Welcome back Mister Gabe Lee! It has been three years since he performed a house concert for us and this time he is bringing friends. King Margo is a talented duo that when not touring or recording by themselves, have acted as Gabe Lee’s backing band. This will be Gabe’s first outdoor performance. King Margo will open the show and then Gabe will join them for his set as a three piece.
Show information:
$35 per person ($40 day of show)
All ages show:
8 - 16 years old - half price
Under 8 or over 80 - free
Preferred payment methods include Venmo (@Brian-Koonin), PayPal (@Bkoonin), and Zelle (brian.koonin@gmail.com)
There are no physical tickets but the name and number in your party will be verified upon arrival
Show will take place around or under a covered pavilion depending on the weather
Schedule:
Check in beginning at 6:30
Come early to reserve a spot and enjoy the sights and sounds of the farm (seating is first come first served).
Music begins at 7:30
Other information:
It’s Bring Your Own Everything - chairs, a cooler, food and whatever else you need to make yourself comfortable
Shows are rain or shine, no refunds
Dog policy: If you plan to bring your dog, please refer to FAQ on this topic in the FAQ section
Camping / glamping options available. Email Brian@ponoacres.com for more information.
Uber can get you here, but getting a ride home can be hit or miss if you don’t pre-arrange a pick up.
Pono Acres shows are private events open to friends of the farm and fans of the musicians we host
Gabe Lee bio:
Equal parts classic songwriter and modern-day storyteller, Gabe Lee has built his own bridge between country, folk and rock. Lee has been collecting stories for years, both onstage and off. "I used to bartend," says the Nashville-based songwriter, "which means I was also a cheap therapist for whomever happened to be sitting on the barstool. Whether they were there to celebrate or drink away their problems, I heard about whatever they were going through. It was my job to have that face-to-face interaction — that connection. Being a full-time musician isn't much different."
With critically-acclaimed albums like 2019's farmland, 2020's Honky-Tonk Hell, and 2022's The Hometown Kid, Lee created that connection by delivering his own stories to an ever-growing audience. His fourth record, Drink the River, takes a different approach. This time, Lee isn't offering listeners a peek into his internal world; he's holding up a mirror to reflect their own.
Storytelling has been an anchor of Lee's music since the very beginning. Raised by Taiwanese parents in Nashville, TN, he left home during his teenage years and headed to Indiana, where he obtained college degrees in literature and journalism. Lee launched his career as a genre-bending musician after returning to Tennessee, quickly progressing from dive bar gigs to high-profile opening slots (including shows with Jason Isbell, Los Lobos, and other artists who, like him, blurred the lines between roots-rock, country, and other forms of American folk music) to his own headlining shows. Throughout it all, he drew upon the narrative skills he'd sharpened as a student. If albums like Honky-Tonk Hell and The Hometown Kid often unfolded like autobiographical entries from his road journal, then Drink the River shows an even broader range of his storytelling abilities. Lee isn't just writing songs about himself; he's writing songs about all of us. And maybe, in doing so, he can bring us a little closer together.
King Margo bio:
King Margo is Lucciana Costa and Rachel Coats, who grew up 40 minutes apart but didn't meet until many years later in the middle of a Kentucky field.
In anticipation of their second record, King Margo has matured into a more evolved sound. The state of the world has us all sitting a little straighter these days. The songs are more personal. The arrangements are more intricate, featuring soaring harmonies that have captured listeners across the country. "She never boarded up the windows/Grandma likes to say/She rode out every storm/Frying chicken just the same," opens the song "Monsters," inspired by a conversation overheard in a New Orleans coffee shop. The girls pay homage to their upbeat roots with the open-relationship-themed country jam, "you can hang your shirt wherever you like, so long as you hang your hat with me." There are songs of love, murder, tornados, and religion. They are songs carefully crafted after a long year of hibernation and a new awareness of how lucky it is to bring music to the world.
