Summer is rolling along quite nicely. We had a great time at the Smoked Country Jam this past weekend. Some bands we really loved were the Stevens Family Band and the Hillbilly Gypsies.

This Friday we find ourselves in Northern, PA once again at the Bull Frog Brew Pub in Wiliamsport.

Sunday we are doing playing a benefit show in memory of Daniel Pevar the Note in West Chester. Dan was a friend of the band and local artist/songwriter/film maker who passed away this past spring. Proceeds go to the Dan Pevar memorial scholarship to the Chester County Art Association. Also playing is Hoots and Hellmouth and Rob Melso. More on this event here.

Re-order Porter month has been a lot of fun so far. Two more Wednesdays left. The week it’s the Joe D’Amico Band.

Upcoming shows:
Friday, June 24th Bullfrog Brew Pub, Williamsport, PA
Sunday, June 26th The Note, West Chester, PA
Saturday, July 2nd OATS Fest, Benton, PA
Sunday, July 3rd Elk Creek Café, Millheim, PA
Much more on our TOUR page…

We are pretty excited to announce that Boxcar Brewing Company brewed a delicious Mason Porter (a beer that is) recently. We got to enjoy some at Maysie’s Farm Fest. We are not sure what their plans for the future of this beer are, but we are hoping to see some more in the future. Much thanks to Jamie Robinson and the folks at Boxcar.

We have a busy summer ahead. We’ll be traveling to many of our favorite places and to many new spots as well. Most dates are listed on our tour page, but some are still to be confirmed, so please visit us on facebook and here at masonporter.com to keep up to date on things.

Club Reverb Friday w/Frog Holler
Friday we’re at Club Reverb in Reading, PA. Club Reverb is a brand new space and we’ll be opening the night for Berks County favorites Frog Holler. We’re on first at 9pm sharp! Also playing, The Bigger Lovers. More info here.

Re-order Porter Month at McGillicuddy’s
We’re going to have some extra fun this month…for the next four Wednesdays, Mason Porter members will be leading their own bands at McGillicuddy’s in Ardmore. Some great players will be joining each week, plus we’ll all be in each others bands at some point probably, and maybe you’ll be the band at some point, maybe we’ll be Mason Porter at some point, so yes, anything is possible. More info here.

This week:
6/7 Eagleview Concert Series, Eagleview, PA
6/8 McGillicuddy’s, Ardmore, PA
6/9 Side Bar, West Chester, PA
6/10 Club Reverb, Reading, PA w/Frog Holler. 9pm
6/11 Maysie’s Farm Fest, Glenmoore, PA

Photo by Colin Helb, Mason Porter live at The Kimmel Center, June 1st, 2011

We’re hitting the road again this weekend. Friday we’re in Brooklyn at Red Hook Bait and Tackle; a cool little bar we played at back in February. Saturday, we’re in Chester, VT at a new venue for us called the Pizza Stone. The show is being presented by Cider magazine and looks like it’s going to be a great time.

Next weekend we’re playing a double header in Lancaster, PA. 1:00pm at the Spring Gulch Folk Festival and 9pm at the Lancaster Dispensing Company.

Here are a few new photos from our last World Cafe Live show taken by our friend Craig Tarazki, More are up on our Facebook page

We had a great time at the Roots Ramble last weekend. This weekend we hit the road…

Friday, Cafe Nola in Frederick, MD.
We play an early show starting around 8/8:30 until 10:00.

Saturday, Cary Street Cafe in Richmond, VA
We play 10-2. We’ve had a couple memorable shows here and are looking forward to our return as well as spending the afternoon in one of our favorite record stores that afternoon, Plan 9 on Cary Street.

A pair of interviews from two different Frederick news sources came out today.

http://www.gazette.net/

http://www.fredericknewspost.com/

Much thanks to Helen Leicht and WXPN for playing us as the Philly Local Pick of the Day yesterday and for a great blog post as well.

You can read the post here:
http://xpn.org/allaboutthemusic/?p=13449

Upcoming shows:
4/16 Roots Ramble, Media, PA
4/22 Cafe Nola, Frederick, MD
4/23 Cary Street Cafe, Richmond, VA
4/28 World Cafe Live, Philadelphia, PA
4/29 Brickette Lounge, West Chester, PA

We are looking forward to our return to Steel City Coffee in a few weeks. It has been newly remodeled since and they have upgraded their sound system as well. The Historic opens the night. Tickets available at the Steel City Web Site

Also we are in the process of mixing an EP for release this summer. More info on this to come shortly.

Upcoming shows:
3/31 Side Bar, West Chester, PA
4/8 Steel City Coffee, Phoenixville, PA
4/16 Roots Ramble, Media, PA
4/22 Cafe Nola, Frederick, MD
4/23 Cary Street Cafe, Richmond, VA
4/28 World Cafe Live, Philadelphia

This Saturday we will be returning to one of our favorite Chester County venues, the Kennett Flash. Opening the night are the Wallace Brothers Band.

For tickets visit the Kennett Flash website
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Next week we hit the road for NY and VT.
02/18/2011 – Red Hook Bait and Tackle, Brooklyn, NY
02/19/2011 – Snowshoe Lodge, Montgomery Center, VT
02/20/2011 – Langdon St. Cafe, Montpelier, VT (3pm)
02/20/2011 – Radio Bean, Burlington, VT (9pm)

Also on the horizon:
03/11/2011 – World Cafe Live, Philadelphia, PA
03/18/2011 – Brickette Lounge, West Chester, PA
04/08/2011 – Steel City Coffee, Phoenixville, PA
04/22/2011 – Cafe Nola – Frederick, MD
04/23/2011 – Cary St. Cafe – Richmond, VA

We’re looking forward to playing on the Folk Show with Gene Shay again this Sunday. We should be on around 9pm. You can tune it at 88.5 FM in Philadelphia and on the internet at xpn.org

We have the weekend off from shows and we starting recording for our next release which should be out this summer!

Next show is on the 12th at the Kennett Flash. It’s a great place and we always look forward to going back. You can get tickets here.
And please help spread the word about the on Facebook as well.

Folks, sorry to say, but Tim is not feeling well, he’s got a fever, and the whole 9 yards, and is not making tonight’s’ show in Camp Hill, we’re going to have to cancel and reschedule this one. Very sorry. He should be functioning for tomorrows show in Stroudsburg.