Join us in the Turnage Theatre Gallery on the First Friday of every month for music, art, or BOTH! Each month we will feature new musicians, returning performers, and even local artists as they create art before your very eyes.
Tickets are only $5. Cash Bar & Concessions will be open.
August's featured musician is Mickey Spain!
Mickey Spain is a 2nd generation folk singer and songwriter from the mill town of Manchester NH. Although he grew up in a household steeped in music and musicians, Mickey did not actually begin to play music until his mid twenties. While laid up with injuries from an automobile accident, his father gave him a guitar and with an uncontrollable fervor, Mickey went to work learning three chords. Over a three week period, Mickey worked tirelessly honing his craft. He partnered with his brother Liam and they began performing Irish and American folk songs as The Spain Brothers.
It was during this time as a duo, that Mickey and Liam met another set of brothers; The Makem Brothers. Shane, Conor and Rory Makem, sons of the legendary Irish folk singer Tommy Makem, grew up in a small mill town not far from Mickey and Liam. It was while the Spain boys were performing in a Dover NH pub that the two sets of brothers met and developed a friendship based on a shared love of folk music. It wasn’t long before this friendship blossomed into a partnership and Mickey and Liam joined forces with Shane, Conor and Rory to form the internationally touring Irish folk band The Makem and Spain Brothers.