Season 3 Concerts
2026 Concerts will be held at Bedford John Glenn Middle School, 2027 concerts will return to the Reed Room at Bedford Town Hall
Tickets are $25 (early bird) and $30 (week of show), and any not sold online will be available at the door. Both cash and credit cards are accepted.
October 24, 2026 7:30 p.m.at Bedford John Glenn Middle School.
Grain Thief
Boston-based Grain Thief has released a series of critically acclaimed albums and built a national fanbase off the strength of their live performances. Their latest album, House of the Dog, is a testament to perseverance, friendship, acoustic instruments, and a microphone. It is a record full of brand-new tunes you’re sure you’ve heard before and feels as comfortable as a favorite pair of jeans.
Patrick Mulroy (guitar, vocals), Zach Meyer (mandolin, vocals), Michael Harmon (bass, vocals), Tom Farrell (resonator guitar), and Alex Barstow (fiddle) have worn the chrome off their frets doing it the hard way. They’ve honed their skill as songwriters and musicians and deepened their bond as musical brothers, exploring the boundaries of Americana while showcasing the group’s core as a roots string band.
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Tickets are $25 (early bird) and $30 (week of show), and any not sold online will be available at the door. Both cash and credit cards are accepted.
November 21, 2026 7:30 p.m. at Bedford John Glenn Middle School.
Hayley Reardon
Critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Hayley Reardon has dedicated much of her life to writing, recording, and performing music around the world. With more than 85 original songs released to date, Reardon has been featured on multiple Spotify and Apple Music editorial playlists, totaling more than 8 million streams on Apple Music alone.
She has shared the stage with the likes of Lori McKenna, Rodney Crowell, Anaïs Mitchell, Dar Williams, and most recently Ed Sheeran. Her ever-deepening music carries a lyrical and melodic weight beyond her years, described as “brilliantly moving folk/pop with a lyrical depth and soul” (Performer Magazine) and “a melancholy little masterpiece” (American Songwriter Magazine). No Depression writes, “Reardon is truly a treasure.”
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Tickets are $25 (early bird) and $30 (week of show), and any not sold online will be available at the door. Both cash and credit cards are accepted.
January 16, 2027 7:30 p.m. at Bedford Town Hall’s Reed Room
Alisa Amador
Praised by NPR’s Bob Boilen as a “powerful voice whose tender performance commands attention and fosters connection,” Alisa Amador made history in 2022 with the first-ever Spanish language song to win NPR’s prestigious Tiny Desk Contest.
Slipping effortlessly between Spanish and English, Alisa’s songs are a fierce work of discovery and affirmation, a profound, revelatory meditation on triumph and loss, endings and beginnings, identity and belonging.
Amador’s passion for music is no coincidence. She began singing with Sol Y Canto, the Pan-Latin ensemble founded by her parents, Rosi and Brian Amador, at the age of five and spent much of her childhood traveling the country on an endless series of tours.
Her stunning debut solo album, Multitudes, offers a bold, captivating self-portrait and has earned her dates with everyone from Hozier and Brandi Carlile to Lake Street Dive and Maggie Rogers.
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Tickets are $25 (early bird) and $30 (week of show), and any not sold online will be available at the door. Both cash and credit cards are accepted.
February 20, 2027 7:30 p.m.
Guy Davis
A two-time Grammy nominee for Best Traditional Blues, Guy Davis is a musician, actor, author, and songwriter. He blends roots, blues, folk, rock, rap, spoken word, and world music to comment on social injustice, historical events, and common life struggles. His storytelling is crafted to create thought, underlined by gentle tones from his guitar and banjo fingerpicking. Guy sings and plays six- and twelve-string guitars, the five-string banjo, harmonica, and didgeridoo.
He has performed before the Crowned Heads of Denmark and played alongside Pete Seeger, Bruce Springsteen, Levon Helm, Dr. John, Kris Kristofferson, Buffy Saint-Marie, T-Bone Burnett, Taj Mahal, Keb Mo, John Hammond, John Sebastian, and John Denver. He has entertained in 48 states and throughout Europe, Australia, Indonesia, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Canada, and Greenland.
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Tickets are $25 (early bird) and $30 (week of show), and any not sold online will be available at the door. Both cash and credit cards are accepted.
