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Songs & Stories with Craig Bickhardt and Marc Douglas Berardo

  • October 23, 2026 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
  • The Room at Cedar Grove NEW

    32882 Cedar Grove Road
    Lewes, Delaware 19958
Ticket Price $53.56 Buy Tickets
Description

$50 Ticket includes dinner and concert (Beverages can be purchased separately). 

Craig Bickhardt is a veteran singer-songwriter whose five-decade career began with his first record deal at age 19. He has released 11 albums on Capitol-Liberty, Warner Brothers, MTM Records, and his own Stone Barn Records. His 2023 release Outpourings reached #2 on the Folk/Americana Chart.

Widely respected for his emotional depth and literary lyricism, Bickhardt has written more than 800 songs. His work has been recorded by Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, Alison Krauss, Kathy Mattea, Art Garfunkel, the Judds, and B.B. King. He also wrote and performed the closing theme for the Academy Award–winning film Tender Mercies.

A compelling live performer, Bickhardt is known for his intricate acoustic guitar work and soulful voice. He has appeared at the Grand Ole Opry, Austin City Limits, Mountain Stage, the Philadelphia Folk Festival, and The Bluebird Cafe, and has shared stages with Bruce Springsteen, Judy Collins, Harry Chapin, and Stephen Stills.

“Craig Bickhardt is the American counterpart to Richard Thompson… stylistic, original, creative and daring.” – John Apice, No Depression.

Marc Douglas Berardo is a thought-provoking songwriter as well as a fancy wooden guitar player who uses humor and deft storytelling to rally an audience and lead them into a deep and sometimes spiritual experience. After over 35 years of performing in every conceivable situation and winning awards and recognition for his songs in a boatload of national festivals like Rocky Mountain Folks, Telluride, Kerrville New Folk, Suwanee and Wildflower as well as being voted “best interview and live performance feature” on Sirius/ XM Satellite Radio show The Village, Berardo has established himself as the real deal. A “lifer” that No Depression Magazine called: “sincere, fluid, charming, and above all gripping.”

2025 highlights included Berardo as the subject of a feature story by Jan Tomay in the legendary Ink Magazine, as well as, along with the fiery dobro player Abbie Gardner, a headline appearance at the 40th Tucson Folk Festival in Arizona.  

Berardo’s highly regarded 2024 release “The Beauty of This Now” was recorded in Austin, Texas, and produced by Texas legends Ron Flynt and Walt Wilkins. John Apice of Americana Highways wrote: “There’s a seriousness to Marc’s compositions that’s not apparent in the slew of artists who seem to have a lot of nothing to say in an album’s worth of music…Marc is cut from the same cloth as James Taylor, early Elton John, or maybe Mark Twain…”  
Social media links below:
Marc Douglas Berardo

https://www.marcdouglas.com/
https://www.marcdouglas.com/videos
https://open.spotify.com/artist/63HR11YTVLfZHvSvytkKBF
http://instagram.com/marcdouglasberardo
http://facebook.com/MDBMusicpage

Craig Bickhardt

http://www.craigbickhardt.com/
https://www.youtube.com/user/hjtu7568fd
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1cbUbtOIOUAz435OEAEo6u
https://www.facebook.com/CraigBickhardt

Doors Open at 6:00 p.m.
Gratuity not included
Tickets are non-refundable

Date & Time

Fri, Oct 23, 2026 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Venue Details

The Room at Cedar Grove NEW

32882 Cedar Grove Road
Lewes, Delaware 19958 The Room at Cedar Grove NEW
Paul Kares

Paul Kares is a nonprofit organization whose mission is dedicated to educating aspiring chefs or musicians, focusing on kids and young adults who show interest and passion for culinary and musical arts. Paul Kares will weave together how these passions could be the foundation for life-long career for young people who are not necessarily college-bound and how they can hone their skills to be a personal chef, sommelier, performer, or all the above. Plus, Paul Kares will get them the tools like musical instruments, knives, etc for the students who can’t afford them and will donate to school systems that need equipment for their classrooms.


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