Goose Celebrate Goosemas with Special Guests and Carnival Vibes in Providence

Goose brought their signature event, their 12th annual Goosemas, to a close at Providence, RI’s Amica Mutual Pavilion on Saturday night. The theatrical presentation continued the story of Barnaby Glimpse’s Show Upon Time, an original conceptual piece which the band has described as “a surreal, dark carnival narrative set in Lovering’s Hollow in 1734.” The four-person Connecticut outfit used the occasion to both debut a handful of new covers as well as weave a mix of originals into the story-cycle offering, which was brought to life through vivid costumes, puppetry and theatrical production. Sadly, a shooting that left two dead and others injured took place nearby at Brown University in Providence around the time of the show; though unrelated to the concert, the tragic incident cast a shadow over the evening.

For the second night in a row, Goose welcomed a few guests to the stage. The evening kicked off where the story left off a night earlier, with Goose singer/guitarist Rick Mitarotonda entering the stage and turning on the light as The Providence College Choir sang to a drone offstage. The choir then emerged to help the members of Goose, who were all once again in carnival costumes, through their debut of the traditional “Wild Mountain Thyme,” and they remained on stage to enhance the 2025 Goose single “Give It Time.” After “Flodown,” the fast version of “Echo of a Rose” and an unfinished version of “Into the Myst,” Goose offered their first take on a thematically fitting “Strange Overtones,” a standout track from the 2008 David Byrne/Brian Eno album, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today. The set then came to a close with a segue from Trevor Weekz’s early Goose tune “Wysteria Lane” into “(dawn).”