Coming Up Next:


Geoff Kaufman

Ballads, work songs, songs of nature, songs for peace. Jan. 10 at 7:30 in New London, CT!

On a Day Like Today was released in 2024. Geoff says the songs have attached themselves to him “like seeds hitchhiking on socks and shoelaces as you walk through a field.” Like seeds, he is glad the songs find growing distribution. According to Rick Koster in The Day, “Kaufman’s strong and lovely tenor is expressive and nuanced,” and continues that the songs capture “Kaufman’s views on our place and responsibilities as humans.” 

Geoff sings songs of iconic composers Phil Ochs, John Prine, Pete Seeger, Kate Wolf, and Leonard Cohen, and others less known. Geoff sings songs he loves for their pure grace and beauty.  Mostly, he just loves to sing, whether a cappella or accompanied by guitar, concertina or bones. Geoff has eight albums available at geoffkaufman.com, including one with Pete Seeger, Ronnie Gilbert, Jay Ungar & Molly Mason, and Eric Weissberg with songs collected in the Catskills. Geoff will be featured on WCNI 90.9 FM on January 8th at 8 a.m., hosted by Dot Ames of Gramma’s Attic!

Friday January 10, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. 

Unity Hall at All Souls UU 19 Jay Street, New London CT 06320

Tickets: $17 in advance and $20 at the door. Tickets on Humanitix or call All Souls at 860-443-0316 by January 9 to reserve a seat. $10 for students and active Military with ID.

Livestream option will go live the night of the concert on  Youtube.com/@AllSoulsNewLondon. All are welcome! Donations via  Venmo@fridaynightfolk-remote or Square are much appreciated!

Friday Night Folk Spring concerts:

February 15 (Saturday!) Love Songs – a benefit concert for the Haitian Hub

March 14   Claudia Schmidt

April 11      Guy Davis

May 16      Steve Elci – a Family Concert

About Friday Night Folk:


Friday Night Folk at All Souls joyfully supports social and environmental justice by bringing live traditional, contemporary and multicultural folk music to the larger community in a welcoming and accessible performance space.

Friday Night Folk concerts began in 1989 at All Souls Unitarian Universalist Congregation in New London, bringing quality folk music and performers to southeastern Connecticut. Through the years, folk music fans from all over New England have enjoyed the music of  artists such as Richard Shindell, Red Molly, John Gorka, Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion, David Mallett, Patty Larkin, Geoff Kaufman, Utah Philips, Cheryl Wheeler, Gordon Bok, Bill Staines, Bill Morrissey, Vance Gilbert, Aztec Two-Step,Voco, Ida Red, Work o’ the Weavers, The Burns Sisters, and emma’s revolution.