VA to GA shows from Leg 2

The following is a list of shows and organizations that happened between Oct 17 and Nov 3, 2010 in Virginia and North Carolina:

October 17, 2010 - Alexandria, VA

Four Mile Run Farmers Market
4109 Mt. Vernon Avenue - 9:00 am 

October 19, 2010 - Harrisonburg, VA

The Little Grill is a collectively owned restaurant that has ties to many community based projects in Harrisonburg.  This show will benefit the Petrol-Free Gypsy Carnival Tour, a Harrisonburg based bicycle music and art tour.
621 N Main St - 8:00 pm

October 20, 2010 - Charlottesville, VA

Random Row Books is a used bookstore.  The evening will feature a meal at 7 and will benefit the Charlottesville Quality Community Council
315 W Main Street - 7:00 pm

October 21, 2010 - Lynchburg, VA

Lynchburg Grows is an urban farm that takes a hands-in-the-dirt approach to teaching others how sustainable food production promotes a healthy planet.
Show at Rivermont Pizza, 2496 Rivermont Ave - 8:00 pm

October 23, 2010 - Roanoke, VA

Sharebike's core mission is to make sustainable, community-friendly transportation available to all in the Roanoke Area.
513 S Jefferson Street - 7:00 pm

October 25, 2010 - Elon, NC

Elon University Campus Coffee Shop.  Elon Outdoors is sponsoring this show and will be promoting future trips, events, and general sustainability.
10:00 pm

October 26, 2010 - Greensboro, NC

The Green Bean 
341 S. Elm Street - 8 pm

October 28, 2010 - Boone, NC

The Boone Bicycle Initiative is dedicated to increasing bicycle usage in and around Boone, NC by addressing safety and awareness while distributing bikes at little or no cost to members of the community.
Show At: Espresso News
267 Howard Street - 7pm

October 30, 2010 - Asheville, NC

Laurey's Catering afternoon show will benefit Chefs Move to Schools. 
67 Biltmore Ave - 2 pm

November 1, 2010 - Hendersonville, NC

Bountiful Harvest Community Garden
5:30 PM

November 3, 2010 - Fort Mill, SC

BacInTyme 
124 Confederate St. - 7:00 pm

Past South Carolina and Georgia Dates (November 11 - November 23, 2010):

November 11, 2010 - Spartanburg, SC

Presented by Partners for Active Living and the Hub Bub.  With Snidely Sidewinder and the Unrepentant Uke Boys, a Spartanburg Ukulele based band.

The Coffee Bar 188-A W Main Street - 7:00 pm 

November 13, 2010 - Rutherfordton, NC 

Kidsenses Childrens Interactive Museum - exhibits and special workshops stimulate the imagination and educate the mind.  A morning appearance.

172 North Main Street - 10-12 AM

November 13, 2010 - Boiling Springs, NC

Gardner-Webb University Hopefest 2010 Gardner Hall Patio.  2:00 pm

November 15, 2010 - Greenville, SC

Greenville Organic Foods Autumn Potluck and Concert.  This event will include the Greenworks Greenville Monthly Networking Event (6pm) followed by a potluck (6:45) and ukulele concert.

Crescent Studios 1040 W Washington Street - 6:45 pm

November 16, 2010 - Clemson, SC

Clemson University Students for Environmental Action - 8 pm

November 18, 2010 - Athens, GA

Bike Athens promotes transportation and land-use policies that improve alternative modes of transportation, including pedestrian, cycling, and public transit options. The mission of our organization is to make alternative transportation a practical, convenient, and safe option for all citizens of Athens-Clarke County.

Concert at The Globe 199 N. Lumpkin Street - 8:00 pm

November 19, 2010 - Atlanta, GA

Benefit for the medical clinic associated with the Open Door Community

Show at Javalords 1105 Euclid Avenue - 8:00 pm

November 20, 2010 - Atlanta, GA

Fellini's Pizza on LaVista - show to benefit Refugee Family Services which has an urban farm run by refugees from Burundi.  With special guest Chris DiGirolamo.

2820 LaVista Road NE - 8:00 pm

November 21, 2010 - Atlanta, GA

Picaflor Art Gallery with Lille and Little Horn.  Presented by RockScience Records

195 Arizona Ave - 8:00 pm

November 23, 2010 - Americus, GA

The Fuller Center for Housing builds and repairs homes for those in need, has a local covenant partner that builds homes in Americus.  Show at Cafe Campesino, a locally owned fair trade coffee shop.

