Winchester and the Bright Box: The Bitter Liberals Four City One Barn Tour

Our massive musical tour continues with City Three in August at the Bright Box Theater. Tickets are available now. Winchester, here we come. Our advance troops arrived in Winchester some time ago to plant the flag! Oink. While you are waiting through the dog days of summer for August to happen, check out Where’s Aubrey […]

One City: The Bitter Liberals in Shepherdstown, WV (Eaten by the Shenandoah)

The night was gorgeous and the venue was sweet. Shepherdstown hospitality at the Opera House was set to “max stun.” Thanks Larry. Among the highlights, the greenest green room on the tour, replete with chirping birds, venerable old trees, fresh herbs, an outside porch, a comfy living room, a full kitchen, two well-stocked fridges, and […]

The Bitter Liberals Guide to Wild Wonderful Shepherdstown, WV

We’re playing a show in a beautiful place this week. Come see for yourself. Make this Friday a real evening out in Shepherdstown, home of the world famous CATF festival and some real culture. If you haven’t been to Shepherdstown before, you’ll find it one of the coolest small towns in our region—lovely, historical, hip, […]

The Bitter Liberals Economize in Shepherdstown, WV FRIDAY

Still feeling bruised by the economic downturn? Never fear. The Bitter Liberals are coming to your rescue this weekend! We’re playing the world’s cheapest Bitter Liberals concert this Friday May 22 in Shepherdstown, WV with a supremely economical ticket price of only $7. And the beer is cheap too! Pretty much the whole thing is […]

The Bitter Liberals Four City One Barn Tour Continues Apace: Shepherdstown, WV

We’re deep into the middle of our massive two state tour with the next stop Friday May 22nd in Shepherdstown, WV. Get your tickets now. The Bitter Liberals are taking the show on the road during the Four City, One Barn Tour. Stop one was a barn in our very own county. We love playing […]

The Bitter Liberals at the Opera House in Shepherdstown, WV 5.22.15

We’re off to West Virginia to play the Opera House in Shepherdstown, WV on the 22nd of May (a Friday). Tickets are on sale now for this heavily discounted show. Come economize with us in West Virginia. Bring your entire posse. Tell your cousins! Who: The Bitter Liberals — Clark Hansbarger, Allen Kitselman, Mike Jewell, […]

The Bitter Liberals in a Community of Artists

As individuals, all four members of the Bitter Liberals appreciate art. One of us creates artisan birdhouses and one of us designs buildings and living spaces, for example. However, as a band we also want to do our part to support the local art scene and real art made by real artists. Good thing we […]

Bitter Liberals Band Members Go Wide

Reports have reached California that the Bitter liberals “massively distributed” gigs last weekend were great. Kara Allen Clark played in Purcellville. Raised in a cabin in Gap Mills, West Virginia, Kara Allen Clark took to music as a toddler, diaper-clogging on the wood porch as her daddy (the legendary one fingered claw hammer banjoist Clyde […]

The Bitter Liberals Go Wide: Three Gigs This Weekend by Band Members

First, a James McMurtry quote from Leesburg Today: “When we first knew them, they were a couple of years older than us. They were like the cool kids we looked up to,” McMurtry said of Kitselman and Jewell. “They were sort of the heroes…Allen has always been a great songwriter and an incredible guitar player.” […]

Bitter Liberals Cross Pollination: Introducing April Claggett

PLEASE DONATE TO APRIL CLAGGETT’S KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN HERE Do you like the way the (whammy nominated) Bitter Liberals CDs look? How about those cool posters for all of our gigs? And that Bitter Liberals sticker you have on your car? All of our original Bitter Liberals art is created by April Claggett, an artist from […]