Bob Dylan recently announced he will be joined by My Morning Jacket, WILCO,Ryan Bingham and more, for the AmericanaramA tour this Summer. Presale tickets went on sale for select shows this morning through Dylan’s website, where the initial announcement was made. Details are few but we do know Upstate NY will host this event at both Darien Lake Performing Arts Center and Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) this July.
AmericanaramA will be at Darien Lake on July 18th. Presale tickets go on sale through Dylan’s website April 30th at 10am and regular on sale is May 4th at 10am. July 21st is the SPAC show. Get your presale tickets May 3rd at 10 am through the website and the regular on sale is also April 30th at 10 am.
For more information on all tour dates please visit www.bobdylan.com.
Just when we were beginning to think that All Good was actually going to be their only summer 2013 appearance, Furthur announced their East Coast heavy summer 2013 tour dates today! Looks like All Good is now just a midway point on a long strange trip between East and West coasts for this psychedelic troop.
The Band will come through Upstate NY twice this summer, while also playing other popular North East venues like, home to the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets, Barclays Center; and first time appearances at New Hampshire’s Meadow Brook. This tour will also be the first time the band has done a 4-day run, September 19-22, at Red Rocks!
Personally I had my doubts too. Heads from Rochester to Toronto were legitimately almost convinced we wouldn’t see any Furthur. If we weren’t going to the Port Chester sold out shows or All Good, then we just might have our first summer in years without the sweet sounds to fill the air.
Furthur is playing the Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, NY on July 14th. Mail order tickets will go on sale April 16th online Here. Internet Pre-Sales are during April 16-18th, and regular on sale April 19th. They will return to CMAC in Canadaigua, NY on July 19th. Ticket info is the same for both venues as well as all dates on the tour schedule. For more information please visit the Furthur website Here.
Furthur Tour Dates:
July 11 – Brooklyn, NY
July 12 – Holmdel, NJ
July 14 – Cooperstown, NY
July 16 – Gilford, NH
July 17 & 18 – Boston, MA
July 19 – Canandaigua, NY
September 19, 20, 21 & 22 – Red Rocks, CO
September 24 – Redmond, WA
September 25 – Eugene, OR
September 27, 28 & 29 – Berkeley, CA
October 1 & 2 – Las Vegas, NV
October 4, 5 & 6 – Los Angeles, CA
Summer in Saratoga will take place at The Saratoga Hilton on July 5, 6 & 7 th. Admission is Free and open to all ages. The exhibit will run all three dates from 10am-3pm. The poster show will feature the best Phish inspired art, including limited edition art made specifically for the show.
The poster show featuring Phish artists from around the country was developed and produced by a group of artists and fans, this poster show will be held in the middle of a weekend of Phish.
Phish poster shows have been held over the years with great success, as unique posters made for the Phish shows that weekend and stop on the tour feature some of the best concert art being produced today. ‘Summer in Saratoga’ is the second event produced by The Mothership Art Collective, a group within the Phish community, comprised of artists and organizations who promote the art inspired by the band Phish. Their initial poster show, ‘First Tube’, was held in Atlantic City, New Jersey on June 16th, 2012 and was a success for all who participated in the event and raised $2000 to benefit The Mockingbird Foundation. The eclectic artists featured at this poster show displays the broad scope of Phish related art and capture the inspiration of the band in their art. The creative fan base that Phish has makes for amazing art inspired by the band, the locales and the music. The collective works hard to bring an art show to the Phish touring public each year.
In keeping with the great tradition and success of past poster shows, Summer in Saratoga will offer free entry to all patrons, tubes available for purchase, charitable donations from the event made to The Mockingbird Foundation and a wide array of artists with posters to fit any budget. Artists will be announced in early May, as well as any special edition works that will only be available at the show.
The Saratoga Hilton is located in downtown Saratoga Springs, only 3 miles from Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC).
With fifteen years of touring, 800,000 albums sold and appearances throughout the year at the Grand Ole Opry,O.C.M.S is certainly in good company with bluegrass all stars like Doc Watson, Del McCoury and countless others whom have graced the stage of the Nashville landmark.
Old Crow Medicine Show has been on the radar of bluegrass heads for years now, legend says they were discovered while playing on a street corner in North Carolina where bluegrass grandfather Doc Watson just happened to walk by one afternoon. They were immediately invited to Watson’s MerleFest which led to a residency at the Grand Ole Opry, which led to appearances at renowned festivals like Bonnaroo, Coachella, and now they will be making history headlining the 6th annual DelFest.
