Summer Hoot Music and Art festival
Olivebridge NY
August 26 – 28
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Tickets are now available for the Summer Hoot music and arts festival, to be held at The Ashokan Center from Friday, August 26 through Sunday, August 28, 2016. Produced by folk-roots duo Mike + Ruthy, this down-to-earth celebration of music, food, nature, and community will feature exciting local and world-class traveling performers along with family activities, local food and beer vendors, and on-site hiking and camping. The Hoot is about accessibility to all-festival tickets are “pay what you want”-as well as a family-friendly, welcoming atmosphere where a diverse crowd can enjoy great music together. Proceeds benefit The Ashokan Center and its programming.
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Performers and activities:
The music begins the evening of Friday, August 26 with a “locals night,” featuring some of the best artists from the Hudson Valley and Catskills region. Saturday, August 27 and Sunday, August 28 will begin with children and family-friendly acts, while afternoons and evenings will feature rock, blues, folk, and indie acts from all over the country. The line-up is listed below in alphabetical order; line-up is subject to change. Set times will be confirmed and released closer to the festival date. In addition to live music on two side-by-side volunteer-built stages, the Hoot offers a diverse range of programming for all ages, including a morning gong bath each day, arts and crafts with FiberFlame, hiking, blacksmithing, a kids’ parade, intimate concerts and workshops, and late-night revelry, including jam sessions, sing-a-longs, campfires, and a square dance.
Performers include:
Baby States, indie-rock fused with world music
Robert Sarazin Blake, a Pacific Northwest crooner, joined by local band The Package
Tracy Bonham, a soulful pop songwriter with a powerful voice, well known for her late-’90s hit “Mother, Mother”
The Brother Brothers, identical twin harmonizers, violinists, cellists, guitarists, and banjoists
Paul Brown, who channels the essence of Southern fiddling, banjoplaying, and song
Burnell Pines, a Catskills local with an artful voice and an electrifying band
Caprice Rouge, a collection of local musicians with a love for Balkan, Roma-Gypsy, and Klezmer dance tunes
The Cupcakes, the beautifully harmonic trio of Elly Wininger, Janice Hardgrove, and Lyn Hardy
Elijah, a Woodstock-born songwriter performing soulful folk
Fiddle Fever, a wild and wonderful ’80s folk festival favorite who will be reuniting for the Summer Hoot
Dom Flemons, an “American Songster” and founding member of The Carolina Chocolate Drops, whose music pulls from folk and blues traditions to create new sounds
Bill Harley, a vibrant singer and storyteller for the whole family Connor Kennedy & Minstrel, a Catskills-based and Catskills inspired indie rock band
The Ladles, a three-part harmony trio that blends swing, neo-soul, choral music, and acoustic instrumentation
Lula Wiles, a fiddling, crooning trio channeling classic Americana
Chris Merenda & The Wheel, a gravelly voice backed by boisterous banjo and guitar
The Mike + Ruthy Band, rural rock from a peerless five-piece band featuring Hoot hosts Mike + Ruthy
Mister Chris, friendly indie-folk for the whole family
Ratboy Jr., a duo that blurs the line between kids’ and adults’ rock
Kayln Rock, a Hudson-born songwriter performing evocative, soothing indie-pop tunes
Serious Juggling & Comedy, a juggling, dancing family favorite Simi Stone, a Woodstock local backed by some of the area’s top musicians for a “mountain meets Motown” sound
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