Each month at the shop we host a variety of workshops, concerts, sings and other community events. Our space can hold sixty folks comfortably, and up to about a hundred rather uncomfortably.
Shape note singing is a social, community singing tradition. We sing from The Sacred Harp and The Shenandoah Harmony, music books printed with shaped note heads designed to teach vocal, sight singing. This music is characterized by open harmonies and a raw, powerful sound that is sung in unaccompanied, four-part harmony. All religious affiliations (and un-affiliations) are welcome. We sing for each other and the joy of singing. This is music for participation, rather than performance.
We’re delighted to be back singing in person! Bring a favorite folk-genre song or two to share with our community of singers. Chorus songs or repeated refrains are encouraged. You can lead a song, sing along, hum, listen, or add some accompaniment. No mic, no pressure, no performance. Just singing together in a friendly, supportive space! Free (pass-the-hat goodwill donation welcome).
Concert – Ben Garnett Trio (feat. Ben Plotnick & Nate Sabat)
Concert – Ben Garnett Trio (feat. Ben Plotnick & Nate Sabat)
October 19, 20256:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Guitarist/composer Ben Garnett’s sophomore studio album, Kite’s Keep (2025), reimagines the acoustic guitar not as a lead voice, but as a cinematic landscape—an evocative space where fiddle, bass, and ensemble interplay bring guitar-born ideas to new life. With a dream team of acoustic virtuosos and a composer’s eye for drama and narrative, Garnett crafts songs that feel like short films—shifting fluidly from folk to bluegrass, pop to jazz, classical to avant-garde. For listeners ready to explore the guitar’s untapped world-building power, Kite’s Keep is an invitation to lean in and look again.
“You think you’ve heard it all until a Ben Garnett comes along to show us how much more there might be.” — PREMIER GUITAR
“Garnett has a beautiful, curious, deep mind.” — CHRIS ELDRIDGE (PUNCH BROTHERS)
Shape note singing is a social, community singing tradition. We sing from The Sacred Harp and The Shenandoah Harmony, music books printed with shaped note heads designed to teach vocal, sight singing. This music is characterized by open harmonies and a raw, powerful sound that is sung in unaccompanied, four-part harmony. All religious affiliations (and un-affiliations) are welcome. We sing for each other and the joy of singing. This is music for participation, rather than performance.
For more information about our recurring workshops and gatherings, please go here. And if you’d like to be kept in the loop about our upcoming events, you can sign up for our mailing list! We do our best to keep it succinct, interesting and not too frequent. And we will of course not share your contact information. Not that anyone has asked.
