Nine6teen is a Pomfret-based band featuring music that ranges from bluegrass to Badfinger and Van Morrison to James Taylor, plus original works. Founded around the talents of Donna Bessette (keyboards & vocals), Andre Bessette (drums & vocals), and then Fr. David Carter (guitar, woodwinds, & vocals), Nine6teen has grown to include several members of the […]
Mark Renburke is a long-time singer of Irish favorites and folk-rock. He has recorded and performed with Brian Cullen of County Wicklow, The Rising Pints in Japan, Brogue & Blarney and other bands over the past three decades. Whether performing solo or with his merry band of Rovers, Renburke is an engaging live entertainer delivering […]
Turas Turas is the Irish word for “journey” and this group was inspired by the decades of musical journeys of its players who came together in their current form in early 2023 and recorded their first album Ride On in September 2023. They perform an eclectic mix of traditional and current Irish tunes and songs […]
Sing: After the death of Pete Seeger in 2014, a small group of his admirers joined together to celebrate his life with a sing-along concert at the Hampton Grange. The event was a huge success and gave birth to SING:The Quiet Corner Song Swap. There is no charge and lyrics are available for most songs. […]
The Irish band, Cashel Rock, features veteran New England artists Peter Lange on guitar and vocals, Carol Sansoucy on vocals, Tim St. Jean, vocals and mandolin, Vikki Baker, vocals, flute and tin whistle, Cathy Day, fiddle and vocals, and, Ned Lange, bodhran. According to Victor Infante of the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, “If you want […]
Celtic Music Session & Irish Favorites Sing-Along - come and experience the magic of Celtic music! Join professional local musicians Mark Renburke, Abe Myler, and Andrew McIntosh for a lively Celtic Music Session at The Vanilla Bean Café. This event will be on the third Sunday of the month from 4 - 6 PM. This […]
Join Walter Hinchman and Donna Dufresne from the Pomfret Historical Society at the Vanilla Bean Café’ for cozy fireside chats about Pomfret’s historic neighborhoods and hidden history. The Fireside Chats will begin with a ½ hour presentation and continue with Q & A and audience participation. Bring your questions and curiosities about Pomfret’s past and […]
Unplugged and by Candle Light! - Join us for a special Open Mic Night hosted by Kala Farnham, who is the 18th Connecticut State Troubadour and Rose Garden Performing Songwriter Contest winner, and one of our former Open Mic hosts. Oddly, there will be no microphone, as the whole evening will be just acoustic unplugged […]
Poets at Large returns to The Vanilla Bean Café with the voices of two Massachusetts poets, Carol Hobbs and Miriam O’Neal. Hobbs is an educator whose work has appeared in journals and anthologies throughout the United States and Canada. Her recent book New-found-land, available through Main Street Rag in North Carolina, received honorable mention for […]
