What Would You Like To See On This Marquee?

While you are making a long list of who you would love to see performing live, I am about to tell you about one act that I have already booked, that you absolutely must go see! More on that one act below.

In my last blog, I mentioned that one of my other jobs over the last couple of decades has been booking shows for local, regional, and national touring artists. I’m talking hundreds of shows for hundreds of acts.

I plan on telling this story here as completely as possible as I feel it has helped me tremendously as a touring singer-songwriter. What I have learned will certainly help any singer-songwriter/performer navigate this industry of ours with more confidence.

For the last six years, since they totally restored their beautiful historic space, I have been booking acts at the Peoples Bank Theatre in Marietta Ohio. I started helping the non-profit raise funds long before they restored the theatre. It took about 13 years to raise said funds, but the mission was finally accomplished and now, it is a living, breathing center for live entertainment of all sorts.

As I reread the paragraph above I realize that there are many stories to tell here. The story about how I set up songwriter showcases in many venues all over the Mid Ohio Valley to raise awareness that the theatre was being restored.

Back in 2012, I wrote 13 songs for a musical adaptation of Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost at the request of Hunt Brawley, PBT Exec Director, and Geoff Coward, theatrical director. The goal was to point to the future and let the artistic community know that their theatre would be a place of creativity, support, and inspiration. The truth has been realized with many programs that live in that space including my monthly songwriter group, The Song Colony.

But for now, let’s get back to that marquee. What would you like to see and hear on this historic stage? Here's what I have found. I cannot just book acts that I personally love. Actually, most of the acts that appear on the stage are not ones I have on regular rotation on my iPhone. They are all superb at what they do though.

And whenever I attempt to branch out and bring something new in, something that is not quite like anything else that has been on that stage, it is always a bit risky. It makes me a bit nervous as I know, if it doesn’t do well, this will make it more difficult to bring in other “like” acts in the future.

So, who is this act that I hope will sell out and lead us into a different world of music?

Which act is it, that I assure you, will blow your mind when you experience them live?

Who is this act that asked the theatre to make absolutely certain that we let everyone know that “audience participation at this event may include standing and dancing”?

They have won Grammys, have performed on Austin City Limits and Mountain Stage, and their lead singer is considered one of the greatest in the world.

I have never booked a more exciting live act.

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More soon
Love you all,
Sincerely,

Todd