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SUMMARY:Clark Farms Fall Festival Adds a Flashlight Corn Maze for Columbus Day Weekend
DESCRIPTION:Clark Farms Fall Festival Adds a Flashlight Corn Maze for Columbus Day Weekend as the Matunuck farm heads into a three-day holiday weekend Oct. 10–12 with live music\, food\, face painting\, magic and a Saturday night trip through the corn maze after dark. \nThe weekend is part of Clark Farms’ larger Fall Festival season\, which turns the farm into an autumn playground with a corn maze\, hayrides\, farm animals and a collection of outdoor activities. \nThis year’s theme\, “250 Years of Farming\,” gives the season a nod toward Rhode Island’s agricultural history while Columbus Day weekend brings one of the festival’s more unusual experiences: Flashlight Night on Saturday\, Oct. 10. \nSaturday Ends in the Corn Maze After Dark\nSaturday begins as a full Fall Festival day before things get more interesting after sunset. \nJava Jai Coffee will be at the farm from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.\, followed by ice cream from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and live music from noon to 3 p.m. \nFace painting runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.\, while a magician performs two shows\, at noon and 2:30 p.m. \nThen daylight disappears. \nClark Farms will remain open until 9 p.m. for Flashlight Night\, giving visitors the chance to head into the corn maze after dark. \nA corn maze is built around limited visibility even in the middle of the afternoon. Take away the sunlight\, add a flashlight and suddenly every turn through the stalks becomes a little more uncertain. \nIt’s an easy way to give a familiar fall attraction an entirely different personality without turning it into a full-scale haunted attraction. \nSunday Brings Barbecue\, Music and Butterflies\nThe festival returns to daylight Sunday\, Oct. 11\, with another full schedule. \nJava Jai Coffee returns from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.\, live music runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and face painting is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. \nFood comes from SoCo BBQ from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. \nThe farm’s Butterfly House will also be open\, adding something considerably quieter to a day otherwise built around the activity of the Fall Festival. \nThat’s all on top of the farm’s regular seasonal attractions. \nThe corn maze may be the centerpiece\, but Clark Farms has developed the property into considerably more than a field of corn with paths cut through it. \nDepending on the attraction schedule\, a visit can include the farm’s hayride\, animals and outdoor play areas\, giving families enough to make the trip a substantial part of the day rather than a quick run through the maze. \nMonday Extends the Festival Through the Holiday\nClark Farms isn’t packing everything away Sunday night. \nThe special Fall Festival schedule continues on Monday\, Oct. 12\, giving families another option for the holiday. \nJava Jai Coffee will be there from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.\, with face painting from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and live music from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. \nThe Sunset Farms food truck is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. \nThat creates three slightly different versions of the festival across the long weekend. \nSaturday is the big choice for anyone who wants magic shows and the experience of tackling the corn maze after dark. Sunday combines live music\, barbecue and the Butterfly House. Monday offers a somewhat more relaxed final day with music\, food and the regular farm attractions. \n250 Years of Farming\nThere’s a fitting bit of history behind this year’s festival theme. \nAgriculture has shaped Rhode Island since long before the American Revolution. Farms provided food for local communities\, supported trade and helped define the landscape of rural areas that today are increasingly surrounded by suburban and coastal development. \nSouth County remains one of the places where that agricultural landscape is still readily visible. \nClark Farms continues that connection while showing how dramatically the idea of visiting a farm has changed. \nWhat began as an agricultural business has expanded into a destination where growing plants and crops exists alongside seasonal entertainment. During fall\, the farm becomes a place where children can encounter farm animals\, families can disappear into a corn maze and visitors can spend an afternoon outdoors surrounded by the sights