The Live Oak Coffeehouse
Welcomes 2006 with a Hot Season of Live Music

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For more information –
Jeff Dorsch, Concert Publicity: 925-7874
Concert Line: 219-9008
Coffeehouse Web Site: www.liveoakuu.org/coffee


DECEMBER 2005 (Austin, Texas) – The Live Oak Coffeehouse next month
will kick off its Spring 2006 season, with an exciting schedule of
performers gracing the coffeehouse stage. Following a sold-out show on
December 9 featuring the Austin Lounge Lizards and the Therapy
Sisters, the coffeehouse concert series promises to reach new heights
in attendance and performance in 2006.

Tickets for all five shows are now available on our Web site, through
the PayPal online payment service! Season passes are on sale as well,
at $40 for five shows ($42 if ordered through PayPal).

The Live Oak Coffeehouse has been smoke-free from its inception in
1998, before it was cool or legally mandatory!

The coffeehouse, a community outreach program for the Live Oak UU
Church, also is alcohol-free, putting the emphasis on the music and
the musicians. Three-quarters of the gate goes to the performers, and
one-quarter to the selected charity. Since the coffeehouse is an
all-volunteer, not-for-profit organization, all of the money from
admissions paid at the door and season passes goes to the performers
and the charity.

The Spring 2006 season opens on Saturday, January 21, with
flat-picking guitar sensation and champion Steve Kaufman. Opening the
show will be Cooper's Uncle, a local bluegrass band in the traditional
mold. Our previous show with Steve Kaufman sold out, so get your
tickets early on the coffeehouse Web site using the PayPal service!

On Friday, February 17, we will welcome back Chicago's own Small
Potatoes, a perennial favorite at the Kerrville Folk Festivals and
other folk venues. The duo last played at Live Oak in April 2000.
Opening the show is Erik Balkey of Red Bank, N.J.

John Flynn of Delaware, poet, musician, and father, will be our
headliner on Friday, March 10. The opening act will be announced later.

On Friday, April 14, Live Oak will host The Studebakers, the
incomparable Austin-based retro act. The Studebakers rarely play live
in town, except for their occasional, sold-out shows at Artz Rib House
in South Austin. You won't want to miss this show! Opening the evening
will be Stuart Adamson and Hilary Tompkins.

The spring season winds up on Friday, May 12, with The Hudsons, the
Austin folk-rock trio. They've been playing every Thursday night at
the Waterloo Icehouse on Sixth and Lamar since 2002, so they have
their live act down cold. The show's opener will be Greg Klyma, an
Austin singer-songwriter.

Each show is $10 for an individual ticket, except for the April show
with The Studebakers, which will carry a ticket price of $15.

Doors open at 7 p.m. on Saturday, January 21 (note the day and date),
at the Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Church, located at 3315 El
Salido Parkway, Cedar Park. For driving directions, visit the church's
Web site at www.liveoakuu.org or call 219-9008.


THE LIVE OAK COFFEEHOUSE – GREAT MUSIC FOR GOOD CAUSES.
NOW IN OUR EIGHTH YEAR.