JUMP TO: San Francisco / Santa Rosa
TONIGHT!!!
Wednesday, October 19th | Doors at 7:30 Show 8:15-10:30pm – MUSIC
Brian Belknap’s Front Porch w/ Mike Coykendall (PDX) and Sarah Bethe Nelson
Brian Belknap’s Front Porch returns to its longtime home at The Lost Church with some of the finest songwriters from the Bay Area and beyond. Veteran songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Mike Coykendall is known for working with notable artists such as M. Ward, Blitzen Trapper, She & Him, among others. Sarah Bethe Nelson’s music is like a later Townes Van Zandt self-deprecation jolted through the afterglow of Stoned And Dethroned horizon-watching.
https://mikecoykendall.com/
https://www.sarahbethenelson.com/
Recommended if you like: Nico, Syd Barrett, Townes Van Zandt, Roger Miller, Lucinda Williams
Thursday, October 20th | Doors at 7:30 Show 8:15-10:30pm – MUSIC
Owen Adair Kelley and In-Sides
Owen Adair Kelley’s idiosyncratic indie pop music offers melancholy in one hand and rose colored spectacles in the other, encasing you in a moody yet buoyant pleasure dome. In-Sides craft a sound steeped in shoegaze and psych-pop, drawing on themes of introspection, isolation, and self-searching.
https://owenadairkelley.bandcamp.com
insides.band
Recommended if you like: Owen Adair Kelley: Pixies, Michael Hurley, Echo And The Bunnymen, Jim O-Rourke, XTC, Sasami, Radiohead, Slowdive, Cocteau Twins, Palehound
Friday, October 21st | Doors at 7:30 Show 8:15-10:30pm – MUSIC
David Luning & Ben Dubin with Lia Rose
David Luning’s music is exuberant and upbeat Americana with a dark, gritty vibe. Lia Rose’s songs are intensely honest and at times unmistakably autobiographical. Rose is a founding member of Experimental/Electronic/Ambient duo Built for the Sea, signed to Tom Morello & Ryan Harvey’s record label Firebrand Records whose aims are sharply focused on social justice.
https://www.facebook.com/davidluning/
https://www.liarose.com/
Recommended if you like: Hayes Carll, John Prine, Todd Snider
Saturday, October 22nd | Doors at 7:30 Show 8:15-10:30pm – MUSIC
Laura Benitez and the Heartache + Laura T. Lewis Trio
Laura Benitez and the Heartache use the three chord tools of country music to tell the simple, unvarnished truth about love, too much whiskey, and the call of the road. Raised under the northern fog banks of the San Francisco Bay on a heavy dose of country, folk, and blues from old clement street, Laura T. Lewis Trio stitches these influences together for a sound of their own.
http://www.laurabenitezandtheheartache.com
Recommended if you like: Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Buck Owens, Wanda Jackson
Sunday, October 23rd | Matinee. Doors at 1:00pm Show 1:45-4:00pm – MUSIC
An Afternoon With Mae Powell and Octomutt/Drizzoletto
Mae Powell’s music is a celebration of life and friendship and love as well as an homage to past-selves. Octomutt is Ashley Adams and Ted Savarese, with music described as angular, ephemeral, reflecting the hills and terrain of San Francisco.
https://tedsavarese.bandcamp.com
https://maepowell.bandcamp.com
Recommended if you like: Mark Eitzel, Marc Ribot, Yo La Tengo, Piedmont blues style guitar
Tuesday, October 25th | Doors at 7:30 Show 8:15-10:30pm – MUSIC
Xanthe Alexis & ZIVA
Xanthe Alexis has devoted her life to healing others as a trauma therapist and acclaimed indie artist. Her latest record pairs soaring melodies with lush, hypnotic soundscapes as it grapples with anxiety and strength, worry and comfort, heartbreak and hope. ZIVA spent her early years exploring the classical side of music playing the cello, taking classical voice lessons and singing in choirs. In her teens she switched things up, took on the saxophone followed by piano and was the front woman for a couple of funk bands back in her homeland of Israel where she studied vocal jazz at The Jerusalem Music & Dance Academy.
https://linktr.ee/XantheAlexis http://www.zivamusic.com
Recommended if you like: Angel Olsen, Sharon Van Etten, Julien Baker, Feist
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)
Matinee performances end at 4pm | 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.
