Watkins Family Hour

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Please note, we require that audience members either be vaccinated or have a negative COVID test within 72 hours prior to the performance.
Proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test result will be required for entry and may include the following options: a vaccination card (or photo), a digital record within an app, an official immunization record, or documentation of a negative test result.

Sean and Sara Watkins are akin to royalty in American folk circles.

—The Guardian

Growing up near San Diego, siblings Sean and Sara Watkins played countless shows at a local pizza place in Carlsbad, California, with their childhood friend, Chris Thile. As young adults, the musicians drew acclaim as Nickel Creek, an acoustic ensemble that sold millions of albums, won a Grammy, and toured the world.

Encouraged by a local club owner in Los Angeles, guitarist Sean and fiddler Sara formed Watkins Family Hour in 2002 as an outlet to try out original songs and a few covers that wouldn’t work in Nickel Creek. That club, Largo, has become the home base for Watkins Family Hour, whose shows frequently pair musicians who seem to have little in common yet find a shared language in their music.

Returning to the studio for the first time since their self-titled 2015 debut, Sean and Sara consider 2020’s brother sister a duo-centric record—yet one that feels bigger than just two people.