Cristina Vane
Start: August 8, 2026 7 p.m.
End: August 8, 2026 8:30 p.m.

Blues/Americana wunderkind Cristina Vane will perform on Saturday, August 8th at Canan Commons. Vane refuses to bend herself into a box, writing excellent bluegrass songs that exist cohesively alongside her blues, rock, and hill country blues inspired tunes. Speaking of her latest album, Hear My Call, she says, “ I wanted it to be a reflection of who I am…essentially a rock kid who is obsessed with old music.”

A deft multi-instrumentalist and captivating vocalist, Cristina Vane began writing songs and playing guitar in her teens, before the power of slide guitar captured her attention one summer in London and changed the course of her sound. After graduating from Princeton University, Vane moved to Los Angeles with a dream to pursue her constant passion, music. There, inspired by Rory Block, Skip James, and Blind Willie Johnson, she began teaching herself slide in open tunings and found herself working at folk staple McCabe’s guitar shop where the universe conspired in her favor by putting her under the tutelage of fingerstyle guitar mentor Pete Steinberg. It was also at McCabe’s that Vane began her journey on the clawhammer banjo, and continued to busk on the Venice Boardwalk, putting in countless hours of practice to become closer to the powerhouse performer she is today. 

Special guest Lovesick Moan will open this performance.

The 2026 Muncie Three Trails Series is sponsored by Ball State University.