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deerfield farm fest

Deerfield Farm & Music Festival
Saturday August 23, 2008
Mill Village Rd. Old Deerfield
2:00 - 10:00 pm

Family Fun!
Come support farming in western Massachusetts
One mile south of Old Deerfield
$10 admission for adults
FREE for children under 16

Schedule of Events

6:00 AM - Bike Randonee Begins
 
           D2R2 - Deerfield Dirt Road Randonee (170K)
 
9:00AM
 
D2R2 - Deerfield Dirt Road Randonee (100K)
 
11:00 AM
 
          D2R2 - Deerfield Dirt Road Randonee - Family Ride
 
2:00PM  -   Farm & Music Festival Begins
 
Pioneer Gardens Greenhouse Tours (ends 5pm)
Farmer's Market
Vendor Booths
Sheep Herding
Children's Activities
Music (see Entertainment section for details)
 
3:00PM - 10:00 PM
 
BBQ dinner served by the Sunset Hoopsters
Bart's Ice Cream
Hay Rides (ends 7pm)
Horse Drawn plowing demonstration (ends 5pm)
 

4:00PM - 10:00 PM

Berkshire Brewing Company
 

Vendors

Sunset Hoopsters

Berkshire Brewing Company

Bart's Ice Cream

Mo's Fudge Factor

Alotta Hoopla

Potash Hill Farm

ENTERTAINMENT

2:00 SPANCIL HILL

A trio including brothers Desmond and Sean Burke and Buddy Downey, who have been playing their traditional and original Irish music together since 1980.


3:30 PM  The TOM INGRAM Band

An eclectic mix of pop rock with emotionally-charged, self-reflective lyrics. Put this music in a blender and mix it with U2, Steely Dan and Sting, add a little funk and enjoy the flavor.


5:00 PM  WILD-WOOD


With foundations in folk, bluegrass, and old-fashioned rock and roll, the group melds sweet vocal harmonies with the sounds of fiddle, upright bass, mandolin, drums, guitar, and piano to create a sound that appeals to people of all ages and musical tastes.


6:30 PM  SWEETWIND


A new band out of the small towns of Western Massachusetts that is fast acquiring a broad fan base, mixes traditional celtic and folk rock original music. This unique, fun-loving outfit is entertaining audiences of all ages with its integrated influences and lively performances


8:00 PM  THE RISING
   
The Rising combines the most progressive modes of Irish Music to create a new and inspiring form of Irish Trad-Rock. The Rising have not only the traditional musicians who have helped to form the scene, but the new blood that drives the music to it's unique potential.  The heart of Ireland lives in the music of the Rising in a new and thrilling way


 

About Farm Fest

Farm Fest is a fund raising event benefiting the Franklin and Deerfield Land Trusts. It is the brainchild of Jaap Molenaar, a Deerfield farmer who found his way to Western Massachusetts via the Netherlands. Jaap runs a successful wholesale nursery stock business in Deerfield on land that was preserved by the Deerfield Land Trust and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts APR program.

Jaap and his fellow DLT board members launched Farm Fest in July of 2006.

This past May, the Deerfield and Franklin Land Trust's have merged into a new collaborative land protection team. We look forward to many successful Farm Fests to come.