The Peach is Jam’s Mecca
We are one week out from The Peach Music Festival, the annual pilgrimage to the jam mecca on Montage Mountain in Scranton, Pennsylvania (July 25-28). The lineup once again is bursting at the seams with a veritable who’s who in the jam community.
THURSDAY
The String Cheese Incident headline the first night, and you’ll also get two sets of Baltimore funksters Pigeons Playing Ping Pong. Aqueous is along for the ride, and Billy Strings will keep everybody hoppin’.
FRIDAY
Massive doesn’t begin to describe the musical overload on the first full day of The Peach. SCI are back with two sets. moe., Lotus, Blues Traveler, and Dopapod are there as well. But you’ve only scratched the surface. The Allman Betts Band makes its first Peach appearance, and The Infamous Stringdusters, Larkin Poe, Magic City Hippies, and Southern Avenue are in the mix.
So are Vulfpeck’s Cory Wong, BIG Something, Magic Beans, Kitchen Dwellers, and Bumpin’ Uglies. More? Sure! How about Upstate, Joe Hertler & the Rainbow Seekers, Kat Wright, Cycles, and Hayley Jane & the Primates.
SATURDAY
Prepare yourself for another day absolutely overflowing with jam, highlighted by two sets from the Trey Anastasio Band. Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Lettuce, and Greensky Bluegrass are on tap, as are ABB alum Jaimoe’s Jasssz Band. You also get The Motet, Ghost Light, Fruition, and Andy Frasco & the U.N.
There is plenty more, with Mungion, Percy Hill, Maggie Rose, Organ Freeman, Thumpasaurus, Goose, Michigan Rattlers, and the incomparable Bobby Lee Rodgers.
SUNDAY
One day left, and it’s a monster. Phil Lesh & Friends have headlining duties, and how about those friends? Warren Haynes, John Scofield, John Molo, and Holly Bowling will join Lesh for two sets. Haynes will also do a set with Grace Potter. The Marcus King Band are their as heirs apparent, and you’ll also hear Yonder Mountain String Band, guitar slinger Joanne Shaw Taylor, Bishop Gunn, and Leah Blevins. And then there’s the inaugural Peach Guitar Pull.
So there will be lots of standing and walking and… whatever. Do yourself a favor. Tap into the Peach Wellness program, with yoga in the mornings and stretching opportunities throughout the day. Stay hydrated, stay stretched, stay happy.
