Pleasantville Music Festival facts for kids

The Pleasantville Music Festival is a single-day music festival which takes place annually at Parkway Field in Pleasantville, New York. Some of the many acts that have performed at the Pleasantville Music Festival are: Everclear, Soul Asylum, Aimee Mann, Matthew Sweet, Blues Traveler Living Colour, Suzanne Vega, Guster, KT Tunstall, The Revivalists, The Smithereens, Gin Blossoms, G Love & Special Sauce, Fastball, Jakob Dylan, Joan Osborne, Marc Cohn, Big Head Todd & the Monsters, the English Beat, and Roger McGuinn. These major acts perform alongside up and coming national acts and small local bands from around the tri-state area.

Musical acts

2019

The 2019 festival was held July 13, 2019. Headliners were Everclear, Soul Asylum, Aimee Mann, Matthew Sweet and Bailen

The Main Stage:

• Everclear
• Soul Asylum
• Aimee Mann
• Bailen
• Swahoogie
• Mosa

The Chill Tent Stage:

• Matthew Sweet
• Dean Friedman
• The Bruce T. Carroll Band
• e'lissa jones
• Alex Cano
• Lillimure

The Party Stage:

• The New Respects
• Micky James
• Tales of Joy
• Melt
• Color Tongue
• Spitphyre

The 2018 festival was held July 14, 2018. Headliners were The Psychedelic Furs, The Lone Bellow, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, and Cracker

The Main Stage:

• The Psychedelic Furs
• The Lone Bellow
• Robert Randolph & the Family Band
• Cracker
• Lizzie & the Makers
• The Bluechips

The Chill Tent Stage:

• John Hall w/Fly Amero
• Chanelle
• Dan Zlotnick
• Tim Stout
• Emily Angell
• David Vogel

The Party Stage:

• Harsh Armadillo
• Juice
• Late Night Episode
• Loose Buttons
• Friends At The Falls≤
• Gilbert

2017

The 2017 festival was headlined by Blues Traveller, Living Color, and Suzanne Vega.

The Main Stage:

• Suzanne Vega
• Blues Traveller
• Living Colour
• Hollis Brown
• Caleb Flood and The Culture
• Riiza

The Chill Tent Stage:

• The Pousette-Dart Band
• James Maddock
• Ghost Millionaires
• Khaya
• The Shovel Ready String Band
• Mary Hood

The Party Stage:

• Ripe
• Sir Cadian Rhythm
• The Alpaca Gnomes
• Arc & Stones
• Stellar Young
• For Lack of a Term

2016

The 2016 festival was headlined by Guster and KT Tunstall. The festival featured three stages: The Main Stage, The Chill Tent Stage and The Party Stage. The festival attracted thousands of concertgoers and featured a beer and wine garden, kids activities, and vendors.

The Main Stage:

• Guster
• KT Tunstall
• The Revivalists
• The Smithereens
• The Annie Minogue Band
• Indigo King

The Chill Tent Stage:

• Aztec Two Step
• Side Saddle
• Drew Bordeaux
• KT Tunstall (Performing a solo acoustic set)
• Don Dilego
• Back 2 Zero

The Party Stage:

• Karma Darwin
• Wild Adriatic
• Rainbow Kitten Surprise
• The Amanda Ayala Band

2015

The 2015 festival was headlined by Gin Blossoms, G Love & Special Sauce, and Fastball.

The Main Stage:

• Gin Blossoms
• G Love & Special Sauce
• Fastball
• Lost Leaders
• Rebecca Haviland & Whiskey Heart
• Wild Planes

The Chill Tent Stage:

• Marshall Crenshaw
• Andy Suzuki
• East Love
• Jeremy James
• David Leonard
• Megan Talay

The Party Stage:

• Beebs & Her Money Makers
• Josh Flagg
• Lions on the Moon
• Regret the Hour

2014

The 2014 lineup saw headlining sets by Ian Hunter & The Rant Band, and Amy Helm & The Handsome Strangers. The festival featured 2 stages: The Main Stage and The Village Stage.

The Main Stage:

• Ian Hunter & The Rant Band
• Amy Helm & The Handsome Strangers
• Augustana
• Jessica Lynn
• Scars on 45
• Grizfolk
• Leroy Justice

The Village Stage:

• American Pin-Up
• Ben Fuller
• Blues Mothers
• Spuyten Duyvil
• Stone Cold Fox
• The Compact

2013

The 2013 festival was headlined by Brett Dennen and had one stage featuring 10 acts.

The Main Stage:

• Brett Dennen
• Easy Star All-Stars
• Delta Rae
• Red Wanting Blue
• Bobby Long
• Mary C. & The Stellars
• Mishti
• The Jason Spooner Band
• The Kopecky Family Band
• The Terrible Friends

2012

The 2012 festival was headlined by The English Beat, and featured three stages.

