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Tracy Grammer opens season at Rose Garden Coffeehouse

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Tracy Grammer will kick off the Rose Garden Coffeehouse’s 33rd season at 8 p.m. Oct. 16, preceded by the venue’s Performing Songwriter Competition, at the Rose Garden Coffeehouse at the Congregational Church, 17 West St., Mansfield.

Tracy Grammer will kick off the Rose Garden Coffeehouse’s 33rd season at 8 p.m. Oct. 16, preceded by the venue’s Performing Songwriter Competition, at the Rose Garden Coffeehouse at the Congregational Church, 17 West St., Mansfield.  

Grammer is known for her voice, guitar and violin work and storytelling. This will be her first time performing at the Rose Garden. 

Tracy Grammer will kick off the Rose Garden Coffeehouse’s 33rd season at 8 p.m. Oct. 16, preceded by the venue’s Performing Songwriter Competition, at the Rose Garden Coffeehouse at the Congregational Church, 17 West St., Mansfield.

Grammer has recorded and performed with Joan Baez and Mary Chapin Carpenter, headlined several folk festivals, including Philadelphia Folk Festival and Falcon Ridge and enjoyed 12 years as one of folk radio’s 50 top-played artists, both solo and with the late Dave Carter. Grammer is currently on tour celebrating her 11th release, “LOW TIDE,” which is the first of her albums to showcase her original songs. 

Starting off the night will be the Rose Garden’s 29th annual Performing Songwriter Competition. The finalists this year are Matt Marshak, of New York; Erin Ash Sullivan, of Harvard; and Robinson Treacher, of New York. Judges for the show will include Ken Butler, executive director of the Mass Music and Arts Society; Kathy Sands-Boehmer, curator of Harbortown Music; and Barnes Newberry, NPR veteran, deejay and owner of former music venue The Blackthorne Tavern in Easton. For more about the contest, visit http://bit.ly/rosegardencontest. 

The Rose Garden will be enacting strict COVID-19 protocols for its concerts. All patrons must be masked and show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test at the door. It is recommended that people arrive by 7:30 p.m. for the 8 p.m. show to allow extra time. The concert will be held in the church’s sanctuary, a larger space to permit social distancing. The church has installed engineer-tested air filtration systems that will be running throughout the show. No food or beverages are permitted in the church sanctuary and the Rose Garden kitchen will be closed, although water will be available. 

The Rose Garden Coffeehouse, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in its 33rd season.  

For more information, visit https://rosegardenfolk.com/music. The Rose Garden is supported, in part, by the Mansfield chapter of the Massachusetts Cultural Council.