A Grimm Halloween: Please Don't Tell w/ Sun V Set

Join us Friday, October 30th for an evening of creepy music featuring local "goth folk" trio Please Don’t Tell with a solo set from Richmond-based artist Sun V Set (Linnea Morgan). This themed Halloween concert is inspired by the dark fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm. Creative costumes are encouraged!

The brainchild of songwriter, lead vocalist, and pianist Christina Fleming, Please Don’t Tell operated as a duo for years with Nicole Rimel accompanying her on cello and backing vocals; emerging from the pandemic in 2021 for a one-off show joined by violinist and vocalist Anna Hennessy, the three-piece idea stayed put. The Charlottesville, VA-based trio offer an intriguing, off-kilter mix of bedtime anxieties, folk witchery, and parlor naughtiness from an unnatural concoction of acoustic instrumentation. Yet despite all the old time-y bugaboos creeping under the melodic buoyancy of their songs, there’s nothing particularly retro about the music other than the fact that it could very well have been reproduced centuries earlier—and with nary a missed note.

What the music lacks in drums, it usually makes up for in Fleming’s percussive piano and her high-ceilinged operatic vocal delivery. When taken together, the sound of the three ladies and their varied influences peers down from the rafters in the menacing shapes of classical and choral strains, decades of goth club exposure, and the unshakeable shadow of bluegrass mountain sounds seeping in from their Central Virginia locale. In discovering that they are veteran performers of squalid punk holes and, well, The Kennedy Center, shouldn’t shock anyone paying attention.

-CM Gorey

-Photo by Tristan Williams

Sun V Set is a contemporary folk project that has both an ethereal sound and a grounded nostalgia reminiscent of 70s folk. Self-described as “mystical and meandering folk”, their sound is characterized by dreamy vocals and lilting melodies over rhythmic acoustic guitar. Much of Sun V Set's writing is nature-inspired with a mythic twist, crafting an experience through otherworldly-storytelling that is equal parts moon-veiled and honey-sweet. The result is music that is distinct and captivating while accessible to all listeners.

This is an indoor show with limited seating available. Seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Doors open at 7 PM. Music starts at 8 PM. For more information, check out our FAQs!