Home for the Holidays Concert Series Benefiting Compass House, 12/9-29! | Arts & Culture

WHO: A herd of Buffalo musicians – ex-pats, re-pats, and immigrants, along with upstart Buffalo-based company You and Who
WHAT: Home for the Holidays concert series benefiting Compass House
WHEN: December 9th-29th – seven events in all
WHERE: Five different Buffalo music venues
WHY: To celebrate the many meanings of “home”

Home for the Holidays Concert Series Celebrates Buffalo and Supports Compass House

Series celebrates Buffalo with a wide range of artists who call the city home in some way

               There are many interpretations to the word “home.” For most people born and bred in Buffalo, this city will always be home no matter where they lay their head, and many musicians have sought other scenes to realize their dreams, often finding that these pastures are as green as they need and returning to bolster our bountiful scene. Others have migrated here from other towns having found comfort in our community.

               There is another segment of our community for which the comforts of home and hopes of living out dreams are fleeting. For teens and young adults who have found themselves homeless, Compass House has served to “bring hope home” – “a new direction for a better life,” so says their slogan. In their honor, The Good Neighborhood has assembled a bevy of Buffalo musicians for seven December concerts at five different local venues that comprise the inaugural Home for the Holidays concert series.

               Among these artists are “ex-pats” – Buffalo natives currently living elsewhere but home to visit family and friends; “re-pats” – those who have left but in time reclaimed their roots; “immigrants” – those who hail from other places but have settled here; and a Canadian band who is starting to feel at home in one of our venerable venues. And joining them at each venue is an upstart Buffalo-based apparel company named You and Who, which sells T-Shirts to people that want to buy them, and donates them to people that need them. For every shirt they sell, they donate another to organizations such as Compass House.

"The Home for the Holidays series captures the same spirit that inspired You and Who," said founder and president Dan Gigante. "Compass House is one of our Day One partners, and we've made a commemorative series t-shirt that will be available at each show. For each shirt purchased, another will be donated to Compass House."

The lineup is as follows –

Thursday, December 9th, 7pm, Sportsmens Tavern, 326 Amherst St., $15 (tix available@bar) - Lee Harvey Osmond (Hamilton, ON); Alison Pipitone (ex-Los Angeles) w/Graham Howes; Ron Lasalle (ex-Nashville/Chicago) w/Frank Grizanti (ex-LA)

Friday, December 10th, 9pm, Pearl Street Brewery, 76 Pearl St., $4 - “Bros & Brews” w/Ryan & Todd Doyle (Brooklyn) of More Than Me and David & Brad Doyle (ex-LA)

Saturday, December 11th, 9pm, Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen St., $5 - Son of the Sun (fronted by Zak Ward, ex-LA); Kingsley Flood (Boston, feat. a few ex-Buffalonians); Walri (Rochester)

Friday, December 17th, 6pm, Merge, 439 Delaware Ave, FREE - Pamela Ryder (Austin)

Sunday, December 19th, 7:30pm, Tudor Lounge, 335 Franklin St., $3 - Jony James Band (Jony ex-Chicago) and Friends

Wednesday, December 22nd, 7pm, Sportsmens Tavern, $5 - “Immigrant Song Swap” w/Dee Adams, Vic Lazar, Leroy Townes and Alan Whitney

Wednesday, December 29th, 6pm, Sportsmens Tavern, $10 - Home for the Holidays Finale Jam w/The Twang Gang and a herd of Buffalo roamers

For more info, contact Seamus Gallivan, The Good Neighborhood, 716-587-2005, seamusgallivan@yahoo.com