Greater New Bedford Summerfest

An International Folk Music and Arts Festival

 

Get
your
TICKET
info
here

Saturday & Sunday Schedule

For a full-width schedule, download and print the PDFs for Saturday and Sunday.

Saturday
Custom House Stage Whaling Museum Theater Kruger/Water St. Stage
11:00

12:45

When the Sun Comes Up in the Morning: Music to get things going

The Kennedys*

QuasiModal String Band

Annalivia

1:00

2:15

A Summerfest Smorgasbord

Kim & Reggie Harris

Zoë Lewis

David Jacobs-Strain

Benoit Bourque*

2:30

3:30

Vishtén

3:45

4:45

Ellis Paul

5:00

6:15

Fiddle and Dance

Vishtén

Annalivia

6:30

7:30

Cheryl Wheeler

7:45

9:00

Gimme the Beat Boys and Free My Soul

Le Vent du Nord

Zoë Lewis

The Kennedys*

12:15

1:30

Forget Your Troubles, Come On Get Happy: Music to bring a smile to your face

C.Russell & B.Kaplan

NewFound Road

Mark Johnson

Chris Pahud*

1:45

2:30

Along the Road

Steve Tilston

2:45

4:00

Keeping Up with the Joneses

David Jones

Diana Jones

4:15

5:45

I'll Go No More A 'Roving: Music of home and homeland

Jez Lowe*

Livio Guardi

Benoit Bourque

Caroline Herring

Livio Guardi, 2009

11:15

12:15

Smile When You Say That: From the old West to Western Swing

M. Burns

S.Tilston*

M. Erelli

12:30

1:15

500 Miles

Cliff Eberhardt

1:30

2:15

C.C. Rider

Caroline Herring

2:30

3:45

I Beheld a Most Pleasant Maid: Music of love and amorous encounters

B.Gambetta*

S.Wainwright

Jez Lowe

D. Miraglia

4:00

4:45

Uncovering the Roots

QuasiModal String Band

5:00

6:15

He Was Her Man But He Done Her Wrong: songs of love gone wrong

C.Eberhardt

M. Johnson

Antje Duvekot*

Liz Longley

6:30

7:15

I'm Gonna Let It Shine

Kim & Reggie Harris

 

National Park
Garden Stage
Centre St. Stage Meet the Performer National Park Theater
11:00

11:50

Introducing

Liz Longley

12:00

12:50

Songs of Exquisite Taste

David Jones

1:00

1:50

New Bedford's Troubador

Art Tebbetts

2:00

2:50

Root of the Matter

Martha Burns

3:00

3:50

The Reluctant Diva (& husband)

Claudia Russell & Bruce Kaplan

4:00

4:50

Blues Run the Game

Danielle Miraglia

5:00

6:00

Big Heart, Big Voice

Chris Pahud

Chris Pahud, 2010

11:00

12:15

The Rain Cries a Little Pity: songs of social consciousness

Eliza Gilkyson

Kim & Reggie Harris*

Jez Lowe

12:30

1:15

Rediscovery

Sloan Wainwright

1:30

2:45

Though I've Been From Maine to Mexico: music of far off places

Outside Track

A.Duvekot

Livio Guardi

Mark Erelli*

3:00

3:45

Ain't No Sunshine

NewFound Road

4:00

5:15

Pickin' and Singin'

Beppe Gambetta

Pete Kennedy*

Steve Tilston

David Jacobs-Strain

5:30

6:15

A Love As Sure As Wings of Angels

Diana Jones

6:30

7:15

Curious Things Given Wings

The Outside Track

11:00

11:50

Cliff Eberhardt

 

12:00

12:50

Beppe Gambetta

 

1:00

1:50

Diana Jones

 

2:00

2:50

The Kennedys

 

3:00

3:50

Eliza Gilkyson

 

4:00

4:50

The Outside Track

 

5:00

5:50

Ellis Paul

 

