This coming Friday, October 2nd, I’ll be part of the Acoustic Stories Under the Stars Songwriter Circle at the Healing Arts and Music Festival. Get your tickets here:

https://healingartsandmusic.com/tickets/

Over in Bellefonte, DE, across the street from a small strip of shops (including a laundromat that advertises wash and dry cycles at $1.00 and 25 cents, respectively) is Bellefonte Cafe. Will Sims hosted a showcase there earlier this year and that’s how I got to know Bellefonte Cafe. On this particular evening I got to meet Kindred Grove, who played right before me, and then played a couple sets of my own tunes. Check out this recording of Anywhere But Here:

Summer came and went extraordinarily quickly. I got plenty of time out in the sun doing the circuit of DC/NoVA FreshFarm markets; on one of those hundred-degree days, I swear I could’ve brewed tea in my water bottle (if I were a tea drinker, that is).

Anywho, if you’re in the area over the next few weeks, I’m going to be putting a few more miles on the odometer while the weather’s still warm:

• 8/20 – FRESHFARM Ballston (Ballston Neighborhood in Arlington, VA), 3-6PM (market runs till 7)
• 8/30 – Thanksgiving Farms (Adamstown, MD), 1-3PM
• 9/2 – FRESHFARM Reston (Reston, VA), 3-6PM (market runs till 7)
• 9/23 – FRESHFARM Rosslyn(Rosslyn Neighborhood in Arlington, VA), 2-6PM (market runs till 6)
• 9/25 – Bellefonte Cafe (Bellefonte, DE) – 8-10P
• 10/2 – Soul Sessions Songwriter Circle, Healing Arts and Music Festival (Abingdon, MD) – 5-6PM – Tickets

Also, this month I released a song called “The Devil Won’t Come to Play” – check it out:

I had the pleasure of playing for some fine folks out in Arlington, VA last week. The event included a wonderful pot-luck to celebrate the host’s birthday, and then I got to play a set and share some stories afterwards. I especially love gigs where it feels more like hanging out with friends than a 4th wall between us. If you haven’t caught me live recently, here’s one you might not have heard yet:

I messed around with different arrangement ideas on this before settling down with something simpler. I hope you like it too!

I’ve got two wonderful events coming up this weekend:

Come celebrate America’s 250th with us at CVP Towson. I’ll be part of the Will Sims Unplugged and Unfiltered showcase:

Then, on Sunday the 5th, a bunch of us are gathering to support a good cause at Rockwell Brewery as part of Chords for a Cure:

This weekend I’ll be playing at Community Cup Coffee and More at 6p on Saturday, May 9th in Martinsburg, WV. Then, I’ll be featured in The Stillwater Sessions at Battlefield Brew Works on Sunday, May 10th from 1-3p.

I’m gonna be in three states in May. I’m looking forward to going back to Elk Run Winery and Porchfest Hagerstown, and making my debut at Community Cup and Battlefield Brewworks – if I’m in your area, come on out!

May 9th: Martinsburg, WV
Community Cup Coffee and More
(Menu)

May 10th: Gettysburg, PA
The Stillwater Sessions: Patrick Kozub
Battlefield Brewworks
(Menu)

May 16th: Hagerstown, MD
Porchfest Hagerstown
(Site)

May 30th: New Market, MD
Elk Run Winery
(Menu)

It’s been a busy winter for sure. I’ve been hard at work building out a more fixed home studio, learning the ins and outs of audio production, and working up a few more singles. The first of these is going to be a multi-instrumental arrangement of a song I haven’t released online yet. In the meantime, check these out from 2025:

• Bandcamp (New!): https://patrickkozub.bandcamp.com/
• Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2wDPqOcn0Ppf7BcHmwHRZ1
• Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/patrick-kozub/1809567101
• YouTube Music: https://music.youtube.com/channel/UC0fhzwsBT2egS0eN-P_vkoA

My spring calendar starts with two gigs in April:

• April 4th – Wilmington, DE, Bellefonte Cafe – Unplugged and Unfiltered: A Singer/Songwriter Spotlight Series, 8-10PM (menu)
• April 11th – Laurel, MD, Ragamuffins Coffee – 5-6PM

If you’re not on my mailing list yet, please drop me a line, I’d love to keep you apprised.

More and more, it seems like updates on social media are getting buried. So what’s a millennial who’s looking to get “back to basics” to do? That’s right – a good old-fashioned e-mail list. I send my dispatches monthly or bi-monthly, depending on when new information comes in. I include performance dates, stuff I’m working on, and whatever else is relevant. Drop me a message at patrick.kozub.music@gmail.com if you’d like to join.