(RED BANK, NJ) -- The Vogel presents Billy Bragg with special guest Sweet Petunia on Sunday, June 28, 2026 at 8:00pm. Limited tickets remain.
Galvanised in the late 70s by The Clash and an aversion to the austere policies of Margaret Thatcher, Billy Bragg set out to inspire political engagement and empathy, and he hasn’t deviated from that path. He has performed numerous benefit shows over the years -for the miners, the Labour party, CND, the jobless, the homeless and many more, and has run the Left Field political stage at Glastonbury for the last 15 years.
In 2023 Billy celebrated a remarkable 40 years as Britain’s favourite campaigning singer, songwriter. To mark this significant landmark, he released an acclaimed career-spanning box set The Roaring Forty and played to sell-out crowds around the world. Billy Bragg has released 11 solo studio albums, three albums of Woody Guthrie lyrics set to contemporary music by Billy and Wilco (the Mermaid Avenue albums) and one album with Joe Henry.
Tickets are available for purchase online. The Vogel is located at 99 Monmouth Street in Red Bank, New Jersey.
Billy's most recent studio album, The Million Things That Never Happened came out in 2021. Billy Bragg added best-selling author to his CV with the success of his acclaimed 2017 book Roots, Radicals & Rockers –How Skiffle Changed The World. He has written two books of political analysis – The Progressive Patriot: A Search For Belonging (2006) and The Three Dimensions of Freedom (2019). Billy won the Outstanding Contribution To British Music Award at the Ivors Awards in 2018.
Born and raised in Barking, East London, Billy has a street named after him in his home town –Bragg Close. In 2023 Billy was honoured with a pavement plaque on the Camden Music Walk Of Fame, adding his name to a prestigious roll call that includes Madness, Amy Winehouse, The Who, David Bowie, and The Kinks. In 2025, Spenwood Books published Billy Bragg –A People’s History, an oral history featuring fascinating photos and memorabilia with contributions from friends, associates and fans, who have been thrilled and inspired by the work of this unique artist.
To be expected from a career that has straddled many genres, Billy Bragg has worked with a wealth of celebrated musicians from different musical backgrounds including Eliza Carthy, Norman Cook, Paul Weller, Jeff Tweedy, Dick Gaughan, Joe Henry, Kirsty MacColl, Ian McLagan, Johnny Marr, R.E.M., Natalie Merchant, Romeo Stodart, Danny Thompson, Robert Wyatt, Pete Seeger, and The Philharmonic Orchestra.
Opening act Sweet Petunia is an alternative folk duo from Boston Mairead Guy (they/them) and Maddy Simpson (she/her) . Over the years, the duo have grown into their own as both powerful songwriters and harmonizers as well as lightning quick players.
Unapologetically queer and unafraid to get loud and angry, they craft music that is informed just as much by their contemporaries in Boston’s punk & DIY scene as it is steeped in rich folk tradition.
