Theater & DanceSaturday, November 14
The Ballad Tree
Saturday, November 14 · 7:30-9 p.m. · TEMPO Kingston Performing Arts Center
- When
- Saturday, November 14 · 7:30-9 p.m.
- Where
- TEMPO Kingston Performing Arts Center29 Wurts St · Kingston, NY · 12401
About this event
Beautiful songs. Terrible deeds TEMPO Performing Arts Center ~ Saturday, November 14 | 8 PM
Songs of heartbreak, death and the supernatural come to life in The Ballad Tree, an atmospheric evening of live music, song, dance and puppetry inspired by the Appalachian murder ballad tradition.
Passed down through generations, these tragically romantic songs have traveled and changed with every telling. The Ballad Tree embraces that tradition, weaving familiar and lesser-known ballads together with original music and movement. The dark stories take on a fairytale quality, transforming tales of terrible deeds and tragic heartbreak into moments of beauty.
David Kamm, whose folk-rooted guitar and banjo work provides the musical backbone of the production, leads the live music alongside Hudson Valley musicians Allison and Lee Godleski, while choreographer Djahari Clark is joined by local dancers Glenna Yu and Laura Victoria Ward. Costume design by Kristin Costa.
Saturday, November 14, 2026 Doors: 7 PM | Show: 8 PM TEMPO Concert Hall 29 Wurts St., Kingston, NY
Tickets: The Ballad Tree - TEMPO Performing Arts Center
$25 Community / $35 Standard / $50 Supporter
Listed by Kingston NY Happenings (ICS feeds), gathered by the Poughkeepsie events calendar.