About The Good Neighbor Concert Series

The mission of The Good Neighbor Concert Series (GNCS) is to provide a high-quality, inclusive, and accessible listening-room experience, featuring original music from diverse, underrepresented, and emerging musical artists from around Michigan and beyond, while also strengthening the Greater-Lansing community through targeted investment in local organizations whose efforts support a brighter, healthier, and more equitable future for all.

Its vision is to transform the Greater-Lansing area into a vibrant, healthy, joyful, and hopeful community where original music and artistry thrive, and where all people are seen, valued, supported, inspired, and empowered to lead authentic and fulfilling lives, in harmony with one another.

GNCS seeks to elevate voices that would otherwise not, or seldom be heard in existing performance spaces, including emerging artists, women, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and other minority/marginalized people and populations. We strive to provide a safe gathering place where attendees and artists alike can build life-giving, in-person connections, work toward mutual growth and understanding, and become agents of positive change. We support artists and organizations that share our vision and values, and that believe in goodness for its own sake.

Each event features a different nonprofit organization, which receives a minimum of 10% of the proceeds from ticket sales and concessions. The nonprofit partner organizations also have the opportunity to table at the event so that patrons can learn more, get involved, and/or donate additional funds directly if desired.

The series takes place at Stage One at Sycamore Creek Eastwood Stage One at Sycamore Creek Eastwood, a performance venue made available to the Greater-Lansing community by Sycamore Creek Church (SCC), an inclusive, affirming church where diversity is celebrated and all people are welcome. It occurs once a month, and be held on select Tuesday and Wednesday evenings.

We are partnering with local food-based startup businesses to provide a variety of concession items for purchase at the events in the time between when the doors open and when the music begins.

Our next event is scheduled for Tuesday, April 29, 2025, and will feature music from i. am. james. (Sierra Cassidy) and Dede Alder. The event will raise awareness and funds to support Mid-MEAC (Mid-Michigan Environmental Action Council).

For more details, please see the FB event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1349985199667805/

To purchase tickets, please visit: https://thegoodneighborconcertseries.ticketspice.com/gncs7

If you are struggling and unable to purchase a ticket, please contact Series Organizer/Host, Tania Watt, at taniawattmusic@gmail.com to claim a complimentary Pay-It-Forward ticket.

Series Sponsors:

"Partner-In-Good" Sponsor:

Maggie Gerich, at Rooted Real Estate of Greater Lansing at RE/MAX:
https://rooted-real-estate-of-greater-lansing-east-lansing-mi.remax-rep.com/agents/1633304/Maggie+Gerich

and

"Helping Hand" Sponsors:

BeneGuides
Elderly Instruments

If you or your organization (including individuals!) are interested in helping us to accomplish even more through this series, or to inquire about booking, please email me at: taniawattmusic@gmail.com.