JUMP TO: San Francisco / Santa Rosa
March 8-14th, 2023
– Masks are encouraged, but not required
Thursday, March 9th | Doors at 7:30 Show 8:15-10:30pm – OPEN MIC
You’re Going To Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes
You’re Going To Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes YG2D is a grief open mic event, communal offering to explore the conversation of death & dying, to grieve, bereave & honor those we’ve lost & love while all the while making room for simply being ALIVE. Arrive early to sign-up. Hosted by Ned Buskirk with music from Brian Belknap.
Multi-instrumentalist, songwriter Brian Belknap’s music is a rough blend of broke-down folk, junk-country blues, and gut-bucket gospel, rendered on accordion, slide guitar, and mandolin, a product of the rich cultures of San Francisco and New Orleans, the two cities he calls home.
Friday, March 10th | Doors at 7:30 Show 8:15-10:30pm – FOLK
Thunderstorm Artis
Versatile multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, Thunderstorm Artis, brings a genre-bending collection of songs built on both emotionally raw storytelling and incisive soul-searching.
Recommended if you like: Train, Jack Johnson, Dave Mason
Saturday, March 11th | POSTPONED – FOLK ROCK
POSTPONED TBD Rachel Garlin: The Ballad of Madelyne & Therese
THIS PERFORMANCE HAS BEEN POSTPONED. We will announce a new date in the future. Ticket Holders, please watch your Inbox for information on the new date and/or refunds.
Sunday, March 12th Matinée | Doors at 12:30pm Show 1:00-2:00pm – ROCK N’ ROLL/SINGER-SONGWRITER
2nd Annual Sampaguita Rock Showcase
– LOW TICKET ALERT
The 2nd Annual Sampaguita Rock Showcase is a culmination of Sampaguita Rock Camp, a program that empowers young BIPOC rock and rollers through music, arts and community. This will be the stage debut for some of these young Filipinx Future Rock Stars! Masks required at request of the artists.
Recommended if you like: The Linda Lindas, Fanny, Sampaguita (Singer)
Sunday, March 12th | Doors at 7:30 Show 8:15-10:30pm – STAND UP COMEDY & IMPROV HYBRID
StandProv! (stand up meets improv on 2nd Sundays) – San Francisco Debut!
Every 2nd Sunday, Franco Tevini hosts StandProv!, an evening of equal parts standup and improvisational comedy with music by Jeremy Lessnau and featured guests: Sue Alfieri, AJ DeMello and Mike Whitaker.
Recommended if you like: John Mulaney, Upright Citizens Brigade, Emily Heller, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Josh Fadem, Samuel Horwitz
Monday, March 13th | Doors at 7:30 Show 8:15-10:30pm – EXPERIMENTAL
phase 1: wave chamber collective + silvi alcivar
New experiences abound with phase 1: wave chamber collective + silvi alcivar, a string quartet and poet, co-creating pieces live, knocking chamber music tradition off its pedestal by introducing risks, questions, instability, crowds, the unknown – healthy chaotic good.
Recommended if you like: back pocket media sf symphony meets live painting but poetry sofar sounds
We’re offering full refunds for non-attendance or cancelations due to COVID exposure, so there is no risk in showing your support by getting advanced tickets.
ADA Accessible.
The Lost Church San Francisco is located at 988 Columbus Avenue at Chestnut Street in North Beach
(26-min from Oakland, 33-min from San Rafael, 52-min from Vallejo, 1 hour and 6-min from Santa Rosa)
Check out j. poet’s profile on TLC SF in the East Bay Express!
Building the future of the arts one show at a time
The Lost Church on Columbus Street in North Beach gives the impression of a speakeasy. The doorway is small, and the club itself is down a long, narrow descending flight of stairs. The stairwell opens up on a small cozy space, with a small stage, a merch table off to one side, seating for 99 people and a bit of standing room. It’s perfect for intimate performances. The place is the brainchild of Brett and Elizabeth Cline and actually began when they turned the living room of their apartment into a small theater.
“My wife and I had a band called Juanita and the Rabbit,” Brett Cline explained. “It was a duo, with me on a six-string bass that can play rhythm and melody, and Liz on drums. We wanted to tour, so we rented out our house, moved into a van and toured for about six years, but being on the road is tough. I was getting older, and we wanted to have kids, so we came back home.”
As they settled in, they realized they missed performing and interacting with other bands. “I told Liz we could run a theater in our big living room, if she was willing to work the bar, while I handled the booking and ran the shows,” Cline said. “I’d been working as a stagehand in San Francisco theaters for about 10 years, so I knew what went on backstage. She sewed some curtains, designed the lighting and redecorated the room.
