Frenchy and the Punk returns to The Empty Glass stage! Wednesday April 19th, 2023 8pm The Empty Glass 410 Elizabeth St Charleston, WV
Special Guests TBA
Frenchy and the Punk is French-born singer Samantha Stephenson and American Hardcore Punk veteran guitarist Scott Helland. Their music is flavored with a retro-80’s alternative post-punk vibe intertwined with cabaret and dark folk. Mainstays of Steampunk Festivals and Conventions since the early days of the scene, the dynamic duo has traveled across the US and in Europe performing their upbeat, theatrical and quirky live show. Reminding one generation of Grace Slick and another of Siouxsie Sioux and Florence Welch, Stephenson sings in both English and French with a “powerful yet graceful Gothy heft.” Guitarist Scott Helland, a former punk rock bass player from the legendary Massachusetts hardcore bands Deep Wound and Outpatients, propels this eclectic duo’s sound with looped rhythms and melodic Rock, Surf and Spanish style electro-acoustic guitar licks. In addition to the more traditional outlets, the NY-based duo has become an in-demand performer on the post-cabaret, mythic and steampunk scenes. Their engaging, unjaded live shows and unbounding onstage chemistry converts strangers to fans regardless of the setting. The prolific and fiercely independent duo has written and released records on their own label since 2005, directed and edited their music videos, created all their artwork and designs for their merch and toured the US, Europe and even West Africa. Stephenson and Helland also release music under their indie-rock side-project Drawing Hands and Scott’s spy noir solo guitar project Guitarmy of One. www.frenchyandthepunk.com "The Galveston Steampunk Festival offers a family friendly program filled with entertainment, exhibits, vendors, presenters, games and much more!" Frenchy and the Punk Zen Ghost Tour: w/(Guitarmy of One Tour Dates) Jan 14 Monsters Ball Benefit, Colt’s Neck, NJ (FnP) Jan 21 Young Ethels, Brooklyn, NY (GO1) Jan 22 Otto’s Surf Rock Shindig, NY, NY (GO1) Feb 3 Stupid Cupid 8, Cromwell, CT (GO1) Feb 4 Stupid Cupid 8, Cromwell, CT (FnP) Feb 5 Stupid Cupid 8, Cromwell, CT (FnP acoustic) Feb 11 Atlanta Steam Expo Livestream, Online (FnP) Feb 17 Mythicon, Gettysburg, PA (FnP) Feb 18 Mythicon, Gettysburg, PA (GO1) Feb 25 House Concert, NJ (FnP) March 3 Coney Island Brewery, Brooklyn, NY (GO1) March 4 Otto’s Shrunken Head, NYC (GO1) March 11 Cellar at Treadwell, Hamden, CT (FnP) March 12 Rosendale Theater, Rosendale, NY (FnP) March 19 Joffre and Nina’s, Baltimore, MD (FnP) March 30 The Colony, Woodstock, NY (FnP) April 1 Galveston Steampunk Festival, Galveston, TX (FnP) April 7-9 BetweenWorlds SacredSpace Conf., Baltimore, MD (FnP/GO1) April 10 New Deal Cafe, Greenbelt, MD (FnP/GO1) April 12 Funhouse @ Mr Smalls, Pittsburgh, PA (FnP) April 13 Wiz Bang Theater Cleveland, OH (FnP) April 14-16 Chicago Steampunk Exposition 2023, Chicago, IL (FnP/GO1) April 17th The Crack Fox, St Louis, MO (FnP) April 19 Empty Glass, Charleston, WV (FnP) April 22-23 Festival of Legends, Apex, NC (FnP/GO1) April 29-30 AetherCircus, Hamburg, Germany (FnP) May 6-7, Fae Fest at Rocky Point Park Point, Essex, MD (FnP) May 13 Watch City Steam Fest, Waltham, MA (FnP) May 20-21 Bringing in the May, Berkeley Springs, WV (FnP) May 27 Tompkins Square Park, NYC (GO1) June 3 Freaky Mutant Fest, Hackettstown, NJ (FnP) June 4 Twangfest at Otto’s, NYC (GO1) June 23-25 New York Fae Festival, Harpursville, NY (FnP/GO1)