Dopapod and Schleigho are your Friday and Saturday night headliners for The Spring Revival, a brand new live music with camping event May 9th – 12th at The Hideaway in Lyons, NY
Taking the main stage Friday night will be the return of Schleigho, one of the northeast’s top touring bands of the late 1990’s / early 2000’s festival scene. Described best as “Music for the Minded”, Schleigho’s legendary jazz/fusion will no doubt educate a new generation of jam-prog fans, while reviving fond memories for the scene’s older generation. Also performing on Friday are current Upstate jam favorites Universe Shark, Timbre Coup, Project Weather Machine, Slip Madigan, Ocupanther, and more. Grateful Dead tribute Run For The Roses from Rochester will lead fans in the dark with a late night set under the stars (and projected light).
Saturday night headliners Dopapod bring their experimental jazz funk fusion to the main stage with a high powered array of sound and light. Currently on a 3 month national tour, the band recently completed a 3 night dancing room only run through Upstate NY with packed shows at Red Square, The Westcott, and Water Street. Read the recent interview for more on Dopapod. Other regional face-melters on Saturday include Twiddle, Aqueous, Lucid, Haewa, Formula 5, Stereopticon, and more. Consider The Source gets the late night slot to cap off an incredible weekend of live music.
A Weekend Pass at The Spring Revival includes:
3 Days & Nights of Live Music, Wooded Tent and Near Your Vehicle Camping,
Festival Food Court, Art & Soul Village with your host Stranger Things,
Fire Show performances by Solar Flare and his Fire Family,
Drum Workshops by Kodi Drummer, Kids Tent w/ Afternoon Workshops and Activities,
Vending Village featuring Handcrafted, one of a kind pieces including Onsite Glass Blowing,
Custom Made Hand Drums, Handmade Clothes, Jewelry, Art, Music, and more!
Floodwood, the progressive string band featuring the combined talents of Woodenspoon’s Jason Barady, Nick Piccininni, and Zachary Fleitz, plus moe.’s Al Schnier and Vinnie Amico, have announced 2 Upstate NY festival appearances in the month of June.
Saturday June 15th, Floodwood will return for the 2nd annual Fiddlers Picnic at Miller Hollow in Marion, NY. The Fiddlers Picnic is a celebration of American bluegrass, folk, and roots music. 3 days and nights of live music on 3 stages, overnight tent and RV camping, arts & crafts vendors, food vendors, a kids activity area, art & soul village, fire spinners, songs around the campfire, and more! Floodwood will headline the main stage on Saturday night.
Other bands featured include Rumpke Mountain Boys, The Blind Owl Band, HogMaw, Jatoba, The Mallett Brothers Band, Eastbound Jesus, Free Grass Union, Acoustically Speaking and more.
Sunday June 16th, Floodwood will perform at Clearwater’s Great Hudson Revival. The “Clearwater Festival” features seven sustainably powered stages with diverse music, dance, and storytelling. Inspired by Pete Seeger’s desire to clean up the river over forty years ago, Clearwater’s Great Hudson River Revival initially helped raise the funds to build the sloop Clearwater, which has since become a world-renowned floating classroom and a symbol of effective grassroots action.
The Clearwater Festival will take place on Saturday and Sunday, June 15 and 16 at Croton Point Park in Croton-on-Hudson, Westchester County, NY. Other acts include Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, Son Volt, Acoustic Hot Tuna, Jorma Kaukonen & Steve Kimock, Antibalas, David Bromber Quartet and more
NYS Music spoke to Michael Printup, President of Watkins Glen, about the possibility of Phish making a return to the Southern Tier this summer.
Johnny Goff – Hey Michael, It’s been two years since we chatted pre-Super Ball to discuss Phish rumors at Watkins Glen. Here we are, two years later and I’m curious what you think the legacy is of having the Phish SuperBall 9 festival at Watkins Glen International?
Michael Printup, Watkins Glen International Track President – It was such a great show. I mean, it was obvious so much more than I initially would have given it credit to be, even though I had attended some Phish shows in the past. What a great festie it was. It really gained some attention from the music business, which, in all honesty, was one of the goals. It wasn’t something we were surprised at. But we are still looking, you know. I went out to California to talk to Coran Capshaw and his main group Red Light Management about coming back and unfortunately, we just couldn’t find common ground to put it back together and come back and even the band, according to Coran, wanted to come back but it just wasn’t going to work for 2013. We just both agreed to put it on the hook and see if we could put something together and do it again in 2014.
