The Great South Bay Music Festival
Long Island’s Longest Running, and Largest 4 Day Music
Festival Returns
THE GREAT SOUTH BAY MUSIC FESTIVAL
Celebrating
It’s 12th Anniversary
JULY 12-15th at Shorefront Park in Patchogue Village
Performances from Thrice, The Get Up Kids, The Front
Bottoms,
Umphrey’s McGee, Sublime with Rome, Envy On The Coast,
Original
Allman
Brothers Founder Dickey Betts & His Band Performing the Allman’s catalogue
with a Special Tribute to Gregg Allman
Over 65 Performers on 4 Stages
Patchogue, NY – The Great
South Bay Music Festival – Long Islands longest running, and largest 4 day,
all ages Music & Arts Festival, returns to the picturesque waterfront at Shorefront Park in Patchogue Village from Thursday,
July 12 through Sunday, July 15th.
Celebrating its 12th
year, the festival will feature over 65 performers in classic and contemporary
rock, jam-band, folk, blues, reggae, and punk genres, on three stages, plus an
educational KidZone Children’s Stage.
The fest will boast three craft
beer tents, wine garden, an artisan and craft market, and food court offering a
diverse gourmet menu.
Great South Bay Music Festival is
well known for presenting a musically varied and eclectic lineup of headline as
well as emerging original artists. Legends and icons, performing alongside
cutting edge rising stars is what the fest has been about since its inception
twelve years ago.
“I believe we are the true definition of an
organic, community, independent, family-run festival,” states festival
founder and producer, Jim Faith. “We are not a large fest coming to a
community, … we are our community! Growing up in Brooklyn, I spent many hours
in Central Park at the concerts on the Great Lawn, or band-shell. What was
different about those shows was the un-mistakeable amount of families. That’s
what I wanted to bring to Great South Bay. A family friendly, high quality
music fest, featuring name artists and emerging original artists in a safe and
positive environment”.
Thursday will kick off the fest with nine bands
including headliners: The Front Bottoms.
Fans of the genre will enjoy a full day of hard driving, rabid rock to include Thrice, The Get Up Kids and native Long
Islanders: Envy on the Coast.
Friday:
Three Stages: Headlining the main Stage the festival is excited to
present Alternative Reggae Rockers Sublime
with Rome, plus Dirty Heads, and
Less Than Jake. Over 14 artists on
three stages.
Saturday
is always “Jam-Rock Day” at Great South Bay. Headlining
this year and returning for their third visit are Masters of the genre: Umphrey’s McGee, plus Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Papadosio,
and Grateful Dead “Keepers of the Flame” JGB
Feat. Ex-Jerry Garcia band-mate Melvin Seals. Also appearing is Grammy
nominated Infamous Stringdusters member, and local guitar phenom, Andy Falco, & Friends.
Sunday – legends and more legends…
Great South Bay is honored and
excited to present Allman Brothers
Founding Member, singer-songwriter and guitarist: Dickie Betts and his Band. Betts
will perform a night of Allman Classics, as well as a heartfelt tribute to
Gregg Allman.
In addition, on the Main Stage:
legendary rockers Little Feat, and
returning for their fourth time, (and now considered Great South Bay “family”,)
Electric Hot Tuna. Plus, the Devon Allman Project featuring Duane Betts. (sons of Gregg Allman and
Dickie Betts), with nineteen artists’ performing
throughout the day.
And
for the annual special Sunday Morning Kids Concert, Great South Bay is excited
to bring back Disney’s: Imagination Movers. They will perform at noon. A
full menu of educational children’s performers to appear all day Saturday &
Sunday.
Regarding Great South Bay’s
commitment to present local and emerging artists, they are thrilled to also
present Keep Flying, Cassandra House, I Ignite, Gutterlife, King Neptune, Miles
To Dayton, Times Like These, Approaching Troy, Kerry Kearney Band,
Quarter Horse, Part Time Bear,
Robert Fulton Band, the Om-en, Whatever We Are, Bohemians, Pete Mancini, Ernie
& the Band, Samurai Pizza Cats, Dudley Music, Gnarly Karma, Scarabino, and
so many more.
Dates/Times:
Thursday, July 12: Doors 3PM to
10PM
Friday, July 13: Doors 3pm to
11PM
Saturday, July 14: Doors 1PM to
11PM
Sunday, July 15th: 11:00am doors
for Imagination Movers Kids Concert Sunday Regular Fest Ticket holders: Doors
1:30PM to 10:00PM.
Shorefront Park is located just
a few miles south of LIE, exit 63S.
Ticket price includes all
concerts and entertainment. Food & beverages not included. Single day
passes and full weekend passes are offered. Children ten and under are free,
except for the Imagination Movers concert. To purchase tickets, please visit: http://www.greatsouthbaymusicfestival.com/tickets/
An important dimension of Great
South Bay is their commitment to community and giving back. Since their very
first year, they’ve used the festival as a tool to help raise funds for needy
organizations. A list of those who benefit can be found below.
Stony
Brook Hospital Cancer Center
One dollar from each ticket
purchase will be donated to Stony Brook Hospital Cancer Center. Along with The
Sticky Finger Bike Run that Great South Bay Festival ran for the past 11 years,
they have raised over a quarter of a
million dollars to fight breast cancer.
The
GSB – Stony Brook Cancer Fund
One dollar from every ticket
purchased will go to the Stony Brook Cancer Center specifically to fight
children’s cancers.
Long
Island Cares: The Harry Chapin Foodbank
In addition to collecting
non-perishable food items, LI Cares will again staff one of their beer tents
and together we will donate all salaries and tips to their organization.
The
Long Island Music Hall of Fame
The organization was created to
preserve and promote the history of LI’s rich musical history, as well as award
scholarships, nurture LI’s young talent, and finally build its museum home on
LI.
Maureen’s
Haven Homeless Outreach Program
GSB is proud to support this
organization that provides shelter and compassionate services to the homeless
on Long Island.
Suffolk
Action For Empowering Resiliency (SAFER)
SAFER provides resources on
community mental health agencies, and educational materials for parents and
families.
PAWS
United
PAWS United finds homes for
homeless animals.
For more information
Website: www.greatsouthbaymusicfestival.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/GreatSouthBayMusicFestival
Twitter: @GSBMFestival
Instagram: www.instagram.com/greatsouthbaymusicfestival
Past performers at Great South
Bay Music Fest have included B.B. King,
Taking Back
Sunday,
Graham Nash, 311, Govt. Mule, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, the Doobie
Brothers, Grateful Dead’s Mickey
Hart & Bill Kreautzman, Hot Tuna, Robert
Randolph & the Family Band, The Wailers, Ritchie Havens, Anders Osborne,
WAR, Billy Squire, G Love &
Special Sauce, Railroad Earth, Rusted Root, Blue Oyster Cult, moe., Eddie
Money, Dave Mason, Foghat, 38
Special, Jerry Douglas, Tom Paxton, Galactic, Third Eye Blind, Soulive, Jefferson Starship, Martin Sexton, Colbie Caillat,
David Bromberg, New Riders, DSO,
blues legends Savoy Brown, Bernard
Allison & Sonny Landreth, New
Found Glory, Circa Survive, Tom Paxton, the subdudes, and gospel-blues queen Odetta in one of her final performances.
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