Thanks for helping us celebrate our 20th anniversary year. The big Old Town School of Folk Music show was ridiculously fun and filled with love and joy because you all showed up and helped us reminisce and sing and laugh along. And the recent show at SPACE, where we played “The Dumbest Magnets” start to…
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Steve Dawson & Diane Christiansen at FARM in Iowa City, Oct 23
Hey! Diane and I will be playing a showcase at this year’s FARM gathering in Iowa City. That’s Folk Alliance Region Midwest. The whole thing happens at the Sheraton Hotel over the weekend of Oct 22-24. Our official showcase will be at 10pm on Friday night, Oct 23rd. We’ll also be playing sets in a…
Read moreDolly Varden to play “The Dumbest Magnets” album in its entirety at SPACE, Sept 19th
Dolly Varden with Rebecca Jasso, Saturday, September 19th at SPACE in Evanston. Advance tickets recommended As we continue to celebrate our 20 years together as a band we thought it would be fun to play one of our albums all the way through at our next show. We all decided that the one we’d most…
Read morenext show: SPACE Sept 19th
tickets on sale now! S.P.A.C.E.: Evanston, IL: Sat. September 19th
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Dolly Varden 20th Anniversary Concert May 2 at the Old Town School of Folk Music
We are very excited to announce that we will be celebrating our 20th anniversary as a band with a big concert at The Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago, on Saturday, May 2nd. Tickets go on sale March 13 at oldtownschool.org DOLLY VARDEN 20TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT CELEBRATION Saturday, May 2nd, 8pm, $20 Maurer…
Read moreNew show announced: SPACE December 12
Dolly Varden is gearing up for our 20th anniversary year next year. We plan to have a celebration concert and release some new stuff. Stay tuned here for updates on all that. In the meantime, we will be playing ONE BIG SHOW in 2014: Friday, December 12th S.P.A.C.E Evanston, IL with Funeral Bonsai Wedding tickets…
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All of us at Dolly Varden headquarters would like to thank everyone for an amazing 2013. We released “For A While” in late January, and the reception really exceeded our expectations. We are so grateful for everyone who listened to the recordings, came to the shows, played the album for friends, shared it online, wrote…
Read moreThe songs of Diane Christiansen – FitzGerald’s, Jan 24th
We’ve talked about doing a show like this for a long time. As you probably know, each of our albums has a few songs that Diane sings – some written by her and some that I’ve written for her to sing. We usually play a few of them whenever we play, but for this show we’re…
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