Virginia

I can't believe it's already been over a week since I left Washington, DC.  Lots to talk about so I'll get right to it.

DC

I was very lucky to be added last minute to the Four Mile Run Farmers Market and had a great morning playing for those guys and reconnecting with some of the folks from Velocity.

Harrisonburg


Had a really fun show and some great mexican food at the Little Grill.  Nick Melas played a great opening set and it was a lot of fun to hang out with all those connected with the Little Grill and the Petrol-Free Gypsy Carnival Tour, and amazing bicycle musical tour that happens every May and powers their PA system with bicycle generators.  I also made a sweet purchase (pictured below) at Roses - the Ocean State Job Lot of the south.

Charlottesville


After a day of riding the mist/rain and up and over Rockfish Gap, I ended up in Charlottesville for a wonderful community-based evening.  The folks at Random Row Books had organized a community dinner with donated food and a great turnout enjoyed a meal of pasta with eggplant sauce, 2 salads, sweet potatoes and french bread, while seated around a makeshift banquet style table.  The show was really fun, and I was really glad to see some great kids  (and great adults) have a great time.

Lynchburg


Lynchburg Grows put on a really amazing fundraising event and in addition to splitting the donations, got 10% of the proceeds from Rivermont Pizza in the process.  Rivermont Pizza created a special menu using produce from the 6 acre urban farm and it was all amazing.  The evening was a true celebration of a great group of people who are doing some fantastic work.  I was fortunate enough to stick around on Friday as well and help out on the farm, which was the best possible way to spend a day off from riding.  Lynchburg Grows is a really cool operation, and I recommend stopping by if you are anywhere near Lynchburg.  A special thanks to all those who made me feel at home on my visit!

Roanoke


Really cool show in Roanoke at Sharebike, with probably the best percussion section of the tour and some great dialogue with the audience about my observations of the tour.  Riding in and out of Roanoke, although hilly (some might say mountainous) was some of the most beautiful rides of the trip.  Also it had been 70 degrees and sunny with out fail from Thursday-Sunday.

These trains are full of Coal which is obtained my chopping off mountaintops in West Virginia and is sent by train through Roanoke to Portsmouth Harbor on the VA coast where it is shipped around the world (mostly China, I'm told).

Ukulele by Bicycle Part 1: Photo Slideshow

A photo journal of the first leg of the tour in which I rode 900 miles and played 17 concerts between Portland, ME and Washington, DC.  August 16 - September 10, 2010.

Velocity

The first leg of the tour concluded with a great show at the Velocity Bicycle Cooperative in Alexandria, VA.  A great audience and a very cool space made for a fantastic way to end the tour.

9/10 at Velocity Bicycle Cooperative

Philly, Baltimore, DC

A week of great shows (see photos below), a great weekend in Philadelphia, and some urban riding from Philly to Baltimore and on to Washington, DC, and I am more or less done with the tour. Highlights from the past week or so: A brief kayak trip on the Musconetcong River, a bike tune up by the guys at the Bethlehem Bicycle Cooperative, the audience at the Weavers Way Coop who all brought their own folding chairs to a former commercial garage where we held the show, a ride in the 2nd annual Philadelphia Naked Bike Ride, a roof deck performance with a view of the Baltimore skyline to a great gathering of nursing students, and an excellent crowd here in Washington last night to support the Mt. Rainier Bicycle Coop and The Neighborhood Farm Initiative.

One last show in Alexandria, VA on Friday.  Stay tuned for the second leg of the tour, coming to the south in late October.

Concert Photos

Kingston, NY 8/29

Port Jervis, NY 8/31

Bethlehem, PA 9/2

Philadelphia, PA 9/3

NY/NJ

New York has been the state of half days, with 3 days in a row of 30 miles or less.  Had a really fun show in Kingston, NY and a great visit with my wonderful hosts Kristen and Miguel.  Then rode past Ellenville and camped on the towpath of the D+H canal, the 1800's way to get from the Hudson River to the Delaware.  In 2010 I recommend a bicycle.  Found myself in Port Jervis by 11 am on Tuesday and had a great afternoon hanging out at the Port Java Cafe with Judy and whoever else popped in there.  The show was really special, a great community audience, great singers!!  Today I was lucky enough to ride on back roads through the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation area.   A great ride, including the very challenging hill with brought me to the top of the Appalachians.  I am currently at the Musconetcong Watershed Association Headquarters (A LEED Certified building!!) and it looks like it's going to be a great show tonight!