Bottlebrush Gallery & Center for the Arts

Join us for a beer and music celebration throughout Harmony! We wanted to take our own SPIN on Record Store Day by having an all-day party at three of your favorite locations in town.

Start the day at the ShuBrew Brewery with a hazy IPA can release (label designed by Bottlebrush’s own Laura Stuart!)  followed by live music from Walker and the Rebellion! ShuBrew & North Country will also be debuting our collaboration beer “Beer Mugz-N-Harmony (draft only)!” Local food truck Pita My Shawarma will be in attendance serving some great food.

Follow up the action at The Harmony Inn with a crawfish boil on the patio and live music from Alex Kates & Amanda Barton.  Jim and Debbie Tobin will hold their monthly Open Stage at the Bottlebrush starting at 1pm.

Finally end the night at Bottlebrush: A Gallery for the Arts and Last Dog Records for a live music CD release party featuring Dennis McCurdy and special guests The Carpenter Ants. Enjoy local beer at the gallery, check out the vinyl art show, and try some food from our friends Pgh Po’boy!

Vinyl record fans – Last Dog Records will be open all day from 11am-9pm with new and vintage vinyl available. Bring your dog and get 10% off record purchase to celebrate National Record Store Day.

Please look at the entire event schedule for all of the detailed events and corresponding times. We cannot wait to see you all for Off the Record. Cheers!

Join us for our 7th annual St. Patrick’s Day celebration with the Ploughshare Poets!

Where: Bottlebrush Gallery & Center for the Arts
When: Saturday, March 16, 2019
Catered Buffet 6:00pm – Show 7:00pm
Cost: $40 per person includes buffet and show
$20 per person, show only
RSVP & Payment Required in Advance – 724.452.0539

This show always sells out, so don’t wait to sign up.  Call the Gallery and make your reservations. Slainte!

Catered Buffet by John Marshall Catering, Gibsonia:
Mini Reuben Sandwiches, Spinach and Feta Puffs, Stuffed Mushrooms, Cheddar & Guinness Dip, Irish Soda Bread & Butter, Hummus & Pita Chips, Cheese and Fruit Tray, Mini Cheesecake Tartletts, Brownies. Beverages, glasses and ice included. BYOB, feel free to bring your favorite drink!

About The Ploughshare Poets:
Ryan Stauffer and Vade King are The Ploughshare Poets, a popular duo known for their outstanding music, strong harmonies, clever banter, raucous singalongs, and impromptu parades through the streets of Harmony. Far from being a kitschy pub band, they are masters of the history and cultural importance of Scottish and Irish music. Expert musicians, the Poets play bagpipes, guitar, whistles, drums, and the bouzouki.

Ryan has played bagpipes for 20 years and makes his own small pipes. Vade played extensively in England and Scotland and was the lead singer of “Colin’s Way” for 10 years.

Announcing the opening of the Bottlebrush Gallery’s Christmas Room for Harmony’s Annual German Christmas Market weekend, Nov 10-11!  You’ll find Christmas new and vintage, collectibles, decorations, books, gifts, table settings, and two tables full of art made locally with a Christmas theme. Also, Santa & Mrs. Claus will be at the Gallery again this year from 1-3pm both days, for kids young and old. Jim and Debbie Tobin will be providing music at the Gallery, as is our tradition… and 5,000 people visiting on the weekend can’t be wrong. Come on out!

Harmony’s annual Sleepy Hollow Festival is Saturday, October 13. Live music, costume contests with prizes, vendors, live music food, a flea market, brews, art show AND the second annual Weenie Dog Fun Run at Wood Street Park. Much more happening and all day! A free shuttle bus will take you from Harmony to Zelienople’s Fall Festival on Saturday too, so park and enjoy the celebration of fall in our two small towns. Something for everyone,  don’t miss it!

West Virginia loans us Todd Burge! Over the years, Todd has become a good friend and kind soul who loves to come here and play.  He has dedicated his life to song writing and music promotion. Todd’s songs are honest, sometimes abstract, poignant, and often funny. His guitar playing and harmonica accompaniment are superb. www.toddburge.com

Pittsburgh’s Bruce Hoffman will open for Todd. Bruce is well known in the area for his craftily written songs that either make you think or laugh or do both. He is the songwriter that John Prine comes to town to see.

Friday, October 12, 2018, 7pm
$15.00 Limited Seating ~ RSVP Required – 724.452.0539
HITH@zoominternet.net
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In collaboration with The Harmony Inn, we’re hosting the talented Rachel Brown, playing solo on the Inn patio (inside in case of rain) from 1pm-4pm June 9.  Rachel’s a professional musician and music educator who also plays with her band the Beatnik Playboys. Concert today is sponsored by the Bottlebrush Gallery and The Harmony Inn, but FREE to you.

About Rachel Brown:

Rachel Brown and the Beatnik Playboys are a delicious musical anachronism – Americana music of today that seems like it could have come from a time when milk came in glass bottles and doctors still made house calls. Powered by singer-songwriter Brown’s multi-octave voice, fed by guitarist Dave Huddleston’s tasty licks and harmonies, decorated by the smooth grooves of string bassist Bill Watson and drummer Roy King, the band journeys through the musical landscape of country, jazz, blues and gospel on a trip you want to take over and over.

BUSY SATURDAY in Harmony, come see us! Starting with the annual Herb & Garden Fair & Plant Exchange and the HBA’s FleaTique on the Square, then music– Jim and Debbie Tobin hosting their monthly Open Stage at the Gallery, and Rachel Brown playing at The Harmony Inn, both 1-4pm. The Gallery’s art show “Time for Me: A Women’s Creative Circle” opens this weekend. The day ends with our Annual Summer Wine Walk, from 5-9pm, with Jim and Debbie Tobin playing at Wunderbar. Extended Gallery hours are from 10am-9pm. We have something for everyone.

Reverend Robert is a master of prewar blues. He has delved deep into the styles of Charley Patton, Robert Johnson and other delta blues giants. In the past two decades he has become accomplished at many other early twentieth century styles including ragtime and early jazz, Hawaiian, African and Caribbean. He combines these styles seamlessly in a combination of infectious rhythm and an authentic acoustic sound. http://www.revrobert.com/

Charlie Barath is enamored with traditional styles the Pittsburgh-based harmonica player and singer directs most of his efforts toward performing Blues, Americana, Folk, Cajun; mostly anything that is traditional music. He started his musical journey when he purchased his first Marine Band harmonica in the late 70s and began playing in the traditional Straight Harp style in which the diatonic harmonica was designed to be played. As time progressed, Charlie discovered more paths to travel with his instrument and continues to explore these options today.

Friday, 1st June 2018, 7pm
$15.00 Limited Seating ~ RSVP Required – 724.452.0539
HITH@zoominternet.net
www.facebook.com/harmonyinthehouse

Start them young! Mosaic art guitars by Bill Racke, Zelienople. Price range $450 and up. Looking for a unique gift? Contact us for details!