May 11 – City Folk

City Folk (Pete Smith and Jane Muldoon-Smith) is an acoustic folk group that plays music spanning contemporary folk and pop music to country-folk music. They are one of our long time favorites at Sacred Grounds, having performed here for over 15 years – Pete is a fine singer and master on guitar and Jane has one of the purest voices you’ll hear on our stage. Their return in January after a 2 year absence was an awesome success.
cityfolkmusic.com
cityfolkmusic.com

May 18 – Brice Hursey

Brice Hursey is a self-taught, accomplished acoustic solo guitarist with a versatile style of his own. He has been playing the guitar for 15 years and even though he reads music, writes music and plays music – he has the God given gift of playing by ear. His love for what he does is evident and he puts his heart and soul into every string touched on the guitar. His experience includes playing classical, easy listening, and love songs at prelude and ceremony music at weddings, as well as being a lead guitarist for special music at church. He has also played several years in a gospel bluegrass group. You will not be disappointed in booking Brice to play at any special occasion or event. Because of his strong faith in the Lord, he will be giving the Lord first place in his music and from that you will be blessed.

May 25 – Marigold Collective

The Marigold Collective began when Larry Bach, John Gillespie, and Jack Frost gathered on Jack’s porch in the Fall of 2020 to share some songs and alleviate the stress of the pandemic. Each invited a friend from earlier musical endeavors, bringing Ames Herbert, Linda Grenville, and Keirsten Hill-Douglass into the project. What began as a song circle gradually grew into a full-fledged band with a repertoire consisting of classic songs by Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, and John Prine alongside originals written by Larry and John. Their first shows in late 2021 earned glowing praise for their eclectic song choices and joyful spirit, and The Marigold Collective are eager to share their music with more audiences in 2024.

June 1 – Jonathan Hambrock

June 8 – Robert Buxton

Robert Buxton will play his 9th appearance at the Sacred Grounds Coffeeshop as solo piano recital. He will play Classical music, Jazz arrangements, and Southern Gospel music. Robert has his doctorate in music from North Texas State and is a gifted pianist. After 4 years as our pianist, he has taught piano at UNC and East Carolina and currently plays multiple concerts per week throughout North Carolina. He is an awesome pianist…

June 15 – Tokyo Rosenthal

“Rosenthal can draw you into his lyrics much the same way that James Taylor and Don Henley can”. “Take Jackson Browne’s personal confessions and wrap them in Kris Kristofferson’s world weary tales of broken relationships and you have an idea of what to expect from Tokyo Rosenthal.” “This is Americana with real teeth in the lyrics”. This and more is what the critics are saying about Tokyo Rosenthal. Tokyo has opened for America, Stephen Still and other recording stars plus toured the US, Canada, Europe, Japan, Scotland, Netherlands , etc. To save room listing his accomplishments, please go to tokyorosenthal.com and see for yourself. This should be an interesting night of music you don’t want to miss.

July 6 – Closed for July 4th Holiday

July 13 – New Direction

New Direction is one of our favorite Bluegrass Gospel Bands at Sacred Grounds and always give a great performance. Bobby Gales plays guitar and banjo, Charity Dixon Gales plays a bass guitar, Brice Hursey plays guitar, Bobby’s son, Kendall, plays the mandolin and Sarah Walters plays the fiddle. Brice will do a solo guitar performance here May 18 and Sarah is relatively new to the group and has been in her family gospel bluegrass band since she was young! Very talented!!This group is comprised of fine musicians and singers – the New Direction is also a fan favorite for their annual Christmas Special.