"Music with nutritional value!"
A concert series, featuring Folk, Celtic, Bluegrass, Americana, Blues & World music
outstanding performers from all over the world!
And an intimate venue for events of all kinds, including concerts.
The original 49 seat venue, located at 206 East "F" St. in Downtown Tehachapi.
Music, spoken word and more.
Available to the community for rent for all kinds of events, including, but not limited to, meetings, classes and workshops, parties, book signings.
Contact us at fxvenue@gmail.com
or call Mountain Music at (661)-823-9994
Upcoming events at a glance!
In the Fiddlers Crossing Venue,
206 East F St.
Tehachapi
Tuesday, November 25, 7pm
Eclectic Film Series
$10 at the door.
Doors open 6:30pm
2026
Friday, January 16, 7pm
"The Spoken Word" Open Mic
$10 at the door
doors open 6:30pm
Saturday, January 24, 7pm
Kevin Kelso, singer-songwriter
Tickets $30
Friday, February 20, 2026, 7pm
Beppe Gambetta, guitarist/singer
Tickets $30
"Spoken Word" open mic will be re-scheduled in February.
Date TBA
Saturday, March 7, 2026, 7pm
Presented at House of Wax Vinyl,
112 East Tehachapi Blvd., Suite B
Cory Branan
Alternative Country/Folk singer-songwriter
Tickets $30
Friday, April 17, 2026, 7pm
"The Spoken Word" Open Mic
$10 at the door
doors open 6:30pm
Saturday, April 25, 2026, 7pm
Presented at the Fiddlers Crossing listening room
206 E. F St., Downtown Tehachapi
Paula Fong, singer-songwriter
Tickets $30
Friday, May 15, 2026, 7pm
Presented at the Fiddlers Crossing listening room
206 E. F St., Downtown Tehachapi
The return of Water Tower!!
Tickets $30
"Spoken Word" open mic will be re-scheduled in May.
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Refreshments included for all events.
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Saturday, January 24, 2026
Presented at the Fiddlers Crossing listening room
206 E. F St., Downtown Tehachapi
Kevin Kelso, singer-songwriter
(An extremely skilled and clever one!)
Tickets $30
Kevin Kelso is an LA-based singer-songwriter who has performed at numerous LA venues.
His first one-man show, "Prodigal Hoosier", premiered in Indianapolis at the 2016 IndyFringe Festival. He premiered his second one-man show, "They're Laughing WITH Me, Right?", at the 2017 Tucson Fringe Festival, followed by his third show, "Prodigal Hoosier Returns", at the 2019 IndyFringe.
Tickets may be purchased at MountainMusic, 206East F St., Downtown Tehachapi or House of Wax Records, 112East Tehachapi Blvd, Downtown Tehachapi.Reservations with a credit card, call 661-823-9994. To purchase tickets with Venmo,use handle FiddlersCrossing1957. Paypal: fxvenue@gmail.com.When purchasing tickets with Venmo or Paypal, it is important to specify the name of the artist for which the tickets are being purchased and to provide an email address.
Friday, February 24, 2026
Presented at the Fiddlers Crossing listening room
206 E. F St., Downtown Tehachapi
Beppe Gambetta, Italian guitarist/singer
Beppe Gambetta is considered one of the finest flatpicking guitarists on any
continent, playing, according to Acoustic Guitar magazine, a “virtual
United Nations of influences: Italian, Ukrainian, Appalachian,
Sardinian, Celtic.”Tickets may be purchased at MountainMusic, 206East F St., Downtown Tehachapi or House of Wax Records, 112East Tehachapi Blvd, Downtown Tehachapi.Reservations with a credit card, call 661-823-9994. To purchase tickets with Venmo,use handle FiddlersCrossing1957. Paypal: fxvenue@gmail.com.When purchasing tickets with Venmo or Paypal, it is important to specify the name of the artist for which the tickets are being purchased and to provide an email address.
Saturday, March 7, 2026
Presented at House of Wax Vinyl,
112 East Tehachapi Blvd., Suite B
Cory Branan
Alternative Country, Folk singer-songwriter
Tickets $30
Over the last two decades Cory Branan has released five albums to much critical acclaim from NPR, Pitchfork and Rolling Stone among others, who called him, “A country boy with a punk-rock heart.” He has toured extensively, appearing on stages from Letterman and the Ryman to your town’s shittiest punk bar.
“...a career stacked with lonesome country anthems to life on the road, delivered in a voice that's pleasantly weathered.” - NPR
Tickets may be purchased at MountainMusic, 206East F St., Downtown Tehachapi or House of Wax Records, 112East Tehachapi Blvd, Downtown Tehachapi.Reservations with a credit card, call 661-823-9994. To purchase tickets with Venmo,use handle FiddlersCrossing1957. Paypal: fxvenue@gmail.com.When purchasing tickets with Venmo or Paypal, it is important to specify the name of the artist for which the tickets are being purchased and to provide an email address.
