Music

The Greater Boston Vintage Society is known for having great live music and the Vintage Oasis will continue this tradition in a big way. Headlining the weekend is the one-and-only “Swingin’ Palms”! This New York based, authentic tropical band will be the center-point of our Grand Luau which is the start of our Saturday evening entertainment. We will also have multiple local acts between Friday night and Saturday.

Closing out the event will be our late-night dance party in the Sturbridge Host restaurant will be turned into a 1950’s juke-joint for your dancing pleasure. Opening act will be “The Hydronauts”! This new surf rock band, will be up on your feet and riding the wave in no time! Then get ready to change it up for “The Sound Minds”. Hailing from New York, this exciting band will conclude our night with a super fun Twist Party!

Get ready with free dance lessons during Saturday’s activities. We look forward to seeing people twisting and swinging the night away! GBVS has a long history of swing dance events, and we encourage those from the swing community to join us. This will be a music selection that is fun and dance-able for all kinds of styles! See the Schedule Page for more info.

Friday Night we have Boston’s Electric Heaters warming us up with a performance at our Pool Party! If you haven’t seen them before, this band really knows surf! Here’s a description from their website:

There’s a dark wave crashing over the breakers. Reverb dripping, drums pounding the shore…it’s the Electric Heaters! The Heaters play Retro-sonic Surf Noir. Think Ventures meet Khruangbin. Think dark, moody, and groovy instrumental music for the 21st Century. Led by guitarist Matt Heaton and his reverb drenched guitar twang, the Heaters mix familiar sounds with just the rich modern ingredients—like a perfect cocktail, their musical mixology goes down just right.

Saturday the Vintage Oasis welcomes “The Hydronauts”! They will play in the Palm Court during the day and be the opener for the Sound Minds Twist Party. Here’s a little info from their Facebook and Bandcamp pages.

From the shores of Old Cape Cod, The Hydronauts bring you the sound of the surf. The Hydronauts began in 2018 when guitarist Ed Desautels took up a challenge from a friend to write and demo a song a month. The result was an album’s worth of poorly recorded but promising instrumental surf numbers. A couple years later, Ed reunited with college buddy and multi-instrumentalist Glenn Sadin to do a proper recording using vintage analog equipment. Excited by the results, Desautels and Sadin exclaimed as one, “Say, kids! Let’s put on a show!” And so, they wrangled native Californian Michael Kirstein on bass. The Hydronauts’ mission statement? To bring the sound of the surf to Cape Cod and beyond. Everybody up!