EASTHAMPTON — For Nicole Turner, Happy Accidents isn’t just the name of the band she sings with, it also describes how she joined the group.

The band was playing an open mic night, but their singer at the time had a bad cold so she couldn’t perform. Guitarist Don Sonn, with whom Turner had sung with before, asked her if she could fill in at the open mic night.

“He gave me a couple of songs, and that was the first time I ever sang with them,” she said.

When the band later parted ways with the original vocalist, Turner was a natural choice to fill the slot.

The band will play a benefit show for the Scarlet Sock Foundation at the Marigold Theater in Easthampton on Oct. 18 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20.

The band includes Turner on vocals, Sonn on guitar and vocals, Erik Gagne on lead gu

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