Moonstock Concerts

Friday - May 20 - "Simple Gifts"

About Simple Gifts...

Drawing on an impressive variety of ethnic folk styles, this award-winning duo plays everything from lively Irish jigs and down-home American reels to hard-driving Klezmer frailachs and haunting Gypsy melodies, spicing the mix with the distinctive rhythms of Balkan dance music, the lush sounds of Scandinavian twin fiddling, and original compositions written in a traditional style.

Combining tradition with innovation, Simple Gifts creates some of the finest arrangements in folk music today: swing fiddle creeps into a Romanian dance, spoons show up in an Irish reel, and a blues lick introduces a Klezmer melody. Join us, to help kick off the 2022 season

Concert Schedule 2022 (under construction)

To learn more about a band, click on the band name in the schedule below.

Friday -- May 20 -- Simple Gifts
Sunday -- May 29 -- Sean Farley and David Lynn
Saturday -- June 11 -- Granma Ben ***
*** Sunday -- June 19 -- Obvious Pocket (NEW DATE!) ***
Friday -- June 24 -- Eric Ian Farmer
Saturday -- July 9 -- Richard Sleigh
Saturday -- July 23 -- Remnants of Betty
Sunday -- July 31 -- Tussey Mountain Moonshiners
Saturday -- August 6 -- RIFF
Sunday -- August 21 -- Anchor & Arrow
Friday -- September 2 -- The Extractors
Saturday -- September 10 -- Erin Condo & the Hoofties

Notes:

All concerts start at 7:00 pm and run until about 9:30 pm, with a break near the middle.
Location: 211 Moondance Lane, Port Matilda 16870. It’s not really in Port Matilda, it’s in the woods behind Toftrees. GPSs stop halfway up Moondance Lane. It’s at the top of the hill. Directions on website.
If it looks like rain, check this website (http://moonstockconcerts.org).
Rainy evening concerts will be rescheduled or cancelled.
Family friendly, well-behaved dogs on leash are also invited.
The bathroom is located up the hill in the house, so consider stopping on the way down (peeing in the woods is permitted)
If you or someone traveling with you has mobility issues, call Kyle at 814-404-1313 and we can drive you to the concert site, or give you a seat on the porch on the front of the house, where you an enjoy concerts from a distance (but near the restroom).

Looking forward to seeing you again!

Covid 19 Precautions at Moonstock

Our COVID-related Expectations

Outdoor Concerts are among the safest social activities, but we realize the seriousness of COVID 19 and recommend that you follow guidance offered by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) at the time of each concert.

Thanks to the generosity of New Pig and Daniel Silver (keyboard player for RIFF), a New Pig hand sanitizer station has been donated to support our concerts again this year. It will be located in the pergola, near the refreshment/merchandise table.

About Our Summer Concerts

Phot of people sitting on a fied watching a concert on the outdoor stage.

Come Join Us!

Our home at 211 Moondance Lane is only about 15 minutes from downtown State College. Don't be misled by the Port Matilda address.

For guests with mobility issues, we can reserve parking. We have modified the road down to the stage, so on nights with outdoor concerts we can allow a few cars to drive down, drop passengers, and park on the edge of the woods. Call Kyle at 814-404-1313 to make arrangements for people with mobility issues.

The Basic Info

Outdoor House Concerts - (We will no longer move inside if weather looks bad. We'll reschedule instead.)
Fun people and their friends and families (who are almost always fun people, too), and well behaved dogs (on a leash).
Consider bringing a folding chair or blanket (optional), wear comfortable shoes, and be prepared to walk a bit, as the driveway gets crowded and the concerts are held in a field behind the house which is on a hilltop.

If it's raining or threatening to rain...

We will need to reschedule, as it's no longer safe to move the concerts indoors.

"Old School" Directions

In case you are not a GPS or Google Maps or MapQuest user, here's a set of directions you can use to make your way.

Directions to Kyle Peck and Catherine Augustine's Home at:

211 Moondance Lane

Port Matilda, PA 16870

(from Penn State University)

TAKE ATHERTON (322 Business) OR THE 322 BYPASS WEST OUT OF STATE COLLEGE TOWARD PORT MATILDA.
Stay in the right lane, as if you were heading for Altoona.Follow signs to Gray's Woods / Waddle and go downhill past Curve Hill Road which breaks off to the right.
TURN RIGHT ON STEVENSON ROAD, which is almost at the bottom of the hill.
Take Stevenson Road, through the tiny community of "Waddle," until it ends in a "T" intersection with "Buffalo Run Road" (also known as route 550).
TURN RIGHT ON BUFFALO RUN ROAD (RTE 550).
The first intersection will be Lower Julian Pike.
TURN RIGHT ON LOWER JULIAN PIKE.
After passing five houses on the right, you'll see three black mailboxes and a gravel road with a sign that says "Moondance Lane."
TURN RIGHT ONTO MOONDANCE LANE.
The road branches twice.
- Go right at the first fork
- Go left at the second. (We're at the top of the hill.)
If you see cars parked on the road, the parking beyond that point is probably limited, so you may want to stop and park where you can.
Kyle's cell phone number (in case you get lost) is 814-404-1313.