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UPCOMING SHOWS

Booking in progress - check back soon for new dates

  • Elaine, Dimitri and Josh also play private events. Send inquiries to us at info@elaineromanelli.com.

PODCASTS

Better By Far songs are playing on podcasts nationwide!

Aug 29 '07: Open Mike Cafe - Episode 76. One Small Drop. Michael Stephens.
Aug 1 '07: Open Mike Cafe - Episode 72. Michael Stephens spins.
Jul 11 '07: Open Mike Cafe -
Episode 69. INTERVIEW + new songs!
Jun 27 '07: Open Mike Cafe -Episode 67.
Faust Revisited. Michael Stephens spins.
Feb 11 '07:
Open Mike Cafe -
Episode 50: SHOWCASE. Michael Stephens spins.
Jan 17 '07: Nette Radio - Dallas, TX. Fly. Annette Conlon spins.
Oct 30 '06:
Open Mike Cafe - Wayne, MI. Better By Far . Michael Stephens spins.
Oct 23 '06: Rubyfruit Radio - Atlanta, GA, Episode 86. Fly. Heather Smith spins.
Oct o8 '06: Radio Crystal Blue - New York, NY. Viceless Blues. Dan Herman spins.

Previous Events

Fri May 23: Googie's above The Living Room.
With Dimitri Moderbacher and Chris Parrello, and more brand-new songs.

Sat May 10: Private event.
Acoustic show in NJ. Contact us at info@elaineromanelli.com for your event.

Thu May 1: Private event.
Acoustic show in NYC. Contact us at info@elaineromanelli.com for your event.

Sat Apr 26: New York Comedy Club improv show.
Elaine joined the Grown-ups Playground Theater Co. for short-form improv.

Fri Mar 7: Elaine Romanelli at STAIN -- with bass! 9pm, FREE
Acoustic show with Josh Fox, and introducing Dimitri Moderbacher.

Sun Jan 27: Elaine Romanelli with Joshua Fox at STAIN. 7pm, FREE
Acoustic show with my guitarist and friend Josh.

Sat Dec 1, 8 and 15: Happy Hour. 8pm, $20
Scenes about sex & dating. This saucy minx of a show was highly interactive; the audience and the cast were discussed, fawned over, folded, spindled...

Sun Sep 23: Joshua Charles Fox at Sidewalk. 10pm, FREE
Acoustic solo show of my guitarist and friend Josh. I sang backup

Sat Sep 15: Joshua Charles Fox at Spike Hill. 10pm, FREE
Full band show of my guitarist and friend Josh. I sang backup

Fri Sep 7, 8:30pm: The Bitter End, 147 Bleecker, NYC. $7.
Full band show of my friend Alex Sweeton. I sang backup.


Fri Aug 24, 7 :00pm: Mo Pitkins, 34 Avenue A at 3rd St, NYC. $5.

Acoustic duo with Joshua Charles Fox.

Fri Jul 20, 10:00pm: Spike Hill, Williamsburg, NYC. No cover.
184 Bedford Ave Brooklyn, near N 7th. L to Bedford Av. With Joshua Charles Fox.

Fri Jul 6, 9:30pm: Googie's Lounge above The Living Room, NYC. no cover.
154 Ludlow Street at Rivington. 2nd Av subway stop. With special guests.

Fri Jun 8, 7pm: Kenny's Castaways, NYC. $9.
157 Bleecker Street at Thompson. W. 4th subway stop. Acoustic duo with Joel Stein.

Sun 4/8, 7:30pm: Googie's Lounge above The Living Room, NYC. no cover
154 Ludlow Street at Rivington. 2nd Av subway stop. Acoustic duo with Joel Stein.

Sat 3/10, 8:30pm: 169 Bar, NYC. $10.
E. Broadway at Rutgers. F train E. Broadway stop. Acoustic duo with Joel Stein.

Thu 2/15: 169 Bar, NYC. $8.
E. Broadway at Rutgers. F train E. Broadway stop. Acoustic duo with Chris White.

Fri 1/12: Guest appearance with Alex Sweeton at The Bitter End
147 Bleecker /LaGuardia, NYC. $7 cover.

Fri 1/12/07: Guest appearance with Joel Stein at Ace of Clubs
9 Great Jones/LaGuardia, NYC. $8 cover.

Thu 12/7: House concert in NYC
With JOEL STEIN and special guest Malia Kulp.

 

Oct: FLY published on CD Baby.com sampler
The CD Baby Top Sellers sampler went to 5,000 customers, with FLY as track # 58. Thanks to everyone who swarmed
CD Baby in August to buy the album!


Aug: Better By Far sells out with CD Baby.
Elaine was one of CD Baby's top sellers for August.
Many thanks to all the buyers!

May: Elaine at the New Victory on Broadway
Elaine understudied the Tony Kushner/Maurice Sendak collaboration Brundibar,
with But the Giraffe, a new original Kushner work.

