Washington residents and fans of The Tree will want to check out author Dana Lyons in concert over the next couple months. Dana performs folk music under the name Cows With Guns. He will be doing shows in the following Western Washington locations:
July 26: Mt Vernon
July 26: Olympia
Aug 1: Warming up for Dr. Demento in Seattle
Aug 9 or 10 (tentative): Arlington Stillaguamish River Festival
Sept 20: Seattle
Sept 21: Bellevue
Sept 27: Woodinville
For more details on these shows, read below the fold.
- Saturday, July 26: Mt. Vernon
12 noon: Dana performs
Skagit Valley Food Co-op Festival
Skagit Valley Food Co-op
202 S. First St.
Mt Vernon, WA
http://www.skagitfoodcoop.com
Price: free
35h Anniversary Celebration (11am-6pm) - Saturday, July 26: Olympia
7pm
Unitarian Universalist Church
2200 E End St NW
Olympia, WA 98502
http://ecocityolympia.blogspot.com
$10-$15 sliding scale donation at the door
Info: ecocityolympia@gmail.com - Friday, August 1: Seattle
8pm
Warming up for Dr. Demento
The Triple Door
216 Union St
Seattle, WA 98101
(206) 838-4333
http://www.thetripledoor.net/event.aspx?eid=3215&venue=mainstage
Dana will sing a song or two as part of Dr. Demento's live performance in Seattle. Dana's song "Cows With Guns" was #1 for the year on Dr. Demento's show in the late 90s. Dr. Demento has also aired Dana's songs RV, Ride the Lawn, I'd Go Anywhere to Fight for Oil, and Our State is a Dumpsite. - Saturday or Sunday, August 9 or 10: Arlington, WA TENTATIVE
Stillaguamish Festival of the River
Tentative: We should have a confirmed show soon. Watch the Cows With Guns calendar page for further details - Saturday, September 20: Seattle
7:30pm
World Peace Day Concert
Seattle Folklore Society
Phinney Neighborhood Center
6532 Phinney Avenue N
Seattle, WA 98103
Phinney Center Info
$14 general admission and $12 for members (Seattle Folklore Society and Phinney Neighborhood Association). Reservations Available as soon as show is listed on Seattle Folklore Society Website. Concerts are held in the Community Hall (brick building). Free parking in the lower parking lot at the Center. Enter the lot on N 67th, between Phinney and Dayton Ave. Phinney Center has disability parking outside the door on the Dayton Street side of the building and flat access into the hall from Dayton. Parking on Dayton Ave is available for disabled and musician load/unload only. - Sunday, Sept 21: Bellevue
8pm
World Peace Day Celebration
Bellevue Community College
Bellevue, WA
-more details to follow - Saturday, September 27: Woodinville, WA
2:15pm
Carol Edwards Center, Magnolia Room
17401 - 133rd Avenue NE
Woodinville, WA 98072
(425) 398-9327
Price: free
Concert follows The Sammamish ReLeaf volunteer habitat restoration project which will be held from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. The site will be the Woodin-Wilmot project site; this is the project site located immediately south of Wilmot Gateway Park (17301 - 131st Avenue NE).












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