PORT ANGELES — Kory Nagler and his band the Good Boys are making an appearance at what Nagler calls “a perfect venue” tonight.
The place is Ennis Arbor Farm on the east side of Port Angeles.
The event is the first annual “Music on the Meadow” concert, which will benefit the North Olympic Land Trust.
It will mark the Ennis Arbor Farm band shell’s debut for events other than the land trust’s annual StreamFest.
The 7 p.m. event in the farm’s band shell will feature an opening act: Mix and Match, an a cappella singing group specializing in doo-wop from the 1950s and ’60s.
Local music lovers will recognize members Robin McHattie, Sandra Vahsholtz, Diane Johnson, Beth and Michael McBride and Michael Craig from Port Angeles Light Opera productions, barbershop and Sweet Adelines concerts.
Robbie and Jim Mantooth, the owners of Ennis Arbor Farm, urge concert-goers to dress warmly or at least bring clothes they can don for the evening chill.
They will set up some tables and chairs, Robbie added, but people may want to bring their own lawn chairs and blankets, along with picnic dinners.
Early birds welcome
And they can come early — about 5 p.m. — she said, to enjoy more time on the meadow before the show. Lemonade, beer and wine will be available then, too.
Nagler, who grew up in Sequim, has moved back home from Chicago, where he stirred together rock, soul, country, folk and blues on the nightclub circuit.
“I love Chicago,” he said. “But at the end of the day, it’s still a landlocked city in the Midwest,” and his coastal hometown was calling.
Tickets are $10 per person — children under 15 are free when accompanied by parents.
Those who want to also go to the StreamFest Smorgasbord on Aug. 29 can purchase tickets to that event and tonight’s concert for a total of $20.
Tickets will be available at the door, Port Book and News, 104 E. First St., Feiro Marine Life Center, 315 N. Lincoln St., on the Port Angeles City Pier, and at Pacific Mist Books, 121 W. Washington St., and Sunny Farm’s Farm Store, 261461 U.S. Highway 101, in Sequim.
Both StreamFest and Music on the Meadow are at the farm opposite the Peninsula Golf Club at 824 Lindberg Road. The golf club is providing free parking tonight for concert-goers.
Nagler and the Good Boys are at work on their second album, “Kory Nagler Presents: The Reverend and Terry Moon,” to be released in September. He and the band released their first CD, “All the Good Boys,” last August.
And Nagler, 26, is also a cook at the Oak Table, his family’s restaurant in Sequim.
Since the eatery is only open until 3 p.m., he said he can often “work a double,” as in a full shift at his day job and then a night shift of music, either performing in Seattle or recording.
“I’ve been on a lot of 11:30 [p.m.] ferries,” he said, to get back home for a few hours’ sleep before getting back to the Oak Table at 6 a.m.
Nagler is also on the Seattle band Westerly’s album, “This Lonesome Town,” and will appear with Westerly at the Fall Fest, the Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts fundraiser at the Naval Elks Lodge in Port Angeles on Sept. 25.
To find out more about the Fall Fest, phone 360-457-5411 or visit www.JFFA.org.
For details about tonight’s Music on the Meadow or about next month’s StreamFest, phone the North Olympic Land Trust at 360-417-1815.
The organization, which merged earlier this year with the farmland preservation group Friends of the Fields, seeks to protect wildlife habitat and agricultural lands across the north Peninsula. Since 1990, the trust has ensured preservation of 66 properties covering 2,059 acres. To learn more, see www.NOLT.org.
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Features Editor Diane Urbani de la Paz can be reached at 360-417-3550 or at diane.urbani@peninsuladailynews.com.