16 January 2010

We're starting off the new year with a makeup show at The Khyber in Philadelphia (a blizzard held off our December date there) on Wednesday, January 27. We play at 8:30 so all the 9-5'ers can make it to work the next day. Another Philadelphia show is in the works for that Friday. Also, our first official live album is 99% finished...stay tuned!

22 December 2009

We'd like to thank everyone for an unbelievable year and wish you all a happy holiday season. Stay tuned for our first official live release and some very exciting announcements.

12 December 2009

We hope you all have a fantastic holiday season. Big thanks to Mystery Fyre and all of our Bloomsburg friends and fans who came out to OYETD on Friday night.

13 November 2009

We have just been invited to "Danksgiving" at Sunshine Daydream in Terra Alta, West Virginia. This is a PRIVATE event, so you must know someone directly involved with the hosts in order to attend. For those of you who will be in attendance, we play at 10:00PM on November 21.

2 November 2009

What a fantastic Halloween weekend! We can't get enough of Bloomsburg and Bethlehem... thanks so much for moving us. We're taking some time off to write and record new music, and put together our first live album! In the meantime, please check out the recently-added JerryFest and MOTM2 sets on the Live Music Archive.

18 October 2009

Our set from last month's "Meeting Of The Minds 2" is now available to stream/download at the Live Music Archive. Thanks to the LMPP for recording and uploading it...and thanks to Orion and our amazing fans for helping us make it happen. We'd also like to give props to the listeners at Sarah Street Grill on Friday, as well as Tyson and everyone else who came out to our first show at the Brown Hotel on Saturday night. We have two shows on Halloween weekend...see you then.

4 October 2009

Huge thanks to everyone who caught us at Penn State, New York City, Williamsport, and our top secret show in Bethlehem over the past two weeks. Click here to download a free soundboard recording of our Sullivan Hall set.

18 September 2009

What a fantastic month September is shaping out to be! During Labor Day weekend we were fortunate enough to play a late-night set at "Evolvefest", followed by "Equifunk" (with The Radiators and The New Mastersounds) Saturday evening. The next weekend took us to "Meeting Of The Minds" with over a dozen other great acts. Our very own "Muppet" sat in with: The New Mastersounds during Equifunk; as well as Juggling Suns, Agent Moosehead, and The Backroad at Meeting Of The Minds. Thanks to all the promoters (especially Eric and Jibberazz Productions) and everyone else who made these wonderful festivals happen. Come check us out at the Penn State vs. Iowa football game on Saturday the 26th. We're performing at Medlar Field in University Park from 4-6:00pm.

28 August 2009

Thanks to Mayor Gray and all of our other new fans who came to our two-hour set at Gallery 141 in downtown Lancaster last week. We'll be back for a First Friday gig in the Spring.

10 August 2009

Big thanks to everyone who got down with us at the Wildflower and JerryFest this weekend... we can't wait 'til next time. We also have confirmation that we'll be performing at Penn State University before the nighttime football game versus Iowa on September 26. We'll fill you in on the details as soon as we iron them out.

1 August 2009

We have just been added to the Equifunk festival along with The New Mastersounds and The Radiators on Saturday, September 5. The night before that, we're playing a midnight set at Evolvefest in New Jersey. More details about both shows can be found on our online schedule. The Big Dirty was also recently featured in an article written by Eric Scicchitano in Electric City.

27 July 2009

We just added a Thursday show at the Wildflower Cafe in Bethlehem, PA during Musikfest to start our 3-night run across Pennsylvania from August 6-8. We'd also like to thank the staff and listeners at Ab n' Jack's All Betterfest and Sarah Street Grill over the weekend. We're in the studio next weekend...stay tuned for updates and samples.

13 July 2009

We'd like to give a huge thanks to all listeners we've experienced recently at the Blinkin' Lincoln, Booty's, FarmJammaLamma (thanks Kevin and Jodie), and Harry's. We're heading back into the studio in August to lay down some new tracks. But before that, we've got a busy weekend of shows at the end of the July. Stay tuned for more festivals and shows to round out the summer.

