MASON PORTER

We’re getting ahead start on our holiday weekend Thursday evening at the O.A.T.S. Bluegrass Festival in Benton, PA. We’re providing entertainment for the Grillbillie picnic! If you don’t’ know who the Grillbillies are, come on out to O.A.T.S. and find out for your self, because they are about the greatest bunch of bluegrass lovin’, good time havin’ folks that you can meet. Marc Silver and his band will be joining us too!

The festival runs Thursday though Sunday and has some great acts including. Dan Paisley and Southern Grass (Fri, Sat),
Hillbilly Gypsies (Fri, Sat), NewFound Road (Sat), Special Ed and the Short Bus (Sat) and tons more.

See the website for more info http://www.oatsfestival.com/

Thaaaaaaaaaannnnnkks!
We want to send a big thanks to Wissahickon Chicken Shack, Adrien Reju and to all of the wonderful people who helped us pack the Tin Angel on Saturday night. We were only a few seats away from a sell out crowd!

More Mason Porter shows coming up, check out our tour page.

We have a great show coming up at the end of the month at the Tin Angel in Philadelphia. We are encouraging people to buy tickets in advance.

Joining us are two amazing artists; Wissahickon Chicken Shack and Adrien Reju.

And yes, our new CD has arrived and it will be available at the show!!!

We hit the big time folks! …we’ll maybe not, but we were featured in an article by Bill Raftery about the Phoenixville Summer Music Series in todays Philadelphia Inquirer. You can see an online version of the article about Phoenixville here.

We will be returning to the music series on July 11th for Blob Fest weekend. This and more shows under tour.

On another note, it’s time to get ready for our show at the Tin Angel later this month. We are encouraging people to buy tickets in advance.

We hope you will join us this Friday, June 6th in Phoenixville, PA for the kick off of the Summer Street Music Series. We’re the headlining band for the night starting at 7:30.

More info about this show and other shows under Tour

We had an amazing weekend at the NEPA Bluegrass Festival. We would like to thank everyone who made us feel at home there especially Danny Stewart, Sandi Marola, Matt and the Grillbillies.

Here are a few picture we managed to get of the Showcase Stage/Grillbillie Hall.

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We had a wonderful month at MilkBoy sharing the stage with some amazing acts and working out some new material. The summer is now upon us and we are starting things off with a set at the NEPA BLuegrass Festival at Lazy Brook Park in Tunkhannock, PA.

http://www.nepabluegrass.com/
There are some top notch headliners including LOUIE SETZER and the Appalachian Mountain Boys,Remington Ryde, Stained Grass Window, and more.

Were on the Showcase stage Saturday with our good friends Wissahickon Chicken Shack.

http://www.nepabluegrass.com/id11.html

More info about this show and other shows under Tour

Hello, we have a very exciting May coming up. Starting Tuesday we will be settling in to a weekly residency at MilkBoy Acoustic Cafe in Bryn Mawr, PA for the month. The shows will start at 7:00 and go to 10:00 and we have some great songwriters and bands joining us each night.

5.06.08 w/ Hezekiah Jones and Joshua Park
5.13.08 w/ The New Time and Steph Hewett
5.20.08 w/ Painted Blue and Max Spiegel
5.27.08 w/ Wissahickon Chicken Shack and Papertrees

We’ve linked everyone in to our myspace so you can check them out easily here http://www.myspace.com/masonporter

Also, we’re back at Dawson Street Pub on Friday, May 9th.

Other shows coming up…

May 31 2008, NEPA Bluegrass Festival
Jun 6 2008, Phoenixville Summer Music Series
Jun 8 2008, The Purple Fiddle
Jun 13 2008, Andy’s
Jun 28 2008, Tin Angel w/ Wissahickon Chicken Shack and Adrien Reju

More about these dates under Tour

Hello, this Friday we return to our home town of West Chester, PA to none other than the Brickette Lounge. It’s our first time back the Brickette since December. Joining us from Berks County, PA are our friends The Manatawny Creek Ramblers. Show starts at 9:30.

Saturday we will be playing in the Media Americana Roots Ramble. This multi-venue celebration of American Roots Music features 20+ bands throughout the town of Media. Other artists include Zydeco-a-Go-Go, Pawnshop Roses, The Lowlands and many, many more. Check out the web site for more details.

http://www.statestreetblues.com/2008/mediamericana/index.html

Thanks to everyone who helped us pack the house at Steel City a few weeks back. Here is some video from that night.

Keep your eye out on our calendar for upcoming shows, here are a few we think you should know about, plenty more under Tour.

Fri. April 11th, Brickette Lounge
Sat. April 12th, Media Roots Ramble
Fri. May 9th, Dawson Steet Pub
Sat. May 31st NEPA Bluegrass Festival (email us if you’re interested in tickets)
Fri. June 6th, Phoenixville Summer Music Series
Sat. June 28th Tin Angel w/Wissahickon Chicken Shack and Adrien Reju

More info about these shows under Tour

Again, much thanks to Matthew Byrd for recording these video’s. And thanks to Liam for making us sound so great that night.

Here is a pretty lively interview with the band. Thanks to Matthew Byrd from the Phoenix for coming out to do this interview.

Click here to download the mp3.