This Weekend–Drum Boogie Festival 2017!

  |  September 6, 2017
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DRUM BOOGIE FESTIVAL 2017
A FREE WORLD-CLASS MUSIC FESTIVAL WITH DANCE and VOICE

The Drum Boogie Festival® is a FREE, one-day music festival which is family-oriented and multi-cultural, celebrating the diverse styles of music, dance and voice from around the world. It will take place on September 9, 2017 from 11 AM to 8 PM at Andy Lee Field, Woodstock, NY.

The festival brings together world-class talent while introducing the audience to a variety of styles involving percussion such as: Jazz, Rock, Classical, African, Reggae, Steel Pan and more. This year’s festival includes Jack DeJohnette, NEXUS, East Indian, NYU Steel Band, POOK Youth Drummers and Dancers, West African Drummers and Dancers, and the Big Takeover Reggae Band.

drum boogie festival 2017The Drum Boogie Festival is produced by the Woodstock Chimes Fund, the charitable arm of Woodstock Chimes®, and is spear-headed by Grammy Award winner Garry Kvistad, founder/owner of Woodstock Chimes and Executive Director of the Drum Boogie Festival. Through this free event, we hope to promote an exchange of world culture through the diversity of rhythm, dance and song that is offered and celebrated during the festival.

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You don’t have to love Drums to LOVE DRUM BOOGIE. This free festival has a variety of food trucks on site to serve your hunger needs. Bring a lawn chair or blanket and stay for the day.
The 2017 Drum Boogie Festival supports Family of Woodstock and their Domestic Violence Services.

The Drum Boogie is made possible by the generosity of the Woodstock Chimes Fund, Bread Alone, and Assemblyperson Kevin Cahill.

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