Real Good for Free: Rosendale Street Festival, 7/18-19

By Greg Haymes On Jul 17, 2009

One street.
Two days.
Five stages.
74 bands.

It’s the kind of thing that makes LarkFest look like amateur hour.

That’s right, this weekend’s Rosendale Street Festival is a free outdoor musical extravaganza of mindboggling proportions. It takes place beginning at 12noon on Saturday and Sunday, July 18-19 along Main St. in Rosendale, which is located between Kingston and New Paltz.

There are simply waaaay too many really fine bands and musicians on tap to go into much detail, but a few that look to be highlights are Deni Bonet (recently booted off of the opening act slot on Grace Potter & the Nocturnals’ Alive @ 5 concert), Ian Lloyd (the singer with Stories, who scored the No. 1 hit “Brother Louie” back in 1973), swirling world-beatsters Futu Futu and guitar wizard Joey Eppard.

SATURDAY, JULY 18
CANAL STAGE: Chris Walsh (at 12noon), Tony Curato (1pm), John & Cathy Granata (2pm), Vickie Russell (3pm), Peggy Atwood (4pm), Jude Roberts & Lily McCabe (5pm), Ellie Wininger (6pm), the Jesse Janes (7pm)
CAFE STAGE: Jeff Entin & Blob Blum (12noon), Mark Brown & Uncle Buckle (1pm), Family Corner (2pm), Bobbie Kennedy (3pm), Jim Barber & the Magnetics (4pm), Erin Hobson Compact (5pm), the Rhodes (6pm), HotRod (7pm)
CREEKSIDE STAGE: Defenders (12noon), Lachman & Fox (1pm), Yarrow (2pm), Spiral Up Kids (3pm), Kidz Town Rock (4pm) Alpha Male Gorillas (5pm), Earthbound (6pm), Dakota (7pm)
FIREHOUSE STAGE: Naked (12noon), Peter Morrison (1pm), Uncle Funk (2pm), Rented Mule (3pm), Virginia Wolves (4pm), Fractured Soul (5pm), Ross Rice Porch Band (6pm), Mr. Rusty (7pm)
MOUNTAIN STAGE: Buddha Heroes (12noon), the Brian Kaplan Band (1pm), Frankenstein Dog (2pm), Ian Lloyd (3pm), the Big Shoe (4pm), Tiger Piss (5pm), Pitchfork Militia (6pm), Big Sister (7pm), Deni Bonet (8pm)

SUNDAY, JULY 19
CANAL STAGE: Uncle Rock (12noon), Dog on Fleas (1pm), Fuzzy Lollipops (2pm), Grenadilla (3pm), Ratboy Jr. (4pm), Fre Atlast & the Community Drum Ensemble (5pm)
CAFE STAGE: Cleoma’s Ghost (12noon), Verdes (1pm), the Saints of Swing (2pm), Bill Bannan (3pm), Shortyking’s Clubhouse (4pm), Soul Purpose (5pm)
CREEKSIDE STAGE: The Big River Band (12noon), the Acoustic Medicine Show (1pm), Ramblin Jug Stompers (2pm), Gypsy Jazz King (3pm), Hillbilly Drifters (4pm), Shoe String Band (5pm)
FIREHOUSE STAGE: Bouva (12noon), David Kraai (1pm), Kurt Henry (2pm), the Trapps (3pm), Empire Road (4pm), Joey Eppard (5pm)
MOUNTAIN STAGE: Ducthess of Funk (12noon), Frankie & His Fingers (1pm), Kari Spieler (2pm), John Schrader (3pm), Futu Futu (4pm), the Big Heavy (5pm), Voodelic (6pm)