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Second Friday Concert: Songwriters In the Round
Second Friday Concert: Songwriters In the Round

Fri, Jan 09

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Parish Hall

Second Friday Concert: Songwriters In the Round

Join us on the second Friday of the month from 7:30 - 10:00 pm for a night of music featuring Barbara Kessler, Jennifer Kimball, and Diane Ziegler. Tickets are available on Eventbrite, and season memberships are also offered. We look forward to seeing you there!

Time & Location

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Jan 09, 2026, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM

Parish Hall, 404 Concord Ave, Belmont, MA 02478, USA

About The Event

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$25 admission

Three of the preeminent singer-songwriters to emerge from the New England folk music revival of the 1990s share the stage for a once-in-a-lifetime night of beautiful music, harmony, and friendship. Don’t miss it.


BARBARA KESSLER

Barbara Kessler won awards from folk festivals including Kerrville, Telluride, and Rocky Mountain folks, received national airplay as well as been featured on Sirius/XM and Mountain Stage, and her songs have been featured on TV shows like NCIS, JAG, Passions, One Life to Live, The Young and The Restless, All My Children, Ed, and Felicity. She shared the stage with artists including the Indigo Girls, Shawn Colvin, Arlo Guthrie, Dar Williams, and many others. Her albums include Stranger To This Land, Notion, and What You Keep.

https://www.barbarakessler.com/


JENNIFER KIMBALL

A force in the local music scene, Jennifer Kimball is a musician known for her unusual choice of notes, her passion for dissonance, and her willingness to create harmony where none has been envisioned before. She began songwriting in earnest in 1995 after leaving her first band, the critically acclaimed duo, The Story. In the early aughts, she and her partner, Ry Cavanaugh, had a band called Maybe Baby. After the birth of their son, Ry started Session Americana, Jennifer released Oh Hear Us, and headed to Harvard’s Landscape Institute to pursue a degree in landscape design. Jennifer is a frequent collaborator and contributor to other people's projects and/or shows, and she is the brainchild behind the incredible holiday-ish music collaboration Wintery Songs In Eleventy Part Harmony.

https://www.jenniferkimball.com/


DIANE ZIEGLER

Diane Zeigler emerged on the national folk scene in the early ’90s, and over the course of several years, she built a strong following throughout New England and beyond. She released her debut CD, Sting of the Honeybee, on Rounder Records in 1995. She also released These are the Roots, Paintbrush, and December in Vermont. She won awards at Kerrville, Rocky Mountain Folks, and Telluride festivals. Her music has also been featured on many compilation projects for both major and independent labels, including Rounder Records, Sony Music, National Geographic Magazine, Yankee Magazine, and others.




SECOND FRIDAY CONCERTS


Since 1985, we have presented acoustic music concerts on the second Friday of each month (excluding summer). We give 100% of our net proceeds to charity (with a focus on small, local social action-oriented charities — i.e., homelessness, food pantries, LGBTQ youth initiatives, etc.). Our volunteer staff strives to give our audiences a chance to experience a night of amazing music in an intimate, friendly setting. Tickets for individual shows can be purchased on Eventbrite . Season memberships are also available. We look forward to seeing you at a show.

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