Denmark Arts Center is excited to be working with Norway Savings Bank, CHALMERS Insurance, and Bridgton Twin Drive-In to present this music series every Sunday in September.
GATE OPENS 12pm / CONCERT STARTS 1pm / $50 per Vehicle-5 person max. /
Reserve Online / A Rain or Shine event /Music on 88.7 FM station
Our September Music Series will feature a COVID-safe venue in the outdoor setting of Bridgton Twin Drive-in. Four consecutive Sundays the Denmark Arts Center will have music concerts offering a variety of musical styles in September. From infectious roots-based pop, to a blend of contemporary, traditional, and original folk acoustic, from touches of blues, R&B, Rock & Southern Boogie to straight up Country.
Susie Burke and David Surette have made a name for themselves as one of the finest acts on the lively New England folk scene. Together since 1988, Susie and David have built a steady following for their own blend of contemporary, traditional, and original folk and acoustic music. Burke’s vocal style is at once stunning and heartfelt, and is matched by Surette’s fluid fretwork. Both are well-respected within the folk music community, as is demonstrated by the fact that they have appeared as backing musicians on numerous recordings. Many of these have come out of the New Hampshire Seacoast area, where Susie and David are based, and which has a well-deserved reputation as a haven for folk and acoustic music. Susie Burke has been singing on Seacoast stages since the early 80s, as a soloist, a member of several local bands, and in several duos, including one with guitar whiz Harvey Reid.
Her musical tastes and influences are varied and many, encompassing contemporary and traditional folk, swing, country, topical songs, and acapella singing, with detours along the way for Broadway showtunes and classic ballads. “She possesses one of the finest, purest ballad sopranos heard in folk music today” writes Scott Alarik in the Boston Globe, noting that “her phrasing is unerringly devoted to the lyric” and that “Burke displays a gift for pulling honest emotional chords – all too rare in these clever and cynical times.” Before devoting her energies to music full-time, Burke worked as a day-care teacher, and her love of kids is evident in her wonderful participatory children’s concerts. David Surette has been performing in the Seacoast area since the mid-80s, both with Susie and with a number of other groups and musicians. He is well-known as a top-notch accompanist in New England’s contra dance and Celtic music circles, and is also in demand as a studio musician. He was awarded an NEA travel grant in 1994 to study the traditional music of Brittany, France, and has written a book of Celtic guitar arrangements for Mel Bay Music. Recipients of Individual Artist Fellowship awards from the NH State Council on the Arts in 1993. As a multi-instrumentalist, David brings a variety of stringed sounds to the duo; Folk Roots magazine notes that his “bouzouki, guitar, and mandolin playing is exemplary.” In addition to performing and recording, Surette maintains an active teaching schedule, and is head of the folk department at the Concord (NH) Community Music School.
This is a rain or shine event. Reserve Tickets online-Standard Gastropub discount will be emailed to you OR bring a picnic lunch and lawn chair. Tickets are per vehicle for up to 5 people.
Support provided by the Maine Humanities Council and National Endowment for the Humanities CARES Act Grant
Please review COVID Guidelines for this venue before purchasing.
Here is some helpful information for you to read regarding guidelines, food services, and other details to make your Sundays in September Music Series experience enjoyable. The Bridgton Twin Drive-In have the following COVID-19 guidelines to maintain a healthy and safe environment and to ensure we can continue having our music series.
Social Distancing
-Park your vehicle in the middle of non-roped off spots
-You may sit in front of your car or in the bed of a truck. Tents & big umbrellas block others view and not permitted. This is not a space intended for tailgating and mingling.
-Always try to maintain 6 feet between others outside of your vehicle spot
-We strongly suggest wearing a mask/face covering when going to the food truck and restrooms
Food
–There will be no food service on-site; We have partnered with STANDARD GASTROPUB to provide an easy (and tasty) curbside pick-up service! Order online Day Of Event beginning at 11am for pick-up between 11:30am and 12:30pm so you can grab a bite and make it to the venue with time before the show begins OR wait and order a snack after the music ends that day!! Use discount code emailed to you after your reserve your ticket for your online TO-GO food order. (Alcohol purchases not applicable with coupon code as per venue rules- No alcohol allowed in Drive-In)
Restrooms
-Located in the back of the projection/concession building in the first Drive-In lot.
-Are open for use but request to limit it to emergencies. Please try to plan accordingly.
-We strongly suggest patrons wear masks while using the facilities.
Arrival Time and What to Expect
-Parking lot opens 1 hour before each show. Box Office Volunteers will be at the entrance to check your ticket status. PLEASE BRING YOUR EMAIL CONFIRMATION TO THE SHOW.
-You will be given a packet when you arrive. The packet will include COVID information and a DAC at the Drive-In music series brochure.
-Volunteer Parking attendants will guide you into a parking space. Please do not move your vehicle to another spot.
-We ask you to refrain from driving in OVERSIZED TRUCKS, VANS, CAMPERS as they cannot fit between our parking posts and will not be allowed entry. Please bring your smallest vehicle so everyone will have a good stage-viewing experience.
Show Info
-All shows will be one a 75 to 90-minute set. It is our goal to start and end shows on time. There will not be an “opener”. The concerts are RAIN or SHINE events and online reservations are required.
Trash
-It would be a big help if you could pack out your trash home if you order food from the food truck.
Smoking
-Is not permitted at Bridgton Twin Drive-In EXCEPT in the designate smoking area relocated to back of parking under the tent below the big screen.
Radio Station Broadcast
-If you want to listen to the show in your car, we are broadcasting the audio through 88.7 fm.
Pets
-Denmark Arts Center and Bridgton Twin Drive-In love our dogs but, for liability and insurance reasons, we cannot allow them on the property during our outdoor music series.
