Story Songs of the 70s Spring Edition
- Tribute concert featuring songs and stories of Cat Stevens, Gordon Lightfoot, and Harry Chapin. - Spring Edition performance with dates listed on Seven Days Tickets this week. - Ticket and venue details at sevendaystickets.com.
A spring run of “Story Songs of the 70s” is on sale now, with Tom DiMenna bringing a tribute set built around Cat Stevens, Gordon Lightfoot and Harry Chapin to Vermont on May 2. (sevendaystickets.com) Seven Days Tickets lists the Vermont date as Saturday, May 2, 2026, at 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Church of Montpelier, 130 Main Street, Montpelier. The listing appears this week in the site’s live-music calendar. (sevendaystickets.com) The event page describes “Story Songs of the 70s” as a seasonal concert series led by Maine singer-songwriter Tom DiMenna. It says the spring program draws from songs by Stevens, Lightfoot and Chapin and frames them with stories from the vinyl era. (sevendaystickets.com) Montpelier listings put the show’s running time at about 90 minutes, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Seven Days’ community calendar lists tickets at $35 for the May 2 performance. (montpelieralive.com, community.sevendaysvt.com) The spring edition leans on familiar titles from all three catalogs. Promoters for recent dates in Camden and Montpelier have highlighted “Morning Has Broken,” “Early Morning Rain,” “Rainy Day People” and “Taxi” in the set. (penbaypilot.com, montpelieralive.com) The show is part of a wider regional tour rather than a one-off stop. DiMenna’s published schedule lists spring-edition dates in Camden on April 24, Bellows Falls on May 1, Montpelier on May 2, Sellersville, Pennsylvania, on May 22, and Bennington on May 23. (tomdimennamusic.com) The format taps into three songwriters whose work is closely tied to narrative folk-pop of the 1970s. Cat Stevens, now known as Yusuf / Cat Stevens, was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2014, Harry Chapin in 1987, and Gordon Lightfoot in 1986. (rockhall.com, rockhall.com, canadaswalkoffame.com) For now, the immediate Vermont date is May 2 in downtown Montpelier, with ticketing handled through Seven Days Tickets. The event page is the main source for seat and venue details as the spring run moves through New England. (sevendaystickets.com)
