The festival is hosted by the Orange County Optimist Club and raises funds for youth programs and services throughout the County. As the Counties largest and oldest event we feature... Read More →

The great fire in the famous Notre Dame Cathedral badly damaged a great Parisian monument, but it seemed to affect French national identity almost as profoundly as it damaged the... Read More →

Cat’s Cradle will be matching the first $1000 in advance sales and donations! This performance will benefit the following charities: YachtAid Global | World Central Kitchen | American Red Cross Free entry Donations encouraged ($10 or larger) Please note that there are no ticketing fees on your donation Aid for the Bahamas 5:00pm: Flesh Tuxedo / Kid Advay 6:00pm: Chris Frisina 6:30pm: Simone Finally 7:00pm: Love & Valor 7:45pm: Matt Southern and Lost Gold 8:30pm: Dissimilar South 9:15pm: Gone Ghosts 10:00pm: Texoma 10:45pm: Charles Latham & the Borrowed Band

This show is now part of our Aid for the Bahamas event – all proceeds will go toward Hurricane Dorian relief efforts. English/American duo, A Different Thread deliver a bluesy blend of Beatlesque folk rock meets Gillian Welch dark country. Alicia Best (of Durham, NC) and Robert Jackson (of Lichfield, UK) were both traveling songwriters in their own right when they met busking in Ireland in 2016. Joining forces they have been on the road together ever since. Their original songs are inspired by the music that has crisscrossed the Atlantic over the generations, in true folk fashion. Links: Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube | Apple Music Honey Magpie is an indie-folk trio from the Chapel Hill, NC area. Their sound is both traditional and modern, blending classical string instruments and three-part harmonies with pop, rock, and indie influences. They began playing together as a band when Rachael Hurwitz (vocals, guitar, keyboard) moved to North Carolina in 2014. She recruited Pippa Hoover (cello, vocals) to fill out her original songs about life, love, and travel. Kati Moore (violin, vocals) joined the band in 2015, completing Honey Magpie’s lineup. Pippa and Kati soon also brought original material to the band, expanding Honey Magpie’s repertoire to include a wide variety of nature-inspired songs as well as some traditional and popular covers. They released their first album, Honey Magpie, in July 2017. Their second album, which they began recording in March of 2019, expands upon their classic sweet folk sound to include a unique blend of comedy, snark, darkness and angst. Links: Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Infielder Links: Website | Facebook | Bandcamp | Videos