March 20, 2027 7:30 p.m.
Mark Erelli
Mark Erelli is a critically acclaimed singer-songwriter, producer, and guitarist known for his distinctive blend of folk, rock, and Americana. Highlights from his career include 14 solo albums, three records with his bluegrass band Barnstar!, sideman stints accompanying Marc Cohn, Paula Cole, and Josh Ritter, collaborations with Rosanne Cash and Sheryl Crow, and a pair of records he produced for Grammy-winning songwriter Lori McKenna.
Spring Green, his latest studio album, is his most cohesive and emotionally resonant work to date, a collection that feels both deeply personal and universally relatable. Mark’s music has been praised in Rolling Stone, Associated Press, NPR, The Boston Globe, and many other notable outlets. Folk Alley encourages people to “listen close; there’s sure to be something in there to break your heart a split second before it leads you straight to grace.” Whether he’s wielding a pen or an acoustic guitar, Mark Erelli serves up music that welcomes the casual listener and richly rewards those who dig deeper.
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Tickets are $25 (early bird) and $30 (week of show), and any not sold online will be available at the door. Both cash and credit cards are accepted.
April 17, 2027 7:30 p.m.
Vance Gilbert
By popular demand, we bring back one of Season One’s favorites, Vance Gilbert!
Considered by many to be an integral part of the national folk scene–and one of the originators of the finally recognized R&B/Folk/Jazz crossover-subgenre–this Boston-based stalwart has recorded 14 albums to date. He’s been the opener of choice for artists as varied as Arlo Guthrie, Anita Baker, The Milk Carton Kids, and Southside Johnny, and he even opened 150+ shows for comic legend George Carlin. Besides his own busy touring schedule, he’s currently the regular opener for Mad About You/Stranger Things star Paul Reiser’s stand-up shows. He even has a tune on a Grammy-nominated children’s album. How rounded is that?
“… the voice of an angel, the wit of a devil, and the guitar playing of a god…” The Fort Worth Star Telegram
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Tickets are $25 (early bird) and $30 (week of show), and any not sold online will be available at the door. Both cash and credit cards are accepted.
May 15, 2027 7:30 p.m.
Rob Flax’s Boom Chick Trio
Back by popular demand, we’re thrilled to bring back Rob Flax’s Boom Chick Trio to the New Song stage. Flax is an award-winning virtuoso violinist, classically trained but known for his jazz and improvisational pyrotechnics and irresistible grooves. He is also a powerhouse vocalist, capable of silky crooning à la Nat King Cole as well as visceral Chicago blues shouts. Rob has performed nationally and internationally with artists such as B.B. King and Tower of Power and has written music for choreographers, films, and several original projects.
Rob Flax’s Boom Chick Trio is a Boston-based, genre-defying supergroup that features Slava Tolstoy, guitarist, singer, and producer, originally from St. Petersburg, Russia. His International String Trio fuses Gypsy Jazz with World Music, and Slava has toured across the United States many times on guitar. Rounding out the group is bassist Felix Sartori, who has performed with the likes of Peter Rowan and Twisted Pine and from Anchorage, Alaska, to Accra, Ghana.
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Tickets are $25 (early bird) and $30 (week of show), and any not sold online will be available at the door. Both cash and credit cards are accepted.
June 19, 2027 7:30 p.m.
The Nields
With 21 albums, major and independent record and publishing deals, and performances with 10,000 Maniacs, The Band, James Taylor, and The Indigo Girls, The Nields have forged a musical legacy that continues to captivate audiences around the world. Blending pop craftsmanship, folk sensibility, and the influences of ’60s classic rock and ’90s alternative, their distinctive musical style defies categorization. Their most recent album, Circle of Days, is an homage to the calendar and time, a collection of songs that is a testament to the band’s enduring creativity and unwavering commitment to their craft.
“As the work of The Everly Brothers or The McGarrigle Sisters has amply demonstrated, there are few sounds as sublime as close harmonies rendered by siblings. In the case of western Massachusetts folk rockers The Nields, the siblings are sisters Nerissa and Katryna Nields, and their inimitable vocal blend is a disarming mix of clean folk harmonies and clenched Generation-X angst.” The Chicago Tribune
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