Over the weekend of July 5-7, Levitate Music and Arts Festival returned to the Marshfield Fairgrounds in Marshfield, MA for the 11th installment.
This family friendly festival is full of good vibes, art, music and community, featuring three stages, a skate ramp as well as a kids zone.
There were many food and beverage vendors which offered a great variety of cuisines and dessert options, as well as a large number of vendors selling their artwork and handmade items, offering henna, jewelry, glitter hair and make up.
As you walked through festival, you could watch artists work on large murals, an incredible sight to watch them work and create over the three day festival. Large sails were suspended overhead, and a misting tent helped provide shaded areas for festival attendees to take a break from the sun and chill out.
This year there was a stellar line up of performers, as there has been in past years, with every performance a treat to see.
Friday
Kicking off the weekend of music was the Levitate Foundation Winner Blue Light Bandits, playing on the Soul Stage, where fans later caught Lee Ross and Stolen Gin. The Style Stage saw performances from Grace Bowers, Neal Francis and Orebolo, with crowds greeting them with excitement.
The Stoke Stage held performances from Jon Muq, The Moss, Dirty Heads (who played songs “Medusa”, “Bum, Bum”, “Sloth’s Revenge”, “Burn Slow” among others) and Mt. Joy who closed out the music on Friday.
Saturday
The overcast day with off and on misty weather didn’t stop the crowds from enjoying the day. Eagerly awaiting the 12:30pm start time, multiple entrances were filling fast. While in line, attendees chatted about their experiences on Friday and what they were looking forward to doing or what bands they were planning to check out that day. Playing first on the Soul Stage was the band Snacktime from Philadelphia, along with The Mark King Band and Joe Samba later that day.
The crowds swarmed around the other stages through the day, with The Hip Abduction, Iration, and Tash Sultana playing sets on the nearby Style Stage. Staggered set times gave everyone plenty of time to catch many shows throughout the weekend. G. Love & Special sauce, Cory Wong, and The Elovators all had great sets on the Stoke Stage.
Sunday
Sunday was the warmest day of all three days at Levitate Music and Arts Festival but that didn’t stop the crowds from continuing to enjoy the festival. Performing throughout the day was Gracie Grace & All The Good Boys, Little Stranger, Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country, The Rins, Richie Mitch & the Coal Miners, Ziggy Alberts, Karina Rykman, Oliver Anthony played his well-known hit song “Rich Men North of Richmond.”
Closing the main stage were Charlie Crockett and the highly anticipated performance from Sublime, who drew multiple generations of fans, playing a great selection of hits such as “What I Got,” Pawn Shop,” “Saw Red,” and “Bad Fish.”
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