Come hear us in person!

New England Folk Festival ‐ April 20th
Newton Free Library ‐ June 9th
Lancaster Gazebo ‐ July 18th
Back Room at the Burren ‐ July 25th
2024 Great Northeast Jug Band Festival ‐ Sep 28th
Some Enchanted Evening This Fall / Winter
Your Holiday Party!
Your Home or Holiday Party Venue
Hire Outrageous Fortune for your home or work holiday party this season. Check out some reviews from delighted party hosts:

“Rave reviews from our friends and family. Thank you so much. You made the party special for all.” — Ellen & Lewis, hosts of engagement party

“We still think about the wonderful time we had at our party and what a great contribution Outrageous Fortune made to it. Everyone we’ve spoken with about the party really loved your music and remarked about how much it added to their enjoyment.” — Joe, anniversary party host
Sunday, Oct 27th: 4 PM
Outrageous Fortune at North Hill
North Hill Retirement Community
This isn't open to the general public, but if you know someone who lives here you can get an invite to hear us in the newly renovated concert hall.
Friday, November 8th: 7 - 8:30 PM
Alexander's Jazz Time Band
First Parish of Bolton, 673 Main St, Bolton, MA
Chris is playing rhythm guitar and singing lead w Alexander's Jazz Time Band in a concert in Mendon. It's a tuba instead of a jug; and cornet, clarinet, sax and trombone instead of kazoos, but they play with spirit nonetheless. Led by the parapatetic and indefatigable Alexander Lane, this top-notch big band playing stock charts from the late 20s and early 30s will make an exuberantly joyful noise.

"This group is fantastic! Can I sit in?" -- BSO & Boston Pops bassist

General Admission $20 / $16 Seniors and Students.
Sunday, Nov 24th: 3 to 6 PM
Weston Library Monthly Concert & Jazz Jam
Weston Public Library, 87 School St, Weston, MA 02493
The concert and jam session our guitar player has been leading continues -- on our usual 4th Sunday this month. This month's concert theme is ‘Apolitical Blues’. Our opening 1 hour set will decompress from the post-election mania with a selection of truly worthy apolitical blues songs. The house band this month features James Merenda (p), Miki Matsuki (d), Jon Dreyer (b) and Chris Welles (g, v).
Come down and hear the top notch house band sing and play music from the Great American Songbook; stay to hear an array of talented singers and instrumentalists!
Chris plays piano too. Check out his moody piano/voice demo on Soundcloud!
A Capella Fans: See our guitar player in his incarnation as a Boston Jazz Voices baritone, appear on two episodes of the 4th season of the PBS TV program "Sing That Thing" (Premiere - we're at 10m15s and Episode 7 )!

Past Gigs:

Concert Halls

The Regent Theatre (Arlington, MA)
Little Kresge Theatre (Cambridge, MA)

Festivals & Farmer's Markets & Special Events

Great Northeast Jug Band Festival 2019, 2020, 2022
Annual Meeting of the Thoreau Society 2014, 2015, 2018
The New England Folk Festival (NEFFA) 2008 ‐ 2022 (except '12 and '16)
The North Shore Music Festival 2010, 2011
Antrim Gazebo concert (NH)
First Night Needham (MA)
Land's Sake Farm, Weston (MA)
Lancaster Gazebo Concert (MA)
Natick Farmer's Market (Winter and Summer)
Newton Center for the Arts
Porchfest (Jamaica Plain, Newton & Somerville MA)
Saugus Town Day (MA)
Salem Antique & Vintage Boat Festival, Salem (MA) 2019
Salem Arts Festival (MA) 2018, 2019, 2022
Somerville Winter Farmer's Market (MA)
Wakefield Arts and Crafts Fair (MA)
Waltham Farmer's Market (MA) 2007 ‐ 2019

Radio Stations

WBUR Radio 90.0 "Here and Now"
WICN Radio 90.5
WBRS Radio 100.1
WCUW Radio 91.3

Libraries & Schools

Ames Free Library (North Easton, MA) 2008, 2009
Boyden Library (Foxborough MA) 2017, 2019
Glays E. Kelly Library (Webster MA) 2019
Harvard Public Library (MA) 2013
Lincoln Public Library (MA) 2006, 2008, 2010
Framingham Public Library (MA) 2010
Malden Public Library (MA) Morse Institute Library (Natick, MA) 2009, 2013, 2014
Needham Public Library (MA)
Newton Free Library (MA) 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2018, 2019
Thayer Public Library (Braintree, MA)
Thomas Crane Public Library (Quincy, MA) 2008
Waltham Public Library (MA) 2006, 2008, 2010
Weston PTO (MA)

Coffeehouses

Club Passim, Cambridge, MA
The 2d Friday Coffeehouse, Belmont, MA
Amazing Things Arts Center, Framingham, MA
Bolton Sings, Bolton MA
The Blue Moon Coffeehouse, Rockland, MA
The Casual Cup Coffeehouse, Brookline MA
Cafe Luna, Cambridge, MA
The Colonial Inn, Concord MA
Emily's Roadhouse, The Peace Abbey, Sherborn, MA
First Parish, Bedford (MA)
First Unitarian Society of Newton (MA)
The Kickstand Cafe (feature), Arlington MA
The Linden Tree Coffeehouse, Wakefield MA
Overall Music, Lexington MA

Retirement Communities

Cabot Park Village, Newton MA
Edgewood, North Andover MA
Fox Hill Village, Westwood MA
Newbridge On The Charles, Dedham MA
North Hill, Needham, MA
Orchard Cove, Canton MA
...and many more!

Restaurants & Pubs

The Maugus, Wellesley MA
Nourish Restaurant, Lexington MA
The Precinct, Somerville MA
Ristorante Primavera, Millis, MA
Savoury Lane, Acton MA

Private Parties, Weddings, Anniverseries, Bat/Bar Mitzvahs, etc.

The Taj, Boston MA - Engagement Party
Hotel Wentworth, Portsmouth NH - Anniversary Party
...and many more!

Other places the guitar player has performed:

Fenway Park - National Anthem for Red Sox – 2007
WGBH TV's "Sing That Thing" (with Boston Jazz Voices) 2017, 2018
First Night Boston, MA
Old Sturbridge Village, MA
Merrimack College, Andover, MA
The Middle East, Cambridge MA
The Nameless Coffeehouse, Cambridge MA
The Press Room, Portsmouth, NH
WERS Radio, Boston MA
WUNH Radio, Durham NH
WUMB, Boston, MA