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Daniel Gay is a Worcester Music Award nominated multi-instrumentalist.  Equally at home playing classical piano, klezmer accordion, boogie woogie fingerstyle guitar, punk, and indie rock, Daniel performs throughout Massachusetts, New England, and further afield as life allows.  Here he’ll be accompanied by his 14 year old Syd, a crowd favorite.  Come on out!

The Russo Bros. Jazz Quintet has been performing their blend of swing, latin, funk, and contemporary jazz styles throughout the Worcester area for over a decade. Recipients of the 2021 “Best in Jazz” in the Worcester Music Awards, RBJQ features some of the leading jazz artists in the area.

Betty Roy is a four piece jazz band playing classic tunes with a modern grove. 

Monthly on every second Sunday

Country Blues/One-Man Band

 The Worcester Jazz Collective is an award winning group that explores jazz and its many forms. The group’s repertoire spans the genre of jazz from traditional to contemporary along with a mix of popular and classical music. The WJC was formed in 2014 and since its creation, it has been a showcase for the many wonderful musicians that make up the Worcester jazz scene.

Throughout her years of performing, French has shared the stage with such notable artists as Jonathan Edwards, Chris Thile, and Shannon McNally. French performs solo, as well as with the classic country and rock outfit ‘The Traveling Jones'. 

With influences such as Bonnie Raitt, Emmy Lou Harris, Linda Rhonstadt, Bob Dylan and John Prine, French performs both original music and 60s and 70s pop folk and classic country covers in venues throughout New England and beyond. 

Monthly on every third Wednesday

🏳️‍🌈 Rock ‘n’ Roll Artist | 📍Worcester, MA

Giuliano has been a fixture of the live music calendar at BirchTree since the bakery’s founding, and continues to entertain and inspire crowds of all ages through his soulful interpretations of well-known classics alongside his own unique songwriting

Colt & the Coyotes use layers of styles and sounds that get the people dancing and singing along to songs they didn’t even know they loved. Examples include Portugal’s “Feel It Still”, the Zutons’ “Valerie”, Texas Tornadoes’ “La Mucura”, and Neko Case’s “That’s Who I Am” – or the hiphop-enhanced “Clandestino” by Manu Chau.

What makes Colt & the Coyotes a true gem of a bar and brewery band is their controlled, improvisational chaos and the genuine love shared between the band members. Their dynamic makes every gig and every cover feel and sound unique.

Teething Veils began in 2006 in Washington, DC, playing very occasional live shows at places such as the Montgomery College Planetarium and their own living room at 611 Florida Ave, becoming more active about five years later. They have released five LPs (Velorio, 2013; Constellations, 2014; Sea and Sun, 2017; Canopy of Crimson, 2020; and To Have and to Hold, 2022) and a 7” single (Dinner Date, 2015) through the artist-run DC-and-Santa-Fe-based collective Etxe Records. They have played live with audiences in 43 US states plus the District of Columbia, and two Canadian provinces. The band members also play, or have played, in The Antiques, Daamsel, Kohoutek, The OSYX, Parlor Scouts, Prom Concussion, Seamstresses, Silo Halo, and Void Vision.

"These little songs—sepia-toned yet searching, eccentric yet melodically inclined—add up to something that feels like its own pocket universe, sometimes wistful, sometimes the kind of menacing only achieved via a late-career Tom Waits death rattle." -Washington City Paper

“If the latest from this self-described chamber-folk outfit feels funereal, it isn’t just because bandleader Greg Svitil sings like a eulogist, or because Hannah Burris knows how to make her viola weep. It’s because funerals allow emotions to be purged and smothered, making time feel stranger than slow.”

-Chris Richards,

Washington Post

Josie Arthur, aka JOBIE, started recording and producing music in her parent’s basement in Richmond Virginia, winter 2020. Later, she released her first single “Half Way” in April 2021. Since then, she has gone on to release more music, most notably her debut album “Grendel” in 2023, as well as some collaborations with other producers and artists. When she isn’t attending classes at Emerson College in Boston, JOBIE spends most of her time playing at bars, open mics and house concerts in and around the city. She usually accompanies herself with just her acoustic guitar, but she can be seen playing with a backup band on occasion, most recently Cambridge-Somerville based group Dogs In Green, as well as playing with her dad and other musicians in Richmond. JOBIE is known for her “magically melancholic” lyricism and is constantly seeking to expand her artistry.

Acoustic classics you know with a few deep cuts thrown in for good measure. 60s,70s, 80s, and a few 90s. Think-Eagles, Neil Young, Van Morrison, Tom Petty, Grateful Dead, Beatles, The Band, you get the idea!

PETER HI-FI WARD has played blues and swing guitar for more than 45 years. He toured with the Legendary Blues Band which was blues legend Muddy Waters’ back-up band.

Peter performed with numerous artists including Johnny Copeland, Buddy Guy and Junior Wells.  While playing in Charlotte, N.C., one night Eric Clapton unexpectedly came by and sat in for a set. Peter was married to Mai Cramer, the host of a popular long-running blues show on WGBH-FM until she died in 2002.

He’s released three CDs — they featured Ronnie Earl, Johnny Nicholas, Sugar Ray Norcia and the late Luther Johnson — and is working on a fourth.  

John Demers plays guitar and harmonica and sings cover songs and originals for all ages to enjoy! 

A Worcester County native, Adelaide is a sultry songbird whose voice will nestle its way into your memory. Her music can be described as soulful folk with creepy hints of jazzy flavor. Powerful lyrics combined with fun harmonica solos, dynamic acoustic guitar, and imaginative bass solos, will change any atmosphere into something magical.

I am a solo acoustic guitarist and singer, and have been entertaining crowds with cover songs from the 40s to the 70s for over three decades. I also write and perform original material which has been recorded on 5 CDs, and also played locally on radio stations WICN-FM and WCUW-FM.  I have extensive experience playing in Worcester, being a resident artist at the Grill on the Hill at Green Hill Park for the past thirteen years.  I also performed the National Anthem for the Worcester Red Sox at Polar Park for Fathers Day last year.  I have over 100 clients at assisted living centers/Senior Centers/nursing homes/rehab facilities all through central Massachusetts.