Concert Tickets:
In
Person:
They're $2 off if you
buy them at least one
week in advance,
except Open-Mic.
Over The Phone:
With a major credit
card it' s the same
as above, except for
a $2 per batch charge.
Season Tickets:
Buy all shows, and
save $4 off each seat.
Fret House Students:
Can buy up to 2
tickets for any show,
at least a week in
advance, at half price.
Children:
Tickets for children
under 12 years old
are half-price, under
3 years old are FREE!
On
most Saturday nights, driving through downtown Covina on Citrus around
7: 15pm, you would see a line forming in front of The Fret House. It'
s a discerning, and enlightened crowd because The Fret House presents
a series of concerts selected as an intelligent alternative to the more
readily available commercial entertainment.
All styles of music are presented. Country, Jazz, Classical, Bluegrass,
Rock, Celtic, Blues, Flamenco, Pop, and Folk are all heard in an intimate
atmosphere, for a crowd willing to think as well as be entertained. The
audience can meet the artists after the show, and you can get desserts
baked by the employees and their families with fresh brewed coffee before
the show.
Location:
309 N. Citrus Ave.
Covina, CA 91723
Store
Hours:
Mon.-Fri.: 10am-8pm
Sat.: 10am-6pm
Sun.: 12pm-5pm
* Click Here *
For a list of
Artists
that have shared
The Fret House Stage.
UPCOMING CONCERTS
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May 16
Doors: 7:30pm
Show: 8:00pm
$15.00
Joe LoPiccolo is a guitarist and composer whose work is influenced by Classical, Jazz and World Music styles. Writer Dan O'Heron of the Pasadena Weekly states his music is "Soft spoken eloquence, fascinatingly improvised." and "The music is comforting and visual, it takes you to a better place, a paradise found."
May 17
Doors: 7:30pm
Show: 8:00pm
$15.00
"Andrew York's playing constitutes one of the hippest styles in American classical guitar...projects honesty, spirit and magnetism that are rare in contemporary guitar.
Jim Ferguson, Guitar Player Magazine
May 24
Doors: 7:30pm
Show: 8:00pm
$15.00
Bernie Pearl with Michael Barry
The Blues is life itself to Bernie, and he continues to hone his art in his sixth decade of guitar adventures. Bernie took up the guitar in the 1950’s and later, at his brother’s legendary club the Ash Grove, he met, studied with, and often performed with greats like Lightnin’ Hopkins, Mance Lipscomb, and Mississippi Fred MacDowell, as well as with Freddie King, Albert Collins, and Big Mama Thornton. He recently released his second live solo CD, “Somebody Got To Do It” and has begun work on his next recording project. Bernie Pearl has also been host of several blues radio shows, starting with Nothin’ But the Blues” at KPPC-FM in 1968.
Check out the LATimes
feature on Bernie
May 31
Doors: 7:30pm
Show: 8:00pm
$15.00
Zimmerman has played clubs across the country, and shared the stage with George Carlin, Bill Maher, Kate Clinton, Dennis Miller, Sandra Tsing Loh, kd lang, Andy Borowitz and Paul Krassner.
The Los Angeles
Times says, "Zimmerman displays a lacerating wit and keen awareness
of society's foibles that bring to mind a latter day Tom Lehrer."
Joni Mitchell says, "Roy's lyrics move beyond poetry and achieve
perfection. He's currently touring a one-man show called "Faulty
Intelligence."
June 14
Doors: 7:30pm
Show: 8:00pm
$15.00
Michael O'Dorn is an author and songwriter with Mel Bay
Publications. He is a master of Fingerstyle guitar who performs, composes,
and teaches guitar music internationally.
Michael's mastery of the guitar styles of Merle Travis, Chet Atkins, Marcel
Dadi, and, of course, his own style has him in demand to perform several
times a year for the Chet Atkins Appreciation Society in Nashville, Tennessee,
and for the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) trade show
in California and Tennessee.
Saturday
June 21
time
TBD
Workshop with Roy Bookbinder
Roy Bookbinder will do a 2 1/2 hour workshop with up to 6 students (depending on response) cost will be $100 - 150,
contact The Fret House for more info, 626/339-7020
June 21
Doors: 7:30pm
Show: 8:00pm
$15.00
Combining country blues, ragtime, bluegrass, and folk music, Roy Book Binder has captured the essence of the front porch bluesman of yore. With this music, he's entertained audiences for over 35 years, not only preserving a rich musical heritage, but earning himself a place alongside the men and women he's long admired.
June 28
Doors: 7:30pm
Show: 8:00pm
$15.00
Dorian Michael & Kenny Blackwell
Dorian Michael and Kenny Blackwell bring their justly famous duo to The Fret House for a night of fantastic folk, blues and jazz. Their music has been featured on NPR and the national scene.Kenny Blackwell studied with Jethro Burns before moving to California where he joined fiddler Richard Green's band in '93.Dorian Michael has played in about every style and in every type of work situation a blue collar musician could hope for. After years of honky-tonk electric guitar followed by concentrating on solo fingerstyle guitar this project is a whole new challenge.
"The picking
is crisp and clean and never hurried, with the emphasis on the melody
and not the playing. Thoroughly enjoyable." Dirty Linen
July 12
Doors: 7:30pm
Show: 8:00pm
$15.00
John York is the last pure voice of the Silver Sixties to make it through… intact to the first decade of the 21st Century. John was a member of the Byrds, post-Chris Hillman and Gram Parsons, from 1968 throughout the Easy Rider Era until right before "Chestnut Mare."
July 26
Doors: 7:30pm
Show: 8:00pm
$15.00
PETER LANG was discovered in 1972 by legendary guitarist John Fahey. Along with Lang, Fahey launched the careers of other notable artists on Takoma Records, including Leo Kottke, George Winston, Robbie Basho, Bola Sete and others. Peter Lang toured, and recorded for nearly ten years, developing a reputation as one of the nations top acoustic players.