ADA Accessible.
SAN FRANCISCO
Tuesday, November 15: Improv at UCSF — IMPROV COMEDY… with SCIENTISTS
Sunday, November 20: The Feelings Parade & Glitterfox – MUSIC
Saturday, November 26: Anna Laura Quinn + Emily Zisman – MUSIC
FOR BOTH SAN FRANCISCO & SANTA ROSA THEATERS
Seating is First Come, First Served.
All Ages are welcome
(Except for babies, children, and adults who cannot focus for two hours and enjoy the performance)
Our Current Safety Protocols
Vaccines, boosters, and masks are strongly encouraged, but are not required as per local Public Health Policy.
Our first Mambo Line at TLC Santa Rosa thanks to Mike Hellman, Jeffrey Halford, and Ana S!!
(from Mike and Jeffrey’s super fun show on October 8th)
TONIGHT!!!
Wednesday, October 19th | Doors at 7:30 Show 8:15-10:30pm – MUSIC
Casey Neill (PDX)
The music of Casey Neill combines high energy rock rave-ups and haunting lush acoustic reveries built around melodic narrative songwriting. Tonight is a solo showcase with Casey and he will be performing 2 sets of songs and stories spanning his career. This includes his years as leader of The Norway Rats (feat. members of The Decemberists), his time as a member of Minus 5 with Peter Buck from REM, his adventures performing at Newport Folk Fest, his international project with Japanese folk artists, and much more. He’s a great songwriter and storyteller and all around great guy.
http://www.caseyneill.org
Recommended if you like: Billy Bragg, The Pogues, The Decemberists, R.E.M., Robyn Hitchcock
We’re sorry to report that John Beland is under the weather and cannot perform. He’s on the mend and will be back on our stage before too long!
Thursday, October 20th | Doors at 7:30 Show 8:15-10:30pm – MUSIC
TLC Song Service w/ Parson Jones, Erin Sky, Steve Shirrell
Every third Thursday The Lost Church Santa Rosa features three songwriters sharing the spotlight with insights into the craft of the song from inspiration to final form.
Parson Jones is the project of Northern California multi-instrumentalist/producer/singer Kerry Conlan. Kerry describes the project as nostalgic indie soul, heavily influenced and inspired by the likes of Curtis Mayfield and Motown from the past, and Son Little, Khruangbin and Gnarls Barkley from the present. Erin Sky mixes ethereal vocals with dreamy instrumentation to create a sound that wraps around you as you listen. Her mix of instruments, ranging from guitar, to saxophone, to piano, to synthesized sounds, to a looping pedal, help to create a playground for music to thrive. Steve Shirrell’s closest brush with “fame” was having The U.N. Shuffle aired by Dr. Demento in 1985 and a song featured on KRCB’s Connections 5 CD. His most consistent work has been supporting the Sonoma County music scene through his four decades at Stanroy Music Center.
https://www.instagram.com/parsonjonesmusic/
https://linktr.ee/kerryconlan
https://linktr.ee/erinskymusic
Recommended if you like: The songwriting process and a peek behind the curtain.
Friday, October 21st | Doors at 7:30pm Show 8:15-10:30pm – MUSIC
Burnside, featuring Mama Crow
Igniting dance parties across the North Bay and beyond, Burnside blends funk, rock, and soul to bring good people together. From smooth and sultry to rock-your-socks-off, they invite you on an intoxicating musical journey of original tunes, channeling everything from Cake to James Brown to Amy Winehouse. Born Carmen Marie Gutierrez, Mama Crow is a musical messenger and modern witch that caws it as she sees it. Her music exhibits her love of multi-genre sound from 808 to acoustic folk and displays her personal mythos through lyrical storytelling.
