Will Johnson Tour Dates / March + April 2023

(photo by Todd Wolfson)

Will is headed out on tour in March and April, playing all acoustic shows in small capacity spaces.

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https://undertowshows.com/collections/will-johnson

Wed March 22 : St Louis MO
Thur March 23 : Chicago IL
Fri March 24 : Detroit MI
Sat March 25 : Cleveland OH
Sun March 26 : Pittsburgh PA
Mon March 27 : Buffalo NY
Wed March 29 : Syracuse NY
Thu March 30 : Boston MA
Frid March 31 : Weehawken NJ – SOLD OUT
Sat April 1 : Philadelphia PA
Sun April 2 : Baltimore MD – SOLD OUT
Tue April 4 : Washington DC
Thu April 6 : Athens GA
Fri April 7 : Atlanta GA
Sat April 8 : Waverly AL
Sun April 9 : New Orleans LA

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Undertow Shows are intimate events hosted by fans in private spaces such as: living rooms, lofts, recording studios, coffee shops, museums, yoga studios, bike shops, churches, indoor skate parks, and more.

Each show is completely unique. We try to find the most accommodating spaces for both the artist and the fans. Things we always try to consider is: acoustics of the room, accessibility, available seating and proximity to parking and public transportation. It all adds up to a magical experience.

Thank you!

Big Bender Number 7! Featuring Mary Cutrufello and Will Johnson

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Presented by The Joe Pat Hennen Family and Dan’s Silver Leaf. Enjoy two nights under the desert stars listening to some of the best Texas connected music you’ll ever hear, no doubt. Ticket price does NOT include lodging. BYOB. BYOF. These lovely evenings take place in the beautiful environs of The Marathon Motel in Marathon, Texas. Spend your mornings and afternoons day trippin’ or just hangin’ out and relaxing. Music starts each night at 7pm. On Friday, Telecaster Slingin’, Honky Tonkin’ Mary Cutrufello & Trevor McSpadden will be kickin’ things off! Isaac Hoskins & The Glass Mountain Orchestra will finish up the night. Saturday night it’ll be Will Johnson, solo. Your co-hosts for both evenings will be Isaac Hoskins and Tex Bosley. Price of a ticket DOES include some complimentary beveraging. During both night’s shows, you’ll be enjoying the delicious beer provided by Denton County Brewing Co., brewed specifically for this event. Also, refreshing cocktails provided by Deep Eddy Vodka! Pass your bottle and pass what have ya!. This thing is called the Big Bender for a reason. There should be camping space available at the Marathon Motel ($) as well as rooms at The Gage ($$$$$) but you need to act now. Plenty of Air B & B action in town as well. Please join us for this VERY special weekend.

HOSTS NEEDED: Living Room Tour March + April 2023

(photo by Barry Toranto)

We’re looking for people to host Will Johnson Undertow Shows in March + April 2023

We’ll make this as easy as possible for the hosts. All you have to do is let us borrow your living room (for approx 3 hours) and check-in guests at the door upon arrival. In return you’ll get 5 free tickets for your friends and our eternal gratitude.

Do you live in or near one of the cities listed below? Do you have large living room, loft space, community space, art gallery, yoga studio, coffee shop, or other space that can comfortably and safely host up to 50 people? If so, please read everything on this page and fill in the form below to submit your space.

Will would love to play a show at your place!

March
March 22: St. Louis MO
March 23: Chicago IL
March 24: Detroit MI
March 25: Cleveland OH / Pittsburgh PA
March 26: Buffalo NY
March 28: Boston MA
March 29: NYC / Brooklyn
March 31 : Philadelphia PA

April
April 01: Baltimore MD
April 02: Washington DC
April 03: Richmond VA
April 04: Asheville NC / Brevard NC
April 05: Athens GA
April 06: Atlanta GA
April 07: Waverly AL
April 08: Mississippi / Louisiana

IMPORTANT!
1. Please read everything so you know how it works.
2. PLEASE VISIT THIS LINK TO FILL IN THE FORM TO SUBMIT YOUR PLACE
3. Sit tight and we’ll get back to as soon as possible if we can confirm a show at your place.

