Rain, Rain Go Away!

So far it's looking okay for the show to be held outside tonight. As a general rule, the show is moved indoors if there is a 50% chance of rain or bad weather after around 2:00pm. So it can rain this morning  but will need to dry out this afternoon.


Tiffany Quinn will  be discussing MOR on the radio around 9:00am this morning - here is the station information. She'll be interviewed on the Travel with Kal show.


Tonight's show is the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Dixie Land Jazz Band. Bring your dinner or buy some great food from the Gelston House & join us down by the river for a wonderful night of music!

Welcome to 2014!

We have another great line-up for 2014 Music On The River season! Thanks to all who turned out for our first concert of the season, B. Willie Smith. We had one of the biggest crowds we've ever had! A wonderful night of music to be sure.


The second show was a rain out on the river but a hot show at the high school. Thanks to all who showed up to support our local band, Bluesberry Jam. They were awesome! For those of you who didn't brave the weather, here is a great clip of what you missed. (You can see another clip of the show here.)



Hopefully we'll have great weather for Monday's show - Tom Rush. So bring a picnic dinner, buy some great food from one of our biggest sponsors Iso at the Gelston House & join us down by the river for our 3rd show of the season!



It's Going To Be a Beautiful Night!!

It's already time for the last concert of 2013 season - hard to believe!

This show promises to be great and the setting down by the river will be perfect to enjoy some traditional Cuban music! Join us for Qimbombo!

Quimbombó is a groove oriented band with a musical base in the Cuban són (the contagious dance music championed by Buena Vista Social Club that is the main ingredient in salsa); they always maintain strong elements of improvisation and spontaneity in their sound.

Quimbombó (pronounced keem-bohm-BO) is the title of a classic Cuban són popularized by Conjunto Chappotín in the 1950's; a word of Congolese origin, it means "okra" or "gumbo" in Spanish.

The group's lively and unique sound has excited audiences at many venues including Lincoln Center's Midsummer Night's Swing, The River to River Festival, SOB's, the Brooklyn Museum, La Belle Époque, and Gonzalez y Gonzalez. They have recorded two CDs, Quimbombó, released in 2004, and Conga Electrica, released in 2008.

Zero Chance of Rain - YAY!

What a great night we had last week! A very big thank you for all who supported Hot Club of Cowtown - they put on a great show. Tonight please welcome local talent The Tom Sanders Band http://www.reverbnation.com/tomsandersband
"Tom Sanders Band formed in 2003 as the result of a recording project. The band unites veteran musicians from some of Southern New England's best blues, rock and r&b bands, including The Hornets, Smokehouse, Chris Tofield & The Bluesbenders and Whiskey River Band to name just a few. "

It's going to be a beautiful night - see you down by the river!

Hot Club of Cowtown!!

Last week we enjoyed big band music, this week come on out and enjoy some Texas swing from Hot Club of Cowtown!

“This Austin-based western swing/jazz trio–violin, guitar and upright bass –will bring even the tamest audience to its feet. Plus, instrument aficionados will drool over the 1925 Gibson acoustic, 1937 Gibson amp and all the other classic gear that helps to keep Cowtown hot and hoppin’.”
-Chicago Tribune

 

This truly promises to be a night were everyone will be up off their feet! Its going to be a beautiful night, come on out and enjoy an event that helps make our community special thanks to your support - see you down by the river!

 

Join us OUTSIDE for some big band sound!

Last week was a great show - hot outside & hot music! Join us tonight for the Bob Button Big Band .

"For more than 35 years, The Bob Button Big Band has entertained audiences in the New York Metropolitan area with music from the Big Band Era. The Band has played at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York, The NY Athletic Club, Playhouse on the Green in Bridgeport, Connecticut Jazz Festival, Glen Island Casino, Hyatt Regency for the 2000 Millenium, and numerous summer concerts in Fairfield County, Connecticut."

Bring your picnic dinner or enjoy a dinner in the beer garden at Gelston House. Once again, PLEASE leave your pets at home.

Hope to see you tonight down by the river!

What a GREAT night!!

A very big thank you to all who turned out last night for Roomful of Blues - they put on a great show and it was a beautiful night!!

We hope you are looking forward to next week's show Chris MacKay & the Toneshifters; a band from New London. This band will entertain with a mix of blues, rockabilly, swamp & country swing - a little of everything and A LOT of great music.

It's wonderful to have such diverse support from the community but we would like to remind everyone to please, please, please leave your dogs home. We appreciate that people want to include their furry friends, but the only exception to this rule is for service dogs, all others will be asked (with their owners) to leave the green during the show. And it's too hot to put pets in the car (even with windows rolled down a bit)  while you enjoy the show so please leave them home.  Thank you for your understanding and we look forward to seeing you next Monday at 6:30 pm down by the river!