Grammy nominated

Friday, July 31, 8:00 pm

Location:
Colonial Theatre
2050 Main St
Bethlehem, NH

Ticket: $35 Reserved, $28 General admission, $22 Members general admission.

Those who have followed Ruthie Foster’s eclectic musical history know that she can burn down any stage with her combustible blend of soul, blues, rock, folk and gospel. Ruthie’s astonishing voice has taken her on an amazing ride. Born into a family of gospel musicians in the small community of Austin, Texas, Foster began her music career singing in the choir and studying audio engineering in college before taking center stage and traveling the nation with the U.S. Navy Band. Ruthie has found herself duetting with Bonnie Raitt, standing on stage with the Allman Brothers at New York’s Beacon Theater, and trading verses with Susan Tedeschi. She has been nominated for three Grammys and has won multiple Blues Music and Austin Music Awards, plus the Grand Prix du Disque from Académie Charles-Cros in France.

Saturday, August 15, 8:00 pm

Location:
Colonial Theatre
2050 Main St
Bethlehem, NH

Ticket: $31 Reserved, $25 General admission, $22 Members general admission.

Formed in in 2009, Tuba Skinny has steadily evolved from a loose collection of street musicians into a solid ensemble dedicated to bringing the traditional New Orleans sound to audiences around the world. Drawing on a wide range of musical influences—from spirituals to Depression-era blues, from ragtime to traditional jazz—their sound evokes the rich musical heritage of their New Orleans home. The band has gained a loyal following through their distinctive sound, their commitment to reviving long-lost songs, and their barnstorming live performances.

Gospel Sensations

Saturday, August 22, 8:00 pm

Location:
Colonial Theatre
2050 Main St
Bethlehem, NH

Ticket: $35 Reserved, $29 General admission, $25 Members general admission.

The East Coast Inspirational Singers presents a high-spirited evening of gospel harmony specializing in Gospel, R&B, Pop, Broadway, Jazz and Blues and have been featured in Broadway and off-Broadway productions such as Dreamgirls, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Hair, The Wiz, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Color Purple and Mama I Want To Sing to name a few. They have provided background vocals for platinum selling artist such as Josh Groban, Celine Dion, Alicia Keys, Jennifer Hudson, John Mayer, Patti Labelle, Paul McCartney, Aretha Franklin, Mariah Carey, and many others, and appeared on television shows such VH1 Divas, Good Morning America, The Harry Connick Show, Regis & Kelly, BET, The Today Show, The David Letterman Show, The View and PBS. They have been blessed to perform at noted theaters such as The Apollo Theater, The Blue Note, Lincoln Center, Theater at Madison Square Garden, and Carnegie Hall.

Friday, September 4, 8:00 pm

Location:
Colonial Theatre
2050 Main St
Bethlehem, NH

Ticket: $68 Reserved, $52 General admission, $44 Members general admission.

There may be no more uplifting sight in bluegrass than watching the irrepressible Sam Bush rock the stage.

Founder of the rock/bluegrass fusion band, New Grass Revival, and innovator of the “newgrass” genre, Bush is a dynamic, joyous performer, and among the most entertaining artists in acoustic music. Masterful on mandolin and fiddle, Bush loves his music and his fans love him.

Revered for both his solo and sideman work, which includes Emmylou Harris, Lyle Lovett, and Béla Fleck, he has soaked up honors such as an Americana Music Association Lifetime Achievement Award and suite of Grammys and International Bluegrass Music Association trophies, Bush still strives relentlessly to create something new.

Raised on a farm just outside of Bowling Green, Kentucky, Bush grew up plowing tobacco fields in the Southern summer heat alongside his family. He started playing mandolin when he was 11 years old. “I believe growing up on a farm probably helped me channel my energy into learning music and being so interested in it,” Bush says. “Me and my sisters, we all loved it. I’ve often wondered if that’s because growing up on a farm, you couldn’t go ride your bike all over town and horse around like the other kids.” For Bush, a lifetime of channeling his energy has led to stylistic innovations that have changed the course of bluegrass and roots music alike.

NEA Jazz Masters Award-winner

Thursday, September 10, 8:00 pm

Location:
Colonial Theatre
2050 Main St
Bethlehem, NH

Ticket: $68 Reserved, $52 General admission, $40 Members general admission.

