Merch
All proceeds go towards supporting local music! At shows, 100% of passing the hat goes to the touring band, and we’ve been stoked to pay the local acts from the house fund since 2021. (Details at the bottom⬇️)
Mug Club $40
The Original cheers-worthy support of local bands the Switchyard Houseshow. Each mug sponsors a local act!
Multi-use format for pens, coins, houseplants, tea-leaf divination, microwaved cakes, and/or your favorite beverage.
More functional than cupped hands ☑️
Hats $20
Coozies $5
Stickers $2 each, or 3 for $5
Monon Day Shirts $25
A fest day as old as time and still fresh in our memories. Although Monon Day has been happening since before my grandma’s grandma’s grandma sewed the first Monon Day banner as a retirement project with Betsy Ross-Claypoole, it first became federally recognized 50 years ago! We’ll celebrate this momentus anniversary with a 5K after-party on September 21st 2024.
What’s your favorite Monon Day memory or tradition?
Local Music Sponsorship: The Switchyard Houseshow crew has been happy to volunteer since the beginning of it all. Passing the hat meant that touring bands got some gas money and whatever extra boost to keep them rolling. Starting in 2021, Host and Game Master, Tim JW Baker, decided he wanted to pay local bands, but without skimming from the touring acts, and began paying the supporting acts a modest amount out of pocket. (While still throwing free shows in the living room and back porch!) The man’s bananas and a secret Patron Saint of House Shows (this is written by LW, who enjoys having a very balanced budget spreadsheet). With the start of the Mug Club in 2023, we’ve tried to make paying local bands a bit more sustainable, with each mug covering pert near enough to pay one local act. In early 2024, we added a paid option for the newsletter to add to the fund for local acts, and with a handful of sponsors, or heads of the PTO bakesale as we like to think of them, we’ve been able to cover more of the local acts that we love. With the support of the best community, we’ve been inching towards sustainably paying all acts that come through our door! If we break even and beyond, anything extra will go towards show expenses, Monon Day, and maybe some yet un-dreamed-up cool stuff! So get yourself some sweet Switch hats and coozies, look cute as heck, and know that you’re helping us take steps to our fully funded goal 🎉✨
As always, you’re invited to shows whether you bring bucks or just an interest in good people, good music, and good things.
TL; DR: 100% of donations at each show goes towards the touring band, while Mug Club, Substack boosters, and now this here merch goes towards paying local acts a nudge of what they’re worth.
Come grab some merch at the next show, or hit us up through email and we’ll work out mailing. (TheSwitchyard.Houseshow@gmail.com)
Our shows are to remind us that we shouldn’t toil alone, so don’t be a stranger.
The rule is: If you hear about it, you’re invited.