Common Grounds Meeting Hall

The Home of Real Community Radio

A marriage of the Irish meeting halls of Dublin with the New York coffee houses of the 1960's. A true listening room, performance venue and meeting hall broadcasting on WKDW 97.5 FM

DAYTIME

During the day, the Hall is available for civic, community, non-profit, private, educational and government groups to use for broadcasting virtual meetings over Zoom and other web based platforms. We provide state of the art camera, audio and switching equipment with full bandwidth internet connections to make your broadcast professional and enjoyable for your participants. Commons Grounds Meeting Hall will continue to observe the important health procedures that keep us safe during the pandemic as we find innovative ways to promote the incredible talent and community of our listening area.

AT NIGHT

At night, it’s a small, 60 seat, intimate performance venue with a state of the art sound system for acoustic musicians, poets, comedians and performers. While COVID had eliminated our live audiences, we have adapted to keep live performances alive and available virtually. Recently we have added limited hall seating for a live audience. Wednesday night is our world renowned Open Mic with Bud Buckley that broadcasts live starting at 7:00 PM on Facebook, KDWRadio.com and WKDW 97.5 FM. We are now returning to the Saturday Night Concert Series featuring touring musicians from around the country in a virtual performance on our DICE.FM platform and on limited hall seating from Eventbrite. Tickets range from $10.00 to $30.00 and get you into the virtual or live performance and supports musicians who are struggling to make ends meet during this difficult time.

SEATING IS LIMITED. ON-LINE TICKETS ARE STRONGLY RECOMMENDED.

DUE TO COVID-19 ALL CONCERTS ARE VIRTUAL with LIMITED HALL SEATING.

Sunday Writers & Poets

Sunday features our local writers and poets with Writers On The Air at 3 PM.

Wednesday Open Mic Night

Wednesday night is Open Mic Night with Bud Buckley. Due to the Covid-19 virus, all open mic shows have been reformatted as virtual concerts and with limited free seating in the Hall. You will be able to watch via Facebook Live or for Hall seating you can get a free ticket on EventBrite, however tickets are limited and required to enter. Click on the mic above for listening information.

Saturday Tickets

Tickets range from $10.00 to $30.00 online for both virtual stream and live performance in the hall.

UPCOMING EVENTS

GO TO EVENTBRITE

GO TO DICE.FM

MUSICIANS WELCOME

CG Band

Common Ground Bands

Bud Buckley

Common Ground Bands

Alan Maskell

Common Ground Bands

Derek Warfield

Common Ground Bands

Wendy Kaneko

Common Ground Bands

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Da dteipeadh ar an cine gaeil fiú amhain blúire litríochta a chruthú, mura dtiocfadh beatha ar ár gciste staire agus finscéil,murá scriobhfadh líne ag Cormac Ceitinn nó Muintir Úi Cléirigh agus Donnachadh Rua, ba leor na daon-amhrán seo, chun cumas cine na ngael a léiriu.