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THE ROAD TO SCHWENKSVILLE: Philly Folk Fest announces line-up to rival previous Folk Fests
Put it in your calendar. The 51st edition of the Philadelphia Folk Festival will take place Aug. 17-19, once again at the Old Pool Farm in Upper Salford Township, near Schwenksville, PA. Yesterday, some lineup highlights were revealed:
THE ROAD TO SCHWENKSVILLE: Philly Folk Fest announces line-up to rival previous Folk Fests
Put it in your calendar. The 51st edition of the Philadelphia Folk Festival will take place Aug. 17-19, once again at the Old Pool Farm in Upper Salford Township, near Schwenksville, PA. Yesterday, some lineup highlights were revealed:
- Debo Band
- Mary Chapin Carpenter
- Voices of the Wetlands (Um, is this a band or a non-profit?)
- Little Feat
- John Hiatt and the Combo
- Steve Earle and the Dukes
- Lucinda Williams
- Wanda Jackson
- Paul Thorn
- Strand of Oaks
- The Wooden Sky
- The Secret Sisters
- City & Colour
- Red Clay Ramblers
- Lori McKenna
- Mark Erelli
- The Holmes Brothers
- Mary Gauthier
- Mike Cross
- Comas
- Tracy Grammer
- Arborea
- Chris Bathgate
- Brother Sun (featuring Pat Wictor, Joe Jencks and Greg Greenway)
- Roosevelt Dime
- Pokey LaFarge
- The Gypsy Hombres
- Chris Kasper
- Griz
- Spuyten Duyvil
- Zach Stock
- The Great Groove Band
- And, of course, your host, the immortal Gene Shay.
So there you go. Some well-known names and some names to research. Not sure if any of these qualify as a Kimya Dawson/Decemberists-type crossover act, but there’s plenty of young blood and old favorites to sink your teeth into.
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