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Join us for a Mini Music Festival presented by the Bay City Arts Center on Saturday, September 28th, 2024! The special event starts at 4pm with music starting at 4:30 PM with three diverse musical acts, all performing outdoors—so bring a lawn chair and enjoy the tunes in the open air. Enjoy food on-site from Tillamooks’ local food truck, Taqueria Mendez. Weather permitting, the festival will move indoors to the upstairs performance hall.
Little Gem at 4:30 PM: Trusting the process, believing in goodness, and leaning into connection are the main ingredients that make up Little Gem’s debut project, “Threadweight.” With lyrics written over the course of eight years and brought to life in 2024 with collaborators Tommy Diaz and Mat Larimer (Spare Key), Little Gem (Anna Brown) hopes to bring listeners in touch with their own nostalgia. Her sound is a distillation of memories, half-full cups, and curiosity, motivated by a desire to explore feelings that both haunt us and remind us to look for the light. Little Gem draws inspiration from artists such as Grouper, Hundred Waters, Adrienne Lenker, and Fred Again. Layers of vocal harmonies, warm cello overtures, electronic soundscapes, and acoustic guitar guide “Threadweight” through its double-sided release, featuring both an acoustic version and an electronic remix of each track, composed by Spare Key.
Hope Montgomery & The Invasive Species at 5:30 PM: This local indie pop quartet comprised of Hope Montgomery (of course!), Charlie Wooldridge (lead guitar), Geoff Fielder (bass), and Levi Timm (drums). Sonic explorations into the depths of complex emotional turbulence are complimented by catchy melodic phrasing that you’ll want to get up and dance to.
Little Gem at 4:30 PM: Trusting the process, believing in goodness, and leaning into connection are the main ingredients that make up Little Gem’s debut project, “Threadweight.” With lyrics written over the course of eight years and brought to life in 2024 with collaborators Tommy Diaz and Mat Larimer (Spare Key), Little Gem (Anna Brown) hopes to bring listeners in touch with their own nostalgia. Her sound is a distillation of memories, half-full cups, and curiosity, motivated by a desire to explore feelings that both haunt us and remind us to look for the light. Little Gem draws inspiration from artists such as Grouper, Hundred Waters, Adrienne Lenker, and Fred Again. Layers of vocal harmonies, warm cello overtures, electronic soundscapes, and acoustic guitar guide “Threadweight” through its double-sided release, featuring both an acoustic version and an electronic remix of each track, composed by Spare Key.
Hope Montgomery & The Invasive Species at 5:30 PM: This local indie pop quartet comprised of Hope Montgomery (of course!), Charlie Wooldridge (lead guitar), Geoff Fielder (bass), and Levi Timm (drums). Sonic explorations into the depths of complex emotional turbulence are complimented by catchy melodic phrasing that you’ll want to get up and dance to.
PatchWork Jack at 6:30 PM: Closing out the festival, PatchWork Jack will take you on a journey through a mix of Texan country, Cajun folk, Latin ballads, and Romani swing. Their music, like an old worn-out quilt, tells tales of love, loss, resilience and the human experience. A heaping helping of honky-tonk humanity might be just what you need.
GET TICKETS: www.baycityartscenter.com/concerts.html
