BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:166@townecrier.com DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250216T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250216T180000 DTSTAMP:20250216T204633Z URL:https://townecrier.com/events/rachael-sage-with-guests-the-beacon-song smiths-noga/ SUMMARY:Rachael Sage & The Sequins\; with guests The Beacon Songsmiths\, an d Noga w/Lila Blue DESCRIPTION:Join Hudson Valley folk-pop favorites RACHAEL SAGE &\; THE S EQUINS for a special Valentine’s weekend extravaganza\, featuring songs of love\, lust &\; other lamentations. Culled from Sage’s catalog of over 20+ albums and EP’s\, this rare full-band show will also feature a smattering of new tunes from her forthcoming 2025 release\, “Canopy”. From folk-pop to Americana\, Rachael Sage &\; The Sequins will thrill w ith inventive\, stellar song-craft and rock solid musicianship.\n\nBand me mbers:\n\nRachael Sage\, piano\, guitar &\; lead vocals\n\nKelly Hallor an\, violin &\; vocals (Lainey Wilson\, Tom Morello)\n\nTrina Hamlin\, harmonica &\; vocals (Susan Werner)\n\nAndy Mac\, drums (Pete Muller &a mp\; The Kindred Souls)\n\nRachael Sage is a multi-award-winning\, Billboa rd-charting singer-songwriter\, poet and visual artist. Sharing stages wit h seminal musicians such Rufus Wainwright\, Ani DiFranco\, and Judy Collin s – with whom she also recorded a critically-acclaimed duet – Sage’s career has been defined by a passion for storytelling and a vibrant\, inn ovative sense of creativity. A six-time Independent Music Award-winning pr oducer and multi-instrumentalist\, Sage is also a John Lennon Contest Gran d Prize winner who has performed at Edinburgh Fringe\, SXSW\, and toured g lobally with her band\, The Sequins. A self-described “cancer thriver” \, she is additionally a philanthropic advocate for diverse causes\, inclu ding Foundation For Women’s Cancer and National Network For Youth. www.r achaelsage.com\n\nBEACON SONGSMITHS (Rick Aparicio\, Carla Springer and Su san Wright) are three friends who love harmony singing\, talking and laugh ing\, music and Beacon. Rick (guitarist\, bassist\, singer and master of c haos) has performed in bands up and down the East Coast since 1975. Carla is a folk and blues singer-songwriter whose passionate\, original songs ab out love\, life and nature are told through a powerful voice often describ ed as a mix between Joni Mitchell\, Bonnie Raitt and Janis Joplin. Susan i s a music teacher and sound engineer\, accordion and piano player\, and si nger. She is grateful for having had the chance to engineer a gold hiphop record and sing folk songs with Pete Seeger.\n\nNOGA is a 23-year-old sing er-songwriter\, composer\, and music director. Born and raised in Beacon\, NY into a family of musicians\, they comes from a multicultural backgroun d and draws inspiration from a wide range of musical genres. NOGA is also an accomplished recording artist\, releasing her debut solo EP\, “Lady S un"”in July 2023\, and more recently\, a collection of live recorded son gs and videos titled “NOGA live at the Howland Cultural Center”. They were named a 2024 OneBeat Fellow and took part in a month-long collaborati ve intensive residency and tour in the spring of 2024 alongside 24 musicia ns from all over the world. Beyond their solo career\, they have contribut ed to various projects\, including a collaborative album with their family titled “The Cabo Project”\, playing bass in folk musician Lila Blue's band\, performing in Blue’s musical SEE/UNSEE at the Lake Lucille Chekh ov Project (guitar &\; M.D.)\, and Jo Lampert &\; The Butches of The Ancient World's Constant Craving at Joe's Pub (bass &\; background voc als). They have recently debuted as a sub-guitarist for Hadestown on Broad way.\n\nFor the first time\, NOGA will be joined by LILA BLUE to perform s ongs from their newfound duo project “there\, there.” Lila Blue (all p ronouns) is a 24-year old non-binary/queer folk musician\, singer-songwrit er and playwright based out of New York. They have been performing and com posing professionally since early childhood in communally devised theater with the likes of Bread and Puppet Theater and the Lake Lucille Chekhov Pr oject. Their projects navigate themes of grief\, joy\, intergenerational t rauma\, rage\, queerness and collisions with divine and haunted spirits\, stemming from their own intuitive practices (which include writing in thei r sleep). They have composed music for film and television\, most notably for MTV and Lifetime. They released their fourth LP\, “Sweet Pea\,” in November 2023 on MOXE.\n\nTickets $20 advance\, $25 door\n\nALL SALES ARE FINAL\n\nDINNER RESERVATIONS REQUIRE 1 ENTREE PER PERSON\n\nSHOW ONLY TIC KETS ADMITTED 15 MINUTES BEFORE SHOWTIME\n\nADVANCE SALE PRICE ENDS 1 HOUR BEFORE DOORS ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://townecrier.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/0 1/Rachael-et-al-Feb-16-comp-web-1.jpg CATEGORIES:Main Stage END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR