Most Brooklyn-esque!
Top 3 Things to do!
If you hear twangs of mandolin or fiddle wafting across the East River, it’s not carrying up the coast from Nashville — it’s the Brooklyn Americana Music Festival, taking place on several stages in Dumbo and Red Hook.
NY Times TOP 3 Things to do September 2015 (our very first year) 1) The Pope's Visit to NYC 2) The Coney island Mermaid Parade 3) Brooklyn Americana Music Festival!
Top Ten Things to Do
In Dumbo & Brooklyn Bridge Park
Top Picks by John Platt WFUV New Folk Initiative
NPR Gig Alert - Best Show to see today in NYC
'Jan Bell's loading dock live music stage was the highlight of the Dumbo Arts Festival'
Alison Tocci, Publisher Time Out NY
New Sounds
Sound Check
The Brooklyn Americana Music Festival kicks off on Sept. 12, and for the next four days, various venues in Brooklyn will host folk, blues, bluegrass and more. The opening event is at Jalopy, in Red Hook, and includes short sets by several musicians playing later this weekend, including the Vermont folk singer Fern Maddie. She plays tonight at Jalopy and at the Dumbo Archway. Many festival events are free. - GIG ALERT
John Schaefer for NY Public Radio
The Bluegrass Standard
Brooklyn Bluegrass
To have a conversation with Jan Bell is to get a history lesson about the arts and music scene in Brooklyn, New York. Specifically in the Dumbo area, with Dumbo being an acronym for Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass. The neighborhood encompasses two areas. One is between the Manhattan and Brooklyn bridges, connecting Brooklyn to Manhattan across the East River. The other area continues east from the Manhattan Bridge to Vinegar Hill....Click on image for Interview with Susan Marquez, July 2024)
Brooklyn Roads Magazine
Ten out of Ten!
11th Annual Brooklyn Americana Rides Again!
The tenth Annual BKAMF scored a 10 with us and the enthusiastic crowds who came out to the festival venues along the waterfront! Click on image above to see the feature festival review!
amNY
Kings of Americana
amNY was our first ever in print press in NYC - September 2015.
amNewYork is a free daily newspaper published in New York City . When launched on October 10, 2003, it was the first free daily newspaper in New York City. amNewYork is primarily distributed in enclosed newspaper holders ("honor boxes") located on sidewalks at street corners with high pedestrian traffic, and in racks in many major transportation hubs.
