UPDATE: New Bands Added to FreshGrass @ MASS MoCA

OK, the fabulous and only slightly water-logged Solid Sound fest is over, and it won’t be back to North Adams until 2017. But that doesn’t mean that the music is over at MASS MoCA.

In fact, FreshGrass – MASS MoCA’s next big music fest, scheduled for Friday-Sunday, September 18-20 – has pumped up its line-up considerably since the first round of performers were announced in February, including the new addition of Dwight Yoakam, who will make a stop at the fest in support of his new album, Second Hand Heart.

Three-day tickets are currently available for $99; student tickets priced at $89; $46 for kids age 7-16: FREE admission for kids age six and under. Single-day tickets may be offered
closer to the event, as space allows.

Here’s the brand-new, updated line-up of performers for the 2015 FreshGrass fest… with more still to be announced:

Dwight Yoakam
The Del McCoury Band
The Punch Brothers
Leftover Salmon
Jerry Douglas presents Earls of Leicester
Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz and Aoife O’Donovan
Greensky Bluegrass
Houndmouth
Alison Brown
Willie Watson
Vieux Farka Touré
Peter Rowan
The Lost Bayou Ramblers
Flatt Lonesome
The Ballroom Thieves
Birds of Chicago
Darol Anger’s Mr. Sun
Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem
Twisted Pine
Quiles & Cloud
Cat & the Moon
The Man in Grass: A FreshGrass Tribute to Johnny Cash

ADDITIONAL UPCOMING FESTIVALS FOR 2015:
New York State’s 4th of July Celebration @ Empire State Plaza, Albany, 7/4/15, FREE
Schenectady County SummerNight @ State Street, Schenectady, 7/10/15, FREE
Green River Festival @ Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, Mass., 7/10-12/15
CountryFest @ Schaghticoke Fairgrounds, Schaghticoke, 7/11/15
Bang On a Can Summer Music Festival @ MASS MoCA, North Adams, 7/15-8/1/15
Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival @ Walsh Farm, Oak Hill, 7/16-19/15
The Black Arts and Cultural Festival @ the Empire State Plaza, Albany, 8/1/15, FREE
The New York State Food Festival @ the Empire State Plaza, Albany, 8/12/15, FREE
Hispanic Heritage Celebration @ Empire State Plaza, Albany, 9/12/15, FREE
The Plaza at 50 Festival @ the Empire State Plaza, Albany, 9/16/15, FREE
FreshGrass @ MASS MoCA, North Adams, 9/18-20/15