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Love's Gonna Carry Us - Cambridge MA

You are invited to an evening of songs of joy, resilience, and justice on Saturday, April 8th at 7:00 pm, at the Friends Meeting at Cambridge.

Advance online ticket sales are now CLOSED. However there are still plento of tickets available at the door for a donation via cash, check or credit card.

This concert is a benefit for Queer Youth Assemble whose mission is to "bring joy and autonomy to all queer youth under 25 in the United States and its territories".

2023 is the 40th anniversary of "Everything Possible", the song that Fred Small wrote in response to the request from a two women who wanted a lullaby they could sing to their child. Fred will be joining us on this song and will talk a little about the history of the song—and the new children's book coming out soon with illustrations for the song by Alison Brown.

Tickets:

  • Buy a ticket now (at left) at whatever price you feel you can afford—or buy a ticket at the door (space permitting).
  • Suggested donation is $20 for adults, $10 for youth under 25, under 16 free.
  • No one should stay away for lack of funds. 

COVID precautions:

  • Please plan to mask during the concert. (Annie & Peter will not be masked while performing.)
  • The room where the concert is held is well-ventilated.
  • We encourage you to self-test prior to concert. Please stay away if you have a recent exposure.

There is limited on the street parking near the meetinghouse. We recommend using public transportation. The meetinghuse is 0.5 miles from the Harvard stop on the Red Line.

Group singing during concert:

  • Audience will be invited to join in on most songs. We will listen to Annie's voice on some songs.
  • Annie & Peter will be leading the audience in singing out of their songbooks Rise Up Singing and Rise Again on many songs. 
  • Bring copies of these songbooks if you have them. (Copies of songbooks will be available to buy or borrow at the concert.)

We hope you can join us for this great evening of singing!

(The name of this concert is inspired by the title track of Fred Small's 1989 debut album.)

Date(s): 
Apr 8 2023 - 7:00pm
5 Longfellow Park
Cambridge , MA 02138
United States
Contact: 
Peace & Social Justice Comm of FMOC
(617) 876-6883
Event type: 
Best Concrete