“It took about four months to build the first iteration. It went through three different remodels as we developed the space. I had a small indie label called…
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SAN FRANCISCO
SAT 3/18 Stand-Up Comedy at The Lost Church with Austin Carr and Nick Scarpino COMEDY – TIX
SUN 3/26 Elevated Innovation Presents Sultry Sounds JINTHEQUEEN, KRollin & Niic at Niight SINGER-SONGWRITER – TIX
WED 4/5 La Spazzatura, featuring Bingewatch and Drunk Theatre – OPERA meets IMPROV – TIX
March 8-14th, 2023
Friday, March 10th| Doors at 7:30pm Show 8:15-10:30pm – INDIE-FOLK
Ash Reyes, Tom Elder and Andrew Maurer
With an eclectic mix of alternative, indie-pop music, Ash Reyes, Tom Elder and Andrew Maurer deliver songs with multi-faceted voicings of whisper, glow and grit, an eclectic menagerie of “Orchestral Punk Jazz Prog Folk” and transient sounds to warm your soul.
Recommended if you like: Little Wings, Gillian Welch, David Bazan
Saturday, March 11th | Doors at 7:30pm Show 8:15-10:30pm – INDIE-AMERICANA
Meli Levi & Kat Heart (Reno)
Eclectic rock, Americana artists, Meli Levi and Kat Heart play unique moody guitar stylings, dexterous vocals and songs with heart.
Recommended if you like: Brandi Carlile, Jeff Buckley, Ray LaMontagne, Amy Winehouse, Janis Joplin, Tom Misch
In addition to hosting an eclectic mix of music, literary events, theater, comedy and a variety of performing arts, The Lost Church is also available for private event rentals. In the coming months people have rented TLC for a Video Shoot, a Film Festival, and a Memorial. Click HERE to book your event.
Evening performances end at 10:30pm
We’re offering full refunds for non-attendance or cancelations due to COVID exposure, so there is no risk in showing your support by getting advanced tickets.
The Lost Church Santa Rosa is located on Ross Street (between Mendocino & B) in Downtown Santa Rosa
(23-min from Petaluma, 40-min from San Rafael, 1 hr 6-min from San Francisco, 1 hr 9-min from Oakland)
BenjaSoul from his Sunday, February 26th show at TLC Santa Rosa in The Music Soup blog by writer/photographer/designer Cheryl Alterman.
“A music photographers dream! Being a music photographer is never usually boring…Especially not this job. On this night, I was hired by music producer John Hopen of Love Conquered Records/Wild Turkey Studios to photograph his artist, singer songwriter BenjaSoul. He was performing on Sunday night (Feb 26), at The Lost Church in Santa Rosa. I didn’t know what to expect other than what I saw on the internet, so I was pleasantly surprised when at the end of his sho…“
Email your TLC photos to hq@thelostchurch.org and you may be featured here, too.
SANTA ROSA
THU 3/16 Stanroy’s Song Service w/ Blue Mug, Ricardo Zegri, LipLee SONGWRITING & STORIES – TIX
SAT 4/8 Sarah Clanton with Zöe Winter – FOLK – TIX
WED 4/12 Never Come Down (PDX) with Thom Beneducci Band – BLUEGRASS/AMERICANA – TIX
From The Lost Church Video Archives
Sebastian Saint James performs “Little Devil” as part of 4 x 4 x Song, the Original Sonoma County Songwriters in the Round at The Lost Church – Santa Rosa 2.19.23
https://www.sebastiansaintjames.com/
FOR BOTH SAN FRANCISCO & SANTA ROSA THEATERS
Seating is First Come, First Served.
All Ages are welcome
(Except for babies, children, and adults who may be disruptive.)
ADA Accessible.
We’re offering full refunds for non-attendance or cancelations due to COVID exposure, so there is no risk in showing your support by getting advanced tickets.
Our Current Safety Protocols
Vaccines, boosters, and masks are strongly encouraged, but are not required as per local Public Health Policy.
From Your Everlovin’ Editor
Hello, hello,
We’re feeling mighty blessed to have the recent wonderful articles written about our two theaters, the new podcast interviews we got do, and the fun radio station on-air visits we made over the last couple of months.
I suppose that getting to fire up our old San Francisco “Blessed” Stamp that we bestow on you when you come through the door of our new North Beach Theater is reverberating back to bless us in many ways with every ticket you buy.
Let’s keep the circle of love going this week.
Love,
Michele & The Lost Church
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We STRONGLY RECOMMEND MASKS be worn while inside our theater to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Masks are no longer mandated by the State of California and are no longer required for entry, but are encouraged since colds, the flu, and COVID are on the rise.
Rent The Lost Church
In addition to hosting an eclectic mix of music, literary events, theater, comedy and a variety of performing arts, The Lost Church is also available for private event rentals, film and video shoots and more.
In the coming months people have rented TLC for a Video Shoot, a Film Festival, a Memorial, and a Movie Night.
Click HERE to book your event.
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