Sugar Maple Music Festival
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William G. Lunney Lake Farm County Park 4330 Libby Road, Madison, Wisconsin 53711
courtesy Fruge Records
A close-up of Joe Hall playing accordion.
Joe Hall
This folk and roots music celebration always features a stellar lineup, and for the 20th anniversary fest, organizers at the Four Lakes Traditional Music Collective have really brought their A game. Rising stars to catch include new generation bluegrassers The Wildmans; Big Richard, a group of four women who came together for a one-off festival set in 2021 and found instant musical magic; and Pony Bradshaw, playing the Lollapalooza and Hinterland festivals on either side of Sugar Maple. The lineup also includes such longtime favorites as former Madisonian Katie Powderly, kids' music master David Landau, zydeco stars Joe Hall & the Louisiana Cane Cutters, and rocker JD McPherson. Find the full schedule and tickets at sugarmaplefest.org (including info on a post-fest concert by Kristin Andreassen and Chris Eldridge, Aug. 6 at North Street Cabaret).
media release: 20th Annual Sugar Maple Music Festival will be August 4-5, 2023, William G. Lunney Lake Farm County Park, Friday 5 pm - 10 pm; Saturday 12-10 pm
Presented by the Four Lakes Traditional Music Collective, the Sugar Maple Music Festival is a two-day family-friendly festival exploring American roots music through mainstage performances, workshops and jam sessions. Featuring bluegrass, Cajun, old-time, Americana music and more!
We’re thrilled to announce two of our main stage acts. Big Richard, an all-women, Colorado-based Bluegrass band will bring their vast collective experience, talent, energy and spark to the Sugar Maple stage on Friday night. This appearance comes after they make their Blue Ox debut in Eau Claire in late June.
From the band’s website: What began as an all-female festival collaboration quickly morphed into a serious passion project driven by sisterhood, harmony and humor – along with the shared desire to rage fiddle tunes and smash the patriarchy.
Also sharing his multiple talents with the Sugar Maple community will be Guy Davis, a twice-Grammy-nominated roots musician whose guitar, singing and songwriting are rooted in the Blues. This will be his second appearance at our festival, and we are excited to have him back. With a guest appearance by Piedmont Bluz.
We look forward to bringing Big Richard, Guy Davis and many other top-quality acts to you, our music community, under the big tent on a warm August weekend.
The festival offers fun for the whole family, including kids’ entertainer Dave Landau, the Wild Rumpus Circus, a climbing wall, and arts and crafts. Admission for kids 17 and under is free when accompanied by a ticketed adult. Buy your tickets now.
FRIDAY 04 AUG
Main Stage: Katie Powderly 5:00pm, Pony Bradshaw 6:15pm, Los Texmaniacs 7:30pm, Big Richard 9:10pm
Roots & Reasons Stage: Dimensions of Border Music, featuring Los Texmaniacs 5:40pm, Dave Landau sings songs for kids 6:30pm, Big Richard & Young Musicians
SATURDAY 05 AUG
Main Stage: MadFiddle noon, Piedmont Bluz 1:15pm, The Wildmans 2:40pm, Never Come Down 4:05pm, Guy Davis 5:40pm, Joe Hall & The Louisiana Cane Cutters 7:15pm, JD McPherson 8:55pm
Roots & Reasons Stage: Bloody Mary Jam with Down From The Hills 10:30am, It’s all folk: Appreciating different styles of traditional music, featuring Joe Hall, Brian O’Donnell, and Colin Bazali noon, Beginning Fiddlers with Rin Ribble 1pm, Dave Landau sings songs for kids 2pm, Exploring the legacy of Mississippi John Hurt, featuring Guy Davis and Piedmont Bluz 3:20pm, A musical conversation with The Wildmans, hosted by Simply Folk 4:20 pm, Happy birthday, Sugar Maple! A roundtable conversation with festival founders 5:15pm
Jam Tents: Beginner Bluegrass Jam with Scott Baumann: 1pm, Bluegrass Jam with Never Come Down 2pm, Cajun Jam with Joe Hall 3:30, Old Time Jam with The Wildmans 5pm
Watch for schedule updates at https://sugarmaplefest.org/2023-festival-schedule/
afterparty 7 pm 8/6 at North Street Cabaret: $30 ($20 adv.).
Kristin and Critter met back when their bands Uncle Earl and Punch Brothers were just getting started. Over the years, they’ve played music with some of most luminous artists of our time (Paul Simon, John Paul Jones, Emmylou Harris) and they’ve won awards (John Lennon Song Contest Grand Prize, a Grammy, Americana Music Association Instrumentalist of the Year). New parenthood has gifted this couple with more time at home, where they’ve taken to playing Kristin’s songs — both old and new — all chosen by Critter to be reimagined for two guitars, two voices, and a more finely tuned sense of “the things that matter.”
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