Special event!
Honoring videographers Chad Finer & Barbara Krinitz
7:30 — Liz Simmons
Born in San Francisco to musician parents, Liz Simmons spent her early childhood traveling through the wilds of North America in a sky-blue VW bus. Her parents were itinerant musicians, moving from California to Oregon, then to Alaska. Inspired by her beginnings, and after a brief foray into classical music, Liz found her way back to folk and roots music, founding the bands Annalivia and Low Lily with husband Flynn Cohen, as well as performing with Long Time Courting, John Whelan, and as a backing vocalist for Livingston Taylor, Tom Chapin, Melanie, and others. 2021 saw the release of “Poets" (her first solo album in fifteen years) which has been lauded as "an ageless album" (Irish Music Magazine), "more than the sum of its considerable parts" (RNR Magazine), and "pure poetry indeed" (Goldmine Magazine).
8:15 — Lillian Chase & Micah John
Micah John is an award-winning fiddler, guitarist, and singer. At only 18, she has spent the last decade immersed in the roots music community of the Northeast and has performed at legendary venues such as Club Passim and The Burren Backroom. Lillian Chase, a 20-year-old fiddler and vocalist grew up enveloped in the old-time and bluegrass scene in and around Asheville, NC, playing Southern venues including Merlefest, and is now studying Music Performance at Berklee College of Music. Micah and Lillian were initially connected by their shared mentor, Bruce Molsky. The two started performing as a duo after placing 1st in the Twin Fiddle category at the 2022 Lowell Banjo & Fiddle Contest, and played a sold-out show at Club Passim in the fall of 2022. Micah and Lillian share a love for old-time tunes and ballads, and interlace sets with newer songs and tunes. Their shows are full of tight harmonies, twin-fiddling, and rocking guitar & fiddle duets.
9:00 — Andrew Brozek
Andrew Brozek is a Montana-based singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He draws from bluegrass, folk, and Americana in his writing, and he will be performing all original music off his new EP Can’t You See I’m Happy?