Thursday, October 30, 2025 · 8:00 PM CDT
Wesley Stace
with special guest Dag Juhlin
4545 N Lincoln Ave · The Myron R. Szold Music & Dance Hall · 773.728.6000
Thursday, October 30, 2025 · 8:00 PM CDT
4545 N Lincoln Ave · The Myron R. Szold Music & Dance Hall · 773.728.6000
Wesley Stace was born in Hastings, East Sussex in 1965. He released many albums under the name John Wesley Harding, before switching back to his birth name for more recent recordings, including 2021's Late Style. He has recorded duets with, among others, Bruce Springsteen, Lou Reed, and Rosanne Cash. Stace has published four novels, including the international bestseller Misfortune, and recently co-wrote Mark Morris' memoir Out Loud. He also created Cabinet of Wonders, a monthly show that plays at New York City's City Winery, and which The New Yorker called “one of the finest nights of entertainment this city has to offer.” He has taught at Princeton, Swarthmore and Fairleigh-Dickinson, and writes regularly for the Times Literary Supplement and the Wall Street Journal. He lives in Philadelphia.
With a career that dates back to the early '80s with his raucously melodic cohorts, The Slugs, Dag Juhlin should by all rights be slowing down now. But he's arguably busier than ever before, and undeniably making the best music of his life. Along with drummer Freda Love Smith and bassist Jackie Schimmel, the Sunshine Boys have released two universally lauded LPs since the band's 2016 inception. Dag also fronts the freewheeling cover band Expo'76 and has been with legendary Chicago band Poi Dog Pondering for over a quarter of a century.