Past Shows

  • Kristen Graves- Connecticut’s State Troubadour – In Concert

    Friday, October 17, 2014 Doors open 7:00 pm. Concerts starts 7:30 pm. Tickets: $15 at door, $12 advance, $10 students/military with ID Concert pix below.  

  • For Pete’s Sake, A Pete Seeger Tribute

    A Multitude of Musicians Performing Songs Written By/About Pete Seeger Friday, April 11, 2014, 7:30 p.m.Unity Hall, All Souls UU Congregation 19 Jay Street, New London, CT No reservations or ticket sales for this concert. Your free will donations will benefit Save The Sound, a bi-state program of the Connecticut Fund for the Environment Doors…

  • Be Our Valentine! Nancy & Ben Parent + Liz & Dan Spurr

    Friday, February 14, 2014 7:30 p.m.            

  • Sister Mary & Sue Mead

    Sister Mary, with Sue Mead opening Friday, September 13, 2013 7:30 p.m. Ticket prices: $10 at the door; $8 in advance. “SISTER MARY is the monicker used by Westerly, Rhode Island, native, Indie Folk songwriter-songstress Mary T. S. Brooks. Elegant lyrics, mixed with banjo, acoustic guitar and bewitching melodies will hook you.” Dirty Gerund At Ralph’s Rock…

  • Red Molly

    Friday, March 21, 2014, at 7:30 p.m. Since 2004, Americana trio Red Molly has been bringing audiences to their feet with gorgeous three-part harmonies, crisp musicianship, and their warm, engaging stage presence. The band consists of Laurie MacAllister (bass, banjo), Abbie Gardner (dobro, banjo) and Molly Venter (guitar). If one word describes the new Red…

  • The Kennedys

    Friday, May 2, 2014, at 7:30 p.m. In a career that now spans two decades, New York duo Pete and Maura Kennedy have traversed a broad musical landscape, surveying power pop, acoustic songwriting, organic rock rooted in their early days in Austin, and a Byrds-inspired jangle that drew the attention of Roger McGuinn, Steve Earle,…

  • Geoff Kaufman, Charlie King & Karen Brandow

    Friday, January 17, 2014, at 7:30 p.m.          

  • John Gorka

    Friday, October 4, 2013 7:30 p.m. Ticket prices: $20 at the door; $17 in advance; $10 students w/ID in advance or at door. John Gorka is a contemporary American folk musician. In 1991, Rolling Stone Magazine called him “the preeminent male singer-songwriter of what has been dubbed the New Folk Movement.” A world-renowned singer-songwriter from New Jersey,…

  • Tom Chapin

    Friday, November 8, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. Ticket prices: $20 at the door; $17 in advance; $10 students w/ID in advance or at door. The son of noted jazz drummer and teacher Jim Chapin and the grandson of author/critic Kenneth Burke and portrait painter James Chapin, Tom Chapin is a Grammy Award-winning American musician, entertainer, singer-songwriter…

  • Ronny Cox with Radoslav Lorković & Chojo Jacques

    Friday, May 17, 2013 Ticket prices: $20 at the door; $17 in advance; $10 students w/ID. (David Glaser appeared instead of Radoslav Lorković) “… a master of the low-key wit, and his public persona is an irreverent mix of Tom Lehrer and, I dunno, Ghandi. Maybe that’s a stretch. Now playing out on his own,…

  • Dan Stevens & Darin Keech

    September 14, 2012 7:30 PM All Souls UU Congregation Unity Hall 19 Jay Street, New London, CT                

  • Christine Lavin at Friday Night Folk

    Friday, April 5, 2013 Ticket prices: $20 at the door; $17 in advance; $10 students w/ID. visit Christine online … Christine knitted with us …                                   Carole Kargher sang to us …       Christine sang to us…

  • Lucy Kaplansky in Concert

    Friday, February 22, 2013 Ticket prices: $20 at the door; $17 in advance; $10 students w/ID. more about Lucy Kaplansky …

