Shows
May 15, 2026 Savage Craft Ale Works
7:30pm – 10:30pm Savage Craft, 430 Center St, West Columbia SC 29169 Phone (803)888-6005 Food and Beer in a park like setting. Nice stage.
May 16, 2026 World Famous Blue Crab Festival, Little River SC
We play 3pm to 5pm. Details on their website https://bluecrabfestival.org
May 21, 2026 (Thursday) Icehouse Amphitheater Spring Concert Series
6:30pm – 9:00pm Icehouse Amphitheater, 107 W Main St., Lexington SC 29072. Honored to be chosen to close out the Town of Lexington’s free spring concert series! Beautiful Amphitheater holds 1000 people. Food truck will be available. Plenty of room between rows makes it easy to get in and out of seats.
May 23, 2026 LJ’s Par & Grill
7:30pm – 10:30pm LJ’s Par & Grill, 381 Pilgrim Church Road Lexington SC 29072 Phone (803) 356-4653 A Bar w a golf driving range and great food. It’s the Redneck Top Golf.
May 30, 2026 5:30 – 9:30 Nauti Turtle (formerly Catfish Johnny’s)
1925 Johnson Marina Rd, Chapin SC 29036 Phone (803) 749-1555 Fun venue right on the water- drive or boat over.
June 20, 2026 Private Party
June 26, 2026 Boho Pizza and Brew Lexington
7:00pm – 10:00pm Boho Pizza Lexington, 2514 Augusta Highway, Lexington, South Carolina 29072 Phone 803-756-0164 They have a great reputation. Come see what all the talk is about.
July 11, 2026 Nauti Turtle (formerly Catfish Johnny’s)
5:30pm – 9:30pm 1925 Johnson Marina Rd, Chapin SC 29036 Phone (803) 749-1555 Fun venue right on the water- drive or boat over
July 25, 2026 Wings & Ale of Lexington Cancer of Many Colors Raffle!
8:00pm – 11:00pm Wings & Ale of Lexington, 154 Ellis Ave, Lexington, SC 29072 Phone (803)399-8557 Have you been since the remodel? Great place to see the band. Caring local owner. Come support and party!
Aug 7, 2026 Columbia Wings and Ale
7:30pm – 10:30pm Wings and Ale Columbia, 125 Outlet Pointe Boulevard, Columbia, SC 29210. They will clear a large area for dancing! Food is good. One of the few places that actually batter their own onion rings!
Aug 22, 2026 BoHo Links in Chapin
7:00pm – 10:00pm BoHo Links, 2032 Old Hilton Rd, Chapin, SC 29036 Phone 803-930-2930. A new golf center becoming the place to go. Good vibe. Nice view of the band.
Aug 28, 2026 LJ’s Par & Grill
7:30pm – 10:30pm LJ’s Par & Grill, 381 Pilgrim Church Road Lexington SC 29072 Phone (803) 356-4653 A Bar w a golf driving range and great food. It’s the Redneck Top Golf.
Sept 11, 2026 Boho Pizza
7:00pm – 10:00pm Boho Pizza Lexington, 2514 Augusta Highway, Lexington, South Carolina 29072 Phone 803-756-0164 They have a great reputation. Come see what all the talk is about.
Sept 18, 2026 Columbia Wings and Ale
7:30pm – 10:30pm Wings and Ale Columbia, 125 Outlet Pointe Boulevard, Columbia, SC 29210. They will clear a large area for dancing! Food is good. One of the few places that actually batter their own onion rings!
Oct 3, 2026 Private Party
Oct 16, 2026 LJ’s Par & Grill
7:30pm – 10:30pm LJ’s Par & Grill, 381 Pilgrim Church Road Lexington SC 29072 Phone (803) 356-4653 A Bar w a golf driving range and great food. It’s the Redneck Top Golf.
Oct 31, 2026 Halloween Show Wings & Ale of Lexington
8:00pm – 11:00pm Wings & Ale of Lexington, 154 Ellis Ave, Lexington, SC 29072 Phone (803)399-8557 There will be a costume contest and loads of fun. This our 3rd year doing it here. Reserve early as it has been selling out. Great place to see the band. Caring local owner. Come support and party!
Nov 13, 2026 Boho Pizza
7:00pm – 10:00pm Boho Pizza Lexington, 2514 Augusta Highway, Lexington, South Carolina 29072 Phone 803-756-0164 They have a great reputation. Come see what all the talk is about.
