2020
We had to cancel our 2020 Festival because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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2021
We rescheduled our 2021 Festival from its usual July dates to Oct 2-3, 2021. Stay tuned!
2020
We canceled our 2020 Festival because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It would have been our 17th year.
2019
Sat, July 13, and Sun, July 14, 2019 — our 16th year
Headliners: Antibalas, Turkuaz, Sister Sparrow
2018
Sat, July 14, and Sun, July 15, 2018 — our 15th year
Headliners: Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band, Third World, Danielia Cotton, The Suffers
2017
Sat, July 8, and Sun, July 9, 2017 – our 14th year
Headliners: Los Lobos, Ruthie Foster, The Hip Abduction
2016
Sat, July 9, and Sun, July 10, 2016 – our 13th year
Headliners: Railroad Earth, NRBQ, Maya Azucena, Nicole Atkins
2015
Sat, July 11, and Sun, July 12, 2015 – our 12th year
Headliners: The Wailers, Rusted Root, Alejandro Escovedo
2014
Sat, July 12, and Sun, July 13, 2014 – our 11th year
Headliners: Puss N Boots, Robert Randolph and Raul Midon
2013
Sat, July 13, and Sun, July 14, 2013 — our 10th year
Headliners: Joan Osbourne, Brother Joscephus and the Love Revolution and The Iguanas
2012
Sat, July 7, and Sun, July 8, 2012 – our 9th year
Headliners: Shemekia Copeland, James Maddock, Ollabelle and Panjea
2011
Sat, July 9, and Sun, July 10, 2011 – our 8th year
Headliners: The Smithereens, Raul Malo, The Revelations, Alexander Kariotis, Seth Walker, Rich Pagano
2010
Sat, July 10, and Sun, July 11, 2010 – our 7th year
Headliners: Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk, Steve Forbert and Maya Azucena
2009
- Saturday, July 11, and Sunday, July 12 — year 6
- Staging still park’s wooden staging
- Headliners: Jonathan Edwards, The THE BAND Band, and Marshall Crenshaw
- Our 2009 YouTube playlist
2008
- Saturday, July 12, and Sunday, July 13 — year 5
- Event now a two-day event going forward
- Stage was still the ad hoc plywood staging left in the park
- Our first paid headliner act: Aztec Two-Step
- Maplewoodstock social media channels launched (e.g., Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Flickr, etc.)
- Our 2008 YouTube playlist
2007
- Saturday, July 14, noon to 11 pm, and Sunday, July 15, 1 pm to 8 pm — year 4
- This was the first year the event moved to two days
- The stage the ad hoc plywood staging left in the park
- Our 2007 YouTube playlist
2006 (Year 3):
- Saturday, July 8, 2006
- One day event and no paid headliner bands
- Stage was ad hoc plywood staging that was in the park for a few years
- Here is a video showing our sparsely attended event — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMCreRvNBWY
2005 (Year 2):
- After a year 1 Sunday event, we moved it to a Saturday
- Stage was the park’s wooden staging
- Our 2005 YouTube playlist (look how young we were!)
2004 (Year 1):
- Sunday, July 11, 1 pm to 9 pm
- Held one day (on a Sunday)
- Stage was the Essex County portable stage
- Just a bunch of local musician pulled together amplifiers, drum kits, a PA system, and a rented stage (courtesy of James Buchanan in the Maplewood Rec Department) to put on a show (Little Rascals Style)
- Someone (James?) came up with the moniker “Maplewoodstock”
