Sugar Maple Traditional Music Festival: August 6th & 7th 2021

The 18th Sugar Maple Music Festival featuring Bluegrass, Cajun, Old Time, Americana Roots, Blues, Rockabilly and Combinations thereof for intergenerational enjoyment. From Beginner bluegrass jamming to Roots & Reason Stage for education and enjoyment with often a full tent, plus plenty of "spill over" - this was a Sugar Maple Festival to remember. Pent up demand, after the long hiatus of the Covid pandemic created, an audience captivated enough to brave inclement weather including high winds and downpouring rain. Here's the photo essay of the talent along with their inspired audience members of all ages - both first time attendees & hundreds that faithfully gather each and every year.

Paper Wings (Indie Folk) ,Sistastrings (Multigenre),Bill Kirchen & Redo Volkaert (Rockabilly/Country),Appalachian Roadshow(Bluegrass), Buffalo Nicholas(Country Blues),Chicken Wire Empire, Belen Escobedo Y Panfilo's Guera (Tejano Conjunto),Ray Bonneville (Blues,Roots),Mary Battiata and Little Pink (Country),Jourdan Thibodeaux et les Rocailleurs (Louisiana French Music), andLouise Kirchen (Songwriter and Vocalist).

The ever popular Dave Landau with Songs for Kids, Rin Q Ribble (Beginner Fiddlers),TIna Thompson (Roots and Reason Beginner Fiddlers),Down from the Hills (Bloody Mary Saturday AM Jam) plus more.

The rain and wind came, but the tent held as the pioneer spirit kept the music coming on into the night.