July 28-July31
>>>Ossipee Valley Music Festival
South Hiram, Maine ~ www.ossipeevalley.com
Performers include: The California Honey Drops, Sarah Jarosz, 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, Me. ~ 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.