A few things we want you to know about hosting a show. . .

1. LOCATION
You have a large living room, loft space, community space, art gallery, yoga studio, recording studio, coffee shop or other space where we can do a private show that can comfortably and safely host up to 40 people.

There needs to be street parking, parking garage or public transportation nearby so guests can get to your place easily. Please check with your neighbors and make sure they’re ok with a bunch of extra people coming over before you offer to host a show. It would be a huge bummer if someone called the cops because of all the extra cars and people coming to your place.

2. CAPACITY
We’re currently limiting capacity for indoor shows to 35 tickets. Please keep in mind when determining your capacity, you get five free tickets for friends that won’t be included in the ticketed capacity. The capacity you tell us will be the number of tickets we put on sale. EXAMPLE: If we sell 35 tickets and you invite 5 guests, there will be 40 people at the show.

3. TICKET PRICE
Ticket price will be $20. Everyone must buy tickets in advance. No tickets will be sold at the door. There will be no reselling or third-party tickets sales. All tickets sales are direct to fans from Undertow. Limit 4 tickets per person. These shows usually sell out quickly and we want everyone to have a fair opportunity to buy tickets.

4. GUEST LIST
We’ll provide the host with a list of everyone coming to the show. The host won’t have to deal with any money and will only need to check people off the list as they arrive. We ask guests to arrive between 7:15-7:45pm. The shows start at 8pm and we ask everyone to be out of your space within 30 minutes after the show has ended. That’s usually no later than 10pm.

VERY IMPORTANT! We are requiring all guests bring a completed COVID-19 vaccine card and show it at the door to enter. The artist will be at the door with the host to help check-in guests as they arrive. There will be no exceptions. If someone doesn’t have their vaccine card, they will not be allowed to enter.

5. FREE TICKETS FOR HOSTS
The host gets 5 additional free tickets for the show. If you have other friends beyond your 5 guests who want to come to the show you should direct them buy tickets on-line. These guests will also need to bring a completed vaccine card to attend the show.

6. PROMOTING THE SHOW
The shows will promoted on our websites, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and word-of-mouth. Your home address will not be published on the web and will only be given to people who purchase tickets.

We’ll need your help to spread the word on your Facebook and Twitter too. We’ll create a Facebook event for each show and make you a host of the event so you can easily invite your friends (Thank you!). Remember, please don’t post your address. The address only goes to people after they buy tickets. We need to keep the location private so random people don’t try to show up and pay at the door.

7. SOUND SYSTEM & LIGHTING
You don’t need a sound system. Most of the shows are totally acoustic. But some artists bring a small sound system if they’re playing electric instruments, so they will need access to a nearby electrical outlet. We’ll let you know.

You don’t need any special lighting. But it would be great if you had some kind of ambient lighting like a lamp on coffee table, floor lamp, or overhead lights with a dimmer to help create a cozy mood.

8. SEATING
You don’t need seating for everyone. If you have a bunch of chairs, great! But most shows are floor seating and we let guests know they should bring folding chair, cushion or pillow to sit on during the show.

9. OPENING ARTISTS
We don’t have openers on the living room shows. We’re trying to make this as easy as possible and minimize the amount of time guests are in your space. It’s much easier for us to keep things simple and stay on schedule if it’s just one artist playing.

10. FRIENDLY PETS
We love dogs and cats… we really do! But an excitable pet running around during the show can be distracting for the guests and performers. If you have curious and friendly 4-legged family members, would you be ok with putting them in another part of the house or sending them to a friend’s house during the show?

PLEASE VISIT THIS LINK TO FILL IN THE FORM TO SUBMIT YOUR PLACE

# Thanks! #

Spain Tour Dates In November

(the way it’s been vs. the way it’s gonna be..)

Some Spain shows very soon.

November 2 – Madrid / Siroco
November 3 – Valencia / Loco Club
November 4 – Zaragoza / La Lata de Bombillas
November 5 – Santander / Escenario Santander (Moon Estudio)
November 6 – San Sebastián / Altxerri
November 8 – Ourense / Pop Torgal
November 9 – A Coruna / Club Uni
November 11 – Barcelona / Heliogabal

More info via www.houstonpartymusic.com

Tour Dates with Bob Mould in September

Honored to share more miles and shows with Bob Mould in September.

