About
A community music club in the concrete jungle, featuring live performances every night. Established 2019 in the old police car garage, as an independent owner operated venue by and for local artists, fans, and musicians.
Participate with the community in different activities including our free open mic & karaoke every Wednesday. Live music by local musicians every night. The most details and up to date information is available for each event on our Facebook calendar: https://www.facebook.com/TheJungleCMC
Founding Members
Brian Mirage - Dancer & Manager
@lifes_a_mirage
Carissa Johnson - Singer & Former Booker
Carissa got her start in the Boston area, writing songs and performing locally, now expanding all over the U.S. The singer and her band won Boston's legendary Rock & Roll Rumble in 2017 and took home the ‘New Act of the Year’ award at Boston's 30th Annual Music Awards the same year. She has toured the country extensively both as a solo acoustic artist and with her band, and has opened for national acts such as Damone, Dorothy, and the Damnwells. After creating the artwork for her own albums as well as other independent bands' albums, she decided to take it a step further and create Fuel Heart Productions. The company is dedicated to supporting bands on the rise, and has since expanded into a wide range of media creation, including photography, music videos, custom skateboards, band/brand logos, show posters, (formerly booking at The Jungle in Somerville, MA), promotion, artist features, and more. Carissa recently spoke at Apple for #TodayatApple in San Francisco for a 3-part series on branding, and building a strong image and foundation as an independent artist. She also co-founded the DIY Artist Blog with Vanessa Silberman of A Diamond Heart Production. // carissajohnsonmusic.com // @carissajohnsonmusic // fuelheartproductions.com // @fuelheartproductions
Eva Davenport - Singer & Former Booker
@lyricsbyeva
Gabriel Forsyth - Artist & Bartender
@rectilinear
Heather Lee Miller - Drummer & Former Manager
Drummer and Andover, MA native, Heather played in clubs like this all around the country. Especially in bigger cities with financial pressure on small clubs, some pass that on to bands with requirements that bands buy a minimum number of tickets to their own shows. As a musician it’s important to Heather that The Jungle will never do that. Despite rents going up in Somerville, The Jungle will never make bands pay to play. Heather played in original bands of genres ranging from hard rock to alternative; including Scour, Decoded, and Eye for None; as well as classic rock cover bands.
Heather Timmons (right) - Sound Engineer & Booker
@tinyoakbooking
Meghan Caseau (left) - Artist & Former Manager
@theshortestmeg
Sam Epstein - Manager & Owner
First and foremost a music fan, that’s why Sam wanted to open The Jungle. As a fan there is no better place to visit or work than a local music club. Sam is a Somerville resident, renter, and worker. Sam works to keep The Jungle the best place for musicians, employees, and customers. The Jungle's mission is building a real community of people who want to support local music and go to more shows. There will never be an app for that. But now there is a community music club in the concrete jungle, with live music every night and a free open mic every Wednesday. Sam is still putting references to his favorite hair metal bands on the menu. But he is a fan of all local music and enjoys seeing all genres performing live.