September Happenings- Fretbenders newsletter

We’ve had a busy summer of travel, gigs, and festivals- and now it’s September with a whole other pile of stuff happening.

Thursday, September 11, 2025, 7 – 9:00pm, back at Pembroke City Limits. 134 Main Street, Suncook, NH. Playing as a trio with Scott Heron.  An all-purpose artistic community made up of poets, musicians, writers, photographers, artists and food junkies. Located in the historical Suncook Village, serving-up beer, wine, Sleazy Vegan eats, and the very best live music that New England has to offer. https://www.pembrokecitylimits.com/

Friday, September 12, 2025, 6 – 9:00 pm. Opening for Todd Heron & the Steeled Toe Jam Band at Shooter’s Pub. 6 Columbus Ave, Exeter, NH. https://www.shooterssportspub.com/shooters-pub-exeter-nh

Saturday, September 20, 2025, 8 am – noon. We are at the Portsmouth Farmer’s Market. It takes place in the City Hall parking lot overlooking the South Mill Pond.  https://seacoasteatlocal.org/portsmouth

Saturday, September 20, 2025, 5:30 pm. North Reading Community Coffeehouse at the Activity Room, Flint Memorial Library, 147 Park St., N. Reading, MA. We’ll be playing a set for our friend, Art Grossman’s coffeehouse. Also featured will be Mary Ann McAllister, Ronnee Stolzberg, and Ian MacDonald. 147 Park St., N. Reading, MA., at the Flint Memorial Library.

Sunday, September 21, 2025, noon – 4:00pm. Third Act NH is holding a Sun Day celebration in NH, https://sunday.earth/ , a nationwide day of action to celebrate and promote clean energy. It will be held in the afternoon at the NH Statehouse in Concord. We’ll be providing some solar minded music along with ‘No Planet B’.

Thursday, September 25, 2025, 2:30 – 5:30pm. Exeter Farmer’s Market, Swasey Parkway, Exeter, NH. https://seacoasteatlocal.org/exeter/

Saturday, September 27, 2025, noon – 2:00pm. Meadow Ledge Farm. 612 Route 129, Loudon, NH. Apple picking, cider donuts, pumpkins, bakery… all that wonderful ‘NH in the Fall’ vibe. Playing as a duo, two sets of original and traditional tunes. This event only happens if it doesn’t rain! Call if the weather is iffy: (603) 798-5860 http://www.meadowledgefarm.com/Directions.html

Sunday, September 30, 2025, 2 – 4:00 pm. We’re back at the Farm Museum in the Deerfield Fair.  If you live in NH, you know all about this fair- it’s big! Get there early to avoid traffic. https://deerfieldfair.com

New stuff!!!! Keep posted – we’ll be doing a weekly online concert via facebook and/or youtube starting after October 14 – inspired by fall weather! Enjoy the leaf peeping, apples, pumpkins, etc., we hope to see you soon!