East Branch Friends of the Arts

Cole Quest

Woody Guthrie’s grandson and his all star Bluegrass Band August 12 - 7:30pm

Bill Kanengiser

Grammy winning classical guitarist playing music from around the globe.

October 7 - 7:30pm

Keene Valley Congregational Church

Carnegie Hall, The Village Vanguard and many others.

Saturday, July 22

Adirondack Gems: North Country Women in Music

Featuring Martha Gallagher, Rose Chancler, Patricia McCarty and more, with the Adirondack premiere of Winfred Hyson’s “Somewhere in the Wild” — 7:30 p.m., Keene Valley Congregational Church. Suggested donation $10/$20.

Saturday July 29

Meadowmount in the Valley Students and faculty from the renowned Meadowmount School — 7:30 p.m., Keene Valley Congregational Church. Suggested donation $10/$20.

Saturday, Aug. 12

Cole Quest and the City Pickers

Woody Guthrie’s grandson and his all star bluegrass band returns to Keene Valley — 7:30 p.m., Keene Valley Congregational Church. Suggested donation $10/$20.

Cole Quest and The City Pickers are a group of New York City musicians connected by friendship and a love of bluegrass, and brought together by Cole Quest, grandson of the folk icon Woody Guthrie. Performing both Quest’s original tunes as well as traditional favorites, The City Pickers bring their special brand of high-spirited talent to the stage, with upbeat, knee slapping energy and a high lonesome sound that’ll leave you wanting more. They’ve shared the stage with great musicians such as Sarah Jaroz, Blind

Boy Paxton, Tony Trischka and many others, and have been featured in leading publications like Bluegrass Today, American Songwriter and more.

Sunday, Sept. 3 Seagle Festival

A Revue of favorites from Musical Theater greats Lerner and Loewe — 4 p.m., Keene Valley Congregational Church. Suggested donation $10/$20.

Saturday, Sept. 23

Tom Rush with Matt Nakoa

The legendary Folksinger-songwriter makes his first Keene Valley appearance — 7:30 p.m., Keene Valley Congregational Church. Suggested donation $20/$30.

Tom Rush is a gifted musician and performer, whose shows offer a musical celebration — a journey into the tradition and spectrum of what music has been, can be, and will become. Rush’s impact on the American music scene has been profound. He helped shape the folk revival in the ‘60s and the renaissance of the ‘80s and ‘90s, his music having left its stamp on generations of artists, including James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Garth Brooks and others. He continues to enjoy a six decade brilliant career as a performer and recording artist.

Sunday, Oct. 1

Kite Fest

Great fun for the whole family, and much more than just kites — 10 a.m. Marcy Field. Free

Saturday, Oct. 7

Bill Kanengiser

Grammy winning classical guitarist with incredible musicality and technique plays eclectic music from around the world —7:30 p.m., Keene Valley Congregational Church. Suggested donation $10/$20.

Recognized as one of America’s finest classical guitarists, William Kanengiser won first prize in the 1987 Concert Artists Guild International Competition as well as major guitar competitions in Toronto and Paris. He has recorded sev - eral solo CDs, ranging from classical to jazz to Caribbean to Near Eastern styles, and as a founding member of the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, has recorded over a dozen major label CDs, including the 2004 Grammy winning “LAGQ Guitar Heroes.” He has toured extensively throughout Asia, Europe and the Americas, and has appeared at virtually every leading guitar festival worldwide.