The Eclectic Café is held on the second Saturday of the month, September through May at:
The Unitarian Universalist Society of South Suffolk 28 Brentwood Road Bay Shore, NY 11706 For show info: 631-661-1278 |
Parking is available along Brentwood Road. We ask that you please AVOID parking in the medical offices’ parking lots south of the church or in the Sinai Reform Temple parking lot.
The open mic starts at 7:30pm. Performers wishing to participate should sign up by 7:30. The featured artists begin at about 8:30pm.
Admission is $10 for non-members ($5 for High School students with ID), and $8 for members. Membership is $12 a year. You can become a member at any time and your membership will be for a full calendar year, starting that month. Family memberships are also available. Ask at the ticket table for details. Refreshments are available.
We would also appreciate a donation of canned or dry food for local charity. The Eclectic Café is an all-volunteer, not-for-profit organization.
Rupert Wates was born in London and has been a full time songwriter since 1992. He has written songs in all kinds of styles for all kinds of artists. During the Nineties he worked with Jazz singer Liz Fletcher, recording several albums with her.
Moving to Paris in 2001, he developed his skills as a singer and performer and formed his own group. In 2005 he recorded the album Sweet or Bitter Wine, his first as a solo artist.
Since September 2006 Rupert has been based in the USA, and his music has found a warm reception in America. Through 2008 and 2009 Rupert has pursued an extensive schedule of live work, averaging over 120 gigs a year – sometimes solo, sometimes with his regular quartet. In August, Wates returned to the UK for the first time in three years to play four shows at the Acoustic Music Centre, Edinburgh, as part of the International Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
“Truly gripping lyrics with great themes and troubling, witty messages. An inspirational artist” — Leith FM Radio, Scotland
“To describe Rupert Wates as a singer/songwriter does not do him justice. You feel, not just hear his music and his lyrics. He is an experience.” — Eileen Batson, North Carolina Songwriters Co-Operative
More at rupertwates.com and www.myspace.com/rupertwates
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