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Oldtone Roots Music Festival

Cool Whisper Farm 1011 Co. Rd 21, Hillsdale, NY

Third Annual Oldtone Roots Music Festival 4 Days of Music, Food, Dance & Picker’s Friendly Camping for all ages! at Cool Whisper Farm at 1011 Co Rd 21, Hillsdale, NY 12529 www.oldtonemusicfestival.com Foghorn Stringband (Portland OR) The Revelers (Louisiana) Jesse Lege (Louisiana/Texas) Roochie Toochie & the Ragtime Shepherd Kings (Nashville) Bill and the Belles (Johnson City TN) Cocek! Brass Band (Boston) The Po’ Rambin’ Boys (Sevierville TN) Down Hill Stugglers (Brooklyn) Run Mountain (VT/MA) Moonshine Holler (Tyringham MA) Easy Rid’in Papas (Sheffield MA) Bear Minimum (CT/NH) The Feinberg Brothers (Long Island) Hopalong Andy (Brooklyn) Hilary Hawke (Brooklyn) Tara Linhardt (NY/VA) Gold Hope Duo (Oldtone 2016 Band contest winners!) And MUCH MORE to be announced soon! Stay tuned for more information on tickets sales, how to volunteer, as well as the many improvements to the festival for 2017! Plus info on ongoing additions to the amazing lineup, camping details, hands-on workshops, band & instrument contests, the amazing food & craft vending, and children’s activities details all to follow very soon. And don’t forget the great Cajun, Contra, Swing and Square dancing in one of the greatest dance tents in the northeast! Save money, support the festival and help make it even better by buying Early Bird Tickets! Just a few of the many improvements we are currently working on… Main Stage will be moved to the main day-parking field used in 2016! The large long tent used for 2016 workshop will be made available for the main stage sitting area for shade. The Workshop Tent will be moved to the 2016 Main Stage area. No RV fees! We are dedicated to capping the attendance to maintain the same intimate vibe we all loved in 2016; tickets will … Read More »

Barn Burners String Band at Shovel Town Brewery Winterfest

Shovel Town Brewery 50 Oliver Street, North Easton, MA

Barn Burners String Band will be joining Shovel Town Brewery to celebrate 1 year of craft beer in North Easton! Come join us on Saturday, February 3rd for Winterfest! There will be live music from the Barn Burners and two other local bands. Winterfest starts at 11:00AM; the Barn Burners will go on at 4:00 PM. Come on down for great beer, food, music and fun!

Joe Val Festival

Sheraton Framingham 1657 Worcester Road, Framingham

The Joe Val Festival is the premier New England bluegrass festival in the Winter.  The lineup is now being finalized, but you can be sure that it will be outstanding.  

Back Porch Festival (Sunday Afternoon: Bluegrass)

Academy of Music Theatre, Northampton, MA 274 Main Street, Northampton, MA

Del & Dawg (Del McCoury & David Grisman), IBMA Guitar Player of 2017 Molly Tuttle, and rising Boston trio Honeysuckle wrap up the Back Porch Festival in Northampton, Mass., with a Sunday-afternoon concert.

$39.99 – $49.99

BackstageView Festival For The Elks

BackstageView.com will have our first Festival on Cinco De Mayo -May 5th, 2018 in Danbury CT at The Elks Club . A full-day of Bluegrass and Americana Music - Bands include: FIVE IN THE CHAMBER, SPIKE DOGTOOTH, MR. BOY, THE USUAL SUSPECTS, PHAT CHANCE, THE PREFERRED PICKERS, THE DANBURY RAMBLERS and more. Raffles, 50/50's, Vendors, Food - Drink (it's cinco de mayo)-Special Hotel pricing.  Go to BackstageView.com.

$20 – $45

Strawberry Park 41st Annual Bluegrass Festival

Strawberry Park Bluegrass Festival

41st Annual Strawberry Park Bluegrass Festival 2018 May 31 Through June 3rd, 2018 Reservations  1860 886 1944 Rhonda Vincent and the Rage - Dailey & Vincent - The SteelDrivers - The Gibson Brothers - The Kruger Brothers - Mile Twelve -  Lonely Heartstring Band - SideLine - Dry Branch Fire Squad - Twisted Pine - Gail Wade - Blackstone Valley

$60 – $160

New Bedford Folk Festival

New Bedford Whaling National Park New Bedford Historical District, New Bedford , MA

The Zeiterion Theater presents the 23rd Annual New Bedford Folk Festival from Saturday July 7 through Sunday July 8, 2018 with an impressive lineup of the best in contemporary, Americana, traditional, blues and Celtic folk music. This year the festival includes folk legend Tom Rush, singer-songwriters Cheryl Wheeler, Garnet Rogers and John Gorka, Americana-bluegrass band Mile Twelve, the folk-fusion Laura Love Duo, Blues masters Paul Rishell and Annie Raines, Hubbie Jenkins of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, the Celtic-Jazz sounds of the Jeremy Kittel Trio and many more. The New Bedford Folk Festival presents over 90 shows on 8 stages. 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. Performers are presented in concerts and in the popular festival “workshops” which feature 3 or 4 performers or groups on stage at the same time in one-time, unique shows. Thousands of people from New England and across the nation attend the festival over the weekend, making it a major destination for this summer weekend. This year’s festival promises an exciting and memorable celebration which shows the city of New Bedford at its best.

$22.50 – $125

Smuttynose Bluegrass Festival

Smuttynose 105 Towle Farm Rd, Hampton, NH

Bluegrass, great food, and craft beer!  What could be better? Join SOUTHERN RAIL at the FIRST ANNUAL SMUTTYNOSE BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL, presented by the acclaimed Smuttynose Brewery and Hayseed Restaurant.  Music runs 2-8.

Green Mountain Bluegrass & Roots Festival

Hunter Park Pig Pen Road, Manchester, VT

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!

$40 – $120

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4th Annual Oldtone Roots Music Festival

Cool Whisper Farm 1011 Co. Rd 21, Hillsdale, NY

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 »