VOCAL Songwriters Showcase #246
Celebrating 20 Years of Showcases!

Virginia longest continuously running Songwriters Showcase.

January
Songwriters Showcase

Chuck Kerwath
Steve Nuckols
Matthew Costello

We're kicking off the new year with Chuck Kerwath as our first headliner of the year! Chuck will have his band mate joining him on stage to add to his sound palate.

Opening ofr Chuck will be Steve Nuckolls and Matthew Costello,

It's the 246th consecutive VOCAL showcase in our 20 year history of showcases!

Look for VOCAL's Facebook page too!

When

January 16, 2011
8:00 - 9:30 PM

Where

O'Toole's Restaurant & Pub
4800 Forest Hill Ave.
Richmond, VA 23225
Phone 804-233-1781

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Reviews

Click for reviews of previous Showcases.

How to Play

If you would like to be included to play the showcase, be sure to contact us to get on the list. Your dues must be current to play. We may request an audition tape if we are unfamiliar with you or your material.

The Live showcase format features original music only. A variety of songwriters and styles are represented with changing formats

One of the important and most misunderstood skills of songwriting is performance, and that’s why the VOCAL Songwriters Showcase has been going full tilt for over 20 years. In a local venue (currently Richbrau Taphouse in the Shockoe Slip), in front of a real crowd (fortunately, mostly songwriters like yourself), you can hone the craft of delivering stories set to melody.

Each month on the third Monday, we gather from 8:00 p.m. till 9:30 p.m. to see and hear three or four of Virginia’s songwriting musicians let us in on their best stuff. The performance list is open to all VOCAL members and the Showcase is open to the public. With slots assigned generally on a first come-first serve basis at least a week prior to the show, it’s not just another open mic night.

You’re expected to show up with your woodshedding done, yet more than a few showcase performances have been introduced with the comment, “I just wrote this today, and I’d really like to know what you think.”

Fresh, fearless and always friendly, the VOCAL Songwriters Showcase is one of the great benefits of VOCAL membership, a real stage where you can get your “C” legs and find out first hand how audiences react to your compositions. Come on down one third Monday and hear for yourself!

- Russell Lawson