(March 13, 2019 – Cambridge, MA) – Calling all bluegrass and old-time music fans. Club Passim has announced the lineup for the for the 8th Annual Down Home Up Here Festival at the historic Harvard Square music listening room on Saturday, April 13th and Sunday, April 14th. From 13-year old Brooklyn banjo prodigy Nora Brown to veteran pickers The Revenants, this year’s festival will feature more than a dozen acts performing over 21 hours of bluegrass and old-time music.
The festival, which happens annual on Patriot’s Day Weekend, begins Saturday at 2pm with 10 hours of music with performances by Ruta Beggars, Bill Morris duo, The Riverside, The New Students, Max Wareham & Friends, Heather, Tyler, & Simon, Little Nora Brown, The Royer Family Band, Rowell, FitzPatrick, & Edwards, and Andy Cambria & George Clements.
On Sunday, music starts at 4pm with performances by The Revenants, Jes & Jakob, Gin Daisy, Flynn Cohen & Ben Pearce, Spring Hill Rounders, Ethan Setiawan, Ella Jordan, & Korey Brodsky, The Riverside, and Gabe Hirshfeld & Massachusetts.
This year’s festival also includes te a special bluegrass edition of Club Passim’s Live Music Brunch featuring Simon Dunson & Korey Brodsky Sunday morning from 10:00AM to 2:00PM.
Down Home Up Here returns to Club Passim on April 13th and 14th. Tickets are $15 and available at www.clubpassim.org, by calling 617-492-7679 (9:30 AM – 5:00 PM, Monday – Friday) or at the Club Passim box office. Club Passim is located in Harvard Square at 47 Palmer St., Cambridge, MA 02138.
About Passim
The mission of Passim is to provide truly exceptional and interactive live musical experiences for both performers and audiences, to nurture artists at all stages of their career, and to build a vibrant music community. Passim does so through their legendary listening venue, music school, artist grants and outreach programs. As a nonprofit since 1994, Passim carries on the heritage of our predecessors-the historic Club 47 (1958-1968) and for-profit Passim (1969-1994). We cultivate a diverse mix of musical traditions, where the emphasis is on the relationship between performers and audience and teachers and students. Located in Harvard Square, Passim serves Cambridge and the broader region by featuring local, national and international artists. Our ultimate goal is to help the performance arts flourish and thereby enrich the lives of members of our community. For a complete schedule, visit www.passim.org.
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