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We’re running a short series of add-on shows this summer where we turn over the room to local heroes and let them do what they will. This one is Ezra Holloway’s, born and bred just around the corner in Saxtons River, Vermont. He’s assembled a three-band banger.

A Few Fine Gents, Technicolor LTD, and Man Made Tragedies descend on Stage 33 Live on Sunday, June 7, 2026, starting at 7:00 PM. Tickets are $15 in advance through stage33live.com, or $20 at the door as available. Advance tickets guarantee entry. Only 40 tickets will be sold. Advance sales will close at midnight the day before the show, or when 40 tickets are sold. Read the press release.

A Few Fine Gents, Technicolor LTD, and Man Made Tragedies at Stage 33 Live

BELLOWS FALLS — Three bands curated by Ezra Holloway bring heat and noise to Stage 33 Live on Sunday, June 7, 2026, starting at 7:00 PM.

A Few Fine Gents is a fusion jam band based in Westchester NY known for improvisational jams and blending genres.

Technicolor LTD: each member brings a different style to create a unique hue

Man Made Tragedies: loud fun hairy alt basement punk

Tickets are $15 in advance through stage33live.com, or $20 at the door as available. Advance tickets guarantee entry. Only 40 tickets will be sold. Advance sales will close at midnight the day before the show, or when 40 tickets are sold.

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 information 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, WOOL-FM, Guilford Sound, and the Rockingham Arts & Museum Project 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.

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A two-for-one 3:00 matinee with Carl Goulet and Sandiland & Vincent on Sunday, June 28, 2026. Tickets are just $10 in advance through stage33live.com or at the door as available. Advance tickets guarantee entry. Only 40 tickets will be sold. This show was rescheduled from its original January date, which was postponed due to a blizzard. Read the press release.

Carl Goulet and Sandiland & Vincent at Stage 33 Live

BELLOWS FALLS — Like many rural musicians, Carl Goulet is a hidden gem who flies a little under the radar… an honest and heart-forward performing songwriter with the chops and fluency of artists who get a lot more attention. Passionate, sometimes political, sometimes humorous, always thoughtful. The Daily UV said that his album Gazebo “charms the listener with gentle melodies yet packs a punch with the depth of wisdom and love.” The clarity and purity of his writing and performing is seldom matched.

Similarly, Sandiland & Vincent have carefully honed their craft over years, producing songs with beautiful arrangements and tight, rich harmonies. Vincent has been playing guitar and bass for over 50 years, and Sandi has been in bands and duos since she was 19.

This is going to be a sweet yet weighty two-for-one 3:00 matinee on Sunday, June 28, 2026. Tickets are just $10 in advance through stage33live.com or at the door as available; advance tickets guarantee entry. Only 40 tickets will be sold. All the ticket money goes to the performers. The performances will be recorded and filmed. This show was rescheduled from its original January date, which was postponed due to a blizzard.

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 information 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, WOOL-FM, Guilford Sound, and the Rockingham Arts & Museum Project 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.

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Stage 33 Live, along with Dave & Sharon Pelland, Rick Holloway, Chrisman Kearn, Andrew Dey, Circuits in the Woods, WOOL-FM, anonymous angels, and Rockingham Entertainment Development are sponsoring four classic movies at the Bellows Falls Opera House this year. Tickets are $6 in advance through bellowsfallsoperahouse.com or at the Opera House box office on show day.

July 1: The History of Future Folk (1h 28m). A comet threatens to destroy their planet, so the citizens of Hondo enlist their most decorated soldier to search for a new home. Landing near Brooklyn, he wanders into a megastore to unleash terror and is enchanted by a human invention called “music.” He abandons his mission, assumes the name Bill, and launches a bluegrass act. The Hondonians send an assassin to get the mission back on track. Subduing Kevin is no challenge for the great General Trius… they join forces to save Hondo, prevent an intergalactic takeover of Earth, and hopefully get some bigger gigs for the universe’s first Hondonian bluegrass duo.

“A delightful sci-fi adventure that simultaneously strips the genre down to its low-tech basics and infuses it with audacious new verve.” – Washington Post

“Ultra-low-budget sci-fi comedy delivers intergalactic laughs with down-to-earth warmth.” – Los Angeles Times

The Bellows Falls Opera House presents a classic film every Wednesday at 7:00 PM, with sponsorship help from area individuals and businesses. Tickets are $6 in advance from bellowsfallsoperahouse.com or at the door.

 
We’re running a short series of add-on shows this summer where we turn over the room to local heroes and let them do what they will. This one is Jan and Mike Sheehy’s, better known by many as The Milkhouse Heaters, who live and breathe right here in Rockingham. They’ve asked Phil Henry to join them on the bill.

