Songs, Spirits, and Storytelling: Music in the Colonial Tavern

This lively, immersive program brings the sounds and social life of the colonial tavern to life through music, storytelling, and audience participation. Performed by a duo featuring Linda Russell, an accomplished balladeer, the program blends period music with historical interpretation to explore the tavern’s central role in early American culture.

Program is free, but donations are appreciated. Reservations are required as space is limited.

Food and drink are available to purchase from Mannion’s Pub & Restaurant.

🍻 “History on Tap” features authentic colonial-era reenactors and musicians telling the stories of 18th-century taverns including Somerville’s historic Tunison’s Tavern as hubs of communities where people gathered to share news, engage in trade, and enjoy entertainment. Join the Wallace House and Old Dutch Parsonage Association monthly, March through June, on Sundays at Downtown Somerville restaurants for these family-friendly programs celebrating America 250.

“Liberty Lives Here” is presented by the Downtown Somerville Alliance, celebrating America 250 in Somerville, New Jersey, with the sponsorship of the Wallace House and Old Dutch Parsonage Association, supporters of Wallace House & Old Dutch Parsonage State Historic Sites and Proud Partners of Revolution NJ.

🧱 The Revitalization of State Historic Sites is underway “Down the Brook” for Revolution NJ. The historic rehabilitation of Wallace House & Old Dutch Parsonage is supported in part by Semiquincentennial Grants from the Historic Preservation Fund administered by the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

⭐ is New Jersey’s official observance of the 250th anniversaries of New Jersey’s first Constitution July 2, 2026 and the American Revolution in New Jersey from 2024 – 2033. The Borough of Somerville and Somerset County are Revolution NJ Communities.

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