I send out a monthly email with details on whatever public gigs we’re playing. If you’d like to be on the email list, zap me an email! mick@nwdulcimer.
We also play private gigs which won’t be listed here (you can hire us!) — the public gigs are listed below.
Sunday, November 24, 11am-1pm, Steve Einhorn and I get our day started at Rose City Coffee Company. Great coffee and tea and food to get your Sunday going, and live music, too!
Sunday, November 24 6-8pm, Steve Einhorn and I play the Goose Hollow Inn. Totally acoustic, nary a microphone in sight. We hope to be joined by Mark Verhencamp and his sousaphone, which is great fun.! If all goes well, Spud will fly in from his east coast gig that afternoon and join us. Goose Hollow is the classic Portland neighborhood tavern. 1927 SW Jefferson St., Portland
Sunday, December 1, 5-7pm, and whaddya know, First Sunday at the Oakshire Beer Hall Patio, where Spud Siegel with Steve Einhorn (AKA Nature Boy) on guitar —and singing as only he can — and Mick will play! The outdoor patio is partially enclosed and outfitted with heaters. Pizza and salads by Oakshire, and you’re welcome to bring in food from other local eateries. And yes, it’s a beer hall, so they have their own good beers as well as other libations. Oakshire Beer Hall 5013 NE 42nd Avenue, Portland, Oregon
Wednesday, December 4, 2pm — Mick plays a solo set at the Waterford Grand, in Eugene, Oregon.
Saturday, December 7, 10am to 12:30pm — Lauren Sheehan, George Penk and Mick play at the Forest Grove Library for their annual “Cocoa with a Cop” event. We play music as people gather and visit with the local constabulary and the library staff, whilst enjoying hot beverages and donuts. Last year Henry, the Chief of Police was wearing reindeer antlers :) 2114 Pacific Avenue, Forest Grove, Oregon
Saturday, December 21 and Sunday, December 22, at 3pm — Willamette Master Chorus Holiday show at Willamette University’s Hudson Hall in Salem, with Special Guests the Trail Sextet, featuring Gayle and Phil Neuman, Cal Scott, Dan Stueber, Eddie Parente, and Mick Doherty.
Thursday, December 26, 6-8pm — Spud Siegel, George Penk and Mick play the Double Mountain Woodstock Taproom. A fine selection of beers, ciders and sodas, along with a satisfying menu of salads, sandwiches, pizzas and more. Come watch the kids dance to the tunes, or dance to the tunes your own self!
Sunday, January 5, 5-7pm, and whaddya know, First Sunday of the New Year at the Oakshire Beer Hall Patio, where Spud Siegel with Steve Einhorn (AKA Nature Boy) on guitar —and singing as only he can — and Mick will play! The outdoor patio is outfitted with heaters. Pizza and salads by Oakshire, and you’re welcome to bring in food from other local eateries. And yes, it’s a beer hall, so they have their own good beers as well as other libations. Oakshire Beer Hall 5013 NE 42nd Avenue, Portland, Oregon
Tuesday, January 7, 5:30-6:30pm, Mick performs a program featuring the hammer dulcimer at the Lake Oswego Public Library.
Thursday, January 16, 1-3pm, Artichoke Community Music — Steve Einhorn, Spud Siegel and Mick do their thing!
Thursday, January 30, 6-8pm — Spud Siegel, George Penk and Mick play the Double Mountain Woodstock Taproom. A fine selection of beers, ciders and sodas, along with a satisfying menu of salads, sandwiches, pizzas and more. Come watch the kids dance to the tunes, or dance to the tunes your own self!
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…recent different sortsa gigs…….
Here’s a video from a practice session in 2023.
This year again, December 21, Saturday, 3pm, and December 22, 2023, Sunday, 3 pm, The Trail Sextet (Phil and Gayle Neuman, Eddie Parente, Cal Scott, Dan Stueber and (whaddya know?) Mick Doherty will appear as guest performers with the Willamette Master Chorus.
The Trail Sextet are former members of the Trail Band. We were also guests in last year’s program and it was lovely — a lot of great singers and arrangements, as well as the top singers from schools in the Salem area in a children’s choir. We play a set of instrumentals, as well as accompany the chorus on several other pieces. (video by Deb Chase)
