Night Eagle Productions Presents at The Lansing Performing Arts Center
Dear Friends-
It is with great joy and celebration that we announce a re-birth. After 16 years, The Night Eagle Café will fly again – located in its new home at the Lansing Performing Arts Center. We hope you join us for events of great music….some old favorites and many new. But much much more than that, we invite you to join the community spirit of the Night Eagle.
In helping The Night Eagle to grow and reach its full potential, we are in the process of becoming a private non-profit. We will be seeking grants for free musical events, workshops, and mini-festivals all targeting the newly "senior-ed" community. Let's embrace our aging selves….but let's do it celebrating our spirits with music, art, and creativity.
We will always be seeking volunteers. PLEASE REACH OUT- become a part of our FAMILY.
In peace, love and music-
Ken and Susan
The collaborative team of Millett and Murphy represents both the producer as well as the performers perspectives. We hope to launch the new Night Eagle with the intention of developing accessible music to a "newly seniored" audience at affordable rates.
We strive to create a community where quality music is available to all. Follow us as we develop - we thank the Savage Club and the Lansing Performing Arts Center for hosting us, as we launch into what creating our own Private Non-Profit might bring to supporting our growing community.
We are proud to announce what we have coming for you in our 25/26 season. We are kicking off with an August CD release, and have great great concerts lined up for you straight through May. Tickets available for purchase on the links below.
Check back here often, as new shows will be added as we get them!
SEE YOU SOON....THE NIGHT EAGLE FLIES AGAIN!
Arise & Go is an exciting Celtic trio that finds its roots in the dance music of Ireland, Scotland and Atlantic Canada. Blending pipes, whistles, fiddle, and guitar, the group's varied musical backgrounds combine to produce a sound which is both grounded in tradition and uniquely fresh and driving. From intimate house concerts to festival stages, Arise & Go has been hailed for their "precision and energy".
Thursday July 9th, 2026. (Lansing Area Performance Hall)
The concert starts at 8:00 pm. Doors open at 7:30 pm, and carpooling is always encouraged. Get your tickets now. Tickets in advance are $25. Tickets at the door $30, day of the show.
Tickets can be purchased here
John Gorka is perhaps the quintessential iconic singer-songwriter of the 80s folk scene. Hailing from New Jersey, but forged in the Greenwich Village Fast Folk scene, he honed his craft and persona into an unmistakable image. The shy, wry, insightful, and yes, sensitive singer-songwriter has been copied and parodied. But the old coat he wove still fits, and still suits him well. The old songs ring as true as they ever did, and the new ones are just as good.
Many well known artists have recorded and/or performed John Gorka songs, including Mary Chapin Carpenter, Nanci Griffith, Mary Black and Maura O'Connell. John has graced the stage of Austin City Limits, Mountain Stage, etown and has appeared on CNN. His new song "Where No Monuments Stand" is featured in the upcoming documentary Every War Has Two Losers, about activist and Oregon Poet Laureate William Stafford (1914-1993).
Friday, September 11, 2026 (Lansing Area Performance Hall)
The concert starts at 7:30 pm. Doors open 7:00 pm, and carpooling is always encouraged. Get your tickets now. Tickets in advance are $25. Tickets at the door $30, day of the show.
Tickets can be purchased here
Mesmerizing folk duo, Ordinary Elephant, has spent the better part of the last decade on a never-ending tour that's earned married couple Crystal and Pete Damore widespread critical acclaim and made fans of luminaries like Tom Paxton and Mary Gauthier.
In 2017, the pair took home the International Folk Music Award for Artist of the Year on the strength of their breakout album, "Before I Go", and two years later, they returned with the similarly lauded "Honest", which the Associated Press hailed as "one of the best Americana albums of the year."
September 18, 2026 (Lansing Area Performance Hall)
Concert starts at 8:00 pm. Doors open at 7:30 pm, and carpooling is always encouraged. Get your tickets now. Tickets in advance are $20. Tickets at the door $25, day of the show.
Tickets can be purchased here
"The Kennedys invest both passion and precision into their music... Practically every song sounds like a standard of some sort, even at the outset, making this a markedly emphatic effort and, quite possibly, their most daring album to date... they continue to be one of the most vibrant duos making music today. They not only carry a torch, but also ensure it remains aflame." -- Lee Zimmerman, American Songwriter Magazine
The Kennedys began their writing and touring life three decades ago as members of Nanci Griffith's Blue Moon Orchestra, developing their own sound as a frequent support act on Nanci's tours across America, Ireland, Scotland and England. Collaborations with Nanci continued, culminating in Pete and Maura producing her final album, "Intersections." Along the way, they hosted a nationwide radio program, "The Dharma Cafe" on Sirius/XM, wrote and released sixteen CDs of original music, and have been core artists on folk radio, expanding their audience further with the inception of the AAA and Americana formats.
