After 26 incredible years, this chapter of Radio Bean is coming to a close.
While a hopeful transition is forming behind the scenes, we remain optimistic that this isn't goodbye.
Nothing is official just yet, and we'll share more as soon as we can.
You may still see upcoming shows listed on our calendar and Featured Shows page! Some of these shows are being presented by Radio Bean at other venues, and for some of them, we're still working to find new homes for them.
Musicians & booking contacts... Please don't forget about us! Our booking team is hoping to be back behind the scenes sooner rather than later, working hard to set-up the vibrant nightlife we've all come to know and love here in Burlington, Vermont.
We'd love to keep in touch.
If you are looking to set-up a show, please email radiobeanbooking@gmail.com and we'll be happy to give you an update on how things are progressing behind the scenes regarding a potential return to action.
Keep an eye on individual event listings for updates, and keep your eyes, ears, & hearts open for what's next.
Thank you all for 26 amazing years of this chapter of The Bean ❤️
THE END OF AN ERA...
and hopefully, the start of another
HONKY TONK TUESDAY
W/ MARLEY HALE
& WILD LEEK RIVER
Tuesday 9.8.26 - 8:30 pm
With a beguiling voice that would feel right at home on classic country radio, Marley Hale delivers a captivating country/folk sound rooted in the refined yet adventurous musicality she’s cultivated almost her entire life. As revealed on her debut EP, By My Own Ways, to be released July 26, 2024, the Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter matches her timeless sensibilities and graceful musicianship with a one-of-a-kind narrative voice, endlessly merging raw truth with mesmerizing storytelling.
Born in Austin but raised in Northern California, Hale first learned to play guitar from her father at age 10 and soon began writing songs of her own. Although she grew up listening to classic-rock bands like Led Zeppelin and pop visionaries like Kate Bush and David Bowie, she later became fascinated with folk luminaries such as Karen Dalton and Bob Dylan and eventually discovered the artists she now lists among her essential touchstones, including Loretta Lynn and Gillian Welch.
Co-produced by Hale and Dylan McKinstry at Greenpoint Recording Collective, By My Own Ways presents a collection of lived-in stories capturing moments of danger and desperation and all-consuming longing, setting each track to a sound that’s rich in finespun detail. By My Own Ways encompasses everything from smoldering country-rock to piano-laced honky-tonk—ultimately lending a strangely enthralling power to Hale’s intimate meditations on self-loathing and self-acceptance.
RADIO BEAN PRESENTS...
DAVID LIEBE HART
(of the tim & Eric Awesome show, great job!)
w/ James Kochalka Superstar
& an afterpArty from "strelka"
LIVE AT THE MONKEY HOUSE!
Thursday 9.10.26 - 8:00 pm
Known for his roles on Tim & Eric Awesome Show Great Job! and other Adult Swim series, David Liebe Hart is an outsider musician, actor, puppeteer, UFOlogist, & train buff. David’s vast and eclectic catalog includes songs about aliens, food, trains, & failed relationships, yielding such cult hits as "Salame," "Father & Son" & "Puberty." Live shows provide an intimate, raw, & unpredictable experience. Funny, engaging or confusing, each David Liebe Hart show is one-of-a-kind and always memorable. With Jonah “The’ Mole” Mociun as gadget-wielding backing musician, Liebe Hart’s performance includes songs, puppetry, storytelling and surprises.
Radio Bean presents...
JAKE MCKELVIE
w/ a box of stars,
riverbed, izzy jones
LIVE AT THE MONKEY HOUSE!
Thursday 9.17.26 - 8:00pm
On A New Kind of Hat, the new long-player from Massachusetts's own Jake McKelvie, indie-rock melodicism slow dances with alt-country ramble. A kind soul that's just a touch world-weary, McKelvie's careful economy of language belies a sly sense of humor set against a backdrop of unadorned instrumentation.
Thematically, the record strikes the perfect balance between serious musing and whimsy. With his band of in-the-pocket players at his side, McKelvie has crafted a record that is equally at home in the listening room as on the dance floor. Eminently engaging and full of nuance, A New Kind of Hat is a record destined for a treasured spot in your collection.
Radio Bean presents...
ORA COGAN
LIVE AT Foam!
Monday 9.28.26 - 7:30pm
Ora Cogan’s music is alchemical: part instinct, part ritual, and always conjured from the edges where life feels sharpest. With Hard Hearted Woman, she mixes haunted folk, psych rock, and a shadowy strain of country, building a realm where catharsis feels lush, mysterious and vital. Shaken by the tenor of modern life, Cogan pulled in a circle of kindred musicians and made a
record shaped by someone who has looked into the abyss and decided, again and again, to choose curiosity.
