What’s up with Oldtone…?

The Oldtone Roots Music Festival was founded by Jim Wright, Kip Beacco and Matt Downing in 2015 with a one day show in Wassaic, NY. In 2016 the full three stage/camping festival was launched at the Schober Family’s Cool Whisper Farm in North Hillsdale, NY. The festival ran the second weekend of September until the lockdowns of 2020 forced the producers to cancel. In 2021 and 2022 attempts were made to reboot the festival in limited scope, however by early 2023 for many reasons the choice to end the festival was made. By the fall of 2023 the possibility of reviving the festival as a non-profit event became a reality with a new management team and with the support and enthusiasm of the Schober family, Grass Fed Arts was formed. In October of 2023 the new team received not-for-profit status via New York Foundation for the Arts and the hard work to revamp and the festival and make it everything it can be began. Oldtone is now co-produced by Jim Wright and Trevor Roush. Many of the same amazing people are still working on the show with some fresh talent. It is the hope that the festival will have a better chance to be sustainable and continue to promote the same great roots music as a not-for-profit arts organization.