America turns 250 this year, and Lewes, the First Town in the First State, is taking it personally. We’ve got a lot going on at the moment. Pace yourselves.
JULY 4 – Lewes goes all day: old-fashioned kids’ games on Second Street at 9 a.m., the Independence Day Boat Parade down the canal around 2 p.m., and the Go Fourth Lewes fireworks over the bay at dusk. Around 5 p.m., one of my favorite Lewes traditions, the Doo-Dah Parade, forms near Lloyd’s Market and ambles down Kings Highway with no preregistration, no theme and a start time even the organizers call unpredictable. That’s the point. Anyone can join, and it’s absolutely adorable and not to be missed.
JULY 7 – Simmer Down: Cookout Edition takes over the Lewes Public Library outdoor pavilion at 6 p.m. A cookbook club aimed at millennials: bring a dish, the library handles the mains. Communal potluck as civic infrastructure. I am here for it.
JULY 10 – Olivia Rubini plays a 90 Minute Music Session at Dogfish Head Brewings & Eats in Rehoboth at 9 p.m. A Top 20 finalist on Season 25 of The Voice who has since sung the national anthem at Lincoln Financial Field, she writes the kind of clever pop with a classic rock streak that earns the late slot. $5 pints of 90 Minute IPA don’t hurt.
JULY 11 – Point the car to Salisbury, where the Salisbury Zoo hosts Pokémon GO Fest: a daytime scavenger hunt plus a $5 evening session from 5 to 7 p.m. for the rock-and-dragon-type crowd.
JULY 11 – Stay in Rehoboth, where friend of the Booth Roo on Uke plays Chesapeake & Maine from 6 to 9 p.m. Ukulele over oysters.
Marissa’s Picks at The Listening Booth
JULY 11 – The Honey Badgers & Haunted Like Human, 7 p.m.
Honey Badgers are a delightful Delaware duo whose name began as a way to make each other laugh and then accidentally built one of the most quietly captivating acts in the region around it. Michael Natrin and Erin Magnin weave wistful fiddle, driving guitar and the kind of harmonies that comparisons to The Civil Wars and Watchhouse exist to describe. They share the bill with Atlanta’s Haunted Like Human, a story-driven Americana duo who write the sort of songs that make a quiet room lean in. Two harmony-forward duos, one stage, exactly the night the Booth was built for.
MORE TO HEAR AND DO AT THE BOOTH:
JULY 3 – Eric Hutchinson with Julie Derrick (SOLD OUT)
JULY 5 – Songbird Collective: Carly Winter, Madisun Bailey, Meg Murray & Laura Brino
JULY 6 – Listening Booth Takeover at the DAC Westside Creative Market
Visit listeningbooth.com/shows for tickets.
