Check out our growing list of music festivals in New England! Among the oldest and most well known-- the Newport Jazz Festival (est. 1954) and the Newport Folk Festival (est. 1959), both co-founded by legendary jazz producer, George Wein. Other popular outdoor music venues in New England include The Litchfield Jazz Festival in Connecticut, North Atlantic Blues Festival in Maine, Roots On The River in Vermont, and the Green River Festival in Massachusetts. Each year families and individuals from age 0-99 gather to enjoy live music and entertainment at one of New England's many outdoor summer music festivals. One can find arts and craft activities for kids, tasty food and good drink provided by local vendors, as well as an array of artisans selling specialty, New England-made  products and gifts. What better way to get outdoors and enjoy summer in New England?

The girl can't help it. With a spirited smile that could charm the devil, Brandi Carlile possesses a natural beauty and wholesome goodness that radiates from the inside out. Like her music, she is honest, heartfelt and uncompromising in her values and beliefs. Her passion is her music and music is her life. And at 29, Brandi Carlile is doing exactly what she set out to do as a small child growing up in rural Ravensdale, Washington. She is living her dream. 

Born June 1, 1981, the oldest of three children, Brandi Carlile grew up listening to the likes of Patsy Cline and Johnny Cash.  Her early years were strongly influenced by her mother, Teresa Carlile, a local country and western singer. At 8 years old,  Brandi performed  Roseanne Cash's "Tennessee Flat-Top Box" at the Northwest Grand Ol' Opry and was immediately hooked by the lure and applause of the audience. Under her mother's watchful eye, Brandi continued giving live performances and cultivating her musical talent. At 16, Brandi got a job with her best friend as a backup singer for an Elvis impersonator, who also happened to be  her best friend's father. By 17 she had taught herself to play the guitar and piano, had long been writing songs, and had just discovered rock and roll. Brandi was completely "wowed" by legendary music greats Elton John, Freddie Mercury of Queen, Roy Orbison, and Radiohead's Thom Yorke, all whose influence would come to play an intricate part in refining Brandi as an artist.

At 30 years old, Ingrid Michaelson is a woman of her own. She knows what she wants and she knows how to get it. Although she has been approached by major record labels and producers, Ingrid Michaelson is holding her ground as an independent recording artist. In a competitive industry often driven by big money, national trends, and record sales, getting noticed as an indie-pop artist is no easy feat. However, with her smooth vocals and catchy, upbeat lyrics, Ingrid Michaelson is staring success in the eye from behind her trademark specs, making it all look too easy.

Born December 8, 1979, Ingrid Michaelson grew up in Staten Island, New York with dreams of one day practicing comedy as a musical theater actress. She never thought of becoming a musician, let alone a songwriter. Her passion for the arts and performing was nurtured by her parents from an early age. At four, she was learning to play the piano and later learned to play the guitar and ukulele. She attended various music schools in Manhattan and Staten Island and spent much of her youth honing her acting skills  performing in a musical childrens theater group called "Kids on Stage". Throughout high school, Ingrid Michaelson worked closely with a vocal coach  and graduated from Binghamton University with a degree in theater. After college, she pursued an acting career in NYC while writing music on the side. And then something changed... Ingrid found music and song-writing to be liberating in ways that her efforts in acting were not. As she puts it, she found something that made her feel "special". She was 23 and at an important crossroads. She relinquished a career in acting to follow her new found love as a singer/songwriter.