Saturday, April 25, 2026, 7pm
Presented at the Fiddlers Crossing listening room
206 E. F St., Downtown Tehachapi
Paula Fong, singer-songwriter
(in a trio configuration)
Tickets $30
Paula Fong is an Americana singer-songwriter from Los Angeles with a sound that can vary from lilting trad folk, to upbeat country toe tappers, to soulful grit. During her youth, she spent many summers in the French countryside, and was deeply influenced by the local Breton folk music. She continued to explore singing various genres from Classical to Chinese opera and eventually joined an Americana church band where the main musical focus was acoustic country and folk - the kind of music that is both spiritual and also something people can relate to in everyday life.
Tickets may be purchased at MountainMusic, 206East F St., Downtown Tehachapi or House of Wax Records, 112East Tehachapi Blvd, Downtown Tehachapi.Reservations with a credit card, call 661-823-9994. To purchase tickets with Venmo,use handle FiddlersCrossing1957. Paypal: fxvenue@gmail.com.When purchasing tickets with Venmo or Paypal, it is important to specify the name of the artist for which the tickets are being purchased and to provide an email address.
Friday, May 15, 2026, 7pm
Presented at the Fiddlers Crossing listening room
206 E. F St., Downtown Tehachapi
The return of Water Tower!!
Tickets $30
Water Tower, the LA-based Alternative Bluegrass band, is
returning to the Fiddlers Crossing venue, by popular demand!!
The band previously appeared at the
downtown venue in April, 2025 and played to a packed house,
receiving standing ovations from the crowd in attendance.Tickets may be purchased at MountainMusic, 206East F St., Downtown Tehachapi or House of Wax Records, 112East Tehachapi Blvd, Downtown Tehachapi.Reservations with a credit card, call 661-823-9994. To purchase tickets with Venmo,use handle FiddlersCrossing1957. Paypal: fxvenue@gmail.com.When purchasing tickets with Venmo or Paypal, it is important to specify the name of the artist for which the tickets are being purchased and to provide an email address.
About Us
About Fiddlers Crossing Concerts
On April 17, 2010, Fiddlers Crossing held its opening concert in Tehachapi, CA, with local band, “Geezers on the Loose.” The owners, musicians Peter Cutler and his wife, Deborah Hand-Cutler, wanted a place where people could listen to the best in acoustic music without the clatter of dishes and the whirl of espresso machines. They wanted a place where people could get lost in the music and share a magical evening in an intimate setting. Peter is the engineer for the Folkscene radio program,, and Debby is the owner of Mountain Music, the downtown Tehachapi music store.
Over the years, the venue has gained a world-wide reputation as a premier venue for acoustic music. This is due to the brilliant sound engineering of Peter Cutler, the cozy atmosphere, the snacks and special desserts, and also to the appreciative and enthusiastic Tehachapi audience. The audience members often become big fans of the musicians, who come from all over the world. It’s not uncommon for some to travel long distances to hear their favorites again, and to become friends.
The activities included one or two concerts per month, weekly Wednesday night open mics, and free First Friday showcases featuring local area musicians as well as up-and-coming talents just starting to tour.
Then came March of 2020 and the Covid pandemic. The venue, naturally closed and remained so throughout 2020 and 2021.
Now, as things open up ,Fiddlers Crossing has transitioned from a music venue to a house concert series.
About Owners Peter and Debby
As owners of Fiddlers Crossing and Mountain Music, Peter Cutler and Deborah Hand-Cutler have become mainstays of the acoustic music scene in Tehachapi.
Peter Cutler, a singer and guitarist, has been the recording engineer for the radio program, “Folkscene,” for 49 years. As part of that work, he has recorded many of the best folk and Americana artists from all over the world. With the passing of the original hosts, Roz and Howard Larman, Peter and Debby have taken an even more active role in the program, joining the Larman’s son Allen, and daughter-in-law Kat. Peter is still engineering, while Debby is now doing some of the interviews. Fiddlers Crossing concerts have been used on the program for several years. Peter now produces, engineers and hosts an online version of the program over FolkMusicNotebook.com, giving Folkscene a world-wide audience.
Deborah Hand-Cutler has been a familiar face in the Tehachapi music scene since the early 1990s. As the owner of Mountain Music, she was responsible for starting two orchestras, the Tehachapi Symphony Orchestra and the Tehachapi POPS orchestra, aka TPOPS. She still plays cello and mountain dulcimer at the store, and also plays bass, tenor banjo, mandola and viola, as well. She was a member of the popular local Celtic band, Paint a Rose. Debby also served on the City Council for 8 years, including a year as Mayor.
Gallery of Artists
Musicians who have performed for the Fiddlers Crossing Concert Series - Click to see the full size picture
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