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'Tis the Season!

As the calendar turns to September and the leaves begin to change, we at the Governor's Inn want to encourage you to plan ahead! Before you know it the stores will have all their Holiday Decorations up!

We are offering some "Holiday party" Specials here at the Inn. Please call Lisa today to plan your party!

Final weekend of concerts at Governor's Inn

Wrapping up three months of exceptional live music every weekend at The Governor's Inn and Café, the season finale brings four evenings of concerts ending on Sept. 11.

On Thursday, Sept. 8, Matt Gelinas and his band Hopeless Folk play their 'happy hour' music from 6 to 9 p.m. from the Inn's Spaulding Steak & Ale Stage. On Friday night, from 7 to 10 p.m., Rochester's own George Donatello plays traditional acoustic music and takes requests from the crowd, whether he plays from the front lawn or under the big top tent. On Saturday night, from 7 to 10 p.m., local favorites 'Brothers in Arms' will play from the Café soundstage. Drawing on an extensive set list, including a mix of covers and original songs, Brothers in Arms members include Lou Goodwin (bass & vocals), Lewis Goodwin (rhythm guitar, saxophone and vocals), Eric Gilman (lead guitar), Andrew MacDonald (drums), and Michael Seavey (bass, trumpet and vocals). Their covers includes songs by Styx, the Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Who, and Aerosmith.

The final season concert on Sept. 11 — from the Café garden, 4 to 7 p.m. — will stage the full band of acclaimed roots dynamo Dan Walker. Fans of Martin Sexton might remember this acoustic dynamo that opened for Sexton at the Rochester Opera House. Walker has opened for other big names like Livingston Taylor and Jeffrey Gaines. Fans of familiar artists Jack Johnson and Dave Matthews will find musical kinship with Walker, who has also been described to be "one badass mo-fo on the guitar!" A furious picker and relentless strummer with a knack of turning the body of his acoustic guitar into a glorified hand-drum, Walker is the real deal. The music he puts out is fun, impressive, sharp, poignant, and often 'foot-stompin' and head-shakin'"

Walker's band includes Luke Crawley (electric and upright bass), Roy Wallace (drums and percussion), and Charlie Strater (lead guitar and harmonica) — players all highly skilled in the art of keeping it tight and straight forward, but who also aren't afraid to cut loose on their own and delve into a little jamming from time to time.

The Summer Music Series is made possible by MetroCast and possible by four sets of sponsors for each evening. Combined, they are: MetroCast, Associates in Family Dentistry, Federal Savings Bank, PSNH, Spence and Mathews Insurance, Bourque's Flooring, Animal Health Center, Burke's Tree Service, Artsream, Studley's, and TKO Printing. All music events at The Governor's Inn and Café are free, but donations are appreciated and many of the bands have CDs for sale. The full evening menu of Spaulding Steak and Ale is available at all four evenings of music. For band links and more information, visit www.governorsinn.com, or call the Inn at 332-0107 for more information.