Benefit Concert with The Dysfunctional Family Jazz Band featuring Patty Carpenter

Mon, 07/26/2010 - 15:01 — admin

Start: 08/15/2010 - 3:00pm

Timezone: America/New York

The Dysfunctional Family Jazz Band featuring Patty Carpenter celebrates the release of its new album Come Over

with a benefit concert and potluck picnic.

Sunday, August 15 at 3:00 p.m.

Organ Barn at Tree Frog Farm in Guilford, Vermont.

Proceeds from the concert will go directly to Vermont Citizens Awareness Network (VCAN), a grassroots environmental organization working to end the use of nuclear power in the Northeast and replace it with sustainable, reliable and affordable energy generation. The event also includes spoken word sections and narrative with Verandah Porche, a musical ramble (a structured jam session in the tradition of the great Levon Helm) and a dance concert featuring some of the best musicians from Boston, New York and the local area.   Opening the show will be local favorites The Sun Dogs.

Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 the day of the show.

They can be purchased online at www.dfjbmusic.com/cdrelease

or by contacting: VCAN at 413-625-6177 or

P. O. Box 83, Shelburne Falls, MA 01370.

For more information about “Come Over,” the Dysfunctional Family Jazz Band or Patty Carpenter go to www.dfjbmusic.com.