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Folk Festival Calendar 7.3.16

July 8-10

>>>Green River Festival

Greenfield, Massachusetts   ~   www.greenriverfestival.com

Performers include: Los Lobos, Dustbowl Revival, Peter Wolf, Peter  Mulvey, Lula Wiles and many more.

July 9& 10

>>>The New Bedford Folk Festival

New Bedford, Massachusetts   ~   www.newbedfordfolkfestival.org

Performers include: Livingston Taylor, Kate Taylor, Rory Block, Cheryl   Wheeler, John Gorka, Spuyten Duyvil,  Matt & Shannon Heaton,                 Pete & Maura Kennedy, Low Lily, Mustard’s Retreat,  Ellis Paul,   Garnet Rogers and MANY more.

July 10-16

>>>Festival on the Green

Middlebury, Vermont ~ www.festivalonthegreen.org

Performers include: Aurelio, Jon Gilmore, Pat Donohue, The Lonely     Heartstrings Band, Le Poules a Colin, Rik Palieri and more.

July 14-17

>>>Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival

Oak Hill, NY www.greyfoxbluegrass.com

Performers include: Del and Dawg, David Grisman, Steep      Canyon Rangers, Dry Branch Fire Squad, Earls of Leicester, Wood Brothers, Steeldrivers and more

July 15-July17

?Solarfest

Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT

Dar Williams, Bob Warren and Joy MacKenzie, Donna the Buffalo, Marcia Ball and more. www.solarfest.org.

July 21-24

>>>Finger lakes GrassRoots Festival

Trumansburg, New York  ~  www.grassrootsfest.org

Performers include: Donna the Buffalo, Indigo Girls, Ricky Skaggs,        John Brown’s Body, Mandolin Orange,  and more than 60 others.

July 22-24

>>>The Newport Folk Festival

Newport, Rhode Island   ~   www.newportfolk.org

Performers include: Flight of the Conchords, Ray Lamontagne, Del &             Dawg, Margo Price, The Oh Hellos, Aoife O’Donovan, The Cactus           Blossoms and MANY more.

July 28-31

>>>Ossipee Valley Music Festival

South Hiram, Maine  ~  www.ossipeevalley.com

Performers include: The California Honey Drops, Sarah Jaroz,    Mandolin Orange, The Claire Lynch Band, Darlingside, Ten Strings &            a Goatskin, Ghost of Paul Revere, Twisted Pine, The New England Bluegrass Band, Tricky Britches, Lula Wiles and more.

July 29-31

>>>The Lowell Folk Festival

Lowell, Massachusetts   ~   www.lowellfolkfestival.org

Performers include: Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy, King Sunny Ade & His African Beats, Savoy Family Cajun Band, The Gibson           Brothers, and more.

August 2-4

>>>Sweet Chariot Music Festival

Swan’s Island, Maine  www.sweetchariotmusicfestival.com

Performers include: Nick Apollonio, Jennifer Armstrong, Doug Day,     The Jenkens Family, Geoff Kaufman , Lisa Redfern, Moira Smiley with     VOCO, Daisy Nell, and many more.

August 5-7

>>>Falcon Ridge Folk Festival

Hillsdale, New York   ~   www.falconridgefolk.org

Performers include: Annie Wenz, Tom Rush, Vance Gilbert,                                 Nerissa & Katryna Nields, The Slambovian Circus of Dreams,

Peter mulvey,  The Green Mountain Playboys, Patty Larkin, and            many more.

August 19 & 20

>>>Peacham Acoustic Music Festival

Peacham, Vermont ~ www.pamfest.com

Performers include: Cosy Sheridan, Annie & The Hedonists, Bob             Amos & Catamount Crossing, Cantrip, Luke Donforth, Norman    Kennedy, Arynn Marshall & Carl Jones, Cajun Double Fiddles, The

Baley-Hazen Boys and more.

August 24-27

>>>The Blistered Fingers Family Bluegrass Festival

Litchfield, Maine   ~   www.blisteredfingers.com    

Performers include: Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, The Gibson Brothers,             Band of Ruhks, Nothin’ Fancy, The Baker Family, Zink & Company,            Amy Gallatin & Stillwaters, Phat Burger Deluxe, The Zolla Boys,     Original Condition, Bluegrass Sing & Jam, Blistered Fingers

August 26-28

>>>American Folk Festival

Bangor, Maine   ~   www.americanfolkfestival.com

Performers include: Michael Cleveland, Nathalie Pires, The East             Pointers, The Western Flyers, The national Women’s Dance Troup of          Sri Lanka and more.         

September 10

>>>The Connecticut Folk Festival

Edgerton Park, New Haven, Connecticut   www.ctfolk.com/festival-2016/

Performers TBA

September 16-18

>>>Fresh Grass Festival

North Adams, Massachusetts   ~ www.freshgrass.com   

Performers include: Old Crow Medicine Show, Ricky Skaggs, Aoife      O’Donovan, Alison Brown, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Mr. Sun, and    more.

September 17 & 18

>>>Grand Point North Music Festival

Burlington, Vermont   ~   www.grandpointnorth.com                                           Performers include: Old Crow Medicine Show, The Wood Brothers,   Iron Eyes Cody and others

September 24 & 25

>>>Portsmouth Maritime Festival

Portsmouth, New Hampshire  www.newenglandfolknetwork.org

Performers include: Great Bay Sailor, Craig Edwards, Cliff Haslam,        The Johnson Girls, Chris Koldewey, London Julie, Dan Milner,    Mudhook, Jean Pauley, Two Old Friends, Jeff Warner and more.

Kate has been hosting The Folk Show since 1995. In addition to her studio work, Kate emcees festivals and concerts throughout the Northeast.
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