Two Story Coffeehouse

Wow.  Summer is over.  I have to say.  I enjoy the summer.  Things slow down.  But, I am so ready for our town to fill back in.  We’re excited to see some faces that we haven’t seen in nearly 3 months.  And, we’re excited to hopefully meet some new folks as this new school year rolls in.

We’re trying to make August as big and as fun as we can.  To do this, we decided to host a long weekend of amazing music.  The energy in Two Story is hard to beat on nights where we host concerts or other events.  So, in efforts to amp that up, we are having a total of 6 artists play over the course of 3 nights on August 20, 21, and 22.

If you have been to a show at Two Story before, then chances are you will remember some of these names.  If you haven’t been to a show at Two Story before, then I encourage and invite you to come experience one or all of these 3 nights in August!

Thursday:  Fletcher/McTavish
Friday: Lauren Price, Rachel Farley, and James Patrick Morgan
Saturday: Mark Bailey, The Less

Doors will open at 8:00 each night with the show beginning around 8:30p.  $5 cover to get in at the door.  And we ask, please, that you visit the coffee bar for a drink.  I hope everyone can make it out for these nights.  Help us spread the word around town.

See you there,

Chris

Are you pumped?

So, last night rocked. We held our Invitation Night Benefiting Nuçi’s Space, and the night went over really well. The house packed out, we had great talent performing, an electric, warm, open air environment, a killer selection of Barista’s making drinks, and Nuçi’s Space! Sounds pretty good, yea?

We did a few things different for this particular show. All of our concerts/music nights have held a different approach on some level of either the administration, logistics, layout, or artist selection, etc. Well, for this show, we tried a few ideas to see how well they would go over.

We removed all of the tables from the main room and flooded them onto the front porch and into our side “tree” room.

This worked out really well it seemed, as it let everyone really crowd in together and sit on the floor, on the chairs against the walls, and just stand and mingle amongst themselves. I really believe that it added to the social vibe that just seems to surface for these Invitation Nights.

For this show, we allowed artists to sell their CD’s. All of the CD’s moved! Some given away, some sold. But, the response from everyone in the house was big towards these musicians.

David Mikush opened things up with his playful and creative lyrics with a california, laid back sound. But, definitely don’t pin him into a corner. Clint Poy followed, with quite a following of his own. Jon Mark and Drew Dixon wrapped up the night, which lasted about 2 1/2 hours!

Nuçi’s Space passed out some stickers and spoke to the packed house a little bit about what they do for musicians in this city. A big thanks to them for being here last night!

We also had some fun with our Twitter Zone.

Tweet at us won’t you? Follow us on twitter @2storycoffee.

If I’m not careful, I was just spiral into a wind of “thank you’s.” But, we need to thank all of the guys who played. Thanks to David, Clint, Jon, and Drew. Check these guys out on their myspace pages.

Thanks to our Baristas, Mark, Scott, and Kelsey who handled the bar so well under such crazy rushes of free drinks!

Thanks to Nuçi’s Space for everything you do for the musician’s of Athens. I look forward to a great relationship with you guys.

Thanks to everyone who came out to hear some great music, enjoy some phenomenal coffee, and support a brilliant cause.

Alright, enough thank you’s, but know that they don’t really stop here.

We look forward to our next event night here at Two Story. Give us your feed back on what you want to see happen here. Talk to us.

What was your favorite part about this Invitation Night?

What:  Invitation Night Benefiting Nuçi’s Space
Where: Two Story Coffeehouse
When: May 1 @ 9:00p

This Friday, we are hosting another Invitation Night at Two Story.  If you have never experienced an Invitation Night at Two Story, this show will be an ideal introduction for you as we are doing something different with this evening.  All of the proceeds from the night will go directly to an Athens Nonprofit, Nuçi’s Space.

Four artists, David Mikush, Clint Poy, Jon Mark, and Drew Dixon, will be performing some of their original tunes as well as maybe 1 or 2 covers.  Normally our Invitation Nights are a way to give local singer/songwriters a chance to share their music and a chance for our community to hear some excellent talent (mostly underground talent).  The focus for this show remains that; however, the heart behind this evening will be to raise awareness and support for Nuçi’s as they provide a wonderful service and mission to the musician’s of this city.

Nuçi’s Space provides health and music resources to musicians suffering from depression and other such disorders.  Anything that we can do here at Two Story to help spread this mission further, we desire to do.  So come join us Friday, May 1 at Two Story to be a part of this night.

Chris