Live Review: All Things Go Music Festival @ Merriweather Post Pavilion — 10/16/21

Posted on 10/21/2021 by ambienteye in Live Review and tagged All Things Go, All Things Go Music Festival, Girl in Red, Lauv, Merriweather Post Pavilion, music festival, SHAED, St. Vincent.

St. Vincent headlines the All Things Go Music Festival on Oct. 16, 2021. (Photo by Katherine Gaines/ ambienteye.com)

Parklife sent Katherine Gaines to photograph the All Things Go Music Festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion, and she returned with pix of SHAED, Girl in Red, Lauv, and St. Vincent, along with this blog entry about her experience at the festival.

It was a soggy grey day, not much for showing off fun festival attire. The crowd was mostly a sea of raincoats, ponchos and umbrellas. Some folks probably decided not to go, or left when it started raining but everyone who stuck it out wanted to make the most of their long awaited festival.

Preview: All Things Go Music Festival @ Merriweather Post Pavilion, 10/16/21

Posted on 10/12/2021 by Parklifer in Preview and tagged All Things Go, All Things Go Music Festival, Charli XCX, Haim, Lauv, Merriweather Post Pavilion, music festival, St. Vincent.

Haim (Photo courtesy Chuff Media)

All Things Go returns with its marquee music festival, rebranding the All Things Go Fall Classic as the All Things Go Music Festival and upgrading its venue in a big way with a daylong celebration at Merriweather Post Pavilion on Saturday, Oct. 16.

The headliners for this edition of All Things Go’s festival include Haim, St. Vincent, Charli XCX, and Lauv!

Live Review: MMRBQ @ BB&T Pavilion (Camden, NJ) — 9/25/21

Posted on 10/01/2021 by Ari Strauss in Live Review and tagged 93.3 WMMR, Aryon Jones, BB&T Pavilion, Cheap Trick, Dirty Honey, Dorothy, Jane's Addiction, Mammoth WVH, MMRBQ, music festival, The Offspring.

Perry Farrell (left) and Dave Navarro of Jane’s Addiction, the headlining act at the 2021 MMWBQ in Camden, NJ, Sept. 25, 2021. (Photo by Ari Strauss)

I grew up in the 1980s in Reading, Pennsylvania and WMMR (93.3 FM), the iconic rock format radio station from nearby Philadelphia, was the radio station of my youth. So, when a last-minute opportunity to photograph the 15th Annual MMRBQ music festival at BB&T Pavilion in Camden, New Jersey, came my way, I jumped at the chance.

Snapshots: Watermelon Pickers Festival @ Watermelon Park (Berryville, VA) — 9/16-9/19/21

Posted on 09/24/2021 by Chester Simpson in Live Review and tagged Americana, Bela Fleck, Bijou Creole, bluegrass, Bumper Jacksons, Cedric Watson, Charley Crockett, Daryl Davis, music festival, The Infamous Stringdusters, Town Mountain, Watermelon Pickers Festival.

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Charley Crockett performs at Watermelon Pickers Festival 2021. (Photo by Chester Simpson)

Watermelon Picker’s Fest is one of my favorite festivals that I look forward to every year. The experience of camping, socializing with old and new friends while listening to music is an amazing experience not to be over looked. Besides music on the stages, there’s the night jam sessions, where various musicians travel from campsite to campsite for a special musical experience. It’s an opportunities to hangout with performers in a pleasant, usually quite rural, setting.

Preview: Firefly Music Festival @ The Woodlands (Dover, Del.), 9/23-9/26/21

Posted on 09/22/2021 by Parklifer in Preview and tagged Billie Eilish, Firefly 2021, Firefly Music Festival, Lizzo, music festival, Tame Impala, The Killers, The Woodlands of Dover International Speedway.

Lizzo headlines Firefly 2021 this weekend! (Photo courtesy Firefly Music Festival)

After a year off due to COVID-19 lockdowns, the Firefly Festival returns to Dover, Delaware, this weekend. This festival is an easy drive from DC, Maryland, and Virginia, so take a road trip to see headliners Billie Eilish (Thursday), The Killers (Friday), Tame Impala (Saturday), and Lizzo (Sunday)!

Catch the action at The Woodlands from Thursday, Sept. 23, through Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021.

Live Review: Hot August Music Festival @ Oregon Ridge Park — 8/28/21

Posted on 09/02/2021 by Casey Vock in Live Review and tagged Americana, Andy Frasco and The UN, bluegrass, blues, Cris Jacobs, Dumpstaphunk, Greensky Bluegrass, Hot August Music Festival, Kingfish, music festival, Shakey Graves.