The Milkhouse Heaters and Phil Henry bring their uniquely appealing folk & americana to Stage 33 Live on Sunday, July 19, 2026, in a 7:00 PM co-headline performance. Tickets are $15 in advance through stage33live.com, or $20 at the door as available. Advance tickets guarantee entry. Only 40 tickets will be sold. Advance sales will close at midnight the day before the show, or when 40 tickets are sold. Read the press release.

The Milkhouse Heaters and Phil Henry at Stage 33 Live

BELLOWS FALLS — Jan and Mike Sheehy of The Milkhouse Heaters are refugees of the Boston music scene, where they were nominated for a Boston Music Award and shared the stage with The Black Crowes, Corey Glover, Fuel, Feeder, and Hum, and their songs are on compilations alongside the likes of G. Love and Special Sauce, Jack Johnson, Burning Spear, and The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. Their music has been licensed to television shows on ABC, VH1, MTV, ESPN, and ESPN 2. They moved to southern Vermont in 2007, rolled Americana into their punk roots, and became The Milkhouse Heaters. They’ve opened for Fred Eaglesmith and closed for Billy Bragg, had two songs featured on The Shoulder to the Plough CD, and were repeat invited performers at the Roots on the River Festival, and have played The Plymouth Folk and Blues Festival twice. They’re beloved not just for their strong writing and performing chops — they’re also ardent supporters of local music and activists-by-example for considered, considerate living.

Phil Henry is a singer-songwriter steeped in folk tradition, but not bound by it. He’s penned a treasure chest of relatable tunes about both everyday and extraordinary life, building detailed worlds and characters with vivid imagery, upbeat rhythm, and strong melodic sensibility. His songs are often described in cinematic terms by fans. Although he studied the masters in music school, he was drawn to the DIY pluckiness of folk music. He’s earned contest wins at SolarFest and Susquehanna Music and Arts, and showcase and main stage slots at Falcon Ridge, was showcased at Kerrville and the NorthEast Regional Folk Alliance, and has played celebrated venues like Club Passim and Caffe Lena. No carbon-copy of popular songs or folk radio, his art is an expression of individuality and craftsmanship.

The Milkhouse Heaters and Phil Henry at Stage 33 Live on Sunday, July 19, 2026, in a 7:00 PM co-headline performance. Tickets are $15 in advance through stage33live.com, or $20 at the door as available. Advance tickets guarantee entry. Only 40 tickets will be sold. Advance sales will close at midnight the day before the show, or when 40 tickets are sold.

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 information 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, WOOL-FM, Guilford Sound, and the Rockingham Arts & Museum Project 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.

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We’re running a short series of add-on shows this summer where we turn over the room to local heroes and let them do what they will.

This show is Olivia Nied’s, born and bred right in Chester, Vermont.

We’ll let you know what she’s chosen when she lets us know.

Loaded with powerhouse jazz ringers, Dr Julian’s Yes Yes — a new project of the highly regarded ethnomusicologist / composer / master of drum traditions Julian Gerstin — will play Stage 33 Live, 33 Bridge Street in Bellows Falls, VT, on Saturday, August 15, 2026, at 7:00 PM. Tickets are $20 in advance through stage33live.com or at the door. Only 40 tickets will be sold. Advance tickets guarantee entry. Advance sales will close at midnight the day before the show, or when the tickets are gone. The performance will be recorded and filmed. Read the press release.

Dr Julian’s Yes Yes at Stage 33 Live

BELLOWS FALLS — Back in 2024, the Julian Gerstin Sextet packed Stage 33 Live and served up a terrific set. Gerstin has a new eclectic jazz project called Dr Julian’s Yes Yes — a fun, affirming name for a fun, affirming music experience. A bit more adventuresome than the Sextet in that they take the songs in more unplanned directions but still loaded with audience-friendly melodies and exciting rhythms.

The lineup may vary slightly depending on availability of the artists for the date. but the group is packed with powerhouse ringers, including:

• saxophonist / clarinetist Jeff Lederer, who has been included in the Downbeat Critics’ and Readers’ poll every year since 2014;
• reed player and ethnomusicologist Paul Austerlitz, specializing in bass and contrabass clarinets;
• pianist Andrew Wilcox, still young but already romping with all the big dogs;
• legendary bassist Wes Brown, who has toured the world with greats from three centuries including Earl ‘Fatha’ Hines, Anthony Davis, Anthony Braxton, and so many more;
• versatile trumpeter Haneef Nelson, a respected pillar of the jazz community as a composer / arranger, bandleader, sideman, musical curator, and educator;
• interdisciplinary percussionist, composer, and polyrhythmic force Brian Shankar Adler, whose drumkit often includes tabla, bombo legüero, and an array of found objects;
• and the ringleader, Julian Gerstin, ethnomusicologist / composer / master of the drum traditions of Ghana, Cuba, Martinique, Brazil and other African / Diasporic countries, as well popular styles of Nigeria, South Africa, Martinique, Cuba, Brazil, Trinidad, Jamaica, and Mexico.