Hard Hearted Woman grew out of a blur of cold-water plunges, long river swims, late-night ruminations with friends on art and politics, and long drives through the rural Lillooet landscape to visit her godmother. Alongside her band and guests from both the country and experimental worlds, she recorded with David Parry (Loving) at Dream Club in Victoria, B.C., as well as in her studio in Nanaimo, and remotely with Tom Deis. The result glows like something pulled from smoke and seawater — intimate, shimmering, and carved with wit as much as grief. It’s a swirling, jewel-toned ode to all the angels and the demons.
A work of devotion to mystery, to community, and to the strange power of making art in a fractured world, Hard Hearted Woman is a record about hardness and resilience; it’s the shell we grow so our most human, breakable selves can survive. Hard Hearted Woman is for anyone trying to stay open, even when the world makes that feel impossible.
Radio Bean Presents...
DEAD GOWNS
w/ Helenor
LIVE AT THE MONKEY HOUSE!
Thursday 10.22.26 - 8:00pm
Remembering it over and over again: the way it happened in Vegas, the way beginnings spill over onto endings. Geneviève Beaudoin, the Portland, Maine-based songwriter, went to Las Vegas to help a close friend move and start a new life there. But buried within that newness, there was an old and gradually widening fracture—and in that city, the friendship ended.
On a certain level, we anticipate strain and rupture in a romantic context. But we don’t as easily expect or extend that same kind of awareness to close friendships, which cut just as deep, and hold up just as much of our sense of belonging and mattering. Feeling raw and unraveled, Beaudoin realized these were songs she needed to hear, as much as she needed to write. Back home in Maine, she began crafting her second full-length album as Dead Gowns.
Recorded in a farmhouse at the foot of the White Mountains with Beaudoin’s long-time partner Luke Kalloch, and produced by Sam Kassirer and Colin Lester Fleming, Vegas is a series of raw, smoldering songs that suddenly gape. It is an album that watches grief move, point by point. Every track blurs place and time, as memory and self, seed and fruit, “hardcore and wellness” become refracted and indissoluble.
The result is all bright lights and dark waters, every instrument a response to the ache of Beaudoin's voice, a voice which increasingly anchors the album as it unfurls.
Radio Bean Presents...
LAMPLIGHT, THE CLEARWATER SWIMMERS, FOWL
live at the monkey house!
Saturday 10.24.26 - 8:00 pm
Lamplight is the texturally dense, homegrown alt-folk project of multi-disciplinary artist Ian Williams. Born and raised in Virginia, creek-steeped in the foothills of Appalachia, frontman and songwriter Williams grew up taking long walks to make music in bands with his childhood best friends. Lamplight is an earnest exploration of the multitudes we all contain, with a habit of wearing the heart on the sleeve. He is often in love, is always left-handed, and is picking up painting again.
The Clearwater Swimmers, a four-piece rock band spread between New York City and New England, use their sound to wade into stoned and fuzzy reflection. With their blend of coastal, hazy alternative and contemporary indie, Sumner Bright (lead vocals & rhythm guitar), Timothy Graff (drums and percussion), Sander Casale (lead guitar), and Connor Kennedy (backup vocals, keys, and bass), offer up the kind of catharsis that flares up amidst a slow-burning intensity.
radio bean presents
SHEBAD
live at foam!
Saturday 10.31.26 - 9:00pm
SHEBAD is the creative spirit of visual artist and vocalist Claire Voy and multi-instrumentalist Ciccio Spagnolo. Hailing from Guelph ON. Canada, their music plays on the exploratory realm of Indie Soul, characterized by jazz-influenced melodies, danceable basslines, and Claire's transcendent voice. Their sound is a synthesis of influences like Stevie Wonder, Hiatus Kaiyote, Amy Winehouse, Daft Punk, and Erykah Badu, making the music compelling and curious with lyrics from the heart. CBC’s Laila Biali aptly describes their sound as “Music that exists in a sonic world of its own”.
Performing live, they typically play as a 5-piece arrangement with Ciccio Spagnolo (Bass/Keys/Flute),
Claire Voy (Vox/Guitar/Synth), Emil White (Keys/Bass/Sax), and Emmitt Leacock (Drums/MC). The variation between danceable and emotive songs creates a dynamic and memorable experience for listeners. The band kicked off 2024 with direct support slots for Kamasi Washington, Thievery Corporation, and Anomalie, and has performed on several Canadian and US stages including Rochester International Jazz Festival, Toronto International Jazz Festival, Mariposa, Hillside, Sunfest, and more. Signed to booking agency Royal Artist Group with the likes of Snarky Puppy, Salami Rose Joe Louis and Jojo Meyer, SHEBAD made their US live show debut in 2025, with more music to come in 2026.
