Kennebunkport Historical Society will host Monica Grabin and Dana Pearson in an acoustic concert series this year called Mid-Week Music. Grabin and Pearson will perform multiple music genres. Concerts will be held May through December in the society’s Town House School, located at 135 North St. in Kennebunkport on the third Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m. Courtesy photo
KENNEBUNKPORT – A hurricane is brewing around the renovated Town House School in Kennebunkport.
The Kennebunkport Historical Society, with locally renowned musicians Monica Grabin and Dana Pearson, will host an acoustic concert series this year called Mid-Week Music.
“We’re so excited to be able to host Mid-Week Music at the Town House School,” said Kirsten Camp, the historical society’s executive administrator. “It’s a perfect venue for concerts. The acoustics in the school really lend themselves well to the kind of music that Monica and Dana perform.”
Grabin and Pearson will perform multiple music genres playing guitar, banjo, piano, bass, autoharp, harmonica and ukulele, though not all at the same time!
Concerts will be held in the society’s Town House School located at 135 North St. in Kennebunkport on the third Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m. from May through December. Tickets are $15 at the door.
“We have planned an eclectic mix of themed concerts to appeal to a broad range of musical tastes, including folk, country, the Beatles and Elvis, so there is something for everyone,” Pearson said. “We are kicking off the series with music by Bob Dylan on Wednesday, May 20. We look forward to performing in such a unique venue.”
The full concert schedule includes:
May 20 – Nothin’ But Bob (Dylan)
June 17 – Country Music
July 15 – The Beatles
Aug. 19 – Girl Groups!
Sept. 16 – Originals (with Mark Gunter)
Oct. 21 – Elvis! (with Mark Gunter and Jim O’Neil)
Nov. 18 – Grab Bag (whatever they feel like playing)
Dec. 16 – A Very Dana & Monica Christmas
Grabin and Pearson, both of Kennebunk, met nearly 30 years ago when Grabin and her husband Bill were hosting the Kennebunkport Folk Club song swap. After playing informally and recording together for several years, they began performing publicly in 2013 as First Person Plural. After a string of appearances at Elements: Books Coffee Beer in Biddeford, they put on a series of concerts at the Unitarian Church in Kennebunk and the Wells Branch Community Hall in Wells.
For more information, visit www.kporths.com/events, email info@kporths.com or call the historical society at 207 967-2751, ext. 105.
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