About this Event
We are super excited to host TWO talented Singer Songwriters in The Backroom Bar at Compass Point. These two are story tellers, and we love the stories that they tell. Each of them is talented and entertaining. They have never met but they are both going to WOW you with their songs!
Doors at 6pm
Music 7 - 10pm
Tickets
El Chac Mool will be on hand with delicious Mexican food.
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Jack Summers is a songwriter from Weston, Missouri.
Jack’s childhood memories include his father reading him Bob Dylan lyrics like bedtime stories and going to the Walnut Valley Music Festival. As he grew up, he started writing lyrics of own and eventually, he won the Walnut Valley Songs for a Better World Songwriting Contest.
Jack’s music is story-centric Americana that covers everything from the death of a West Virginia coal town to the death of the American mall.
In 2021, Jack released his debut album ‘No Longer and Not Yet’
In 2023, Jack won the Kerrville New Folk Songwriting Contest. Since then, he's played everywhere from a honkey tonk in Austin, to the backwoods of Awendaw, SC, to Iowa's oldest barn.
Check out his music HERE
Kris Schultz is a songwriter originally from Topeka, Kansas.
After years assisting musicians as merch slinger, road manager and van driver, but never playing or singing herself, Kris Schultz eventually acquired a cheap guitar and began writing musical snapshots of a life wandering, looking for - and maybe finding - home in unexpected places.
She released her full-length album, Standard Issue Heart, in October 2021, has played locally at such legendary venues as The Saxon Pub and Cactus Cafe, toured in the Midwest, Southwest and Southeastern US, has been featured in the live performance series “Songs In Places” for the last year, and is currently working on her second album.
Check out her music HERE
THINGS TO KNOW
Doors at 6
Music 7-10
Food Truck TBD
There is limited seating available in The Backroom Bar. You can purchase tickets online or in person at Compass Point during any event.
The Backroom Bar at Compass Point, home of Dirty Girl Adventures, is an intimate setting for live music, allowing every person in the space to see, hear, and interact with the performers. We have many offerings at the bar, from event drink specials to mocktails and soda. We have something you'll want.
Compass Point is part of the NOTO Common Consumption Area. This allows you to purchase an alcoholic beverage from a licensed CCA vendor and walk through the Common Consumption Area. All drinks within the CCA MUST be in a branded cup from one of the licensed CCA vendors within the NOTO Arts District.
Event venue & nearby stays
Compass Point home of Dirty Girl Adventures, 800 N. Kansas Ave., Topeka, United States
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