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Providence Folk Festival At RWNM

(8.27) The fourth annual Providence Folk Festival takes place Sunday at the Roger Williams National Memorial. Two stages this year. (Facebook event.) Main Stage: Cardboard Ox-MC/Quahog Quire/Wilbur Hill/Chris Monti Trio/Slackwater String Band/Cardboard Ox/Dan Lilley and the Keepers w/ Amy Bedard/Chris and Meredith Thompson/Pamela Means Band/Chris Trapper Go to Facebook for Songcrafter Stage and schedule of …

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Brown Folk Fest

(4.25) The weather looks promising for the annual Folk Festival at Brown University, a two-day festival of music featuring dance, food, and crafts. Numerous student bands will be performing April 24th to the 25th at the Pembroke Field House and Lincoln Field, respectively — but only Saturday’s event is free and open to the public. …

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Sugar Honey Iced Tea, Famous Winters at AS220 Foo Fest

If there’s something Rhode Island always gets right, it’s music in the summertime. You can practically set your watch to it. WBRU gets the party started with their Summer Concert Series, Newport responds with the Folk Fest, comes back next weekend with the Jazz Fest, but August is defined by AS220’s Foo Fest.

The Low Anthem at Stone Soup tonight

Eric’s terrific review of The Low Anthem has proven prophetic. Since their last local show in September (I’m sure they don’t begrudge the masses for not coming out in Pawtucket that day; it was raining like hell and we caught colds), The Low Anthem has toured 10 states; been featured as emerging artists on WorldCafe, …

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