Tribute to Peter Paul and Mary with Bill Cohen and friends

From the 1960’s into this New Millenium, Peter Paul and Mary used music to entertain, educate, inspire, and energize Americans to work for a better world. On Sunday June 29, 2025, four veteran Columbus musicians will pay tribute to PP & M’s legacy with songs, memories, and quips.

Bill Cohen, Joanne Blum, and Joe Lambert will sing and strum the most beloved songs that Peter, Paul, and Mary seared into the hearts and minds of so many people for decades. Among them: If I Had a Hammer, Blowin’ in the Wind, Where Have All the Flowers Gone, Leavin’ on a Jet Plane, and Day is Done. Plus, the audience will be invited to sing along on tunes like Puff the Magic Dragon and the Times They Are a Changin’. Some lesser-known PP & M songs will also be in the spotlight because of their powerful meaning: Music Speaks Louder than Words, The Wedding Song, and When the Ship Comes In.

Heidi White will enhance the music with her stand-up bass, the kind that PP & M often used in the background of their songs in concerts and on albums.

The concert will also recall key parts of PP & M’s history and their linking of music and activism. Plus, we’ll test the audience’s memories with fun trivia questions about the endearing trio.

$15 donations per person are suggested at the door, but all donations will be welcome. The musicians and sound crew will split the donations with a worthy cause. Half of the proceeds will go to the Clintonville Community Resource Center, which helps low-income, homeless, and older residents of the area.

Bill, Joanne, Joe, and Heidi have more than a century’s worth of experience performing folk songs, and their respect for and love of Peter Paul and Mary’s music will shine brightly at this tribute. The live show will be fun, uplifting, and memory-sparking.

WHEN: Sunday June 29 at 4 pm
WHERE: Columbus Mennonite Church, 35 Oakland Park Avenue, 43214

Free parking along Oakland Park Avenue and in nearby lots owned by North Broadway Methodist Church.

For more information, call Bill at (614) 263-3851