Jeremy Facknitz | Dear Marsha

107 Manitou Ave,Manitou Springs CO 80829

08 January, 2022

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Jeremy Facknitz | Dear Marsha 18+ Jeremy Facknitz Dear Marsha Jeremy Facknitz (Colorado Springs) Dear Marsha ( Denver) COVID-19 POLICY AT LULU’S DOWNSTAIRS Effective Wed, August 11, both VENUES at Lulu’s Downstairs will require guests to show proof of full vaccination or a negative test taken within the past 48 hours before entering the venue. Upon arrival, all guests must present a STATE ID along with a completed COVID-19 vaccination card, or proof of their negative COVID-19 test result. Vaccination cards may be presented at the box office with a paper or digital copy/picture. Effective Friday, October 1st, all venues at Lulu’s Downstairs will require ALL guests to present a completed vaccination card. We will continue to monitor regulations and local cases to inform our policy. Thank you for your understanding and support. Jeremy Facknitz has been entertaining audiences with his lovingly crafted music and high-energy performances for over 20 years. Since the 2002 break-up of his Detroit-based band "The Ottomans" (2001 Detroit Music Award Winner, Best New Alternative Band), Jeremy has performed primarily as a solo act, marrying folk-rock and jazz stylings to showcase his intimate stories of life, love, and self-discovery. But from 2003 to 2017 those stories, for the most part, fell on deaf ears. Facknitz carved out a living performing at bars, coffeeshops, and corporate events while teaching lessons on the side. "I was happy to be making a living performing music, but my original music wasn't being heard, and as the years passed I found myself more and more frustrated playing to little more than the din of drunken conversation." Things came to a head on July 17th, 2017 when Jeremy was diagnosed with viral meningitis. "I came face to face with my mortality, and I realized it was time for a change. I quit the bars and spent the next year making the leap to house concerts, touring, and performing solely for listening audiences." The leap has paid off. Jeremy was named a top 24 finalist from over 700 entries in the 2020 Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Songwriting Competition at Kerrville Folk Festival. His song "Ballet of an Unhatched Chick" was awarded semi-finalist distinction at songoftheyear.com for 2020. Since forming "The Jeremy Facknitz Band" in 2018, recruiting Mike Kimlicko (bass), Brad Plesz (drums), David Siegel (violin), John Standish (keys) and Ricky Sweum (sax), the band's muscular musicianship has turned heads in Colorado and plans are in place to begin touring outside the Centennial State in 2022. In the meantime, Jeremy continues to tour primarily as a solo act, performing house concerts and at listening rooms in the United States, Canada and Europe. He's currently promoting his 5th album of original material, "From Those Sweet Ashes", recorded at Northpark Studios in Colorado and produced by Jarrod Headley. His past albums "Gimmick", "What a Day", "Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack", and "All's Well" can be found here. TIDBITS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Finalist for the 2020 Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Songwriting Competition at the Kerrville Folk Festival, Kerrville Folk Festival ("Love So Big" and "Son Of A (Suicide, Part 2)")... Awarded semi-finalist distinction at SongOfTheYear.com, 2020 A.C. category ("Ballet of an Unhatched Chick")... Runner-up in the Renaissance Artists and Writers Association "Songs For Social Change Competition", 2020 ("Land Fills")... Member of "The Ottomans" from 1997 through 2002 (2001 Detroit Music Award Winner, "Best New Alternative Group")... Member of "Standing Room Only" with brother Jarod Facknitz from 2001 through 2003... 2009 Pikes Peak Arts Council nominee for "Best Solo Performer of the Pikes Peak Region"... has opened as solo act for/performed with Tim Reynolds (Dave Matthews Band), Pat Donahue, Edie Carey, Charlie Milo, Lindsay Weidmann... graduated from the Specs Howard School of Broadcast Arts in 1997 and was a radio DJ for 4 years (gospel and adult contemporary)... passed the series 7 test for license to sell securities in 2013 and one year later quit working in finance... loves baseball and is an avid fan of the Detroit Tigers baseball club... is married to singer-songwriter Lindsay Weidmann and together they have two children... lives in Colorado. With nearly 1200 performances under their belt, Dear Marsha is a well-oiled rock & roll machine. They play upbeat, energetic rock tunes, and have become known as "the band that has too much fun!" they play all over Colorado, Texas, and other regional states, in addition to shows in Europe and Scandinavia. They have developed a major following and love their fans (Marshans)with as much passion as their fans love them. Getting to know this band will have you saying things like "Who's your daddy?" ... "hot, sticky, and wet!" ... and "Marsha did me Dirty" “Dear Marsha brings with it a power grrrl rock sound with a twisted shade of soul and wicked humor”. “Marsha's leading lovely ladies - are on a quest to marry acoustic music with the energy of electric rock." Jeremy Facknitz Dear Marsha