Christine Lavin and Don White have have brought their unique brand of clean and hilarious musical comedy to audiences across the U.S. since 1988. On Saturday, June 13, at 7:30 p.m., these veteran musicians come to Boothbay Harbor to perform at the Opera House presenting “The Funny Side of the Street, A Night of Brighter Laughter.”

Since emerging from the New York City singer/songwriter scene of the late 1980s, along with Suzanne Vega, Shawn Colvin, John Gorka and others, Lavin quickly established herself as an entertaining tour de force: quick on her feet, witty, insightful and engaging.

Lavin has also been at the forefront of finding and promoting extraordinary new talent. She founded a songwriters’ retreat on Martha's Vineyard, The Four Bitchin' Babes; and among many other projects, is in the process of releasing more than 10 compilation CDs, as well as over 20 of her own.

Her co-conspirator is Don White. A product of the rich Boston arts scene of the 1990s, White developed his songwriter/performer chops in the same Club Passim/Olde Vienna Kaffehaus scene that produced Dar Williams, Martin Sexton, Lori McKenna and Vance Gilbert.

He was also a regular comedian at the legendary Catch a Rising Star in Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, honing his comedic skills alongside Jimmy Tingle, David Cross, Wendy Leibman and a host of other cutting edge comics of the time. These experiences, along with his immersion in the Boston spoken word scene that produced the National Poetry Slam Championship Team in 1992, all combined to make him one of the few performers who brings a comic's wit, and a poet's heart to his songs and stories.

Folk music writer for the Boston Globe and NPR, Scott Alarik said: “When Christine Lavin and Don White make us laugh, there is always a warm shimmer of community beneath the silliness ... Many can dazzle us; but only the very, very best can befriend us, and remind us that, in the end, we are all wary acrobats in the great human circus.”

Advance tickets are $20 and $25 on the day of the show. The Opera House, and box office, is located at 86 Townsend Avenue and is open Tuesday-Friday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Advance tickets can also be purchased by calling 207-633-5159 or at www.boothbayoperahouse.com. All seats are general admission.