Concert Tickets:

In Person:
They're $2 off if you
buy them at least one
week in advance,
except Open-Mic.

Over The Phone:
With a major credit
card it' s the same
as above, except for
a $2 per batch charge.

Season Tickets:
Buy all shows, and
save $4 off each seat.

Fret House Students:
Can buy up to 2
tickets for any show,
at least a week in
advance, at half price.

Children:
Tickets for children
under 12 years old
are half-price, under
3 years old are FREE!

On most Saturday nights, driving through downtown Covina on Citrus around 7: 15pm, you would see a line forming in front of The Fret House. It' s a discerning, and enlightened crowd because The Fret House presents a series of concerts selected as an intelligent alternative to the more readily available commercial entertainment.

All styles of music are presented. Country, Jazz, Classical, Bluegrass, Rock, Celtic, Blues, Flamenco, Pop, and Folk are all heard in an intimate atmosphere, for a crowd willing to think as well as be entertained. The audience can meet the artists after the show, and you can get desserts baked by the employees and their families with fresh brewed coffee before the show.

Location:
309 N. Citrus Ave.
Covina, CA 91723

Store Hours:
Mon.-Fri.: 10am-8pm
Sat.: 10am-6pm
Sun.: 12pm-5pm



* Click Here *
For a list of Artists
that have shared
The Fret House Stage.

UPCOMING CONCERTS

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Barry McGuire w/John York

Trippin the 60's

Starting with the New Christy Minstrels and continuing through "Eve of Destruction" Barry McGuire's life and career were a big part of the 60's. "Trippin the 60's" is Barry's tribute, along with John York, to the sounds and songs of that era.

Windy Ridge Bluegrass Band & The Mill Creek Boys

An outstanding double bill of Bluegrass from these two South West Bluegrass Association favorites. Windy Ridge handles the more contemporary sounds and The Mill Creek Boys deliver on the more traditional.

Andrew York

"Andrew York's playing constitutes one of the hippest styles in American classical guitar...projects honesty, spirit and magnetism that are rare in contemporary guitar.

Jim Ferguson, Guitar Player Magazine

Bernie Pearl with Michael Barry

The Blues is life itself to Bernie, and he continues to hone his art in his sixth decade of guitar adventures. Bernie took up the guitar in the 1950’s and later, at his brother’s legendary club the Ash Grove, he met, studied with, and often performed with greats like Lightnin’ Hopkins, Mance Lipscomb, and Mississippi Fred MacDowell, as well as with Freddie King, Albert Collins, and Big Mama Thornton. He recently released his second live solo CD, “Somebody Got To Do It” and has begun work on his next recording project. Bernie Pearl has also been host of several blues radio shows, starting with Nothin’ But the Blues” at KPPC-FM in 1968.

Check out the LATimes feature on Bernie
   

Roy Zimmerman

Zimmerman has played clubs across the country, and shared the stage with George Carlin, Bill Maher, Kate Clinton, Dennis Miller, Sandra Tsing Loh, kd lang, Andy Borowitz and Paul Krassner.

The Los Angeles Times says, "Zimmerman displays a lacerating wit and keen awareness of society's foibles that bring to mind a latter day Tom Lehrer."
Joni Mitchell says, "Roy's lyrics move beyond poetry and achieve perfection. He's currently touring a one-man show called "Faulty Intelligence."

Michael O'Dorn

Michael O'Dorn is an author and songwriter with Mel Bay Publications. He is a master of Fingerstyle guitar who performs, composes, and teaches guitar music internationally.
Michael's mastery of the guitar styles of Merle Travis, Chet Atkins, Marcel Dadi, and, of course, his own style has him in demand to perform several times a year for the Chet Atkins Appreciation Society in Nashville, Tennessee, and for the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) trade show in California and Tennessee.

Saturday
June 21

time TBD

Workshop with Roy Bookbinder

Roy Bookbinder will do a 2 1/2 hour workshop with up to 6 students (depending on response) cost will be $100 - 150,

contact The Fret House for more info, 626/339-7020

Roy Bookbinder

Combining country blues, ragtime, bluegrass, and folk music, Roy Book Binder has captured the essence of the front porch bluesman of yore. With this music, he's entertained audiences for over 35 years, not only preserving a rich musical heritage, but earning himself a place alongside the men and women he's long admired.

Dorian Michael & Kenny Blackwell

Dorian Michael and Kenny Blackwell bring their justly famous duo to The Fret House for a night of fantastic folk, blues and jazz. Their music has been featured on NPR and the national scene.Kenny Blackwell studied with Jethro Burns before moving to California where he joined fiddler Richard Green's band in '93.Dorian Michael has played in about every style and in every type of work situation a blue collar musician could hope for. After years of honky-tonk electric guitar followed by concentrating on solo fingerstyle guitar this project is a whole new challenge.

"The picking is crisp and clean and never hurried, with the emphasis on the melody and not the playing. Thoroughly enjoyable." Dirty Linen

John York

John York is the last pure voice of the Silver Sixties to make it through… intact to the first decade of the 21st Century. John was a member of the Byrds, post-Chris Hillman and Gram Parsons, from 1968 throughout the Easy Rider Era until right before "Chestnut Mare."

Peter Lang

PETER LANG was discovered in 1972 by legendary guitarist John Fahey. Along with Lang, Fahey launched the careers of other notable artists on Takoma Records, including Leo Kottke, George Winston, Robbie Basho, Bola Sete and others. Peter Lang toured, and recorded for nearly ten years, developing a reputation as one of the nations top acoustic players.