Dr Julian’s Yes Yes at Stage 33 Live, 33 Bridge Street in Bellows Falls, VT, on Saturday, August 15, 2026, at 7:00 PM. Tickets are $20 in advance through stage33live.com or at the door. Only 40 tickets will be sold. Advance tickets guarantee entry. Advance sales will close at midnight the day before the show, or when the tickets are gone. The performance 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 information 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, WOOL-FM, Guilford Sound, and the Rockingham Arts & Museum Project 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.

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Clever popster performing songwriters Justin Levinson and Marty Royle split the bill in a 3:00 matinee on August 30. Justin is bringing singer-songwriter / pianist Josh Glass with him. Tickets are $15 in advance through stage33live.com, or $20 at the door as available. Advance tickets guarantee entry. Only 40 tickets will be sold. Read the press release.

Justin Levinson & Josh Glass and Marty Royle at Stage 33 Live

BELLOWS FALLS — Justin Levinson is an award-winning, multi-talented singer, songwriter and musician with a penchant for lyrical whimsy, earworm melodies, British Invasion-loving songwriting, and erudite power-pop. His catalog of songs covers territory from power-pop to country to “feel-good heartbreak”, earning steady praise from audiences and critics.

His ode to small-town life, City With Two Streetlights on his debut record 1175 BOYLSTON, spent eight weeks on the top 25 CMJ charts. He’s won the Billboard Song Contest, the International Acoustic Music Awards Best New Male Artist, as well as a nomination for Sirius Song Writer Discovery of the Year.

Influenced by the greats of the ’60s, Justin draws elements from his favorite artists of that era — the Beatles, The Zombies, The Beach Boys. He’s drawn comparisons to Ben Folds.

He’ll be bringing singer-songwriter/pianist Josh Glass with him as a sideman… a formidable duo.

Marty Royle is perhaps best known as the lead singer of the popular longtime DC indie-rock stalwarts Washington Social Club, which made fun, witty power pop for more than two decades. MTV ran a feature on them back when MTV was a music channel, and Marty once somehow made Robert Smith of The Cure laugh. This will be a solo performance.

Clever popster performing songwriters Justin Levinson and Marty Royle split the bill in a 3:00 matinee on August 30. Singer-songwriter / pianist Josh Glass will perform with Justin. Tickets are $15 in advance through stage33live.com, or $20 at the door as available. Advance tickets guarantee entry. Only 40 tickets will be sold. More information at the stage33live.com website.

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 information 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, WOOL-FM, Guilford Sound, and the Rockingham Arts & Museum Project 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.

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Michael Hahn Trio and James Graham split the bill in a 3:00 matinee on September 13, 2026. Tickets are a generously discounted $10 in advance through stage33live.com, or $15 at the door as available. Advance tickets guarantee entry. Only 40 tickets will be sold. Read the press release.

Michael Hahn Trio and James Graham at Stage 33 Live

BELLOWS FALLS — Michael Hahn Trio and James Graham split the bill in a 3:00 matinee on September 13, 2026. Tickets are a generously discounted $10 in advance through stage33live.com, or $15 at the door as available. Advance tickets guarantee entry. Only 40 tickets will be sold.

Michael Hahn started playing in bars for money during the Summer of Love, 1967, at the age of 14. Over the decades he’s performed with acclaimed dance bands including Hornbeam, Don’t Call Betty, Hoochie Lombardo, Whetstone, and Ten Mile Shuffle Band.

Having hit 70 years old, he still performs every couple weeks with either his trio or his five-piece band. He’s bringing the trio for this show. Along with Michael, there’s Sid Gulick on guitar and vocal, and John Pheiffer on cello.

James Graham got started in the “anti-folk” scene that sprang up in the East Village of NYC around 1990 as a response to the West Village folk scene that no longer seemed relevant in a world ravaged by the politics of Reagan and Thatcher, and seemingly given up on racial justice.

In 2004 he moved to Lyme, New Hampshire, and resisted the pull of bluegrass and old-timey Americana that pervades the local music scene — staying true to his influences: rock, soul, reggae, and punk, music seeking to make sense out of the complicated human condition while creating sounds that move the spirit.

