Logan Hone at Bob Baker Day 2024 (photo by Linnea Bullion)
A longtime joyous steward of arts and culture in Los Angeles, our dear friend Logan Hone recently left us to
relocate to Portland and share his love with the PNW. This Wednesday we are so happy to have him back home with us in glooorious big band ensemble in addition to dancing, puppetry, and live animation from the legend Pendleton Ward who has given us Adventure Time and The Midnight Gospel :’)
Logan Hone is an artist of infinite wonders. He’s an impeccable purveyor of woodwinds, visionary video editor, champion of the hacky sack, longtime organizer of Art In The Park, and as you’ll soon see, a phenomenal composer and bandleader. He’s brilliant and loving, and it shines through in every note he plays.
Whether you know Logan from his deeply spirited live performances, or from his appearances on recordings with John Carroll Kirby, Weyes Blood, Lana Del Rey, Hand Habits, Father John Misty, Brijean, Eddie Chacon, Booker Stardrum, and so many more, or if this is your first time crossing paths… please know you’re in for something singular and special.
Logan has assembled an all-star band for the occasion & in addition to music we’ll find added merriment in improvisatory puppetry performed alongside the musicians. Has this year also made you weary? Does the heart need some tender communal nourishment? Do you need to watch some cathartic channeling through the divine art of music? In the wise words of David Byrne, this must be the place.
Thank you to our dear friends and collaborators of the Bob Baker Marionette Theater for hosting us this evening. 50% of ticket sales will go back towards supporting our beloved community pillar so pls donate generously if you have the means!
This Wednesday’s band will include:
Logan Hone on sax & flute
Diego Gaeta on keys
Aaron Otheim on keys
JP Maramba on bass
Noriko Terada on percussion
Adam Starkopf on drums
a visit from the Art in the Park Community Band horn section
Jessica Hemingway on creative movement
Pendleton Ward on live animation
the marionette theater on puppets
& possibly even more !
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Logan Hone is a multi-instrumentalist known for his exuberant performances, imaginative projects, & wide ranging collaborations.
His upcoming release Dance of Delight presents the joy-forward tunes he’s been tooting on sidewalks, parks, & stages across Los Angeles and beyond over the past five years. The album explores themes of channeling joy through instruments, facilitating communal celebration, & enjoying a full-bodied musical flow.
Logan has played music with John Carroll Kirby, Eddie Chacon, Molly Lewis, Jerry Paper, Pearl & the Oysters, Gregory Uhlmann, John C. Reilly, Father John Misty, Booker Stardrum, Diego Gaeta, Bat For Lashes, and oh so many wonderful projects! Past original projects include Similar Fashion, All-Time Extra Stripes, Wind Sun Salt the Path, It Lo, Flowers on Loan, as well as creating & directing the Community Band at Art in the Park LA for 8 years.
He currently performs with his Feeling Fireworks Band and through roaming solo music cart performances aboard the Feel-Good Music Train.
Bob Baker Marionette Theater is an iconic Los Angeles institution that has served our communities with creativity, joy, and imagination since 1963. They are the longest continuous running puppet theater in the United State, a designated Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument, and for more than 60 years have worked to preserve, educate, and innovate at the intersection of Puppetry and the Allied Arts.
The Bob Baker Marionette Theater is home to more than 3,000 puppets, one of LA’s greatest archives of both puppet history and novelty music, and have played an essential role in entertainment culture outside of the theater having worked on everything from Mister Rogers Neighborhood to Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind. In addition to collaborating on occasional concerts together, Living Earth has been a production partner for Bob Baker Day at LA State Historic Park since 2024.