Voted NY’s Top Emerging Band in 2021

Thursday, November 16, 2023

Doors: 6:15 p.m.
Show: 7:00 p.m.

$20 In Advance | $23 Door

Ages 18+ / Presented by Mechanics Hall & 90.5 FM WICN Public Radio

 

Jam scene mainstays Joe Bellanti, Corey Kertzie and Dave Ruch met in 1983 as members of Buffalo NY Grateful Dead cover band “Wild Knights,” a group that still plays reunion shows to this day.

But it wasn’t until early 2020 that they wrote their first original music together, this time as three-piece instrumental organ trio/funky jam band Organ Fairchild.

The debut gig was just a month before COVID shutdowns, but the horse was out of the barn and the response was immediate!

 

Highlights of the band’s short life to date include:

• Featured on Spotify’s “Instrumental Funk” editorial playlist

• Main stage appearance at Borderland Festival, NY (7,000 attendance)

• Two sold out shows at Babeville’s Ninth Ward - Buffalo Jan 2023

• Tedeschi Trucks Band members sit-in March 2023

• Festivals and shows with Goose, Trey Anastasio Band, Umphrey’s McGee, moe., Melvin Seals and JGB, Anders Osborne and Jackie Greene, Andy Frasco & the U.N., Sophistafunk, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Sam Grisman Project, Dogs in a Pile and many more

• Voted NY’s top emerging band (out of 64 groups) in 2021

• Video greeting to the band from actress Morgan Fairchild

• Jambands.com Radio Charts Top 30 List

• Show history in NY, CT, VT, MA, NJ, PA, OH, DC, MD, DE, IL, IN, IA, Ontario

 

About Club 321

Club 321 is a partnership between the Mechanics Hall Modern Mechanics Guild and WICN to present contemporary sounds for adult audiences.

Tickets are $20 purchased in advance; $23 at the door. Ticket holders must be at least 18 years old. Seating will be at cabaret-style tables in Mechanics Hall’s elegant Washburn Hall, with cash bar and light refreshments available for purchase. Mechanics Hall is located at 321 Main Street in Worcester. To learn more and purchase tickets, visit mechanicshall.org/club321.