Wheels up! The inaugural Speed of Sound Festival takes off on Saturday, Sept. 26.
The inaugural Speed of Sound Festival takes place on Saturday, Sept. 26, at Dutchess County Airport in Wappingers Falls (just a few miles from Poughkeepsie)!
Part of the proceeds will go toward Radio Woodstock’s Pink October to raise money for breast cancer research at the Dyson Center for Cancer Care at Vassar Brothers Medical Center.
This one-day festival will feature the final 2015 Northeast appearance of The Avett Brothers, who will perform a 2+-hour headlining set! Other acts on the bill are Black Crowes frontman Chris Robinson with his latest ensemble, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, classic rock troubadors Hot Tuna (Electric), Levon Helm's daughter Amy Helm & The Handsome Strangers, local up-and-coming Hudson Valley heroes Connor Kennedy & Minstrel and Elijah Wolf and more to be announced!
Conceived by the creators of Mountain Jam in celebration of Radio Woodstock's 35th year of local and independent broadcasting, Speed of Sound Fest aims to showcase the breadth of the creative community based in the Hudson Valley with local farm-to-table food vendors, Hudson Valley craft artisans and art installations, children's activities (10 and under is free) and much more!
The inaugural Speed of Sound Festival is taking place at the Dutchess County Airport in Wappingers Falls, only six miles southeast of the City of Poughkeepsie and only 75 miles north of New York City.
Address: 263 New Hackensack Road, Wappingers Falls, NY 12590
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