Miss out on tix for this Sunday’s Irene benefit show with Grace Potter & the Nocturnals at the Flynn? You’re in luck. Vermont Public Television will carry two hours of the gig, live on the teevee beginning at 8 p.m., and stream the broadcast on their website, vpt.org. And just so viewers don’t feel like they’re freeloading in our state’s great hour of need, they can chip in with donations via phone or online during the broadcast. They won’t, however, be able to sample Long Trail’s Goodnight Irene Ale, a smooth-drinkin’ brown ale brewed up especially for the show, which will be served at the Flynn and other bars around town. They’ll just have to settle for cans of Heady Topper at home.

Speaking of Irene bennys, here’s a vid put together by the fine folks at Okay Okay Creative documenting the recent Brave Little State benefit concert at Higher Ground.

 

This article appears in Oct 5-11, 2011.

Dan Bolles is a culture coeditor at Seven Days. He joined the paper in 2007 as its music editor, covering Vermont's robust music, comedy and nightlife scenes for a decade before deciding he was too old to be going to the Monkey House on weeknights to see rock shows for a living. He became assistant arts editor in 2017 and culture coeditor in 2021. Bolles has received numerous local and national awards for his writing on Vermont arts, sports and the occasional celebrity canine murder mystery. He loves...