Shakey Graves performs at the Hot August Music Festival at Oregon Ridge Park in Cockeysville, Md., on August 28, 2021. (Photo by Casey Vock)

If ever there was an appetite for an outdoor music festival in the region, the time is surely now, and you could feel that in the thick, muggy air all day and night this past Saturday at the Hot August Music Festival held at Oregon Ridge Park in Cockeysville, Maryland.

Featuring a head-turning lineup of musicians performing throughout the day and into the evening, the event drew several thousand people who filled the Baltimore County-operated park and many of whom took a seat or popped up a shade shelter on the main hill that was once used for skiing.

Preview: Hot August Music Festival @ Oregon Ridge Park (Cockeysville, Md), 8/28/21

Posted on 08/24/2021 by Parklifer in Preview and tagged Americana, Andy Frasco and The UN, bluegrass, blues, Dumpstaphunk, Greensky Bluegrass, Hot August Music Festival, jam band, music festival, Shakey Graves.

Shakey Graves (Photo by Magen Buse)

The long-running Hot August Music Festival hits Cockeysville, Maryland, with an exciting summer lineup that includes Greensky Bluegrass, Shakey Graves, Dumpstaphunk, Andy Frasco and The UN, and more at Oregon Ridge Park on Saturday, Aug. 28!

Live Review: Appaloosa Festival @ Skyline Ranch Resort — 8/13-8/15/21

Posted on 08/20/2021 by Chester Simpson in Live Review, Local Spotlight and tagged Abigail Dowd, Appaloosa Festival, Appaloosa Music Festival, Arbo, Bill and The Belles, bluegrass, Honeyday, Justin Trawick, Justin Trawick and the Common Good, Mink's Miracle Medicine, music festival, roots, Scythian, Young Dubliners.

Flex Matthews joined Justin Trawick at the last minute to fill an emergency opening in the 2021 Appaloosa Festival. (Photo by Chester Simpson.)

Alex and Dan Fedoryka, founding members of the band Scythian, wanted to bring their friends and fans back to their family’s hometown of Front Royal, Virginia, on the scenic Skyline Ranch Resort, nestled in the Shenandoah Valley. It’s just a few minutes from the northern entrance to Shenandoah National Park and Skyline Drive, and less than a mile from the Shenandoah River. There is camping available on site, plus opportunities in the immediate vicinity to hike, canoe, fish, and bike.

Welcome to the perfect setting and the perfect weekend for the annual Appaloosa Music Festival, the result of the Fedoryka brothers’ dream to celebrate life and music with their friends and family, which includes you and me!

Preview: Appaloosa Festival @ Skyline Ranch Resort, 8/13-8/15/21

Posted on 07/29/2021 by Parklifer in Preview and tagged Americana, Appaloosa Festival, Appaloosa Music Festival, Aztec Sun, bluegrass, Celtic rock, Dustbowl Revival, music festival, roots, Scythian, Skyline Ranch Resort, Yarn, Young Dubliners.

Scythian (Photo by Jason Eib)

Appaloosa Festival is back! And Appaloosa 2021 is bringing in rising stars in bluegrass, Americana and Celtic music on Aug. 13-15 at Skyline Ranch Resort in Front Royal, Va.

Headliners at this year’s festival include Scythian, Young Dubliners, Dustbowl Revival, Yarn, and Aztec Sun!

Snapshots: Red Wing VIII Roots Music Festival @ Natural Chimneys Park (Mt. Solon, VA) — 7/9-7/11/21

Posted on 07/16/2021 by Chester Simpson in Live Review and tagged Asleep at the Wheel, Betty Lavette, Jon Strickley Trio, music festival, Natural Chimneys Park, Red Wing Roots Music Festival, Red Wing VIII, roots, Sierra Ferrell, Son Little, Steel Wheels, The Mavericks, The Steel Wheels.

Sierra Ferrell performs at the Red Wing Roots Music Festival VIII last weekend. (Photo by Chester Simpson)

The Red Wing Roots Music Festival was held over three days, on July 9, 10, and 11, beneath the towering 500-million-year-old rock formations of Natural Chimneys Park and Campground located in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.

It was a breath of fresh air, to voyage out of our confined space for the first time to a music festival that’s near and dear to our hearts. COVID canceled all gatherings of this type last year, but gave us a new appreacation for what everyone had missed … sweet love of music.