October 4, 2026 (Lansing Area Performance Hall)
Concert starts at 8:00 pm. Doors open at 7:30 pm, and carpooling is always encouraged. Get your tickets now. Tickets in advance are $20. Tickets at the door $25, day of the show.
Tickets can be purchased here
Swirling border pipes, raging fiddle, thunderous guitar and three rich voices.
The name Cantrip is an Old Scots word meaning a charm, magic spell or piece of mischief and it aptly describes the unexpected twists and turns in their musical arrangements, likewise the compelling potency of their musicianship. Swirling border pipes, raging fiddle, thunderous guitar and three rich voices blend to create a sound energetic enough to tear the roof off. Echoes can be heard of trad music from the 1960s and 70s, but the years have slowly infested their music with the sounds of funk, metal, bluegrass, swing, and even klezmer. Cantrip sprung from a local session in Edinburgh nearly twenty years ago. Their driving music immediately caught the attention of the masses.
October 11, 2026 (Lansing Area Performance Hall)
The concert starts at 7:00 pm. Doors open at 6:30 pm, and carpooling is always encouraged. Get your tickets now. Tickets in advance are $20. Tickets at the door $25, day of the show.
Tickets can be purchased here
Musical styles that blend country, rock, folk, blues and Americana.
The trio of artists that is The Refugees emerged on the music scene as a verifiably unmatched force of talent, diversity, and experience. Each successful in their own right as a solo artist, Cidny Bullens, Deborah Holland and Wendy Waldman formed their unique and innovative group in 2007 and since that time have been wowing audiences, radio DJs, and music critics alike with their soaring harmonies, indelible musicianship, and unforgettably humorous stage presence. Individually, The Refugees have logged almost five decades in the industry, with more than twenty solo albums and multiple Grammy Award nominations to their credit, featuring musical styles that blend country, rock, folk, blues and Americana.
November 13, 2026 (Lansing Area Performance Hall)
The concert starts at 7:30 pm. Doors open at 7:00 pm, and carpooling is always encouraged. Get your tickets now. Tickets in advance are $20. Tickets at the door $25, day of the show.
Tickets can be purchased here
Beloved carols, favorite traditional tunes and airs, and newly composed songs for the season.
Night Eagle is proud to announce this very special holiday event at the FIRST UNITARIAN SOCIETY OF ITHACA!
Cathie Ryan and Mick McAuley join John Doyle for a rare U.S. tour this December. An Irish Christmas will be woven through with song and stories from beloved carols, favorite traditional tunes and airs, and newly composed songs for the season. Don't miss this special holiday show from three of Irish music's most highly regarded performers.
December 10, 2026 (First Unitarian Society of Ithaca)
The concert starts at 7:30 pm. Doors open at 7:00 pm, and carpooling is always encouraged. Get your tickets now. Tickets in advance are $30. Tickets at the door $35, day of the show.
Tickets can be purchased here
An enormous stage presence, unforgettable melodies, and emotional depth as a songwriter.
Connie Kaldor began her career in folk music as part of the Canadian wave alongside artists like Stan Rogers and Valdy. Armed with her enormous stage presence, her unforgettable melodies, and her emotional depth as a songwriter, Connie became a headline act on the festival circuit. In the last year, Connie received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Woodstock Folk Festival, was nominated for a Canadian Folk Music Award and nominated for Song of the Year at the Folk Alliance International Folk Music Awards.
January 30, 2027 (Lansing Area Performance Hall)
The concert starts at 7:00 pm. Doors open at 6:30 pm, and carpooling is always encouraged. Get your tickets now. Tickets in advance are $25. Tickets at the door $30, day of the show.
Tickets can be purchased here
A charismatic performer and singer — one of the major talents of our time.
Born in Hamilton, Ontario to parents of Nova Scotian descent, Garnet Rogers spent many hours in front of the old floor model radio listening to Grand Ol' Opry broadcasts and harmonizing with his brother, the late folk legend Stan Rogers. Two years later, Garnet was playing the definitive 8-year-old's version of "Desolation Row" on his ukulele. He soon abandoned that instrument to teach himself the flute, violin and guitar. Since then, Garnet has courageously established himself as a formidable solo artist. Hailed by the Boston Globe as a "...charismatic performer and singer — one of the major talents of our time, "they continue by saying that "Garnet's vocal and instrumental talents are complimented by an undeniably powerful physical presence — close to six and a half feet tall — with the lungs to match."
March 5, 2027 (Lansing Area Performance Hall)
The concert starts at 7:30 pm. Doors open at 7:00 pm, and carpooling is always encouraged. Get your tickets now. Tickets in advance are $25. Tickets at the door $30, day of the show.
Tickets can be purchased here
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