The inaugural, three-day Bluegrass festival dubbed CROWE FEST is set for August 25, 26 and 27. The event celebrates the legendary banjo picker and Grammy Award-winner J.D. Crowe, whose fearless bending of the genre introduced new listeners to Bluegrass. The Fest will be held at Meadowgreen Appalachian Music Park in Clay City, Kentucky - just 40 miles from Crowe’s Lexington birthplace.

Philadelphia Folk Festival has announced a final round of artists set to perform at its 60th anniversary celebration on August 18-21, 2022.

Colorado-based progressive rock sextet Eminence Ensemble will head south to the country’s oldest and highest capital city in Santa Fe, NM for the inaugural Camp Stoney Days. Presented and partnered with local Colorado rockers Flash Mountain Flood, the two-day, two-night experience will take place among the Sangre de Cristo Mountains on July 29th-30th for an intimate weekend of live performances by Southwest-based soulful jam bands.

July 19 UPDATE: Following a recent mild case of COVID-19 that kept Phil Lesh from performing with The String Cheese Incident at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado on July 17, it has now been confirmed that Phil Lesh & Friends will indeed deliver a headlining performance Friday, July 22 at the single-day Bluegrass and Beyond Festival at Lake Tahoe.

Elements Music and Arts Festival is a field of festival dreams. Its mystique is self-sustaining and continues to lure attendees to immerse in 72-hours of car camping, dancing, and countless other unique exploits.

The 34th Falcon Ridge Folk Festival will make its annual flight once again, a full 3 days this year, pandemic precautions still in place & both in-person and livestream options on Fri/Sat/Sun July 29, 30 & 31 at the Goshen Fairgrounds in Goshen CT.

Sweet dreams are made of this, as Relentless Beats is giving one of its marquee festivals a plugged-in upgrade with the announcement of Goldrush: Neon Dreams, October 7th, 8th, and 9th, 2022, at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, AZ, just 20 minutes west of Downtown Phoenix. The three-day experience will build beyond past, kitschy, wild, west incarnations of Goldrush, creating a neon utopia complete with branded activations such as the Beatbox Silent Disco and the Roller Disco powered by White Claw.

Climate Control Projects, presenters of The Big Climate Thing: Concert for People and the Planet announces the on-sale of SINGLE DAY tickets for the three-day concert event that aims to raise awareness, accountability, and action and inspire real-time solutions surrounding the global climate crisis. The line-up is below.

WHEN: September 16-18, 2022.

WHERE: Forest Hills Stadium, NYC

MORE: Daily line-up - Click on Day to Purchase

Grammy Award-winning roots band Old Crow Medicine Show and John Doe Folk Trio (featuring the prolific singer/songwriter of X and The Knitters) have been added to the lineup for the first annual BeachLife Ranch Country & Americana festival, September 16-18 on the Pacific Ocean waterfront in Redondo Beach, CA.
 

Beloved indie electronic bands slenderbodies and Łaszewo are revealed to complete the full lineup of 2022’s High Ground Music & Arts Experience, presented by Levitate Events. They join an inclusive lineup set to perform at the diverse second year of the 18+ Colorado-based independent festival, which earned the acclaim of Westword Magazine as “People’s Choice Best New Music Festival” following its debut last year.