(OLIVEBRIDGE, N.Y.) – Heather Masse, Jay Ungar and Molly Mason, and Mike and Ruthy headline the second annual Winter Hoot weekend folk festival at the Ashokan Center from Friday, February 7, 2014, through Sunday, February 9. Other performers include Deep Chatham, Rushad Eggleston, the Sweetback Sisters and Connor Kennedy. On-site food and lodging are available. Hoot proceeds raise money for the Ashokan Center’s environmental education program for kids. 

The schedule of the Ashokan Center’s Winter Hoot is as follows:

FRIDAY the gate opens at 5pm with dinner options in the food area and kids activities in two rooms.

FRIDAY

7pm THE STACKS

kitchen fiddle meets gospel blues – from Hudson

8pm ADRIEN REJU

songstress – from Woodstock

9pm ARC IRIS

orchestral folk-cabaret – from Providence, RI via Woodstock

10:30 pm CONNOR KENNEDY

electrified Americana – from Saugerties

Midnight MOLECRICKET SQUARE DANCE

Mike, Ruthy, and friends will kick up the dust for a late night dance

with caller KRISTIN ANDREASSEN

SATURDAY

11am ELIZABETH MITCHELL & FRIENDS

lovingly crafted folk for all ages – from Woodstock

Noon FAMILY SQUARE DANCE
simple steps for all to join in with calling by KRISTIN ANDREASSEN, the queen of the barn dance – from Brooklyn

1:30 pm PAUL GREEN’S ROCK ACADEMY

from Woodstock

2:30 pm RUSHAD EGGLESTON

cosmic cello virtuosity from another dimension – from Carmel, Calif.

4pm JAY UNGAR & MOLLY MASON

Ashokan’s first couple of fiddling folk – from Saugerties

5:30 pm HEATHER MASSE with ROSWELL RUDD (trombone) and Rolf Sturm (guitar)

unparalleled folk and jazz vocalist – from Accord

7 pm MIKE + RUTHY

your humble hoot hosts offer heartfelt indie folk – from West Hurley

8:30 pm THE SWEETBACK SISTERS

boot-scootin’ beats and honky-tonk harmonies – from Brooklyn

10 pm DEEP CHATHAM

new songs and old sensibilities – from NC via West Saugerties

11:30pm SQUARE DANCE w/ RED DOG RUN (Rosie Newton, Richie Stearns, Jed Greenberg, and Jim Miller) with KRISTIN ANDREASSEN calling

pure, driving old-time music – from Ithaca

 

SUNDAY

10 am brunch

11 am Farewell Concert w/ The Winter Hoot All-Stars

for those who sleep over, a nourishing and heartwarming end to the weekend – a chance to sing along and enjoy impromptu finale-style collaborations by the musicians