August 26-29
Blistered Fingers Family Bluegrass Festival ~ Litchfield, ME
www.blisteredfingers.com 207-873-6539
Performers include:Larry Efaw & The Bluegrass Mountaineers, Monadnock, Nothin’ Fancy, The Zola Boys, The Bluegrass Diamonds, Zink & Company, Rhonda Vincent & The Rage, Volume Five, The Gibson Brothers, Blistered Fingers
August 28-30
The American Folk Festival ~ Bangor, ME
On the Waterfront www.americanfolkfestival.com
Performers include: Preston Shannon, Wylie and the Wild West, Mickey Galyean & the Cullen’s Bridge, Imamyar Hasanov
Sept. 4-6
Thomas Point Bluegrass Festival, Thomas Point Beach with Hot Rize with Red Knuckles and the Trailblazers, Del McCoury Band, Jerry Douglas presents The Earls of Leicester, Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives, the Gibson Brothers, Doyle Lawson, Della Mae and more; http://thomaspointbeach.com/special
Sept.4-6
Rhythm & Roots Festival ~ Charlestown, RI
At Ninigret Park www.rhythmandroots.com 888-855-6940
Performers include: The Mavericks, Keb Mo, Lake Street Dive, Los Lobos, Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys, Sarah Potenza, Marcia Ball, Ten Strings & a Goatskin, Eilen Jewell, and many more
Sept. 7
31st Annual Bread & Roses Festival with Bread and Puppet Theater, Squeezebox Stompers, Si Kahn, Los Sugar Kings, juggling and more On the Lawrence Common; ~ Lawrence, MA
www.breadandrosesheritage.org 978-309-9740
Sept. 18-20
NH Highland Games & Festival ~ Lincoln, NH
At Loon Mountain www.nhscot.org 603-229-1975
Performers include: Albannach, John Carmichael, Brendan Carey Block, Alasdair Frasier, Natalie Haas, Halalie, Prydein, The Brigadoons, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Charlie Zahm
September 18-20
Freshgrass Festival-North Adams, MA @ MASS MOCA with the Punch Brothers, The Earls of Leicester, Del McCoury Band, Leftover Salmon, Rani Arbo and Daisy Mayhem, Birds of Chicago, Flatt Lonesome, Twisted Pine, and more. www.http://freshgrass.com/2015-lineup/
Sept. 19 & 20
Joe Davies Folk Festival ~ Middleboro, MA
At Soule Homestead www.soulehomestead.org 508-947-6744