Bucky + 1930s Richter uke

2025   Concerts   Schedule

Apr 7, 2025   —   Poets of the Prairie

Milltown Public Library, Milltown NJ

Apr 10, 2025   —   Broadway Song Memories

Moravian Hall Square, Nazareth PA

May 15, 2025   —   Speak Easy Jazz

Havenwood Heritage Heights, Concord NH

May 16, 2025   —   She Did It Her Way

Fox Hill Village, Westwood MA

Aug  3, 2025   —   She Did It Her Way

Edison Public Library, Edison NJ

Sep 13, 2025   —   Crooners, Swingers & Idols

Old Bridge Public Library, Old Bridge NJ

Sep 18, 2025   —   MidCentury Melodies

Little Falls Public Library, Little Falls NJ

Sep 24, 2025   —   Crooners, Swingers & Idols

Heath Village, Hackettstown NJ

Oct 13, 2025   —   Vintage Guitar Roadshow

Havenwood Heritage Heights, Concord NH

Nov 15, 2025   —   Hollywood Song Souvenirs

Greenwood Lake Public Library, Greenwood Lake NY

Dec 28, 2025   —   Crooners, Swingers & Idols

Mahwah Public Library, Mahwah NJ

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Dale Evans  —  1948
North Hollywood CA

      2026  Concerts Schedule

        Apr 22, 2026

        MidCentury Melodies

        Retired Friends Club of Greendale

         Worcester MA

        Jun 21, 2026

        Poets of the Prairie

        Mahwah Public Library

         Mahwah NJ

                                                                       July 11, 2026

                                                        Great American Songsters

                                                        Free Library of Northampton Township

                                                        Richboro PA

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2024   Concerts   Schedule

Windy City Banjo Girl - 1880s

Jan  27 - Pound Ridge Library, Pound Ridge NY      She Did It  Her  Way

Mar  19 - Milltown Library, Milltown NJ                    She Did It  Her  Way

Apr     7 - Edison Library, Edison NJ                           Vtg Guitar Roadshow

Apr  28 - Wheeler Library, Monroe CT                        Poets of the Prairie

May 23 - Concordia-SH, Pittsburgh PA                       Great American Cabaret

Jun    3 - Cedarfield, Richmond VA                               MidCentury Melodies

Jun    4 - Arbor Acres, Winston-Salem NC                  Juke Joint Jive

Sep   12 - The Culpeper, Culpeper VA                           She Did It  Her  Way

Sep   18 - Grundy Library, Bristol PA                            Folk Song Boomers

Oct  16 - Monroe Library, Monroe NJ                          MidCentury Melodies

Oct  20 - Middlsesex Library, Middlesex NJ               Roots of American Jazz 

Nov  6 - Cedarfield, Richmond VA                                Moon, Stars and You

Nov  8 - Arbor Acres, Winston-Salem NC                    Great American Cabaret

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Two gents with guitar + mandolin
Saettele Studio, St. Louis - 1894

Concert Booking Info

Updated for 2025

Ken Lelen

609-306-8711 - mobile

609-730-9313 – office

PO Box 64 Titusville NJ 08560

www.KenLelen.blogspot.com

Kenneth.Lelen @ gmail.com

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This post addresses typical program, budget, logistics & publicity issues that concert hosts investigate when they're planning an event. 

Over the past 25 years I've found such matters can easily be covered in a 15-minute phone call. Nevertheless, some folks today are only willing to deal with such issues in a back-and-forth stream of texts and emails. Still, I'll always welcome a chance to talk directly with a concert host — the person I'm going to work with to deliver an event.

I perform concerts for a diverse group of small & medium-sized venues, including churches, arts & culture commissions, public libraries, life-care communities, acoustic music clubs, social, charitable & fraternal groups, community colleges and local senior centers. Each weighs a distinct mix of considerations as they assess program content, budget, logistics and publicity for an event.

Given the range of venues and events I work on, I find it difficult to set a one-price-fits-all fee for individual concerts. Instead, I tell prospective sponsors the fees I received during the last year were modest and wide — ranging from $300 to $600 per concert — and averaging $475.

Then I ask three questions: Which of my two dozen concert themes will suit your audience? What dates do you prefer? And what budget do you propose for this event?

Not surprisingly, when we reach the nitty-gritty of a booking call, every host wants to negotiate their fee, jockey back and forth on a preferred date, and discuss a concert theme that will please their audience – the folks I'm going to entertain. These are familiar pursuits for me as well.

        ADDITONAL BOOKING DETAILS

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Concerts offer ragtime, swing, jazz & pop music,

playing of vintage American acoustic guitars and

programs on historic, romantic, musical themes.

I request 6 ft table, one bottle water, staff intro.

I bring sound system, guitars + equipment cart.

I request 45-minute set-up and 30 min. re-pack.

I insist on NO cells, texts, videos during concert.

Concerts range from 60 to 90 mins w/o a break.

Adult & senior audience age range: 40-90 years.

I check that my audiences can all hear me, and

I inform them when we’re nearing concert’s end.

I do not sell merch, CDs, tee shirts or literature.

 

Always booking dates 2 - 18 months in advance.

I send hosts one-page Concert Letter or Voucher

to be signed by both parties with Invoice & W-9.

Also offer PR release, photo, poster & bookmark.

Payment of concert fee—expected at event.

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Please Note:

Ken Lelen is 2x vaccinated and 3x boosted for Covid-19,

maintains a current Certificate of Liability Insurance and

has N.J. Business Registration Certificate.

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© 2025 — Ken Lelen — All Rights Reserved