7 May 2009

We have some great festivals lined up this summer (while we're not writing and recording new material). Check out the Schedule page for more information.

27 April 2009

Huge thanks to the unbelievable crowds we had at: Some Kind Of Jam, Jim Thorpe Earth Day, OYETD, and Gullifty's over the past two weekends. Audio and pictures from those shows will be on the site soon. Our next stop is the First Friday celebration in downtown Lancaster...our free-of-charge show begins at 7pm.

8 February 2009

Thanks to our crew and fans, sound production, Groovin' Lumens, and all helped us out at the Sherman last evening. We had a wonderful experience and can't wait to share the video footage with you all.

1 February 2009

We are now gearing up for what should be an incredible night at the Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg, PA. The Big Dirty starts at 8:00...with Natural Breakdown and Big Boss Sausage also on the bill.

29 January 2009

Thanks to Dave Drust for videotaping our performance of "Professor Cot" at Sarah Street Grill earlier this month. Check out parts 1 and 2 on YouTube.

15 January 2009

The Big Dirty was recently featured as The Morning Call's Band of the Week. You can read the full article here. Thanks to Dave Howell for interviewing us.

7 January 2009
Happy New Year! We now have a Facebook page...stop on by.

20 December 2008

We just added a New Year's Eve show in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania! More information can be found on our Schedule page.

13 December 2008

Happy Holidays everyone! The Big Dirty had an amazing year which would not have been possible without our incredible fans. We can't wait to see what 2009 has to offer. Be safe and take care.

7 December 2008
Boogie In The Bungalow was an absolute blast last weekend! We're back in Easton, PA on Friday, December 12 for our last show of 2008. Thanks for a great year.

16 November 2008
Our first trip to Virginia was definitely a good one...the staff and patrons of The Lantern made us feel right at home. Also, thanks to everyone who came out to The Brass Lantern in Reading, PA on Saturday night.

2 November 2008

Big thanks to all the maniacs who came out to OYETD for Halloween weekend. Recently, we added four streamable shows from this past year to our Catacomb page: Sol Fest (June 21), Wildflower Cafe (August 9), River Street Jazz Cafe (October 16), and OYETD (November 1).

11 October 2008
We appreciate all who came to hear us in State College and Easton the past two nights. It was a pleasure having Joe Wagner sit in on guitar at Pearly Baker's. We're at the Jazz Cafe this Thursday night, and back at Zeno's every other Thursday throughout 2008.

20 September 2008

First and foremost, we would like to welcome Erik Dressler as an official member of The Big Dirty! "The Driza" has been working his magic on the turntables with us since April and will continue to do so on a regular basis. Next, we must thank Butterjive and the incredible crowd at Open Your Eyes To Dream last evening...we're all looking forward to our return on Halloween. We would also like to remind everyone that you can still pick up our debut album, Move!, at any of our shows and online at Amazon, iTunes, Napster, and Rhapsody.

2 September 2008
The Big Dirty's online store is now active. Click here to view everything we currently have for sale (new designs will be added on a regular basis). In order to preserve our fans' wallets, we do not receive any commission on sales from the site. Also, we had a great time grooving with everyone at Harry's and at Harrisburg's Kipona Festival over the weekend. We're at The Fire in Philly with our friends Bohemian Sunrise this Friday night.

24 August 2008
Big thanks to the fantastic crowd at Nectar's...can't wait 'til our next visit to Vermont. We also had a blast playing PhanPhest in Pennsylvania. Thanks also to Jen & Barney and everyone else who hung out with us at the luau.

18 August 2008

Congratulations to Jon and Erin for tying the knot on Saturday. We were honored to be a part of your special day. Thanks to everyone who checked us out at A Bear's Picnic on Friday - especially Bill Bacas (of Willie Jack & The Northern Light) for sitting in on harmonica.

12 August 2008
A giant thanks goes to the Art Farm crew and everyone else who got down with us in Bethlehem and Easton last weekend...we can't wait for Musikfest 26!

