The 4th Annual Festival takes place September 20 -23, 2018 and is fiscally sponsored by Brooklyn Arts Council who are celebrating 50 years of service to Brooklyn’s cultural community! If you’d like to make a tax deductible contribution to the festival, please stop by Give Lively!
Brooklyn Americana Music Festival comprises fifty shows at several locations along the spectacular New York City waterfront. FREE day time shows for all ages in The Archway Under the Manhattan Bridge & Brooklyn Bridge Park (The fabulous new Pier 3 this year!). Evening shows every night at beloved pioneer establishments in Red Hook and Dumbo: Jalopy Theatre and Jalopy Tavern, Sunny’s Bar, 68 Jay Street Bar & Superfine Restaurant Bar.
“If you hear twangs of mandolin or fiddle wafting across the East River, it’s not carrying up the coast from Nashville — it’s the Brooklyn Americana Music Festival, taking place on several stages in Dumbo.” – 
“Spiritual Successor: Americana jamboree revives old music and old festival. Just like American tunes grew out of an older tradition, the Brooklyn Americana festival is rooted in a previous one — it is a spiritual successor to the now-defunct Dumbo Arts Festival,” – 
10 Amazing Summer things to do in Brooklyn Bridge Park – 
Kings of Americana! Bands to watch in DUMBO and Red Hook – 
“Folk music is alive and well in Brooklyn. A number of venues and musicians are committed to keeping traditional music—including folk, Americana, bluegrass, old time, and country music—on stage.” – Explore Brooklyn, and 
2017 Brooklyn Americana Music Festival biggest and best yet! Leaves Waterfront Wanting More – ‘Brooklyn Life’ DumboNYC
Significant music festival grows in Dumbo and Red Hook – Red Hook Star Revue
Variety and authenticity highlight Americana Festival-Brooklyn Roads
The 2nd Americana music festival (which was free) was something we lucked upon… most Brooklynesque –2017 New Sponsors! Red Hook’s Widow Jane Distillery signature whiskey is on special at Festival venues, along with our new friends from Dumbo Big Apple Hard Cider!
Many Thanks to Mark Jupiter Custom Hand Made Furniture, for his continued support of live music in Dumbo.
The 4th Annual Brooklyn Americana Music Festival is made possible by public funds from the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and from the Decentralization Program of the New York State Council on the Arts, both administered in Kings County by Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC).
The Festival is made possible in part by generous sponsors and the office of Councilman Stephen Levin.
Brooklyn Americana Music Festival is proud to be a member of Brooklyn Arts Council Fiscal Sponsorship Program.
Jan Bell received the ‘Dumbo Dozen’ Award in recognition of the Festival and for her innovative and impactful work in the community as the Festival Founder and Director at DUMBO Business Improvement District, 2016.
Please note the festival entertainment is by invitation only, and cannot reply to unsolicited booking inquiries.
About March 14th, 2018admin
Ginger Dolden and Pete Lanctot
