Singer/songwriters Reggie Harris, Carolann Solebello, and Pat Wictor will be performing at 6 on the Square at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 18, to celebrate the venue's 15th anniversary. (Submitted photo)

OXFORD — Folk/acoustic venue 6 On The Square in Oxford is celebrating its 15th anniversary with a special show at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 18, featuring singer/songwriters Reggie Harris, Carolann Solebello, and Pat Wictor.

Harris is a singer-songwriter, storyteller, and cultural ambassador on a mission to educate, entertain, and inspire. For over 40 years he has performed for audiences in the U.S., Canada, and Europe.

A songwriter of great depth and insight, Harris writes from a personal but accessible place that reveals his deep sense of humanity and a uniquely positive worldview. He is a trailblazer who performs for audiences of all ages. His effervescently humorous and hopeful presence has led fans to label him the “Ambassador of joy, hope, and freedom.”

Previously known as half of the folk acoustic duo Kim and Reggie Harris, he received a life-saving liver transplant in 2008, and he uses the inspiration and triumph of that gift of life to spread light and hope.

Averaging over 250 dates per year, Harris is in high demand at arts centers, schools, universities, and festivals. He is an intuitive presenter in workshops on history, songwriting, and performance.

Solebello is a performing songwriter born and bred in New York City. Best known to folk audiences as a founding member of Americana trio Red Molly, she now tours both solo and with modern folk quartet No Fuss and Feathers.

In the late 1990s, Solebello’s urban mind was blown during long-term theatrical acting jobs in the mountains of east Tennessee and on the Kansas prairie, where she encountered Appalachian music — and the bluegrass and country that grew out of that tradition — for the first time. Tunes and techniques learned from musicians she met in both places changed her approach to songwriting and guitar playing, and re-charted her career from theatre to music.

Solebello’s smooth voice and warm acoustic guitar style nod to rural folk traditions, yet her urban sense of rhythm and vocal phrasing bend those traditional forms into more contemporary shapes. She is a member of the Jack Hardy Songwriters’ Exchange in New York City and has won numerous songwriting awards.

Wictor joined the folk and acoustic scene as a slide guitarist known for fresh interpretations of traditional and contemporary songs. Since then, he has made his mark as a singer-songwriter penning lean and poetic songs that honor, and subvert, rural blues and gospel traditions.

For seven years, he toured as one-third of Brother Sun, the harmonizing trio with Joe Jencks and Greg Greenway. Together, they garnered critical acclaim, two #1 CDs on the Folk DJ charts, and a continent-spanning tour schedule.

Wictor has won the Falcon Ridge Emerging Artist Showcase, was nominated for Emerging Artist of the Year by the Folk Alliance, was nominated for Gospel Song of the Year by the Independent Music Awards, and was a finalist in the Kerrville New Folk songwriting contest.

His most recent solo release, “This is Absolutely Real: Visions and Versions of Phil Ochs,” reached #2 on the Folk DJ charts and was nominated for Best Tribute Album by the Independent Music Awards.

Tickets for the June 18 show are $25 plus a $2 service charge; purchase at 6onthesquare.org or call 607-843-OTS6 (6876) to make a reservation. Doors open one hour before the start of the performance. The performance also will be streamed live online on a pay-what-you-can basis. More information can be found at 6onthesquare.org.

All patrons will be required to show proof of a vaccination, either by a card issued by the vaccine provider or by an Excelsior Pass on paper or an electronic device. Also, every person entering the venue for a concert needs to be masked, covering the nose and mouth for the entire time in the venue except when eating or drinking.

This concert is made possible in part with public funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Gov. Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, and administered by the Earlville Opera House.

Three free outdoor concerts in Lafayette Park, just outside of 6OTS’s doors, are set for July: The Slambovian Circus of Dreams on July 10, Buffalo Rose on July 17, and the John Dady Band on July 24.

6 On The Square, Inc. is an intimate, not-for-profit, volunteer-based acoustic music listening room and arts venue located at 6 Lafayette Park in downtown Oxford.

-Information provided by 6 on the Square