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BUY TICKETS HERE [1] On Saturday evening, November 17, John McCutcheon will perform a farewell concert to benefit the Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice. The concert will begin at 7:00 pm at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Performing Arts Center. Tickets will also be available for a post-concert reception where John McCutcheon will meet and talk with concert-goers over hors d’oeurves and non-alcoholic beverages.

Tickets are available for sale at New Dominion Bookstore, Sidetracks, and Sneak Review Video. Tickets will also be available at the concert box office on Saturday night. Cash or check only at the door. Tickets cost $50 for the concert and reception, or $25 for the concert only. Tickets purchased online will be waiting at the box office on the night of the concert.

Buy tickets to concert only: $25 each:

Buy tickets to concert and reception: $50 each:

Widely considered a master of the hammer dulcimer, the predecessor of the piano, McCutcheon has performed to sold-out audiences around the world, in venues ranging from Russia to Dallas. During the past twenty years, McCutcheon has performed with many of music’s greatest artists, including Pete Seeger, Johnny Cash, Arlo Guthrie, and Mary Chapin Carpenter.

Raised in Wisconsin, John McCutcheon migrated to the Appalachians armed with a backpack, a banjo, and a healthy measure of youthful curiosity. In the process, he discovered a new home, both musically and geographically. Learning at the knees of some of the great traditional masters, McCutcheon mastered the banjo, guitar, fiddle, autoharp, mountain dulcimer, and jaw harp. But most consider his greatest talent to be his ability to see the meaning in the mundane, to lay out the horizons in one’s own backyard. Combining these talents, McCutcheon blends traditional music and original material with ease, grace, and power.

Garnering seven Grammy nominations and almost every imaginable award in the independent record industry, John McCutcheon has brought joy to millions of listeners. After spending years as a local resident, McCutcheon now lives in Atlanta. His farewell benefit concert for the Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice provides the opportunity to witness his blend of song and story, humor and pathos, contemporary and traditional, in an exhilarating celebration of Americana.

ARTS FOR PEACE 2007
John McCutcheon Farewell Concert
Post Concert Reception Menu

An Assortment of Fine Cheeses
Crackers and Crostini
Pomegranate - Walnut Chicken in a Pastry Shell
Risotto Balls, with Fontina Cheese and Wild Mushroom Filling
Belgian Endive, with Goat Cheese, Fig and Honey Glazed Pecans
Spring Rolls, with a Peanut Dipping Sauce
Cold Poached Salmon, with a Sorrel - Almond Sauce and a Mango - Pineapple Salsa

Pecan Tassies
Chocolate Cookies
Grapes

Assorted Non Alcoholic Beverages