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.
2011 Artist Lineup
- DONNA THE BUFFALO
- COURT YARD HOUNDS
- SEUN KUTI & EGYPT 80
- BALKAN BEAT BOX
- TINARIWEN
- SAMMY KERSHAW
- THOMAS MAPFUMO & THE BLACKS UNLIMITED
- LOCOS POR JUANA
- PRESTON FRANK & HIS ZYDECO FAMILY BAND
- JOHN BROWN’S BODY
- CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS
- THE CAMPBELL BROTHERS
- GALUMPHA
- SAMITE OF UGANDA
- SIM REDMOND BAND
- WALTER MOUTON & THE SCOTT PLAYBOYS
- BLACKFIRE
- SCYTHIAN
- THE RED STICK RAMBLERS
- THE TOWN PANTS
- THE HORSE FLIES
- KEITH SECOLA & HIS WILD BAND OF INDIANS
- GIANT PANDA GUERILLA DUB SQUAD
- KEITH FRANK & THE SOILEAU ZYDECO BAND
- SIERRA MAESTRA
- FLYING CLOUDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA
- THE SPECKERS
- JENNIE LOWE STEARNS & THE FIRE CHOIR
- ATSIAKTONKIE
- THE BELIEVERS
- AYURVEDA
- JONES BENALLY FAMILY DANCE TROUPE
- JIM LAUDERDALE
- KEVIN KINSELLA
- THE HEARTBEATS
- JOHNNY DOWD
- WOODY PINES
- JIMKATA
- BLACK CASTLE
- HANK ROBERTS
- THOUSANDS OF ONE
- BIG COSMO
- BOBBY HENRIE & THE GONERS
- DARK WATER RISING
- THE MAKEPEACE BROTHERS
- THE ROCKRIDGE BROTHERS
- THE GUNPOETS
- MIKE BRINDISI & THE NEW YORK ROCK
- HEE HAW NIGHTMARE
- MAC & THE TRUCKS
- MOONTEE SINQUAH
- PASO FINO
- HOLY GHOST TENT REVIVAL
- BOY WITH A FISH
- THE BLIND SPOTS
- MARY BRETT LORSON & THE SOUBRETTES
- RICHIE STEARNS & EVIL CITY
- JACK MAVERICK & HIS WILD REBELS
- MATUTO
- JIM MILLER & DEMIJOHN
- YVETTE LANDRY
- THE TALKTOMES
- THE ROZATONES
- THE GRADY GIRLS
- UNIIT
- KINSHIP
- CALICO MOON
- TI TI CHICKAPEA
- PLASTIC NEBRASKA
- HECTORWORKS SOUNDSYSTEM
- BUBBA GEORGE STRINGBAND
- THE SUTRAS
- THE DOUBLE E
- SHARKPONY
- CROW GREENSPUN
- HIROSHIMA VACATION
- THE FLY RODS
- THE FOLKADELICS
- GRASSROOTS FESTIVAL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA