Judy Collins: Sweet Judy Blue Eyes: Farewell @Char's

Saturday June 20th, 2026 doors 6:30pm concert 7:30-9:30pm

Both sides now… Send in the clowns… Amazing grace... Mr. Tambourine Man...

Judy Collins has long inspired audiences with sublime vocals, boldly vulnerable songwriting, personal life triumphs, and a firm commitment to social activism. In the 1960s, she evoked both the idealism and steely determination of a generation united against social and environmental injustices. Six decades later, her luminescent presence shines brightly as new generations bask in the glow of her iconic 55-album body of work, and heed inspiration from her spiritual discipline to thrive in the music industry for half a century.

The award-winning singer-songwriter is esteemed for her imaginative interpretations of traditional and contemporary folk standards and her own poetically poignant original compositions. Her stunning rendition of Joni Mitchell's “Both Sides Now” from her landmark 1967 album, Wildflowers, has been entered into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Judy’s dreamy and sweetly intimate version of “Send in the Clowns,” a ballad written by Stephen Sondheim for the Broadway musical A Little Night Music, won "Song of the Year” at the 1975 Grammy Awards. She’s garnered several top-ten hits gold- and platinum-selling albums. Recently, contemporary and classic artists such as Rufus Wainwright, Shawn Colvin, Dolly Parton, Joan Baez, and Leonard Cohen honored her legacy with the album Born to the Breed: A Tribute to Judy Collins.

In 2026, Collins bids adieu to the road with her “SWEET JUDY BLUE EYES” Farewell Tour, launching July 4, 2026 and running through 2027—an expansive final run across North America and beyond that gives audiences one last chance to experience her timeless voice and storytelling live. The tour follows a remarkable recent chapter: six new albums released since 2015, the artistic renaissance of Spellbound (her first album of all self-penned songs, nominated for Best Folk Album at the 2023 GRAMMY Awards), and her 2025 poetry collection Sometimes It’s Heaven: Poems of Love, Loss and Redemption—a vivid extension of the honesty and grace that have defined her enduring legacy.

WebSite => http://www.judycollins.com/

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BIO
Judy Collins has inspired audiences with sublime vocals, boldly vulnerable
songwriting, personal life triumphs, and a firm commitment to social
activism. In the 1960s, she evoked both the idealism and steely determination
of a generation united against social and environmental injustices. Five
decades later, her luminescent presence shines brightly as new generations
bask in the glow of her iconic 55-album body of work, and heed inspiration
from her spiritual discipline to thrive in the music industry for half a
century.

The award-winning singer-songwriter is esteemed for her imaginative
interpretations of traditional and contemporary folk standards and her own
poetically poignant original compositions. Her stunning rendition of Joni
Mitchell's “Both Sides Now” from her landmark 1967 album, Wildflowers, has
been entered into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Judy’s dreamy and sweetly intimate
version of “Send in the Clowns,” a ballad written by Stephen Sondheim for the
Broadway musical A Little Night Music, won "Song of the Year” at the 1975
Grammy Awards. She’s garnered several top-ten hits gold- and platinum-selling
albums. Recently, contemporary and classic artists such as Rufus Wainwright,
Shawn Colvin, Dolly Parton, Joan Baez, and Leonard Cohen honored her legacy
with the album Born to the Breed: A Tribute to Judy Collins.

Judy began her impressive music career at 13 as a piano prodigy dazzling
audiences performing Mozart's “Concerto for Two Pianos,” but the hard luck
tales and rugged sensitivity of folk revival music by artists such as Woody
Guthrie and Pete Seeger seduced her away from a life as a concert pianist.
Her path pointed to a lifelong love affair with the guitar and pursuit of
emotional truth in lyrics. The focus and regimented practice of classical
music, however, would be a source of strength to her inner core as she
navigated the highs and lows of the music business.

In 1961, she released her masterful debut, A Maid of Constant Sorrow, which
featured interpretative works of social poets of the time such as Bob Dylan,
Phil Ochs, and Tom Paxton. This began a wonderfully fertile thirty-five-year
creative relationship with Jac Holzman and Elektra Records. Around this time
Judy became a tastemaker within the thriving Greenwich Village folk community
and brought other singer-songwriters to a wider audience, including
poet/musician Leonard Cohen – and musicians Joni Mitchell and Randy Newman.
Throughout the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, and up to the present, she has remained a
vital artist, enriching her catalog with critically acclaimed albums while
balancing a robust touring schedule.

Prolific as ever, Judy recorded a DVD special Judy Collins: A Love Letter To
Stephen Sondheim, in her hometown of Denver, CO. Along with the Greely
Philharmonic Orchestra, Judy dazzled the audience with Sondheim’s beautiful
songs and her lovely, radiant voice. DVD and CD companion will be released
in early 2017. Judy also released a collaborative album in June
2016, Silver Skies Blue, with writing partner, Ari Hest. Silver Skies
Blue has been GRAMMY nominated for BEST FOLK ALBUM in 2017, this is the first
GRAMMY nomination for Collins in over 40 years.

In 2012, she released the CD/DVD Judy Collins Live At The Metropolitan Museum
Of Art which aired on PBS. This special television program was nominated for
a New York Emmy and won a Bronze Medal at the 2013 New York Festival
International Television & Film Awards. Based on its success, in 2014 she
filmed another spectacular show in Ireland at Dromoland Castle. Live In
Ireland was released in 2014. This program also won a Bronze Medal at the
2014 New York Festival International Television & Film Awards and the program
will broadcast on PBS in 2014 and 2015.

Judy’s most recent collaboration with her as a singer-songwriter is the 2019
album Winter Stories, including critically-acclaimed Norwegian folk artist
Jonas Fjeld, and masterful bluegrass band Chatham County Line. Winter
Stories, is a collection of classics, new tunes, and a few surprises,
featuring spirited lead vocal turns, breathtaking duets, and Judy’s stunning
harmony singing.

Judy has also authored several books, including the powerful and
inspiring, Sanity & Grace and her extraordinary memoir, Sweet Judy Blue Eyes:
My Life in Music. For her most recent title to be released in
2017, Cravings, she provides a no-holds barred account of her harrowing
struggle with compulsive overeating, and the journey that led her to a
solution. Alternating between chapters on her life and those of the many diet
gurus she has encountered along the way (Atkins, Jean Nidtech of Weight
Watchers, Andrew Weil, to name a few), Cravings is the culmination of Judy's
genuine desire to share what she's learned—so that no one has follow her
heart-rending path to recovery.

In addition, she remains a social activist, representing UNICEF and numerous
other causes. She is the director (along with Jill Godmillow) of an Academy
Award-nominated film about Antonia Brico – PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN, the first
woman to conduct major symphonies around the world–and Judy's classical piano
teacher when she was young.

Judy Collins is as creatively vigorous as ever, writing, touring worldwide,
and nurturing fresh talent. She is a modern-day Renaissance woman who is a
filmmaker, record label head, musical mentor, and an in-demand keynote
speaker for mental health and suicide prevention. She continues to create
music of hope and healing that lights up the world and speaks to the heart.

http://www.judycollins.com/

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