Internationally traveling modern-folk troubadours Friction Farm and longtime Massachusetts singer-songwriter Eric Phelps will co-headline Stage 33 Live, 33 Bridge Street in Bellows Falls VT on Sunday, October 29, 2023, in a 3:00 PM matinee. Tickets are deeply discounted — $10 in advance through stage33live.com or $15 at the door. As always, seating is limited and the event will be recorded and filmed.South Carolina-based duo Friction Farm are Aidan Quinn and Christine Stay, who combine storytelling, social commentary, and humor to create songs of everyday life, local heroes, and quirky observations filled with harmony and hope. They've been Kerrville New Folk Finalists and Falcon Ridge Emerging Artists, won the South Florida Folk Festival songwriter competition, and have performed as official showcase artists at Regional Folk Alliance Conferences. He’s originally from Berkeley CA, she came from Woodstock NY, and they used to have careers their parents could brag about.Eric Phelps is a singer-songwriter from Western Massachusetts who has been making music for more than 35 years, playing throughout the USA, and with performances in the UK and Mexico. His most recent album, Let It Rain, features Joe Fitzpatrick (Gaslight Tinkers), Paul Kochanski (Lori McKenna, Stompbox Trio), Seth Glier, Signature Sounds artist Rani Arbo, and more. 

Updating the Audio Infrastructure Update: We’re also running a social media side-track for a third of the full goal. Between the main fundraiser and the social media fork, we’re about 20% of the way there! So many big thanks to them what’s helped, and big thanks to them what’s gonna! Will we make it? Eventually, yeah. All the pennies go in the jar until we do. When we say that anything helps, there isn't a more true thing to be said.

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We made one-minute-or-less promo reels for every show on the schedule! That way people can get an idea of what's in store. Take a binge on these shorts:

10/29/23, Sunday: co-headline with Friction Farm and Eric Phelps (3:00 matinee)11/19/23, Sunday: Sam Robbins and Sandy Bailey (7:00 PM)12/3/23, Sunday: Castlebay (3:00 matinee)12/17/23, Sunday: Fingerstyle Masterclass with Hiroya Tsukamoto (11:00 AM)12/17/23, Sunday: Hiroya Tsukamoto (2:00 matinee)1/13/24: Second Saturday Synthfest, session 1 (6:00 PM)2/10/24: Second Saturday Synthfest, session 2 (6:00 PM)1/28/24, Sunday: Reed Foehl with Tommy Crawford (7:00 PM)2/18/24, Sunday: The Becker Sisters (3:00 matinee)3/10/24, Sunday: co-headline with The Fairlanes and The Fretbenders (3:00 matinee)4/7/24, Sunday: Carolann Solebello and Marc Douglas Berardo co-bill (7:00 PM)4/27/24, Saturday: Bad Smell with Johnny Gifford and Trevor Robinson (7:00 PM)5/19/24, Sunday: Rupert Wates with Tom Pirozzoli (7:00 PM)9/8/24, Sunday: Taylor Abrahamse with Steve Hartmann (7:00 PM)9/29/24, Sunday: Julian Gerstin Sextet (time TBD)10/19/24, Saturday: John John Brown (7:00 PM)11/10/24, Sunday: Dana Cooper with Cameron Sutphin (7:00 PM)12/7/24, Saturday: Dylan Patrick Ward album release show with Ian Galipeau (7:00 PM)

And, of course, we post the performance clips. Here are the most recent sets:

9/17/23: Jaded Ravins9/17/23: Robert Kuhn8/27/23: Diana Alvarez8/27/23: Olivia Nied8/25/23: Stone & Snow8/25/23: Luminous Crush 

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