Top 5’s for our 5th Birthday
November 5th, marks our 5th year here in Lancaster. Five years old! And to celebrate, we asked some of our staff and friends to help us out by giving us some of their Top 5 lists. At the end, you’ll get your chance to share your Top 5 List from Tellus360.
In the comment section below, submit your Top 5, and on Monday, November 9th, at noon, we’ll randomly select one of you to win a $25 gift card to Tellus. Easy enough, right?
So here are some of our Top 5 lists, and remember that some of us can’t count very well, so sometimes we came up with just 1 or 2:
Joe Devoy
Donal Lally
Top 5 beers we have had on tap (in no order because I love all beers)
Top 5 concerts I’ve seen at Tellus, again in no order.
Kevin O’Mahony
Top 5 Draft Beers
Ken Mueller
Top 5 Shows/Moments
- DJ Jazzy Jeff (for my birthday, no less!)
- Ton-Taun – any show, but particularly when the keyboards fell apart. An accident that worked.
- Kopecky
- Great Caesar
- PitchBlak Brass Band
Top 5 Non-Show Moments
- World Cup Soccer, both men and women. Not a huge soccer fan, but the energy in the room. Wow.
- Acappellus360 – More fun than humans should be allowed to have, and I’m just an observer, not a performer.
- Halloween at Tellus – the energy the past two years has been incredible
- The food – It keeps getting better, and every meal is a great moment
- April Fools Pranks – Love that some of you are still asking about the zip lines…
Top 5 Local Bands at Tellus
- Ton Taun
- Jake Lewis & the Clergy
- Meg & the Right Sound
- Saint Elouise
- Here Inside
Bria Garcia
Here’s my top 5 events and happenings at Tellus 360 (in no specific order)
- King Street Seisiún-I’ve had the opportunity of being on both sides of the bar for this event. Both equally great craic!
- Acappellus 360-This one hits a high note with me. (Hoping for a Team Tellus How Bad We Are revival.
- Andy Warhol Factory Party-In 2014 Tellus 360 was turned into The Factory for one night only. We got down with so much tin foil!
- Whiskey Passport-With my passport I’m given the opportunity to travel the world one whiskey at a time from the comfort of my favorite pub.
- World Cup Soccer Games- “USA, USA, USA!”
Bill Speakman
1. Second Sky (had to).
2. Tal National
3. Zongo Junction
4. Nappy Riddem
5. Radiohead Tribute
Kate Cannon-Davis
Annie Weeks (from Lancaster Office of Promotions)
Top 5 Beers
- Magners
- Crabbies
- Summer Shandy
- Harp
- Guinness
Top 5 non-beer drinks
- Apothic Red
- the Sauvignon Blanc
- egg nog around the holidays
- something fruity by Kevin
- a shot of water poured by Joe (when I just didn’t need one more but my friends did)
Top 5 Memories at Tellus
- Our engagement party
- our wedding (!)
- Christmas dinner on the mezzanine with the Tellus family a few years ago
- the A Week Away night featuring 5 different bands (and raising a ton of money for AWA families!)
- yoga on the roof on a Saturday
- and have to mention Mairtin’s going away party!
Top 5 Shows
- Stray Birds
- Carsie Blanton
- PitchBlak Brass Band
- Vulcans
- Second Hand Suits
Andy Mowatt
Top 5 Beers
- Guinness (downstairs)
- Harp
- Lager
- Red Stripe
- Troegs Perpetual IPA
- Hot whiskey (w/ lemon, cinnamon, cloves)
- Rijuice mixers, all of them
- Irish coffee
- Captain on acid
- Steely Slam
1. Coming in from the snow, apparently on a closed Tuesday and having a warm drink and hospitality from Joe.
2. Every Sunday session
3. Being on the roof late at night–peaceful perspective of the city
4. Mairtin’s farewell afternoon/evening/night
5. Recording a live video session with my band in the Sugar Tank studio.
1. Sunday jam session during St Patrick’s day block party
2. King Street Big Band
3. “Captain Trips” Grateful Dead premier night
4. Johnny Cash tribute show
5. Every Steely Jam show
Jen Baker – Lancaster Office of Promotions
Top 5 Beers
- Guinness
- Murphy’s
- Guinness
- Murphy’s
- Genny Cream Ale
Top 5 non-beer drinks
- The hot toddy Joe D. made when I wasn’t feeling well. Felt great after two of them…
- The test recipes for a Ward 8 cocktail
- I think those are the only non-beer drinks I’ve ever had a Tellus
Top 5 Memories at Tellus
- July 14, 2013 Sunday Supper (was there for my 40th birthday)
- ExtraGive 2011 (I think this was the year. It was the first night Tellus had its liquor license)
- Getting to know the amazing staff over the years!
Top 5 Shows
- The Kilmane Saints after Seisiun
Eric Garman
Top 5 Beers
- The first pint of Guinness I had was possibly the first (definitely the 2nd or 3rd) ever poured at Tellus. Joe it was the Thursday night, Joe texted me as soon as the license was good to go.
