The Falcon in Marlboro holds 150 people. That is the entire room — 150 seats, a stage close enough to feel the bass in your chest, and not a bad sightline anywhere in the house. When Club d’Elf rolls through on Friday, July 31, that intimacy is going to matter a great deal.
Club d’Elf is a Boston-based trance-improvisation collective that bassist and composer Mike Rivard has been steering since 1998, when the late Mark Sandman encouraged him to get it off the ground. Twenty-seven years in, the band is still a shape-shifter — pulling from Moroccan gnawa, dub, jazz, electronica, and improvised funk in ways that feel less like genre-blending and more like their own gravitational field. The press quote that keeps following them around — “the lovechild of Pink Floyd and George Clinton, dropped in Marrakesh” — is doing a lot of work, but it is not wrong.
They arrive in Marlboro behind Loon & Thrush, released April 10, 2026 on Face Pelt Records. Recorded live in-studio with minimal overdubs and organized around the theme of flight, the album features eight original instrumentals plus two Grateful Dead covers that get deconstructed far enough to feel like entirely new terrain. It is dedicated to the late Brahim Fribgane, whose sintir work was foundational to the band’s Moroccan sound.
The confirmed lineup for the Marlboro show: Will Bernard on guitar, Kris Yunker on organ, clav, and keys, Mister Rourke on turntables, Rivard on bass and Moroccan sintir, and Fabio Pirozzolo on drums — plus surprise guests.
The Venue
The Falcon sits at 1348 Route 9W in Marlboro, in the heart of the Hudson Valley. Dining opens at 5:30pm and runs until 9pm, which makes a strong case for arriving early — get a table, settle in, and let the evening build the way it should. Reservations are not required; bar seating is unreserved and a table wait-list is available at the door. Music starts at 7:30pm.
A 150-person room, a band that sounds like nothing else on the circuit, and a Friday night on the Hudson. Plan the drive accordingly.
Tickets
Tickets are available at The Falcon’s website.