
The 2016 Keene Music Festival:
Saturday, September 3rd10:00AM-10:00PM
Help Support The Keene Music Festival!!!
Now in its sixteenth year, the Keene Music Festival is a unique event in the New England area. Featuring bands at eight different performance areas, the Keene Music Festival is one of the largest free music festivals around. The event features a wide array of musical styles, allowing the audience to walk around the downtown Keene area and listen to a wide variety of musical styles. It is truly a special day of music in a special town. We'll be posting a link to the schedule soon!The Keene Music Festival is an all volunteer effort; with all of the organizing staff, performers and local merchants contributing to create the event. Performers are a mix of local and regional performers; both up and coming artists and "alumni" acts who enjoy coming back to be part of the event. The actual Keene Music Festival occurs every Labor Day weekend, and makes a wonderful way to end the summer season.
2015 Keene Music Festival Performers
Christa Renee Band
Ghost Dinner Band
Sleeping Terms
The Fatalities
TRAG
Kennedy Drive
Seven Spires
SEMI
Lobotomobile
Santa Croce
Etna Old Time
The Pilgrims
Little Ugly
Jessica Smucker
Thread City String Band
The Brotha Cats
Brothers for Life
Animetarra
Crazy Cowz
Charlie Brady
Chodus
Hanging Scarlet
The Fawns
Sunny Lowdown
Birds of Flame
The Snaz
TheColorOrange
Jake McKelvie & The Countertops
8:00 Keene Chamber Orchestra
Incurable Semantics
Zombie Beatdown
Jared McCloud
Lori Diamond and Fred Abatelli-
Version 6
Jeff Byrd and Dirty Finch
The Lied To’s
Hug the Dog
Hemlock
Marcus and a Meerkat
Yeehaw Jihad
Upstart Crows
Immune Friction
Kurtosis
ADHD
The Manakins
Daniel Miller
Baba Ray
BC3
Molly Brule
American Beauties
Modern Fools
Lines West
Brian Dickens
Rick Gottlieb
Mike McGowan Band
Jeff Przech
Intonition
Dave Hogan
Chris Dixon
Zach Benton
Sarah Yzkanen
Almanac Mountain
Joe Sansone
Phileep
Vice-President
Alice Limoges
Michael Graham
Folksoul Duo
Humanwine
The Wonderbeards
Pacing Pluto
Shadwell
Ned and The Dirt
The Youngest Sun
Honest Thieves
The Forz
Cross The Streams
The Holy Terror
Heavy Necker
Granite Mouth
Thaumaturgist
Goblet
Seven Spires
Community Music School
Jose Lezcano and Lauren Weiner
Monadnock Chorus Chamber Singers
Keene Vocal Consort
Decatur Creek
Mixed Company (Keene Pops Choir
Song of the Lar
Organ Concert
Ringers on the Squar
Matthew Hunter
Crabgrass
Jared Hanrahan
and for the sake of nostalgia:
2014 Performers Included:
(a click on the highlighted names will take you to a sample of their stuff)
About Time
Alice Danger
American Beauties
Ants in the Cellar
BC3
Black Eskimo
Blue Honey
Blue Light Bandits
Brian Dickens
Brotherhood of Thieves
Colors and Patterns
Craig Dallas Rice
Dave Hogan
Deep Hole Road
DLY & Crazy Cowz
Folksoul Duo
Gentle Hen
Ghost Dinner Band
Graylight Campfire
Hanging Scarlet
Hemlok
Honest Thieves
Hug the Dog
Immune Friction
Intonition
Jake McKelvie & the Countertops
Jared McCloud
Jeff Byrd & Dirty Finch
Jeff Haines
Jones Hill Band
Karen and the Sorrows
Keene Chamber Orchestra
Kennedy Drive
Little Ugly
Lobotomobile
Lori Diamond & Fred Abatelli
Marcus & the Meercats
Matt Hunter
Modern Fools
Off the Hook
O'hAnleigh
Our Little Life
Phileep
Pocket Vinyl
Rick Gottlieb
Ryan Aderrey
S.E.M.i.
Santa Croce
Shadwell
Sleeper Hit
Sleeping Terms
Somerville Symphony Orkestar
T.I.P.
The 123's
The Ben Carr Music Project
TheColorOrange
The Fawns
The HoneyBears
The Milkhouse Heaters
The Mondanock Brass Quintet
The Setbacks
The Snaz
The Solar Sisters
The Van Burens
Top Shelf Hustle
Trag
Version 6
When Particles Collide
Yeehaw Jihad
Zach Benton
Zanois
Zombie Beatdown
If you are a performer interested in being part of our event or would like to volunteer to help, please fill out the Mailing List Sign Up form via the link.
Here is the draft schedule for the 201 4 Keene Music Festival; scheduled on Saturday, August 30th!!.