of the harvest season. \nThe 250 Years of Farming theme gives this year’s celebration a chance to connect those modern attractions with the much longer agricultural story behind them. \nOne Weekend\, Three Ways to Do Fall\nFor families trying to decide which day to visit\, the schedule makes the choice relatively straightforward. \nSaturday has the most distinctive experience. \nArrive during the afternoon for the magician\, music and regular attractions\, then stick around until darkness changes the character of the farm. Walking into rows of towering corn with little more than a flashlight is a very different proposition from doing it under an October sun. \nSunday is built for a traditional fall afternoon\, with barbecue\, music\, face painting and the Butterfly House. \nMonday provides a bonus day for anyone with the holiday off\, complete with another round of live music and a food truck. \nOr there’s another option. \nMake Saturday’s corn maze difficult on purpose. \nWait until dark. \nMore information is available at the Event Website link below. To purchase tickets\, click the Event Ticketing link below. \nDetails\nEvent: Clark Farms Fall Festival – Columbus Day Weekend\nDates: Saturday–Monday\, Oct. 10–12\, 2026\nLocation: Clark Farms\nAddress: 2984 Commodore Perry Highway\, Matunuck\, RI 02879\n2026 Theme: 250 Years of Farming\nSaturday\, Oct. 10: Java Jai Coffee 9 a.m.–2 p.m.; face painting 10 a.m.–3 p.m.; ice cream 11 a.m.–3 p.m.; live music noon–3 p.m.; magician shows noon and 2:30 p.m.; Flashlight Night\, with the farm open until 9 p.m.\nSunday\, Oct. 11: Java Jai Coffee 9 a.m.–2 p.m.; face painting 10 a.m.–3 p.m.; live music 11 a.m.–2 p.m.; SoCo BBQ 11 a.m.–3 p.m.; Butterfly House open\nMonday\, Oct. 12: Java Jai Coffee 9 a.m.–2 p.m.; face painting 10 a.m.–3 p.m.; live music 11 a.m.–2 p.m.; Sunset Farms food truck 11 a.m.–3 p.m.\nSpecial Attraction: Flashlight Night on Saturday\nSeasonal Attractions: Corn maze and other Clark Farms Fall Festival activities\nPlanning: Individual attractions and activities may operate on different schedules; check the farm’s current information before visiting. \n\n  \nFeatured image is an artistic representation inspired by the event and may not depict the actual people\, location\, or activities shown.
URL:https://thectbeacon.com/event/clark-farms-fall-festival-adds-a-flashlight-corn-maze-for-columbus-day-weekend/2026-10-12/
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SUMMARY:Clark Farms Fall Festival Adds a Flashlight Corn Maze for Columbus Day Weekend
DESCRIPTION:Clark Farms Fall Festival Adds a Flashlight Corn Maze for Columbus Day Weekend as the Matunuck farm heads into a three-day holiday weekend Oct. 10–12 with live music\, food\, face painting\, magic and a Saturday night trip through the corn maze after dark. \nThe weekend is part of Clark Farms’ larger Fall Festival season\, which turns the farm into an autumn playground with a corn maze\, hayrides\, farm animals and a collection of outdoor activities. \nThis year’s theme\, “250 Years of Farming\,” gives the season a nod toward Rhode Island’s agricultural history while Columbus Day weekend brings one of the festival’s more unusual experiences: Flashlight Night on Saturday\, Oct. 10. \nSaturday Ends in the Corn Maze After Dark\nSaturday begins as a full Fall Festival day before things get more interesting after sunset. \nJava Jai Coffee will be at the farm from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.\, followed by ice cream from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and live music from noon to 3 p.m. \nFace painting runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.\, while a magician performs two shows\, at noon and 2:30 p.m. \nThen daylight disappears. \nClark Farms will remain open until 9 p.m. for Flashlight Night\, giving visitors the chance to head into the corn maze after dark. \nA corn maze is built around limited visibility even in the middle of the afternoon. Take away the sunlight\, add a flashlight and suddenly every turn through the stalks becomes a little more uncertain. \nIt’s an easy way to give a familiar fall attraction an entirely different personality without turning it into a full-scale haunted attraction. \nSunday Brings Barbecue\, Music and Butterflies\nThe festival returns to daylight Sunday\, Oct. 11\, with another full schedule. \nJava Jai Coffee returns from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.