Bett Padgett

2026

Tuesday May 5, 7:00 PM Streaming Tuesdays – Folk Project’s one hour virtual performance.

Saturday April 25, 7:30 PM Sacred Grounds Durham NC 2700 N Roxboro St, Durham, NC 27704

Sunday, January 4, 8 PM Open Mic America – https://www.youtube.com/@openmicamerica
This virtual open mic is always great fun.

2025

Thursday – Sunday November 6-9 NERFA in Albany NY – Northeast Regional Folk Alliance

Tuesday, November 4, 8 PM – New Deal Cafe in Greenbelt MD – featured artist for SAW (Songwriters Association of Washington)
113 Centerway
Roosevelt Center

Sunday, September 21, 8:00 PM – Open Mic America. This virtual show is always fun, featuring 9 artists across the US. Watch it on YouTube

Tuesday, August 29, 7:00 PM – Streaming Tuesday. This one- hour virtual show hosted by Folk Project will be a LOT of fun. It’s free, but tickets are required. You will be able to watch the show for a while after it has aired. Get tickets here.

Sunday, June 1, 8:00 PM – Open Mic America. This virtual show is always fun, featuring 9 artists across the US. Watch it on YouTube

Saturday March 22, Huron Stage with Isabel Valls and Susan Johnson. 2329 Huron Street, Durham. Suggested donations of $20 are appreciated. Show starts at 7 PM, doors open at 6:30 PM. The three of us had such a good time at Yonder last fall, we’re playing together again.

Sunday, March 2 – Open Mic America 8 PM EST..this virtual show is always fun, featuring 9 artists across the US. Watch it on YouTube

Friday, February 21, Folk Project’s Troubadour Concert Series, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Morristown, NJ. 

Wednesday, February 19, private event – house concert – Valencia, PA

2024

Sunday, December 1 – Open Mic America 8 PM EST..this virtual show is always fun, featuring 9 artists across the US.  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyYlQjLEZLXEiRG162w20Jw

Sunday, October 27 – 3:30 PM – CD Release Concert – benefit for the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Raleigh 3313 Wade Avenue, Founders Hall. Donations of $15/person suggested. Other musicians will join Bett on stage.

Saturday, October 19, 4PM-7PM – Umstead Park 90th Birthday Bash, Sycamore Mess Hall in the park. Ticketed event

Wednesday, August 21 – WOMEN’S Songwriter in the Round at Yonder, 114 W King St, Hillsborough, NC 27278, 7 PM-9 PM. I’m excited to share the evening with Isabel Valls, and Susan Johnson.

Sunday, July 21, Celebration Center for Spiritual Living (Alexandria Virginia) – virtual event at 11:00 AM. Request information

Friday, July 19, UUFR Coffeehouse, 7:30 PM

Saturday, July 13, Private Event in Arden, NC

Friday, June 21, UUFR Coffeehouse, 7:30 PM

Friday, May 17, UUFR Coffeehouse, 7:30 PM

May 9-12 SERFA in Black Mountain, NC

Saturday, April 20, Umstead Coalition Walk/Run/Bike fundraiser. 9:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M.  MC and music on mainstage. This is an event I have enjoyed participating in for more than 20 years to support Umstead State Park. Come on out Reedy Creek Road and enjoy the displays, music and the park!

Friday, April 19, 7:30 PM – UUFR Coffeehouse, Raleigh

Saturday, April 13 private event in Morehead City, NC. 

Friday, March 29, Private event in Arden, NC

Thursday, March 28, 9:20 PM, Virtual show – Performance Lane on FARM (Folk Alliance Midwest) The show starts at 8:00 PM (ET) and there are ALWAYS great artists so join early. https://www.farmfolk.org/virtual-performance-lane/

Saturday March 9, Private event Arden, NC

Sunday, February 4, 8:00 PM
Open Mic America Show starts at 8:00 PM, – This virtual gathering features performing artists from all over the US.  Tune in – this will be a great show! http://openmicamerica.com/index.html 

2023

Sunday, December 8 Open Mic America Show starts at 8:00 PM, – This virtual gathering features performing artists from all over the US.  Tune in – this will be a great show! http://openmicamerica.com/index.html 

Saturday, November 4, private performance at Bodie Island Lighthouse

Sunday, September 17 –  Open Mic America Show starts at 8:00 PM, – This virtual gathering features performing artists from all over the US.  Tune in – this will be a great show! Tune in at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGCLwSyaN38

May 4 – 7, SERFA – Southeast Regional Folk Alliance Conference in Black Mountain, NC.

