Melbourne artist, Nat Vazer, is known for her heart-stopping lyrics that weave between confessional guitar-pop, indie rock and folk tradition of storytelling through song. New Haven rockn'rollers, The Split Coils are playing too.

Grammy Award winning Lost Bayou Ramblers are renowned for playing barnstorming sets, rockin’ the house every time. Standing at the crosscurrents of Louisiana culture by inhabiting the gray area between Cajun and Creole, convention and innovation, mystery and a revelation.

John Gorka, the quintessential iconic singer-songwriter of the 80’s folk scene. The insightful singer-songwriter old coat he wove then still fits, and suits him very well. The old songs ring as true as they ever did, and the new ones are just as good.

Damon and Naomi are a psychedelic power couple. Since first making the scene with Galaxie 500 in the late ’80s, they’ve served as ambassadors of international acid folk (collaborating with Japanese gurus Ghost). In addition to their work as musicians, Damon & Naomi are the publishers of Exact Change

Grammy-winning, Emmy-nominated alumnus Dom Flemons is a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, actor, slam poet, music scholar and historian. Flemons graduated from Arizona University with a Bachelor of Arts in English and is the co-founding member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops.

Jeffery Broussard has long been respected as one of the greatest accordion players to ever grace the beautiful Creole culture, and for that matter, the world. Come and be a part of something special, the dust will rise, you'll dance and shout and Zydeco Force will be with you.

The Dook of The Beatnics, first artist to explore the nexus where folk and psychedelia meet. Peter Stampfel is best known as the founder of the Holy Modal Rounders, performed and recorded with the Fugs and Yo La Tengo, They Might Be Giants, Michael Hurley, Baby Gramps and many others.

Joyful, uplifting, intelligent, thought-provoking, insightful, original and timeless, Mustards Retreat is Libby Glover, Michael Hough and David Tamulevich. The trio met in 1975, performing together off and on throughout the late 70’s until a permanent move left Hough & Tamulevich on their own.

Robyn Hitchcock is one of England's most enduring contemporary singer/songwriters and live performers. A surrealist poet, talented guitarist, cult artist and musician's musician, Hitchcock is among alternative rock's father figures and is the closest thing the genre has to a Bob Dylan.