\, live music runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and face painting is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. \nFood comes from SoCo BBQ from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. \nThe farm’s Butterfly House will also be open\, adding something considerably quieter to a day otherwise built around the activity of the Fall Festival. \nThat’s all on top of the farm’s regular seasonal attractions. \nThe corn maze may be the centerpiece\, but Clark Farms has developed the property into considerably more than a field of corn with paths cut through it. \nDepending on the attraction schedule\, a visit can include the farm’s hayride\, animals and outdoor play areas\, giving families enough to make the trip a substantial part of the day rather than a quick run through the maze. \nMonday Extends the Festival Through the Holiday\nClark Farms isn’t packing everything away Sunday night. \nThe special Fall Festival schedule continues on Monday\, Oct. 12\, giving families another option for the holiday. \nJava Jai Coffee will be there from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.\, with face painting from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and live music from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. \nThe Sunset Farms food truck is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. \nThat creates three slightly different versions of the festival across the long weekend. \nSaturday is the big choice for anyone who wants magic shows and the experience of tackling the corn maze after dark. Sunday combines live music\, barbecue and the Butterfly House. Monday offers a somewhat more relaxed final day with music\, food and the regular farm attractions. \n250 Years of Farming\nThere’s a fitting bit of history behind this year’s festival theme. \nAgriculture has shaped Rhode Island since long before the American Revolution. Farms provided food for local communities\, supported trade and helped define the landscape of rural areas that today are increasingly surrounded by suburban and coastal development. \nSouth County remains one of the places where that agricultural landscape is still readily visible. \nClark Farms continues that connection while showing how dramatically the idea of visiting a farm has changed. \nWhat began as an agricultural business has expanded into a destination where growing plants and crops exists alongside seasonal entertainment. During fall\, the farm becomes a place where children can encounter farm animals\, families can disappear into a corn maze and visitors can spend an afternoon outdoors surrounded by the sights of the harvest season. \nThe 250 Years of Farming theme gives this year’s celebration a chance to connect those modern attractions with the much longer agricultural story behind them. \nOne Weekend\, Three Ways to Do Fall\nFor families trying to decide which day to visit\, the schedule makes the choice relatively straightforward. \nSaturday has the most distinctive experience. \nArrive during the afternoon for the magician\, music and regular attractions\, then stick around until darkness changes the character of the farm. Walking into rows of towering corn with little more than a flashlight is a very different proposition from doing it under an October sun. \nSunday is built for a traditional fall afternoon\, with barbecue\, music\, face painting and the Butterfly House. \nMonday provides a bonus day for anyone with the holiday off\, complete with another round of live music and a food truck. \nOr there’s another option. \nMake Saturday’s corn maze difficult on purpose. \nWait until dark. \nMore information is available at the Event Website link below. To purchase tickets\, click the Event Ticketing link below. \nDetails\nEvent: Clark Farms Fall Festival – Columbus Day Weekend\nDates: Saturday–Monday\, Oct. 10–12\, 2026\nLocation: Clark Farms\nAddress: 2984 Commodore Perry Highway\, Matunuck\, RI 02879\n2026 Theme: 250 Years of Farming\nSaturday\, Oct. 10: Java Jai Coffee 9 a.m.–2 p.m.; face painting 10 a.m.–3 p.m.; ice cream 11 a.m.–3 p.m.; live music noon–3 p.m.; magician shows noon and 2:30 p.m.; Flashlight Night\, with the farm open until 9 p.m.\nSunday\, Oct. 11: Java Jai Coffee 9 a.m.–2 p.m.; face painting 10 a.m.–3 p.m.; live music 11 a.m.–2 p.m.; SoCo BBQ 11 a.m.–3 p.m.; Butterfly House open\nMonday\, Oct. 12: Java Jai Coffee 9 a.m.–2 p.m.; face painting 10 a.m.–3 p.m.; live music 11 a.m.–2 p.m.; Sunset Farms food truck 11 a.m.–3 p.m.\nSpecial Attraction: Flashlight Night on Saturday\nSeasonal Attractions: Corn maze and other Clark Farms Fall Festival activities\nPlanning: Individual attractions and activities may operate on different schedules; check the farm’s current information before visiting. \n\n  \nFeatured image is an artistic representation inspired by the event and may not depict the actual people\, location\, or activities shown.
