Name: John Brothers Piano Company + fairies
Start: 2026-03-06T20:00:00
End: 2026-03-07T01:00:00
Location: Ivy Room

ivy room presentsFRIDAY MARCH 6TH—<h2>JOHN BROTHERS PIANO COMPANY</h2><h2>fairies</h2>—Doors 7:00pm / Show 8:00pmAdvance Tickets Available / $25 Day of show —-lVY ROOM860 San Pablo Ave, Albany • 21+ JOHN BROTHERS PIANO COMPANY(Photo: Kala Minko)—John Brothers Piano Company is an Oakland-based instrumental quartet whose compositions oscillate between incisive part-writing and unrestrained improvisational energy. Guided by this interplay, seemingly disparate influences, from chamber music to hot jazz, are focused through emphatic lyricism.In 2011 a group of friends at UC Berkeley had recently graduated and were contemplating job options. Finding that by hauling their spinet piano to nearby subway stations and busking together they could make enough to survive in the Bay Area, the path forward was clear. After the first few haphazard street shows and a generous write-up in the San Francisco Chronicle, the newly-formed John Brothers Piano Company began receiving opportunities to bring their wild sound in off the street. They landed a weekly residency at an after-hours club where they played from 2-6AM every Friday night for a year and have since been invited to play at The Fonda Theatre, Regency Ballroom, Great American Music Hall, Monterey Jazz Festival, SFJAZZ, Stern Grove Festival, Coup-de-Grace Festival, and Outside Lands. In addition to headlining their own shows across the US, John Brothers Piano Company has supported a variety of international touring artists including Karen O, Joan Osbourne, and Booker T.John Thatcher Boomer (piano, clarinet), Arlo Perlstein (trumpet, piano), Jimi Marks (drums, piano), and Kent Kessinger (bass) inject their diverse musical instincts and backgrounds into every composition. However, the defining quality of the band lies not in what genres it bends or blends, but in the fact that performance has always been their rehearsal space. From their first sidewalk street shows to the weekly speakeasy, an audience has been present throughout the development of their sound. Thus, while JBPC often explores new musical possibilities, the music never strays into the esoteric, for the constant audience demands their unrelenting energy and runs an electric current through everything they produce.—fairies—We're fairies! so are you! what exactly do we mean by that? We aren't telling because we don't know! Chaos IS order! Our live performances are a celebration of life, not because life is all good and perfect and an endless party. It isn't! But music can free our fairy spirits, and the shared story of songs can open our human minds and hearts to each other. We can dance and unite ourselves in happiness, for a time. This group of fairies is an ever evolving musical experience happily smashing genres into fairydust. There have been probably 30 musicians in and out of this group, but we are currently a 7-10 person lineup playing 1-3 hours of original dance music for happiness and communal bliss. Our latest EP release 3 Wishes illustrates our over 200 years of collective musical experience and inspiration, with band members ranging in age from 21 to 68. We've also got purpose- being working people who play fun music and write weird songs about modern and ancient life as we see it, where we live, to small audiences we can connect with. We hope YOU love our recorded stuff and sell all your belongings so you can move to the Bay and hear us live! If not....just share it! thank you!