Liederkranz Live: Jeremey Facknitz
October 21 @ 7:00 pm - October 22 @ 10:00 pm
Jeremy Facknitz
October 21, 2026 at 7:00 PM (doors open at 6:00)
Jeremy Facknitz
Live Music night at the Liederkranz! – Jeremy Facknitz
Back again for another great night of music, stories, laughs, and lots of smiles.
Jeremy Facknitz has been entertaining audiences with his lovingly crafted music and high-energy performances for over a quarter century. Since the 2002 break-up of his Detroit-based band “The Ottomans” (they earned a 2001 Detroit Music Award for Best New Alternative Band, beating out “The White Stripes”), 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 seemed to fall 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 performing at 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 in the 2020, 2022 and 2025 Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Songwriting Competitions at Kerrville Folk Festival. His song “Smilin’ At The Future” made him an Empower (Posi) Music Award Winner in 2023.
https://jeremyfacknitz.com/home
$10.00 – $20.00 suggested donation (all proceeds go to the performer)
Friday January 31, 2025
7:00 PM (doors open at 6)
