The Green Guitar Folk House Presents:
Joy Zimmerman & Friends
Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 7 p.m.
Green Guitar is proud to start 2025 with this one-of-a-kind event!
Joy Zimmerman is a touring folk & acoustic roots singer-songwriter cultivating joy and community with a clear, rich voice. A multi-instrumentalist and former social worker, Joy brings audiences hope, humor, and connection. Her newest album, Where the Light Lives, debuted at #6 on the Folk Alliance International (FAI) Folk Chart Top Albums August 2023.
Joy will be joined on stage with her friends Danielle Anderson (Danielle Ate the Sandwich), Erin McGrane and Jeff Freling (Victor & Penny), her singer-guitarist son Ryan Dugan, and bassist Andrew Stinson.
NOTE: This event sold out last year.
Joy’s music is “vivid and alive, tender and poignant, and altogether a gift for the listener.”
– Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, Kansas Poet Laureate Emeritus
Event Details
- Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
- Music starts at 7 p.m.
- $25 in advance. • $27 at door.
$5 for College students with ID - All-ages show in listening room space
- Beer, Wine, Merch on sale
- Wheelchair accessible ♿
- 9400 Pflumm Ave. Lenexa, Kan.
Opening: Erin McGrane & Jeff Freling – “Sounds Like a Feeling”
ERIN MCGRANE is an award-winning actress, musician, author; public speaker, and professional development mentor. She and partner Jeff Freling toured extensively with her musical group, Victor & Penny, releasing four full-length albums, performing 1,100 live dates in 40 US states and three countries, and traveling more than 275,000 miles over the road.
Erin is a co-founder and host of an annual immersive event focused on creativity, writing, performance, and songwriting.
Guitarist/composer JEFF FRELING, originally from Kansas City, spent 11 years in Chicago, IL performing with Blue Man Group on electric zither and Chapman stick, and on guitar with Tributosaurus, Mar Caribe and the popular Tom Waits tribute band, Big Time. He also served as a sideman to guitarist/songwriter Doug Gillard of Guided By Voices.
TICKETS
$25 with Advance Purchase
$27 at the door
$5 for College Students with ID • Youth Free (12th grade & under)
General Admission Seating.
Beer, wine and beverages available for purchase. Merch also on sale!
Where is the Green Guitar Folk House?
Green Guitar Folk House is located in old downtown Lenexa, Kansas. The shows are sponsored by Shawnee Mission Unitarian Universalist Church (SMUUCh), held in its sanctuary. The entrance is right next to the railroad tracks.
Look for the old elementary school! The sanctuary is a beautifully converted, former school gymnasium. Although our venue is sponsored by SMUUCh, this is not a church event.
The series is open to the public. ALL AGES are welcome to attend.