OUTDOOR SHOW
Gates: 12:30pm
Show: 1:30pm
Tickets (sold as pairs): $70 / $60 / $50
Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferrable. Read our Ticket Policy.
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COVID SAFETY PROTOCOLS
We are looking forward to welcoming you to Levon Helm Studios for an upcoming show. Please read carefully through this information for an understanding of the protocols and safety measures that will be in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19. These are mandates and restrictions that have been supplied by the State of New York and the Town of Woodstock.
Each attendee must be prepared to show proof of one of the following:
COVID-19 vaccine schedule has been fully-completed (2 shots of Pfizer or Moderna, or 1 shot of Johnson & Johnson) at least 14 days, but no more than 180 days (revised from 90 days), prior to the date of the show. Acceptable forms of proof are limited to: CDC-issued COVID-19 Vaccination Record Card OR a digital Excelsior Pass issued via New York State's Excelsior Pass mobile app along with your government issued photo ID
A negative result from a PCR test which has been completed within 3 days (72 hours) prior to the show gates time
A negative result from an antigen test which has been completed within 6 hours of the show gates time
If you are unable to show proof of one of the above, you may purchase a self-administered COVID-19 Antigen Test for $60 which must be administered in your car and negative test results shown to our staff. Click here to purchase a COVID-19 Antigen Test in advance of your arrival.
All tickets have been sold in pairs. Each pair will be assigned a 5’x5’ pod and both ticket holders will be asked to remain in their pod for the duration of the show. Seating will not be provided - you are encouraged to bring your own lawn chairs or a picnic blanket. Your belongings must remain within the boundaries of your pod.
Additionally:
Each attendee MUST fill out this Health Questionnaire prior to your arrival. Please forward this email to everybody in your party so they may complete the questionnaire.
Masks covering your nose and mouth must be warn while on the property at all times EXCEPT while in your designated pod
We will be utilizing a non-contact forehead thermometer to check your body temperature upon your arrival. Please remove any hats or hair that may interfere as you approach the box office. If your temperature is above 100.4°F, we will take it again. If you have two temperature scans above 100.4°F, we will then offer you the option to take an COVID antigen test in your car for the cost of $60
Please maintain a physical distance of 6ft or more from all other attendees, staff, and artists at all times
You may bring food and beverages, however please do not bring any glass bottles or glass containers
The General Store / lobby merchandise area will be open, but capacity will be limited to 6 people at a time
Bottled water will be sold for $2/bottle at the General Store
Purchases (including water) can be made by credit card only (no cash)
Children 10 and under will be admitted for free with paying adults and will be allowed to sit in the pod with their parents/guardians.
Children over the age of 10 must have their own ticket.
Please note that children over the age of 2 will be required to follow all the same COVID-19 safety requirements as the adults, including proof of negative COVID Test (or self-administered test at the gate), social distancing, mask, temperature check and pre-entry health questionnaire.
Thank you for your cooperation with observing theses protocols. If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to email us at info@levonhelm.com.
We're looking forward to seeing you at the show!
RISING APPALACHIA
As world travelers for nearly two decades, Rising Appalachia have merged multiple global music influences with their own southern roots to create the inviting new folk album, Leylines. Remarkably the band has built its legion of listeners independently -- a self-made success story that has led to major festival appearances and sold-out shows at venues across the country.
Founded by sisters Leah and Chloe Smith, the band established an international fan base due to relentless touring, tireless activism, and no small degree of stubborn independence. However, for the first time, they opted to bring in a producer for the new album, teaming up with the legendary Joe Henry on the sessions. These were also their first recording sessions outside of the South. For 10 days, all six band members lived and recorded in a castle-like studio in Marin County, California, overlooking the Pacific Ocean. As a result, a sense of unity and immediacy can be heard throughout their seventh album, Leylines.