Over the course of his prolific music career, acclaimed trombonist, composer and producer Delfeayo Marsalis has been praised for his “technical excellence, inventive mind and frequent touches of humor,” and heralded as hailed as one of “the best, most imaginative and musical of the trombonists of his generation.” Marsalis’ commitment to the idea optimism and progressive musical thought can—and, in fact, should—coexist in modern New Orleans jazz is a conceptual cornerstone for both the Uptown Jazz Orchestra and their latest cd, Jazz Party. UJO performances are always a big party, opening and closing performances with second line numbers and often engaging audiences by encouraging their participation in the music. Marsalis, an NEA Jazz Master, has shared the bandstand with jazz legends Art Blakey, Max Roach and Elvin Jones, as well as pop icons Fats Domino, Ray Charles and George Clinton. Jeff Simon of the Buffalo News observed, “Delfeayo is, in many ways, the most fun of the Marsalises. He’s the family trombonist. And record producer. And he seems to be the family wise guy too!”

The Uptown Jazz Orchestra is stretching the boundaries of what is expected from big bands, playing with an extraordinary sense of joy and fun that could only be from New Orleans. Their repertoire consists of material that spans the 100+ years of American music with a contemporary flare. With influences from Louis Armstrong to Count Basie, James Brown to J Cole, Marsalis and UJO play music that helps free the mind, warm the heart, and heal the soul!

Sizzling and smoldering blues with his peerless band

Thursday, September 17, 7:00 pm

Location:
Fuller Hall
St. Johnsbury Academy
1000 Main St.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Tickets: $48, $38, $28, $15. Students free
Ticket prices do not include any applicable fees or sales taxes.

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For Americana music godfather, David Bromberg, it all began with the blues. Bromberg’s incredible journey spans five-and-a-half decades, and includes – but is not limited to – his adventures with Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jerry Garcia, and music and life lessons from seminal blues guitarist Reverend Gary Davis, who claimed the young Bromberg as a son.

A musician’s musician, Bromberg’s mastery of several stringed instruments (guitar, fiddle, Dobro, mandolin), and multiple styles is legendary, leading Dr. John to declare him an American icon. Bromberg’s many other collaborations constitute a Who’s Who in music: Willie Nelson, Jerry Jeff Walker, Jorma Kaukonen, Tom Paxton, Richie Havens, Carly Simon, Sha Na Na, John Prine, Gordon Lightfoot, Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge, Ringo Starr, The Eagles, Commander Cody, Country Joe McDonald, Leon Redbone and many others.

Bromberg’s guitar work remains a marvel; amped electric lead – both slide and fretted – and delicately powerful acoustic fingerpicking propel these songs with the same force that made him the go-to guy for acts ranging from the Eagles to Link Wray to Phoebe Snow. This is a man who can go full-on Chicago gutbucket with “You Don’t Have to Go” (a Bromberg original), then slay with the jazz inflections of Ray Charles’ “A Fool for You,” rendered here intimately solo.

Although Bromberg points out he’s not the same guitarist he was before his two decades away from performing and recording. “I play differently,” he says. “I can’t play as fast, but playing slower gives me more time to think about what I’m doing.”

“He’s always able to plug into the emotion of a song,” fellow multi-instrumentalist Larry Campbell says. “He’s incredibly inventive as a player. Sometimes restrictions can be good.”

Bromberg’s vocals cover a broad range: impassioned, vibrato-laden testifying; pew-jumping soul shouts; soft, confident, crooning; and, of course, his peerless raconteur chops (particularly in “You Been A Good Old Wagon”).

“When I first started,” Bromberg says, “singing was something I did between guitar solos. But during the period I did so little performing, I took some voice lessons, and now, I know more what I’m doing. I love singing now. Love it.”

Campbell was impressed at Bromberg’s newfound vocal chops, too. “He is a better vocalist than ever,” he says. “He’s strong, and present. None of the songs (on his new blues album) took more than three takes. And he was able to take the old folk song ‘900 Miles’ [a “railroad song” made famous by Odetta and Woody Guthrie], and turn it into an electric blues that’s a real high point.”

Although he remains the proprietor of the beloved David Bromberg Fine Violins in Wilmington, Delaware – “I love my shop,” he says – Bromberg makes time to tour with his quintet. As ever, he brings his characteristic devotional intensity to the music, invigorating his surprise third act with the same passion he felt as a teen, spinning those blues 78s, just before the road called.

With Grammy-nominated Oud master Rahim AlHaj and The Portland String Quintet

Friday, September 25, 8:00 pm

Location:
Colonial Theatre
2050 Main St
Bethlehem, NH

Ticket: $39 Reserved, $33 General admission, $28 Members general admission.