9/11 – Bozeman, MT / The Elm
9/13 – Boise, ID / Visual Arts Collective
9/14 – Salt Lake City, UT / Commonwealth Room
9/16 – Colorado Springs, CO / The Black Sheep
9/17 – Ft. Collins, CO / Washington’s
9/18 – Denver, CO / Oriental Theater
9/20 – Santa Fe, NM / Tumbleroot
9/22 – Ft. Worth, TX / Tulip’s
9/23 – Houston, TX / Continental Club
9/24 – Austin, TX / ACL Live at 310

Maybe see you out there.
, wj

Centro-matic shirts, proceeds to NARAL

Our band has found big love in lots of cities, states, and countries around the world. We’ve always appreciated this and never taken it for granted. We gathered recently for some shows in our original home of Denton, TX and it brought a smile to our faces and joy to our hearts.

Some folks who couldn’t join us for this home stand in Texas asked about getting t-shirts online. For the next week you can get one from our friends at Band Aid. We’ll donate all the band proceeds ($10 per shirt) to NARAL Pro-Choice America Foundation. (www.prochoiceamerica.org)

 
We’ll donate all the band proceeds ($10 per shirt) to NARAL Pro-Choice America Foundation.
Thank you for helping to make such a difference in our lives and we hope to all work together to make our world a better place.

Mini Set #7 – February 2022

First one of these since Fall of ’20 – an attempt to get the horses/calluses forward again. A musical tour with my friend John Moreland starts Thursday in Nashville. Dedicated anew, looking forward to the hum of the miles again.

1. Of Passengers and Plight (unreleased)
2. Tangle For The Less
3. Devil On The Interstate Line
4. Wise Blood
5. Trouble

Virtual tip jar is here, with 20% going to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
https://www.paypal.me/willjohnsonmusic

On Tour with John Moreland November November 2021, February + March 2022

Honored to ride with my friend John Moreland again for many shows, including some just-announced eastern/midwestern winter dates:

Nov. 18 – Austin, TX/Antone’s
Nov. 19 – Houston, TX/Heights Theater
Nov. 20 – Dallas, TX/Kessler
Nov. 21 – OKC, OK/Tower Theater
Feb. 17 – Nashville, TN/Basement East
Feb. 18 – Asheville, NC/Grey Eagle
Feb. 19 – Saxapahaw, NC/Haw River Ballroom
Feb. 20 – DC/Union Stage
Feb. 22 – Philadelphia, PA/World Cafe Live
Feb. 23 – Brooklyn, NY/Music Hall of Williamsburg
Feb. 24 – Boston, MA/Sinclair
Feb. 26 – Toronto, ON/Horseshoe
Feb. 28 – Ann Arbor/The Ark
Mar. 1 – Evanston, IL/SPACE
Mar. 3 – Minneapolis, MN/Cedar Cultural Center
Mar. 4 – Omaha, NE/Waiting Room

♥️, -wj
📷: @ramblecreek

HOSTS NEEDED: Living Room Shows October 2021

(photo by Barry Toranto)

We’re looking for people to host Will Johnson shows in October

In order to do these shows as safely as possible for hosts, guests and artists, we’ll be requiring all guests to agree to specific terms before they can purchase tickets to attend a show at your place…

+ Everyone attending must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by the date of the show.
+ Everyone attending must show a completed COVID-19 vaccine card to enter.
+ Everyone attending must wear a mask at all times while inside the space.
+ We’ll collect contact details from guests at the time of ticket purchase so we may conduct contact tracing efforts that may be necessary after the show date.

OK! On to the fun stuff…

We’ll make this as easy as possible for the hosts. All you have to do is let us borrow your living room for about three hours, check people in at the door when they arrive and in return you’ll get 5 free tickets for your friends and our eternal gratitude.

Do you have large living room, loft space, community space, art gallery, yoga studio, coffee shop or other space that can comfortably and safely host up to 30 people? Do you live in or near one of the cities listed below? If so, please read everything on this page and fill in the form to submit your place. Will would love to play a show at your place.

