What is a Listening Room?
The idea of a listening room event is right in the name: To provide a space directly and exclusively for an audience to listen to an artist perform. Many musicians and other vocal artists find venues where they have to compete with other noise: the background chatter in a restaurant, patrons and orders in a bar, sports and even other music playing on TVs and over speakers. What a listening room provides is a space free from those distractions, and invites an audience who is present for one reason: to listen to the performance.

Listening rooms have grown in popularity for a wide range of artists, from acoustic singer-songwriters to spoken-word performances and more. They are typically held in relatively small spaces, and are often modeled to provide a more intimate experience than would be found in other settings. Refreshments may be available, but in all cases, the focus of the event is on the performance.

At the CommUnity Zone, our hope is to offer this deep listening experience for both local artists who want the chance to perform for a small, focused audience, and for the audience members who want to listen to the artist! We do plan on offering a selection of food and drinks at the events, and hope to have both curated events with established artists as well as 'open nights' when the stage might be open to anyone who wishes to perform.
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Our wonderful collaboration with the Local Music Collective continues.

We are excited to be working with  partner the Local Music Collective  which began back in  this September with music happening on the second Wednesday of each month from 7 to 9:15 pm. Each show includes performances from two performing acts.

At the CommUnity Zone, our hope is to offer this deep listening experience for both local artists who want the chance to perform for a small, focused audience, and for the audience members who want to listen to the artist! We do plan on offering a selection of food and drinks at the events and hope to have both curated events with established artists as well as 'open nights' when the stage might be open to anyone who wishes to perform.
These shows will be held in the Community Partnerships building at 328 Market Street, Lewisburg, PA  Maximum seating capacity for audience members in the space is 80. Cost of admission for the event will be $10 per person with children under 12 admitted free.  Please help us get the word out. 

Wednesday, January 8th

Iron Ukulele Benders
The Iron Ukulele Benders have been sharing their love of the ukulele since 2015.  Their mission is to provide a supportive environment where ukulele players of all ability levels can have fun playing together, and to be of service to the community by sharing the joy of ukulele music.  They perform regularly at farmer's markets, festivals and other events in the area.  They also meet twice a month for informal jam sessions.  They are always looking for new members whether they are experienced players or have never held an ukulele before.  You can contact them at [email protected].


​​Don Krech & Ed Scholl

Don: Ed Scholl and I have been playing duets on electric guitars for over 20 years, but Ed has been playing guitar in various bands throughout the valley since the 1950’s! Two of Ed’s favorite guitarists are Chet Atkins and Les Paul, so we play quite a few of their songs. There’s a rumor that Ed got his first guitar the year I was born. 

Ed: I’ve been lucky enough to play with the Lipsmackin Blues Band, winning the Billtown Blues challenge in 2004 which sent us to Memphis to play at the international blues fest. I also played with Averie Clark, Cool Blue at a weekly Thursday gig at the Bleu Plate. There are a number of talented local musicians that I’ve had the honor joining.

Wednesday, February 12th

The Guitar Brothers (Jerry Bresee, Jon Round, Bruce Truitt)
The Guitar Brothers are a trio of seasoned musicians and songwriters who found each other in State College in 2021 after many years playing music in far-flung places. Jam sessions evolved into rehearsals, and a sound emerged featuring original music with a studied interplay between acoustic guitar and electric bass. Their set lists show the full range of influences each player brings to the group from Folk and Country through Jazz and Texas Swing.  Their set lists are entirely original, built on a solid back catalog from each writer and with new songs emerging for nearly every show. 
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Paul Loomis
Paul Loomis is a writer of songs, a father of two, a teacher of math, a runner of long distances, a traveler of South America, a resident of Bloomsburg, and a native of Indiana. He writes indy-folk songs about chickens, pickles, cable cars, the internet, stretchy arms, science, toast, the Susquehanna, yellow frisbees, Iguazu Falls, Mason jars, and a thousand other things, people, and places. You can find his four albums of original music at Endless Records, in his guitar case, or on spotify, itunes, and all those places.

​Wednesday, March 12th

Doug Allen Wilcox
Bio coming soon!
Kimbo Reichley (with special guest Tim Breon)
Kimbo has been a strong presence on the Central Pa. Music scene for better than 50 years. As a young boy his love of the great singers he heard on the radio lead him to join his church and high school choirs, district chorus, and high school musicals. He took up the guitar and then later the electric bass. He joined a band as a singer with the late George Virchick and his sister who played the hammond organ with bass pedals. This is where he took up the bass and started his real love of the blues playing the music of Rufus Thomas, Booker T, Wilson Pickett and other blues and soul artists. Over the years he became a multi instrumentalist playing
acoustic guitar, mandolin and resonator guitars. He has been competed 3 times in the international blues challenge in Memphis and toured the east coast with electric violinist Davis Rose. In 2004 he toured China playing country music as a guest of the U.S. China Foundation. He records in his own studio and has recorded many local artist along with 2 of his own records. At the age of 70 he still is a powerful and soulful singer, guitarist and bass player.