Greetings,
As we look back over the past year, we celebrated the 90th Anniversary of the Knickerbocker Café, and continued growth of the Knickerbocker Music Center, as a non-profit organization. Joining our sister organizations, The United Theatre and the RI Phil Music School at the United, we are creating amulti-venue regional campus for the arts. While coordinating with the United on programming, we are also providing space for lessons and performance throughout the week for the RI Phil Music School. We host numerous music school events including Youth on the Mic, that provide a stage for live performance for young musicians, as well as concerts performed by music school bands. In addition to the many great performances of bands like, Ryan Montbleau, The Felice Brothers, Hiss Golden Messenger, Will Evans, Nick Bosse and Edie Brickell, we continue to celebrate the great tradition of Blues music with performances by Sugar Ray Norcia, Greg Piccolo, Duke Robilard, Al Copley, Jeff Pitchell, The Founders, and Roomful of Blues. It is fitting that we celebrated the 90th Anniversary of the Knickerbocker Café with the sold out performance by the award winning Knickerbocker All-Stars®, a band that exemplifies the great Blues tradition that made the Knickerbocker Café famous.Music is such an important part of life in any community and we support that by sponsoring the Watch Hill Summer Concert Series and the Rhythm & Roots Festival as well as our partnerships with the United and RI Phil Music School.We would like to thank you, our community, for supporting live music.
Mark Connolly. Executive Director. Knickerbocker Music Center