Photo Credit: Dave Burbank
The Scene
The GrassRoots Festival, held in late July, takes place in the scenic Finger Lakes region of New York. The non-profit brings in 80+ bands for four days of music and camping.
2014 Artist Lineup
Donna the Buffalo
- 5 Mile Drive
- Adrienne Mack-Davis
- Afrobeta
- Anders Osborne
- Anna Coogan
- Athanasia
- Atsiaktonkie
- Balla Kouyate
- Bear Fox
- Big Mean Sound Machine
- Black Castle
- Bubba George
- Calico Moon
- Conjunto Chappotin
- Cortadito
- Danay Suarez
- Dead Sea Squirrels
- Dickey Betts & Great Southern
- Diwas Gurung
- DJ Cappel
- Donna the Buffalo
- Dos XX
- Driftwood
- Feufollet
- First North American Lunar
- Galumpha
- Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad
- Hank Roberts
- HectorWorks Soundsytem
- Honey Spine
- James Leva
- Jim Lauderdale
- Jimkata
- Joe Driscoll & Sekou Kouyate
- John Brown’s Body
- Johnny Dowd
- Jones Benally Family Dance Troupe
- Keith Frank & Soileau Zydeco
- Keith Secola & his Wild Band of Indians
- Kenny T & Wildfire
- Kevin Kinsella
- Kites in Space
- Lake Street Dive
- Lanzallamas
- Locos Por Juana
- Luke G & the Candyhearts
- Mac Benford & Up South
- Mary Lorson
- Moontee Sinquah
- Nery Arevalo
- Park Doing
- Paso Fino
- Preston Frank & his Zydeco Family Band
- Read Along Songs w/John Simon & Cal Walker
- Red Baraat
- Red Dog Run
- Rockwood Ferry
- Samite
- Sihasin
- Sim Redmond Band
- Sophistafunk
- Sound Awake
- Taina Asili y la Banda Rebelde
- Telekinetic Walrus
- The Barefoot Movement
- The Believers
- The Blind Spots
- The Djangoners
- The Double EE
- The Falconers
- The Flying Clouds of South Carolina
- The Grady Girls
- The GrassRoots Chamber Orchestra
- The Gunpoets
- The Horse Flies
- The Lovers
- The Nepotist
- The Newman Brothers
- The Notorious Stringbusters
- The Realbads
- The Speckers
- Thousands of One
- Tin Tear Drops
- Traonach
- Uniit
- Walter Mouton & the Scott Playboys
- Wassa Panafrika Dance Ensemble