Mariah and Randy, are from Indiana and have toured all over the US and Canada.
Mariah Dawn Shepherd began picking around on the guitar at thirteen. As a young but highly motivated and exceptionally talented musician, she started performing shows and playing venues at age fourteen.
Randy Widick (the Covert Dragon) is an accomplished singer-songwriter. His music has been performed in the UK, Japan, China, Philippines, Canada, and here at home throughout the US.
Only 6 more days until the Talent No Talent Open Mic!!
This is a FREE community event. Free to attend, Free to perform, and Free to vend!
We have 3 campsites left that are available for a night. Bands can reserve a site for free.
Contact us for more information!
We are proud to announce the new stage is almost finished as you can see in the video!
We are excited to get a chance to meet with all of you! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us, by email or through, Facebook, instagram, and on our website!
You can view directions on our YouTube channel (In the video you can see a billboard that Billboard is no longer there)
From I25 take exit 191 Belen Camino Del Llano, go west onto Camino Del Llano. (Opposite direction from Loves Truck stop, last available gas station) Continue all the way up the hill. Cattle crossing -first left on Harrison 6/10 mile Right on Marble quarry Rd 7/10 mile Left on Claudine Rd (at stop sign) 4/10 mile turns to dirt stay on dirt. 2 miles Stay to the left (straight at the curve) 5.5 miles Turn Right There is a sign with an arrow pointing to right. (First road to right after Lulu Lane) 3/10 miles Take left end of the road (Twinnings Rd) Arrow pointing Left 2.6 take left (Colquhoun Way) . 2/10 miles you have arrived. (There’s a Blue Moon Shipping container, Colquhoun sign)
We are looking to do a fall Music Festival in the desert..
If you’d like to check us out, come hang out at the Talent No Talent Open Mic. On May 7th.. Let us know if you’re coming and would like to camp so we can reserve a campsite for you for free.
Additionally to future events, you may also have access to the Greenroom which includes a fridge, Tv, internet access, and couch. A place to relax and get out of the sun….etc
If you can’t make it on May 7th contact us to make arrangements to visit or contact us for booking of future events.
Let us know if you’re interested in being part of a music festival and what may be needed to assist your show with us!
This is our second community open mic event. The first event was more successful than we could have ever imagined. So much so many asked us to do another one.
So we had a meeting of neighbors who all graciously come together to make this happens.
We all love where we live, find it peaceful, we’re not just neighbors, we are a family. As a family, we have opened our doors so other people can enjoy the unique atmosphere we have up here in the middle of the desert on top of a mesa.
Come up enjoy the day and come meet our family. Campsites are available check our website for more info on reserving your spot.
Bands bring tent, RV you get the night free to camp. You must contact us to reserve your spot a head of time.
Our Audio Engineer and MC is Brent he is the owner of Plateau Hame De Colquhoun . Brent has been audio engineer, vocalist for over 30 years. He had toured with a group called Jester, he has produced, co-produced, and written, done vocals for himself and with others. He has been part of audio engineering for bands like Tautha Dea, Zwaremachine, Wendy Rule, SJ Tucker, and more…
We are little less then 2 weeks away from the Talent No Talent Open Mic. We had hopes of having shower and second compost completed by then. But weather has slowed us down (actually set us backwards a little). We are also trying to find plastic pallets (not the ones with the big holes) to use as a portable stage. If you know of any please let us know.
Just a few more weeks until Talent No Talent Open Mic!!
We are working with a couple of bands that may make an appearance. We won’t mention names until we know for sure. But one is out of California and will be passing through the area. Another one is from New Jersey.
Once we know for sure one or both can make it we’ll let everyone know!
We are still looking for vendors, please contact us if you are interested.
Living in the desert is quiet, peaceful with beautiful views of mountains, fresh air, and the most awestruck views of the night sky.
But like with every pro there is a con. The big con for us is deliveries and services, we are not able to get US Postal Service , UPS , or FedEx to come out. Yesterday was yet another disappointing service failure #trashpickup. All our neighbors agreed to want some type of trash pickup service, as like us, they hate having to haul it off ourselves, for an often wasted two hour trip because the landfill seems only to be open as they choose to.
Yet again we got nothing but disappointment, not because the trash company won’t come, but the cost of them coming.. Not only would there be a monthly trash bill, but also a mileage and hourly bill for their driver, as they say it’s to far out (remind you we are only 14 miles from town). But this company Valley Sanitation, LLC. . has the only contract with the county of Socorro and in order for them to get here they have to drive out of their way to Belen which is in a different county.
There is a south access up here that would save about 50 miles, but the county is unwilling to maintain it, so right now it is not passable for a vehicles of any type. If this access was available we would have just normal costs for service as well as other availabilities. It’s really a waste for us that we live in a county when we can’t even access the county or the services our taxes are providing for. Maybe, #MichelleLujanGrisham our Governor here in New Mexico will have a different perspective.
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