Events

Old Tavern Concert Series

The Old Tavern Concert Series: A wonderful free live concert series held at the inn.

The Old Tavern Series Schedule

Our dining room opens early at 5:30 p.m. on show nights and many times we have special dinners and always special entrees. Check below for details. All shows are free of charge, and all are welcome!

Sunday, July 6: Frank Wallace & Nancy Knowles Duo

16th Century Spanish Music
8 p.m. show
Phelps Barn at The Old Tavern

Together, this husband-wife duo put on quite the show. American Record Guide calls Frank Wallace's guitar compositions “exciting, unpredictable, and fresh.” Aside from the beauty of Nancy Knowles’ voice, audiences and critics comment most about her engaging presence on stage. Their performance will feature “Renaissance Masterworks with lute and voice,” one of their more popular shows.

Wallace's works showcase the classical guitar in solo, duo trio and quartet, as well as in chamber works with voice, flute and cello. His many influences include blues and jazz to medieval and avant garde. Wallace has written over 75 songs set to classical guitar and set to poetry from many sources, including Pulitzer-prize winning poets. Nancy Knowles’ talents and down-to-earth humor has gained her loyal audiences in the U.S. and Europe. Knowles’ enchanting soprano voice can be heard on seven recordings, including the hit motion picture soundtrack, Titanic.

Wallace and Knowles now live in the Monadnock Region of New Hampshire, where they both teach at the Two Rivers Music School.

Sunday, August 24: Draa Hobbs Quintet

Draa is a reknown jazz guitarist. His quintet includes: Michael Zsoldos, Tenor Sax; Fred Haas, Piano & Alto Sax; Thomson Kneeland, Bass; Jon Hazilla, Drums.
8 p.m. show
Location: Phelps Barn at The Old Tavern
Note: this concert will be held on the first evening of the Exhibition at Grafton. Enjoy art in all forms this evening!

The Old Tavern concert series has been revived thanks to generous donations by Old Tavern guests and Grafton residents through the Grafton Fund, a giving program of the Windham Foundation.