We are gearing up for our 2013 New York tour this May. Here are the posters for our four shows. We plan to have signed 11×17 prints of them available at our performances and on our merchandise page.

Viracocha 2.15.13 – The inky shadows of Viracocha seem the perfect place for the dark harmonies of Conspiracy of Beards, and their interpretations of the poetic musical language of Leonard Cohen.  The Beards are excited to be complimented first by Wolf & Crow’s contemporary artifact of something haunting and timeless, followed by One Ton Sun’s six piece jazz stylings playing the music of Hans Jöbbe II, the reclusive Finnish composer active from 1957 until his violent death in Cleveland, OH during the summer of 1972.

Rumors of 2013 New York Tour are Flying – We don’t have all of the details yet, but it looks like we might be headed back to New York around the end of May!  The 2012 tour was a huge success with sold out shows at the Jack Hanley Gallery, Manhattan Inn, Glasslands, and The Highline Ballroom.  Check out this video of our adventures in New York: The Beards Take Manhattan 2012.  This video is part of our DVD video collection of the Conspiracy of Beards 2011-2012 season called A Midnight Choir.

2011-2012 Season DVD Available – Our friends at 12FPS, a San Francisco creative media agency, basically followed the Beards around for our entire 2011-2012 season documenting all of our shows, and creating dynamic, interesting, and beautiful video vignettes of all of our adventures, including our New York and Pacific Northwest tours.  We’ve compiled all of these videos, as well as interviews and some full performances into an entertaining and sometimes hilarious DVD, A Midnight Choir (available via Paypal here).  You’ll get the back story and history of the Conspiracy of Beards, as well as backstage shenanigans, and insights into the men who make the choir what it is.  You can watch a few of these video’s here: Conspiracy of Beards on Youtube.

Happy New Year to all!  It’s our 10th Anniversary season, and we are bringing it with force and focus.  We are jazzed to stand together in front of The Riptide‘s warm brick hearth, in the Sunset District of San Francisco, and fill the room with song.  Join us for an evening of Leonard Cohen‘s poetic music performed a cappella with spirit and emotion, and bring someone you care about to share in the revelry.  Saturday, January 26th @ 9pm -  More Info here.

Conspiracy of Beards at The Riptide – Saturday, January 26th – 9pm

Last April the Conspiracy of Beards traveled to New York for a long weekend tour of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Our first show of the tour was at Jack Hanley Gallery, where a fan captured this video of our take on Leonard Cohen‘s often covered Hallelujah. Enjoy!

As you may know, Conspiracy of Beards is a non-profit organization, and we strive to contribute our voices to good causes. To help offset the cost of our practice space and travel expenses we sell merchandise at our shows. Now you can find all of our merchandise right here on our website. Check out our Merchandise page here. Beard gear is perfect for holiday gift giving!

Men’s and Women’s style t-shirts, engraved flask, self titled CD, A Midnight Choir DVD documentary

Check out our December Newsletter for details about our upcoming shows and other Beard related updates! You can sign up to receive this monthly correspondence here: http://bit.ly/TMiYFI

Here are the next few opportunities to catch Conspiracy of Beards:

Live in studio performance – Saturday, December 8th – 3pm

Holiday concert – Thursday, December 13th – 7pm

Saturday. January 26th – 9pm

There are still three chances to catch the Beards before the new year!

This Thursday, November 29th, at the historic Vogue Theatre in San Francisco, Conspiracy of Beards will perform a lovely set of Leonard Cohen songs followed by a showing of the 1971 Robert Altman film “McCabe & Mrs. Miller,” which features a few Cohen songs.  Music starts at 8pm sharp and the film is at 9pm.  Tickets here.

Saturday, December 8th at 3pm, the Beards will conspire to fill the KALW public radio airwaves with our sweet harmonies.  We will perform live in the studio on KALW’s weekly show Folk Music & Beyond.  Tune in at 91.7 FM.

Thursday, December 13th, at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco.  We are honored to once again sing in Goldman Hall at the CJM this holiday season.  We may even diverge from our usual exclusively Leonard Cohen set and add a couple Hanukkah songs!  We sing from 7-8pm.  Reserve your tickets in advance because this show always sells out.  Tickets here.

Hope your holidays are filled with cheer!