Marsh Lights
Sat, Oct 17
|Plainfield Town Hall Opera House
Marsh Lights plays acoustic folk-grass music with a literate edge and beautiful execution. [Presented by Plainfield Arts]
Time & Location
Oct 17, 2026, 7:00 PM
Plainfield Town Hall Opera House, 18 High St, Plainfield, VT 05667, USA
About the event
Marsh Lights
Saturday, October 17 at 7:00 PM
Plainfield Town Hall Opera House
Tickets by suggested donation ($20)
The Burlington, VT band Marsh Lights, guided by lead singer and songwriter Colby Crehan, provides an “immersion into American roots where there is little equal to the quintet in the Northeast" (Valley Stage Productions). The group's original music, executed with phenomenal vocals and expressive musicianship, is hard to pigeon-hole but easy to embrace.
Performing together for over 15 years, and as Marsh Lights since 2023, the band has developed a special rapport and unique sound, making for a group that can go light and heavy, solemn and joyful, fast and slow. Their songs explore bravery, darkness, spirituality, and grace with lyrics that often employ metaphoric places and female heroes and perspectives. On their most recent album, Cover the Water (2024), the Rutland Herald found “compelling folk and bluegrass-based material that shines on Crehan’s assured vocals and songwriting and the band’s deft and intuitive instrumental skills.”
Killer harmonies are "a Marsh Lights specialty" (Seven Days) as are fiery instrumentals and a diverse repertoire. Experience Marsh Lights' "earthy layers of depth and dynamism. Even when the band leans into more traditional terrain...there's slight deviation, like a new translation of an old book." (Seven Days).
Visit Marsh Lights at marshlightsmusic.com