Second Annual Sag Harbor American Music Festival To Feature Over Twenty Acts

Originally Posted: September 25, 2012

The second annual Sag Harbor American Music Festival is kicking-off with a concert by blues legend John Hammond at Old Whalers' Church on Friday, September 28, 2012. Tickets for the main stage concert and fundraiser are $20.

The festival which celebrates Sag Harbor through music, showcases free live performances throughout Sag Harbor Village on Saturday, September 28th while promoting Sag Harbor as a cultural destination. Saturday will feature music from 22 acts beginning at 11 a.m. and close with the official After-Party at Bay Street Theatre.

30-piece percussion Escola De Samba BOOM will begin the free performances at 11 a.m. at the Sag Harbor Chamber of Commerce Windmill followed by New Orleans party band Who Dat Loungers at 12:30 p.m. at the Old Whalers Church. At 1 p.m. bring the kids to watch musical puppet theater Puppets of the High Seas at Goat on a Boat. Also at 1 p.m. the Richie Siegler Quartet will perform at Life'Style with an encore at 4 p.m.

Alfredo Merat is performing at 1:30 p.m. at the Sag Harbor Florist & Made, at 2 p.m. stop by Geekhampton to see Cassandra House, while Caroline Doctorow & The Steamrollers is performing at The Whaling Museum also at 2 p.m. Jim Campagnola Jazz will be at Suffolk County National Bank at 2:30 p.m, and at 3 p.m. catch a performance by Rocket and the Ghost at Bookhampton or the Sag Harbor Community Band at the American Legion.

The Buzzards will rock LT Burger at 3:30 p.m. and Robert Bruey will perform at the Sag Harbor Florist & Made at 4 p.m. Peruse the Grenning Gallery while listening to Sara Hartman at 4:30 p.m. Enjoy an appetizer and performance by Hopefully Forgiven at Bay Burger beginning at 5 p.m., Astrograss at Phao at 5:30 p.m. or catch Joe Delia & Thieves at 6 p.m. at Muse in the Harbor.

The Hampton Studio of Fine Art will have a performance by Mariann Megna at 6 p.m. and Nancy Stearns is performing at the Romany Kramoris Gallery at 7 p.m.

Stop by La Superica at 8 p.m. for a margarita and performance by The Montauk Project.
From 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Dodds & Eder is hosting the Twilight Lounge featuring Dan Bailey Tribe and refreshments will be served.

The Official After Party is from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. with music from Gene Casey & the Lone Sharks and Mary McBride Band. Tickets to the after party are $10 and can be purchased at the Bay Street Theatre box office on the day of the festival.

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