Star Parks // Waldo Witt Residency: Night #1 ft Austin Manuel

Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM

Gold—Diggers, Los Angeles

**Star Parks** is the project of American singer-songwriter and musician Andy Bianculli. Since the release of their 2016 debut Don’t Dwell the band has grown into an 8 piece mini-orchestra, a far throw from its beginnings as a solo act. Touring France and Ireland as a solo artist in early 2016, Bianculli caught the attention of Dublin based label, Paper Trail Records when a mutual friend heard the then unreleased album and passed it along to Jack Rainey and Dan Finnegan at Paper Trail. In April of 2016, the band released their first single Theoretical Girls. A somber ballad of unrequited love and disrupted fates. **Waldo Witt**’s musical evolution is as expansive as the geography he’s covered. His 2019 debut EP, Randall, introduced listeners to his dreamy bedroom pop sensibilities, followed by the introspective Inner Paths. But it was his 2022 full-length album, Long Daze, Dark Nights, that marked a significant shift. Trading electronic beats for lush, phased-out guitar riffs and ethereal vocal harmonies, Waldo drew comparisons to the early works of King Crimson and the harmony-rich records of Friends-era Beach Boys. ’ Austin Manuel was born and raised in Nashville until his Saturn Return catapulted him out to Los Angeles in 2017 in a sea of grief and inspiration. Post-pandemic, Manuel started promoting shows at a small club in Atwater Village, cultivating a community of like-minded musicians around LA and beyond. He now lives in Highland Park, Los Angeles, with his wife and baby boy. He owns and operates the music venue and record store, Healing Force of the Universe, in Pasadena. Manuel released his latest album, Conception, in 2025 after many years of writing in California and then producing on trips back home to Tennessee between 2022 and 2024. The album centers around relearning his childhood, understanding his relationship to his father (d. 2017), and his transition to California.