2023 (Year 20):
Sat, July 8, and Sun, July 9, 2023 — our 18th festival, but 20 years since our first one
Headliners: Mihali, Red Baraat, Louis Cato, and Remember Jones.
2022 (Year 19):
Sat, July 9, and Sun, July 10, 2022 — our 17th festival, but 19 years since our first one
Headliners: Galactic, Funk Yeah!, Friends of the Brothers, Alexander Kariotis, and Autumn Jones.
2021 (This would have been our Year 18):
We canceled our 2021 Festival because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Â It would have been our 18th year.
2020 (This would have been our Year 17):
We canceled our 2020 Festival because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Â It would have been our 17th year.
2019 (Year 16):
Sat, July 13, and Sun, July 14, 2019 — our 16th year
Headliners: Antibalas, Turkuaz, Sister Sparrow
- Videos:Â https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW83ksJw1DC1HqKJXk3utnJ7poqqHAHwD
- Photos:Â https://www.flickr.com/photos/maplewoodstock/albums/72177720306728330
2018 (Year 15):
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 (Year 14):
Sat, July 8, and Sun, July 9, 2017 – our 14th year
Headliners: Los Lobos, Ruthie Foster, The Hip Abduction
2016 (Year 13):
Sat, July 9, and Sun, July 10, 2016 – our 13th year
Headliners: Railroad Earth, NRBQ, Maya Azucena, Nicole Atkins
2015 (Year 12):
Sat, July 11, and Sun, July 12, 2015 – our 12th year
Headliners: The Wailers, Rusted Root, Alejandro Escovedo
2014 (Year 11):
Sat, July 12, and Sun, July 13, 2014 – our 11th year
Headliners: Puss N Boots, Robert Randolph and Raul Midon
2013 (Year 10):
Sat, July 13, and Sun, July 14, 2013 — our 10th year
Headliners: Joan Osbourne, Brother Joscephus and the Love Revolution and The Iguanas
2012 (Year 9):
Sat, July 7, and Sun, July 8, 2012 – our 9th year
Headliners: Shemekia Copeland, James Maddock, Ollabelle and Panjea
2011 (Year 8):
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 (Year 7):
Sat, July 10, and Sun, July 11, 2010 – our 7th year
Headliners: Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk, Steve Forbert and Maya Azucena
2009 (Year 6):
- Saturday, July 11, and Sunday, July 12 — year 6
- Staging still park’s wooden staging
- Headliners:Â Jonathan Edwards, The THE BAND Band, and Marshall Crenshaw
- Our 2009 YouTube playlist
2008 (Year 5):
- 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:Â Aztec Two-Step
- Maplewoodstock social media channels launched (e.g., Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Flickr, etc.)
- Our 2008 YouTube playlist
2007 (Year 4):
- 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”