URL:https://thectbeacon.com/event/clark-farms-fall-festival-adds-a-flashlight-corn-maze-for-columbus-day-weekend/2026-10-11/
LOCATION:Clark Farms\, 2984 Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry Memorial Hwy\, Matunuck\, RI\, 02879\, United States
CATEGORIES:Clark Farms
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SUMMARY:Clark Farms Fall Festival Adds a Flashlight Corn Maze for Columbus Day Weekend
DESCRIPTION:Clark Farms Fall Festival Adds a Flashlight Corn Maze for Columbus Day Weekend as the Matunuck farm heads into a three-day holiday weekend Oct. 10–12 with live music\, food\, face painting\, magic and a Saturday night trip through the corn maze after dark. \nThe weekend is part of Clark Farms’ larger Fall Festival season\, which turns the farm into an autumn playground with a corn maze\, hayrides\, farm animals and a collection of outdoor activities. \nThis year’s theme\, “250 Years of Farming\,” gives the season a nod toward Rhode Island’s agricultural history while Columbus Day weekend brings one of the festival’s more unusual experiences: Flashlight Night on Saturday\, Oct. 10. \nSaturday Ends in the Corn Maze After Dark\nSaturday begins as a full Fall Festival day before things get more interesting after sunset. \nJava Jai Coffee will be at the farm from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.\, followed by ice cream from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and live music from noon to 3 p.m. \nFace painting runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.\, while a magician performs two shows\, at noon and 2:30 p.m. \nThen daylight disappears. \nClark Farms will remain open until 9 p.m. for Flashlight Night\, giving visitors the chance to head into the corn maze after dark. \nA corn maze is built around limited visibility even in the middle of the afternoon. Take away the sunlight\, add a flashlight and suddenly every turn through the stalks becomes a little more uncertain. \nIt’s an easy way to give a familiar fall attraction an entirely different personality without turning it into a full-scale haunted attraction. \nSunday Brings Barbecue\, Music and Butterflies\nThe festival returns to daylight Sunday\, Oct. 11\, with another full schedule. \nJava Jai Coffee returns from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.\, live music runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and face painting is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. \nFood comes from SoCo BBQ from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. \nThe farm’s Butterfly House will also be open\, adding something considerably quieter to a day otherwise built around the activity of the Fall Festival. \nThat’s all on top of the farm’s regular seasonal attractions. \nThe corn maze may be the centerpiece\, but Clark Farms has developed the property into considerably more than a field of corn with paths cut through it. \nDepending on the attraction schedule\, a visit can include the farm’s hayride\, animals and outdoor play areas\, giving families enough to make the trip a substantial part of the day rather than a quick run through the maze. \nMonday Extends the Festival Through the Holiday\nClark Farms isn’t packing everything away Sunday night. \nThe special Fall Festival schedule continues on Monday\, Oct. 12\, giving families another option for the holiday. \nJava Jai Coffee will be there from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.\, with face painting from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and live music from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. \nThe Sunset Farms food truck is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. \nThat creates three slightly different versions of the festival across the long weekend. \nSaturday is the big choice for anyone who wants magic shows and the experience of tackling the corn maze after dark. Sunday combines live music\, barbecue and the Butterfly House. Monday offers a somewhat more relaxed final day with music\, food and the regular farm attractions. \n250 Years of Farming\nThere’s a fitting bit of history behind this year’s festival theme. \nAgriculture has shaped Rhode Island since long before the American Revolution. Farms provided food for local communities\, supported