https://www.burnsidetheband.com/
http://www.mamacrow.com/who-is-mama-crow
Recommended if you like: Amy Winehouse, Cake, James Brown
Saturday, October 22nd | Doors at 7:30 Show 8:15-10:30pm – MUSIC
The Spindles with Stevie Cornell
A staple of the Sonoma County music scene since their inception in 2001, The Spindles have wooed generations of audiences with their resplendent Second-Wave Americana and Chamber-Rock favorites. Stevie Cornell is a Santa Rosa based singer songwriter who started his musical career in the vibrant East Bay punk scene of the late 70s. He then went on to co-found the popular SF Americana group, The Movie Stars, and retro country band Red Meat before taking a hiatus to raise a son in deepest Vermont. His songs are short, sharp and catchy, with hummable melodies and well turned lyrics.
https://www.instagram.com/the.spindles/
https://steviecornell.com/press-kit
Recommended if you like:Elliott Smith, Wilco, Nick Drake, Pavement, Nick Lowe, The Kinks, The Shins, Chuck Prophet, Magnetic Fields, Big Star
Sunday, October 23rd | Doors at 7:30 Show 8:15-10:30pm – MUSIC
NATHAN & JESSIE with Aviva Le Fey
NATHAN & JESSIE write music that reflects the cultural, emotional, and inspirational images of their life experience and are rooted in the spirit of jazz, improvisation, storytelling, language, and humor. Aviva Le Fey sings heart songs with a tone and cadence that conjures both the vintage pop of the fifties and the dark, dreamy sounds you might hear coming from that haunted backwoods bar in 1990s Twin Peaks, Washington.
https://www.nathanandjessie.com/
https://www.avivalefey.com/
Recommended if you like: Natalia Lafourcade, Handmade Moments, Rainbow Girls, Django Reinhardt
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)
SANTA ROSA
Tuesday, November 15: Anya Hinkle featuring Billy Cardine with Late for the Train – MUSIC
Saturday November 19, 1pm Matinée & Sunday, November 20, 7:30pm Evening Show: Symmetry Entertainment and Design Presents: The Incredulous Incident – THEATER & CIRCUS ARTS
Friday, November 25: A Melodious Affair with Sonomacana, Audio Angel, KindLung, & Mystie Moon — and JUST ADDED: Simoné Mosely! – MUSIC
Matinee performances end at 4pm | 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.
ADA Accessible elevator is available.
Our First Educational After School Program is Off to a Thrilling Start!
Our TLC-Santa Rosa SASY kicked off this week….and we are inviting in more members!
The first auditions on Tuesday, October 18th went well and our delightful and esteemed Conductor, A. Fiddle-Hooper, has decided to offer on-going auditions.
Please reach out to them at sasysoco@gmail.com or 530-921-6671 if you or a loved one is between the ages of 10-18 and is based in the Santa Rosa, Sebastopol, Rohnert Park, and surrounding areas!
AUDITION REQS: Prepare 3 different scales 2 octaves, 1 short prepared song, site reading required
MISSION STATEMENT:
Sonoma Alternative Symphony 4 Youth – SASYSASY provides a creative outlet for youth who are broader socially and creatively than the traditional expectations of a Classical Symphony. SAS4Y focuses on modern classical, popular/alternative music and original compositions with special focus on group composition.
CONDUCTOR BIOGRAPHY:
A. Fiddle-Hooper an internationally seasoned violinist, electric violinist, cellist, composer, videographer, producer and instructor has touched thousands of lives globally with music. Their 27 years of professional repertoire provides a well-rounded blend of Classical, Soul, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Reggae, Rock & Roll, Celtic, Middle Eastern, Indian Classical and Alternative Trance styles. They have taught nationally and internationally in Europe, India, Japan and the U.S. They have performed professionally in 19 countries. Currently, they are the Co-Founder & Conductor of SAS4Y (Sonoma Alternative Symphony 4 Youth). They are a resident Instructor of violin & cello at Sonoma Community Center and The Lost Church-Santa Rosa.
From Your Everlovin’ Editor
Greetings,
As the evening cools and the leaves drop the unmatched experiences are rising to new heights at TLC Santa Rosa and San Francisco.
There are new and most decidedly odd images on the walls of TLC SF and charming lighting additions. Wildly funny and thought provoking theater productions and daring live music await. What will you discover there?
TLC Santa Rosa is branching out this season to welcome circus arts, a monthly comedy/improv series, a new after school music program, and will feature the combined forces of national touring musicians and local luminaries making our stage shine.