4 August 2008

We'd like to send a humongous thank you go to the Golier family and friends for hosting us at FarmJammaLamma last weekend. We have three shows in the Lehigh Valley of PA this weekend: Pearly Baker's, Bethlehem Musikfest, and the Wildflower Cafe.

27 July 2008
Thanks to everyone who came to check us out at Zeno's this summer...we'll be back when Penn State's Fall semester is in session. We'd also like to send an enormous thank you to Eric, Mystery Fyre, and everyone else who came to the OYETD show last night. August is set to be our busiest month ever. Check our schedule page to see what's going on.

5 July 2008
The Big Dirty is very excited to announce their first place finish at last Thursday's "Battle of the Bands" at The Saint in Asbury Park, New Jersey. This win awarded the band a slot at Phan Phest 4.0 in Kempton, Pennsylvania next month. We would also like to send a special thanks to Reba and the rest of the Paul family for having us at their annual party and fireworks extravaganza last night.

22 June 2008

Big thanks to everyone who helped Sol Fest go so well. We have 3 shows lined up at the end of the week and are finalizing details on more autumn gigs. Keep checking the site for updates.

15 June 2008
Happy Fathers Day and thanks to everyone who hung out in Stage College and Bloomsburg with us last weekend. Thanks, also, to Joe Longo for taking photos and Dakini for sharing the stage with us on Saturday. We'll see you at Sol Fest this weekend.

7 June 2008
Big thanks to Agent Moosehead, El Ensemble, and School of Rock for having a very Frankaliscious time with us at the "Philly Zappa Tribute Fest" at World Cafe Live.

3 June 2008

We'd like to send a giant thank you to all who came out to our shows last weekend - especially The Dirty Nickels for making Saturday night extra filthy. Streaming audio from Friday's event is on the Catacomb. You can catch us at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia this Friday night.

26 May 2008
We have 3 shows lined up in Pennsylvania this weekend: Thursday in State College, Friday in Elysburg, and Saturday in Bloomsburg...hope to see you out.

29 April 2008

Thanks to everyone who got down with us at the "into it" stage at Some Kind Of Jam 3...we can't wait until next year's.

18 April 2008

Move! is now available on Amazon, iTunes, Napster, and Rhapsody. You can also download or stream the majority of last weekend's show (always absolutely free-of-charge) on our Catacomb page. We'll be seeing many of you at the Earth Day festival this Saturday and Some Kind Of Jam 3 the following weekend.

27 March 2008

Our debut album, Move!, will be available on several websites by the first week of May. In the meantime, email us if you would like a cd mailed to you or pick one up at any of our shows.

23 March 2008

We had lots of fun with our friends and family back home last weekend. Thanks to everyone for coming out and supporting us and the benefitting charities. We have some great shows lined up. Keep checking the website and/or reading our email newsletters.

16 March 2008

Friday's album release party at OYETD was a blast. Thanks to Josh and Heather for photographing the event and everyone else who got down with us all night. The second half of our cd release party will be next Friday in our backyard.

9 March 2008

Thanks to all of our fans who made the rain-filled journey to Williamsport on Friday night. We'd also like to give a special thanks to Steve for the hospitality, Rod for running the sound, as well as Will and his band for doing what they do.

23 February 2008

The Big Dirty will be opening for Grammy-nominated guitarist Will Bernard in Jeremiah's Listening Room at Bullfrog Brewery on Friday, March 7. Doors open at 8:00pm and tickets are available at Ticket Muncher.

14 February 2008

We recently added some very fun spring/summer dates -- including Bethlehem Musikfest and other not-to-be-missed festivals. Check out our schedule page for a full list. We'd like to send a special thanks to the hyperactive crowd at Harry's last weekend. We'll be back in Bloomsburg on March 15.

6 January 2008

Nick and Russ oversaw the final mixing of our album, Move!, on Saturday afternoon. In the meantime, free audio downloads from four 2007 shows (May 18, November 21, December 7, December 15) were just added to the Catacomb.

