I have a LOT of Sing-around-the-campfire gigs happening weekly all summer long.Papoose Pond every Tuesday night, Powder Horn Campground & Hidd'n Pines every Wednesday night, Sebasco Resort most Saturday nights... Visit the calendar on my OTHER website: www.swingersongwriter.com for more details and schedule.
Throughout the year I wear another hat - teaching songwriting in Elementary and Middle Schools. Visit www.swingersongwriter.com for that calendar!
Contact Bruce (or me) to make a reservation and we'll give you the address details then. It's gonna be a great show - please bring friends!
Details being worked out but we're ON for a great house concert at the home of Leah and Pete - The PERFECT marriage of Kerrville Folk Festival's Camp Ducttape and Camp Mixed Nuts! Contact me for more info!
Yeah, you read it right, I wrote it right, that's Bharmacy it used to be a Pharmacy but now is a historic building in current use as a Bhar! (Their joke, not mine) Come check it out just for the atmosphere and enjoy GREAT music as well!!
Ken and I and surprise guests will perform 'round robin' for an evening of great music at Famous Anderson Fair!
I'm honored to offer special music for the Sunday morning services at this welcoming spiritual space during my Texas Tour!
I'l share the evening with The Berry's (GREAT family band!) and more! Check closer to date for details!
Details forthcoming!
I'll share the evening in this intimate venue with the lovely and talented Zoe Muldord http://zoemulford.com/ More details TBA!
This Fun singing workshop is sponsored by Harmonium Society but visitors are welcome! Contact the website for details and to make reservations. You'll sing like never before!
This is a lovely festival offering music and arts for everybody! Children's stage, games, art, Come out and join your community as we celebrate the arts!
As First Place Winner at the 2011 Song Competition, I have been invited to offer a set of music at the 2012 Festival! Details TBA but mark your calendar NOW!!
Check local listings and newspapers for details. I'm a roving musician for the day!
This is a GREAT festival started by my long-time collaborator and musician, Mitch Barrett out in the beautiful woods of Clear Creek, Kentucky. There will be many fine musicians, activities, fun and ONE big, happy family camping in this 'OFF THE GRID' festival of healing arts! Details are still being worked out, keep an eye on this site for more info!
Come early for dinner or later just for the show, but COME!! Call and make reservations NOW!
Organic meats, eggs and produce, Arts and Crafts, natural soaps and salves... Like a mini Common Ground Fair inside Johnson Hall on Water Street. Give Hannaford's and Shaw's a rest for the day to come down and show support for this little bit of LOCAL FLAVOR and LOCAL FARMS! IN this relaxed atmosphere I'll sing a broad variety of music with just enough seasonal songs to respect the holiday season! Come sing along!
Join ImproVox in this UNIQUE evening of singing. The audience is the INSTANT CHOIR and it's ALL about singing together. No music to read, nothing to 'know' - just come with an open heart and voice for an evening of music you'll not soon forget! Bring LOTS of friends - the more the merrier!
SO HONORED to be performing songs from my most recent CD, M O O N with my co-producer and multi-talented friend, Ed Desjardins (The Existential Band). Emporium is a BEAUTIFUL community space with art, pizza and lots of LOVE! Please bring friends out to support this fine venue and hear my best music LIVE!
Proud to be part of the line-up (I'm on @ 7:15PM) of wonderful singer/songwriters of Maine at this beautiful Brew Pub!
Join us in remembering the effect of AIDS in our lifetime. I'm providing special music.
Something for everybody at this fun family show! Please bring the kids and grandma!
I'll lead participants through warm-ups and gently into the world of improvised singing. Forms and games allow group and solo opportunities. Join in the improvisational fun of free-style singing. For beginners or advanced singers!
Join us for the pot luck between the workshop and the evening concert!
PLEASE MAKE A RESERVATION!
Mail check made out to Martin Swinger to
EMWorld Records, POBox 148, Pine Lake, GA 30072
OR Call Elise Witt 404-297-8398
This will be a fun full evening concert with a lot of original music and some very special improvisational surprises and guest singers! Joined by Elise Witt, Virginia Schenck and Evita Cobo!