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 information 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, WOOL-FM, Guilford Sound, and the Rockingham Arts & Museum Project 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.

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Stage 33 Live, along with Dave & Sharon Pelland, Rick Holloway, Chrisman Kearn, Andrew Dey, Circuits in the Woods, WOOL-FM, anonymous angels, and Rockingham Entertainment Development are sponsoring four classic movies at the Bellows Falls Opera House this year. Tickets are $6 in advance through bellowsfallsoperahouse.com or at the Opera House box office on show day.

September 23: Inside Llewyn Davis (1h 45m). Highly acclaimed black comedy drama by Joel and Ethan Coen. Set in 1961, the film follows a week in the life of a folk singer struggling to achieve musical success while keeping his life in order. The story was partly inspired by Dave Van Ronk’s autobiography. Cast includes Carey Mulligan, John Goodman, Garrett Hedlund, F. Murray Abraham, Justin Timberlake, and Adam Driver. Most of the folk songs performed in the film were recorded live. T Bone Burnett was the executive music producer.

The film premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Grand Prix. It was subsequently nominated for darn near everything.

“A brilliant magpie’s nest of surrealism, period detail, and pop-culture scholarship.” – The New York Times

The Bellows Falls Opera House presents a classic film every Wednesday at 7:00 PM, with sponsorship help from area individuals and businesses. Tickets are $6 in advance from bellowsfallsoperahouse.com or at the door.

Alex Radus and Stu Fuchs split the bill in a 3:00 matinee on September 27, 2026. Tickets are $20 in advance through stage33live.com, or at the door as available. Advance tickets guarantee entry. Only 40 tickets will be sold. Read the press release.

Alex Radus and Stu Fuchs at Stage 33 Live

BELLOWS FALLS — Although known as a versatile crooner and master guitarist, Alex Radus puts songwriting at center stage, pairing whimsical and poignant storytelling and soulful vocals across an eclectic, toe-tapping mix of Americana, folk, swing, and blues, leapfrogging genres and blurring the lines between them.

Hailing from Pennsylvania’s artistically rich Lehigh and Delaware river valley, where he has established himself as one of the area’s premiere original music artists with his thoughtfully crafted lyrics and storytelling that sticks. He is a frequent performer at the region’s best festivals and venues, including Musikfest, Zoellner Arts Center, Godfrey Daniels, Steelstacks, Hopewell Theater, World Cafe Live, and more.

During his early career, Alex was awarded a scholarship to the Augusta Heritage Center, where he was exposed to and learned from some of the nation’s best finger-pickers, who helped influence his unique finger style and respect for traditional music.

Radus has been direct support for John Gorka, Richie Havens, Jeffrey Gaines, Tim Reynolds, Darrell Scott, Chris Barron (Spin Doctors). He was a staple of NYC’s early aughts Anti-Folk scene at the Sidewalk Café, performing alongside Regina Spektor, Nellie McKay, the Moldy Peaches. More recently, he was selected as a 2024 Falcon Ridge Folk Fest Emerging Artist and voted a “Most Wanted” artist to return to the Main Stage in 2025.

“A a remarkable artist… excellent guitarist, songwriter and singer… moves across multiple genres with effortless virtuosity… worth going out of your way to hear.” — John Gorka

Stu Fuchs is an award winning musician and a teaching artist who empowers people of all backgrounds to express themselves creatively. A classically trained, improvisational multi-instrumentalist, Stu blends mindfulness and music, from bright and playful to relaxed and meditative. His concerts are like a combination of a summertime lawn bowling party, a mystical poetry reading in a Bedouin tent, a smoky jazz club, a nuanced recital hall concert, and heart-opening meditation class.

Stuart has performed his genre-bending ukulele instrumentals and soulful songs at concert halls and festivals across the USA and internationally. He founded and played lead guitar in the award winning quartet Babik, in which he arranged and performed the gypsy jazz music of Django Reinhardt with symphony orchestras. He was awarded a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts for his work bringing healing music to cancer patients; he was a professional artist in residence for eight years at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo NY.

In addition to being a ukulele minstrel, Stu has toured to three continents performing gypsy jazz guitar and meditative guitar styles with renowned sacred chant artist Snatam Kaur to audiences of 5,000 people. He recorded on her Grammy-nominated 2018 release Beloved.

“Respectfully pushes the Ukulele to brave new heights, while keeping one foot rooted in a number of time honored traditions.” — Lil’ Rev, Author of the Hal Leonard Ukulele Method, Entertainer & Music Historian

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 information 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, WOOL-FM, Guilford Sound, and the Rockingham Arts & Museum Project 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.

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