Public Disco Porch
Friday, September 8, 2023
AT THE VALENCIA BALLROOM
with special Guest Driftwood Soldier
Friday, September 8, 2023
Doors 7:00 PM / Showtime 8:00 PM
All Ages
Please note that this show will take place at:
The Valencia Ballroom
142 North George Street
York, PA 17401
Artist websites:
Public Disco Porch
KNOW BEFORE YOU GO:
All tickets are general admission. Tickets are will call only (no physical tickets) and nonrefundable.
Be sure to check the COVID Info page of our website prior to the shows for up-to-date safety guidelines. By purchasing tickets, you acknowledge that everyone in your party will follow any regulations in place on the date of the show, and will not be entitled to a refund for noncompliance.
If you have season tickets, this show IS included in your 2022 season ticket package!
Public Disco Porch is an American rock band from York, Pennsylvania that features the music of songwriter Spencer McCreary. While the band has had a rotating cast of musicians in the past, it currently has nestled into a more permanent ensemble that includes three other members (David Portelles, Caleb Miller, Robby Everly) all hailing from York, as well. The music of the project aims to haunt, bless, hex, and triumph in South Central Pennsylvania worship. With songs that highlight the Susquehanna, cafes of the downtown, local swimming pools, and even the very ballroom this show is happening within, the band's only prayer is that it might be a positive contributing force to the town in which it resides. A quiet champion of the area and all of the beautiful things and people that it holds within its limits.
Driftwood Soldier isn't your average mandolin-bass foot-stomping gutter-folk duo. Growling and crooning, muttering about lost love, brimstone, and the glorious view from the underside of a rusty world order, Owen holds the rhythm on mandolin and foot percussion. To his left, Bobby stretches bass notes into lyrical vines that vibrate somewhere north of your liver and flower unexpectedly at night. This is the kind of roots music that grows through the cracks in a West Philly sidewalk and drinks its rainwater laced with motor oil.
Their second full-length album, Stay Ahead of the Wolf, arrived late in 2019. It was produced with Erin McKeown and mixed by Grammy winner Ted Hutt. Unfazed by a world in disarray, Stay Ahead of the Wolf crawled up onto its four legs and went barrelling through the digital ether, carrying with it this strange beast’s howl.
Photo by Liz Kross
