Josh Ritter with Louisa Stancioff
presented by the River House Restaurant
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General Admission Donations do not include reserved seating. This is a way to make your gate donation in advance. Thank you!
Josh Ritter is a renowned singer, songwriter, musician, artist and best-selling author. One of today’s most thoughtful and prolific voices, he has released eleven studio albums including 2019’s widely acclaimed ‘Fever Breaks’ of which NPR Music praised, “He remains a hydrant of ideas while embodying an endless capacity for empathy and indignation, often within a single song.”
His twelfth studio album ‘I Believe in You, My Honeydew’ will be out 9/12/25. New songs “You Won’t Dig My Grave” and “Truth is a Dimension (Both Invisible and Blinding)” from the forthcoming record are out now. Two-plus decades into his celebrated career, Ritter has written music that has transcended generations including luminaries such as Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, and Bob Weir covering his songs.
In addition to his work as a musician, Ritter is also a national best-selling author, having released two novels to date: 2021’s The Great Glorious Goddamn of It All and 2011’s Bright’s Passage. Released to critical attention, Stephen King wrote in The New York Times Book Review that Bright’s Passage “shines with a compressed lyricism that recalls Ray Bradbury in his prime…This is the work of a gifted novelist.”
“Josh Ritter remains at the top of his game two decades into a highlight-strewn career. He’d be forgiven for loosening his grip, but his hand has never felt surer.”
– NPR Music
“Harking back to Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and maybe a little Mark Knopfler, Mr. Ritter has always been a slinger of serious ideas and high-flown imagery.”
– The New York Times
“Mysterious, melancholy, melodic…and those are only the M’s.”
– Stephen King in Entertainment Weekly
with Louisa Stancioff
LOU–WEE–ZA STAN–CHOFF
Born and raised in the foothills of Western Maine, Louisa Stancioff learned to entertain herself by singing songs with her sister and playing the piano, fiddle, guitar and any other instrument lying around the house. Stancioff grew up learning traditional Balkan music from her paternal grandfather’s side of the family, and reveled in singing American folk and roots tunes with her friends. She moved through life nomadically in her early adulthood, living in upstate New York, Western North Carolina, Montana and California, and gathered her songwriting material along the way, playing in multiple bands throughout those years.
Currently settled in Midcoast Maine, she has toured this iteration of her indie folk band all across the country, headlining and opening for bands such as Blitzen Trapper, Pokey Lafarge, Darlingside, The Dead Tongues, Micaela Davis and more.
Backed by her talented bandmates, her intelligent and soulful writing pairs with a confident and catchy indie sound drawing on folk, rock, pop, and her own balkan heritage.
Louisa’s debut album When We Were Looking was released in 2024 under Yep Roc Records. Check out the Official Press Release.
Reservations
Table and blanket reservations are non-refundable, but can be transferred to another available date in the 2026 season.
Please Note: General Admission Donations do not include reserved seating. This is a way to make your gate donation in advance.
Table reservations seat four.
Blanket reservations are placed in the blankets-only area of lawn and do not allow for chair placement. Blankets are roughly 5′ x 5′, comfortably fitting 2 adults and 1 child.
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