"I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night/ Alive as you and me
Said I, But Joe, you're ten years dead."/ "I never died," said he"
The spirit of Wobblies labor martyr Joe Hill ( “the man who never died”) will fill Barre’s historic Old Labor Hall, 46 Granite St., when the nationally-touring “Joe Hill 100 Roadshow” makes its only Vermont stop on Friday, July 31 at 7:30 pm. The Roadshow tour commemorates the 100th anniversary of Hill’s execution by a Utah firing squad for two murders, for which few doubt that he was framed.
The Roadshow will feature folk musicians Charlie King, Magpie,George Mann. and local favorites Ben Koenig & Mark Greenberg (Anything Goes). For more information and reservations go to the Old Labor Hall website http://oldlaborhall.org/joe-hill-roadshow/, email info@oldlaborhall.org or call (802) 479-5600.
Admission: $15, students and seniors $12. Tickets are available at the door or online at http://oldlaborhall.org/union-cooperative-store-online/tickets-joe-hill/
The “Joe Hill 100 Roadshow” is sponsored by the Barre Historical Society with support from the Vermont Labor History Society, the Vermont Workers’ Center, Pie-in-the-Sky Farm B&B, the Three Penny Taproom, and the Vermont State Labor Council-AFL-CIO.
I hope you can join us in this celebration of the life, legacy, and music of Joe Hill.
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