Lansdowne Folk Club presents laughs and music with comedic singer/songwriters Carla Ulbrich and Barry Rabin on Thursday, December 5, 2024.
Held at the Twentieth Century Club, 84 S. Lansdowne Avenue, Lansdowne, PA, doors open at 7:00 PM and show begins at 7:30 PM. Tickets are $20 when purchased in advance online or with an advanced phone reservation and $25 without an advance reservation.
For reservations, parking information, advance ticket sales and more information visit website folkclub.org/ticket-sales, email Lfolkclub@gmail.com, or call (484) 466-6213. Only cash accepted at the door. We provide free tea and coffee and have soda, water and snacks for sale. People are free to bring food, beverages, and BYOB. Those who plan to eat there should email or call us in advance to reserve a table.
Parking in front of the 20th Century Club is no longer available. We suggest that our patrons park on the side streets near the Club or at the Septa train station lot two blocks away. Street parking is available on Lansdowne Court (adjacent to the 20th Century Club) or on Dudley Ave, (across Lansdowne Ave. from the 20th Century Club). Handicap parking* is behind the building.
*There is one ADA designated parking spot in the area behind the building, but we can set aside additional handicapped parking if you notify us in advance by email at Lfolkclub@gmail.com.
Carla Ulbrich is a comical singer-songwriter and guitarist whose songs cover topics such as Waffle House, Klingons, and psycho exes. A displaced Southerner, this South Carolinian now resides in New Jersey. Carla’s songs have been aired on numerous radio stations, including WSM, the BBC, Dr. Demento, SiriusXM Comedy Radio, NPR’s Morning Edition and well over 100 college and community stations around the globe.
Carla has performed in venues ranging from Club Med to the MENSA convention, colleges, the Kerrville and Philadelphia Folk Festivals, and Nashville’s famed Bluebird Cafe. She has appeared as a musical guest on the TV shows “The Revolution” (ABC), “Homegrown Music” (WVIA TV), “Up All Night with Rhonda” (USA Network), “The Other Side” (WGN), and “Songs at the Center” (PBS). Carla has released nine indie CDs and is a past winner of the South Florida Folk Festival Songwriter Competition, the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Emerging Artist Showcase, The Walnut Valley Festival (Winfield) Song Contest, The Logan Awards (for excellence in comedy music), and The Just Plain Folk Awards (Best Novelty/ Comedy Album). Learn more about her at https://carlau.com.
Chester County (PA) native Barry Rabin’s songs tackle such critical social issues as horse castration, dancing with poultry, and the star-crossed love lives of New Jersey condom factory workers. Equipped with a guitar he’d bought in college and the extreme confidence of knowing how to play four chords, he started writing songs, applying his quirky sense of humor to produce songs about subjects that mainstream singer/songwriters had largely ignored, like hemorrhoids and euthanizing elderly relatives.
Barry has performed in such venues as the Philadelphia Folk Festival (five times), Nashville’s Bluebird Café, The Comedy Store in Los Angeles, and Catch a Rising Star in New York City. He also appeared in the ‘90s on the [now-defunct] “Nashville Network” to promote his “Dances With Poultry Tour,” where he performed with a talented friend who is now a woman. Barry adheres to the classic show-business advice of “Don’t quit you day job, kid.” When he’s not writing and performing funny songs, he can be found practicing law in the western suburbs of Philadelphia. Barry’s motto is, “Write the songs that haven’t been written yet – and for good reason!”
Other upcoming concerts include Michael Braunfeld on January 23, The Honey Badgers on February 27, Christine Havrilla and Tret Fure on March 27, Jennifer Knapp on April 24, Chris Kasper on May 15, and John Gorka on June 5.
Founded in 1993, the Lansdowne Folk Club is a 501(c) (3) all volunteer non-profit corporation dedicated to presenting folk, acoustic and blues music.