Wednesday, April 26 , 8:00 PM, details TBA Pre-SERFA virtual concert – Local Cream Songwriter Showcase Presents “Some of SERFA” at Music My Mother Would Not Like. Hosts Annette Wasilik and Bruce Swan. Register for the Zoom show at https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZYkf-ihpjosGNIOMPrHUYDMw4…

Saturday, April 22, 9:00 AM – Umstead Coalition Festival. I enjoy MCing this event as well as sing from the stage. Come out to listen and explore exhibits about our this beautiful state park that is in our own back yard. If you wish to participate in the run/bike/walk – it is the Coalition’s main fundraiser each year. https://umsteadcoalition.org/event-5134712

Saturday, April 15, private event

Sunday, April 2, 8 PM Eastern – Open Mic America – This virtual gathering features performing artists from all over the US.  Tune in – this will be a great show! http://openmicamerica.com/index.html 

Friday, February 10, 6:30 PM, People’s Music Network, https://www.peoplesmusic.org/Social Justice Music exchange. Facebook link

Sunday, January 15, Open Mic America –  Show starts at 8:00 PM, en Mic America – This virtual gathering features performing artists from all over the US.  Tune in – this will be a great show! http://openmicamerica.com/index.html 

Tuesday, January 10, 7:00 PM –  8:00 PM – Folk Project Streaming Tuesdays https://folkproject.org/ Benefit show for Ukraine. Presented from New Jersey, musicians will join from Zoom as well as in person. All donations will help the people of Ukraine.

2022

Tuesday, Dec 13,  7PM-8:00 (+) PM The Folk Project Streaming Tuesdays
https://www.facebook.com/FolkProject/live

Sunday, Nov 20, 8 PM Open Mic America Show starts at 8:00 PM,  This virtual gathering features performing artists from all over the US.  Tune into the show and be assured, this will be a great show! http://openmicamerica.com/index.html 

Cancelled: Friday-Sunday, Oct 27-29 FARM, Folk Alliance

Sunday, October 2, 2 PM People’s Music Network members’ song swap 

Sunday, Sept 4, 8 PM

Open Mic America Show starts at 8:00 PM,  This virtual gathering features performing artists from all over the US.  Tune into the Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOvorsboSfIBe assured, this will be a great show! http://openmicamerica.com/index.html 

Tuesday, Aug 30, 7 PM-9 PM, Club Passim Virtual Open Mic.  https://www.passim.org/ This is one of the BEST open Mics — lots of great talent. Watch from Facebook https://www.facebook.com/clubpassim/live_videos/or Youtube https://www.youtube.com/clubpassim. I’ll be on at ~ 8:15 PM, show starts at 7.

Sunday, June 5,  Open Mic America Show starts at 8:00 PM,  This virtual gathering features performing artists from all over the US.  Tune into the Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOvorsboSfIBe assured, this will be a great show! http://openmicamerica.com/index.html  

Tuesday, May 24, 7PM-8:00 (+) PM The Folk Project Streaming Tuesdays https://folkproject.org/ 
Virtual show — View at https://www.facebook.com/FolkProject/live

Thursday, April 28, 9:30 PM-9:40 PM Folk Alliance International Midwest (FARM) Performance Lane — virtual show. My portion at ~ 9:30 but the show starts at 8—there will be lots of great musicians. Zoom in! https://fb.me/e/380yfa1ry

Thursday, March 30, 4 PM-6 PM EDT, People’s Music Network,  https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84060006633?pwd=bnFVMThhRkdFWnFQeXZQcUpKTy9jQT09   Passcode: PMN

Thursday, March 17, The Loop at the Armory  Virtual singer/songwriter showcase streaming from Somerville, MA. 7PM – 10PM. 30 minute set, TBA. Also on stage: Rick Drost, Erin Ash Sullivan and Bernie Drury. Join through Facebook or Youtube.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/605186336292335 
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5pvJk8sAPpjQxys0nb9bHQ

Sunday, March 13 Open Mic America Show starts at 8:00 PM, My part at ~ 9:30 PM.  This virtual gathering features performing artists from all over the US.  Tune into the Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOvorsboSfIBe assured, this will be a great show! http://openmicamerica.com/index.html  

Monday, February 28, 7 PM – 9 PM, Club Passim Virtual Open Mic.  https://www.passim.org/ This is one of the BEST open Mics — lots of great talent. Watch from Facebook https://www.facebook.com/clubpassim/live_videos/or Youtube  https://www.youtube.com/clubpassim. I’ll be on at ~ 8 PM, show starts at 7.

