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Travel back in time with two tickets for a performance of Peter and Paul of Peter, Paul, & Mary fame at the Ridgefield Playhouse in Ridgefield, CT on July 16, 2017 at 8:00 p.m.! 

“Peter, Paul and Mary are folk singers.”  So stated the liner notes to the group’s self-titled 1962 debut album.  Today, this declaration seems redundant, because the term “folk music” has come to be virtually interchangeable with the group name, but when the words were written, they were meant less as a stylistic distinction than as a mission statement. *

Having just celebrated their 50th anniversary together, Grammy-winners Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey carry on the proud tradition of the 1960s iconic folk-singing trio Peter, Paul & Mary.  Without their beloved Mary, Peter and Noel Paul continue to perform as a duo, singing many of the group’s classic hits, including “If I Had a Hammer,” “Blowin’ in the Wind,” “Puff (The Magic Dragon),” “I Dig Rock & Roll Music,” and “Leaving on a Jet Plane.”

The Playhouse is medium-size theater where every seat has good visibility and is the host to numerous notable performers - a theater where they enjoy performing.

*  In the decades prior to the ‘60s, through the work of such avatars as Woody Guthrie, the Weavers and Pete Seeger, folk music had become identified with sociopolitical commentary, but the idiom had been forced underground in the Senator Joe McCarthy witch-hunting era of the late ‘50s.  By the time Peter, Paul and Mary arrived on the scene, for the majority of America, folk was viewed merely as a side-bar to pop music which employed acoustic instruments.  At this critical historic juncture, with the nation still recovering from the McCarthy era, the Civil Rights Movement taking shape, the Cold War heating up and a nascent spirit of activism in the air, Peter Yarrow, Noel (Paul) Stookey and Mary Travers came together to juxtapose these cross currents and thus to reclaim folk’s potency as a social, cultural and political force.  But few at the time could have realized how fervently and pervasively the group’s message of humanity, hope and activism would be embraced.

Item Special Note

• Show time is 8:00 pm on Sunday, July 16, 2017.
• Ridgefield Playhouse is located at 80 East Ridge, Ridgefield, CT.
• To obtain the two concert tickets, the winner must call the box office to reserve the two tickets in advance (before the date of the event) for will-call pick-up on the day of the event.  Otherwise, no tickets will be held.  Call early, because this is always a sell-out event.
• Gift certificate will be mailed to the winner.
• These items cannot be resold.