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Get your good time gear on for a night of inclusive and rowdy country music. Grab your fancy fringe, your best boots, and your sexiest sequins and we shall see you there! Besides... you don't want to miss the band that was recently named by Pandora as one of the top 20 acts to catch during SXSW 2024, and named as a 'band not to miss' by NoDepression for AmericanaFest 2022 & 2023.Secret Emchy Society
"With a casual Bakersfield-rockabilly blend, Secret Emchy Society once again captivates anyone within earshot." - Americana Highways
Secret Emchy Society has been named by TheBoot.com as one of the Ten Queer Country Bands for Real Country Music Fans to Listen To, a quadruple nominee for Best Live Band by the Bay Area Reporter, is featured in the documentary Lavender Outlaws, and landed in End of Year 'Best Of' lists from No Depression, Concert Hopper, and the Atlanta Auditory Association. Their raw, honest, and authentic listening experience is a welcome middle finger to modern country, offering up a brand of smoke-filled honky-tonk that's traditional as they come -- albeit delivered with a fiery, punk disposition.
Lead singer Cindy Emch, sometimes known as the 'First Lady of Queer Country' is known for her distinct voice and ability to blend Americana, California Country, Hellbilly, Goth, and Honky Tonk, spinning radically distinctive tales from her singular perspective. NoDepression says "One could describe Emch as if Nick Cave had grown up in Bakersfield with a dynamic swagger that could part the Red Sea."
Mawlee Jones Band
Darn tootin', Mawlee Jones is a concept— representing the trials and tribulations of the journey towards authenticity; they simultaneously navigate their fluid, complex internal landscape and the external trek, seeking the right environment to live and love freely. Written and performed by the queers, for the queers.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Showdown Saloon, Southeast Grind, 1223 SE Powell Blvd, Portland, OR 97202-2437, United States,Portland, Oregon