Event Details
The second annual June Farm Show! An evening of music and libations on the Intervale! Picture yourself enjoying the beautiful songs of Chris Acker & The Growing Boys, Esther Rose, Kassi Valazza, Mr. Sam & the People People, Devin Champlin, The Wormdogs, and Long Gone John amidst the flower fields of June Farm! So bring your best camp chair and a blanket and set up shop for the evening. Music until the sun sets!
Doors @ 1:30pm
Music @ 2:00pm
Foam Brewers on site serving up your favorite local brews!
Jilib Jiblets & The Caracas BTV serving up your favorite eats!
*This event is rain or shine (backup venue in the event of rain storms is Foam Brewers @ 112 Lake St. Burlington)
*No refunds
*No dogs - please
*Limited parking - biking/walking encouraged
Chris Acker:
Chris Acker is originally from Washington state but spends most his time writing songs in New Orleans and performing with the Growing Boys
"In a genre full of tall tales and marketable lies, Chris Acker crafts candid songs- weaving his wit and his woes into a body of work that exposes the stale plight of the American Songster to the honest, and sometimes hilarious, light of day"
-Nick Shoulders
Chris Acker - Debbie Does Dallas
Esther Rose:
After spending her formative years in Michigan, Rose relocated to New Orleans and got her start in music there while awash in the unparalleled energy of the city’s scene. Over the course of her first three records, an infatuation with traditional country gradually evolved into a more distinctive style and increasingly personal material. Rose’s music traced her changes as she moved through stages, studios, and home addresses, and she eventually left NOLA for New Mexico where the two year writing process for Safe to Run unfolded. Making the transition to this new environment after spending the better part of a decade building a life somewhere else demanded looking around and taking stock. All the heaviness, sweetness, levity, and self-discovery that had led up to that point began funneling into new songs that moved slower in order to dig deeper, taking on the intricate hues of a desert horizon as they came together.
Esther Rose - Spider [Official Music Video]
Kassi Valazza:
There is a cult-like fascination growing around Kassi Valazza following the self-release of her 2019 debut album Dear Dead Days and her surprise 2022 EP Highway Sounds. She is seated squarely at the vanguard of new American songwriters strengthening and broadening the sound of country music as she tours with celebrated acts such as Melissa Carper and Riddy Arman. The Southwestern native resides in Portland, a hotbed of songwriters producing albums that both bear the torch and bend the arc of American roots music, where she recently signed with Fluff & Gravy Records — a label known for launching Anna Tivel and Margo Cilker.
Mr. Sam & the People People:
Standing beside the emerging songwriting voices of the Pacific Northwest and of the New Orleans americana scene, Mr. Sam has carved his own corner of the genre. His writing focuses on the joys and virtues of living and loving, but not without recognizing the endurance and patience that is required to find it in an unforgiving world. On his sophomore album Again! Again!, Mr. Sam plays freely with this duality and what paths lie between – a shoulder to cry on, a cannonball on a hot summer day, the unknown warmth of a stranger.
Drawing influence from classic singer-songwriters and New Orleans R&B greats, he has also become a student of his contemporaries through his close collaborations with Dean Johnson, The Sons of Rainier, Sam Doores, Chris Acker, to name a few. Citing them as his biggest influences as a writer, Mr. Sam says “There is no better lesson in writing than to write, but the next best thing is to be there to hear the moment when a song becomes itself.”
Mr. Sam & The People People - Pictures of Us
Devin Champlin:
Devin Champlin is a song slinging multi-instrumentalist from Northwestern Washington. His recordings, solo and as the songwriter/frontman for Sons Of Rainier have found their way into the permanent library of hobos, widows, fry cooks, and fancy pants alike. Intimate lyrics filled with optimistic existentialism are unhurriedly sung with a woodgrain baritone over fingerpicked guitar, the occasional elbow fiddle or keyboard. He prefers not to lean too hard into any specific genre, although hes satisfied with the umbrella term folk as the idea of non-commercial music made by people for the people. As an artist with a DIY aesthetic, he uses songcraft as a medium to create imagery- along those lines he also produces animations, videos, paintings, drawings, and prints in tandem with his musical output. Keeping the audience (and himself) on their toes, he rarely plays the same thing twice- sometimes it may seem as if the wheels are about to fall off, but the train stays on the tracks and its a satisfying roll. In addition to his 2 releases with Sons Of Rainier he has a handful of full length solo albums out, including one all instrumental album recorded on an Amtrak train, and the most recently released Lonesome Splendor In The Circus Tent (2024).
Zach Bryson:
Zach Bryson writes songs and sings them wherever people will let him. With a voice reminiscent of a bygone era he has yodeled his way into the hearts of many! Influenced by all forms of American music his songs find a home somewhere between the Country Blues of the 1920’s and the more modern sounds of contemporary Folk/Americana music.
Zach Bryson - My Body is a Temple
The Wormdogs:
Conceived in 2017 out of a mutual respect, friendship, and love of one another's musicianship~ Their sound ranges from traditional old time to heavy folk-adelic to finger rippin bluegrass. Their instrumentation consists of a fiddle, upright bass, both electric & acoustic guitars, and a drummer. The whole band writes songs, taking turns singing and harmonizing. In their five years together The Wormdogs have released three full length records - Doggin is my Business, Hey Thanks, and most recently Sunny Side Up which is now available everywhere digitally and on vinyl.
Long Gone John:
A hard travellin', folk singin', blue feelin', fingerpickin', tall tale teller currently based in Portland Oregon. Inspired by aimless travels and the never-ending argument between the head and the heart; Long Gone John has found his voice in the humor of it’s troubles and recklessness of their beauty.
*This event is rain or shine (backup venue in the event of rain storms is Foam Brewers @ 112 Lake St. Burlington)
*No refunds
*No dogs - please
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