DARRYL RAHN
Wednesday 11.4.26 - 8:00pm - Tickets
Darryl Rahn is a Brooklyn-based indie folk artist with a well-seasoned homegrown sound. Born in a small suburb in upstate New York, he is inspired by his community’s unique landscapes, grandmother’s red-sauce recipes, and an internal grappling over the fact that he never hit a home run in little league. His narrative-rich lyrics conjured from an admiration of great American writers from Raymond Carver to Tim Robinson paired with his signature chromatic guitar style have earned him spots on stages and in regular collaboration with the likes of Dawes, Willow Avalon, and Samia to name a few.
THE LOWEST PAIR
Thursday 11.5.26 - 7:00pm - Tickets
“Kendl Winter and Palmer T. Lee, both playing guitar and banjo and trading vocals; hers an achingly beautiful distinctive tone that complements his smoky delivery to perfection.” –– Americana UK
The Lowest Pair has questions. The duo, made up of Kendl Winter and Palmer T. Lee, know that we tend to see duality as a problem. We want life to be linear, working through the dark to finally get to the light. Grief to joy, despair to hope, confusion to clarity––not a jangly cycle we can’t escape. But through their incandescent folk songs, the Lowest Pair often ask: What if we sit with the mess? What if that’s not just more peaceful, but more magical, too?
On their 8th album Always As Young As We’ll Ever Be, the Lowest Pair prove that over the last dozen years together, they’ve become some of modern roots music’s most mesmerizing, thoughtful purveyors. Produced by Tucker Martine (The Decemberists), the 10-track album puts the duo’s stark lyricism, string-driven arrangements, and raw compatibility on brilliant display and as a result, Always As Young As We’ll Ever Be pulses with life.
The Lowest Pair’s musicianship is another beautiful testament not just to playing that breathes, but playing that listens. Winter, who grew up in Arkansas but has lived in Washington State for the last two decades, and Lee, a Minnesota native, first gained attention as poetic singer-songwriters on banjos. While their family of strings has expanded, their fundamental approach hasn’t: Respond to sounds and stories the other is making.
JUNE HENRY
& CHRYSALIS
Wednesday 11.11.26 - 7:00 pm - Tickets
June Henry is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist currently based in Lawrence, Kansas. Her music explores themes of mental illness, complex gender identity, and growing up.
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Based in Nashville, chrysalis is the solo project of Indigo Ansin, creating intimate, emotionally honest songs rooted in folk while drawing inspiration from artists like Joni Mitchell, Brandi Carlile, Alanis Morissette, and Indigo De Souza.
MARTY O'REILLY
Saturday 11.14.26 - 7:00pm - Tickets
Marty O’Reilly’s music feels timeless, like an old story told in a new way. His raw, soulful voice and gritty guitar playing form the foundation of a sound rooted in Americana. Drawing inspiration from folk icons like Woody Guthrie, blues legends like Howlin’ Wolf, gospel pioneers like Sister Rosetta Thorpe, and storytellers like Tom Waits, Marty’s music captivates and connects audiences.
His live performances aren’t just concerts; they’re cathartic experiences. From soft and haunting moments to wild and electric highs, his shows linger with you long after the lights come up. Marty’s songs dig deep into the human experience, exploring themes of loneliness, connection, love, and loss. Whether performing solo or with a full band, he brings listeners into his world, making them feel like part of the story.
Over years of relentless touring and self-funded albums, Marty has built a dedicated following. He’s shared the stage with Shakey Graves, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, and Sarah Jarosz and played festivals like Bottlerock and High Sierra Music Festival. Through it all, he remains focused on creating music that is honest, meaningful, and profoundly real.
LOS CUMPLEANOS
Saturday 11.14.26 - 9:00pm - Tickets
Tropical Dance Music // Soundscapes // Experimental Party Music
Los Cumpleaños play a psychedelic take on classic Colombian Cumbia, Porro, Son Caribeño, Salsa Criolla and Bullerengue. The band has the playfulness of an experimental group and the energy of a punk rock band. They mix new wave synths & retro organ sounds with effect-laden trombone and trumpet as well as a three piece percussion section.The group features virtuoso percussionist and vocalist Nestor Gomez from Barranquilla, Colombia, alongside Lautaro Burgos from Chaco, Argentina on drumset, Eric Lane on keyboards, and Alex Asher on trombone. Members of the band have performed with notable artists including Beyoncé, MAKU Soundsystem, and Joan as Police Woman.
