Come early and enjoy food and drinks in our outdoor garden starting at 6PM!
The night’s food truck is: Maine Diner on the Go
This special evening will feature an intimate “Songwriters in the Round” at Vinegar Hill, as Will and Luke Mallett sit down with friends and fellow singer-songwriters Eric Bettencourt and David Jimenez. The night promises a heartfelt exchange of acoustic songs, personal stories, and shared experiences, offering audiences a rare, behind-the-music connection with the artists.
Will & Luke Mallett (from The Mallett Brothers Band)
The Mallett Brothers Band is an independent rock and roll / Americana / country band from Maine. Their busy tour schedule since forming in 2009 has helped them to build a dedicated fanbase across the U.S. and beyond while still calling the state of Maine their home. With a style that ranges from alt-country to Americana, country, jam and roots rock, theirs is a musical melting pot that’s influenced equally by the singer/songwriter tradition as by harder rock, classic country and psychedelic sounds.
Texas Hill Country Explore Magazine calls them “New England’s wildly eclectic crew of genre rebels.” Bill Copeland Music News says “Combining their authentic roots rock sound with a reflective lyrical style that perceives stories on the level of epic myth, it’s like William Faulkner has been resurrected with an electric guitar in hand..”
The Mallett Brothers Band has performed at some of the country’s top venues and festivals, including Portland, Maine’s State Theatre; Austin, Texas’s famed Continental Club; Alexandria, Virginia’s Birchmere; New Hampshire’s Meadowbrook Pavilion; Nashville’s Bluebird; Denver’s Cervantes’; and Little Rock’s The Rev Room, to name a few. A list of artists for whom the band has provided direct support would include The Turnpike Troubadours, The Outlaws, Blackberry Smoke, Robert Earl Keen, .38 Special, Molly Hatchet, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, and many more. Festival appearances include FloydFest (Virginia), Hop Jam (Vermont), Nateva (Maine), The New England Country Music Festival (New Hampshire), Eastbound Throwdown (New York), and many more.
Eric Bettencourt is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, recording engineer, freelance artist, piano enthusiast, and genre masher who fixes his own cars and cuts his own hair. He belongs to both Austin, TX and Portland, ME.
David Jimenez, a singer-songwriter from the Rio Grande Valley has a unique perspective. Being the youngest on both sides of his giant family, he was destined to be a Tejano “living in between worlds” of a border town existence. Much like the bodies of water called “resacas” that inhabit the county where he was born and raised, his music is a specific blend of influences that don’t really exist anywhere else. He’s part troubadour, soul man, guitar slinger, crooner and the end result is something he calls “Resaca Pop.” “The music just reflects where I’m from and where I’ve been,” says Jimenez. “It’s humid, breezy, sweet and mysterious.” Now based in Austin, he has quietly made himself a favorite among the deep artists and musicians while still being accessible to audiences that love greasy groove and hooks. “The deeper you go, the more you get but there’s still plenty on the surface.”
Vinegar Hill Music Theatre is an independently-owned event space located at 53 Old Post Road in Arundel, ME. Our charming, historic barn and outdoor garden provide an ideal backdrop for an unforgettable, intimate evening! Learn more here.