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Musicians and performers appearing at the Hudson Valley Garlic Festival

Fisher Kiernan

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Annie and the Hedonists

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Annie and the Hedonists, photo by Bill Spence

Folksy, wide range of acoustic standards, gospel, labor ballads, early jazz and blues.  Annie and the Hedonists has a strong lead singer with the harmonic backup that make for a popular act.

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Musicians and performers appearing at the Hudson Valley Garlic Festival

Sundad

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Sundad, father and son guitarists

Sundad new age guitarists play together in harmony with precision finger picking

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The Mojo Myles Band

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A rising star of Blues and Jazz, Myles Mancuso and The Mojo Myles Band will rock Hudson Valley Garlic Festival visitors with his soulful blues and jazz.

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Musicians and performers appearing at the Hudson Valley Garlic Festival

Captain Squeeze and the Zydeco Moshers

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Captain Squeeze and the Zydeco Moshers

Since 1996 the Captain has been squeezing the best Zydeco in the country.

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Mark Rust

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Folk Guitarist Mark Rust

Mark Rust’s performances showcase an impressive array of instruments, including fiddle, guitar, hammered dulcimer, mountain dulcimer and banjo. He writes his own songs based on personal experiences and sings about family, good feelings and home. Come enjoy a fun, interactive performance by an impressive musical talent.

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Musicians and performers appearing at the Hudson Valley Garlic Festival

One World Puppetry and Peformance Art

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One World Puppetry and Performance Art

One World Puppetry & Performance Art’s magical friends will be appearing from New York’s very own garlic patch. Keep your eyes open throughout the festival grounds and at the kids tent for the Garlic Giant and his friend the Garlic Fairy. They will be wandering the festival grounds and having fun with one and all, [...]

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Morris Dancers

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Dancing a traditional dance of spring the Morris Dancers entertain Hudson Valley Garlic Festival visitors.

Morris Dancers perform an ancient dance that was traditionally used in the Spring planting time, with the bells, whistles, and pounding sticks of the dancers driving the evil spirits from the newly plowed fields. And again the dancers will be performing their celebration of the harvest, at this fall’s Hudson Valley Garlic Festival (Saturday only).

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Musicians and performers appearing at the Hudson Valley Garlic Festival

The Homegrown String Band

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Homegrown String Band, Photo by Steve Gravao

The Homegrown String Band is a 22nd century incarnation of the traditional family band. The band, which was literally home grown, consists of Georgianne and Rick Jackofsky and daughters Erica and Annalee. Utilizing unique instrumentation and varied musical influences, this quartet of acoustic musicians from Rocky Point, NY has put their own stamp on traditional [...]

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Jules and Rick

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Rick and Jules

We are a husband & wife singer-songwriter team based out of Woodstock, NY. We met in NYC in the mid 90’s when we were both doing the actor/musician thing. We started performing together and we both liked what we heard. For the next several years, we kicked around the NYC music scene, met some talented [...]

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