Make reservations by sending a check to:
EMWorld Records, POBox 148, Pine Lake, GA 30072
Fresh baked breads, Fresh picked vegetables, Fresh squeezed music!
Concert in Lewiston on the lovely and intimate DownStage for LAArts! Please call and make a reservation!
I'm one of several featured performers on this intimate and beautiful stage in the heart of Portland!
I'm singing a set with 'The Existential Band' (Ed Desjardins and Alfred Lund) at lunchtime on the Spotlight Stage at the BEST FAIR in MAINE! COME SEE WHY!!
ALSO: ImproVox has a set on Saturday the 24th at 5PM on Spotlight Stage! Come Sing!
I'm performing a special Monday Night concert for Gay Activist Alliance in Morris County! Non-Members WELCOME!!
http://www.gaamc.org/programs.html
Gay Activist Alliance in Morris County
Info@GAAMC.org
Doors open at 6:30 PM, discussion groups and committee meetings begin 7:00 PM. Main programs start at 7:30 PM or 8:00 PM and typically last for 1 to 1-1/2 hours
Suggested door donation is $6.00 for non-members and $4.00 for members ($3.00 for seniors or students with ID)
Monday programs are held at the Morristown Unitarian Fellowship, 21 Normandy Heights Rd, Morristown, NJ 07960
My first concert at Carmel Retreat Center, a non-denominational spiritual retreat. Evening includes dinner in this beautiful and peaceful setting! they offer a concert series through October, so check out their website for more events!
Maggie and Jim host this MOST FABULOUS house concert that spills out into the yard and might even end up in the pool before all is done! This magnificent gathering of musicians and friends invariably ends up with a free-for-all jam session and party which is NOT TO BE MISSED!! Call Maggie to make a reservation and get directions and needed details.
EVERY Tuesday from June 28 through August 23, come eat S'mores and SING!! ALL ages encouraged!
Join the Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce in celebrating our fair capitol city with an all day festival of fun! Interactive games, bounce houses, climb on the fire trucks... For the tenth straight year, Martin EmCee's the Family Stage with great entertainment for all!
Bernice is a fine musician and newfound friend. She and I will swap tunes for an enlightening and enjoyable evening of great music! Learn more about her at http://www.bernicelewis.com/about.html
THE BEST music festival EVER!! Come to Kerrville and find out where I plan to go after I die!
I'll lead an afternoon workshop on vocal improvisation for singers at all skill levels. this event is sponsored by Folk Project but is open to the public. Visit http://www.folkproject.org/sp_events/sp_event.php?id=20110514 for details as they come up! Stick around for a full evening of music//song swap!
I'll be the feature performer at this open mike in this beautiful part of Long Island!
CD release party for me and fundraiser for ArtsCAP. GREAT music and GREAT fun to be had! Bring friends to support me and ArtsCAP together!
THRILLED to be FINALLY releasing my new CD MOON! I'll have guest musicians and present a powerful and fun program of material NEW to you ALL! Come early and enjoy a GREAT dinner or come around 7:30 for drinks and show! I PROMISE a great evening!
You’ve heard Steve’s songs sung by John Denver, Linda Ronstadt, Ronnie Milsap and more! Now hear them FROM STEVE!! Song circle is an excellent opportunity to get your songs critiqued by one of the masters in the business. Visit www.compassrosemusic.com to learn more about Steve (and wife, Cindy Mangsen).
Steve and Cindy are icons in the Folk Music industry. Their show will be fantastic and I get to open for them! Please come!
My brother, Gary Swinger and I, along with his sons Will and Russ, will present a house concert together in our hometown. Kick-butt harmonica, guitar, percussion, new and old songs, family reunion like you wish you'd grown up with! BYOB and please reserve seats by contacting Vickie vicvisions@windstream.net
Kick-off event for Arts Week at MDI School.