A sweet treat and maybe just a few tricks for you all.
And…
Holiday time is approaching and we have openings at both theater this December for your Holiday Work or Private Party or special event rental! Please email me at booking@thelostchurch.org to find out how we can celebrate the season together.
Come on out and be a part of our vibrant local community!
Love,
Michele & The Lost Church
Email us at hq@thelostchurch.org with your questions and comments.
Lost Church Free Radio ends on October 31st
We’re grateful to all of you who listened to, contributed to, and supported our fledgling radio station. It was a long time dream of ours and we hope to bring it back some day.
The sad reality is that we have run out of funding for it.
Re-opening our San Francisco Theater and growing our Santa Rosa Theater is very costly and we need to focus all of our efforts on keeping these stages alive and making them thrive for the artists, our community, and all of us who love and rely on them.
We are up for the challenge and know that you’re right there with us. Thanks for all of your donations, for attending shows, and for spreading the good word about The Lost Church.
It’s farewell for now to Lost Church Free Radio, but together we have a long road ahead for live performance at our theaters.
Catch the last of these great Lost Church Free Radio Shows
Please tune in for this final month of October programming featuring new original shows! Shows air 4 times throughout the month unless noted otherwise.
Mondays 4:30pm The Contagion Collection with The Tourist – drum & bass & jungle
Thursdays 6pm A Color Coded Symphony on the Air with Aireene Espiritu – Last KTLC Lost Church Free Radio Episode
Fridays 12pm West of Twin Peaks Radio with MJ Call —October 14th, 21st, and 28th features Tom Coneely & Birds of Paradise
Sundays 11am Hangover Sessions with DJ Webbles featuring Tay of Tay & the JangLaDahs
And in between these we are spinning local artists who have graced our stages 24/7! Catch ’em while you can!!
LISTEN TO LOST CHURCH FREE RADIO UNTIL IT GOES OFF OF THE AIR ON OCTOBER 31ST
New Homes for Lost Church Free Radio Shows
We’re thrilled to announce that the wildly fun and new music fueled shows West of Twin Peaks Radio with MJ Call and Hangover Sessions with DJ Webbles are moving to the awesome radio station BFF.fm starting in November!
“STARTING ON SUNDAZE, IN NOVEMBER, HANGOVER SESSIONS will return to the internet airwaves on BFF.FM ~ Sharing a time slot and tag-teaming with MJ and WEST OF TWIN PEAKS RADIO!
That means every Sunday, @bffdotfm will feature a brand new episode of either HANGOVER SESSIONS or WOTP RADIO.
MJ and I are 100% committed to introducing you to as many local artists and bands as we have time to share, and are so fortunate that BFF’s commitment to supporting the local music community is just as passionate as ours ♥️📻
HANGOVER SESSIONS & WOTP RADIO will still be available in convenient podcast form too, but thanks to BFF both shows will also now be available on-demand on the BFF.FM website as well as their new app (download it now – link in bio).
So stoked to share & widen our listenership ~ Stay tuned for new guest announcements soon 🤩
Thank you BFF.FM & thank YOU Bay Area music fans!” — DJ Webbles
bff.fm
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.
Private Event Rentals at TLC Santa Rosa and TLC San Francisco
Now Booking Holiday Events!
Looking for a charming, easy, memorable, and fun place for your Birthday, Anniversary, New Year Party or Holiday Company Party?
Contact us to find out more about our Private Event Rentals at either of our theaters.
A private event in our beautiful and rather eccentric theater is a party or event that your guests will really remember.
TLC YouTube Archives
Moving pictures… with sound!
Visit our Lost Church YouTube Channel for new videos from the archives uploaded weekly!
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Volunteer Needed
We have an admin/research project in need of a clever, curious, and brilliant volunteer.
TASK: Create a spreadsheet of local San Francisco Hotels for postcard distribution.
HOURS: approximately 3-5 hours total.
Please reach out to Michele at hq@thelostchurch.org if you’re available and interested.
THANK YOU!
F.A.Q.
Answers to your burning inquiries.
Find the answers to your questions by visiting https://thelostchurch.org/faq