GLASGOW — Sustainable Glasgow’s fundraiser Thursday will allow area residents the chance to have dinner with the Adam Ezra Group, a Boston-based roots rock band known for getting involved in local causes at many of their shows.

The event is at the Plaza Theatre in downtown Glasgow, with dinner starting at 5:30 p.m. and the show starting at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for the concert are $15 and tickets for the dinner are $50 and include VIP seating at the show.

Carolyn Glodfelter, the Plaza’s executive director, first became interested in hosting the band when she learned the group was looking for a stopover between the Chicago area and Virginia on their current tour.

“Their philosophies as a band meshed with what we’re trying to do,” she said.

The Plaza had to compete with a venue in Philadelphia that was also interested in hosting the band, Glodfelter said.

“The band liked what we were proposing so they chose Glasgow over Philadelphia,” she said.

Josh Johnson, market manager for the Bounty of the Barrens farmers market, which is affiliated with Sustainable Glasgow, said the event is a farm-to-table dinner, with food provided by local producers.

“This is the first time we’ve done a farm-to-table meal, which is something we’ve wanted to do for a long time,” he said.

The idea is to raise awareness of local food and community farmers, Johnson said.

Sustainable Glasgow has had local musical groups play fundraisers before but this is the first time they’ve had an out-of-state band, he said.

The Adam Ezra Group is “a natural fit” for the event, he said. The group, perhaps best known for their song “Let Your Hair Down,” has been involved with supporting local causes all across the country.

The proceeds from the fundraiser are donated to microgrants that help people fighting cancer to go about with their lives.

Ezra was originally inspired to combine music and activism while playing a wide variety of shows while he was still stationed in Chicago, where he grew to appreciate the communities that came to these events, he said.

“I quickly realized that being a part of a concert that was more than about the music, that was about the community, those were the concerts that inspired me the most,” Ezra said.

Ezra said he’s excited about the opportunity to connect with a new community.

The dinner will give him a chance to get closer to his audience, he said.

“For me, some of the most important moments at a concert are when you can interact with the people you’re sharing space with,” Ezra said.

Ezra said he’s performed at events for the benefit of numerous local agricultural groups across the country, adding that he considers farming to be “the backbone of our culture.”

“In a world of giant agricultural business firms, local producers of produce are becoming more and more of a treasure,” he said.

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