The Oldtone Roots Music Festival features hand-picked artists who all have one thing in common: an honest, real and earthly tone to both their music and their performance. The event has an intimate hands-on atmosphere where audience members can engage directly with the artists. Oldtone’s motto is “participation is preservation.” Participation is encouraged in workshops, jams, contests, and dances.
— LAUREN AMBROSE“Oldtone is the good ol’ days. I have never had such fun playing music as I did in the dancing tent in the Oldtone Country Revue – the smell of sawdust from the freshly built stage, the twinkling lights, and the warm summer air on our skin as dancers twirled and two-stepped by. Oldtone is a dream.”
In addition to a carefully curated and exciting Main Stageline-up, the Oldtone Dance Tent has the most beautiful view from any dance floor on the east coast, situated on a ridge at the top of a valley. Dance tent offerings include a wide range of dance experiences, classes, community dances, called dances, couples dancing. Nights in the dance tent have a party atmosphere with well known and dynamic callers and teachers and the hottest bands in square, contra, swing, cajun, and honky-tonk two step.
— JASON FRIGERIO“This is it, man. This is it.”
In the Workshop Tent, Oldtone Main Stage performers offer hands on classes for attendees in an intimate setting all inclusive in the ticket price. Oldtone offers family and children focused performances and interactive classes. In keeping with the Oldtone mission of participation is preservation, our goal is to offer positive experiences with Roots Music and Dance for attendees of all ages. Local food vendors and crafts persons add a unique regional flavor to the Oldtone Roots Music Festival, with high quality farm to table vending.
FOGHORN STRINGBAND
KARL SHIFLETT & BIG COUNTRY SHOW
TUBA SKINNY
BILL & THE BELLES
HUBBY JENKINS
CALEB KLAUDER COUNTRY BAND W/ MIKE BUB
ANNA & ELIZABETH
CEDRIC WATSON
FRANK WAKEFIELD
JESSE LÉGE & BAYOU BREW
JOHN COHEN
DOWN HILL STRUGGLERS
JOEL SAVOY KELLI JONES
FIVE MILE MOUNTAIN ROAD
THE FEINBERG BROTHERS
WILL MENTOR
PETE’S POSSE
TRAVIS STUART
EVA SALINA & PETER STAN
PAULA BRADLEY
THE LUCKY FIVE
BEAR MINIMUM
THE HAYROLLERS
ALDO LAVAGGI & THE RUSSET TRIO
HOPALONG ANDREW
EASY RIDIN’ PAPAS
TARA LINHARDT
HILARY HAWKE
HOOT & HOLLER
NORA BROWN
OLD SKY
AND MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED!
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