Help Pocket Watch get to SXSW to perform!

WE NEED YOUR HELP!

Pocket Watch has been chosen to play 5 shows in Austin, TX at the South By Southwest Festival, an annual conglomeration of parallel film, interactive media, and music festivals and conferences. This will provide us with incredible opportunities to network, perform and reach a completely new market!

We are thrilled to be asked to play some of these shows but it comes at a cost. We will be using the money graciously donated by you to pay for gas, food and lodging while we make the roughly 20 hour drive down to Texas.

POCKET WATCH is a Grand Rapids based 6 piece jazz-fusion band mixing old school funk vibes with a new age jazz sensibilty.

Pocket Watch is comprised of Berklee and Michigan State alumni, with members hailing from various other groups around West Michigan like Minor Element, Earth Radio, the Verve Pipe, Squatch, Whorled, and Cosmic Knot. Members of this ensemble have prior experience with national tours opening for Five For Fighting, festival appearances with Afro Man and Spin Doctors..

The group brings a mix of Snarky Puppy influenced artistry with festival jam band energy, with something for every fan to keep their interest through the night. The group has been cutting their teeth with various high profile West Michigan performances, including headlines at Holland’s Park Theatre, Grand Rapids’ Pyramid Scheme, and Founders Brewing. This summer, the band emerged as winners of Grand Haven’s Walk The Beat competition, receiving 40 hours of recording time at the legendary Third Coast Recording studio, owned by John Mayer and Bon Jovi collaborating engineer Bill Chrysler.