  • Geoff Kaufman & Magpie

    Friday, January 25, 2013, 7:30 PM. Geoff Kaufman, acoustic music with a pinch of salt.More about Geoff here … Magpie, the duo of Terry Leonino and Greg Artzner. More about Magpie here …

  • Nancy Parent CD Release Concert

    Nancy Parent with Dogbite  Friday, October 26, 2012, 7:30 PM Nancy Parent. Since 1998, Nancy has played with established folk-rock band, The Rivergods, as a lead singer, guitarist, and pedal steel player. She continues to broaden her musical endeavors performing solo as well as collaborating with other Connecticut artists.  This will be Nancy’s first solo…

  • Gordon Bok Returns to Friday Night Folk!

    Willoughby Gap opening for Gordon Bok Friday, October 12, 2012, 7:30 PM Gordon Bok calls himself a ‘rememberer’:  a keeper of songs and stories, of our traditions, our ways of thinking, that set us apart from others yet confirm our pace in the flow of humanity.  t More about Gordon Bok …   Willoughby Gap is…

  • Antje Duvekot In Concert

    May 18, 2012 8 PM Tickets: $20 at the door~cash/check $17 in advance $10 students w/current ID “What a blessing to have worked with someone as talented as Antje. With a voice like hers, and songs as good as these, a producer (especially a first-time producer!) just tries to get out of the way, to…

  • Kim & Reggie Harris In Concert

    March 23, 2012 8 PM All Souls UU Congregation Unity Hall 19 Jay Street, New London, CT Consummate musicians and storytellers, Kim and Reggie Harris combine a strong folk and gospel legacy with a solid background in classical, rock, jazz and pop music. Creative curiosity, years of road and stage experience and interactions with performers…

  • Shoreline Acoustic Music Society

    Shoreline Acoustic Music Society (SAMS) 5th Annual Acoustic Music Festival July 8, 2011, 6 – 9:30 PM All Souls UU Congregation, Unity Hall 19 Jay Street, New London, CT Tickets:Donations gratefully received. Doors open at 5:30 PM.  

  • Eliza Gilkyson In Concert

    October 21, 2011 8 PM All Souls UU Congregation ~ Unity Hall 19 Jay Street, New London, CT “ . . . catchy songs with intelligent lyrics . . . Gilkyson’s vocal machinery can take you anywhere you want to go . . . the emotional intimacy of Gilkyson’s voice delivers her songs directly to…

  • Community Showcase Concert ~The Rivergods & Dogbite

    September 23, 2011 8 PM All Souls UU Congregation ~ Unity Hall 19 Jay Street, New London, CT The Rivergods. With experience, comes truth, strength and grace… passion found not just in the chase, but in the hard-wrought wisdom of roads well-travelled and lessons learned along the way. More about the Rivergods … Dogbite. Americana / Blues…

  • Geoff Kaufman & Atwater-Donnelly, February 3, 2012

    February 3, 2012 8 PM All Souls UU Congregation ~ Unity Hall 19 Jay Street, New London, CT Geoff Kaufman  “acoustic music with a pinch of salt”   More about Geoff here … Atwater-Donnelly  “a unique and thrilling blend of traditional American and Celtic folk music and dance, along with original songs and poetry” More about Aubrey…

  • Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion ~ October 22, 2010

    8 PM Unity Hall All Souls UU Congregation 19 Jay St., New London, CT 06320 “Authentic, Timeless, Harmonious, Exhilarating.” Any or all of these adjectives could describe the folk-rock sound created by Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion. The disarming granddaughter of Woody/daughter of Arlo and the prodigious South Carolinian quite naturally bring out the…

  • Daniel Pearl World Music Days Concert Series ~ October 24, 2010

    Shoreline Acoustic Music Society (SAMS) ~ An Evening of Music Honoring the Life of Daniel Pearl ~ Sunday, October 24, 2010 7 PM All Souls UU Congregation ~ Unity Hall 19 Jay Street, New London, CT Concert admission is free.  Intermission refreshments gently priced. Musicians from throughout the region joined an international network of performers…