We know we are treading through uncharted waters right now. Times are definitely not the norm. We had left the decision and supported the decision made by any artists scheduled to play here in the next month(s) if they wish to cancel their show. However, given the current circumstances we have cancelled all shows and WAG FEST III that were scheduled for April.
We love y'all, be smart & stay well. We will keep you informed of other show cancellations or reschedules as the COVID-19 situation unfolds.
GOD BLESS! Jan & Dennis
2020 Fischer Haus Concerts
Fischer Haus Cantina
Our Haus Concerts are Hosted by Jan & Dennis and are considered private but you can CLICK HERE to sign up for our Concert Series and receive invites to our shows!!
INFORMATION & POLICIES:
Thanks to all the artists, volunteers and fine folks coming out to support this fine little private concert venue!
~ Jan, Dennis, Chris, Randy & Paul, Unkle Jimmy & Sue, Bubba, Paul, Mark & Linda, David and all others who help out!
INFORMATION & POLICIES:
- Invites for shows are typically sent out 2 weeks prior to that show and you will be able to make a reservation at that time
- CANCELLATION POLICY: If you secure reservations but find that you will be unable to attend the concert, please cancel your reservations as soon as you know you can't attend so we can offer your space to others wanting to attend the concert. You can email us from the contact page. Those with reservations who do not attend without Cancellation, will be expected to send a check made out to the artist for the $Amount per each unused concert reservation, and a check to Food Vendor equal to each unused RSVP for food. NO EXCEPTIONS. We will provide you the address to mail checks. This has become a REAL issue in the last couple of years which is why we have this policy in place. Thanks for your understanding!
- CASH ONLY - Our concerts are pay at the door, mailing checks is only for unused reservations (there is not an ATM on-site)
- We try and contact everyone who RSVP'd in light of a cancelled show, but please check our website or Facebook Page if the weather looks iffy
- Food Available - please RSVP for food on the RSVP form! Meals are prepared based on your RSVP's, Thank you!
- BYOB, coolers allowed, please take them home when you leave
- Family Friendly ~ kiddo's welcome, but please ask them to use their inside voice during the performance
- No Dogs please (Service Dogs are welcome but must be kept on a leash at all times)
- WE RECYCLE.... HELP US by throwing all plastic, glass and aluminum in the Recycle Bins provided
- Bring your Camp Chairs or Blankets or find a Table and chair in the Cantina which are on first come basis. PLEASE NOTE: we will reserve up to 5 tables in advance for parties of 2 to 8 for an additional $25 cash donation fee per table. WE WILL ALWAYS RESERVE SEATING IN THE CANTINA FOR THOSE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.
- NON-SMOKING in the CANTINA with the exception of the outside tables ~ Please be courteous to others when smoking and dispose of your cigarette butts in a receptacle ~ Thank you!
- If you are camping, please arrive no later than 4pm so we can get you settled in before the crowds arrive
- After Show Jam at the fire-pit or in Cantina for those wishing to jam - please no minors without prior consent
- PLEASE DO NOT FEED OR HARASS ANY OF OUR FARM ANIMALS
Thanks to all the artists, volunteers and fine folks coming out to support this fine little private concert venue!
~ Jan, Dennis, Chris, Randy & Paul, Unkle Jimmy & Sue, Bubba, Paul, Mark & Linda, David and all others who help out!
2020 Haus Concert Line-up
Be sure check our schedule as we will be adding more shows and updating information about those already booked!
PLEASE GO TO THE CHECK-IN BOOTH UPON ARRIVAL SO WE CAN MARK YOU OFF THE RSVP LIST AND COLLECT YOUR DONATION FOR THE ARTIST.
Thank you!
Be sure check our schedule as we will be adding more shows and updating information about those already booked!
PLEASE GO TO THE CHECK-IN BOOTH UPON ARRIVAL SO WE CAN MARK YOU OFF THE RSVP LIST AND COLLECT YOUR DONATION FOR THE ARTIST.
Thank you!
