Big Easy Comes To Pound Ridge: Galactic To Headline Harvest Festival

POUND RIDGE, NY — If free concerts by Blues Traveler, Gin Blossoms, Everclear or Spin Doctors weren't enough to get you to the Harvest Festival over the years, then this year's headliner might just be the inspiration you need to start planning a perfect fall outing.

The Pound Ridge Partnership is once again inviting everyone to celebrate fall at the Pound Ridge Harvest Festival on October 7, beginning at 1 p.m. The 11th annual family-friendly event promises an afternoon of live music, Oktoberfest-style beer and wine garden, local food tastings and a few of the best food trucks in Westchester County.

Along with the Grammy-winning musical acts that play Harvest Festival each year, a major attraction to the event is the family-friendly vibe with kids’ activities, games and a root beer garden.

The Harvest Festival is managed by a group of volunteers. A twenty-person committee strives each year to itself to make the festival a one-of-a-kind opportunity to enjoy live music with friends and family members from every generation.

The Harvest Festival, which started as a small town fundraiser in Scotts Corners with hundreds of people, has gained regional interest becoming a destination across the Hudson Valley.

This year’s lineup, presented by Sony Hall, shows why the free event is becoming a well-known festival across the region. The opening acts include local groups, Freedom Rockets and Guard Hill. Both bands were selected earlier in the year during The Partnership’s Battle of the Bands.

Famed American Jam band – Galactic, featuring Anjelika Jelly Joseph, will headline this year's celebration. The proud New Orleans band is bringing its funk-driven sound to Pound Ridge as they celebrate 25 years together, organizers said.

There are no individual admission tickets — just a parking fee. Limited VIP tickets will be available and announced after Labor Day.

In alignment with the Pound Ridge Partnership’s recent eco-conscious business district projects, Harvest Festival, as its largest fundraising event, is implementing food waste composting to its sustainability efforts. This commitment will lessen the event’s environmental footprint.

The Pound Ridge Harvest Festival is the main fundraising event organized by The Pound Ridge Partnership, an independent, non-partisan, 501(c) 3 organization. Led by an energetic group of volunteers, the Pound Ridge Partnership functions as a community-based organization aimed at bringing together residents, business owners, landlords, and community leaders to support and improve the Pound Ridge Business District. The Partnership envisions the Business District as a gathering place for Pound Ridge residents of all genres, including families and children, and as a destination for residents from other communities who come to enjoy the unique, country atmosphere of the district and take part in its retail and dining experience featuring the arts, antiques, local produce and cuisines.