Newberry & Verch | Concerts in West K

The 2025 season of Concerts in West K (now in its new home at the Brick Store Museum) kicks off Friday evening, March 7, at 7:30 pm, with a concert by Newberry & Verch! Joe Newberry and April Verch are superb musicians who grew up steeped in the traditions of home and hearth—Joe in the Missouri Ozarks, and April in the Ottawa Valley of Canada.

Although they are on the road much of the year, the two musicians are fond of saying that they are rarely homesick because their music means they always have a bit of home with them wherever they go. Known around the world for his clawhammer banjo playing, Newberry is also a powerful guitarist, singer, and award-winning songwriter. Verch is known both for her superb fiddle playing—she was the first woman to win both the Canadian Grand Masters and Canadian Open Fiddling Championships—and her outstanding stepdancing. They have both toured and recorded extensively (as a duo and in other configurations). We’re honored and delighted to bring them to Kennebunk!

This concert takes place in the Brick Store Museum’s Dane Street Program Center. Suggested parking can be found in the Town of Kennebunk municipal parking lot accessed via Green Street.

Tickets will be sold online until 12pm on Friday, March 7. If you are purchasing tickets after noontime on Friday, please plan to purchase your tickets at the door. Thank you!