***CANCELLED***
~Saturday, March 21st~
Hot Club of Cowtown
America's Premiere Hot Jazz & Western Swing Trio
"An arsenal full of technique and joy." - Jon Caramanica, New York Times
~Saturday, March 21st~
Hot Club of Cowtown
America's Premiere Hot Jazz & Western Swing Trio
"An arsenal full of technique and joy." - Jon Caramanica, New York Times
***CANCELLED***
~Saturday, April 11th~
CLYDE
CLYDE is about music that makes you want to tap your foot, bob your head or shake your butt. Add lyrics that you can relate to and you've got "Texas Swamp Funk" music. It's all original music written by Douglas Clyde Martin. Our bag of tunes spans 30 or so years and sounds as lived in as we are. We use guitar, slide and mandolin for melody and leads. Rhythm is guitar and several percussion instruments , a cajon played with brushes and a 5 gallon bucket kick drum adds to the rhythm. Clyde handles the lead vocals and is the songwriter. Josh, Lisa and Jay Dee sing harmony and backup. The East Side Flash holds down the bottom. If it's not fun we don't do it and if people don't like us then we are in the wrong place. As one of Clyde's songs says, "It's too late to sell out now." - Join us and get your funk on!
~Saturday, April 11th~
CLYDE
CLYDE is about music that makes you want to tap your foot, bob your head or shake your butt. Add lyrics that you can relate to and you've got "Texas Swamp Funk" music. It's all original music written by Douglas Clyde Martin. Our bag of tunes spans 30 or so years and sounds as lived in as we are. We use guitar, slide and mandolin for melody and leads. Rhythm is guitar and several percussion instruments , a cajon played with brushes and a 5 gallon bucket kick drum adds to the rhythm. Clyde handles the lead vocals and is the songwriter. Josh, Lisa and Jay Dee sing harmony and backup. The East Side Flash holds down the bottom. If it's not fun we don't do it and if people don't like us then we are in the wrong place. As one of Clyde's songs says, "It's too late to sell out now." - Join us and get your funk on!
***CANCELLED***
~Sunday, April 19th - Noon to 5pm~
WAG Fest III ~ A Benefit for the Doggies
All are welcome!!
12:45pm - Terri Hendrix & Lloyd Maines
1:50pm - David Lee
2:55pm - Adam & Chris Carroll
4pm - Josh Grider
Family Friendly - Kiddo's free
No Dogs allowed except Service Animals
Silent Auction (please contact WAG directly should you wish to donate an item)
Merchandise Vendors
Food Available for purchase
BYOB
Reserved Tables available
or
Bring your chairs, blankets, etc to enjoy lawn seating and picnicking
Tickets will soon be available and can be purchased at WAG's Website. We will provide a link when they go on sale.
All proceeds will go to WAG (Wimberley Adoption Group & Rescue)
~Sunday, April 19th - Noon to 5pm~
WAG Fest III ~ A Benefit for the Doggies
All are welcome!!
12:45pm - Terri Hendrix & Lloyd Maines
1:50pm - David Lee
2:55pm - Adam & Chris Carroll
4pm - Josh Grider
Family Friendly - Kiddo's free
No Dogs allowed except Service Animals
Silent Auction (please contact WAG directly should you wish to donate an item)
Merchandise Vendors
Food Available for purchase
BYOB
Reserved Tables available
or
Bring your chairs, blankets, etc to enjoy lawn seating and picnicking
Tickets will soon be available and can be purchased at WAG's Website. We will provide a link when they go on sale.
All proceeds will go to WAG (Wimberley Adoption Group & Rescue)
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~Saturday, May 9th~
Our 10th Annual Mother's Day Celebration with Terri Hendrix & Lloyd Maines A wonderful celebration with some of the most beautifully talented artists playing in Historic Downtown Fischer. For those that are not familiar with Terri and Lloyd, Lloyd Maines has been playing around Texas since the 1970’s and is proficient on the guitar, pedal steel, dobro, mandolin and banjo. Over the last couple of decades he has been one of the most sought after music producers on the Texas music scene. With all of the opportunities open to him, he chooses to spend a great deal of his time touring with the ultra-talented singer-songwriter, Terri Hendrix. Terri writes lyrics from the heart and delivers them in a style that blends folk, country, blues and jazz with a vocal range rare in the Americana genre. Oh, and she plays a mean harmonica, as well. by James Killen More to come...... |
~Saturday, May 30th~ David Lee & The Armadillo Roadshow
In an ever changing music world fraught with people trying to be something they’re not, David Lee is nothing but himself, a Wichita Falls born Texas native and a third generation musician.
