mocha events music concerts artists calendar

Thursday, May 6th Tarot Night
Entertaining, Engaging and Enlightening; have a private reading from acclaimed Tarot enthusiast Gwyneth. Originating over 500 years ago in northern Italy, Tarot was first used in a game called Triumphs. It was quickly adopted as a tool for divination, and popularized by occult societies drawing on symbolism deeply rooted in I-Ching, Kabbalah, Runes and Zodiac. First come, first serve. $15 for 10 minutes.

Thursday, May 20th Open Acoustic Jam
Join Julie Sorek will once again be leading her monthly acoustic music jam from 7 to 9:30 PM. Feel free to stop by and listen or join in with traditional Celtic (Irish and Scottish), English, Appalachian and Southern folk tunes.

Saturday, May 1st Edukated Fleas
Ukuleles are small. Yet, ukulele duet Greg Doyle and Wendy Matthews play the big hits, favoring swing and vintage tunes - as well as a few things you might not expect to hear on uke. The Fleas have been playing together as a ukulele duo since late 2006, united by a common love of the music from the 20s through 50s. As the Fleas soon discovered, ukes are perfect for these cheerful, melodic tunes.

Friday, May 7th Event Horizon
Psychedelic Progressive Rock
With such influences as At The Drive-In, FairWeather, Circa Survive and many others, comes 5 guys from Mahopac NY: John Clark-Vocals,Guitar; Parke O'leary-Drums; Craig Podell-Bass; Mario Polito-Guitar

Saturday, May 8th Tim Gilbert
Tim Gilbert brings his "three guitars" performance to Mocha featuring instrumental interpretations and original compositions based on blues and rock themes from the 60's and 70's. He has been at his craft for over 35 years and has performed in Europe, the US as well as on the peaks of South America's Andes Mountains. He claims to have performed higher than any other guitarist out there, pun intended.

Saturday, May 29th J P Shannon
Completely self-taught and still evolving his free style form of ragtime, folk and blues after thirty nine years J P Shannon loves to perform. His warm solo acoustic sound is perfect for the coffeehouse setting.

Friday, May 28th DCJames
Jamaican born composer, singer and virtuoso guitarist, DC James' music is a musical high wire act. His material is drawn from a library of original compositions spanning decades of the composer's work. It contains, among other works, exquisite guitar pieces in the classical style, sometimes with jazz influence and songs in a variety of contemporary styles including blues, folk, and reggae. His lyrics are beautiful and philosophical, dealing with life, love and spirituality.

Saturday, May 22nd Bill Devlin & Friends
Join Bill Devlin (wooden flute, whistle), Andrew Carey (mandolin and voice) and Nora Hanley (fiddle) for an evening of Irish and Irish-American music in the spirit of a traditional music seisiun (random musicians in a rough circle playing traditional music held in common).

Friday, May 14th Jake Klar
Jake Klar is a singer/ songwriter from Woodbury, Connecticut. He was raised with music from birth, but didn't start seriously playing until he stumbled upon folk music in 2008. Some of his influences come from, Woody Guthrie, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Bob Dylan, Willy Mason, and Mississippi John hurt.

Saturday, May 15th Jason Hurley
Music has been a part of my life since I could remember. It has a way of seeing me through the times, both good and bad. When I play guitar and sing, I feel its an expression of who I am and what I want to share with others. Jimi Hendrix is my number one influence and is why I started playing guitar. I like all music and play a wide variety of genres from the 70's to the present, including originals. I hope you will join me for an evening of tunes, peace, and fun.