Music: 5–8pm • No cover • Food: Yes, plenty. • Full bar, plus self-pour beer and wines
Dancing (it could happen)

THE Band

The Saturdays bring their unique sound and tight three-part harmonies, stringed instruments, and world percussion to the Craft Food Halls . . . aptly, on a Saturday. A five-piece acoustic band that has played the Metro West area for more than a decade, they put their soulful spin on originals and songs from contemporary folk, Bluegrass, and Americana. 

Karen Lincoln Wilber (vocals, guitar, banjo) first started performing as a lead singer in the 1990's Boston Bluegrass scene with the band Willow Creek, and then with the award-winning band Waystation. She has recorded with both Waystation and songwriter Rick Lang, as well as lending backing vocals on many other projects.

Sally Marshall Griffin (vocals, guitar) began performing as a blues rock vocalist in her brother’s band, The Bruce Marshall Group, and has lent vocal tracks on several of his albums. Some of her musical heroes are Patti Griffin, Shawn Colvin, Lucinda Williams, and Brandi Carlile.    

Steve Griffin (percussion, bass, harmonica, and vocals) is known for his extensive collection of percussion instruments, soulful baritone, and being married to Sally (not listed in order of importance).

Peter Senghas (guitar, bass, mandolin, dobro, and keys) enjoys all things musical and has been with the Saturdays since the beginning. 

Dave Bull (guitar, vocals, and harmonica) picked up the guitar at the age of 11 and hasn’t put it down since, drawing inspiration from a wide range of rock and folk styles including the Beatles (of course), Tom Petty, Van Morrison, Aztec-Two Step, and Jason Isbell. 

Craft Food Halls​

Craft Food Halls Boxborough offers a space built for gathering and connection. The venue blends a warm, open layout with an interactive pour-your-own beer and wine wall that features dozens of rotating options, giving you the freedom to explore new favorites throughout the night. Settle in with a full meal or keep things casual with our bar menu over the course of the evening. CFH Boxborough offers a setting that keeps energy high and the atmosphere loose, giving you a place to enjoy local talent without making the trip to Boston.

Music: 5–8pm • No cover • Food: Yes, plenty. • Full bar, plus self-pour beer and wines
Dancing (optional)

THE Band

The Funktones celebrate the mid-century giants who gave us that unmistakable spring in our step and soul in our smiles. With deep respect for rhythm, feel, and authentic expression, the band puts its own spin on classics by Stevie Wonder, Al Green, Earth, Wind & Fire, the Isley Brothers, and more — it’s timeless music delivered with modern fire.

Darryl Butler (lead vocals) began voice lessons at the age of nine. With three decades of choral work and a lifetime of fronting bands under his belt, his voice carries the warmth of R&B, the agility of jazz, and the spirit of gospel.

Steve Gutherz (keyboards) is a versatile player fluent in mainstream and Latin jazz, fusion, and R&B. A true musical chameleon, he brings color, feel, and a few surprises — including the occasional blues harp cameo.

Dale Ellenberg (drums) lends his deep-in-the-pocket talents to a number of genres, includingcontemporary jazz, Dixieland, classic rock, blues,and funk.

Gabe Weiss (bass) found his way to the bass after experimenting with a wide range of instruments and styles — and once he landed on it, he never looked back. His playing anchors the band with steady low-end warmth and groove.

Craft Food Halls​

Craft Food Halls Boxborough offers a space built for gathering and connection. The venue blends a warm, open layout with an interactive pour-your-own beer and wine wall that features dozens of rotating options, giving you the freedom to explore new favorites throughout the night. Settle in with a full meal or keep things casual with our bar menu over the course of the evening. CFH Boxborough offers a setting that keeps energy high and the atmosphere loose, giving you a place to enjoy local talent without making the trip to Boston.

This one is for both experienced dancers and swing dance wannabes. Sanctuary, a recently converted church, features a full stage, an enormous dance floor, and one of the best bars west of Boston.

From 6–7pm, we feature instruction with some of the best instructors in the area. Instruction will be led by Sergiy Georgiyev, the founder and director of Magenta Dance Place in Acton. who has taught ballroom across Europe and the US. Sergiy’s emphasis on maximizing confidence and minimizing stress has helped students achieve extraordinary success. He is a professor at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee and collaborates with the MIT Ballroom Club and Harvard Dance Sports team. At Magenta Dance Place, Sergiy and his staff believe in the transformative power of dance and strive to create a vibrant community where everyone can express themselves through movement.

From 7–9pm, Eddie Scheer’s Swinging All Stars take to the stage. Chameleon Eddie Scheer is a Sanctuary favorite, gracing us with his vocal and drumming talents with a variety of groups and styles. He has been a fixture on the New England swing scene for more than 25 years. Whether with his jump blues band The Love Dogs, the 20-piece Compaq Big Band, or various smaller ensembles, his big voice and solid drumming have kept hearts beating and feet moving wherever he plays. The Swinging All Stars is a new unit featuring some of the best musicians in Boston — leaning toward the lighter, jazzy side of swing, but still with a deep connection to and reverence for the blues. 

