ROCKPORT — On Saturday, Sept. 28, at Barnswallow Books, The Good Trouble Project will host a benefit concert for the Knox Clinic. The show will be hosted by singer-songwriters John and Rachel Nicholas with featured performer, poet and musician Dave Morrison.

The Good Trouble Project was founded by the singer-songwriter duo as a means to ‘do something’ for their community by hosting intimate, fundraising concerts to benefit local organizations. The music series was named to honor the legacy of congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis.
 
The Knox Clinic has been providing free medical, dental, and mental health services to uninsured and underinsured neighbors in Knox County for 25 years. Now, in a transition to a full community health center, the Clinic is expanding its services to reach even more people in need. A representative from the Clinic will be present to discuss its mission, these changes, and the role it plays in supporting the health of the local community.
 
Dave Morrison bought his first guitar at age 16, started playing clubs at 17, and for the next 20 years played clubs and concerts in Boston, New England, and New York. After a stint as a 40-year-old freshman at the New School Creative Writing program, he began to write poetry – his poems have been published in literary magazines and anthologies, and featured on Writer’s Almanac, Take Heart, and Poems From Here. His seventeenth collection, We Are Here and It Is Now was published in 2024 by Soul Finger Press. For the Good Trouble show, Morrison will be performing his signature looped guitar/poetry mashup. 
 
The venue for the show is the barn attached to Barnswallow Books in Rockport Village, which is generously donated by The Lesher Family Foundation, owners of the shop. The shop is located at 166 Russell Ave, across the street from the library.

Tom O’Donovan, at Harbor Square Gallery, sponsors an honorarium for the featured performer. 85% of the proceeds go to the beneficiary organization.
 
Show starts at 7 p.m., and admission is $15. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Seats can be reserved by calling or texting John at 508-314-1506.

“If the weather is cool bring an extra layer – the barn has minimal heating,” said John Nicholas, in a news release.