Announcing the First (S²) Event - SOLD OUT

PRESS RELEASES—Mon, Sep 28th, 2009
This event has SOLD OUT. Thanks to all of you who purchased tickets. We look forward to the first Stew Art Series (S²) event!

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09.24.09

We are pleased to announce the first date of our Stew Art Series (S²), to be held at the Eagles Ballroom at the Rave in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Saturday October 3rd. This will be a special one-hour event of entirely improvised music with the cues that direct the improv coming from YOU. As a member of the Board of Fan Trustees (BOFT), you will participate in the concert and a Q&A session, enjoy an assortment of tasty snacks (of debatable nutritional value), and take home as a souvenir a lovingly mixed CD of the (S²) experience, tweaked to perfection by Sound Caresser Kevin Browning and autographed by all of us. Lights will be provided by Jeff Waful, and the rest of our crew will be on hand to join in the fun as well.

It is our intent to roll out more of these in the weeks to come. Bear in mind that each (S²) event will be totally unique -- we are likely to experiment with different ways of communicating your thoughts to us, different signals and verbal cues to one another, and perhaps even further experiments involving lights, sound effects, and instrumentation. Furthermore, time of day, event capacity, and ticket price will vary from event to event -- we are trying to balance the intimacy and uniqueness of each event with the realities of load-in times, rules of the venue and any additional staffing/vending/security requirements or other factors that impact the costs of bringing these experiments to life.

Here are the details of the (S²) debut.

When: Saturday October 3, 2009
Where: Eagles Ballroom at the Rave, 2401 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53233
Doors: 3:30 pm
Event: 4:00--5:00 Pm
Price per ticket (limit 2 per customer): $99.00
Event capacity: 50

Please bear in mind that the capacity is 50 slots TOTAL for this event and some of those slots will be given away to local music schools, some will go to charity auction, and the rest will be sold on a FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED basis.

Tickets will be on sale NOON (12:00 pm) CT Saturday, September 26th through Umphrey's Ticketing.

As a reminder, a ticket to (S²) DOES NOT admit you to the show that night. A separate ticket is needed for the evening concert which can be purchased via Ticketmaster.com. After the conclusion of the (S²) event, you will be asked to exit the building so that we can finish preparations for that nights concert (Doors are at 7:00, with the support act to start promptly at 8:00 pm).

One final note: as this is the first of an ongoing series, we will have video cameras rolling to capture the event for the purposes of making a short behind-the-scenes/how-it-works video.

We look forward to seeing you on tour!