# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The American Musical Journey: A Concert by Ed Sweeney
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 15 Jun, 2026 at 06:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Ed Sweeney takes his audience on an American Musical Journey playing guitar, 5-string banjo and fretless banjo. This concert celebrates the 250th anniversary of America through traditional folk songs, blues, ragtime, and banjo tunes. In this performance, Ed Sweeney will weave portraits of our American history and life by performing songs and instrumentals from Colonial times, the Civil War, the Western Expansion, the Cowboy songs, Railroad Songs, the Great Depression, World Wars to our current day and how all of these events relate our history. 

Ed Sweeney honors people and their histories by presenting music that entertains and educates. Through his musical expertise, breadth of knowledge, and wonderful sense of humor, he helps
listeners, understand the motivations, stories, and culture that have made us who and what we are today. For more than 45 years Ed Sweeney has actively explored ways to research, learn, perform and teach traditional American music. He started this journey in high school, then became the first music major at Providence College in 1973 where he helped create and shape a curriculum.

Ed’s music reaches a diverse audience through NPR or on the hundreds of radio stations and on-line networks around the world. His music is in Ken Burns’ documentary Not for Ourselves
Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony as well as Christian de Renzendes’s documentary Slatersville (Season 2). Currently, his music is playing in Disneyland, Disneyland Paris and Disneyland Tokyo.

Free and open to all. Registration not required.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/east-providence/the-american-musical-journey-a-concert-by-ed-sweeney/200030113256837
- **Event Categories**: music, entertainment, concerts, live-music, performances
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 6

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: East Providence
- **state**: RI
- **country**: United States
- **location**: East Providence Public Library
- **lat**: 41.818469423667
- **long**: -71.375239014444
- **full address**: East Providence Public Library, 41 Grove Ave,East Providence, Rhode Island, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is The American Musical Journey: A Concert by Ed Sweeney being held?
  - **A:** The American Musical Journey: A Concert by Ed Sweeney takes place on Mon, 15 Jun, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Mon, 15 Jun, 2026 at 06:30 pm at East Providence Public Library, 41 Grove Ave,East Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing The American Musical Journey: A Concert by Ed Sweeney?
  - **A:** The American Musical Journey: A Concert by Ed Sweeney is organized by East Providence 250th Celebration .
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** The American Musical Journey: A Concert by Ed Sweeney is ideal for music lovers, fans of all genres, and anyone who wants to celebrate the power of music - from intimate gigs and live sessions to festivals and cultural performances. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in East Providence, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If The American Musical Journey: A Concert by Ed Sweeney sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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