Subterranean Sound: Jon Stickley Trio

Subterranean Sound at Grand Caverns is our exclusive concert series deep within the cave. With only 75 tickets available for each performance, this is a rare opportunity to enjoy local libations and a live show within a sonically surreal, subterranean setting.
Subterranean Sound presents Jon Stickley Trio on January 31st, 2026.
Cocktail Hour/Doors Open @5:30 PM
Drinks provided by Pale Fire Brewery
Show @7:00 PM
Tickets are $55, no refunds or exchanges. Tickets go on sale December 17th, 2025 @ 8:30 AM EST.
~ Jon Stickley Trio Bio below~
Boundary-breaking and genre-defying are handy terms to use in describing musical artists, but while they can lend a certain cachet to a project, music that really eludes easy description is actually pretty rare. Still, if such terms can be applied to any group at all, the is at the head of the line for such treatment. For while the music made by guitarist Stickley, violinist Lyndsay Pruett and percussionist Hunter Deacon contains innumerable influences that dart in and out of a listener’s ear, its all-instrumental essence is truly unique. And while the Trio’s 2020 debut for Organic Records, , was a convincing enough depiction of the group’s distinctive identity to earn rave reviews from jazz and Americana publications alike, their upcoming album, , serves up compelling proof that they’ve been digging even deeper.

Building on singles the Trio has released over the past two years, Meantime’s Up may best fit under the jazz umbrella, expertly matching inspiration and execution in a series of collective creations knit together with a handful of interludes given over to their individual members. The result is at once engagingly diverse and yet artistically coherent, even as individual entries like “Future Ghost,”“In And About” and — all previously-released singles — exhibit the same traits in miniature, with multiple themes and moods, while others, like the new “Preston’s Tune,” a grassy flatpicking showcase, or Pruett’s “Death By Rainbow,” are deeper explorations of single textures and grooves. Rounded out by the focused interludes — Pruett’s lushly melodic “Consequence of Desire,” Stickley’s moody “Moonbow” and “Morning Candy,” and Deacon’s epic explorations of percussive tonality, “Causeway Pt. 1” and “Causeway Pt. 2” — the 50+ minute project is an expansive offering that brings to mind such archetypal suites as Mussorgsky’s Pictures At An Exhibition, taking listeners on a lengthy, ever-changing journey to the heart of the Trio’s creativity. And with its devotion to rich tones and its elegant counterpoints, Meantime’s Up is perfectly suited to a full treatment in the exciting new sonic landscape of Dolby Atmos, available on Apple Music, Amazon Music and TIDAL.

Info: Seating starts at 6:30 pm which includes a tour of Grand Caverns as you walk 10-15 minutes underground on well lit, level, gravel pathways. Navigating stairs necessary. Not ADA accessible.

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5 Grand Caverns Dr, 5 Grand Caverns Drive, Grottoes, United States

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