Mojohand w/ Regals & Bird Friend

Mojohand w/ Regals & Bird Friend

Wed 8/27

6pm doors/7pm show

All Ages | $15 adv./$18 day of

NJ/NYC based Americana-rockers Mojohand have been winning over audiences from Pittsburgh, PA to Austin, TX and everywhere in between since late-2016. Mojohand have played countless shows in dive bars, DIY basement venues, and at colleges, and clubs across New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Texas, Louisiana, Georgia, Tennessee, New Hampshire, and Connecticut.

Mojohand have shared the stage with national and regional touring acts such as Oteil Burbridge (Dead & Company, The Allman Brothers Band), Whitey Morgan, Jesse Daniel, Madisons, and The Englishtown Project to name a few.

The band released nine singles before their powerhouse debut album Songbook hit streaming in October 2021. With an ability to write both anthemic choruses and clever, listen-to-it-twice verses, Mojohand’s music keeps us wondering just exactly what decade this band is from - it’s hard to believe this band’s members are all on the lighter side of their 20s. “Songbook” was produced Sean Walsh of legendary Brooklyn-based bar band, The National Reserve and features guest performances by Walsh himself, John Lee Shannon (Circles Around The Sun), and Jonny Lam (Norah Jones, Miranda Lambert, David Byrne)

Mojohand have also hosted their own DIY music festival, Mojofest in New Jersey every summer since 2017. The sixth annual Mojofest took place on July 9th, 2022 in Toms River and included performances by 10 bands and multiple local vendors and artists selling their wares and was attended by over 300 people.

Regals is an alt-country rock band hailing from New Hampshire and Maine. Songwriter Ryan Rock Egan (yes, that’s his middle name) brings a powerful, harrowing voice to his heavy-hearted songwriting. He's complimented by the rest of his band, holding it down with a machine of a rhythm section and a cosmic swirl of pedal steel & angular guitars. Ranging comparisons of bands like Lucero and Modest Mouse to acts like Jason Molina and Replacements have gotten the band more traction as of late as they’re set to self-release their first LP record in 2025. Current line up is singer/songwriter Ryan Rock Egan, Sean Merkle on drums, Chris J Brün on lead guitar, Mike Vinci on bass/vocals, and Lucas Troy on pedal steel.

Bird Friend is a band from Portsmouth, New Hampshire & Somerville, Massachusetts.

Rooted in folk and DIY, Bird Friend’s sound also blends elements of punk, early psych and garage rock, slowcore and alt-country. Noted for its literate lyricism and unique guitar work, Bird Friend has been on the DIY scene for over ten years, performing in basements, bars, and clubs all over the United States.

Restless and experimental by nature, the band has collaborated with artists, musicians, and poets to create an identity that sounds like nothing else, yet is unmistakably theirs.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

The Press Room - Upstairs, 77 Daniel Street, Portsmouth, United States