• Specific department contacts will be available soon.

    Please send all inquiries to: oldtonefest@gmail.com

  • Oldtone Music Festival is produced by Jim Wright and Trevor Roush. Oldtone is operated as Oldtone Arts Inc., a 501 3 (c) Not-for-Profit arts organization.

    Our Board

    Lindsay Bowen, Board President

    James Wright, CEO & Board Member

    Trevor Roush, Secretary & Board Member

    Vivian Walsh, Treasurer & Board member

    James Carden, Board Member

    Yvonne Perez-Zarraga, Board Member

  • “PARTICIPTION IS PRESERVATION”

    Oldtone preserves roots music and traditional folkways through artist and audience participation; connecting neighbors, bridging cultures, and sharing insight and wisdom across generations.

  • Oldtone Music Festival is produced by Jim Wright and Trevor Roush. Oldtone is operated as Oldtone Arts Inc., a 501(c)3 nonprofit arts organization.

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  • The Oldtone Roots Music Festival was founded by Jim Wright, Kip Beacco, and Matt Downing in 2015 as a one day show in Wassaic, NY. In 2016 a 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 a decision to end the festival was made. By the fall of 2023 the possibility of reviving Oldtone as a non-profit event became a reality lead by a new management team. With the support and enthusiasm of the Schober family, Grass Fed Arts was formed. In October of 2023 Oldtone Music Festival received not-for-profit status via New York Foundation for the Arts and the festival returned to Cool Whisper Farm. Oldtone Music Festival 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 and a board of directors dedicated to bringing art and music to our region.