Doors: 5:30pm • Instruction: 6–7pm • Dancing: 7-9pm • Tickets

Music: 5–8pm • No cover • Food: Yes, plenty. • Full bar, plus self-pour beer and wines
Dancing (optional)

THE Band

Ken Clark (keyboards, vocals)
Ken is internationally known as one of the world’s greatest jazz organists. He has won the New England Blues Society, Keyboardist of the Year — four times and has toured and recorded with Bernard Purdie, Melvin Sparks, and David “Fathead” Newman among others.

Myanna (saxophone)
Myanna, one of the hottest saxophonists around, plays music that mixes jazz improvisation with funky rhythms, expressive playing, and catchy tunes. She has won awards for Best Jazz Artist several times from both the Boston Music Awards and The Boston Phoenix readers’ poll. She has recorded three or her own CDs, and is featured on multiple recordings with The Love Dogs and as a side player on many other recordings.

Eddie Scheer (vocals, percussion)
Eddie has been one of the pillars of the Boston Blues/R&B scene for more than 20 years. As the leader of his award-winning band The Love Dogs, he’s toured the U.S. and Europe and recorded four critically acclaimed CDs. He’s played with virtually every top-level musician in the Northeast at one time or another, and has hosted his “Tuesday Night Allstars” series in Brighton for more than a decade. Craft Food Halls​

Craft Food Halls

Craft Food Halls Boxborough offers a space built for gathering and connection. The venue blends a warm, open layout with an interactive pour-your-own beer and wine wall that features dozens of rotating options, giving you the freedom to explore new favorites throughout the night. Settle in with a full meal or keep things casual with our bar menu over the course of the evening. CFH Boxborough offers a setting that keeps energy high and the atmosphere loose, giving you a place to enjoy local talent without making the trip to Boston.

Fugitive Stories and Old Frog Pond Farm in Harvard are partnering again for four afternoons on the farm. May’s theme is “Risk.”

Hearing a true story in a live performance is fun, moving, and transformative. Every event brings surprises. As always, Fugitive’s featured tellers include Moth and Massmouth Story Slam Winners and Champions, theater professionals, comedians, authors, podcast producers, teachers, and university professors. Several folks from the local community will also be telling their tales, some for the first time.

$15/online • $20/door
Online sales end at noon on the event date. Plenty of tickets at the door.

Seating starts at 2:30pm. Storytelling starts at 3pm. We recommend purchasing tickets in advance. This is an outdoor event. In case of rain, please check our website for location update after noon on the day of the show.

Please put Old Frog Pond Farm, Harvard, in your GPS. (The street address sometimes take you to the other side of the woods.)

ABOUT OUR CO-HOST, OLD FROG POND FARM
Old Frog Pond Farm is a 25-acre farm in Harvard and one of the few Certified Organic Orchards in Massachusetts. In the fall they open for pick your own apples and raspberries. Every year, the farm hosts an Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit and gathers for Plein Air Poetry.

Visitors to the farm can purchase a ticket to take a self-guided tour around the pond and through the woods discovering the sculpture, native plants, and abundant wildlife that’s makes their home here. The self-serve farm stand is filled with fresh certified organic produce. fruit@oldfrogpondfarm.com

FEATURED FUGITIVE TELLERS
In addition to several local, hand-picked tellers, Fugitive brings regional, award-winning storytellers (see below).

State Senator Jamie Eldridge
Jamie has served as the a state State representing 12 communities in the MetroWest. He focuses his energy on Beacon Hill largely on increasing investments in public education and transportation, combating climate change, guaranteeing healthcare a right, stimulating the economy, reforming our criminal justice system, advancing campaign and ethics reform, protecting the environment, making government more transparent, combatting racial and economic inequality, and supporting immigrants.

Norah Dooley
Norah is a storyteller, children’s author, and educator who performs in schools, libraries, festivals, and conferences. She teaches people of all ages the power and importance of their stories. She founded the high school story slam program StoriesLive.org and co-founded massmouth.org and the Boston Story Slam series. Norah has taught storytelling at Lesley University’s Graduate School of Education and to undergraduates at Tufts, Suffolk, and Boston Universities.

Don Picard
Don has worked in the Boston area for 30 years as a software developer. He was a double major in Theatre Arts and Computer Science at Cornell. Don didn't want to live the life of a starving artist, so he chose to work as an engineer instead. Don enjoys telling live stories about his kids, husband, and extended family as it is fun, therapeutic, and allows him to exercise the other half of his college degree so he doesn't become bitter. 

Candace Nelson
Candace is a retired development aid worker, a career that took her to Latin America and Africa dozens of times over 34 years. In retirement, she has become a student of storytelling. She appeared on GBH’s Stories from the Stage and is inspired to transform her own moments, small and large, into stories.

Mark Modrall
Mark is a computer programmer from Littleton. He started telling stories in public in 2012 when he ran out of relatives who hadn’t heard that one before. Hopefully he’s gotten better at it since then. He’s won several story slams at the Moth, Massmouth, and a few other places and has twice been a featured speaker twice at GBH’s “Stories from the Stage.”