Festival Fever: New Music Festival @ Empire State Plaza, 9/7/13
As we announced way back in May, up-and-coming retro-soul artist Mayer Hawthorne is scheduled to groove on to the Empire State Plaza in Albany as the headliner for the New Music Festival (formerly known as Local Legends Live) on Saturday, September 7.
But things got a whole lot more soulful with the new announcement that steel guitar hero Robert Randolph and the Family Band will also be sharing the bill. Yikes!
And there’s a couple of fine Local 518 bands now scheduled to perform as well. And it’s all FREE…
Here’s the line-up for the New Music Festival, as far as we know:
2pm: Graham Tichy
3:15pm: The Mysteios
4:30pm: Superhumanoids
5:45pm: Robert Randolph & the Family Band
7:45pm: Mayer Hawthorne
ADDITIONAL UPCOMING FESTIVALS FOR 2013:
African American Family Day @ the Empire State Plaza, Albany, 8/3/13 (FREE)
The Big Up @ Hemlock Hollow Farm, Clavarack, 8/8-10/13
New York State Food Festival @ the Empire State Plaza, Albany, 8/14/13 (FREE)
Albany Latin Festival @ Washington Park, Albany, 8/24/13 (FREE)
The Felice County Fair @ Opus 40, Saugerties, 8/31/13
Restoration Festival @ Contemporary Artists Center at Woodside, Troy, 9/6&7/13
Albany Riverfront Jazz Festival @ Jennings Landing, Albany, 9/7/13 (FREE)
Hispanic Heritage Celebration @ the Empire State Plaza, 9/14/13 (FREE)
FreshGrass Festival @ MASS MoCA, North Adams, 9/20-22/13
Farm Aid @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, 9/21/13 (SOLD OUT)
PearlPalooza @ North Pearl Street, Albany, 9/28/13 (FREE)
I wish I could go to this.
Isn’t it funny and odd that this year the three locals scheduled to perform _could_ be considered young legends?
This lineup will get me there…no doubt
Hmmn…time for that three-sided coin again. Rest Fest, Jazz Fest or New Music Fest? Heads you win, tails you win, unless we get another weather event like last year.
Graham Tichy and Robert Randolph and the Family Band?!!! It’s a no-brainer, Albany, this is the show to go to on Sept. 7th.