The Free Range Music Series formed from the Free Range Music Festival. The festival was a volunteer powered celebration of original music in Belfast, Maine. The event took place over the downtown area and turned unconventional spaces – the local movie theater, churches, the Legion Hall, dining rooms, the library, galleries, vacant houses and more – into music venues. Participating musicians traveled from near and far, representing a wide range of genres and musical backgrounds, everything from rock to bluegrass, a capella vocal groups to hip hop. During its 5 year run, the festival never repeated a lineup and hosted over 125 local, regional and nationally touring acts.
2013
O’Death (NYC/Maine), Gordon Bok (Camden, ME), Josephine Foster (Spain), Ava Luna (Brooklyn, NY), Anders and Kendall (VT & NY), Samara Lubelski (NYC), P.G. Six (NYC, NY), Waylon Speed (Burlington, VT), Marissa Nadler (Boston, MA), Olas (Portland, ME), CSC Funk (Brooklyn, NY), Blind Owl Band (Saranac lake, NY), Jack Grelle (St Louis, MO), Ghost of Paul Revere (Portland, ME), Edith & Bennett (Waldo County, ME), Leapling (Brooklyn, NY), Alhan Middle Eastern Music Ensemble (Maine), Burst & Bloom Family Revue (Portsmouth, NH), Herbcraft (Maine), Endless Jags (Portland, ME), Assembly of Light Choir (Providence, RI), Mount Sharp (Brooklyn, NY), Leaves Leaves (Portland, ME), The Hips (Midcoast, ME), Pete Witham & The Cozmik Zombies (Portland, ME), Blue Northern (Midcoast, ME), Spires that in the Sunset Rise (Chicago, IL), Chamberlain (Bangor, ME), Mister Moon (Swanville & Palermo, Maine), Ethan Andrews (Belfast, ME), Video Nasties (Portland, ME), Hammer of Hathor (Unity, ME), Tremolino (Waldo County, ME), Clio & Chloe (Midcoast, ME). The 2013 festival kick off party took place on Friday, April 26 and featured The Blind Owl Band (Saranac Lake, NY) and our favorite comedy troupe Her Majesty’s Cabaret (Bangor, ME).
O’Death (NYC/Maine), Gordon Bok (Camden, ME), Josephine Foster (Spain), Ava Luna (Brooklyn, NY), Anders and Kendall (VT & NY), Samara Lubelski (NYC), P.G. Six (NYC, NY), Waylon Speed (Burlington, VT), Marissa Nadler (Boston, MA), Olas (Portland, ME), CSC Funk (Brooklyn, NY), Blind Owl Band (Saranac lake, NY), Jack Grelle (St Louis, MO), Ghost of Paul Revere (Portland, ME), Edith & Bennett (Waldo County, ME), Leapling (Brooklyn, NY), Alhan Middle Eastern Music Ensemble (Maine), Burst & Bloom Family Revue (Portsmouth, NH), Herbcraft (Maine), Endless Jags (Portland, ME), Assembly of Light Choir (Providence, RI), Mount Sharp (Brooklyn, NY), Leaves Leaves (Portland, ME), The Hips (Midcoast, ME), Pete Witham & The Cozmik Zombies (Portland, ME), Blue Northern (Midcoast, ME), Spires that in the Sunset Rise (Chicago, IL), Chamberlain (Bangor, ME), Mister Moon (Swanville & Palermo, Maine), Ethan Andrews (Belfast, ME), Video Nasties (Portland, ME), Hammer of Hathor (Unity, ME), Tremolino (Waldo County, ME), Clio & Chloe (Midcoast, ME). The 2013 festival kick off party took place on Friday, April 26 and featured The Blind Owl Band (Saranac Lake, NY) and our favorite comedy troupe Her Majesty’s Cabaret (Bangor, ME).
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2012
The Anders Parker Cloud Badge (Burlington, VT), the What Cheer? Brigade (Providence, RI), Callers (Brooklyn, NY), Arborea (Lewiston, ME), Sharron Kraus (England) with Glenn Jones (Cambridge, MA), Kath Bloom (New Hampshire), Shell Shag (Brooklyn, NY), The Black Swans (Columbus, OH), MV & EE (Vermont), Curious Mystery (Seattle, WA), The Bill Barnes Trio (Hope, ME), Spirit Family Reunion (Brooklyn, NY), Lonesome Shack (Seattle, WA), Mother Popcorn (San Francisco, CA), Bunwinkies (East Hampton & Turner Falls, MA), Butcher Boy (Portland, ME), The Coloradas (Portland and Waldo County, ME), The End Times Spasm Band (Fort Wayne, IN), AWAAS (Portland, ME), Coke Weed (Bar Harbor, ME), The Colin Langenus Orchestra (Brooklyn, NY), the Sun Parade (Northampton, MA), When Particles Collide (Bangor, ME), Prisma (Montville, ME), Alice Limoges (Rockport, ME), The Living Daylight (Brooksville, ME), Gypsy Caravan (Midcoast Area, ME), The Rugged (Jackson, ME), Meteora (Friendship and Lincolnville, ME), and Timbered Lake (Blue Hill, ME).
