SCHOOL'S OUT

Happy spring (officially)!!

NJ foursome Ortolan, fresh of rave reviews at SXSW, will hit the Plymouth Waterfront for Schoolhouse Rock August 14th.

They were just down in Austin, TX for South By Southwest, the gargantuan music and film festival, and get this: New Jersey folk quartet ORTOLAN will be rocking the stage in Plymouth this summer! Ortolan, a talented group of 3 sisters and 1 sister-in-law will bring their melodic folk music to the stage at this year’s SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK, thanks especially to Ryan Wood of the indie music blog TRANZMISSION. This will be the 4th year we’ve put on the show (the first on July 27, 2007 was the spark that started Brewster Productions). We’ll be taking donations for the Vh1 Save the Music Foundation in support of a very important cause: Music and arts education, especially in under-served urban and rural schools. In addition to Ortolan, the SHR10 stage will be rocked by Boston & Bosco, The Barroom Heroes (a punk band of middle school kids), and Doug Ratner & His Watchmen, plus a couple more to be announced.

Keep checking our Schedule page for near-constant updates. We’ve also just added The Eagle Hill Band acoustic on 5/28 to kick off the season, and Jesse Boncek, playing with Nate Cristofori on June 11 at the Hedge House.

Summer’s coming soon, and so are we. Get ready for School’s Out!! And while you’re at it, go to some Brewster Productions shows – we’ve got at least 1 a week up in Boston, and lots more at various places and times.

- Jon

Good evening everyone,

Have we got some great news for a cold February night: We’re officially announcing our 9 acoustic summer shows at the Hedge House Lawn! That’s right, that puts the 2010 School’s Out Summer Concert Series up to 14 shows, which is 1 more than we tried for last year (the weather was not our friend at many points), and 5 more than we actually pulled off. It’s going to be an incredible summer concert series, and we’re trying to raise some money to get some great names in there to play with the local guys – you can find out how to support the series with your donations here. So without further adieu, here they are, the 2010 ‘Acoustic Evenings On the Harbor’ shows @ the Hedge House Lawn (which was graciously donated as a venue by the Plymouth Antiquarian Society):

5/28/10

6/4/10

6/11/10

6/18/10

7/2/10

7/30/10

8/20/10

8/28/10 (saturday)

9/3/10

So that’s that. We’ll be announcing the performers in the coming months, which means if you want to play, send us an email. These shows are for ‘acoustic’ acts, which means pretty much any act with a few people and no drums. It’s more of an intimate coffeehouse sorta vibe going on. If you think you fit the bill, give us a holler. We love pianos and definitely want to get some different instruments up there too. Concert series booking info.

And please, DONATE! Thanks everyone, happy Groundhog Day!

- Jon