Starting in September Lefty’s Live Music will be hosting a Singer Songwriter and solo act showcase on the second Sunday of the month from 2-6pm. We  feel this is the best way for any music fan to finish off the weekend with some great music, a few Bloody Mary’s and maybe one of our local Craft Beers.

The goal of these showcases will be to expose the endless supply of talent we see developing in the local area, regionally and nationally.  Often times we have to pass on a number of solo acts because they simply do not fit our format or with the other acts we have on the weekends. Sunday afternoons seem like the prefect time to open up our stage to some of the great acts that we have passed over due to format. Also give artists an opportunity to network with other solo artists and help them to improve their craft.

This will not be an open mic and 3-4 artists will be featured each week. If you are interested in playing one of these showcases here are the requirements:

• Must have mostly original material. The standard is 90% original music. There are a number of other venues that chatter to cover acts and the idea is to focus on those writing their own material.
• The focus is acoustic but we would consider electrified music and inventive forms of percussion but it is for only solo acts. Of course there is exceptions and when in doubt, please ask.
• To play one of the showcases, you must submit some form of recorded music. Links to websites like Soundcloud, Bandcamp, YouTube, etc… are preferred over physical media.
• You are welcome to sell merchandise and put out a tip jar. However, until the showcase is established we will not be charging cover except in the case of acts. We fill this will increase exposure at first and help to build into a monthly event. In the future, we will be charging a cover and splitting ticket sales with artists.
• This is not a jam session, we are not going to have a number of musicians on stage jamming out. Though in the future we will be considering doing “Music in the round” as an after the show feature or as an end of show feature if there is interest.
• Set should be 30 minutes to 45 minutes.
• No recorded music or click tracks, everything that comes through our sound system should be produced on stage. We may consider doing a more open experimental showcase in the future but for now we would like to stick to live performance only.
• All styles are welcome including: Singer Songwriter Pop, Americana, Folk, Blues, World, Country, Alt. Country, Irish and Jazz. However Hip Hop and other forms of dance music will be excluded.
• Additional musicians are allowed but we want to stress that we are not interested in full bands. We have a number of other shows and our New Music Mondays that focus on full bands. If there is someone on stage with you they should be accompanying your music.

We are now taking submissions for the first event on Sunday September 11th, 2016. The showcase will be from 2-6pm and if you would like to play, please contact Rita at ritaleftys@gmail.com.