BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Americana Community Music Association - ECPv5.1.6//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Americana Community Music Association X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.americanacma.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Americana Community Music Association BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240608T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240608T213000 DTSTAMP:20240515T133255 CREATED:20240102T015922Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240102T015922Z UID:3281-1717873200-1717882200@www.americanacma.org SUMMARY:Adam Ezra Group in Concert! Bruce Gallant Opens DESCRIPTION:Make sure you come to this WOW summer concert! For the first time on our stage\, help us give a big ACMA welcome to ADAM EZRA GROUP!!\nWorking outside the confines of the traditional music industry\, Adam Ezra and his bandmates – Corinna Smith (fiddle)\, Alex Martin (drums)\, Poche Ponce (bass) – built a community of fans through sheer grit and determination\, regularly performing hundreds of shows a year for the past two decades without any major label or mainstream radio support. Fusing folk intimacy and rock energy with soul power and pop charm\, the band first emerged from Boston in the early 2000’s and quickly garnered widespread acclaim for their bold\, insightful songwriting and interactive\, euphoric performances. From hole in the wall bars and house concerts to sold-out headline shows and dates with the likes of Little Big Town\, The Wallflowers\, Gavin DeGraw\, Train\, and The Wailers\, Ezra and his bandmates treated every single gig like their last\, attracting a die-hard following that believed not just in the music\, but in their commitment to activism and social change\, as well.\nAfter their tour was cancelled at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic\, Ezra brought the show online to continue this commitment and created The Gathering Series which to-date has reached a cumulative audience of 15 million viewers. The bands ongoing daily livestreams since March of 2020 stands as a testament not only to Ezra’s artistic endurance\, but also his ability to connect with viewers and provide an accepting and supportive space for newcomers to join his tight-knit community of fans. Through his own experience with COVID\, his move across the country\, and even his wedding day\, Ezra has broadcasted without fail from wherever he found himself each night at 7pm Eastern. In addition to bringing The Gathering Series to the real world as they performed nearly 50 safe\, socially distanced shows in parks and backyards around the United States to bring light to fans through music\, the band didn’t stop there. Their homegrown festival\, The Ramble\, hosted by RallySound\, raises money and marshals resources to help homeless veterans find safe and dignified housing for the last ten years. While the band was unable to bring the festival to fans live in the year of COVID\, they instead incorporated it into The Gathering Series and hosted a 24-hour\, nonstop livestream where they raised enough money to help house 64 veterans.\nThe Adam Ezra Group hit their 500th Live stream show on July 25th\, 2021. They have also played an additional 50 backyard socially distanced shows\, and are starting to tour heavily again in traditional and outdoor venues. As if this wasn’t enough to keep them busy\, the band also embarked on an ambitious new recording series dubbed ‘The Album Project’ which will see the band releasing at least 19 new singles over the next few years. What comes next for the Adam Ezra Group? The future is anyone’s guess right now\, and the only thing the Adam Ezra Group knows for sure\, is they’ll be out there making music however and whenever they can.\nFind our more cool stuff here:\nadamezra.com\nThe perfect opener for this show….Bruce Gallant! Bruce is an ACMA member and accomplished singer/songwriter. According to Gallant\, “I started writing songs in my late 20’s and have never stopped. Anything of importance in my life is in my songs.\nWriting and music are like breathing to me\, they are what I need to get me through my life”. He is a driving force behind the success of our ACMA Singer/Songwriter Circle. Also a member of the ACMA Board of Directors. Thank you\, for all you do\, Bruce!\nDoor donations:\n$15/Members\n$20/General Public\nTickets are available at the door.\nCome see what the Adam Ezra Group is all about. You will be glad you did!\nDoors open at 6:30 pm. Showtime is 7:00 pm URL:https://www.americanacma.org/event/adam-ezra-group-in-concert-bruce-gallant-opens/ LOCATION:ACMA. at All Faiths Unitarian\, 2756 McGregor Blvd.\, Fort Myers\, FL\, 33901 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.americanacma.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-2024-01-01-at-8.56.08-PM.png GEO:26.6265633;-81.884597 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=ACMA. at All Faiths Unitarian 2756 McGregor Blvd. Fort Myers FL 33901;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2756 McGregor Blvd.:geo:-81.884597,26.6265633 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR