Bite Size Salon creates one-of-a-kind, intimate gathering experiences that connect performing artists and composers with new audiences in a format that is social, accessible, and deeply personal. Each event brings together a small group of guests for an evening that unfolds in three parts — cocktails and connection, live performance with conversation, and cordials — designed to dissolve the distance that typically exists between artists and those who might come to love their work.

The driving belief behind this project is that artists are not charities but essential contributors to the cultural fabric of our communities, deserving of sustainable support and celebration. By placing artists as co-creators of each event — shaping the hospitality, the content, and the conversation — guests receive something no online platform or traditional venue can replicate: a shared experience built around something unique and extraordinary.

The intended audience are curious, engaged individuals who may not have had prior opportunity to meet the performing artist or composer, but who have both the appetite and the means to participate in an evening comparable in cost to a typical night out. By forging genuine connection between artists and new admirers, each event seeds a micro-economy — funds directly benefit artists and help propel future performances and projects.

This is a repeatable, evolving format, refined after each gathering through feedback from both guests and artists, and built on the conviction that the future of culture is face-to-face.

—Bonnie Marshall