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Railroad House Band
Bristol’s Stone Church Coffee House at the First Congregational Church welcomes popular, Boston-based bluegrass band, Railroad House, on Saturday, May 7th.
Railroad House is a six piece band featuring lush 2, 3, and 4 part vocal harmony and playing a diverse blend of Americana music, from straight ahead Bluegrass to Western Swing, and beyond!
Railroad House songs have a sense of dynamics. They save their beautiful harmonies for choruses or key emotional points in the songs. They play a sprinkling of instrumental numbers in a set, but vocal-driven tunes are where this band shines, whether plucking a couple tunes from Steve Earle‘s “The Mountain“, serving up a standard like “Blue Ridge Mountain Home” or adapting a country tune like “Rough Around the Edges”. All in all, Railroad House will keep you entertained with great music and a fantastic stage presence.
Bristol’s Stone Coffee House is an affordable, family-oriented, handicap-accessible musical venue. Doors open at 6:45PM and the show starts at 7:30PM. Seating is limited and reservations are recommended. Light refreshments will be available for purchase. Tickets are $20.00 per person (students are half price; children 5 and under are free). For ticket information or to reserve tickets, please call 253-4813. Proof of full COVID-19 vaccination is required. Masks are optional.
The First Congregational Church is located at 300 High Street (corner of High and Bradford Streets) in Bristol, RI.
Joe Jencks Comes to the Coffee House
Bristol’s Stone Church Coffee House at the First Congregational Church welcomes Joe Jencks on April 23rd.
Joe Jencks is an international touring musician, award-winning songwriter, and celebrated vocalist known for his performances of musical beauty, social consciousness and spiritual exploration. A 20-year veteran of the international Folk circuit, Jencks has released 15 CDs in that time.
Attending the Music Conservatory at Milliken University in Decatur, Ill., Jencks received degrees in vocal music performance, music education and choral conducting. Along with folk music, he parlayed his talents into other musical genres, including jazz, opera and classical music.
Merging conservatory training with his Irish roots and working-class upbringing, Joe delivers engaged musical narratives filled with heart, soul, groove and grit. Blending well-crafted instrumentals and vivid songwriting, Jencks serves it all up with a lyric baritone voice that has the edgy richness of a good sea-salt caramel.
Bristol’s Stone Church Coffee House is an affordable, family-oriented, handicap-accessible musical venue. Doors open at 6:45PM and the show starts at 7:30PM. Seating is limited and reservations are recommended. Light refreshments will be available for purchase. Tickets are $20.00 per person (students are half price; children 5 and under are free). For ticket information or to reserve tickets, please call 253-4813. Proof of full COVID-19 vaccination is required. Masks are optional.
The First Congregational Church is located at 300 High Street (corner of High and Bradford Streets) in Bristol, RI.
Walk the Labyrinth on Ash Wednesday
One and all are invited to walk the labyrinth on Ash Wednesday, March 2 in the DeWolf Room at the First Congregational Church in Bristol.
Walking the labyrinth provides an organized opportunity for reflection and meditation as the Lenten Season begins.
Two sessions are offered: 12-2 pm and 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Wherever you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here.
Low Lily on March 26
Bristol’s Stone Church Coffee House at the First Congregational Church welcomes Low Lily on March 26th.
Start with excellently matched vocals, add some world-class playing, sprinkle with raised-off-grid Americana and you get Low Lily. Flynn’s deft flatpicking on guitar and mandolin and Lissa’s virtuosic fiddle-playing are grounded by Liz’s percussive rhythm guitar playing, the sounds of which combine joyously in this stunning ensemble.
With a vocal blend that has been dubbed “outstanding” and “meticulous,” Low Lily’s cohesive sound comes naturally for musicians whose lives have been entwined on the road and onstage for almost two decades. Setting down roots in Brattleboro, Vermont, the band has crafted a signature sound which they have shared with enthusiastic audiences throughout North America and the UK, garnering two #1 songs on International Folk Radio and two Independent Music Award wins.
