society Hall Welcomes Back Alexa Wildish With Sadie Gustafson-Zook!
Start: 2026-04-18T19:30:00-06:00
Location: 400 Ross Ave, Alamosa, CO, United States, Colorado 81101

Schedule

Sat, 18 Apr, 2026 at 07:30 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

400 Ross Ave, Alamosa, CO, United States, Colorado 81101 | Alamosa, CO

Society Hall, at 400 Ross Avenue in Alamosa, is excited to welcome back well-known Denver area singer-songwriter Alexa Wildish, who will share the bill with her friend and touring Minnesota-based singer-songwriter Sadie Gustafson-Zook, on Saturday, April 18th. Doors will open at 6:30 pm with the show beginning at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $20 and are available at the link below or in Alamosa at The Green Spot, 711 State Avenue. The concert will also stream live on the Society Hall Facebook page and You-Tube channel.
Alexa grew up in a musical family in the horse country of Southern California, where her father collected vintage guitars. She began studying classical voice when she was seven, and she attended the Orange County School of the Arts and Elon University, where she delved into musical theater.
At age 17, however, an entirely different musical spark was ignited when she saw The Wailin’ Jennys open for Nickel Creek, and she took the hard-left turn from musical theater to Americana. She had been on her way to Broadway, but the lure of performing original material was strong.
As she says about her change of focus: “Musical theater’s be-honest-and-tell-the-truth training taught me how to tell other people’s stories as if they were my own. But because they weren’t my own, there was no real passion.” Nowadays, Alexa’s live performances of her original songs signal the advent of a major new voice in folk, with passion to spare – with Taste of Country writing, “Alexa Wildish has been steadily building herself a reputation of being a soulful and deeply emotional artist.”
Before the pandemic changed everything, Alexa had auditioned in 2019 for The Voice, wanting to increase her visibility as a singer. As a songwriter, she was equally ambitious, submitting her work to Planet Bluegrass competitions that resulted in her taking home first place in 2019 at Rocky Mountain Folks Festival. With her unique command of vocals, guitar, and octave mandolin, Alexa traveled to Nashville just before COVID shut down the country to record her self-titled debut EP, released in 2020.
Alexa Wildish’s new EP, After Love, released on September 27, 2024, comes after her celebrated run as a contestant on NBC’s The Voice in 2023. Her appearance on The Voice was a life-changing event for Wildish, who released her self-titled debut EP of original music in early 2020. While her performances on the show were watched by millions of viewers, behind the scenes, Wildish was on a journey of profound self-discovery and vulnerability, one in which she honed her craft as a stellar vocalist and showcased her talent in the art of conveying what is at the heart of a song.
Sadie Gustafson-Zook’s songs have been endorsed by some of the most respected songwriting contests in the country, winning Kerrville Folk Festival’s 2022 New Folk Contest (as well as placing as a finalist in 2020), earning second place at the Rocky Mountain Folk Fest’s Songwriter Showcase, and winning first place at the NewSong + LEAF Songwriting Contest. Sadie has been featured on the Basic Folk podcast and on Folk Alley.
On Sadie’s May 2024 album “Where I Wanna Be,” she takes the listener along on an intimate journey as Sadie decides where to call home. Recorded on an 8-track reel to reel, this stripped-down album isn’t hiding behind anything. Over the course of 10 delightful tracks the listener gains insights into Sadie’s middle school crushes on gay boys, a desire to call the weatherman to ask for some guidance, and the nerve-wracking experience of meeting your idols and feeling small. Throughout the album Sadie’s agile vocals and intricate guitar playing shine while her thoughtful lyrics capture the immensity of potential and the complexity of history that emerge during times of life transition.
Following closely on the heels of “Where I Wanna Be” is Sadie’s fall 2024 EP entitled “What I Pushed Below,” releasedNovember 13th, 2024.
The board of Society Hall, a 501c-3 non-profit organization, invites you to another wonderful musical evening of great voices and great songs with Alexa Wildish and Sadie Gustafson-Zook, Saturday, April 18th at 7:30 pm. Doors will open at 6:30. Tickets are $20.00 and are available at the link below or in Alamosa at the Green Spot at 711 State Ave. Society Hall – Where Community Celebrates!