Friday Night @ Scores
6:15-9:00- Open Jam with The Sea 47
2014 Keene Music Festival Map
City Tire (Stage 1)
1:30-2:15 The Rupert Selection-Rock/Alternative
2:30-3:15 Kennedy Drive-Rock
3:30-4:15 Lobotomobile-Metal
4:30-5:15 Yeehaw Jihad-Punk/Rock
5:30-6:15 Sleeping Terms-Rock
6:30-7:15 Modern Fools-Indie/Rock
7:30-8:15 T.I.P.-Rock/Punk
8:30-9:30 Ghost Dinner Band-Alt/Grunge
Farmer’s Market (Stage 2)
9:45-10:30 TBA
10:45-11:30 Sarah Yzkanin- Acoustic
11:45-12:30 Bob Tuttle- Delta Blues
Monadnock Food Co-op (Stage 3)
12:15-1:00 Phileep-Acoustic/Experimental
1:15-2:00 The 123’s-AcoustoFunk
2:15-3:00 Shadwell-Indie
3:15-4:00 Sleeper Hit-Indie Rock
4:15-5:00 Colors and Patterns-Rock
5:15-6:15 Jake McKelvie & the Countertops-Alt/Folk
Scores (Stage 4)
2:00-2:45 Our Little Life-Groove
3:00-3:45 Lori Diamond & Fred Abatelli-Singer/Songwriter
4:00-4:45 The Ben Carr Music Project-Jazz
5:00-5:45 Jeff Byrd & Dirty Finch-Americana
6:00-6:45 Pocket Vinyl-DIY Touring Band
7:00-7:45 Jared Hanrahan- Blues
8:00-8:45 Sound guy's nap time....
10:00-12:00 After Party w/The Van Burens-Rock/Funk
Railroad Square (Stage 5)
10:45-11:30 Little Ugly-Indie Folk/Americana
11:45-12:30 Zombie Beatdown-Punk
12:45-1:30 Version 6-Classic Rock*
1:45-2:30 Santa Croce-
2:45-3:30 Pocket Vinyl-DIY Touring Band
3:45-4:30 Intonition-Bluesy Soul
4:45-5:30 BC3-Jazz
5:45-6:30 Ryan Aderrey-Singer/Songwriter
6:45-7:30 TheColorOrange-Indie/Alternative
7:45-8:30 The Snaz-Indie Rock
8:45-9:45 Hug the Dog-Electronic Rock
Gazebo (Stage 6)
12:00-12:45 The Milkhouse Heaters-Americana
1:00-1:45 O’hAnleigh-Celtic
2:00-2:45 Deep Hole Road-Folk
3:00-3:45 Zach Benton-Soul
4:00-4:45 TRAG-Prog Rock
5:00-5:45 Black Eskimo-Electro
6:00-6:45 Blue Light Bandits-Alternative
7:00-7:45 Jeff Byrd & Dirty Finch-Americana
8:00-9:00 When Particles Collide-Rock
Heberton Hall (Stage 7)
Sponsored by the Keene Pubic Library
8:00 Keene Chamber Orchestra-Classical
Art in the Park (Stage 8)
10:30-11:30 Monadnock Brass Quintet-Classical
11:45-12:45 Rick Gottlieb-Singer/Songwriter
1:00-2:00 Brian Dickens-Singer/Songwriter
2:15-3:15 Folksoul Duo-Folk Rock
Center of Keene Stage (Stage 9)
12:45-1:30 The Jones Hill Band-Classic Rock
1:45-2:30 DLY & Crazy Cowz-Rock/Americana
2:45-3:30 Hanging Scarlet-Rock
3:45-4:30 Immune Friction-Indie Alternative Rock
4:45-5:45 Ants in the Cellar-Alternative Rock
6:00-6:45 Off the Hook-Rock/Alternative
Lamson Street (Stage 10)
12:30-1:15 The Fawns-Jangly Rock
1:30-2:15 Gentle Hen-Indie Pop
2:30-3:15 The Setbacks-Blues/Soul
3:30-4:15 Karen & the Sorrows-Alt Country
4:30-5:15 American Beauties-Indie
5:30-6:15 The HoneyBears-Rock/Blues
6:30-7:15 About Time-Funk/Rock
7:30-8:30 Honest Thieves-Rock
Lindy’s (Stage 11)
1:45-2:30 The Sea 47-Indie Rock
2:45-3:30 Marcus & the Meercats- Earth Music
3:45-4:30 Zanois-Weird Pop
4:45-5:30 Sunny Lowdown- Blues
Miller Brothers Alley (Stage 12)
12:15-1:00 Craig Dallas Rice-Singer/Songwriter
1:15-2:00 The Solar Sisters-EcoFolk
2:15-3:00 Jeff Haines-Classic Rock
3:15-4:00 Alice Danger-Singer/Songwriter
4:15-5:00 Matt Hunter-Singer/Songwriter
Green Energy Options (Stage 13)
Wicked Music Metal Stage-
12:15-12:55 Epicenter
1:15-1:55 S.E.M.I.
2:15-2:55 Krakatoa
3:15-3:55 Bedroom Rehab Corporation
4:15-4:55 My Missing Half
5:15-5:55 Pathogenic
6:15-6:55 Summoner
Keene State College (Stage 14)
12:00-12:45 Dave Hogan-Americana
1:00-1:45 Top Shelf Hustle-Soul Infused Groove
2:00-2:45 Graylight Campfire-Rock/Americana
3:00-3:45 Blue Honey-Blues
4:00-4:45 Brotherhood of Thieves-Rock
5:00-6:00 Hemlok-Alt/Psychedelic Rock
The Sixteenth Stage:
Sign up for a 20 minute slot at this stage on the day of the event at the Performer Check In; right in front of Hannah Grimes Market. We'll tell you where it is then.....