Letters from Iraq expresses the love and pain of lives lived by the people of war-torn Iraq. Actual mailed letters and their stories are transposed into eight gripping programmatic compositions by NEA National Heritage Fellow Honoree and two-time Grammy-nominated Iraqi-American composer and oud player, Rahim AlHaj with string quintet (2 violins, viola, cello, contrabass) and percussion. He says, “Music can make us laugh, make us cry, make us march into war. I want to make music to make us realize peace.” This is music is of deep emotion and great beauty, melding mastery of Iraqi and Western classical genres alike to form something entirely new.

Virtuoso oud player and composer, Rahim AlHaj born in Baghdad, Iraq, has found in his ancient instrument, whose written history spans some 5,000 years, a unique voice that speaks passionately to contemporary listeners of every musical background. Deftly combining traditional Iraqi maqams with contemporary stylings and influences, AlHaj seeks to translate into music the suffering, joy, anxiety, and determination that he has experienced and witnessed in his lifelong struggle against injustice — as an Iraqi, a political refugee, and today as an American citizen. Communicating with a compelling immediacy that bypasses cultural obstacles, his music speaks irresistibly to the heart in a universal language of compassion.

The Portland String Quintet has had an enormous impact locally, regionally and internationally since its inception in 1969. Beginning as The Portland Symphony String Quartet, the members became not only principal players in the Portland Symphony Orchestra, they established teaching studios, school music positions and chamber music concerts serving the greater Portland area and the State of Maine. They have received rave reviews from The New York Times, The Boston Globe, the Washington Star and Washington Post, the Miami Herald, and the Portland Press Herald.

Sunday, September 27, 8:00 pm

Location:
Colonial Theatre
2050 Main St
Bethlehem, NH

Ticket: $68 Reserved, $52 General admission, $44 Members general admission.

Named as one of the 30 greatest women in rock, Rickie Lee Jones has been hard to classify ever since she came on the scene with the instant classic “Chuck E.’s in Love” in 1979. Jones began her career in the pop realm, but in her 15 albums, she has experimented fearlessly with her sound and persona. She’s performed straight jazz, blues, synth pop, new wave rock, pop covers, trip-hop, gospel, ambitious singer-songwriter music, and more, putting her unique spin on each style. Each new round of music-making activity by Rickie Lee Jones is different. Her live concerts have almost without exception been unforgettable experiences over her more than 30 years of performing. Her artistry is brilliantly underlined with her latest album KICKS which spans two decades (50s–70s) of pop, rock and jazz, presenting her unique and sophisticated interpretations of songs that were pivotal to her musical journey.

American ukulele virtuoso

Friday, October 9, 8:00 pm

Location:
Colonial Theatre
2050 Main St
Bethlehem, NH

Ticket: $68 Reserved, $52 General admission, $44 Members general admission.

With only four strings, Jake Shimabukuro is a humble master whose mission is to connect and inspire people. Whether one on one or in front of an audience of thousands, Jake shares a deep emotional connection with the listener that is open, magical and transcendent.

Often referred to as the Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix, Bruce Lee and Michael Jordan of his craft, Jake delivers performances around the world with an out-of-the-box blend of stunning virtuosity, deep musicality and a natural entertainer’s flair.

Jake the ukulele to places no one has gone before, performing awe inspiring music that ranges from jazz, blues, and rock to bluegrass, classical, and folk.

Friday, June 18, 3:00 pm through Sunday, June 20, noon

Location:
Harvest Moon Orchard
5449 Main St
Newbury, VT

Tickets:
Weekend Pass - $75
RV or Tent Camping Pass - $40 (maximum 2 adults per pass)
-RV hookups are NOT available
-"Quiet" camp sites available
-Camp sites are first come first serve

Gates open at 3pm on Fri. June 18 and close at noon on Sun. June 20.

The Patrick Ross Music Festival is a 3-day music event held at Harvest Moon Orchard in Newbury Village, Vermont. From foot stomping string band music to the soulful blues expressions of the electric guitar, and genres in between, the music joins you amidst the apple trees while everyone is uplifted by a sense of community and cultural meaning. This year's headliners include, The Mammals (from Woodstock, NY) Chad Hollister Band, Patrick Ross & Hot Flannel, The Kowal Family Band, and Mister Chris (of PBS fame) and many more... The views of the rich river valley and the Presidential Mountain Range help elevate the experience by rooting it in one of Vermont's most picturesque landscapes. You can also enjoy food trucks and some of the World's Best microbrews from Harpoon and The Alchemist. Get a camping pass and create lifelong memories with friends and family. Or fly solo. The likelihood of making new friends along the way is all but guaranteed around the campfires. Cultivating community through music is our motto and we invite you to participate with good vibes. Bring an instrument and play along if you want.