The Anders Parker Cloud Badge (Burlington, VT), the What Cheer? Brigade (Providence, RI), Callers (Brooklyn, NY), Arborea (Lewiston, ME), Sharron Kraus (England) with Glenn Jones (Cambridge, MA), Kath Bloom (New Hampshire), Shell Shag (Brooklyn, NY), The Black Swans (Columbus, OH), MV & EE (Vermont), Curious Mystery (Seattle, WA), The Bill Barnes Trio (Hope, ME), Spirit Family Reunion (Brooklyn, NY), Lonesome Shack (Seattle, WA), Mother Popcorn (San Francisco, CA), Bunwinkies (East Hampton & Turner Falls, MA), Butcher Boy (Portland, ME), The Coloradas (Portland and Waldo County, ME), The End Times Spasm Band (Fort Wayne, IN), AWAAS (Portland, ME), Coke Weed (Bar Harbor, ME), The Colin Langenus Orchestra (Brooklyn, NY), the Sun Parade (Northampton, MA), When Particles Collide (Bangor, ME), Prisma (Montville, ME), Alice Limoges (Rockport, ME), The Living Daylight (Brooksville, ME), Gypsy Caravan (Midcoast Area, ME), The Rugged (Jackson, ME), Meteora (Friendship and Lincolnville, ME), and Timbered Lake (Blue Hill, ME).
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2011
Michael Hurley, Grass Widow, Jonny Fritz, Brenda, Audrey Ryan, Time Crisis, Toughcats, Big Blood, Jacob Augustine, Gawler Family Band, Sunset Hearts, Broken Water, Murcielago, Mehuman Trio, The Rattlesnakes, Marie Stella, The Milkman’s Union, CatchaVibe, Ancestral Diet, Dead Man’s Clothes, The 220s, Press Gang, Full Contact Kitty, Tit City, Mark Mandeville & Raianne Richards, Asa Irons, Cave Bears, VoXX, In Houses in Trees
Mango Floss and Vistas performed at the Hillytown.com sponsored afterparty.
Michael Hurley, Grass Widow, Jonny Fritz, Brenda, Audrey Ryan, Time Crisis, Toughcats, Big Blood, Jacob Augustine, Gawler Family Band, Sunset Hearts, Broken Water, Murcielago, Mehuman Trio, The Rattlesnakes, Marie Stella, The Milkman’s Union, CatchaVibe, Ancestral Diet, Dead Man’s Clothes, The 220s, Press Gang, Full Contact Kitty, Tit City, Mark Mandeville & Raianne Richards, Asa Irons, Cave Bears, VoXX, In Houses in Trees
Mango Floss and Vistas performed at the Hillytown.com sponsored afterparty.
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2010
The Jazz Mandolin Project, David Wax Museum, Brown Bird, Tiger Saw, The Free Seedlings, David Dodson, Mary Ann Driscoll, Lady Lamb the Beekeeper, Travis Lloyd Band, Wesley Hartley and the Traveling Trees, The Fofers, Luna Madidus, South China, Lazarus, Unbunny, Shawn Mercer and the Boondock Blues Band, Uke of Spaces, Cinder Conk, Good Kids Sprouting Horns, Gully, Caethua, Travis Cyr and the Strings of Calamity, Class Machine, Mahdi Army Orkestars, Calvin and the Free Will Agents, Rural Electric
The Jazz Mandolin Project, David Wax Museum, Brown Bird, Tiger Saw, The Free Seedlings, David Dodson, Mary Ann Driscoll, Lady Lamb the Beekeeper, Travis Lloyd Band, Wesley Hartley and the Traveling Trees, The Fofers, Luna Madidus, South China, Lazarus, Unbunny, Shawn Mercer and the Boondock Blues Band, Uke of Spaces, Cinder Conk, Good Kids Sprouting Horns, Gully, Caethua, Travis Cyr and the Strings of Calamity, Class Machine, Mahdi Army Orkestars, Calvin and the Free Will Agents, Rural Electric
“To say that the Belfast Free Range Music Festival was a success would be a major understatement.” -The Republican Journal
“About a year ago I sang the praises of my home town of Belfast, Maine…here’s a heads-up to book a room for the weekend of the Belfast Free Range Music Festival.” – Boston.com/The Boston Globe
“The lineup for this year’s FREE RANGE MUSIC FESTIVAL far exceeds my expectations of what a one-day music gala in a population-7000 city should be.” -Editor’s Pick, The Phoenix
“About a year ago I sang the praises of my home town of Belfast, Maine…here’s a heads-up to book a room for the weekend of the Belfast Free Range Music Festival.” – Boston.com/The Boston Globe
“The lineup for this year’s FREE RANGE MUSIC FESTIVAL far exceeds my expectations of what a one-day music gala in a population-7000 city should be.” -Editor’s Pick, The Phoenix