2021

Wednesday, November 17, 7-9 PM  Yonder in Hillsborough (private club) Songwriters in the Round with Kirk Ridge and Lynn Swisher Spears

Friday, November 12 6:30-8 PM, WHUP Pass the Hat radio show, Listen in at http://www.whupfm.org/, or at their FB page where it will be video streamed https://www.facebook.com/WHUPPassTheHat/

Sunday Oct. 6 private event.

Sunday, June 27, 10:30 AM,  Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Raleigh, worship service — FIRST LIVE PERFORMANCE in 1 1/2 years! 

2020

Saturday, May 2, 11 AM Facebook Live show  called Philly Folk Scene and Beyond. Host Ray Naylor shows videos of live shows of about five artists. Access through his Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/raysings

Sunday, May 3, 1-3 The Mic is Yours on Facebook. This is a ladies only performance. I’ll be sharing the stage with many other fabulous gals. Find us at https://www.facebook.com/pg/themicisyoursladies/

Of course, everything for the next few months has been cancelled. BUT, I am posting “mini-performances” nearly everyday on my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/bettpadgettmusic/
A song almost every day. Come visit!

Sunday, March 29, 3:00-6:00 PM, “Singing Women’s Sunday” at Special Treats, 1129 Weaver Dairy Rd Unit AF, Chapel Hill, NC 27514. Sharing the afternoon with Lisa Rhodes and Leslie Land, and Karyn Oliver.

Saturday, April 18 Umstead Festival/Walk, Run, Bike for Umstead. details TBA

Sunday, April 19, 6-6:45 PM, Bett and Fred (Breidt on Bass), Food Truck Rodeo, Orange United Methodist Church, 1220 Martin Luther King Blvd. , Chapel Hill; Family fun, food, games and music!

Saturday, October 17,  Wake Forest Listening Room, details TBA

May 13-17,  SERFA Chattanooga, TNMany of these shows in 2020 were cancelled due to Covid-19. 

Friday, March 6, 3:30, Private event with Mosskateers

Friday, February 21,  7:30 PM Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Raleigh Coffeehouse, 3313 Wade Ave Raleigh, NC 

Saturday, February 15 3:00-4:30,  Yoga of Devotion with Rani Margolin at Bliss Body Yoga, Lake Boone Trail, Raleigh, NC. Bhakti Flow, chanting.  Visit https://blissbody-yoga.com/ for details.

Sunday, February 9, 11:00 AM, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Raleigh service, 3313 Wade Ave, Raleigh, NC 27607

Saturday, February 8, 3:30, Private event with Moasskateers

Saturday, January 25,  7:00  PM,  concert at the Joyful Jewel in Pittsboro with Fred Breidt on bass.  This is a delightful crafts and gift shop in the heart of town. There is a sweet, intimate listening room in the back. Tickets are $10 and can be found at:
https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4470219   https://www.joyfuljewel.com

Friday, January 24, private Burns EventFriday,

January 17, 7:30 PM Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Raleigh Coffeehouse, 3313 Wade Ave Raleigh, NC 27607, USA

Thursday, January 9, 2:00 PM, private event with Mosskateers.

2019

Saturday, December 21, Private event, Arden, NC.

Sunday, December 15, Private event.

Saturday, December 14, Private event.

Thursday, December 12, 2:30 PM, Private event with Mosskateers.

Friday, December 6, private event

Friday, November 22, 7-8 PM, Pass the Hat Radio show with friends. Tune in! You can see an archive of this show at https://whupfm.org/show/pass-the-hat/

Sunday, November 17, 1:30-2:30 PM, Ethical Humanist Society of the Triangle (https://ncethicalsociety.org/), songs for our times. 200 S Elliott Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27514

Friday, November 15, 7:30 – 9:00 pm, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Raleigh Coffeehouse,  3313 Wade Ave Raleigh, NC 27607, USA

Friday, November 8, 3:30 PM, Private event with Mosskateers.

Friday, November 1, 3:00 PM, Private event with Mosskateers.

Friday, October 25, 7:30 PM CD Release Benefit for Love Wins Community Engagement Center at the Community United Church of Christ, 814 Dixie Trail, Raleigh, NC 27607.

Saturday, October 12, 8:00 PM House Concert, Raleigh, pre-CD release concert

Friday, September 20,  7:30 – 9:00 pm, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Raleigh Coffeehouse,  3313 Wade Ave Raleigh, NC 27607, USA

Friday, September 20, 12:30, CLIMATE STRIKE, Halifax Mall,  300 N Salisbury St, Raleigh, NC 27603 Raleigh, NC

Friday, September 6, 5 PM, Private event with Mosskateers.

Friday, August 23rd, 3 PM, Private event with Mosskateers.

Monday, July 1, 9:00 AM 20th Anniversary Celebration of The Relocation of Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Buxton, NC. 