The Grammy nominated and multi award winning songwriter cut his teeth in the Texas honky tonks. Playing a mix of blues and country music is where he first found his own songs.
David Lee wrote songs in Nashville 20 + yrs w/ multiple Top 10 Billboard hits along with a Grammy Nomination for Tim McGraw & Faith Hills song "I Need You". Since moving back to Texas, he plays venues big & small solo & w/ his band.
In an ever changing music world fraught with people trying to be something they’re not, David Lee is nothing but himself, a Wichita Falls born Texas native and a third generation musician.
The Grammy nominated and multi award winning songwriter cut his teeth in the Texas honky tonks. Playing a mix of blues and country music is where he first found his own songs.
David Lee wrote songs in Nashville 20 + yrs w/ multiple Top 10 Billboard hits along with a Grammy Nomination for Tim McGraw & Faith Hills song "I Need You". Since moving back to Texas, he plays venues big & small solo & w/ his band.
~Saturday, June 13th~
Lynn Hanson and friends
“Canada’s own queen of Americana”— Jan Hall, Folk Roots Radio
More to come......
Lynn Hanson and friends
“Canada’s own queen of Americana”— Jan Hall, Folk Roots Radio
More to come......
~Saturday, June 27th~
Adam Carroll & Chris Carroll
Want to hear a good story? Listen to any Adam Carroll song. His Texas peers sure have, over and over again, and are quick to heap superlatives on a stoic artist whose compositions provide a solitary glimpse into a verdant imagination.
Jon Dee Graham says Carroll "may be the best songwriter that Texas ever produced," while Robert Earl Keen proclaims, "If all were right with the world, Adam Carroll would be the Townes Van Zandt of our age."
"His lyrics are like a good book: They take you somewhere and leave you better than they found you," says Terri Hendrix.
Slaid Cleaves calls Carroll "the quintessential small-town songwriter," adding, "Travel outside the cities of this country and you'll recognize the barbecue-joint waitresses, the rice farmers, the karaoke singers, the black-flag pirates and the hi-fi lovers of this land--you'll meet them all in Adam's true-to-life songs."
“As a vocalist, Chris Carroll has the capacity to add just the right mixture of dark and light shades to whatever the canvas of words and music call for in any given song,” says her husband. “As a writer, she’s sensitive to the story in a song, and she’s not afraid to follow the poetry wherever it is meant to go. I can say that I’m a better musician and writer for having shared the stage with her, and a better person for having married her. She’s a treasure.”
Renowned Texas songwriter, Terri Hendrix says of Chris, “She performs like she writes. She’s funny, quirky, introspective, authentic, sincere, and all woman. Her vocals pack a punch or land soft and tender. Her Canadian and Texas roots have intertwined into the fabric of her songwriting making her all the more unique at what she does and how she does it. Chris isn’t trying to be anything other than herself. This is her charm. She’s the real deal.”
~Saturday, July 11th~
Slaid Cleaves
Slaid Cleaves’s biography is short and pithy: “Grew up in Maine. Lives in Texas. Writes songs. Makes records. Travels around. Tries to be good.”
His work, however, is more expressive. This is his first album since the excellent Still Fighting the War in 2013 and once again he hits all the right notes in these understated, instantly likeable everyday tales of life on the margins where people are all “scrapping for the dough-re-mi” (Take Home Pay), where big business rules (Little Guys), where time is running out (Junkyard, Already Gone), old age is calling (The Old Guard, If I Had a Heart) and where the world is going to hell in a handbasket (Drunken Barbers’ Hand).
More to come......
Slaid Cleaves
Slaid Cleaves’s biography is short and pithy: “Grew up in Maine. Lives in Texas. Writes songs. Makes records. Travels around. Tries to be good.”
