Watkins Family Hour Holiday Show

The Watkins Family Hour Holiday Show brings the Largo project led by Sara and Sean Watkins to the Coronet Theatre for a seasonal evening. Beyond its holiday billing, the available information does not specify the night’s repertoire, guests, or exact performing lineup. Expect the focus to be on the Watkins Family Hour rather than a separately billed support act or a described special presentation.

Sara and Sean Watkins are co-founders of the Grammy-winning acoustic trio Nickel Creek, and the San Diego Troubadour says they were “raised literally in the bluegrass scene of North County.” Their Watkins Family Hour gatherings at Largo have given them a way to invite musical friends including Greg Leisz, Jackson Browne, Fiona Apple, and Booker T. Jones. The same publication called the group’s self-titled album “near Americana-roots perfection,” built from reworkings of traditional country and honky-tonk material alongside inventive covers. It praised the songs as “creative revisions,” observing that the group “does more than simply perform other people’s songs.”