This is a great country dance festival with more music and workshops than you can possibly attend. LOTS of FUN!! I sing a set at Bistro Landing at 2 and ImproVox leads a mini-VORTEX at 4PM.
This is a great country dance festival with more music and workshops than you can possibly attend. LOTS of FUN!! I sing a set at Bistro Landing at 2 and ImproVox leads a mini-VORTEX at 4PM.
I'll offer a very special concert at this private men's resort. Must be a member to attend.
I'll be featured in this fundraiser for Cancer Support Center of Maine and for WERU with several of Maine's finest performers David Dodson, Karmo Sanders, Bobbi Lane, Zachary Robbins, Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers, Jennifer Armtrong, Mike Bunker in an evening full of laughs!
ImproVox is VERY excited to have been invited to open for Moira Smiley and VOCO! DON'T MISS THIS SHOW!!!
In this special benefit program we are presenting several NEW pieces of music inspired by Deb Hensley's study of bird song. Beautiful melodies and edgy improvs! Come twit with us!
Songwriting and sing-along fun for kids at this great after-school program!
I'm one of the feature performers this night! Bring a song or just come to listen!
VERY excited that Jud Caswell is recording engineer for a stupendous event! My new song "Consider the Oyster!" is being backed up by the FABULOUS Klezmer band, Casco Bay Tummlers! VERY Excited to be including this wild ride on the upcoming MOON album!
I'll be sharing music at this annual memorial.
This is the North East Regional Folk Alliance Conference (Weekend-long gathering of singer/songwriters!) and I'm sharing songs at several guerrilla showcases in hopes of getting some festival gigs. Wish me LUCK!!
Fun Sing-Along fundraiser for Good Neighbors Emergency Fuel Assistance program. Please Come!
Come for the open mic and share a song, I'll be the featured performer for the evening!
Visit www.improvox.com for details. This is a singing workshop, not a performance. PLease COME!
This is a FIRST YEAR festival at Stonybrook UU church with some great artists (all listed on their website) I'll be a featured performer on the family stage and round robin stage. Bring Friends!
Absolutely THE most FASCINATING Fair in MAINE!!! Dress warm, VERY comfy shoes, Organic farming, Solar Panels, Vegetable competitions, children in funny bug and vegetable costumes, fabulous food, more hippies than you thought still existed, workshops, entertainment, photo op's GALORE! NOT TO BE MISSED if you're in MAINE! ...plus, I'm singing. My Buddy, Matt Loosigian is performing Sunflower Stage the same day!
If you haven't caught my group, ImproVox, turn off the TV and experience a concert that celebrates a cappella singing - and that includes YOU!! Artists in Resonance! 1 hour audience singing, then concert.
Join me at this great family campground!
I'll finally get to sing the concert I had planned for Feb when we got snowed out! My friends, Jay and Marie of Circle Round the Sun will open with some lovely tunes and I'll do my very best to impress with originals and surprises! Please come and bring friends.
Honored to have been invited to perform a program in the beautiful historic stone church on the grounds of the original Poland Springs sight! Contact them for reservations.
Join me for lots of fun at the wonderful family owned campground!
I am thrilled to have been invited to be an instructor with Mimi Bornstein and Francis Fitch at this wonderfully fun conference for UU church choir participants. While it is marketed to UU members, anyone interested in participating in choral singing is welcome! My workshops will include Introduction to Improvisational Singing, Singing without Rhythm and more offering large and small group forms along with plenty of soloing and leading opportunities. PLEASE COME!!
All together now!! "She'll be coming 'round the mountain when she comes, YEE HA!!" Fun doe the WHOLE family!
Games, Pony rides, fire engines, celebrities, entertainment for all ages! I EmCee the Children's Stage! In case of rain, see Augusta Civic Center or Augusta Armory.
Flat Rock is a great place run by wonderful people. Come for the day and play!
Join us for big fun at this new Community Center located half-way between Farmington and Norridgewok!
Join me at Clewley Farm for a lovely meal and even lovelier entertainment!
