Musicians Set to Jam Out In Sandywoods' Concert Venue

The (SCA) shows off its band space Friday night with its . Local singer-songwriters Christopher James Farias, , Kim Lamothe and Christopher Moon and Patrick and Kyle from are performing. The cost is $6.

Sandywoods obtained an  from the town in January. Spokesman Russ Smith said the license enabled them to start offering a series of concerts this year, featuring both local and touring bands and musicians.

Smith said the SCA is a brand new venue, completed in 2010, with great acoustics. The capacity is 150 with tables and chairs in place, and fits up to 450 without furniture. He said most of the concerts will have a tables and chairs coffee house-type setup, with concertgoers invited to BYOB and bring snacks or a picnic supper if they wish.

Being able to offer affordable, high quality performing arts events to the greater community is a key part of Sandywoods' overall mission, Smith said, adding the SCA was specifically constructed so that it could function not only as a space for meetings, parties, and other events, but also as a venue for concerts, poetry slams, live theater, and dance.  

Since Sandywoods Farm, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, Smith said all revenue generated by the concerts gets plowed back into Sandywoods' mission of creating and managing a wide range of arts and agricultural programming to benefit both the residents of Sandywoods and all Tivertonians.

"One of our short-time goals is to expand our existing sound system," he said in an email.

Sandywoods has three other concerts already booked through May and early June, with many more in the works: 

May 5 - Joe Fletcher & The Wrong Reasons

May 19 - Mark Cutler & Men of Great Courage with Red Eye Flight

June 9 - The Gnomes

Newport's Island Moving Company performed at the SCA last December.

For more information, visit www.sandywoodsfarm.org/2012musicseries.html.