West Art Welcomes Goodnight Moonshine w/ special guest Jessica Smucker!

This is going to be grand! The evocative voice and songwriting of Molly Ventner, combined with the adventurous guitar work of virtuoso Eben Pariser creates the perfect music to settle into on a chilly December evening. And what better setting for Goodnight Moonshine's music than the Sanctuary - the beautifully intimate listening room on the second floor of West Art. We're also thrilled to welcome Jessica Smucker to the stage, a talented and prolific Lancaster-based songwriter! Grab a friend, order your tickets, & come spend the evening with us!

What to expect at the show:

>> Doors will open at 7. The show will start at 7:30.

>> Tickets are $20 in advance, and $25 at the door if not sold out.

>> As always, we’re proud to present an all-ages show with discounted tickets available for students.

>> We will have beer from Our Town Brewery for sale, along with a few non-alcoholic options. This is not BYOB.

>> Parking may be available in the small lot across the street. Beyond that, there’s parking available around Buchanan Park and F&M College in the blocks surrounding West Art.

>> Seating: This will be a seated show with some standing room.

>> Our space is ADA accessible, and we will do our best to accommodate any specific needs.

>> Please note that all ticket sales are final. Thank you for supporting great music!

BIO:

Goodnight Moonshine is a guitar and vocal duet, and a musical marriage in all senses. The Duo combines the evocative voice and songwriting of Molly Venter, with Eben Pariser’s adventurous guitar playing. The result is folk music with a depth of improvisation and tonal subtlety usually reserved for jazz.

Molly is well known for her sublime singing in the prominent female-vocal-group Red Molly, while Eben cut his teeth as a street performer in New York City, playing guttural music of New Orleans with his band Roosevelt Dime.

Molly’s enviable voice, which can be called both “biker-chick smoky” (New Haven Register), and “like silk” (American Songwriter Magazine), has taken her career to highlights including Tønder Festival in Denmark, Kate Wolf Fest in CA, and multiple placements on television and film. In Goodnight Moonshine she is in full force as a songwriter. Her trance-induced stream-of-consciousness writing style results in compositions that probe the depths of her inner experience. Her hit song “Hold It All”, recorded with Red Molly and performed regularly with Goodnight Moonshine, questions the meaning of life, and grapples with acceptance, with honesty and heart usually reserved for literary writers- which she also is- she writes a weekly column on Patreon.com

Starting as a blues guitarist in his teens, Eben’s imagination was quickly captured by classic jazz, which he studied at the Oberlin Conservatory. “Pariser’s harmonic sensibilities are wide, imaginative” (NPR), and his career has involved singing lead and playing bass with Roosevelt Dime, playing drums and being musical director of Red Molly- but it is his love of jazz and improvising on display in Goodnight Moonshine. A natural producer, Eben has 8 studio records under his belt for himself and other artists, and recently launched the new record label, Equitone Records.

Host or Publisher West Art Community Center