Come see for yourself how people from all over New England are making The Patrick Ross Music Festival a summer benchmark for fun and relaxation!

For complete line up and event details please visit patrickrossmusic.com

***DON'T FORGET***

• 15 & under - FREE with accompanying paid adult
• We love dogs, but for liability reasons are not allowed at our festival.
• The event is rain or shine with rain protection in place on site.

ADMISSION POLICY

Due to the nature of the performing arts, programs are subject to changewithout notice.

Refunds are given only in the case of event cancellation. All sales are final.

Limitation of Liability:

You voluntarily assume all risks and danger incidental to Patrick Ross's Camping and Music Festival, for which the ticket is issued, whether occurring before, during or after Patrick Ross's Camping and Music Festival, and you waive any claims for personal injury or death against Rock Farmer Records LLC, its management, facilities, artists, other participants, and all of our affiliated entities, agents, officers, directors, owners, and employees on behalf of yourself and any accompanying minor. You bear all risks of inclement weather.

License; Ejection and Cancellation; No Redemption Value

Event Providers reserve the right, without refund of any amount paid, to refuse admission to, or eject, any person whose conduct management deems disorderly, who uses vulgar or abusive language or who fails to comply with The Patrick Ross Music Festival rules and Vermont State Law. Breach of terms or rules will terminate your license to attend The Patrick Ross Music Festival without refund. A ticket is a revocable license and admission may be refused upon refunding the ticket's face value upon the discretion of the organizers. A ticket is not redeemable for cash.

Friday, June 18, 3:00 pm through Sunday, June 20, noon

Location:
Harvest Moon Orchard
5449 Main St
Newbury, VT

Tickets:
Friday, June 18 - $25
Satuday, June 19 - $35
Sunday, June 20 - $20
RV or Tent Camping Pass - $40 (maximum 2 adults per pass)
-RV hookups are NOT available
-"Quiet" camp sites available
-Camp sites are first come first serve
FREE admission under 16 w/paid accompanying adult

Gates open at 3pm on Fri. June 18 and close at noon on Sun. June 20.

The Patrick Ross Music Festival is a 3-day music event held at Harvest Moon Orchard in Newbury Village, Vermont. From foot stomping string band music to the soulful blues expressions of the electric guitar, and genres in between, the music joins you amidst the apple trees while everyone is uplifted by a sense of community and cultural meaning. This year's headliners include, The Mammals (from Woodstock, NY) Chad Hollister Band, Patrick Ross & Hot Flannel, The Kowal Family Band, and Mister Chris (of PBS fame) and many more... The views of the rich river valley and the Presidential Mountain Range help elevate the experience by rooting it in one of Vermont's most picturesque landscapes. You can also enjoy food trucks and some of the World's Best microbrews from Harpoon and The Alchemist. Get a camping pass and create lifelong memories with friends and family. Or fly solo. The likelihood of making new friends along the way is all but guaranteed around the campfires. Cultivating community through music is our motto and we invite you to participate with good vibes. Bring an instrument and play along if you want.

Come see for yourself how people from all over New England are making The Patrick Ross Music Festival a summer benchmark for fun and relaxation!

For complete line up and event details please visit patrickrossmusic.com

***DON'T FORGET***

• 15 & under - FREE with accompanying paid adult
• We love dogs, but for liability reasons are not allowed at our festival.
• The event is rain or shine with rain protection in place on site.

ADMISSION POLICY

Due to the nature of the performing arts, programs are subject to changewithout notice.

Refunds are given only in the case of event cancellation. All sales are final.

Limitation of Liability:

You voluntarily assume all risks and danger incidental to Patrick Ross's Camping and Music Festival, for which the ticket is issued, whether occurring before, during or after Patrick Ross's Camping and Music Festival, and you waive any claims for personal injury or death against Rock Farmer Records LLC, its management, facilities, artists, other participants, and all of our affiliated entities, agents, officers, directors, owners, and employees on behalf of yourself and any accompanying minor. You bear all risks of inclement weather.

License; Ejection and Cancellation; No Redemption Value

Event Providers reserve the right, without refund of any amount paid, to refuse admission to, or eject, any person whose conduct management deems disorderly, who uses vulgar or abusive language or who fails to comply with The Patrick Ross Music Festival rules and Vermont State Law. Breach of terms or rules will terminate your license to attend The Patrick Ross Music Festival without refund. A ticket is a revocable license and admission may be refused upon refunding the ticket's face value upon the discretion of the organizers. A ticket is not redeemable for cash.