campfire

This festival used to have a longer name, but after a dozen years of booking the best acoustic players from across the country, announcing that it's on the "cutting edge" is just superfluous. The condensed moniker, campfire, suits the four-day music extravaganza just fine. An in-the-round, song-swap format imparts a cozy, cordial atmosphere. Stop in and feel the heat generated by more than a hundred performers including Rose Polenzani, Mieka Pauley, Laura Cortese, Brendan Hogan, Alec Spiegelman,… Show more Jimmy Ryan, Miss Tess & The Ton Parade, and Matt Heaton & the Electric Heaters. - Milva DiDomizio, Globe Staff


You can count on Club Passim for a good excuse to come out on a holiday weekend notoriously slow for live entertainment. The venue's Campfire festival presents a full lineup of folk and pop acts across the board, from local lluminaries (fiddler Laura Cortese, rootsy raconteur Miss Tess, mandolinist Jimmy Ryan0 to promising out-of-towners (Americana ensemble Harpeth Rising,). This weekend's edition starts on Friday and wraps up Monday night. -- James Reed, Globe Staff

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