Canal Balladeer Performs at Brookside Museum Oct. 25 

BALLSTON SPA — George Ward, folklorist, singer and “Canal Balladeer,” will present a program of canal songs and stories at Brookside Museum in Ballston Spa at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct.  25.  

Ward performs both historical songs and his own compositions, reflecting 200 years of New York State’s canals and their people. His performance will include songs he has performed at folk festivals, in concert halls and coffeehouses, canalside, and on tour boats for 50 years. 

“Every song has a story and tells a story. I’ll tell some of those too,” said Ward in a statement. “Having purposefully tried to honor the legacy of where I have lived for fifty years – in particular the Mohawk Valley and its part in the two-century epic of the Erie Canal – I still find it worth telling that story in song.” 

 The event is sponsored by the Saratoga County History Center at Brookside Museum and is presented on the eve of the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825. 

Registration is available at the History Center’s website https://brooksidemuseum.org/. Donations received during registration will be used for SCHC program development.

Brookside Museum is located at 21 Fairground Ave. in Ballston Spa.