Top 5 non-beer drinks
- Giselle loves having a cider at Tellus! Or jack daniels
- Jack Fires shots with Roses Rugby
Top 5 Memories at Tellus1. Our awesome wedding in the Temple!2. Our wedding post party! House music by Calvin Bailey. Joe telling me to stand on the bar at our wedding after party, me jumping off.3. Giselle being in the 1st Accapellus with “Tellus how bad we are”4. Our first Roses Rugby Banquet at Tellus just after the lounge was built.5. Sunday pints and Sunday Session music.
Top 5 Shows
- Red Rose Soul Club!
- Left Lane Cruiser
- Corty Byron at The 2nd Tellus Anniversary night
11 Comments
Matt Cleveland
November 5, 2015 10:34 am
Top 5 shows:
1. Andrew Belle
2. David Mayfield Parade
3. Angel Snow
4. Stray Birds
5. Carsie Blanton
Bonus Top Moment:
Finding out Ken Mueller is a Trent Dabbs fan
JIll Good
November 5, 2015 11:10 am
1. Matt and Jill’s Wedding Extravaganza (duh)
2. Doppleganger Halloween 2015 (yes, it was *that good*!)
3. silent disco with Aortic Valve on the roof
4. World Cup action with the kiddos and some Guinness
5. Acappellus360 (because nothing beats watching others do what they do, on the fly. it’s magic.)
Diana Wade
November 5, 2015 11:50 am
I have to agree with Joe on the #1 show–Johnny Cash show with Corty Byron–Our favorite!!! We still talk about what a great night we had at Tellus!
#1 Tellus360 Regular
November 5, 2015 12:15 pm
Top 5 beers
Murphy’s – nuff said
Top 5 shows
This is a tough one for me
1. The Districts – it was this show in 2013 that brought me to Tellus
2. Low Cut Connie
3. Kansas Bible Company
4. Green Onions Reunion
5. Both 2014 and 2015 Roots and Blues festivals – too many acts to name
And so many more I had the priveledge of seeing here
Best moments
I’m thinking when I got woken up at 2:00 am by a call from Jake saying a front window was broken out. I figured he was drunk and hallucinating until I heard Kate in the back ground telling me to quote” Ruby get your ass in here and fix this window so I can go home”.
This years first night of the R&B festival and asking Kevin if I could do a shot with the best bartenders in town. Kate and Joe P. know the rest of the story that resulted in Kevin telling me he wasn’t going to serve me again!
Tina Golden
November 5, 2015 12:58 pm
Top 5 Experiences at Tellus360:
1. Sunday Suppers (and meeting wonderful people like the Mortons). I miss Sunday Suppers like my childhood.
2. Yoga on the rooftop (especially with Michelle Burch Newman as the instructor)
3. Declan O’Rourke concert (and especially when he sang, “Galileo” — magical!
4. Directing the photo shoots for the Boscov’s Fall Fashion book and the Boscov’s Seventeen Magazine ad
5. All the great new friends and new experiences still to come (now that I’m officially a Lancastrian!)
Shiobhain Harding
November 5, 2015 1:51 pm
Top Beers
1. Harp
2. Wacker
3. Troegs
4. Mirror Pond
5. Victory
Top Events
1. Salsa Dancing
2. Silent Disco
3. Nepal Day
4. Story and Poetry Slams
5. Shooting Stars on the Roof Top
Top Bands/Music
1. Eleanor
2. Declan
3. Damian
4. Ton Taun
5. Cherish the Ladies
6. ALL the music sessions
Not to mention Whiskey Passport Haikus, Nepali Christmas, New Years Eve, soccer, birthdays celebrations and the launch of many amazing friendships and community connections!
Steve Wells
November 5, 2015 2:31 pm
5 best things @ Tellus360
1. WXPN Funk at Friday
2. WXPN listener review/rating
3. Genny Cream Ale on tap
4. Vinyl listening area
5. Rooftop!
Ken Mueller
November 10, 2015 10:00 am
Hey Steve, you’re our winner! We’ll be getting your gift card to you!
John Yost
November 5, 2015 2:50 pm
Top 5 Memories
1/ First Friday, before it was a popular thing to do, in the Old Store having Wine while browsing with my wife.
2/ revamping, getting the bars in and Serving Great Craft Beers.
3/ opening the Rooftop with the occasional Elevator Issues.
4/ the Many Great Bands, to mention a few, Green Onions/Corty, The Doors Tribute/ Corty, Johnny Cash/ Corty, Corty/lol Shout out for Local Talent, the Halloween Parties, St Pats Day and on and on, love it.
5/ The Great Staff, their always trying harder, the food and venue.
Doreen Kreiner
November 5, 2015 3:20 pm
Top 5 TellUs Memories:
1. NYE 2015 – “smuggling” jello shots into TellUs, to share with everyone!
2. Nepal Earthquake Benefit
3. Troeg’s Tour Bus Trip
4. Peaches and Bears Party – even though I had foot surgery, and had to hobble on crutches, I made it!
5. Every Sunday Funday Americana Session I have attended over the last year or so
Do I get to name more than 5?????
Kristen Zimmerman
November 5, 2015 4:31 pm
Top 5 Tellus Memories
1. Silent disco dancing with Jenny where I sprained my ankle and Joe had to drive me home :)
2. WXPN 80’s night
3. All Story Slams
4. Roots and Blues Festival
5. Halloween Doppelgänger Party