6:00

7:00

Talkin' Bout the Blues

David Jacobs-Strain

Danielle Miraglia

Southcoast Stage
11:00

Truck Croteau & Mary Beth Soares

12:00

Pumpkin Head Ted

1:00

Barry Brown

1:30

Chuck Williams

2:00

Tesseract³

3:00

The Jethros

4:00

Céilidh Seisuin

5:00

Ian & Dick Lewis

6:00

Mark Roberts & Andrea Cooper

The Jethros, 2009

Sunday
Custom House Stage Whaling Museum Theater Kruger/Water St. Stage
11:45

12:45

From Both Sides of the Pond

The Outside Track

Le Vent du Nord

1:00

2:15

Darling, Won't You Ease My Worried Mind: inspirations for my music

Eliza Gilkyson

Caroline Herring

Steve Tilston

John Gorka*

2:30

3:30

Le Vent du Nord

3:45

4:45

Eliza Gilkyson

5:00

6:15

From Sea to Shining Sea: songs & music of America

NewFound Road

QuasiModal String Band

Ellis Paul*

Beppe Gambetta

6:30

7:30

John Gorka

7:30

Tribute to Jack Hardy

8:00

9:00

Celtic Extravaganza

Benoit Bourque*

Annalivia

Outside Track

Vishtén

12:45

1:30

This Guitarist Really Cooks

Beppe Gambetta

1:45

3:00

Get Ready for the Jubilee: songs & music of the Civil War

K&R Harris

David Jones

M. Burns

QuasiModal

A. Tebbetts*

3:15

4:00

Roots and Blues on the Edge

David Jacobs-Strain

4:15

5:30

I Wish That I Could Be Richard Corey: musical portraits

Caroline Herring

Diana Jones

Cliff Eberhardt*

Sloan Wainwright

Sloan Wainwright, 2010

12:00

12:45

From the North Country

Jez Lowe

1:00

2:15

In Courage Keep Your Heart: music of adversity and courage

Liz Longley

Cliff Eberhardt

Livio Guardi

Claudia Russell* & Bruce Kaplan

2:30

3:15

The Heart of Summerfest

The Kennedys

3:30

4:45

Come Home With Me, Little Matty Groves: songs that tell a story

Mark Erelli

Ellis Paul

David Jones*

Danielle Miraglia

5:00

6:15

Songs I Rarely Perform

Maura Kennedy

Liz Longley

Martha Burns

Eliza Gilkyson*

National Park
Garden Stage
Centre St. Stage Meet the Performer National Park Theater
11:00

12:30

Sacred Harp/Shape Note Singing

Session is open to the public (with a festival wristband). Learn this wonderful harmony singing. Come and give it a try!

1:00

1:50

A Complete Musician

Mark Erelli

2:00

2:50

A Box, Some Bones and Dancing Feet

Benoit Bourque

3:00

3:50

On the Roller Coaster

Mark Johnson

4:00

4:50

One Woman Band

Zoë Lewis

5:00

5:50

Digghi Di

Livio Guardi

6:00

7:00

We'll Bid Farewell But Not Goodbye: music to take home with you

Mark Johnson

Mark Erelli

Diana Jones*

12:45

2:00

If I Had My Way: a session of Blues and Gospel

NewFound Road

Danielle Miraglia*

David Jacobs-Strain

2:15

3:00

From All Over the Place

Antje Duvekot

3:15

4:00

From Dublin to the Appalachians

Annalivia

4:15

5:30

To the Tune of Elsie Marley: music to make your feet tap

Le Vent du Nord*

Vishtén

5:45

7:00

Music That Means the Most to Me

Antje Duvekot

Zoë Lewis

Claudia Russell & Bruce Kaplan

Sloan Wainwright*

12:00

12:50

Sloan Wainwright

 

1:00

1:50

Annalivia

 

2:00

2:50

Vishtén

 

3:00

3:50

Jez Lowe

 

4:00

4:50

Benoit Bourque

 

5:00

5:50

Steve Tiltson

 

6:00

7:00

Kim & Reggie Harris

 

Kim & Reggie Harris, 2006

Southcoast Stage
12:00

Molly O'Leary

12:20

Thatcher Harrison

12:45

Matt Borrello

1:15

Tiffany Rozenas

1:45

Barbara Phaneuf

2:30

Blackstone Run

3:30

Joanne Doherty

4:00

Tom Allen

4:30

Charlie Cover

5:00

Umoja

5:30

Dave Conlon

Charlie Cover, 2010

* indicates Workshop leader

All photos this page by Denn Santoro

Find us:

map icon

facebook logo

twitter logo