Pasadena Folk Music Society

John Whelan is thinking if putting together some remote master classes with various musicians. Please contact him directly if interested

We had the privilege of sponsoring Los Cambalache a few years ago at the Pasadena Public Library. Give them a virtual listen in your living room, backyard, patio, or any place you can get on your dancing moves.

Laissez les bontemps roulez!

Our friends at the Skirball Center have brought their famed world music series online. Here’s a taste of the current offering. Visit their website for more

While PFMS is able to wait out current events until we can safely gather again, some of our friends need to pay rent and other bills.

One of the most renowned Celtic music festival happens evry October in Nova Scotia. Here’s a chance to experience some of it from home this year

From our friend (and sometimes competitor) Bob Stane Coffee Gallery Backstage Bob Stane writes: The Coffee Gallery Backstage has been closed so long due to the Pandemic that I, and the club, may have become mythic. Were we all there together or was it a dream? About once per week I go to the building, walk down the hall, open the door and check on the stage. just to make sure the adventure was not a gossamer mirage. No teasing visuals but I can imagine the music. You are stil...l there in my mind and memory. So what are the plans? Answer: We are in a holding pattern until the Corona Virus ebbs. It must be rare enough that we can put 40+ patrons in the room, a cozy shoulder-to-shoulder number necessary for allowing our best acts to travel to Southern California, gather as one and be financially rewarded. Or at least break even. This means there has to be a vaccination, the disease may go puff and disappear or we all get it and live or die. I will not endanger you, my acts or myself by opening too soon. None of us can be replaced. I miss you and our gatherings. I, on the other side of The Biz, have to keep paying rent, and hope for a defeat of the Pandemic before I run out of cash. The talent must sit in musty attics and basements and eat whatever gruel they can afford to keep bodies connected to souls. They are keeping the music alive long enough to welcome you back to my exotic, coffee fueled bistro. How will sing and dance. I think re-opening will be in the Spring. Just a guess. It all boils down to money. Why must we be bothered with that side of the ledger? If the stars align we should all be able to ply our art without cares about monetary income and bill paying. I must learn to spin straw into gold. I am trying to do just that but reality foils my plans. Even straw is back ordered. Remember what The Coffee Gallery Backstage means to us all and what, we all hope, will mean in the future. For your part, please be careful. Don’t drink from the horse trough, gather sparsely, wear a mask and disinfect everything. Thank you. You are appreciated. Bob See more