13 December 2007

We spent last Saturday afternoon, evening, and early Sunday morning at Double-A-Productions recording what will be our first full-length album. We're all extremely excited about the rough cut and can't wait for everyone else to hear the finished project. In the meantime, we've got a gig every Saturday for the rest of the month in Williamsport, Elysburg, and Reading respectively.

17 November 2007

Thanks to all who came out to see us over the past month. Streaming audio of most of those shows are on our Catacomb page. We're back with our friends and families in the coal region on Thanksgiving Eve.

3 October 2007

We have been nominated for "Best Jam Band" by Harrisburg Online. You (and all of your friends) may vote once per day throughout October. Thanks a million.

2 October 2007

Thanks to everyone who showed up in New York City last Saturday. Check out our schedule for more October shows we just added.

14 September 2007

During this past month The Big Dirty has been chosen to have "Cherry Soda" included on the globaly-released Jam OUTLOUD sampler (with all proceeds benefiting human rights and HIV/AIDS organizations). We'll give you more information when it hits the presses.

28 August 2007

It was great to be back at Harry’s last weekend. We'll see you all again on October 19. Thanks to Repeat Offenders for ripping the place apart on the mics.

6 August 2007

Lockstock was a load of fun on Saturday afternoon (major props to the sound guys). Thanks to Shaun Gilmour for sitting in on the skins at the Bullfrog at night and thanks to all of our new fans we met throughout the day. We'll be back in Williamsport in December.

29 July 2007

Thanks to everyone who supported us in Ohio and Pennsylvania over the last few weeks. This Saturday we're playing a double-header in north-central Pennsylvania. First we have Lockstock in Lock Haven at 2pm, then we're heading down the road to Bullfrog Brewery in Williamsport starting at 10pm. We hope to see you there.

25 June 2007

On Saturday night we're playing two gigs near Reading, PA: Our Shine Fest time slot starts at 5:45, then we're with Natural Breakdown at The Brass Lantern later that night. The festival is completely free-of-charge and Natty B is not to be missed. Thanks to everyone who made it out to Kokomos last Thursday.

13 June 2007

We'll be backing Repeat Offenders at Kokomos in Harrisburg on June 21, and we've got Shine Fest near Reading on June 30. Also, The Big Dirty t-shirts and stickers will be available within the next few weeks (we'll keep you posted when we know more).

20 May 2007

What a weekend! It was great meeting and collaborating with the hip hop acts at The Blue Star on Friday. Thanks to Tex Ritter for setting us up with the gig, and thanks to everyone who let us back them up (especially Repeat Offenders). Thanks again to all the Penn Tech graduates and everyone else who got down with us at Kimball's on Saturday. The staff (thanks for the cold ones, Jess) made us feel right at home. See you next time.

5 May 2007

Over $3000 was raised at last night's Habitat for Humanity / re-New Orleans benefit with The Dave Holt Band. Thanks to Robin Church and Paul Scott for sitting in with us and helping take our music to the next level, and thanks again to all who helped support the cause.

29 April 2007

A very special thanks goes out to everyone who had anything to do with "Some Kind Of Jam 2" - especially Tim and his hardworking crew, Jibberjazz Productions, and all the fine musicians and listeners. We can't wait until SKOJ3.

9 April 2007

Thanks to everyone who shared the excitement of our first two shows with the new lineup. We would especially like to thank Arnie, Danny, Jon, Josh, Justine, and Scott for sitting in, as well as the fine staff at Harry's. We'll see you at Some Kind of Jam 2 at the end of the month.

26 March 2007

The Big Dirty would like to welcome the newest member of the band, Nick Merena, on saxophone and vocals. He sat in at a few of our previous shows, but his first official show as a member of the band will be this Friday.

5 March 2007

We are pleased to announce that The Big Dirty has won first place in the ZBands online Battle of the Bands. Thanks to all our fans and new listeners who voted for us. We're in the studio this weekend and we'll have the tracks up on the site shortly.