Sunday, June 16, 6:30 PM Southern Village Music on the Green Concert Series, Chapel Hill. Sharing the evening with Jamie Anderson.

Friday, June 14, 3:00 PM, Private event with Mosskateers.

May 15-19, 
SERFA Chattanooga, TN

Sunday, May 12, 2 PM, Private event at UUFR, Raleigh, NC.

Friday, May 10, 3 PM, Private event with Mosskateers

Wednesday, May 8, Songwriter Showcase at Cafe Montmartre at Lake Anne, Reston Virginia, 7:00 pm.

Tuesday, May 7, New Deal Café 8:00 – 8:30pm 113 Centerway, Greenbelt, MD 20770 Description: Featured artist at a singer/songwriter showcase.

Sunday, April 28, 4:00 PM, Big Porch House Concert in Durham. Reservations are necessary; donations of $20 appreciated. Contact reservations@bigporch.us for information.

Sunday, April 28, 11 AM, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Raleigh. Service on gun violence and loss.

Friday, April 26, 3 PM, private event with Mosskateers

Sunday, April 21, Hootenanny Cafe radio at http://www.wtbq.com/ . Host Jon Stein presents a 30 minute mini concert of my music (listen live button on the right)  or later on the podcast at http://talentconnections.com/podcasts.shtml )

Saturday, April 13, 9:00 AM Run, Walk, Bike for Umstead State Park, main stage

Friday, March 15 Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Raleigh Coffeehouse, 7:30 – 9:00pm 3313 Wade Ave Raleigh, NC 27607, USA

Friday, March 1, Private event, Raleigh

Friday, February 15,  Bynum Country Store 7:00 – 9:00pm 950 Bynum Rd Pittsboro, NC 27312, USA Description: This outdoor venue is going indoors now! Beginning this year, they are offering concerts inside as well.

Saturday, February 9. Private Event, Wilmington, NC

Saturday, February 2, Private event, Arden, NC

Friday, January 25 Private Event

Friday, January 18, 2019
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Raleigh Coffeehouse, 7:30 – 9:00 pm 3313 Wade Ave Raleigh, NC 27607, USA

2018

Friday, December 21 Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Raleigh Coffeehouse, 7:30 – 9:00pm 3313 Wade Ave Raleigh, NC 27607, USA

Friday, November 16, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Raleigh Coffeehouse, 7:30 – 9:00pm 3313 Wade Ave Raleigh, NC 27607, USA

Friday, November 2 Benefit Concert for Love Wins Community Engagement Center 7:30 – 9:30pm Community United Church-Christ 814 Dixie Trail, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA Description: Suggested donations of $10 per person are appreciated. All the money raised will go to Love Wins Community Engagement Center.

Thursday October 25 – Sunday October 28 Folk Alliance Regional Midwest in Grand Rapids Michigan (FARM)

Wednesday, October 24 Fiddler’s Hearth 8:30 – 9:30pm South Bend IN, USA

Monday, October 22 Private House Concert 7:30 – 9:00pm Bowling Green KY, USA

Tuesday, October 2 WCOM Radio The Revolution Starts Now – (Topical Song Show) 4:00 – 5:00pm Description: Tune in to a radio interview with music and singing on Art Menius’s show 103.5 FM, Streaming live at https://wcomfm.org/

Friday, September 28^th   Private Event, Raleigh, NC

Friday, September 21 Memorial Service for Alfie Olson, Raleigh NC, 6:30 – 7:30 PM

Friday, September 7 WHUP Radio Pass the Hat 7:00 – 8:00pm Description:Listen live at https://whupfm.org/ Radio interview with music.

Sunday, September 2 UUFR Service 11:00am – 12:00pm 3313 Wade Ave Raleigh, NC 27607, USA Description: I’ll be singing two songs about compassion.

Friday, August 17 The Roost 5:00 – 8:00pm 2000 Fearrington Village Center Pittsboro, NC 27312, USA Description: Enjoy the wonderful atmosphere, fine dining and music!

Friday, July 20 UUFR Coffeehouse 7:30 – 9:00pm 3313 Wade Ave Raleigh, NC 27607, USA

Saturday, June 16 Farewell Concert for Yuri 7:00 – 8:30pm 3313 Wade Ave Raleigh, NC 27607, USA Description: Farewell concert for Yuri Yamamoto, choir director at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Raleigh. Free to the public in the sanctuary.

Friday, June 15 UUFR Coffeehouse 7:30 – 9:00pm 3313 Wade Ave Raleigh, NC 27607, USA

Wednesday, May 16, – Saturday, May 19 South East Regional Folk Alliance (SERFA) at the Montreat Conference Center in Black Mountain