JG– So at this point, you can definitively say Phish would not be returning to Watkins Glen this summer?
MP– Nope, Sorry folks, Phish is not coming back this summer. We are not even in discussions. We told them we’d stay in touch and every now and again, Richard (Glasgow) and I email each other and stay in touch but we don’t have any Phish shows coming back this summer.
JG – May I ask what are the details behind the band not returning? Is it coming from WGI’s parent corporation in Daytona – (International Speedway Corp.) wanting to focus more on its core with Auto Racing or was it based on scheduling conflicts?
MP– It was all scheduling and that’s what we told Coran and Richard. We’re booked almost a full year and half ahead for the following year so when we’re entering spring of 2013, we are already booked for 2014. So schedules materialize very fast and so by the time we went back out there in April to Coachella to speak with them, it was just a matter of conflict. They only had certain dates that worked for them and we only had certain dates that worked for us, it just wasn’t conducive to hold a concert in October or November, which was really the only timeframe we had open.
JG– Does Watkins Glen still have a commitment down the road to holding more musical events there and have you engaged in any talks with Live Nation?
MP– Yes. Absolutely. In fact, I’ve been meeting with Live Nation and another group out of Los Angeles. There’s interest from numerous promoters to put something on here, so at this point, it really just comes down to scheduling, like it did with Phish. So it is imperative we maintain a very historical spot for music, dating back to 1973’s Summer Jam to some of the famous festivals that have happened in New York State. It’s almost like something we have a reputation to do and the ability to do and I think there’s some type of cache’ with Watkins Glen so we want to keep it going. Our primary business is racing, that’s what we’re here to do and we’re going to keep that up too, but music is a big goal of mine, it has been since I got here. We were very fortunate to have booked Phish and we’re hopeful we can do it again in the future.
JG– How does your plan for music play into ISC’s plans for auto racing at Watkins Glen and possibly segmenting your core audience?
MP– It’s funny you asked this because I just had a conversation with John Saunders who is president of our entire company (ISC) and he shared with me that he’d like me to speak with some of the other (race)tracks about our model and how we did it because he said, ‘Let’s face it, you had a very successful concert so let’s take a look at that model and see if we can do that at other racetracks.’ The good thing is we do have a very successful model and the boss recognizes it and has been more than supportive in letting us our business. So I think that’s a good thing. John (Saunders) lets us run it and we’ve got a great group supporting us.
Phish @ SuperBall IX – photo by Andy Hill
JG– Hypothetically, if all of your plans jive perfectly and the schedules fall in line with would-be promoters, what is EARLIEST fans could expect to see music back at Watkins Glen?
MP– I honestly think Johnny that if we get really lucky, I want to say this year. Not Phish though.(laughing). I’d like to make that clear again. But there are some other opportunities that may just slip into our schedule. We’re still waiting to hear back from a couple of promoters on whether some things will work. We could do evening concerts all day long because our track is pretty much booked until October already so if we could put something together, you know, where we book 2-3 night shows and it works for someone else, we’re trying to find, right now for 2013, we need to find that perfect recipe to bake the perfect cake. I think we’ve found 1 of possibly 2 promoters who would be flexible in that and if we do, but then it’s just up to the artists at that point to tie it all together.
JG– What genres do you forsee being good fit for a local and regional draw?
MP– You know…I’m not going to rule out anything. I think whatever you can think of. Truly. I mean, we could be successful with everything from country to EDM so I really think we can do everything. That’s not an arrogant statement. I just think we have the population of all the cities that surround us, not even counting New York City, but Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Albany Erie, Binghamton, northern tier of Pennsylvania: you add all those up and that’s a pretty solid population base. Literally, we could do EDM, rock, country. I think we’ve get pretty lucky because one thing promoters have really liked and wanted to plan out after the success of that Phish show is our capacity for camping. That’s what really highlights and made it easier for the fans and in turn, makes it easier for the promoter.
AmericanaramA tour this Summer. Presale tickets went on sale for select shows this morning through Dylan’s website, where the initial announcement was made. Details are few but we do know Upstate NY will host this event at both Darien Lake Performing Arts Center and Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) this July.
JG– So at this point, you can definitively say Phish would not be returning to Watkins Glen this summer?