Dec 4, 2026 LJ’s Par & Grill
7:30pm – 10:30pm LJ’s Par & Grill, 381 Pilgrim Church Road Lexington SC 29072 Phone (803) 356-4653 A Bar w a golf driving range and great food. It’s the Redneck Top Golf.
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Milestones
June 2023 Band Inks Deal For Show at Icehouse Amphitheater
The band gained the attention of the Town of Lexington and the result was an invitation to perform at the town’s largest and most visible venue. Our show will be part of the Spring Concert Series on April 25, 2024. Happens to mark the 10 year anniversary of Bruce & Julianna performing in clubs as The Fringe Benefits and Julianna’s birthday!
Band Reforms in SC Debuts to Capacity Crowd
Bruce and Julianna moved to Lexington SC. Bruce arrived in Sept 2022 and along w Julianna reformed with some excellent musicians. In March 2023 the new lineup played at Wings & Ale Lexington SC to a capacity crowd that resulted in the biggest night the club owner has ever had! Thanks to the friendly folks in the Lexington area for such a warm reception!
New Years Eve 2020
Fringe Benefits Drummer Gets a Gold Record Award! Eddie Anzueto Jr. receives an official RIAA Gold Record award presented by lead singer Julianna Smith for his work on Salt n Pepa album Brand New. Full story here.
August 2018 Fringe Benefits Named Best of Haymarket
Haymarket Lifestyle Magazine listed The Fringe Benefits Band as the winner of the band category in their “Best of 2018” issue!
January 2018 “Step Out” Wins Award
Co-writers Bruce Moore and Julianna Smith win an award in the Mid-Atlantic Song Competition for “Step Out”. The song followed on the success of “Your On My Time Now!” and has been well received in our live shows. Great to have this honorable mention from the contest managed by SAW (Songwriters Association of Washington).
Nov 3, 2017 Songs from “Step Out” are broadcast for the first time!
We had a nice interview with Bill Everatt on Celtica Radio. He played “Sign of Love” and “Step Out” as part of the segment on The Fringe Benefits. Here is the interview-
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Oct 7, 2017 – We release our new album “Step Out”
We performed some songs from the album to a packed house at N. Virginia’s largest bar venue – Uptown Alley. There are 7 songs including 3 originals- Step Out, Go Strong and Sign of Love. Click here to buy the CD and have it shipped to you. Download from iTunes Here. May 2017 – Local Airplay on WERA 96.7 Arlington Va
The DC Music Rocks Show aired our song along with some very positive commentary. Here is an excerpt from the show talking about our recording.
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April 2017 – Radio Interview
We have begun to get airplay for “You’re On My Time Now!” on half a dozen internet or broadcast stations worldwide. Celtica Radio not only approved our song for play on their internet channel, they also asked for and received an interview with the band. The interview with the song is on regular rotation for the next few weeks and will also be broadcast throughout central Europe from a radio boat off the coast of the Netherlands. Here is the recording of the interview
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Dec 2016 Fringe Benefits Merchandise Store Opens
Apparel with The Fringe Benefits Band logo. See the store here.
October 2016- Featured in Prince William Living Magazine
Our honor to have a feature article in our county’s most influential magazine. Written by Ema Young who interviewed clients, friends and took pages of notes during our band practice/interview. See that issue of the magazine here.
September 2016- Band Casino Bus Trip
We chartered a bus and took 48 people to the Horseshoe Casino Baltimore for our show. They also received $30 in slot play. Great group of happy people who made this a very memorable show.
January 2016- We Are On The Juke Boxes!
Our band’s original song “You’re On My Time Now!” was added to Touchtunes. It’s the Jukebox on the wall at most bars. Unfortunately they took it down after 10 years.
August 2015
Our first album, a 5 song EP “You’re On My Time Now!” is released on iTunes. The title track was written by FB guitar synth player Bruce Moore. Within 2 days the bands version of “Heartache Tonight” out-charts JD Souther (one of the songwriters) and Marie Osmonds version. Click the store of your choice to purchase. iTunes • Amazon • Google Play • cdbaby (Download and physical cd)
Sept 6, 2014
we performed prior to Slash and Aerosmith in the Jiffy Lube Live VIP Club. Click here for the full page news story in Prince William Today.
