Canterbury Shaker Village will be bringing back its Harvest Music Festival for a second year on Saturday.
The Village, looking to grow its reputation as a great music venue, is making the festival bigger than 2019.
Throughout the day, from 3 to 8 p.m., six musical groups will perform on two stages at staggered times.
The six performers – who will play bluegrass, Celtic, folk and traditional fiddling – are some you might have heard of before. Saturday will be a chance to see them all in one place.
The Harvest Music Festival will include High Range Band, Rose Hip Jam, the Wholly Rollers, Jim Prendergast and Hanz Araki, Liz Faiella and Lindsay Straw and the Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki Trio.
High Range Band has been performing for 20 years a mix of originals and covers of roots, folk and bluegrass songs. It is made up of Todd Jones on acoustic and electric guitar, banjo and vocals; Rob Kneeland on mandolin, drums and vocals; Ellen Carlson on fiddle and vocals; Brendan Dowd on bass; and Matt Shipman on guitar, mandolin, banjo and vocals.
Rose Hip Jam from the Upper Valley region covers an eclectic mix of folk-rock, country, Delta blues and Americana. Kerry Rosenthal, formerly of Concord, is on vocals and guitar; Steve Glazer is on guitar and vocals and Eric Bronstein plays bass.
The Wholly Rollers,a Concord-based group of singers and instrumentalists, have been playing for audiences in New Hampshire and Massachusetts since 2016. They began as an Old Time Bluegrass Gospel group and now have five members: Brian Roff on vocals and guitar, Jeff Fetter on vocals, fiddle and mandolin; Gary Schroeder on vocals and bait bucket bass; Craig Whitson on vocals and guitar; and Dick Bennett on vocals and any instrument left unprotected.
Prendergast is the producer at Mill Pond Studio in Portsmouth, where he focuses on traditional music. He’ll be joined on the stage by Araki on flute, whistle and vocals.
Faiella, a Concord Community Music School teacher, will bring her singing and fiddling talents to the stage with Lindsay Straw, a guitarist, singer and Irish bouzouki player. The pair have a strong focus on Celtic music.
Also focusing on Celtic music is the Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki Trio, though adding its own spin. Fiddler Jordan-Tirrell-Wysocki will be joined by Matt Jensen on guitar and Chris Noyes on upright bass.
In addition to the six musical acts, fill your belly with the creations of Canterbury Aleworks and the Creamery Cafe, which will offer soups, sandwiches and baked goods.
During the event, learn about the musical traditions of the Canterbury Shakers in the Chapel of the Dwelling House (one of the 25 historic buildings at the Village). There, you can view the newly-restored 1887 Hook & Hastings pipe organ.
Admission to the Harvest Music Festival is $12 adults, $6 children ages 6 to 17, under 5 free and members of Canterbury Shaker Village are half price.
Tickets can be booked online through Thursday at 3 p.m. at shakers.org or over the phone at 783-9511, ext. 285. Tickets will also be sold at the door. (Library passes are not valid for this event.)