Join us as Guitarist/composer Ben Garnett brings his acoustic trio (featuring Ben Plotnick on fiddle and Nate Sabat on bass) to the Puffin to celebrate the release of his sophomore studio album, Kite’s Keep (2025)! Enjoy an evening of Garnett’s unique original compositions, rounded out with a selection of jazz standards, bluegrass and fiddle tunes, classical pieces, and pop songs.

In Kite’s Keep, Garnett reimagines the acoustic guitar not as a lead voice, but as a cinematic landscape—an evocative space where fiddle, bass, and ensemble interplay bring guitar-born ideas to new life. With a dream team of acoustic virtuosos and a composer’s eye for drama and narrative, Garnett crafts songs that feel like short films—shifting fluidly from folk to bluegrass, pop to jazz, classical to avant-garde. For listeners ready to explore the guitar’s untapped world-building power, Kite’s Keep is an invitation to lean in and look again.

“You think you’ve heard it all until a Ben Garnett comes along to show us how much more there might be.”
— PREMIER GUITAR

“Garnett has a beautiful, curious, deep mind.”
— CHRIS ELDRIDGE (PUNCH BROTHERS)

Suggested Donation: $10
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If you cannot pay the suggested donation, please call 201-836-3499 or email aortega@puffinfoundation.org to ask for free reservation(s). Thank you!