trade and helped define the landscape of rural areas that today are increasingly surrounded by suburban and coastal development. \nSouth County remains one of the places where that agricultural landscape is still readily visible. \nClark Farms continues that connection while showing how dramatically the idea of visiting a farm has changed. \nWhat began as an agricultural business has expanded into a destination where growing plants and crops exists alongside seasonal entertainment. During fall\, the farm becomes a place where children can encounter farm animals\, families can disappear into a corn maze and visitors can spend an afternoon outdoors surrounded by the sights of the harvest season. \nThe 250 Years of Farming theme gives this year’s celebration a chance to connect those modern attractions with the much longer agricultural story behind them. \nOne Weekend\, Three Ways to Do Fall\nFor families trying to decide which day to visit\, the schedule makes the choice relatively straightforward. \nSaturday has the most distinctive experience. \nArrive during the afternoon for the magician\, music and regular attractions\, then stick around until darkness changes the character of the farm. Walking into rows of towering corn with little more than a flashlight is a very different proposition from doing it under an October sun. \nSunday is built for a traditional fall afternoon\, with barbecue\, music\, face painting and the Butterfly House. \nMonday provides a bonus day for anyone with the holiday off\, complete with another round of live music and a food truck. \nOr there’s another option. \nMake Saturday’s corn maze difficult on purpose. \nWait until dark. \nMore information is available at the Event Website link below. To purchase tickets\, click the Event Ticketing link below. \nDetails\nEvent: Clark Farms Fall Festival – Columbus Day Weekend\nDates: Saturday–Monday\, Oct. 10–12\, 2026\nLocation: Clark Farms\nAddress: 2984 Commodore Perry Highway\, Matunuck\, RI 02879\n2026 Theme: 250 Years of Farming\nSaturday\, Oct. 10: Java Jai Coffee 9 a.m.–2 p.m.; face painting 10 a.m.–3 p.m.; ice cream 11 a.m.–3 p.m.; live music noon–3 p.m.; magician shows noon and 2:30 p.m.; Flashlight Night\, with the farm open until 9 p.m.\nSunday\, Oct. 11: Java Jai Coffee 9 a.m.–2 p.m.; face painting 10 a.m.–3 p.m.; live music 11 a.m.–2 p.m.; SoCo BBQ 11 a.m.–3 p.m.; Butterfly House open\nMonday\, Oct. 12: Java Jai Coffee 9 a.m.–2 p.m.; face painting 10 a.m.–3 p.m.; live music 11 a.m.–2 p.m.; Sunset Farms food truck 11 a.m.–3 p.m.\nSpecial Attraction: Flashlight Night on Saturday\nSeasonal Attractions: Corn maze and other Clark Farms Fall Festival activities\nPlanning: Individual attractions and activities may operate on different schedules; check the farm’s current information before visiting. \n\n  \nFeatured image is an artistic representation inspired by the event and may not depict the actual people\, location\, or activities shown.
URL:https://thectbeacon.com/event/clark-farms-fall-festival-adds-a-flashlight-corn-maze-for-columbus-day-weekend/2026-10-10/
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SUMMARY:South County Folk Festival in Downtown Wakefield
DESCRIPTION:NOTE: This is a rescheduled event.\nSouth County Folk Festival in Downtown Wakefield makes its debut Saturday\, September 19\, turning Sunset Stage at Birch & Bay into a nine-hour outdoor celebration of folk\, indie folk\, Americana\, and the music being made around Rhode Island right now. \nPresented by Westerly Sound in partnership with Sunset Stage at Birch & Bay\, the first-year festival runs from noon to 9 p.m. Its announced lineup brings together internationally touring musicians and emerging regional artists\, including Brad Barr\, Nic Panken\, Lefty Parker\, Ruby of Thanks\, Lily Rhodes and Breachway. \nThere will also be food\, drinks and vendors throughout the day. The festival is open to all ages; children 12 and younger get in free\, and free parking is available. \nBut the most interesting thing about this new festival may be its definition of “folk.” \nThis isn’t an afternoon devoted exclusively to traditional acoustic music. The musicians gathered in Wakefield stretch the term through indie rock\, alt-country\, experimental folk\, lo-fi recording and contemporary singer-songwriter music. \nAt the center is a musician whose Rhode Island roots reach back decades. \nLive Music on the Main Stage\n11:00–11:20 a.m. — The Full Fill\n11:35–11:55 a.m. — Christina Holmes\n12:10–12:30 p.m. — Margeaux Lynn\n12:45–1:05 p.m. — Lily Rhodes\n1:20–2:00 p.m. — Guess Method\n2:15–2:45 p.m. — Mead Savage\n3:00–3:20 p.m. — Chrissy Stewart\n3:35–3:55 p.m. — Sam Slick\n4:10–4:30 p.m. — Josh Feld\n4:45–5:30 p.m. — Kara McKee\n5:30–6:30 p.m. — Will Evans\n6:40–7:05 p.m. — Lefty Parker\n7:15–7:40 p.m. — Aedie\n7:50–8:50 p.m. — Brad Barr \nAfter the Show\n8:20–10:00 p.m. — DJ Dyn-O-Mite \nBrad Barr Comes Home to Rhode Island\nBrad Barr has spent much of his musical career elsewhere\, but his story begins in Providence. \nBarr and his brother Andrew grew up in Rhode Island and became known through The Slip\, the adventurous trio they formed with bassist Marc Friedman. The band developed a following through years of touring and an improvisational approach that resisted easy classification\, moving among rock\, jazz\, folk and experimental music. \nBrad and Andrew eventually relocated to Montreal. \nThere\, an accidental musical connection helped create the next major chapter of their careers. \nBrad Barr heard harpist Sarah Pagé practicing through the wall of his apartment. The musicians met\, began playing together\, and The Barr Brothers eventually emerged around Brad and Andrew Barr with Pagé. \nThe resulting music was difficult to categorize in a different way than The Slip had been. Folk and Americana sat alongside blues\, African and other global influences\, unconventional guitar techniques and Pagé’s harp. \nThe Barr Brothers’ 2014 album Sleeping Operator earned a Juno Award nomination\, while subsequent records and extensive touring established the group internationally. \nBrad Barr has now spent roughly three decades making music professionally\, but Sunday’s appearance brings a Providence-born songwriter back to Rhode Island for a festival explicitly celebrating the state’s folk music community. \nThat makes him an especially appropriate anchor for the first South County Folk Festival. \nLily Rhodes Represents Another Side of Rhode Island Songwriting\nLily Rhodes brings the festival closer to home again. \nBased in Warren\, Rhode Island\, Rhodes describes herself as a singer-songwriter\, producer\, writer and multimedia artist. \nHer released music includes Weather the Storm\, Leave Me Blue\, Calling To Say and Rightful Place. \nShe’s been part of Rhode Island’s independent music scene for years. Her performances have included WaterFire Providence and Newport’s NIMFest summer concert series\, where she appeared at King Park in August. \nRhodes’ work sits comfortably within the singer-songwriter tradition while reflecting the increasingly fluid boundaries between folk\, indie music and self-produced recording. \nThat variety matters on a nine-hour bill. \nA festival built entirely around musicians who approach songwriting the same way can become repetitive no matter how talented they are. South County Folk Festival appears to be using “folk” more as a common starting point than a strict musical rule. \nLefty Parker Adds Another Voice to the Bill\nLefty Parker joins Brad Barr\, Nic Panken\, Ruby of Thanks\, Lily Rhodes and Breachway on the festival’s announced lineup. \nCompared with some of Sunday’s other performers\, reliable published biographical material about Parker is relatively limited. Rather than fill that gap with assumptions\, it’s more useful to view the booking in the context of the festival itself. \nThe organizers aren’t presenting South County Folk Festival simply as a collection of established touring acts. They’re explicitly pairing artists with broader touring histories with rising talent connected to South County and the regional scene. \nThat creates a discovery component. \nYou may arrive because you recognize Brad Barr or another artist on the bill and leave having heard someone you didn’t know at noon. \nThat’s one of the things small festivals can still do particularly well. \nA First-Year Festival With a Rhode Island Point of View\nThe phrase “first annual” carries a certain optimism. \nThere isn’t yet a long South County Folk Festival tradition to draw upon. No stories about legendary performances from ten