World Cafe Live: Live Access

A Year in the Life of Live:
World Cafe Live Celebrates our First Birthday!

During the whole month of October, World Cafe Live will be celebrating our first anniversary. We opened our doors to the public on October 2, 2004 with the intention of changing the landscape for artists and audiences, and, from the feedback we have received from you over the past year, it seems we are living up to our promise!

In our first year we've had over 100,000 guests visit, 1350 musicians perform, 200 private events held and about 100,000 beers consumed. We hope you were able to enjoy some of the fun - but if you missed it, no worries, there is plenty more to come.

Year Two

As we rev up for Year Two, our agenda is increasingly ambitious. World Cafe Live is developing a HD concert series expected to begin broadcasting in January, 2006. Also, we plan to expand our MusicLab education program by distributing MusicLab educational teaching packages and DVD's to local schools, and we have an agreement with a HD television distributor to broadcast a season of the MusicLab series. In addition, look for even more chances to discover new live music, including a new nightly programming concept for the Upstairs Live Cafe to be unveiled later this fall.

Our Birthday. Your gift.

In celebration of our first anniversary, World Cafe Live will be drawing 2 free tickets every day in October to be awarded to participants in our Live Access Program — THAT'S YOU! So if you know anyone who hasn't gone "Live" yet, tell them to sign up for Live Access at worldcafelive.com to get on the gift list.

News Flash!

On the eve of our first anniversary, we are happy to share that World Cafe Live is being named “Innovative Business of the Year” by the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce for the 2005 Small Business Excellence Awards.

Year One Highlights

Here are some of the noteworthy events from the first year in the life of World Cafe Live. Thanks for Keeping World Cafe Live:

Ben Arnold,
Philly Bands Together

Hall & Oates, Free at Noon

Crowd for George Clinton

Old Crow Medicine Show

Peanut Butter & Jams

•	October 2nd, 2004 - 7:30 PM, Jonatha Brooke electrifies the Downstairs Live stage, performing a duet with surprise guest, Eric Bazilian of the Hooters, of his song “One of Us” in front of a sold-out house.
•	December 2004 - A “who's who” of the local music scene gathers on the Downstairs Live stage for “Philly Bands Together”, a benefit concert in support of WXPN Musicians On Call, an organization that brings music to the hospital rooms of the chronically ill. The group finale of John Lennon's “So This Is Christmas” brings down the house.
•	December 31, 2004 - National Public Radio, in partnership with WXPN, broadcasts nationally a powerhouse performance by British piano man Jamie Cullum, recorded at World Cafe Live on October 23.
•	January 13, 2005 - George Clinton and Parliament / Funkadelic test the fire code capacity in the Downstairs Live main venue. The crowd onstage alone totals over 30 people, one clad only in a diaper.
•	February 10, 2005 - A banquet for the University of Pennsylvania's Board of Trustees in the Upstairs Live Cafe ends 15 minutes before the start of a sold-out performance by gay and lesbian folk trio Girlyman while Swedish alt pop duo Kings of Convenience play on the downstairs stage. Harmony is achieved.
•	February 11, 2005 - WXPN presents the first in its Free At Noon concert series for the stations loyal fans from Downstairs Live at WCL. The series kicks off with a set by Donovan Frankenreiter and has gone on to welcome such guests as Hall and Oates, Citizen Cope, Buddy Guy, David Gray, Richard Thompson and Townhall.
•	March, 2005 - The lunch crowd in the Upstairs Live Cafe includes a party headed by R&B star John Legend and another that includes cello virtuoso Yo Yo Ma, both of whom had recorded sessions in the WXPN studios with World Cafe host David Dye.
•	March 20, 2005 - After an evening performance by rising “newgrass” stars Old Crow Medicine Show , the venue marks a milestone when the first pair of women's panties is found onstage.
•	May 11, 2005 - World Cafe Live and WXPN are honored to receive the Arts and Business Council's Business Partnership Award for the region's most successful collaboration between an arts institution and a private business.
•	June 6, 2005 - WCL launches Peanut Butter and Jams, a weekly lunchtime concert series for kids and the people who drive them. WXPN's Kathy O'Connell welcomes the band, Ernie and Neil rock the house and the kids take over the Upstairs Live cafe.
•	June 27, 2005 - WCL's strict no smoking policy is violated publicly for the first and only time by Eels frontman Mark Oliver Everett, who refuses to perform without his trademark cigar.
•	July 27, 2005 - WCL doubles as host and recipient at the prestigious “Best of Philly” celebration where it is recognized as “Best New Music Venue” and for its innovative Saturday morning children's concert series, Peanut Butter & Jams.
•	September 30, 2005 - One year to the day after she was hired as a busker to perform outside WCL's doors for the entertainment of cabdrivers just before the grand opening, Kate Gaffney headlines a concert on the Downstairs Live stage in celebration of her first CD release.

Jamie Cullum

Sellouts:

Alô Brasil
Black 47
Bruce Cockburn
Charlie Hunter
Danielia Cotton
Edwin McCain
EELS
George Clinton and
  Parliament/ Funkadelic
Gray Eye Glances
Jamie Cullum
Jesse Malin
Jim Boggia
Joe Bonamassa
Jonatha Brooke
Josh Komorowski
Josh Rouse/ Amy Correia
Kings of Convenience
Leon Russell

Liz Phair
Marc Cohn
Matisyahu
Mike Doughty
Milton & the Devil's Party
Nanci Griffith
Old Crow Medicine Show
Pink Martini
Ray LaMontagne
Rhett Miller
Richie Havens
Rickie Lee Jones
Robert Earl Keen
Shawn Colvin
Sonny Landreth
Stargazer Lily
Steve Forbert
The Jayhawks

Mike Doughty

Donovan

Living Legends:

Al Di Meola
Angélique Kidjo
Chick Corea
David Grisman
Donovan
Edwin McCain
Gary US Bonds
George Clinton
Joe Bonamassa
Joe Sample
John Cale

Leon Russell
Nancy Sinatra
Pinetop Perkins
Pink Martini
Richie Havens
Rickie Lee Jones
Robert Earl Keen
Shemekia Copeland
The Dixie Hummingbirds
Tom Russell
Utah Phillips

George Clinton

Ian Thomas

Rising Stars:

Aqualung
Charlie Hunter
Clem Snide
Danielia Cotton
Jamie Cullum
Jesse Malin
Josh Ritter
Josh Rouse
Keren Ann
Kermit Ruffins
Kings of Convenience
Lizz Wright
Matisyahu
Old Crow Medicine Show
Raoul Midón
Ray LaMontagne
Ringside
Sarah Lee Guthrie &
   Johnny Irions

Local Heroes:

Alô Brasil
Amos Lee
Birdie Bush
Blue Method
Chinua Hawk
Christina Havrilla
Dr. Dog
Grey Eye Glances
Jangling Sparrows
Jim Boggia
John Eddie
John Francis
Josh Komorowski
Kate Gaffney
Kathy Sledge
Mutlu
Stargazer Lilly
The Notekillers
Townhall

Peanut Butter & Jams