The Little Mercies with Kirstie Lynn Doors 6:30 Music 7:00 $20

The Little Mercies make their Kansas City debut bringing a sound that's impossible to forget. Bronwyn Chelette, Shanice Richards, and Rosalee Walsh — three multi-instrumentalist songwriters rooted in oldtime — each arrived by a different road: Appalachian ballads, Jamaican reggae, Colorado bluegrass. The result has drawn comparisons to Gillian Welch and the Carolina Chocolate Drops and built a following that spans folk and americana. Expect powerful harmonies, raging twin fiddles, and a room that leaves differently than it arrived.

Opening the night is KC's own Kirstie Lynn, a poet-songwriter whose fingerstyle guitar and soaring vocals have drawn comparisons to Joan Baez.

Following Kirstie will be Sadie Gustafson-Zook. With a voice often likened to Joni Mitchell, Sadie’s performances alternate between flowing melodies accompanied by purposeful guitar, and stories that hold the audience with warmth and levity. She has performed at festivals across the country, most notably including the Rocky Mountain Folks Fest, Kerrville Folk Festival, Anchorage Folk Festival, Sister’s Folk Fest, Walnut Valley Festival, and Blissfest. An acclaimed songwriter, Sadie has charmed judges at some of the most notorious folk songwriting contests, including Kerrville's New Folk Contest (2022), Rocky Mountain Folk Festival’s Songwriter Showcase (2022), Newsong+LEAF Songwriting Contest (2022), and the Acorn Theatre’s Singer Songwriter Competition (2024).

When Sadie is not on tour, she enjoys living in Minneapolis where she teaches online music lessons, goes on walks at the park, participates in a garage band, attends craft nights at her friends’ houses, contra dances, plays fiddle at old-time jams, and organizes community events.

Refreshments by a House of Outlyre. Donations appreciated.