BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Find Local//findlocal.community//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:29b682e9-f373-4588-ae5b-72aef455444d@findlocal.community DTSTAMP:20261026T052807Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261107T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261107T210000 SUMMARY:Connor Garvey & Ben Cosgrove DESCRIPTION:Two distinctive New England musicians\, two very different mu sical voices\, and a shared love of great songs\, stories\, and the spac es between them. Award-winning Portland\, Maine singer-songwriter Connor Garvey and acclaimed pianist/composer Ben Cosgrove have been making mus ic together for years\, bringing an unusually dynamic combination of Gar vey’s rhythmic\, soulful songwriting and Cosgrove’s richly textured\, la ndscape-inspired piano work to stages throughout New England and beyond. Their collaboration has included concerts in Maine\, New Hampshire\, Ma ssachusetts\, Vermont\, Colorado\, and beyond\, with notable appearances together at venues including One Longfellow Square in Portland\, The Wo rd Barn in Exeter\, Swallow Hill in Denver\, and Stone Cottage Studios i n Boulder. Their musical partnership has grown from individual appearanc es into a genuine creative collaboration\, with Cosgrove performing and recording with Garvey and becoming part of the larger musical world surr ounding Garvey’s albums and live shows. In concert\, the pairing offers something more than two artists taking turns onstage. Garvey’s intimate\ , humorous\, deeply human songs provide the narrative center\, while Cos grove’s inventive piano playing brings color\, movement\, atmosphere\, a nd surprise. The result is a show that can move effortlessly from quiet reflection to rhythmic energy\, with plenty of conversation\, spontaneit y\, and musical interplay along the way. Connor Garvey & Ben Cosgrove br ing years of friendship\, collaboration\, and shared stages to every per formance—a meeting of songwriter and composer that feels both carefully crafted and completely in the moment Connor Garvey is an award-winning s inger-songwriter from Portland\, Maine\, whose music lives at the inters ection of thoughtful folk\, rhythmic acoustic rock\, and deeply human st orytelling. With a career spanning more than two decades\, Garvey has bu ilt a reputation as an engaging performer\, accomplished guitarist\, and songwriter unafraid to explore life’s heavier questions without losing his sense of humor\, hope\, or wonder. A winner of the Kerrville New Fol k\, Rocky Mountain Folks Fest\, SolarFest\, Wildflower Arts & Music Fest ival\, and Maine Songwriters Association competitions\, Garvey was also voted the Most Wanted Artist at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival and named one of SiriusXM’s top new singer-songwriters. His performances have tak en him to major folk festivals and listening rooms across the country\, sharing stages with artists including John Gorka\, Ellis Paul\, David Wi lcox\, Catie Curtis\, Brett Dennen\, Storyhill\, and The Ballroom Thieve s. Garvey’s eighth album\, Another End of a Year\, marked a particularly mature chapter in his songwriting. The Portland Press Herald praised it s “first-rate songwriting with equally solid vocals and a tapestry of ke en musicianship\,” while Glide Magazine called it “his most powerful rec ord yet\,” highlighting Garvey’s ability to write lyrics that reach “the core of some of our most vulnerable feelings.” The Maine Edge described the album as “simply top-tier material” and “another example of a Maine artist deserving of a global profile.” Americana UK summed it up more s imply: “This is quality song-craft from a richly experienced\, acclaimed musician.” That depth is balanced by a performer’s natural ability to c onnect. The Portland Press Herald’s Aimsel Ponti captured something cent ral to Garvey’s appeal\, writing that he “proves you can be optimistic a nd self-aware without being boring.” The Portland Phoenix’s Sam Pfiefle urged listeners to “STOP AND LISTEN\,” describing Garvey as something li ke “a cross between Paul Simon and Rufus Wainwright\,” while No Depressi on praised the creative spark that makes his live performances continual ly surprising. Garvey’s songs are ultimately about connection: the stori es we tell ourselves\, the moments that change us\, the people who help us through\, and the possibility of finding meaning—and even joy—in the middle of it all. Whether performing solo or with the musicians who have formed the backbone of his recordings for years\, he brings audiences i nto that shared space between the last note and the applause\, where a g ood song becomes something more than entertainment. Based in Portland\, Maine\, Connor Garvey continues to write\, record\, perform\, and lead s ongwriting workshops\, carrying forward a simple belief that has animate d his career from the beginning: a song can make us pay closer attention —to ourselves\, to one another\, and to the world around us. Ben Cosgrov e is a traveling composer-performer whose music explores themes of lands cape\, place\, and environment. Described by the Boston Globe as “a soni c plein-air painter… [using] his piano as a paintbrush\,” Ben has perfor med in every U.S. state except for Delaware\, collaborated with groups r anging from rock bands to research scientists\, contributed music to sev eral radio and film projects (including the recent Ken Burns documentary The American Buffalo)\, and held residencies and fellowships with insti tutions including NASA\, Acadia National Park\, White Mountain National Forest\, Isle Royale National Park\, Harvard University\, Middlebury Col lege\, the New England National Scenic Trail\, the Schmidt Ocean Institu te\, the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife & Fish Refuge\, the C onnecticut River Museum\, and the Sitka Center for Art & Ecology. Ben’s music has been called “beautiful and fascinating” (The Maine Edge)\, “de eply impressive” (Independent Clauses)\, and “immediately evocative and fully arresting… brim[ming] with technical mastery and emotional capital ” (Seven Days). Yankee Magazine calls his music “quintessentially Americ an\, omnivorous\, and democratic\,” and Sound of Boston has described hi m as “an expert at painting sonic portraits of curious\, unexpected plac es.” His latest album\, Topograph\, a collection of sixteen new pieces i nspired by land-shaping processes around the country\, was released in e arly 2026. 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