ALL AGES. Masks are required at all times for audience members. (Performers have the option to unmask only while performing.)
DOORS 6:30 / SHOW 7:00 / DONE BY 9:30 / Tickets $12
Drawing inspiration from mean cats to produce items, Minneapolis’ Rabeca combines jam tunes and improvised music.
https://www.instagram.com/thisisrabeca/
https://www.facebook.com/thisisrabeca
The songs of Bear In The Forest howl with spiritualism. It is built around folk music in the oldest, barest sense: joy and pain and a guitar coming together to produce sounds that resonate with ancestral memory. Bear, a.k.a. Alberto Kanost, has been writing and preforming songs under this moniker for about a decade, beginning when he was 15. Now at 24, he has had multiple iterations of bands and worked with two different producers to release two projects and a handful of singles. His collaborators and producers come and go, but it seems to always come back to just Bear and his guitar. In live performances, magic happens, and it's a challenge to capture it in recording; the music comes from what some would describe as a spiritual channelling that can be hard to recreate in studio settings.
After Bear's recent graduation from UW-Madison in 2020, BITF released a second project, showing growth in songwriting and a ever-shining vocal prowess. Bear In The Forest songwriting elaborates on thoughts in topics like mental health, nature, war, death, loneliness, love, and heart-break, but always holds onto a sense of joy.
https://soundcloud.com/bearitf
https://www.facebook.com/BearInTheForest/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2RtS6yWCwRvmr6CWSL1aA2
Isaac Arms played in bands in Urbana-Champaign for a decade or so (like Withershins and Spandrels) before moving to Madison in 2018. They mostly kick around an acoustic in their livingroom singing Barenaked Ladies covers to their spouse and cats. Midwest emogaze for life, though they wish they could shake it.
https://isaacarms.bandcamp.com/album/the-extremities
Accessibility notes: We have two steps to come in the front door, and one step in our back door. There are two steps into the second portion of our building to reach the bathroom. We have ramps we can put it place for anyone who needs them. Please let us know if we may assist you in accessing the space.
We have limited parking behind our building in a small lot.