Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Calling all musical ghosts, ghouls and goblins! It’s time to start rehearsing for the annual TPOPs (Tehachapi Pops Orchestra) Halloween Spooktacular Concert. This year’s show will again be presented at the Tehachapi Adult Day Healthcare Center, 123 W. F St., on Sunday, Oct. 27, at 4 p.m. Rehearsals started on Thursday, Aug. 29, 6 to 8 p.m., at Fiddlers Crossing, 206 E. F St., in downtown Tehachapi, and will continue each Thursday until the show. Local musicians are welcome to join in for this monstrously fun music event. TPOPs is an inc...
For nearly 25 years, Mountain Music served the community as Tehachapi’s downtown music store. Even with the pandemic, it kept a presence downtown with a booth in the Treasure Trove, which is now the Arts Center. “I couldn’t leave the community without a place to buy reeds, strings, capos and other musical necessities,” said owner and founder Deborah Hand, who sat out the lockdown by writing books (available at the Arts Center) and plays. Now the store at 206 E. F St., Tehachapi, will be back in time for Christmas. The “elves” have been workin...
Fiddlers Crossing, the downtown acoustic music venue, now known as Fiddlers Crossing Concerts, will present singer-songwriter and storyteller Claudia Nygaard for it's final outdoor house concert of the 2022 season on Saturday, Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. House concerts are a long-standing tradition in the acoustic music world and have been enjoying increased popularity in recent years. These concerts differ significantly from standard venue-style shows in two ways: first, they are "by invitation only"...
Fiddlers Crossing, the downtown acoustic music venue, now known as Fiddlers Crossing Concerts, will present the third in a series of four outdoor "House Concerts" on Saturday, Sept. 10 at 7 p.m. House concerts are a long-standing tradition in the acoustic music world and have been enjoying increased popularity in recent years. These concerts differ significantly from standard venue-style shows in two ways: first, they are "by invitation only" and, second, they use a donation model rather than...
Fiddlers Crossing, the downtown acoustic music venue, now known as Fiddlers Crossing Concerts, will present a series of four outdoor "House Concerts" between July and October this year. The original venue space is now the home of Calliope Music Studios, who recently celebrated their grand opening. House concerts are a long-standing tradition in the acoustic music world and have been enjoying increased popularity in recent years. These concerts differ significantly from standard venue-style...
Season 2, Episode 98 In this episodes of TehachaPod we meet and get to know Edward Martin, the new director of day-to-day operations of Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley Hospital. He talks about his journey through the health care profession and how it took him to Africa and Haiti, among other destinations, before coming to Tehachapi. Edward brings a wealth of knowledge running small and rural hospitals to his new post. He also decided to call Tehachapi home and is quickly getting to know the...
Cowboy entertainer Dave Stamey is returning to Tehachapi to play a pair of outdoor concerts on Saturday, Sept. 25, at noon and again at 4 p.m. The shows are sponsored by Fiddlers Crossing and will be presented in the courtyard of Mountain Bible Church, located at 630 Maple St. in Tehachapi (corner of Maple St. and Mountain View Ave.). Stamey is one of the most popular singer-songwriters on the cowboy circuit today. Before becoming a full-time musician, he has been a cowboy, a mule packer and a d...
After almost 17 months of silence due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Tehachapi's intimate acoustic music venue, Fiddlers Crossing, will finally be alive with music for the monthly "First Friday" festivities on Aug. 6. This re-opening concert, will feature Los Angeles-based father and daughter singer-songwriter duo, Kevin and Kathleen Kelso. The show will begin at 7 p.m., with doors opening at 6:30 p.m. Admission is free, but tips for the performers are strongly encouraged. The Kelsos are among a loya...
Bear Valley Springs Cultural Arts Association’s mission is to support and promote awareness and public interest in the cultural life of the greater Tehachapi community. We appreciate art, are curious about how artists create and are moved by great visual and performing art. We are a nonprofit 501 (c) 3 organization and endeavor to provide activities and events that feed the artistic soul of our community. Our vision is to provide opportunities for our community members to enjoy events like our annual art show, concerts at Cub Lake and more f...
Scottish fiddle and cello duo, Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas will be performing in a live online streaming concert on Sunday, February 21 at 7 p.m. The event is being produced by the Mandolin Concert Livestreaming Platform with Tehachapi's acoustic music venue, Fiddlers Crossing, acting as a local affiliate. Mandolin produced concerts are known for their high quality and professionalism. Fraser and Haas have appeared several times in Tehachapi in recent years, presented by Fiddlers Crossing,...
In celebration of the birth of Scottish National Poet, Robert Burns, (January 25, 1759-July 21, 1796), Fiddlers Crossing will present a live online concert featuring Scottish traditional artists Jim and Susie Malcolm, via Zoom, on Sunday, January 31 at 3 p.m. (PST) Jim Malcolm is considered one of the finest voices and interpreters of Robert Burns' songs in Scottish traditional music today. He was the lead singer for the world-renowned band Old Blind Dogs for eight years before returning to his...
Norman Rockwell painted everyday American scenes of small town life with affection, charm and humor. What Rockwell did with paint, Kerry Patrick Clark does with music. This has earned Clark the title of "The Musical Norman Rockwell." The award-winning singer-songwriter gives us musical portraits of everyday life that show us what we as a people have in common. A native of Ohio, Clark's music, which centers around stories of love, faith, family, friends and the dreams we aspire to, should resonat...
The logo for the duo, JC & Laney, reads, "Heart 'n' Soul & Rock 'n' Roll." That's the perfect summary for this dynamic musical duo who will do an online concert on Friday, Aug. 21 at 7 p.m. The concert will be presented on the Fiddlers Crossing Facebook page. As with all shows of this kind, it is free for anyone to enjoy but the venue strongly encourages donations via the links that will be posted during and after the concert. JC & Laney are high-energy entertainers, with improvised banter,...
