Legendary musician Peter Yarrow weaves a narrative of his life in music and politics, punctuating the major events with renditions of the iconic songs we all know and love. From his life in Greenwich Village in the 1960’s, his connections to Bob Dylan & Pete Seeger and his career as part of the trio Peter, Paul & Mary, Peter Yarrow shares a part of American history heavily influenced by music. He creates community within his audiences through his reflections in both words and music.

Peter, Paul and Mary played their first show at Greenwich Village’s Bitter End, and their first album was released by Warner Brothers Records in 1962. The following year, Yarrow wrote “Puff the Magic Dragon,” which was based on a poem written in 1959 by Leonard Lipton, a friend of Yarrow’s from Cornell. The song reached No. 2 on the Billboard 100 chart.

Here is how Peter describes the show: “Yes, it will be nostalgic for many. But on another level, it will bring them a sense of what is still possible. Yes, they will sing ‘Leaving on a Jet Plane,’ and I will give them a sense of the current history of what this music is doing, and why it’s important. So, it will be a history lesson, it will be a singalong that inspires, but it will also assert the importance of the continuation of this kind of music in people’s lives today. And where we’re going from here in those terms. It’s not necessarily a big lecture – it’s inherent in the music. They’ll get it. I know it, ’cause that’s what I do.”

Don’t miss your chance to see the iconic Peter Yarrow in concert with songs like, “Puff The Magic Dragon,” “Blowing In The Wind,” “Leaving On A Jet Plane” and many more!
June 22, 2019 • 8:00 pm