Fri 5/12: House concert in NYC
Hear Elaine with pianist Vince Peterson and singer/songwriter David Hopkins, up close and unplugged at a fabulous private venue. 353 Broadway. No Cover.

Fri 4/7: TV.com podcast interview
Elaine riffs on reality TV, fashion disasters, and what happened behind the scenes filming What Not to Wear. Check TV.com for directions to download the podcast.

Wed 3/29 7:30pm: Better By Far release party - Amante - SF
Elaine sang all the songs from her new EP, Better By Far. The pre-party wa
s a screening of the What Not to Wear episode. Amante is at 570 Columbus/Green (North Beach), SF. No Cover.

Fri 3/24, 9pm: Elaine starred on What Not To Wear on TLC!
Elaine was filmed forWhat Not To Wear, The Learning Channel (TLC)'s hit makeover show! The internationally airing, hour-long episode showcased her glam side, as Elaine assembled a wardrobe to go with her rising star status.

Check your local listings for re-runs!

Nov/Dec 2005: Comedy on the Bridge & Brundibar - Berkeley Rep
Elaine understudied one of the most talked-about productions in American theater right now; Comedy on the Bridge and Brundibar, a Tony Kushner and Maurice Sendak joint venture, put on by Berkeley Repertory Theatre.

Sat 12/24 10:30pm: St. Francis Lutheran Church
Elaine sang several beautiful recitatives and an aria from Handel's Messiah, accompanied by string quartet and organ. Free.

Fri 12/9 & Fri 12/16, 11am-1pm: Oakland City Center
Elaine went a-caroling, as part of an a cappella quartet (yes, in the Dickensian get-ups). City center locals got a free roving carols concert. Free.

11/26 and 11/27: 27th Annual Celebration of Craftswomen
San Francisco's largest annual holiday fine-crafts retail fair. Elaine sang songs by local composers, her own originals -- and also some opera! (The Lakme duet was a huge crowd pleaser.) Thanks to all at the fair for your lovely compliments.

Thu 11/3, 7pm $25 - $40: Party featuring GLORIA STEINEM
A fundraiser for Pacific Institute that featured Gloria Steinem. Elaine sang, with Victoria Theodore on piano. Steinem was gracious and gorgeous, as were hosts Leslie Lewis and Doris Bersing.

Thurs 10/20/05: Free Theater Day, San Francisco
For the inaugural Free Theater Day in San Francisco, Elaine performed with pianist Victoria Theodore for a VIP party at The Geary Theater.

Podcast Premier
Oh yes! We are that hip. Elaine was interviewed by Michael Rice for the Cool As Hell Theatre Podcast (CASH TP) website. The podcast is at http://coolashelltheatre.com/blog/index.php?paged=2. It is Podcast #9; scroll down until you find it.

The interview features Elaine singing, of course, and also her opinions on The Daily Show, whiskey, swearing -- and herself.

Sun July 24th, 1- 4pm: Diamond Oaks Winery (Oakville)
Elaine sang for Diamond Oaks' second anniversary party. She did rock & folk covers, but also snuck in a slow bluesy version of Summertime. The winery is so beautiful, with sweeping views from every angle -- AND they make delicious wine. Stop by next time you're up there.

Demo Release Party

Wed July 6th, 7:30- 11:30pm, Cafe Royale (SF)
What a party! Elaine Romanelli and fabulous pianist Joshua Raoul Brody recorded seven tunes plus a medley track for her birthday demo, titled Delicious. Thanks and praise to Joshua for doing all the recording and editing. The medley track is up on the musical sampler section on this site. Check it out! We celebrated at Cafe Royale, which was a great venue for the event. Many thanks to all who came!

Tue May 31st, 6:30pm, Channel 29 (SF)
Sun May 29th, 7:00pm, Channel 29 (SF)
Elaine was on TV! Local access broadcast the awards ceremony of the Soul-Making Literary Competition at which Elaine sang in March.

May 30th - Elaine was up for auction
The Fabulous San Francisco Choral Artists choral group, with which Elaine once sang, just auctioned off a Dance with the Diva evening as part of its 20th anniversary celebration. Proceeds support the group's capital campaign.

Sat May 21st, 2:00pm, Caffe Trieste (SF)
Elaine sang at North Beach's renown Caffe Trieste as part of the Caffe Trieste Saturday Concert, a long-running North Beach tradition. Caffe Trieste is at 609 Vallejo St. in SF.

Sun April 17th, 6:00pm (event is 4:00 - 7:00pm)

Elaine Romanelli and pianist Joshua Brody performed at a fundraiser for Theatre Bay Area (TBA). Find out about TBA.

Wednesday, March 23rd, 7pm
The last show of Elaine's three-month run at the Purple Onion -- and the whole block had a power outage! Elaine, Joshua and the audience trooped around North Beach in search of a new spot. Our merry band found welcome at the fabulous Specs (on Columbus near Broadway), thanks to veteran bartender Sean Jackson. Stop by when you're next in North Beach, whet your whistle, and thank Sean again for us.