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August 2 - 3
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After more than two years of limited opportunities to gather and hear live music, the 19th annual Sugar Maple Music Festival presents more than 10 mainstage performances August 5-6 at the beautiful W.G. Lunney Lake Farm County Park in Madison.
Audience engagement is what sets the Sugar Maple Music Festival apart, and this year, in addition to the mainstage performances and Roots & Reasons stage workshops, professional-musician-led jams and a variety of children’s activities are back.
From bluegrass to blues to rockabilly to swing to Latinx music, here’s a look at the talented performers coming to the August 5-6 festival:
FRIDAY 05 AUG
MAIN STAGE5:00-5:50 The Fly Birds
6:15-7:05 Bailey Dee with Joel Paterson
7:30-8:35 Tish Hinojosa
9:00-10:30 Henhouse Prowlers
Root & Reasons Stage6:00-6:25 Dave Landau sings songs for the kids
6:45-7:30 The Henhouse Prowlers on being Bluegrass Ambassadors
8:15-9:00 The Fly Birds encore set
SATURDAY 06 AUG
MAIN STAGE12:00-1:00 MadFiddle
1:15-2:15 Joel Paterson
2:40-3:40 Steam Machine
4:05-5:05 AJ Lee and Blue Summit
5:30-6:30 Old Fashioned Aces
6:55-8:15 Miss Tammy Savoy and the Rhythmaestros
8:40-10:00 The Best Westerns
Root & Reasons Stage10:00-11:30 Bloody Mary Jam: Down from the Hills
12:15-1:00 AJ Srubas and Blake Miller: The Old Time-Country-Cajun connection and What to Listen for in the Jams
1:30-2:15 Beginner Fiddlers w/Rin & Tina
2:15-2:50 Dave Landau sings songs for kids
3:00-3:45 The guitar stylings of Joel Paterson
4:00-4:45 A conversation with Tish Hinojosa (moderated by Sile Shigley of Simply Folk)
5:00-5:45 Mark Hembree “On the bus with Bill Monroe” (moderated by Chris Powers)
6:30-7:15 AJ Lee (Meet & Greet)
Schedules may change due to unforeseen events
Tickets available on-line or at the following ticket outlets:
Admission free for children 17 and under with a ticketed adult and this year our youth activities are back!
Have questions? Check out our FAQ page
Festival organizers strongly encourage attendees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and will closely monitor and comply with CDC recommendations and best practices.
Deeply discounted two-day passes the 2024 Sugar Maple Music Festival will be on sale this year for one day only – Cyber Monday, November 27, 2023. Our 21st annual festival promises to be extra special, and you won’t want to miss it. For just $40, you’ll be able to pick up a weekend pass for the August 2 and 3, 2024 event. This same pass will cost $70 at the door in August, so mark your calendar and don’t miss this chance to save $30 per ticket. Sugar Maple tickets make great holiday gifts!
Order your cyber tickets on our ticket page (starting at 12:01 am November 27.)
Looking for a great holiday gift for the music lover in your life? Then we have the gift for you!
Sugar Maple Music Festival 2020 tickets will be on sale for one day only this year – Cyber Monday on Dec. 2. For just $20, you’ll be able to purchase a weekend pass for the July 31 and Aug. 1, 2020 event. It will cost you $50 at the gate, so mark your calendar and don’t miss this chance to get huge savings.
Tickets go on sale here at 12:01 a.m. Monday, Dec. 2
Confirmed artists for the 2020 Sugar Maple Music Festival include the Amythyst Kiah Trio! Born in Chattanooga and based in Johnson City, Amythyst Kiah’s commanding stage presence is matched by her raw and powerful vocals—a deeply moving, hypnotic sound that stirs echoes of a distant and restless past.
Accompanied interchangeably with banjo, acoustic guitar, or a full band, her eclectic influences span decades, finding inspiration in old time music, alternative rock, folk, country, and blues.
Our Native Daughters, her recent collaboration with Rhiannon Giddens, Leyla McCalla, and Allison Russell (Birds of Chicago), has delivered a full-length album produced by Rhiannon Giddens and Dirk Powell, Songs of Our Native Daughters (out now on Smithsonian Folkways). The opening track, “Black Myself”, written by Amythyst, was recently nominated for a Grammy for Best American Roots Song.
This year’s line-up also includes Appalachian Road Show, a group honoring the music, traditions and history of the Appalachian people and regions. The group is comprised of banjoist Barry Abernathy, mandolinist-extraordinaire Darrell Webb, Grammy-award winning fiddler Jim Vancleve, and legendary upright bassist Todd Phillips. On guitar is Zeb Snyder, a young phenom taking acoustic guitar circles by storm.
And we have confirmed Robbie Fulks will be back at the Sugar Maple fest performing a Doc Watson Tribute! Robbie Fulks is a singer, recording artist, instrumentalist, composer, and songwriter. His most recent release, 2017’s Upland Stories, earned year’s-best recognition from NPR and Rolling Stone among many others, as well as two Grammy nominations, for folk album and American roots song (“Alabama At Night”). Robbie is a long-time friend of the festival (2004, 2007, 2009 and 2012) and we’re thrilled to welcome him back.
Any one of these performances would be worth the ticket price alone!
More artists to be announced…stay tuned!
Playing off our area code 608, we are offering up a sweet June 8 deal! For today only, get $6.08 off festival tickets purchased on-line.
Want to explore other #608Day deals? Check out the list of offers and see what the 608 area has to offer!
Just one more week to get your early-bird two day passes to the 16th Annual Sugar Maple Music Festival! On sale here through May 31.
Catch Wood & Wire at the Sugar Maple Fest Friday, August 2.
