Sag Harbor, NY - December 4, 2014 - Bay Street Theater and the Sag Harbor Center for the Arts is pleased to rekindle the popular “Fireside Sessions with Nancy Atlas and a special guest” this January and March. The concerts will feature a special guest for each show every Friday in both January and March. And back by popular demand, violinist extraordinaire, Randi Fishenfeld, will return with Nancy as her special guest for two shows on Friday and Saturday, January 23 & 24. All concerts start at 8 pm. Media sponsor is Dan’s Papers.  

Nancy Atlas and her band of Journeymen have been dominating the East End Music scene on Long Island for many years. Known for her raw, live performances and stellar songwriting Nancy and her band, The Nancy Atlas Project, have opened for almost everyone under the sun. To name a few: Elvis Costello, Lucinda Williams, Toots and the Maytals, Jimmy Buffett, Crosby, Stills and Nash... the list goes on and on. The reason is simple. When people want a solid act to open their show and get the crowd warmed up, they call Nancy and her boys because they know they will deliver. Every time.

This year’s guests include:

• Jan 2 – Chad Smith (drummer Red Hot Chili Peppers)
• Jan 9 – Clark Gayton (Multi-iInstrument Keys, Horns Reggae Funk... Springsteen, Sting and more)
• Jan 16 – Brian Mitchell (Keys, Vocal New Orleans Funk.. Think Dr. Johnish/ Levon Helm Band member)
• Jan 23/24 – Randi Fishenfeld (Violinist Extraordinaire)
• Jan 30 – Bill Sims Jr. (Blues Guitarist Vocalist)
• March 6- Billy Campion and Billy Ryan (Bogmen…No more needed to be said there. Amazing!)
• March 13- Pending
• March 20 – Pending
• March 27- Arno Hecht of the Uptown Horns (Springsteen, Rolling Stones, and more)

“We wanted to offer this popular series again in 2015,” says Gary Hygom, Producer at Bay Street Theatre. “They are a perfect way to keep warm on a Friday night and just have a good time with the music. Everyone who came last year is eagerly waiting for this year. Everyone should come out and have some fun this winter!”

Nancy grew up with gypsy blood in Commack, NY. She spent her entire college years abroad at both Cambridge University in England and Richmond College in London and Florence. There was a serious recession going on the year she graduated college so instead of becoming an advertising executive she walked down to Portabello Road, London, bought a guitar for 60 quid and never looked back.
 
Nancy now lives in Montauk, New York with her husband Thomas and her two sons Cash and Levon and her daughter Tallulah. When she is not writing a song or on stage rocking out, she can be found spending time with her family enjoying the outdoors.

Tickets for each evening are $20 with general admission seating. For more information or to buy tickets, stop by the Box Office Tues.-Sat. 11 am – 5 pm or call 631-725-9500. To buy tickets online, log on to www.baystreet.org.

Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts is a year-round, not-for-profit professional theater and community cultural center which endeavors to innovate, educate, and entertain a diverse community through the practice of the performing arts. We serve as a social and cultural gathering place, an educational resource, and a home for a community of artists.