Bristol’s Stone Coffee House is an affordable, family-oriented, handicap-accessible musical venue. Doors open at 6:45PM and the show starts at 7:30PM. Seating is limited and reservations are recommended. Light refreshments will be available for purchase. Tickets are $20.00 per person (students are half price; children 5 and under are free). For ticket information or to reserve tickets, please call 253-4813. Proof of full COVID-19 vaccination is required. Masks are required when not actively eating or drinking.
The First Congregational Church is located at 300 High Street (corner of High and Bradford Streets) in Bristol, RI.
See Don White at the Coffee House on Feb 26th
Bristol’s Stone Church Coffee House at the First Congregational Church welcomes Don White on February 26th.
There is no one-word description for what Don White does. He’s an award-winning singer/songwriter, a comedian, an author, and a storyteller. He’s been bringing audiences to laughter and tears for thirty years, released ten CDs, three live DVDs, and a book, Memoirs of a C Student. His latest album is Live at the Guthrie Center, available now. In 2011, he won the Jerry Christen Memorial Award, given out by the Boston Area Coffeehouse Association, for his work with the community and that same year was given a key to the city in his hometown of Lynn, Massachusetts.
Don’s approach to music is a unique blend. If he just played folk music, it would be a handy label. But he has invented his own genre with a mix of humor and powerful songwriting. White’s arc as a writer and performer has taken him from his industrial hometown of Lynn, Massachusetts, through Boston’s comedy clubs and coffeehouses, and onto stages around the country. At every point, White has been the ultimate observer, infusing his work with his experiences as a husband, a father, a seeker, and a joker.
Bristol’s Stone Coffee House is an affordable, family-oriented, handicap-accessible musical venue. Doors open at 6:45PM and the show starts at 7:30PM. Seating is limited and reservations are recommended. Light refreshments will be available for purchase. Tickets are $20.00 per person (students are half price; children 5 and under are free). For ticket information or to reserve tickets, please call 253-4813. Proof of full COVID-19 vaccination is required. Masks are required when not actively eating or drinking.
The First Congregational Church is located at 300 High Street (corner of High and Bradford Streets) in Bristol, RI.
STONE CHURCH COFFEEHOUSE
Bristol’s Stone Church Coffee House at the First Congregational Church welcomes October Road on January 22nd.
Celebrating the music of an American treasure, October Road focuses on recreating the live arrangements of James Taylor and his All Star Band.
October Road is a seven-piece band based in SouthCoast Massachusetts that is excited to begin its 6th season of performing James Taylor’s classic hits throughout the southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island region. The band plays all of James Taylor’s extensive list of hit songs that have been enjoyed by generations of fans over the past 50 years.
October Road covers all of the James Taylor classics, including: Carolina In My Mind, Fire And Rain, Something In The Way She Moves, Sweet Baby James, Walking Man, Country Road, Shower The People, You’ve Got A Friend, Don’t Let Me Be Lonely, How Sweet It Is, Handy Man, Your Smiling Face, Up On The Roof, Mexico, Copperline, Steamroller Blues, and many more.
Bristol’s Stone Coffee House is an affordable, family-oriented, handicap-accessible musical venue. Doors open at 6:45PM and the show starts at 7:30PM. Seating is limited and reservations are recommended. Light refreshments will be available for purchase. Tickets are $20.00 per person (students are half price; children 5 and under are free). For ticket information or to reserve tickets, please call 253-4813.
The First Congregational Church is located at 300 High Street (corner of High and Bradford Streets) in Bristol, RI.
Order Your Christmas Poinsettias by Dec 14
If you would like to have poinsettias in the Sanctuary this Christmas “in memory of” or “in honor of” a family member or friend, now is the time to order them. Kindly print and fill out the order form, accessed at the link below and send it back to the church office with your check. Orders close on December 14. Thank you.
Pre-Order the Best Chili in Bristol
Order now! Choice of Beef or Veggie Chili, plus Cornbread and optional Brownie. For your safety, masks MUST be worn. Plus, Mini-Bazaar: Hand-crafted Clothing, Holiday Arrangements.
Christmas Cookie Walk
Saturday, December 18 at 10 am to 12 noon. Large Assortment of Homemade Holiday Cookies. $10 lb. Masks MUST Be Worn. All cookies/fudge/etc. will be in small zipped bags for your selection, still sold by the pound. Plus, Mini-Bazaar: homemade items, Holiday Arrangements.
