Please note: the rain date for this event is August 9 (decision will be made by noon on Saturday).

While Ryan Montbleau may be best known for his barn-burning full-band shows, he’s no stranger to the raw acoustic setting with stripped-down performances, gorgeous vocal blends, and elegant instrumental arrangements.  

Montbleau’s been pouring his heart out in song since the early 2000s, when he first began performing around his native Massachusetts. He’d go on to collaborate with Martin Sexton, Trombone Shorty, and Galactic among others, and share stages with artists as diverse as Tedeschi Trucks Band, Ani DiFranco, The Wood Brothers, Rodrigo y Gabriela, and Mavis Staples, but it was Montbleau’s ecstatic headline shows—often more than 200 of them a year—that solidified his reputation as a live powerhouse and an inexorable road warrior. NPR’s Mountain Stage compared his “eloquent, soulful songwriting” to Bill Withers and James Taylor, while Relix hailed his “poetic Americana,” and The Boston Herald raved that “he’s made a career of confident, danceable positivity.”

For Live Under the Arch events, capacity in the lower lobby (bathroom access) is limited to 10 people at a time. Anytime patrons are not seated at their tables, masks are to be worn. All staff and volunteers will be in masks and taking safety precautions for fellow staff members and our patrons. Each table is exclusive to the ticket buyer. No tables are shared. 

Visit our Reopening page for additional details on our safety protocols in place to protect you, our staff, and our volunteers.