The Main Stage:

• The English Beat
• Delta Spirit
• ZZ Ward
• Davy Knowles
• Good Old War
• Susan Said

The Village Stage:

• Broverdose
• James Adams
• Patti Hupp
• Red Wanting Blue
• Sloan Wainwright
• Starnes & Shah
• True Apothecary

The Beer & Wine Garden Stage:

• The Folkadelics
• The Involvement
• The ReignJah Band

2011

The 2011 festival was headlined by Marc Cohn and Augustana. The festival featured three stages.

The Main Stage:

• Marc Cohn
• Augustana
• Sonny Landreth
• Nicole Atkins & The Black Sea
• Scars on 45
• If But When
• Tony Bellantoni & The Swag Hooks

The Village Stage:

• Chris Fox and Mojo Monde
• Johanna
• Patti Hupp
• Milton
• Skyfactor
• The Callen Sisters
• Nectar
• Lisa Brigantino
• Remember September
• Makeshift Lullaby

The Beer & Wine Garden Stage:

• Geoff Hartwell with Andy Aledort
• Patti Rothberg
• The ReignJah Band

2010

The 2010 festival was headlined by Jacob Dylan and featured 3 stages.

The Main Stage:

• Jakob Dylan
• The Bacon Brothers
• Carney
• Ten Feet Deep
• Evan Watson & The Headless Horsemen
• Rhett Tyler
• The Trapps

The Village Stage:

• Beneficial Tomatoes
• Sleepy Hollow String Band
• The Erin Hobson Compact
• Gigi & The Lend Me a Hand Band
• Billy Simons
• Agent Si
• Steven Wright-Mark
• Charlotte Kendrick

The Beer & Wine Garden Stage:

• Norberto Goldberg
• The Melillo Brothers
• Frank Enea

2009

The 2009 festival was headlined by Big Head Todd and The Monsters, and featured three stages.

The Main Stage:

• Big Head Todd and The Monsters
• Hill Country Revue
• Resonant Soul
• Davy Knowles & Back Door Slam
• Justin Biaggi and The Hopeless Romantics
• Kirsten Price
• Ever Since

The Village Stage:

• Alex Yacovelli
• Alison Cipris
• Julie Corbalis
• Louis G
• Nannyhagen Creek
• Open Till Midnight
• Red Molly
• Sabrina Stone
• The Ya-Yas

The Beer & Wine Garden Stage:

• T Jay
• The Bad Habits
• The Evan Watson Band
• The Mondays

2008

The 2008 festival was headlined by Joan Osborne and featured three stages.

The Main Stage:

• Joan Osborne
• Graham Parker
• deSol
• Back Door Slam
• Blindswitch
• High Voltage
• Nikki Armstrong
• The Dig

The Kid's Stage:

• Annie and the Natural Wonder Band
• David and the Fireflies
• Gigi and the Lend Me a Hand Band

The Beer & Wine Garden Stage:

• Action Toolbelt
• Bad Habits
• Halfway Crooks

2007

The 2007 festival Jonatha Brooke and featured 2 stages.

The Main Stage:

• Jonatha Brooke
• Shawn Mullins
• deSol
• Burr Johnson
• Coppersonic
• Greg Mayo and the Groove
• Quintus
• The Alternate Routes
• The Damnwells
• Tribes Hill Ensemble

The Acoustic Stage:

• Anthony da Costa
• Arlon Bennett
• Chuck E. Costa
• David Massengill
• Gillen and Turk
• Hope Machine
• Marc Black
• McMule
• My Dad's Truck
• Open Book
• Rich Deans

2006

The Main Stage:

• Roger McGuinn
• Dar Williams
• World Party
• Greg Greenway
• Jon Cobert
• Josh Rutt
• Montgomery Delaney
• Rhett Tyler
• The Same Roberts Band
• Vaneese Thomas

The Acoustic Stage:

• Anthony da Costa
• Dan Pelletier
• David Goldman
• Hope Machine
• Ina May Wool w/Dan Weiss
• Iris Cohen
• James Durst
• Jeffry Braun
• Kathleen Pemble w/Ali Chambliss
• Lara Herscovitch
• Marianne Osiel
• Matt Turk
• Nannyhagen Creek
• Nick Olva w/Dennis Rivellino
• Open Book
• Pat Wictor
• Rhonda Schuster
• Susan Kane
• Todd Giudice

2005

The Main Stage:

• American Flyer
• David Goldman
• Dough
• Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams
• Geoff Hartwell
• Jake Holmes
• Jim Zimmerman and Full Circle
• Jonathan Edwards
• MotherLode Trio
• Patricia Shih
• Sweet Nothing Music Collective

The Acoustic Stage:

• Alastair Moock
• Anthony da Costa
• Chris Brown
• Foggy Dew
• Hope Machine
• Jeffry Braun
• Kathleen Pemble
• KJ Denhert
• Little Village Playhouse
• Montgomery Delaney
• Nannyhagen Creek
• Open Book
• Pat Wictor
• Patrick Matteson
• Rubber Sould (Steve Worthy & Eddie Denise)
• Steve Blake and the Swing Commandos
• Susan Kane
• Terence Martin