Brewster Productions calls for acoustic musicians to play at free summer concert series

PLYMOUTH -  This summer, the Plymouth waterfront will once again bustle with free acoustic music, and Brewster Productions is calling for local musicians to perform at their fourth-annual free concert series.

Acoustic-style solo musicians and bands of all genres are asked to contact Brewster Productions if they are interested in performing. All submissions will also be considered for performance at Brewster Productions’ mid-summer music festival. Musicians are asked to submit a link to their music via e-mail: booking@brewsterproductions.com.

Brewster Productions’ free summer concert series will take place on the lawn of the Hedge House Museum on Water Street, a location donated by the Plymouth Antiquarian Society. The Plymouth-based company will also present an all-day music festival at DCR Pilgrim Memorial State Park for the fifth year in a row.

Last year the concert series featured many talented acts, with an emphasis on providing a venue for local and young musicians. Some past performers include: Sean P. Rogan of Big D and the Kids Table, Mark Rose of Spitalfield, Lucas Carpenter, Camera Can’t Lie (Atlantic Records), Love In Stockholm, Ben Carter, Jake Hill, and the Okay Win.

For more information on Brewster Productions, the free summer concert series, sponsorship, and performer booking, visit: http://www.brewsterproductions.com.

Concert series founders, Jon Dorn, Scott McEwen, and Harry Quinn will be on the radio this week talking about the series.

Don’t adjust your dial, that’s really us on the radio. Brewster Productions will be taking the airwaves by storm (relatively speaking…) this week with 2 (yes two!) radio appearances to talk about the concert series and share some music. You can listen to Scott, Harry, and I on WATD 95.9 tonight (Mon. 6/7) from 9-10pm on South Shore Live (click the link to listen live online). Then on Wednesday 6/9, I’m going to guest DJ on Harry’s radio show on WUML (listen online at wuml.org) from 12-2pm. The recap:

1. MONDAY 6/7, 9-10pm: WATD 95.9 (listen online: South Shore Live) – Scott, Harry, and Jon talk about the concerts and play local music

2. WEDNESDAY 6/9, 12-2pm: WUML (listen online: wuml.org) – Harry and Jon talk and play music

So whether you listen on the radio or the World Wide Interweb, check out the shows, they’ll be fun!

- Jon

PLYMOUTH – Event organizers saddled with the added cost of overtime pay for public works employees to open and close the town’s portable stage, known as the showmobile, say they will be forced to cancel free summer concerts or at least seriously curtail them.

But there may be a solution.

Town Manager Mark Stankiewicz has pitched a plan to give the town-owned showmobile to the Plymouth Area Chamber of Commerce, which, in turn, would enlist volunteers to open and close the stage for free, or at very little cost.

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You can help support the series by clicking on this picture and pledging any amount of money at our Kickstarter page. Thank you in advance!

Our big opening night is just a couple weeks away (May 28th @ the Hedge House), and once again we’re asking you for some money to help us keep these concerts going. And this year we have a really cool new way to donate – it’s called Kickstarter, and we were lucky enough to have our project approved for a page on their site.

As you may or may not know, the School’s Out Summer Concert Series is a non-profit organization that is funded 100% by donations (questions? Check out the FAQ). And on top of that, none of the people who run it, or the musicians, make any money from it. It’s all volunteer, all the time.

The money you donate goes to a few vital things, without which we quite simply wouldn’t have a concert series: 1) Equipment and maintenance – pretty crucial, and this stuff gets worn down and broken pretty quickly; 2) State-required liability insurance – yeah, it’s not our favorite thing to pay, but the Department of Conservation and Recreation requires it to use the main stage, so we have to do it; 3) New this year, DPW fees – we’re not too happy about this one, and neither are other concert producers (read the OCM editorial and Jam Session) – we’re still working on a way around it (stay tuned); 4) Promotion! – we need to get the word out about these shows, and the web and word of mouth are great, but we also need to print fliers, get some online advertising, and we’d love to get an ad in the paper.

So how can you toss us a few dollars? (really ANY amount is incredible.) You can go over to our Kickstarter page and pledge some money. Kickstarter is a really cool new site that helps people get creative projects off the ground (e.g. indie films, albums, books, concerts, etc.) by asking people to pledge money in exchange for cool rewards. You pledge a certain amount of money and you get some cool stuff depending on how much you pledge. The only thing is, we have to reach our goal in pledges, or we get no money! It’s a cool no-risk way for us and donors to get the funding flowing. Please help us out, it would really mean a lot – click here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jondorn/the-schools-out-summer-concert-series

Remember there are a bunch of benefits to donating besides feeling really good about helping a great cause (the cause = helping young musicians get shows and exposure), so please help out. And if you are a business, you can do it too! The Internet’s great isn’t it?

So of course, start coming to the shows May 28, and follow us on Twitter for a special Concert Series Countdown – everyday til 5/28 we’ll give you a new reason why you don’t want to miss the shows.

Keep on rockin’ in the free world.
- Jon & the Brewster Crew

This posting is sweet news, because AP.net is probably the biggest source of music/band news in the alt/punk/indie scene. Count it.

More on the show soon.

- Jon