Tiny Refuge

10/23/2024

If you like Bonnie Raitt, Holly Near, or Indigo Girls, you'll love Alice Di Micele! She's closing out the Tiny Refuge season on 11/3 at 4pm. RSVP here: https://forms.gle/3RV66mJnK9LN5XCC6

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myfX6Q1s0kc

10/19/2024

It's not too late to RSVP for our 10/20 show with ! Save your seat here: https://forms.gle/9UmurTZxjn7XNKTe6

10/15/2024

It's a bittersweet moment at Tiny Refuge--our last show of the 2024 season! But we're thrilled to share it with Alice Di Micele. Save your seat and RSVP here: https://forms.gle/3RV66mJnK9LN5XCC6

https://www.facebook.com/share/EkVPMHCVXuwrotPn/

10/13/2024

Check out this seasonal tune by Mangles Music! They're coming to Tiny Refuge on 10/20 at 4pm! RSVP here: https://forms.gle/sYaXrfa###8MyTbv5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTRdVBHMw9Q

You are invited to join us for a spoooooky Halloween house concert with mangles! Please RSVP below to ensure you have a seat and to receive the address to our venue the day of the show ✨ Sunday, October 20, 2024 ✨ Doors 3:00pm, Show 4:00pm ✨ Bloomington, IL -- Please RSVP below and you'll rece...

10/06/2024

Spooky season is upon us! mangles is here to help us make the most of it.
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4pm show, potluck and open jam after
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Reserve your seat here: https://forms.gle/skoyGyTePvagf8GD7

09/08/2024

Sunday Funday! Show starts at 4pm--hope to see you there!

We're so excited to welcome Camellia Moon to the Tiny Refuge stage on Sunday, September 8 at 4pm! We saw these folksters at the CU Folk and Roots Festival last year and were smitten. If you're a fan of Lucius, the band Joseph, or The Wailin' Jennys, you'll love Camellia Moon as much as we do!

09/04/2024

We're polishing the silver so it's as bright as Camellia Moon's harmonies! Just kidding...we don't own any silver. But we are so excited to welcome them to the Tiny Refuge stage on Sunday! RSVP here: https://forms.gle/5QeMza6dtqswTwQD7

Here's a preview of what you'll hear--check out their performance of "Flume" by Bon Iver at the 2023 CU Folk and Roots Festival

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUGgx42axrE

Live at the Champaign-Urbana Folk and Roots Festival, this is a cover of "Flume" by Bon Iver. Enjoy!

09/03/2024

Sunday's forecast calls for a beautiful day for folk music! If you like Lucius, the band Joseph, or The Wailin' Jennys, you're sure to love Camellia Moon as much as we do. RSVP at the link below and we'll save you a spot at the show.

We're so excited to welcome Camellia Moon to the Tiny Refuge stage on Sunday, September 8 at 4pm! We saw these folksters at the CU Folk and Roots Festival last year and were smitten. If you're a fan of Lucius, the band Joseph, or The Wailin' Jennys, you'll love Camellia Moon as much as we do!

08/26/2024

Coming soon to a potluck table near you!
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Some of our dear Tiny Refuge friends shared their garden harvest with us. Not pictured: a watermelon, a grocery bag full of green beans, approximately 589 more tomatoes, and a huge crock of sauerkraut. We’re going to be busy processing for a while…and grateful for it!
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06/01/2024

Life’s too short: break out the fine china!
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These vintage “Audubon: Birds of America” plates belonged to Kate’s grandma, who kept them in a hutch. Now you can eat off a piece of history at Tiny Refuge! The bird plates come out for every potluck for sustainability and kitsch purposes.
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The next potluck is next Friday, June 7 when we welcome ! Use the link in bio to sign up for the invite list and RSVP for the show. Be there or be (a) square (plate)!
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05/31/2024

Make a joyful noise to cast out the shame from your favorite hymn, spiritual, or religious song at the open jam!
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Potluck at 5pm, Flamy Grant takes the stage at 6pm

05/29/2024

Season's greetings!
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We spent our holiday weekend wearing dorky hats to do some container gardening. If all goes well, we'll actually have an herb and vegetable harvest to share at our late summer concert potlucks. 🤞
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05/27/2024

Seriously...BK can really hold a grudge...
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Join the invite list at: tinyrefuge.ck.page/invitelist
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Monthly happenings and show updates, including how to get here
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2024 Season
June 7 -- Flamy Grant
August 4 -- Joy Zimmerman
September 8 -- Camellia Moon
October 20 -- mangles + [name of surprise special guest artist here]
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Tiny Refuge is a house concert venue in Bloomington, Illinois for weirdos, queerdos, and underrecognized artists. Open jam and potluck starts an hour before each show. 100% of donations go directly to the artist.
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05/23/2024

Two for one special! Join us on May 24 at 5pm for our open jam theme "Duets" before Projekts takes the stage at 6pm. DM us to get on the invite list!
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Chrys Wilson and Jessica Gebbink-Wilson (.music) both began their musical journeys in adolescence. Whether singing, playing piano, as a member of a choir, orchestra, or performing solo, their love for music brought them together in 2006 at Peoria Area Civic Chorale’s Eureka College Choral Camp. Chrys and Jessica were selected as the winners of PACC’s Young Artist Competition in
2006 and 2007. They both proceeded to advance their musical education in Vocal Performance at Bradley University and Western University.
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Joined by a passion for harmony and texture, Chrys and Jessica married and welcomed their first child (Lincoln) in 2015, and their second child (Esmè) in 2019. Performing under their band name Projekts, in the winter of 2014 Chrys and Jessica made it their mission to return to music what music has provided in their lives: Joy and Purpose. Over the past 7 years Projekts have performed throughout Central Illinois furthering their love for the arts and their community.
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As part of Gebbink Music Studio (Morton, IL) it is Jessica's privilege to instruct the next generation of musicians in Central Illinois. Whether through voice, piano, or ukulele, her students are taught to spread joy and demonstrate purpose wherever they go. Good music is a gift meant to be shared.
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Tiny Refuge is a house concert venue in Bloomington, Illinois for weirdos, queerdos, and underrecognized artists. Open jam and potluck starts an hour before each show. 100% of donations go directly to the artist.
Join the invite list at https://tinyrefuge.ck.page/invitelist
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05/01/2024

Calendar girl
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Because our music venue is also our house, concertgoers get to see some quirky family treasures! This is a bilingual calendar that Erys’ mom makes with her calligraphy group in Montreal.
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Each month features a joke or pun handwritten by someone in the group. Sometimes it’s in French, sometimes in English!
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This month’s quip: Intelligence is like underwear. It is important that you have it, but not necessary that you show it off!
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03/25/2024

Full moon fire!
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We host fire gatherings that are more conversation-centric than our usual events. Why the full moon? It's not hippie magic, it's logistics (your magic mileage may vary). Honestly, have you ever tried to coordinate a social gathering with more than three neurodiverse people? In this economy??
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We'd never get together if we didn't have a previously agreed upon date that Google calendar can validate. Full moon? See you at our place.
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03/18/2024

We're getting excited over here!

This week’s shows 🤘 let’s gooooo!