Denmark Arts Center is excited to be working with Norway Savings Bank, CHALMERS Insurance, and Bridgton Twin Drive-In to present this music series every Sunday in September.
GATE OPENS 12pm / CONCERT STARTS 1pm / $50 per Vehicle-5 person max. /
Reserve Online / A Rain or Shine event /Music on 88.7 FM station
Our September Music Series will feature a COVID-safe venue in the outdoor setting of Bridgton Twin Drive-in. Four consecutive Sundays the Denmark Arts Center will have music concerts offering a variety of musical styles in September. From infectious roots-based pop, to a blend of contemporary, traditional, and original folk acoustic, from touches of blues, R&B, Rock & Southern Boogie to straight up Country.
Susie Burke and David Surette have made a name for themselves as one of the finest acts on the lively New England folk scene. Together since 1988, Susie and David have built a steady following for their own blend of contemporary, traditional, and original folk and acoustic music. Burke’s vocal style is at once stunning and heartfelt, and is matched by Surette’s fluid fretwork. Both are well-respected within the folk music community, as is demonstrated by the fact that they have appeared as backing musicians on numerous recordings. Many of these have come out of the New Hampshire Seacoast area, where Susie and David are based, and which has a well-deserved reputation as a haven for folk and acoustic music. Susie Burke has been singing on Seacoast stages since the early 80s, as a soloist, a member of several local bands, and in several duos, including one with guitar whiz Harvey Reid.
Her musical tastes and influences are varied and many, encompassing contemporary and traditional folk, swing, country, topical songs, and acapella singing, with detours along the way for Broadway showtunes and classic ballads. “She possesses one of the finest, purest ballad sopranos heard in folk music today” writes Scott Alarik in the Boston Globe, noting that “her phrasing is unerringly devoted to the lyric” and that “Burke displays a gift for pulling honest emotional chords – all too rare in these clever and cynical times.” Before devoting her energies to music full-time, Burke worked as a day-care teacher, and her love of kids is evident in her wonderful participatory children’s concerts. David Surette has been performing in the Seacoast area since the mid-80s, both with Susie and with a number of other groups and musicians. He is well-known as a top-notch accompanist in New England’s contra dance and Celtic music circles, and is also in demand as a studio musician. He was awarded an NEA travel grant in 1994 to study the traditional music of Brittany, France, and has written a book of Celtic guitar arrangements for Mel Bay Music. Recipients of Individual Artist Fellowship awards from the NH State Council on the Arts in 1993. As a multi-instrumentalist, David brings a variety of stringed sounds to the duo; Folk Roots magazine notes that his “bouzouki, guitar, and mandolin playing is exemplary.” In addition to performing and recording, Surette maintains an active teaching schedule, and is head of the folk department at the Concord (NH) Community Music School.
This is a rain or shine event. Reserve Tickets online-Standard Gastropub discount will be emailed to you OR bring a picnic lunch and lawn chair. Tickets are per vehicle for up to 5 people.
Support provided by the Maine Humanities Council and National Endowment for the Humanities CARES Act Grant
Please review COVID Guidelines for this venue before purchasing.
Here is some helpful information for you to read regarding guidelines, food services, and other details to make your Sundays in September Music Series experience enjoyable. The Bridgton Twin Drive-In have the following COVID-19 guidelines to maintain a healthy and safe environment and to ensure we can continue having our music series.
Social Distancing
-Park your vehicle in the middle of non-roped off spots
-You may sit in front of your car or in the bed of a truck. Tents & big umbrellas block others view and not permitted. This is not a space intended for tailgating and mingling.
-Always try to maintain 6 feet between others outside of your vehicle spot
-We strongly suggest wearing a mask/face covering when going to the food truck and restrooms
Food
–There will be no food service on-site; We have partnered with STANDARD GASTROPUB to provide an easy (and tasty) curbside pick-up service! Order online Day Of Event beginning at 11am for pick-up between 11:30am and 12:30pm so you can grab a bite and make it to the venue with time before the show begins OR wait and order a snack after the music ends that day!! Use discount code emailed to you after your reserve your ticket for your online TO-GO food order. (Alcohol purchases not applicable with coupon code as per venue rules- No alcohol allowed in Drive-In)
Restrooms
-Located in the back of the projection/concession building in the first Drive-In lot.
-Are open for use but request to limit it to emergencies. Please try to plan accordingly.
-We strongly suggest patrons wear masks while using the facilities.
Arrival Time and What to Expect
-Parking lot opens 1 hour before each show. Box Office Volunteers will be at the entrance to check your ticket status. PLEASE BRING YOUR EMAIL CONFIRMATION TO THE SHOW.
-You will be given a packet when you arrive. The packet will include COVID information and a DAC at the Drive-In music series brochure.
-Volunteer Parking attendants will guide you into a parking space. Please do not move your vehicle to another spot.
-We ask you to refrain from driving in OVERSIZED TRUCKS, VANS, CAMPERS as they cannot fit between our parking posts and will not be allowed entry. Please bring your smallest vehicle so everyone will have a good stage-viewing experience.
Show Info
-All shows will be one a 75 to 90-minute set. It is our goal to start and end shows on time. There will not be an “opener”. The concerts are RAIN or SHINE events and online reservations are required.
Trash
-It would be a big help if you could pack out your trash home if you order food from the food truck.
Smoking
-Is not permitted at Bridgton Twin Drive-In EXCEPT in the designate smoking area relocated to back of parking under the tent below the big screen.
Radio Station Broadcast
-If you want to listen to the show in your car, we are broadcasting the audio through 88.7 fm.
Pets
-Denmark Arts Center and Bridgton Twin Drive-In love our dogs but, for liability and insurance reasons, we cannot allow them on the property during our outdoor music series.
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