years ago. No established routine about where everyone puts their blankets or which performer traditionally closes the afternoon. \nThis is year one. \nWesterly Sound and Sunset Stage are effectively asking whether there’s room for a new folk-oriented gathering in South County. \nRhode Island already occupies an unusually important place in American folk music because of the Newport Folk Festival\, whose history reaches back to 1959. \nTrying to duplicate Newport would make little sense. \nSouth County Folk Festival instead appears to be working on a deliberately smaller scale\, using a downtown Wakefield venue and a mixture of touring and regional musicians to build something centered on the community around it. \nThe lineup itself tells that story. \nBrad Barr was born in Providence and built an international career. \nBreachway’s Noah Barreto grew up attending Newport Folk Festival and now lives and performs beyond Rhode Island. \nLily Rhodes is actively making music in the state. \nNic Panken and Ruby of Thanks bring outside voices into the mix. \nIt’s regional without being insular. \nFolk Music Has Never Stayed Still\nThere’s also something fitting about calling all of this folk music. \nThe genre has always changed depending on who was making it and when. \nTraditional songs became singer-songwriter music. Blues and country became intertwined with it. Bob Dylan plugged in an electric guitar at Newport and helped ignite one of the most famous arguments in American music history. \nLater generations brought rock\, psychedelia\, indie music\, electronic textures and experimental recording techniques with them. \nThe South County lineup reflects that continuing evolution. \nBreachway can use pedal steel and synthesizers. \nRuby of Thanks can make a home-recorded song feel like an artifact discovered from another decade. \nBrad Barr can move between folk songwriting and guitar experimentation. \nLily Rhodes can be songwriter\, producer and multimedia artist at the same time. \nThere doesn’t have to be one correct answer to what folk music sounds like in 2026. \nThe common thread remains the song. \nSunset Stage Puts the Festival in Downtown Wakefield\nThe setting gives the festival another advantage. \nBirch & Bay sits at 323 Main Street in downtown Wakefield\, rather than on an isolated festival field miles outside town. \nThe coastal-inspired restaurant includes indoor dining and bar space along with its seasonal outdoor areas\, while Sunset Stage provides the setting for live music. \nFor the festival\, organizers are promising food\, drinks and vendors in addition to the performances. \nThat makes this more than a sequence of concerts with everyone asked to leave between sets. \nIt’s designed as an all-day gathering. \nWith music running from noon until 9 p.m.\, attendees can make an afternoon of it\, stay through dinner and continue into the evening sets. \nKids 12 and younger are admitted free\, which also makes the festival unusually approachable for families interested in exposing younger listeners to live music without buying another full-price ticket. \n  \nDetails\nEvent: South County Folk Festival\nDate: Saturday\, September 19\, 2026\nTime: Noon–9 p.m.\nLocation: Sunset Stage at Birch & Bay\nSetting: Outdoor festival at Birch & Bay’s Sunset Stage\nAddress: 323 Main Street\, Wakefield\, RI 02879\nPresented by: Westerly Sound in partnership with Sunset Stage at Birch & Bay\nAdmission: Ticketed event; advance purchase is encouraged and capacity is limited\nAges: All ages\nChildren: Ages 12 and younger admitted free\nFood & Drink: Food and beverages available during the festival\nVendors: Vendors will be on site\nParking: Free parking\nDuration: Approximately nine hours\nRefunds: Available up to seven days before the event through Eventbrite \nMore information is available at the Event Website link below. \nTo purchase tickets\, click the Event Ticketing link below. \n  \nFeatured image is an artistic representation inspired by the event and may not depict the actual people\, location\, or activities shown.
URL:https://thectbeacon.com/event/south-county-folk-festival-in-downtown-wakefield/
LOCATION:Sunset Stage at Birch & Bay\, 323 Main Street\, Wakefield\, RI\, 02879\, United States
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