TREES to perform Sept. 13 at Portage Lake District Library

HOUGHTON -- Lindsay Tomasic and Jesse Fitzpatrick of TREES will perform a free concert at 7 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 13, at the Portage Lake District Library.

Lindsay Tomasic and Jesse Fitzpatrick of TREES will play acoustic music at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 13, at the Portage Lake District Library in Houghton. They will also entertain from 4 p.m. to 4:50 p.m. at the Upper Peninsula Folklife Festival in Marquette on Saturday, Sept. 11.*

Copper Country natives, Lindsay and Jesse have been crafting original songs and creating fine acoustic music since the early 1970s. Songs performed on traditional instruments and infused with intricately woven vocal harmonies make the earthy sound of TREES just get better with time!

CDs will be available for purchase after the concert. Their new album, One Voice, is being released on Datolite Records this month. Watch for it!

*Editor's Note: The TREES duo will also perform from 4 p.m. to 4:50 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, on the Song Stage at the Upper Peninsula Folklife Festival, sponsored by the Beaumier Heritage Center. The festival will take place on the lawn in front of the Don H. Bottum University Center and the DeVos Art Museum at Northern Michigan University in Marquette. Admission is free to the public, though donations are appreciated. The festival begins tonight, Friday, Sept. 10, with the Funky Folk Dance, featuring Conga Se Menne at 7 p.m. and the PasiCats at 8:30 p.m. (note time change). Click here for the schedule.