BRATTLEBORO — After a one-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a cappella music returns to the Latchis Theatre with the 18th (almost) Annual Collegiate A Cappella Benefit Concert on Saturday, Feb. 5, at 7:30 p.m.
The benefit for the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) will feature six groups, including the Tufts Beelzebubs, Vassar Devils, UMass Vocal Suspects, Williams College Ephlats, and two other groups to be confirmed.
Ben Brady, a Brattleboro Union High School alumnus, will be returning to his hometown to sing with the Vassar Devils.
Tickets start at $10 and are available at brattleboromuseum.org. All seating is reserved. Attendees must be fully vaccinated and may be required to provide proof of vaccination at the door. All concertgoers will be required to wear a face covering over their nose and mouth while inside the theater.
Given the uncertainty surrounding COVID-19, all ticket purchases will be fully refundable up until two weeks prior to the concert. In the event that the concert is cancelled, all ticket purchases will be fully refunded.
The Collegiate A Cappella Benefit Concert was launched in 2004 by Dede Cummings, then a trustee of BMAC. Cummings arranged for the Brown University Jabberwocks, of which her son, Sam Carmichael, was a member, and other groups with local connections to perform in Brattleboro.
“For 17 years, the community embraced this annual event with such enthusiasm,” BMAC Director Danny Lichtenfeld, who happens to be an alumnus of the Tufts Beelzebubs, said in a news release. “It's a lot of fun. We really missed hosting it in 2021 and are thrilled to bring it back in 2022.”