Jeremy Facknitz

Join The Jeremy Facknitz Band as they kick off 2022 at Lulu's Downstairs in Manitou Springs, Colorado on Friday, 1/28/2022 at 8pm. Dear Marsha (dearmarsha.rocks) opens. Cover is $10. * Patrons MUST SHOW PROOF OF VACCINATION.

Jeremy Facknitz has been entertaining audiences with his lovingly crafted music and high-energy performances for nearly a quarter century. 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 playing 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.

He formed "The Jeremy Facknitz Band" in 2018, recruiting the all-star crew of Mike Kimlicko, Brad Plesz, David Siegel, John Standish and Ricky Sweum. 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 in the United States, Canada and Europe, performing primarily at house concerts and listening rooms in promotion of his 5th album of original material, "From Those Sweet Ashes", recorded at Northpark Studios in Colorado and produced by Jarrod Headley.

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."

• Patrons MUST SHOW PROOF OF VACCINATION. Photos or digital copies of vaccination cards are acceptable (visit lulusdownstairs.com for more info on Lulu's policies).