His work, however, is more expressive. This is his first album since the excellent Still Fighting the War in 2013 and once again he hits all the right notes in these understated, instantly likeable everyday tales of life on the margins where people are all “scrapping for the dough-re-mi” (Take Home Pay), where big business rules (Little Guys), where time is running out (Junkyard, Already Gone), old age is calling (The Old Guard, If I Had a Heart) and where the world is going to hell in a handbasket (Drunken Barbers’ Hand).
More to come......
~Saturday, July 25th~
Mystery Artist
More to come......
Mystery Artist
More to come......
~Saturday, August 15th~
Wood & Wire
The Texas songwriter tradition casts a long shadow today, and Austin-based Americana roots juggernauts Wood & Wire could easily rattle off a long list of songwriters that inspire them from Willie Nelson to James McMurtry, and everyone in between. But ask them about what it is about Texas that brought us so many great songwriters, and they stop cold. That’s because they don’t romanticize their culture or their past, they’re too busy working their asses off making new music, writing new songs. This isn’t a land made for quiet reflection, it’s a land made for hard work. Respect for honest labor is a central theme in Wood & Wire’s 2018 GRAMMY Nominated album for “Best Bluegrass”, North of Despair ( Blue Corn Music), with songs populated by people like songwriter Tony Kamel’s own grandfather, who built the family’s hunting lodge in Llano, Texas with his own two hands. The characters on the album live large, and aren’t afraid to share their opinions about the modern world. This kind of vivid, haunting songwriting focused on lives spent deep in the countryside is a hallmark of Texas songwriting. But it’s the melding of this hard country songwriting with high-octane bluegrass instrumentation that makes for Wood & Wire’s signature sound. Artists like John Hartford have trod this ground before, mixing up great songs, bluegrass virtuosity, and a strong sense of place, and Wood & Wire aim to pave the way for Austin’s roots scene, bursting out of the giant expanses of the state with a fully-fledged vision for a new Texan sound. On North of Despair, they bring the ferocity of their live shows to the studio, whipping through barn-burning anthems about hard people in hard times.
Wood & Wire
The Texas songwriter tradition casts a long shadow today, and Austin-based Americana roots juggernauts Wood & Wire could easily rattle off a long list of songwriters that inspire them from Willie Nelson to James McMurtry, and everyone in between. But ask them about what it is about Texas that brought us so many great songwriters, and they stop cold. That’s because they don’t romanticize their culture or their past, they’re too busy working their asses off making new music, writing new songs. This isn’t a land made for quiet reflection, it’s a land made for hard work. Respect for honest labor is a central theme in Wood & Wire’s 2018 GRAMMY Nominated album for “Best Bluegrass”, North of Despair ( Blue Corn Music), with songs populated by people like songwriter Tony Kamel’s own grandfather, who built the family’s hunting lodge in Llano, Texas with his own two hands. The characters on the album live large, and aren’t afraid to share their opinions about the modern world. This kind of vivid, haunting songwriting focused on lives spent deep in the countryside is a hallmark of Texas songwriting. But it’s the melding of this hard country songwriting with high-octane bluegrass instrumentation that makes for Wood & Wire’s signature sound. Artists like John Hartford have trod this ground before, mixing up great songs, bluegrass virtuosity, and a strong sense of place, and Wood & Wire aim to pave the way for Austin’s roots scene, bursting out of the giant expanses of the state with a fully-fledged vision for a new Texan sound. On North of Despair, they bring the ferocity of their live shows to the studio, whipping through barn-burning anthems about hard people in hard times.
FISCHER FEST 2020 is November 13th, 14th & 15th held at Historic Fischer Hall.
TICKETS FOR SALE TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON
A VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL THE ARTISTS WHO MAKE THEIR WAY TO FISCHER HAUS CONCERTS AND ALL THE FOLKS WHO SUPPORT THE ARTISTS, SPECIAL THANKS TO RANDY DEES AND PAUL WINSWORTH (OUR SOUND ENGINEERS) AND LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST OUR INVALUABLE VOLUNTEERS!!
JAN & DENNIS
JAN & DENNIS
