This event has been rescheduled to February 13, 2021 

Seattle songsters Ben Hunter & Joe Seamons give life to voices that have long been silenced in American culture. Their award-winning performances are highlighted by story-telling that, rather than bringing the past to life, vividly shows how the past still lives in the present. Through their songs, audiences witness current issues crop up again and again in folk songs, dance tunes, acoustic blues, and prison ballads.

Ben & Joe bounce from fiddle & banjo breakdowns to a cappella field hollers, early jazz to gospel songs featuring Piedmont guitar style and rattlin’ bones. With the same versatility that won them the International Blues Challenge in 2016, and allowed them to record with National Heritage Fellow Phil Wiggins, the duo celebrates the ways Americans have triumphed over oppression through the vitality of their art. Audiences walk away from Ben & Joe’s concerts and workshops inspired to learn more of their own heritage, and engage more deeply with their communities. 

For more about Ben, see his website.
For more about Joe, see his website.  

Ticket Holders will receive a Livestream link via email 24 hours prior to the event.

KIDSTOCK! @HOME is made possible with generous support by the Hazel Miller Foundation, Nancy Bittner, Edmonds Arts Festival Foundation, Edmonds Arts Commission, Edmonds Diversity Commission, Edmonds Bookshop, and First Financial Northwest Bank.