October 12 : Oklahoma City OK
October 13 : Tulsa OK
October 14 : Springfield MO
October 15 : Arkansas or Mississippi
October 16 : Mississippi or Louisiana
October 17 : Houston TX

IMPORTANT!
1. Please read everything so you know how it works.
2. PLEASE VISIT THIS LINK TO FILL IN THE FORM TO SUBMIT YOUR PLACE
3. Sit tight and we’ll get back to as soon as possible if we can confirm a show at your place.

A few things we want you to know about hosting a show. . .

1. LOCATION
You have a large living room, loft space, community space, art gallery, yoga studio, recording studio, coffee shop or other space where we can do a private show that can comfortably and safely host up to 40 people.

There needs to be street parking, parking garage or public transportation nearby so guests can get to your place easily. Please check with your neighbors and make sure they’re ok with a bunch of extra people coming over before you offer to host a show. It would be a huge bummer if someone called the cops because of all the extra cars and people coming to your place.

2. CAPACITY
We’re currently limiting capacity for indoor shows to 35 tickets. Please keep in mind when determining your capacity, you get five free tickets for friends that won’t be included in the ticketed capacity. The capacity you tell us will be the number of tickets we put on sale. EXAMPLE: If we sell 35 tickets and you invite 5 guests, there will be 40 people at the show.

3. TICKET PRICE
Ticket price will be $20. Everyone must buy tickets in advance. No tickets will be sold at the door. There will be no reselling or third-party tickets sales. All tickets sales are direct to fans from Undertow. Limit 4 tickets per person. These shows usually sell out quickly and we want everyone to have a fair opportunity to buy tickets.

4. GUEST LIST
We’ll provide the host with a list of everyone coming to the show. The host won’t have to deal with any money and will only need to check people off the list as they arrive. We ask guests to arrive between 7:15-7:45pm. The shows start at 8pm and we ask everyone to be out of your space within 30 minutes after the show has ended. That’s usually no later than 10pm.

VERY IMPORTANT! We are requiring all guests bring a completed COVID-19 vaccine card and show it at the door to enter. The artist will be at the door with the host to help check-in guests as they arrive. There will be no exceptions. If someone doesn’t have their vaccine card, they will not be allowed to enter.

5. FREE TICKETS FOR HOSTS
The host gets 5 additional free tickets for the show. If you have other friends beyond your 5 guests who want to come to the show you should direct them buy tickets on-line. These guests will also need to bring a completed vaccine card to attend the show.

6. PROMOTING THE SHOW
The shows will promoted on our websites, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and word-of-mouth. Your home address will not be published on the web and will only be given to people who purchase tickets.

We’ll need your help to spread the word on your Facebook and Twitter too. We’ll create a Facebook event for each show and make you a host of the event so you can easily invite your friends (Thank you!). Remember, please don’t post your address. The address only goes to people after they buy tickets. We need to keep the location private so random people don’t try to show up and pay at the door.

7. SOUND SYSTEM & LIGHTING
You don’t need a sound system. Most of the shows are totally acoustic. But some artists bring a small sound system if they’re playing electric instruments, so they will need access to a nearby electrical outlet. We’ll let you know.

You don’t need any special lighting. But it would be great if you had some kind of ambient lighting like a lamp on coffee table, floor lamp, or overhead lights with a dimmer to help create a cozy mood.

8. SEATING
You don’t need seating for everyone. If you have a bunch of chairs, great! But most shows are floor seating and we let guests know they should bring folding chair, cushion or pillow to sit on during the show.

9. OPENING ARTISTS
We don’t have openers on the living room shows. We’re trying to make this as easy as possible and minimize the amount of time guests are in your space. It’s much easier for us to keep things simple and stay on schedule if it’s just one artist playing.

10. FRIENDLY PETS
We love dogs and cats… we really do! But an excitable pet running around during the show can be distracting for the guests and performers. If you have curious and friendly 4-legged family members, would you be ok with putting them in another part of the house or sending them to a friend’s house during the show?

# Thanks! #