CEDAR BEACH BLUES & ROOTS

As the summer wanes and cooler temps suggest another long winter, the Cedar Beach Blues and Roots Festival brings out the tribe for a final outdoor hurrah. We gather to celebrate American music on scenic Cedar Beach along the edge of the LI Sound in Mt Sinai, NY.  Sometimes weathering gale winds and frequently reveling in all too common rain that does nothing to dim the joy that LI’s oldest music festival creates.

This year the fest is 21 years young and we are the longest continuously run festival dedicated to the original American music form known as Blues on Long Island. Mixing in roots, blues, funk, soul and jam, this festival is going to be our most diverse and will again introduce a new generation to the splendor and earthy reality of real music.  From humble roots on a haycart at Old Man’s Boatyard and through several site changes including the now legendary Peachstock at the former Davis Peach Farm in Mt Sinai as well as on Bald Hill, the Wedge which is now Heritage Park and in Rocky Point, the Cedar Beach Blues and Roots fest honors and keeps sacred our mission of real music for more than 2 decades.

From 2 stages we will present 30 bands and artists. This year’s event will be a Fall spectacular as has been our tradition for the past several years although the Blues has streamed out for as few as 1 day or as much as 4 days at Cedar where we have occasionally run the event on weekends in May and September. The fest is a fundraiser for scholarships to students from 4 local high schools.  We again join with the Northern Brookhaven Chamber of Commerce to present the 2011 Cedar Beach Blues and Roots Festival along with the crafts and artisans fair. We hope you will attend!