Thrilled that Bob agreed to host me in a house concert in a city where I have not played in 20+ years! Details (address, etc) coming soon, but please mark your calendar and bring friends. If you liked me THEN, just wait till you hear me NOW!! Hope you can make it! Love, M
GLBT Campground welcomes all for this fun BEAR weekend event featuring Freddy Freeman, Kendall, Jeff Altergott, Elijah Black, Roget MApes, Michael West, Don Harvey, Charlie K Brown and more!
Ken Gaines, myself and other fine Texas Artists share an evening of taking turns sharing great songs! Sweet venue, please bring friends!
The Minstrel is a great room to perform in. Friends, Jay and Marie will open. Please come!
Bring a song to share at the open mike - or not, but come for the fun and variety, then I'll follow with an hour program.
Fun sing along concert to benefit the Wayne Public Library! Hope you'll come for this down-home event featuring homemade desserts!
Cafe Noir South (1538 Asbury Ave. private home) is offering a House Concert to benefit Monmouth County Arts Council. Pot Luck appetizers (not required) and drinks (BYOB) and socializing from 6:30 to 8, concert begins at 8. Cozy venue, fun evening! Call 732-361-6658 to make a reservation or email me for more info!
I'm very excited to have been invited to be a featured performer at the Fall FPFF! I'll perform a set Friday night and a workshop on Saturday morning (before blasting off to Montreal for the Rhiannon workshop!)
Visit the Folk Project website for details.
I'll be roving and singing onstage at this incredible Organic Farmers Fair on both Saturday and Sunday
I'm thrilled to be the opening act for The Kennedys! Pete and Maura put on a lively show and I'll have to wear tap shoes to match the energy! Gonna be FUN!
I'll be feature songwriter for this monthly open mike. Open mike @ 6:30, I sing at 8!
Join me for a brief outdoor concert in the park next to Johnson Hall on Water Street in historic downtown Gardiner, ME.
I'll perform and EmCee an afternoon variety show! LOTS of FUN!
This is my TENTH YEAR as host of the sing-around-the-campfire at Papoose!
I'll EmCee the Children's stage for the 9th year in a row! Come on down for a free day of fun!
In case of rain, event will be held in Augusta Civic Center OR Augusta Armory.
I'll be the feature guest on this famous NJ/NY cable TV show! Visit The Folk Project website, activities, then TV Show. It airs in NY, NJ, PA and ND!
I'm honored to be the Host for the afternoon song swap at the Ballad Tree, Memorial Hill, Kerrville Folk Festiva
I'm very excited to share the Family Stage with my buddy, Billy Jonas on Saturday and Sunday afternoon!
I have been invited to return to the Sawyer Memorial for 3 Concerts. May 21 AND 22nd at 7 PM, May 22nd at 2 PM. A lovely hall, beautiful stone building, great history!
I'll be the feature songwriter at this weekly song swap.
I'm honored to be the 'featured guest artist' at this homey and warm monthly gathering at the UU Church. Come share a song at the open mike before my performance or just come to listen!
I'm leading a FAMILY SING-ALONG three Saturdays in a row. March 7, 14, 21. Come SING
I'm leading a brief class on songwriting for beginners or experienced. Three Tuesdays: March 3, 10, and 17
Minstrel is the Folk Project of New Jersey official coffee house. This round I am a participant in an open mike. Busily sticking toes in all the waters!
The Wayne Maine library has invited me to perform a concert and sing-along as fundraiser for the Library. It's a small schlep to Wayne, but a great community to hang with!
Martin Swinger and Jud Caswell share an evening of original songs at this famous local restaurant!
I am honored to once again be invited to sing the National Anthem for the opening of the Maine State Senate. I always warm up by singing in the rotunda of the Capitol Dome for a half hour before. What a GREAT place to SING!!
Every Wednesday night I host an open mike at Java Joe's in downtown Augusta at the intersection of Winthrop and Water streets. Come sing or listen!
I'll be singing holiday carols and lots of just plain FUN music right next to SANTA!
Fun concert at the Grange!