The Stetson Kennedy Foundation and Lullaby of the Rivers are proud to present the incomparable Rod MacDonald as their next featured Artist for the next Second Sunday at Stetsons Concert on March 8, 2026.

Rod MacDonald is an American singer-songwriter, novelist, and educator.^[1] He was a “big part of the 1980s folk revival in Greenwich Village clubs”,^[2] performing at the Speakeasy, The Bottom Line, Folk City, and the “Songwriter’s Exchange” at the Cornelia Street Cafe. He co-founded the Greenwich Village Folk Festival. He is perhaps best known for his songs “American Jerusalem“, about the “contrast between the rich and the poor in Manhattan” (Sing Out!), “A Sailor’s Prayer”, “Coming of the Snow”, “Every Living Thing”, and “My Neighbors in Delray”, a description of the September 11 hijackers’ last days in Delray Beach, Florida, where MacDonald has lived since 1995.

His songs have been covered by Dave Van Ronk, Shawn Colvin, Four Bitchin’ Babes, Jonathan Edwards, Garnet Rogers, Joe Jencks, and others. His 1985 recording “White Buffalo” is dedicated to Lakota Sioux ceremonial chief and healer Frank Fools Crow, whom he visited in 1981 and 1985, and who appears with MacDonald in the cover photograph. Since 1995 MacDonald has lived in south Florida, where his cd, “Later that Night” was named “Best Local Cd of 2014” by The Palm Beach Post ^[3] and reached the top ten in national roots music charts. His first novel, The Open Mike, about a young man in the open mike scene of Greenwich Village, was published on December 5, 2014, by Archway Publishing.^[4] On May 1, 2018, MacDonald released his 13th solo recording, “Beginning Again,” on Blue Flute Music. Check out Rod's music at https://rodmacdonald.com

The concert will be between 2-4 pm at Beluthahatchee, the home of Stetson Kennedy, located at:

1523 SR 13

St Johns, FL 32259

This concert will be held INDOORS, and no reservations are required,hough admission is limited to the first 50 guests. A suggested donation of $10 per attendee will be appreciated to help continue to bring you the best finest live folk and acoustic music in Florida.

Tours of Stetson Kennedy's home will be offered before and after the concert. For more information, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The Sundays at Stetsons concert series is sponsored by the Stetson Kennedy Foundation, St. Johns County Parks, and the Lullaby of the Rivers Festival.

See you at Beluthahatchee!