The Fairlanes and The Fretbenders play fun, original, tuneful americana steeped in roots and folk. They’ll co-headline Stage 33 Live, 33 Bridge Street in Bellows Falls VT on Sunday, March 10, 2024, in a 3:00 PM matinee. Tickets are $10 in advance through stage33live.com or at the door. Advance tickets guarantee entry. All ticket proceeds go to the performers. Limited seating; the event will be recorded and filmed. Tickets and more info at stage33live.com

The Fretbenders are Bob and Diane Kordas, with a fun, toe-tapping sound based in blues, roots, americana, and a dash of folk, country, and rock — where a down-home barbecue meets a speakeasy. Diane and Bob have played in various New England swing, bluegrass, and roots bands through the years, honing their fun stage presence and inclusive style. For this show they’ll be playing as a duo.

“Taking you simultaneously to a veranda in Sicily and a back porch in Louisiana.”
          — The A & R Factory

The Fairlanes play original, heartfelt music with tuneful melodies and thoughtful lyrics about life, loss, and love that live somewhere between folk, rock, and americana. They perform as anything from a duo to an octet, and for this show there will be about half a dozen of them.

Tickets are $10 in advance through stage33live.com or at the door. Seating is limited. Advance tickets guarantee entry. All ticket proceeds go to the performers. This is a 3:00 PM matinee on Sunday, March 10, 2024. Stage 33 Live is located at 33 Bridge Street in Bellows Falls VT. The event will be recorded and filmed.

Stage 33 Live is a casual and intimate industrial-rustic listening room in a former factory hosting local, regional, and national performances and presentations of original material. No bar or kitchen, the stage is the mission; coffee / soda / juice / water and weird snacks available by donation. More info about the nonprofit, all-volunteer project, and this and other upcoming events, online at stage33live.com

Stage 33 Live gratefully acknowledges the help of so many individuals without whom none of this would be able to happen, and institutional support this season from The Island Corporation, the Vermont Arts Council, Guilford Sound, WOOL-FM, the Rockingham Arts & Museum Project, and Chroma Technologies to help fund improvements and maintenance, and generally smooth out a lot of the rough edges. Stage 33 Live is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, and all donations are deductible to the fullest extent. Volunteers run the thing from stem to stern.