07/28/2026
This Saturday, August 1 at 1:15 pm, is Lancaster Acoustic Fest! This year’s lineup features 3 artists, starting with the melodic, emotional folk pop of Nathan Wells. Wells was the lead singer, guitarist, and keyboard player of acclaimed indie pop band Epic Season and plays the same role in his current group Winifred. Nathan Wells will be followed by The Barnyard Incident, a 5-piece band from Bethlehem that plays everything from folk to Celtic to rock, with blues, jazz, and bluegrass thrown in. They cover the likes of The Be Good Tanyas, The Steel Drivers, Bonnie Raitt, and Doc Watson, along with their originals. The band includes Deb Sullivan on lead vocals and percussion, Perry Williams on upright bass, Barry Moore on dobro, mandolin, guitar, and harmonica, Dean Bakes on mandolin, guitar, and banjo, and James Sullivan on fiddle and guitar. The final group is August First (playing on the first of August!), a New England music festival favorite, including frequent appearances at Jerry Jam. August First is a "Blues-Grassicana" project with a unique take on stringed music through their vibrant, lyrical originals and diverse covers. They feature mandolin, banjo, acoustic guitar, tenor guitar, banjolele, cello, upright bass, and soulful lead vocals by Nicole D’Amico, one of the musicians in last year’s Acoustic Fest standout Women Folk Women Folk Music Experience. August First’s most recent album is The Space in Between, available to stream everywhere. Lancaster Acoustic Fest is sponsored by the Noyes Fund and by Passumpsic Bank, SMALL TOWN LOUD, The Granite Grind, Garland Mill, and The Community Builders Hub. Thanks to our sponsors for making these events possible! Photo by Fletcher Manley Imaging
