MONTHLY ACOUSTIC MUSIC CONCERTS IN WESTERN CONNECTICUT- Sundays at 4pm
Come experience the music
of the people!
Sunday, February 1, 2026, 4 pm
BETTY and the BABY BOOMERS
When Betty Boomer, Jean Valla McAvoy, Paul Rubeo, and Steve Stanne began singing together more than 35 years ago, the name made sense— a play on Betty’s name and the fact that all are children of the baby boom.
Bassist Robert Bard fit right in demographically when he joined later on. If they've had second thoughts, it’s too late to change now. “Betty and the Baby Boomers” appears on the covers of the band’s five CDs, and the name is known to folk music fans from the mountains of Connemara in Ireland to the Catskills overlooking New York's Hudson Valley, their home base.
The folk genre covers many styles. The Boomers’ take on it is suggested in a review of their second recording, Tumbling Through the Stream of Days,in the folk song magazine Sing Out! It described the group as “a refreshing reminder of the halcyon days of American folk music” and the CD as “an enthusiastic testament to the sheer joy of singing and playing music.”
In addition to original songs from Jean, the Boomers draw on sources including traditional tunes, Americana roots music, contemporary artists like Greg Brown, Bruce Springsteen, and Dougie MacClean, and classic “folksingers” like Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, and Phil Ochs. Whatever the source, each song is “Boomerized” – set in distinctive arrangements with three and four part harmonies. The singers' voices differ in range and color; they combine in a unique and resonant blend that is the Boomers’ signature. Their vocals are coupled to impressive instrumental work on guitars, Dobro, bass, bodhran, and kazoo, or sometimes — “Look Ma, no hands”— uncoupled in a capella selections.
Sunday, March 1, 2026, 4 pm
ERIN ASH SULLIVAN
A New England native, Erin Ash Sullivan’s music reflects a dense of place, and her lyrics—sometimes heartfelt, sometimes funny—are always authentic and drawn from her lived experience, harnessing the power of story to build connection. Victor Infante of the Worcester Telegram & Gazette describes her music as “delicate and evocative” with songs full of “nuance and emotional resonance.”
Erin's sophomore album, Signposts and Marks, came out July 2024 and reached #4 on the FAI Folk DJ Chart for that month. In 2023, she was a “Most Wanted” selection from the Grassy Hill Emerging Artist Showcase at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival. An award-winning songwriter, she has been the winner of the Rose Garden Coffeehouse Performing Songwriter Competition, recipient of the Mark Erelli Judge's Choice Award in the New England Songwriting Competition, and a finalist in the Great American Song Contest and the Mid-Atlantic Song Contest.
She is also the three-time winner of her hometown's Fourth of July pie-eating contest. And of course there's a song about that.
AND
GEORGE POTTS
George haves been making music throughout Northwestern Connecticut for many years. After attending Lake Forest College in Illinois, he spent the early 1970's in Chicago as a founding member of the eclectic folk/jazz ensemble, REDWOOD LANDING.
George moved to rural Kent, CT in 1976, where he played bass for years with his father-in-law, the noted pianist DOLPH TRAYMON, at the iconic FIFE 'N DRUM Restaurant.
For the past 20+ years he has most often been seen performing & recording as a member of the NWCT acoustic quartet, the JOINT CHIEFS, and as a bassist accompanying singer WANDA HOUSTON. More recently, he performed as a duo with multi-instrumentalist GORDON TITCOMB, as well as in occasional trio appearances with R.A.M. - a.k.a. Random Access Memory - featuring Gordon and LENIE COLACINO.
His first solo cd, "Ends and Odds", was released in October, 2022, and got as high as #17 on the FAI Folk Music charts ... He’s still waiting for the check... but my instrumentals have twice won the "Best Instrumental Award" at the New England Songwriting Competition - that's something....!
tickets
ALL OUR TICKETING IS THROUGH EVENTBRITE: $25 in person, $20 streaming
We also welcome ticket purchases at the door day-of (up to the capacity of our venue).
OUR SPONSORS:
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Danbury
For over 200 years, the congregation has enhanced Greater Danbury with liberal, non-dogmatic religion; social witness and action; and cultural offerings. Committed to an inclusive understanding of the human and natural community, it is a place of welcome for all.