“As far as recording goes, we’re open creatively, but we’ve often preferred elements of live recording. I mean, we’re folk musicians at our core,” Leah explains. “The experience of playing music together in one room, looking at each other, is the bedrock of what we do and how we’ve grown up with music. I think Joe very much felt that way as well. He was very clear at the beginning that he was going to encourage us to have as many element of a live recording as possible.”
Although Leah and Chloe Smith consider their voices as their primary instrument, Leah also plays banjo and bodhran on the album, while Chloe plays guitar, fiddle, and banjo. They are joined on Leylines by longtime members David Brown (stand-up bass, baritone guitar) and Biko Casini (world percussion, n’goni), as well as two new members: West African musician Arouna Diarra (n’goni, talking drum) and Irish musician Duncan Wickel (fiddle, cello). The sonic textures of these two cultures are woven into Leylines, enhancing the stunning blend of folk, world, and urban music that has become Rising Appalachia’s calling card.
“Our songwriting ties into those traditions as well,” Chloe says. “With some of our original songs, it’s a reflection of the times. We’re folk singers and we consider this a folk album, so there’s a lot in there. There’s word of politics, of being women in the music industry, as well as a lot about our lives on the road.”
Indeed, Rising Appalachia has toured British Columbia by sailboat, traversed the U.S. and Europe by train, and engaged in immersive cultural exchange programs in Bulgaria, Ireland, Southern Italy, Central and South America – not to mention the countless miles in a van. Tour highlights include: Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in San Francisco; Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, New York; Boulder Theatre in Boulder, Colorado; and the Showbox in Seattle, Washington. The band consistently sells between 400 and 1500 tickets wherever they play, a testament to their loyal fan base.
Leah and Chloe grew up in urban Atlanta as the city’s hip hop scene began to flourish. They absorbed those rhythms through the music they heard at school, then traveled with their family to fiddle camps all across the Southeast on the weekends. The young girls weren’t all that interested in the old-time playing, but their parents were incredibly devout in their study and practice of Appalachian music.
After high school, Leah decided to postpone college and travel internationally. Feeling homesick while living in Southern Mexico, she looked for a connection to her past and taught herself how to play banjo. “I realized that I wanted something from home that I could share, something that would tell people a bit more of the story of where I came from, other than the news,” she recalls.
A few years later, when Chloe came to visit her abroad, Leah offered some clawhammer banjo lessons. They didn’t necessarily realize it at the time but a musical partnership had been established. Upon their return to the United States, they recorded an album, which they considered an art project, to sell whenever they sang at farmer’s markets. They printed 500 copies, figuring that would last them a lifetime. However, when a local college professor heard them singing at a Christmas party, he booked them as part of a Celtic holiday concert in Atlanta. After two performances, every CD had been sold.
Surprised and overwhelmed, they mulled over a career as full-time musicians, then realized that performing could be just one component of a greater overall vision – one that includes advocating for social justice, racial justice, environmental justice, and Indigenous rights.
“We’re able to filter in so many of our passions into this project,” Chloe says. “We do a lot of activism work. We do a lot of outreach. Leah is a visual artist and she can funnel her visual eye into the project. I love to write, so that comes in. There’s a big container and canvas for our life’s work here. Music is part of it, but there are a lot of other creative vehicles that are driving Rising Appalachia.”
Special guests on Leylines include folk hero Ani DiFranco, soulful songwriter Trevor Hall, and jazz trumpeter Maurice Turner. The album title alludes to the concept of invisible lines believed to stretch around the world between sacred spaces, bonded by a spiritual and magnetic presence. That deep sense of connection is key to understanding Rising Appalachia as a whole.
“Rising Appalachia has come out of this idea that we can take these traditions of southern music – that we’ve been born and raised with – and we can rise out of them, creating all these different bridges between cultures and stories to make them feel alive.” Leah says. “Our music has its foundation in heritage and tradition, but we’re creating a music that also feels reflective of the times right now. That’s always been our work.”