<p><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">$22 Advance / $25 At the Door / $10 Livestream</span></strong></p><p><strong>Early Risers, Jake Klar, and Lizzy Mandell</strong> will open the evening with a special in-the-round set, leading into <strong>Andrea von Kampen’s debut performance at Next Stage</strong>.</p><p>Hailing from Nebraska’s Great Plains, <strong>Andrea von Kampen</strong> is a singer-songwriter celebrated for her introspective storytelling and captivating melodies. She has shared the stage with Watchhouse, Punch Brothers, The Wood Brothers, and Anaïs Mitchell’s Bonny Light Horseman; released three studio albums; and performed at the Newport Folk Festival and Rocky Mountain Folks Festival. Her headlining tours across North America and Europe have helped her reach a global audience, amassing more than 55 million Spotify streams. In 2022, Andrea made her acting debut in the independent film <em>A Chance Encounter</em>, starring in the film and writing and recording its soundtrack. This fall, she will release a powerful protest EP—an urgent collection of songs confronting resurgent hateful rhetoric in American politics and calling for justice and solidarity.</p><iframe-embed src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fkiBLdCAYGs" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="true" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" height="606" width="1079" style="" metaposition="flex-start" metatype="youtube"></iframe-embed><p><strong>Early Risers</strong> craft rootsy, lyric-driven songs marked by close vocal harmonies and rich, varied instrumentation, including banjo, guitar, mandolin, piano, and shruti box. After pursuing solo careers, Ashley and Putnam joined forces in 2015 and have since toured widely across the U.S. and Canada. Their debut album, <em>Making Life Sweet</em>, reached #1 on the Folk DJ Charts, with four songs landing in the top ten.</p><iframe-embed src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/L0iXb_nGV14" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="true" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" height="606" width="1079" style="" metaposition="flex-start" metatype="youtube"></iframe-embed><p>Blending rhythm and groove with grit and honesty, <strong>Jake Klar</strong> brings a modern Americana sound that weaves rock and pop influences into folk sincerity. His music transforms simple tunes into emotionally resonant stories that linger long after the last note.</p><iframe-embed src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/G8oE7a3H9SE" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="true" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" height="606" width="1079" style="" metaposition="flex-start" metatype="youtube"></iframe-embed><p><strong>Lizzy Mandell</strong> has released two albums: <em>Made for Flying</em>, which won Times Argus/Rutland Herald Tammie Awards for Best Singer/Songwriter and Best Album in 2012, and <em>To the Moon</em> (2025), created in partnership with fellow Vermonter and multi-instrumentalist, producer, and vocalist Colin McCaffrey.</p><iframe-embed src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jey7AweMGvU" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="true" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" height="606" width="1079" style="" metaposition="flex-start" metatype="youtube"></iframe-embed>