Free Concert at Stage Fort Park on August 24 Will Also Feature
Noah Kahan, Mt. Joy and Tall Heights
Gloucester, MA – July 10, 2019 – Boston’s Independent Radio, 92.5 the River announced Guster will
headline the 18th Annual Riverfest Seaside Music Festival. The 2019 Festival will be held on Sat.,
August 24, 2019 from 12 noon – 6 pm at its new location at Stage Fort Park in Gloucester, MA.
The perfect festival for music fans of all ages, the Riverfest Seaside Music Festival is presented by
Bud Light. In addition to Guster, the festival will feature performances from Noah Kahan, Mt. Joy
and Tall Heights, along with food trucks, multiple vendors and KidZone, an interactive area for
children with inflatables, face painting and other activities. For the adults, there will be the Bud
Light Build-a-Bar and Tito’s Handmade Vodka pop-up lounge.
“We are looking forward to bringing this year’s Riverfest to the beautiful Stage Fort Park in
Gloucester, overlooking Gloucester harbor,” said Donald St. Sauveur, General Manager for
WXRV/92.5 the River. “Many of our listeners come from Essex County especially Gloucester, Cape
Ann and the surrounding communities and it just makes sense to bring Riverfest to them. Plus,
Stage Fort Park provides an opportunity to grow the event in a safe and family friendly manner.”
With limited parking available on-site, attendees are encouraged to take alternative transportation
to the Riverfest Seaside Music Festival. The MBTA Commuter Rail offers service into two
Gloucester stations. The Cape Ann Transportation Authority (CATA) will be running trolleys on a
Saturday schedule throughout the day, and a shuttlebus network is being put together to serve
satellite parking lots including Magnolia Woods Recreational Area (located at 474 Western Avenue
in the Magnolia section of Gloucester.), the O’Maley Innovation Middle School (located at 32 Cherry
Street in Gloucester) and Gloucester High School (located at 32 Leslie O. Johnson Road in
Gloucester). A limited number of parking spots will be available on a first come-first served basis at
the park ($20 for non-residents and $10 for residents with stickers). Residents are encouraged to
ride a bike or walk to the festival.
“We are incredibly excited about this year’s festival and the opportunity to showcase a line-up with
strong New England connections,” continued St. Sauveur. “We’ve always considered the River to be
Guster’s hometown radio station and have had the opportunity to showcase their music in a
number of different venues. We believe Stage Fort Park in Gloucester will be one of the best yet.”
Originally formed at Tufts University, Guster has had a string of hits with songs like “Satellite,”
“Amsterdam,” “What You Call Love,” “Overexcited, ” “Do You Love Me,” and “This Could All Be
Yours”, all staples of the River’s playlist. In January, Guster released Look Alive, the band’s first new
album in four years. Recorded in a vintage keyboard museum in Calgary, AB, the album captures the group – Adam Gardner, Ryan Miller, Luke Reynolds, and Brian Rosenworcel – at an inspired
moment, creating the most layered, moody and brilliantly unpredictable music of their storied
career.
Guster will be joined at Riverfest by alternative troubadour Noah Kahan from Strafford, VT, who
has burst on the scene with his 2018 international hit single “Hurt Somebody.” The song has been
streamed over 200 million times in the span of a year and was the third most played song on
Australian Top 40 radio in 2018. Kahan released his debut album Busyhead in June.
Mt. Joy started as a rekindling of shared musical ambitions between high school friends Matt
Quinn and Sam Cooper. Reunited in Los Angeles, the pair met multi-instrumentalist Michael
Byrnes. With Byrnes’ roommate Caleb Nelson producing, they recorded three songs and sent
them out into the world, hoping for the best. The song “Astrovan” took off on Spotify, racking
up more than 5 million streams. The band’s breakout single, “Silver Lining,” was a top charting
single on Adult Rock Radio.
Rounding out the lineup are Paul Wright and Tim Harrington, together known as Tall Heights.
From the streets of Boston to venues across the globe, the duo has diligently built a career from the
ground up as a relentless touring act. With 130 million streams under their belt and touring
alongside the likes of Ben Folds, CAKE, Judah & the Lion and Colony House, Tall Heights released
their sophomore album Pretty Colors for Your Actions featuring the River hit “House on Fire” late
last year.
Since 1995, WXRV/92.5 the River has been Boston’s independent radio choice playing a mix of
alternative, acoustic, blues, folk, reggae, and other genres of music. The station’s playlist combines
current releases from today’s artists, in addition to favorites from the ’80s and ’90s, and even a few
deep album cuts from the ’60s and ’70s. Previous performers of the festival have included
Barenaked Ladies, Matt Nathanson, Eric Hutchinson, Fastball, They Might Be Giants, Toad the Wet
Sprocket, English Beat, Matt Kearny, Blind Melon, The Lemonheads, Big Head Todd & the Monsters,
The Revivalists, Rhett Miller, and more.
Featuring Guster, Noah Kahan, Mt. Joy and Tall Heights, 92.5 the River’s Riverfest Seaside
Music Festival takes place Saturday, August 24th from 12Noon – 6PM at Stage Fort Park in
Gloucester, MA. The concert is rain or shine. For more information and updates, visit
https://theriverboston.com/attend/riverfest/
For media inquiries, contact Adam Klein:
adam@ckcommgroup.com
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