SCHOOL'S OUT

NJ-based Ortolan will take the stage at 8:15pm August 14. They're hot off rave reviews at SXSW and a European tour.

First off, I must say congratulations to the newly-engaged Scott McEwen and Erin Hollenbeck. Scott founded the concerts and Brewster Productions with Harry and me several years back, and Erin is always helping out with the shows and being all around awesome. We’re all very happy for the two lovebirds, and you should be too.

Now onto the big FREE music festival we’re putting on this Saturday. When I say big, I mean real big. We’ve got 9 bands. The headliner Ortolan just finished their first European tour, and is hot of rave reviews at South By Southwest in Austin, TX this year. The eight local bands sharing the stage with them are an incredible bunch themselves, including: Emma Ate the Lion, Doug Ratner & the Watchmen, Boston & Bosco, The Okay Win, BarRoom Heroes, Pride of the Atlantic (with guys from the Widescreen Edition), One Way Karma, and The Hiding Spot. Go to the Schoolhouse Rock page for all the links and even more info: http://brewsterproductions.com/concertseries/schedule/schoolhouse-rock/

If the incredible amount of awesome independent music from cool young local bands wasn’t enough, there’s going to be a GUITAR RAFFLE! Yes, we’ll be raffling off a Takamine acoustic guitar, and 4 weeks of free guitar lessons, both courtesy of Thunderbolt Music. Buy your tickets for $1 early and often from our table – the more you buy the better chance you have to win.

You will also have an opportunity to donate to a great cause, Vh1 Save the Music. This foundation helps support music education programs throughout the county’s public schools.

A huge huge thank you goes out to our co-presenter this year, Tranzmission, the indie music blog by Ryan Wood. He’s helped us out a ton in bringing Ortolan to the show and putting the whole thing together. Also thank you to Thunderbolt Music on Main St. in Plymouth for donating a guitar and lessons.

See you at the festival! (don’t forget, it’s FREE!)

- Jon

Lucas Carpenter at the main stage 8/7/09.

**Update!** The Lucas Carpenter show has been rescheduled to Friday, September 3rd. He’ll be closing out or 3rd season with a bang. Guaranteed to be an awesome show.

The charismatic and talented Lucas Carpenter will be bringing his infectious one-man-band pop to the School’s Out Summer Concert Series for the 2nd year in a row this AUGUST 25th September 3rd at the Hedge House.

Last year he made a stop here on tour with Mark Rose (formerly of Spitalfield), and he’s back again during his own headlining US tour. It’s going to be an amazing time, and trust me, you really don’t want to miss a Lucas Carpenter show, djembes, fifes and all. Watch some videos of him on YouTube, and then come down to the Hedge House @ 6pm 9/3 . Openers to be announced soon.

LISTEN TO MORE: http://www.lucascarpenter.com

See you at the show!

- Jon