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Black Bear Music Fest's

2025 Lineup

Howie Day

Singer songwriter

David Wilcox

Folk

Jeffrey Gaines

Rock 'n' Soul

Southern Hospitality

Roots, Blues, Rock, Americana

The Nields

indie-folk-rock

Entrain

World/Jam/Rock

The Dreadnoughts

polka-punk/sea shanty

Mark Gamsjager & The Lustre Kings

American Rock & Roll

Ryan David Green

Evocative Fingerstyle Guitar + Singer/Songwriter

Matt Smith

Creative Folk/Americana

Josh Joplin Group

Rock

Tall Travis

Folk-punk

Belle of the Fall

Indie Folk with a rock and roll attitude.

Johnny Longo and the Koolhead Blues Band

Blues/Funk/Soul Big Band

Shanna in a Dress

Quirky folk pop from a clever millennial who sucks at dating

Sam Robbins

Singer/Songwriter

VOYAGR

Indie-Folk / Americana / Country

Hope Dunbar

New American Prairie

The New Students

Folk, Bluegrass, Americana

Jillian Matundan

Alt-Indie-Folk

Jessica Smucker

literary folk-pop

Sam Plourd

Indie Pop

Rev Ezra

American Folk Rock

Cold Chocolate

Americana

Clay Pigeons

Bluegrass

Cricket Blue

indie chamber folk

Jesse Terry

Rootsy Folk-Americana with Soul, Stories, and Stardust

The Honey Badgers

harmony-rich folk/singer-songwriter

Danielle Miraglia

Folk/Blues

Christine Bilé

Pop-Folk with Soulful R&B Roots

Decker Bandits

New Grass with a twist of funky folk latin jam dance.

Tyler Nail

Americana, Folk

Marc Apostolides

Singer/songwriter

Charlie Diamond

Feral Folk Country Outlaw

Kirsten Maxwell

siren/singer/songwriter

Sean MaGwire

Singer Songwriter

Mark Wahl

Jedi Folk
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150 Locust Road
Harwinton, CT 06791
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