With all the pomp and circumstance befitting the grand old age, Race Brook Lodge and Brooklyn’s historic Jalopy Theatre are heartily pleased to pal up again for the second annual Down County Jump Music Festival.
Prepare yourselves, friends and gentlefolk, for two days of jubilant spirit-lifty feet-tappity fun. Coming to full bloom on June 28 and 29 in the Southern Berkshire Hills of Sheffield MA.
This year we’ll whisk the gumbo once again blurring flavors of Gypsy Waltz, Swamp-Pop, Son Jarocho, Olde Time Rags, Hawaiian Hapa Haole, post-war New Orleans R&B - and a special Shape Note Singing performance by the acclaimed “Cold Mountain” soundtrack singer and Cordelia’s Dad frontman, TIM ERIKSEN. This year’s JUMP will offer some of the most danceable shuffles this side of the civil war.
Meet the artists here:
In order of appearance : TIM ERIKSEN, JACKSON & THE JANKS, PULSO DE BARRO, JENNY PARROT, THE LUCKY FIVE, WILSON AND WASH, LES TAIAUTS, STRIPMALL BALLADS, SLOWEY & THE BOATS.
Food, swimming, hiking, campfires, jam sessions, kids club and a special interactive Sacred Harp singing will all be a part of the experience this year.
Accommodations are limited! Book your room at Race Brook for the Down County Jump while they last! Rooms can only be reserved with this link or by using the code DOWNCOUNTY (not both).
JUMP FINAL SCHEDULE
Friday, June 28 - Pine Grove Porch
6PM Sweet May Dews - Old Time Fiddle Music
7PM Flophouse Follies - Ragtime Era Pop Songs from 1891-1918
8PM Adrianna Pericchi - Venezuelan "música llanera"
9PM Shinbone Alley - Sea Music and Street Ballads
10PM Special Guests Ballad Sing
Saturday, June 29 - Barn Space
12PM Doors Open
1PM Strip Mall Ballads - Underground Mountain Banjo
2 PM Jenny Parrott - Playful Pain Poet Folk
3PM Lucky 5 - Hot Swing
4PM Wilson and Walsh - Old Guard Country Music
5PM Slowey and the Boats - Hawaiian Hapa Haole
6PM Tim Eriksen - Shape Note Balladry
7PM Les Taiauts - Cajun Two Step
830 Pulso De Barro - Son Jarocho of Mexico's Gulf Coast
10pm Jackson and the Janks - Vintage New Orleans R&B
***From 2p to 4p there will be a special immersive singing event led by Tim Eriksen - a 20 person choir singing from the scared harp song book at the river pavilion - feel free to witness or participate!
Sunday, June30 - Pine Grove Porch
1030AM Tim Requarth - Hangry Hangover Breakfast Guitarishness
Friday & Saturday, June 28th & 29th, 2024
In the Barnspace at Race Brook Lodge
864 South Undermountain road ( AKA Rt 41 ) Sheffield, MA
Race Brook Lodge is a hidden gem in The Berkshires, at the foot of Mt. Race and a short hike from the Appalachian trail. The yoga & event barn at Race Brook is simultaneously rustic and sublime, steeped in hundreds of years of New England history. The Stagecoach Tavern is unpretentious fine dining, exquisite farm-to-table cuisine in a relaxed atmosphere. Much of the food is sourced from Race Farm, right on the property!
