Prescott Park Arts Festival’s inaugural Rhythm & Roots Festival on Saturday, August 11

August 1, 2007

Portsmouth, NH – Prescott Park Arts Festival’s first ever Rhythm & Roots Festival has a sound that ranges from Americana to Zydeco and includes much that’s in-between. It takes the stage this Saturday, August 11, from noon to 5 PM.

Up first, The Boogaloo Swamis combine rhythmic Cajun and Zydeco music with Rockabilly, Tex Mex, Blues and original tunes for a "hot" musical gumbo. In the middle, The Joyce Andersen Band mixes it up with honky-tonk, blues, cry-in-your-beer-ballads, and rocking Irish fiddle tunes with a New Orleans beat while the band Rhythm Method delivers a hot R&B, funky-soul sound. Rounding it all out is acclaimed Boston singer-songwriter Tim Gearan’s soulful and thought-invoking roots rock.

The PPAF Rhythm & Roots Festival is funded in part through the generous support of the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts and PainCare Centers, Inc. of Rochester, NH. Prescott Park Arts Festival does not charge an admission fee for any of its events but does rely on donations given at the gate. For this festival, the suggested donation is $8.

In the event of rain, the event will be held on Sunday, August 12.

For more information, visit www.prescottpark.org or call (603) 436-2848.

Media Contact:
Deborah Tombleson
Executive Director
Prescott Park Arts Festival
(603) 436-2848 phone