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Moe's Alley Presents: Big Richard w/ Rainy Eyes
Thu, 16 Oct, 8:00 PM PDT
Doors open
7:00 PM PDT
Moe's Alley
1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz, CA 95065
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Moe's Alley presents Colorado's string band supergroup Big Richard with special guest Rainy Eyes!
Thursday, October 16th
Doors: 7pm / Doors: 8pm
$15 in advance / $20 day of the show
21+
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BIG RICHARD
Since exploding onto the Colorado scene in 2021, the four women of the supergroup Big Richard have been on a wild ride. Although they showed up to their first gig armed with homemade puff paint t-shirts, a load of crass jokes, and all dressed intentionally like Stevie Nicks, from the first few notes of their tight vocal harmonies, dazzling string virtuosity, and clever arrangements, no one had any choice but to take them seriously.
Determined to be more than a one-night stand, Big Richard hit the road. They slapped as hard as possible on the festival circuit, worked up their stamina on nationwide headlining tours, and left a wake of die-hard Big Richard Heads across the country swooning for their honest songwriting, chilling vocals, and fiddle-driven barn-burners.
Fueled by a steady diet of gas station snacks, Big Richard is currently touring their debut full-length studio album Girl Dinner, following a whirlwind year that included performances on PBS' the Cavern Sessions, NPR's World Cafe, Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Delfest, Bourbon and Beyond, Jam Cruise, and New Year's Eve at the Ryman in Nashville.
They often refer to themselves as the gremlins of the bluegrass world, and the gremlins are: platinum recording artist Bonnie Sims, who rips the mandolin and smells like Snoop Dogg's sock drawer; road dog Eve Panning, who toured extensively with the fiddle band Barrage and has trained her dog to murder on command; bassist Hazel Royer, plucked from the sidewalk in front of Berklee, can probably communicate with crows; and Dr. Joy Adams, who would just rather be skiing.
RAINY EYES
Rainy Eyes is a Norwegian-born Americana/Alt-Country artist based in New Orleans by way of Northern California, where she began her career more than 15 years ago. Rainy’s sophomore album, "Lonesome Highway," was released on Royal Potato Family in 2024. As the swell continued to build, she hit the road in the summer of 2025 for a coast-to-coast US headline tour and headed to the UK for her first batch of headline shows.
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21+

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Big Richard
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The world-class musicians in Big Richard initially convened in 2021 for a festival date. The quartet showed up to the one-off like it had been together for years, bursting with jaw-dropping virtuosity; playfully irreverent stage banter; stunning four-part harmony vocal interlace; imaginative arrangements; a refreshingly eclectic repertoire; and a healthy dose of lady rage.
Quickly things for the Colorado-based, neo-acoustic supergroup morphed into something way bigger than a one-and-done appearance. The sellout club shows, and the confirmed festival dates across America drastically changed its members’ lives. Now, Big Richard is poised to penetrate the Americana music world and beyond. To date, the quartet has issued 3 singles, the Live from Telluride album, and it has new music on the way.
Formed in late 2021, the band gained immediate notoriety for their charismatic stage presence and their vocal/instrumental prowess. After selling out all of their club shows Big Richard quickly started confirming festival appearances across America.

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Rainy Eyes
Rainy Eyes
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Rainy Eyes is a Norwegian-born Americana/Alt-Country artist based in New Orleans by way of Northern California, where she began her career more than 15 years ago. Rainy’s sophomore album, "Lonesome Highway," was released on Royal Potato Family in 2024. As the swell continued to build, she hit the road in the summer of 2025 for a coast-to-coast US headline tour and headed to the UK for her first batch of headline shows.
Rainy has been touring non-stop for the past decade and has performed at New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (two years in a row), Festival International de Louisiane,Bajaja Music Festival, AVL Fest, SXSW, Sanctuary Music Festival in Nicaragua, and many more. She's shared the stage with legends like Joan Baez, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Peter Rowan, Willie Watson, The Mother Hips, Dirk Powell and opened for Jackie Greene, Jon Cleary, The Steel Wheels, JD McPherson, The Heavy Heavy, Dylan LeBlanc, Patterson Hood and many more.