Tony Vacca and Fusion Nomads

Saturday, September 21, 2024, 7:30 pm until 9:30 pm
Tony Vacca John Sheldon Jo Sallins Ronald R. Smith. These guys have been around the music, around the world, and around each other for a long time. And when they play together… well, you’d have to say that it sounds like ALL that… and more.

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Don't miss these powerful local musicians hit the Shea stage for an evening of unforgettable music and community.

Tickets $15-25.00 Sliding Scale and will be available at the door!

F U S I O N N O M A D S

From the first time a musician went beyond his or her home village, or region, or nation… music has been an ever-expanding hybrid of instruments and ways to play them. And it all illustrates an evolving, re-envisioning of the world from the mind’s-eye-view of those who take the dare to weave their labyrinth of sound into a journey… one that reminds us that we are all connected.

Enter Fusion Nomads… Tony Vacca, Ronald R. Smith, John Sheldon and Jo Sallins.

These four life-long musicians are inviting you on a magic carpet ride… to everywhere they’ve been. Their careers have covered everything from Pop Music to Avant-Garde, from Electro-Funkadelic to Spirit-Guided Improv, from World Music to Spoken Word, and from Old School to Nu School to No-Schooling-could-ever-teach-this.

It’s a creative, momentary fusion of everything they’ve ever done that takes shameless advantage of everywhere their nomadic careers have taken them. These guys have been around the music, around the world, and around each other for a long time. And when they play together, well, you’d have to say that it sounds like ALL that… and more.

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Exciting News for A Happening IV: Leviathan

Cloudgaze and Eggtooth Productions are thrilled to announce that we have received a generous grant from the Markham-Nathan Fund for Social Justice to support our 2024 Immersive Arts Festival, “A Happening IV: Leviathan.”

This festival will transform the Shea Theater into an exploration of theme, hosting installations, music, theatrical performances, and movement pieces, featuring the collective contributions of over 30 local artists. Audiences will experience otherworldly environments and narratives inspired by folklore, fairy tales, horror motifs, American literature, and the mythos of the Old Testament, all of which delve into the central question guiding the festival: "What does it mean to encounter something greater than yourself and to be consumed by it?" Through this theme, we explore how a community reemerges and imagines itself after destruction and transformation.

With the support of the Markham-Nathan Fund, we are excited to create an event that complicates perspectives and fosters meaningful dialogue. We are grateful for this partnership and for the work of the Markham-Nathan Fund for Social Justice.

Thanks to the Mass Cultural Council for their vital support this year.We'd also like to thank the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts for their support in the form of a Flexible Funding grant. We couldn't do this work without you!