THE CHANDLER TRAVIS PHILHARMONIC is an 8-piece technicolor extravaganza from Boston that includes a horn section, string bass, mandocello, guitar, drums, accordion, keyboard, and singing valet. It’s possible they might be the missing link between the Kinks and Sun Ra… The band has introduced the concept of alternative dixieland and omnipop to dumbfounded/delighted audiences all over Massachusetts (most frequently in Cambridge at the Middle East, Toad, or the Lizard Lounge; or on Cape Cod at the Wellfleet Beachcomber), and far beyond (San Francisco, Chicago, and especially New Orleans and New York City have proved particularly responsive -the Village Voice declared them “keenly entertaining”, called Chandler “a true New England eccentric and a master of daft power pop”, and the band “a blend of Ringling Bros. and Ra” that “puts the harm back in Philharmonic”; the New Yorker has repeatedly concurred.)

The Chandler Travis Philharmonic

Friends of Cape Cod National Seashore with Far Land at the Beach co-sponsors the popular Sunset Music Series Wednesdays, at Herring Cove Beach, Provincetown. Bring your appetites and chairs and enjoy these free concerts.