Limber up those vocal chords, it's time to make merry at a sing-along to end all sing-alongs! Tonight's a cappella extravaganza with In Harmony's Way—an amazing lineup of Bay Area folk music stalwarts—dispels the chill of midwinter with a joyous night of musical warmth to celebrate the season. The Mid-Winter Sing features beloved seasonal songs plus numbers from In Harmony's Way's new self-titled CD, ranging from English drinking songs to sea chanteys to American traditional tunes and back again.

A staggering assemblage of both talent and lung power, the show includes Freight perennials, famed Irish singers Shay and Michael Black, Dave Swan and Doug Olsen of a cappella trio Oak, Ash & Thorn, Nauticus sea music ensemble member Riggy Rackin, Hyde Street Pier sea chantey king Peter Kasin, folk music veteran and rounds-singer extraordinaire Lani Herrmann, singers of traditional music of their Scottish and English homelands Allan MacLeod & Dick Holdstock, fabulous songstress Sylvia Herold (Cats & Jammers and Wake the Dead), traditional Celtic and Appalachian musician Steve Baughman, beauteous Celtic vocalist and mouth music maestra, Pam Swan, Hyde Street Pier singer Richard Adrianowicz, Arlene Immerman, Kim Hughes, Ed Silberman, Susan Frank, and who knows who else?

Tonight's astounding ensemble of great singers (both on and offstage) promises to set the Freight's rafters ringing with rich folk harmonies and hearty choruses. The more the merrier, so come on down!