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Presenting fine traditional arts in Central Pennsylvania since 1985

Winter Coffeehouse

Saturday, January 25, 2025 7-10 pm at Fort Hunter Barn - FREE!

About This Event:

Susquehanna Folk Coffeehouses are intimate evenings showcasing Central Pennsylvania's fine amateur acoustic musicians, who play a wide variety of material for an attentive, music-loving audience. This edition of the coffeehouse brings us everything from blues to bluegrass, including some mighty fine acoustic guitar work, from Hank Imhof, Dave Fishel, Maria Wilson and Ray Owen.

Hank Imhof
Hank Imhof
Dave Fishel
Dave Fishel
Maria Wilson
Maria Wilson
Ray Owen
Ray Owen
Closeup of a Gibson guitar, showing mother-of-pearl banding around the edge of the instrument, around the soundhole, and around where the fretboard is attached to the top

Susquehanna Folk Coffeehouses are intimate evenings showcasing Central Pennsylvania's fine amateur acoustic musicians, who play a wide variety of material for an attentive, music-loving audience. This edition of the coffeehouse brings us everything from blues to bluegrass, including some mighty fine acoustic guitar work, from Hank Imhof, Dave Fishel, Maria Wilson and Ray Owen.

The Barn is accessible and is smoke- and alcohol-free. Food and beverages will be available, as well as artists' merchandise and tip jars. Support your local folkies! Donations to defray our costs and support local folk music are always welcome.

Maria Wilson

Maria Wilson is a premier solo guitarist with six albums of her own. Her complex, contemporary guitar sound has astonished audiences up and down the East Coast, and delighted listeners on Spotify, Amazon Music, and other digital music services. Maria has been performing professionally for over 30 years and is a published composer for TV and film.

Ray Owen

Ray Owen is a singer, songwriter and humorist whose music spans Folk to Americana, Country-Blues to Bluegrass,CowJazz, Swing, and Celtic Music to Folk’n Roll. He can be counted on to infect his entire environment with his trademark wry sense of humor in the tradition of Mark Twain, Will Rogers, John Prine, and The Guthrie Legacy. From Ray’s early days playing crusty Maryland crab houses, coal miners’ strikes, and small-town juke joints, he has gone on to share the stage with such luminaries as Pete Seeger, Doc Watson, Van Morrison, Earl Scruggs, and Arlo Guthrie, as well as tours with the likes of Willie Nelson and Jerry Seinfeld.

Hank Imhof

Hank Imhof is a solo acoustic artist who skillfully covers the blues, jazz, gospel, folk, bluegrass, rock, and any combination of them all. A love of music and learning shows in an array of genres that covers decades of music. Uniquely mingling finger-style, flat-picking, and slide throughout his work on guitars, Hank also plays dobro, banjo, and harmonica that provides variety to his audiences.

David Fishel

David Fishel has been performing guitar and vocal music professionally since 1970, and studied for a short time with John Pilla (accompanist for Doc Watson). Influenced by the folk revival in the late '60s, Dave began writing songs, and in 1976 he produced his first album of original compositions. He's made ten more albums since then, the latest being 'To the Losers' in 2017.

FREE Admission!

This season's dates:

  • November 4, 2024
  • January 25, 2025
  • April 5, 2025

In the cozy Fort Hunter Centennial Barn

5300 N. Front St, Harrisburg, PA 17110

Questions?

Call, text, or leave a message at (717) 745-6577.

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