A four-day music festival featuring a variety of bluegrass, roots and Americana music from both icons of the industry and innovative up-and-coming artists. Featuring a main stage, dance tent, camping, and more , plus a magical Green Mountain setting!
4th Annual Oldtone Roots Music Festival http://www.oldtonemusicfestival.com/ Frank Wakefield, Mike Bub, Anna & Elizabeth, Cedric Watson, Hubby Jenkins, new to the Lineup This Year Hillsdale, NY, April 11, 2018 The 4th Annual Oldtone Roots Music Festival 2018, September 6-9, 2018 Cool Whisper Farm, 1011 County Rt 21, North Hillsdale, NY, 12529. Oldtone Productions continue their carefully curated old-time music line up with the return of some Oldtone favorites and some exciting new folks. Roots music fans will be delighted to hear that the Appalachian Mountain duo Anna & Elizabeth (recently featured in the New Yorker) will be bringing their harmonies and their art to the Hillsdale festival. Also new this year are Oldtime Blues artist Hubby Jenkins (Carolina Chocolate Drops), Creole artist and former member of The Pine Leaf Boys Cedric Watson, well known upright bass player Mike Bub (Del McCoury band). Other new artists include Five Mile Mountain Road (bluegrass), cajun fiddlers Joel Savoy and Kelli Jones, roots trio Pete’s Posse, and the Balkan Romani Gypsy duo Eva Salina and Peter Stan. The returning lineup makes up Oldtone’s core, with some of the most exciting roots artists today. The Oldtone host band, is the well-known Foghorn String Band from Portland, OR, Oldtone’s favorite Cajun band Jesse Lege and the Bayou Brew will be returning to the Main and Dance Stages, as will the old time darlings Bill and the Belles. Bill and the Belles are the house band for Farm & Fun Time which is hosted by Radio Bristol producer and house band-leader Kris Truelsen, (the show is hot in the Roots music world right now). The Down Hill Strugglers are also making waves, and band member Jackson Lynch recently played … Read More »
JamVember is a weekend-long "non-festival" focused on jamming, jamming, and more jamming... with workshops and jams hosted by over 40 amazing musicians and teachers, and one big difference from usual festivals: no stage show to distract from the picking! JamVember will be held at the Sheraton in Framingham, MA the weekend before Thanksgiving, November 16th - 18th, 2018. Further details at JamVember.com
The inaugural WinterWonderGrass Vermont, held at the Stratton Mountain Resort! WinterWonderGrass is mostly an outdoor event with numerous heated tents housing side stages, the kids' zone, coffee, ar and beer tastings. We are part music festival, part beer festival, and 100% mountain adventure. Bump into the artists of WWG on the hill, then join us each day at 1:45 for 3 hours of daily beer tastings (2-5 pm), and music on four stages. The event ends at 10 pm, if you want to keep jamming, you can buy a ticket to the after parties around Stratton Village. Join us for three days of music featuring headlining sets by Railroad Earth, the Infamous Stringdusters, Keller Williams, Fruition, Ghost of Paul Revere, Upstate and 15+ more bands.
The premier bluegrass festival in New England!
Join us Sunday morning for an exuberant hour of Bluegrass, Gospel and original material. Our set is around 10:50am.
Northampton, Massachusetts is the setting for a spectacular weekend of American roots music, with Saturday night designated for bluegrass. Jerry Douglas and The Earls of Leicester will headline, with Town Mountain and Boston-based Twisted Pine (Americana Artist of 2018 by Boston Music Awards) all w/ Special Guest Danny Barnes. Come for the weekend or come for the night. Here's info: www.backporchradio.com/backporchfestival
The Zeiterion Theater presents the 24th Annual New Bedford Folk Festival from Saturday July 6 through Sunday July 7, 2019 with an impressive lineup of the best in contemporary, Americana, traditional, blues and Celtic folk music. This year the festival includes Grammy Award winning Cajun band BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, Dar Williams called “one of America’s very best singer-songwriters” by The New Yorker, folk, jazz, and pop songstress Susan Werner, blues masters Chris Smither and Guy Davis, old-time and American roots music trio Molsky’s Mountain Drifters featuring Grammy-nominated fiddler Bruce Molsky, cutting edge Celtic band Bua and many more. The festival runs from 11 AM to 9 PM both days and is located in the Zeiterion Performing Arts Center and throughout the 11 blocks of historic downtown New Bedford and the Whaling National Historical Park in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
Alice Gerrard, an 84 year old, old-time music pioneer attempts to preserve traditional music through her performances and lessons. Her unpredictable journey is an inspiration for those around her. You Gave Me a Song is a film about getting older, but never giving up your passions. The Woods Hole Film Festival presents its New England premiere with director Kenny Dalsheimer at the Q&A.
A four-day music festival featuring a variety of bluegrass, roots and Americana music from both icons of the industry and innovative up-and-coming artists. Featuring a main stage, dance tent, camping, and more , plus a magical Green Mountain setting!