The world is living through a truly challenging time. No aspect of public life is the same as it was just a few months ago. Schools, churches, restaurants, stores of all kinds and, yes, entertainment venues have all been impacted by the current health crisis. Fiddlers Crossing closed its doors on the night of March 13 after presenting Americana singer-songwriter Grant Maloy Smith to a small but appreciative audience. Other than the venue's Wednesday open mic nights resurfacing on the Zoom...
The guitar is a versatile musical instrument. It can be used to play many styles of music, from classical to bluegrass, folk, rock, jazz, blues, country and many others. Most of the time, it is heard either as a solo instrument or in a band accompanied by bass, drums, keyboards, strings, horns and more. Often, a band will have two guitarists, one playing rhythm and the other lead. Then there is the guitar quartet--no bass, drums or keyboards, just four guitars. This configuration is not...
Beppe Gambetta Plays to a packed house at Fiddlers Crossing on Friday night on Feb. 7. The full house enjoyed his fantastic musical stylings. Beppe lives in Genoa, Italy and he travels throughout North America every year. He has performed in the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas, MerleFest in North Carolina, the Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas and festivals in Winnipeg and Edmonton. He has appeared on the radio programs All Things Considered and eTown. For more information and future...
It may be named "Fiddlers Crossing," but the small venue in Downtown Tehachapi also features some of the world's finest acoustic guitarists in its concert schedules. On Friday, Feb. 7, the audience will be treated to a touch of Italy when Beppe Gambetta returns to the stage. Gambetta is considered one of the finest flatpicking guitarists on any continent, playing, according to Acoustic Guitar magazine, a "virtual United Nations of influences: Italian, Ukrainian, Appalachian, Sardinian, Celtic."...
Among the blueblood bands of bluegrass music, Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys, of course, will always be the king but the four-piece band, The Special Consensus, is certainly one of the crown princes. Tehachapi will be treated to a third royal visit by this Nashville-based band on Sunday, Jan. 26 at 3 p.m. at the BeeKay Theatre in Downtown Tehachapi. The award-winning, GRAMMY-nominated group was formed in the Chicago area in 1975, and features a repertoire of traditional bluegrass standards,...
Dubbed "Tehacha-Sing" by John Weed, the fiddler from Molly's Revenge, the sixth annual Winterdance Celtic Christmas event held two sold out performances on Sunday, Dec. 22. The band interspersed instrumental tunes, both old traditional and new traditional (new compositions written in traditional style), with vocals sung by Amelia Hogan in classical Celtic style. Irish dancers Marissa Gilman and Brittany Ramsey of the Murray School of Irish Dance in Portland, Ore., danced several songs...
The acoustic band, Out of the Blue, will be returning to Tehachapi Saturday, Jan. 11, to perform at Fiddlers Crossing. Guitarist and vocalist Pat Seamount was a Tehachapi resident for many years and was known for her poignant interpretations of the songs of Kate Wolf in the group, Handmade. Now based in the Kern River Valley, Pat and her husband, mandolin player Michael Gallagher, formed Out of the Blue in 2003. Terry Harris was added on dobro in 2005 and Kris Wilber came on board to play bass in 2008. All four musicians have been playing most...
The acoustic band, Out of the Blue, will be returning to Tehachapi Saturday, Jan. 11, to perform at Fiddlers Crossing. Guitarist and vocalist Pat Seamount was a Tehachapi resident for many years, and was known for her poignant interpretations of the songs of Kate Wolf in the group, Handmade. Now based in the Kern River Valley, Pat and her husband, mandolin player Michael Gallagher, formed Out of the Blue in 2003. Terry Harris was added on dobro in 2005 and Kris Wilber came on board to play bass...
A Tehachapi Christmas tradition is returning to Fiddlers Crossing. Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," read by Tehachapi's own Alex Zonn, will be presented twice at the venue this month, on Friday, Dec. 13 and Saturday, Dec. 14, at 7 p.m. on both days. First published in 1843, "A Christmas Carol" is the story of a bitter old miser named Ebeneezer Scrooge and his transformation resulting from a supernatural visit from the ghost of his former business partner, Jacob Marley, and the Ghosts of...
"Winterdance," a Celtic Christmas celebration, will return to Tehachapi for two performances in the BeeKay Theatre on Sunday, Dec. 22. The concert, put on by Fiddlers Crossing, is now in its sixth year. As in past years, two performances will be presented, at 2 and 7 p.m. The core of the concert is the traditional Celtic trio, Molly's Revenge. This year they will be joined by vocalist Amelia Hogan, along with dancers from the Lyons Academy of Irish Dance, in an evening of music, song and dance...
Halloween in Tehachapi is a wonderful time of year for all the ghost and goblins leading up to and on the day of Halloween. BooKay, Oct. 26 The Tehachapi Pops Orchestra (TPOPS) will offer musical tricks and treats in two hour-long performances at 4 and 7 p.m. on Oct. 26. The BooKay is a fundraiser for both TPOPS and TCT. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students and are available from Mountain Music, Fiddlers Crossing, Tehachapi Treasure Trove, Tehachapi Furniture, members of the orchestra...
Fiddlers Crossing is proud to present Irish master fiddler Kevin Burke on Friday, Nov. 8, in Mountain Bible Church. When the concert's engineer, Peter Cutler, asked Burke's agent what kind of back-up musicians would be playing with him, he was told: "When you're Kevin Burke, you don't need any back-up!" The concert will be comprised of one man with a fiddle, alone on the stage, completely filling the air with some of the best Irish fiddle playing you're likely to hear in your lifetime. Kevin...