THE SUITCASE JUNKET
Sunday 11.15.26 - 7:00pm - Tickets
“A living, breathing, throat-singing, road-tested, avant-garde, one-man-band who is in a state of perpetual motion… gutsy, fuzzed-out, groove-laden psych rock.” – NPR
“Bluesy guitar riffs, tenacious melodies and a singing voice both weathered and nimble. You don’t need to witness his physics-defying performance to be captivated; the music stands on its own… astonishing.” – WBUR Boston
The Suitcase Junket — the touring project of the artist Matt Lorenz — developed in the tension between the grand and the solitary. Grand in imagery, sound, and staging. Solitary in thrift and self-reliance. NPR calls Lorenz a “master of musical imagination.” What instruments he requires, Lorenz builds from scratch and salvage. What parts five players would perform, he performs alone. The spectacle of the one-man show bears comparison to legends of showmanship, brilliance, madness, and invention. While audiences are captivated by that solitary form and the show itself, Lorenz, who homesteads in Western Massachusetts, is most serious about the songs. The world he writes into existence is crowded with characters, narratives, voices, imagery, sounds as wide and varied as mountain throat singers and roadhouse juke boxes, plus newsreels of the planet’s destruction and salvage. Lorenz’ most recent album The End is New was released at Renew Records / BMG. He is in the studio this winter, recording toward a new release.
RACECOURSE
Wednesday 11.18.26 - 8:00pm - Tickets
Squished between shifts at the carwash, physics papers, and soccer games, Racecourse was formed in the winter of 2022. The indie rock quintet (Reya Langen, Graeme Stage, Jackson Pruett, Ben Chung, and Joaquin Jorgenson) huddled together through muddy Santa Cruz winters in Jackson’s bedroom and Graeme’s garage. Working with tape machines and laptops, they completed their debut record, July, December, in a cabin by the Yuba River in the winter of 2025. Now living in New York, Racecourse moves forward.
LUCY
(Cooper b. handy)
w/ F.G.S.
Saturday 12.5.26 - 8:00pm - Tickets
Born on Cape Cod, Cooper B. Handy started releasing music as LUCY in 2009. In the years since, the Western Massachusetts based singer/producer has made a career of self-releasing music and videos, unpolished & posted in near real time. LUCY's captivating live performance has earned him a cult following on the DIY circuit, playing shows in basements and warehouses across the country. His music is experimental and raw – at times even abrasive. His GarageBand-based production has never swayed far from the sample packs and synth sounds he started writing music with 14 years ago. Aggressively prolific, Handy has amassed an extensive catalogue that is both eccentric and earnest. His music channels a sense of creative exploration, and his lyrics pack real wisdom into unassuming one-liners.
MAGIC TUBER
STRINGBAND
Tuesday 12.8.26 - 7:00pm - Tickets
Magic Tuber Stringband, hailing from North Carolina, probes the undercurrents of the landscapes around them. Highly skilled players and writers, the trio are leaders within the burgeoning avant composition world utilizing folk instrumentation. Their music appears to weave in and out of the fabric of their surroundings, reflecting their time spent living across the Southeast and studying its regional folk traditions and natural histories. Having performed recently at Big Ears, Hopscotch, Sound & Gravity (and many other places along the way) the group’s music resonates well beyond their regional roots. Their newest record, Heavy Water, will be out May 22 on the venerable Thrill Jockey Records. The ensemble continues to stretch the parameters of acoustic instrumental expression with masterful flourishes of dense, textural arrangements, subtle minimalist gestures and deft improvisation.
lily seabird's
album release show!
w/ Eliza niemi
Saturday 12.12.26 - 8:00pm - Tickets
“Sometimes life gets so dark, it starts to feel like a bad trip,” at least that’s how Lily Seabird reflects on the seasons that led to the making of her new record, Lightspheres on Their Way. Seabird’s third record in as many years for Lame-O Records deals in mortality and reverence for the innately human, piecing her troubadour-ish folk to a grungy rock sentimentality. Though born from a period of reckoning and renewal, Seabird orients Lightspheres on Their Way around a holistic realism that buoys the spirit, with loose, earthy arrangements that meet intensity and depth with both twangy spaciousness and searing drive.
Across the record’s nine tracks, the Vermont-based singer and songwriter orbits around the concept of “lightspheres,” a catalysing presence or force that visits time and time again and shifts stories, feelings and trajectories. “A lightsphere can be so many things” says Seabird, “ an actual light like a star, the sun, a UFO; headlights, a flashlight in the night; but also life, living things, people, relationships.”
Weaving the esoteric with hard, unadulterated truths, Seabird’s songwriting has evolved away from the diaristic of Trash Mountain and Alas, to a more observational approach. OnLightspheres, her perspective is novelistic and alchemical, channeling memories, events and characters from her life into a collection of songs forged from the hard-fought journey of self actualization, and the awareness of how precious and fleeting it all really is.
