Grace Morrison & Marc Douglas Berado in Concert, Jodie Fox Opens. *** SUNDAY SHOW***

Grace Morrison and Marc Douglas Berardo are both ACMA favorites—and for good reason. Individually, they’re wonderful songwriters and incredibly entertaining performers. Put them together on the same stage, though, and the fun goes into overdrive! Opening the show is the amazing Jodie Fox. Put this one on your calendar. It’s a show you definitely don’t want to miss! Tickets for the show are available at the door. Door donations: ACMA Members/$15. General Admission/$20 Grace Morrison is a little bit of everything—pianist, accordion player, Renaissance Faire performer, cranberry grower, reader of historical nonfiction, coffee devotee (she sells her own coffee blend), and an unapologetic expert on all things New England. And somehow, all these quirks weave seamlessly into the fabric of her music, making her one of the most unique and endearing songwriters around. Born and raised on the shores of Cape Cod, Grace Morrison has trademarked a sound she calls Saltwater Country. “I was always too pop for folk and too folk for country. Eventually, I started peeling back the layers of my music to find out what truly made it mine. At the heart of it all was my deep, undeniable connection to the Cape Cod coastline—it’s in my blood, in my voice, in every lyric I write. My music carries the storytelling of country, the twang, but also the raw, unshakable spirit of a Swamp Yankee. That’s Saltwater Country.” Proudly unconventional, she’s never held what some would call a “real job.” She says “it’s always been music and how lucky am I that music has given me this wild, unpredictable journey through the human experience. I wouldn’t trade that for anything.” One of the defining moments in her journey came when she collaborated with hit songwriter Lori McKenna. “I was eight months pregnant when Lori invited me to write with her. We wrote Just Loving You, and it was the most personal thing I had ever written. The way it connected with audiences—it was something I had never experienced before. I learned that the more personal and specific my songs are, the more they seem to resonate. You’ve got to write what you know.” Marc Douglas Berardo is a thought-provoking songwriter as well as a fancy wooden guitar player who uses humor and deft storytelling to rally an audience and lead them into a deep and sometimes spiritual experience. After over 35 years of performing in every conceivable situation and winning awards and recognition for his songs in a boatload of national festivals like Rocky Mountain Folks, Telluride, Kerrville New Folk, Suwanee and Wildflower as well as being voted “best interview and live performance feature” on Sirius/ XM Satellite Radio show The Village, Berardo has established himself as the real deal. A “lifer” that No Depression Magazine called: “sincere, fluid, charming, and above all gripping.” 2025 highlights included Berardo as the subject of a feature story by Jan Tomay in the legendary Ink Magazine, as well as, along with the fiery dobro player Abbie Gardner, a headline appearance at the 40th Tucson Folk Festival in Arizona. Berardo’s highly regarded 2024 release “The Beauty of This Now” was recorded in Austin, Texas, and produced by Texas legends Ron Flynt and Walt Wilkins. John Apice of Americana Highways wrote: “There’s a seriousness to Marc’s compositions that’s not apparent in the slew of artists who seem to have a lot of nothing to say in an album’s worth of music…Marc is cut from the same cloth as James Taylor, early Elton John, or maybe Mark Twain…” marcdouglas.com Jodie Fox is a genre-blending composer and songwriter whose work has been featured in television shows across the globe. She has had 35 sync placements on various channels (E!, M6, Telecinco, etc) showcasing her growing international reach and versatility. Jodie began playing piano at age five, started vocal training as a teen and later learned guitar and ukulele. She has performed at large events like the River District Music Walk (Oct 2023), the River District Art Walk (Nov 2023), and Volkerfest 2023. A prolific writer and poet, Jodie won 1st Place at the Southwest Florida Poetry Slam in 2021 and has performed in numerous plays and musicals. She has studied with Emmy-winning songwriter Mike Meiers and is currently being mentored by Berklee award winning musician and educator Joseph Capalbo. In 2024, she earned a scholarship to the Musical Writers Festival, attending workshops with Broadway’s Amanda Green. Currently, she is developing her original musical, Velvet Curtain, consisting of 26 original songs for which Jodie composed book, music, and lyrics. Velvet Curtain received a feedback session from Broadway’s Joey Contreras and Alyssa Payne at the 2025 Musical Writers Festival, had a Concert Performance in May 2026, and a Stage Reading in November 2026. Jodie is the Chair of the Theatre Program at Arts Bonita and is also a Resident Artist there. https://linktr.ee/jodiefoxmusic Tickets for the show are available at the door. Door donations: ACMA Members/$15 General Admission/$250 The Listening Room doors open at 6:30 pm and the concert begins at 7:00 pm