Name: MAC BASH – Music Festival
Start: 2025-01-11T14:00:00-05:00
Location: Milford Arts Council, the MAC 40 Railroad Ave S., Milford, CT

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MAC BASH – Music Festival
January 11, 2025 2:00pm
Mac Bash- Music Festival
The Mac is pleased to bring together three local bands for a 4 hour Saturday afternoon music festival of Bluegrass, Roots and Americana on January 11,2025
The Moonrise Cartel
The Moonrise Cartel is an American folk rock band blending folk, classic rock and Americana with a touch of gospel. The band features soaring harmonies, introspective lyrics, and a vintage sound profile that is reminiscent of the Laurel Canyon music scene balanced with a modern touch to be equal parts timeless, and for the time.
Fueled by songwriter Al Pascarelli’s deeply personal writings of a lifelong battle with mental illness, alcoholism and eventual emergence out of the darker shades of the human experience, this is a band with several gears and one that takes you on an incredible journey. His voice is coupled upfront by Stephanie Harrison who wows with striking vocal prowess, bobbing effortlessly between stunning power and heartbreakingly delicate delivery. Gorgeous layers of ambient color come through Sean O’reilly with his piano and harp arrangements, often at the same time. Finally, it is all held together on the rock solid backdrop of Benj LeFevre and Steve Tobey on the low end of bass and drums.
Website: https://www.themoonrisecartel.com/
Almost olive
almost olive is an eclectic duo formed by jacqui armbruster (voice/guitar/fiddle) and karl henry (cello/bass/voice). drawing from a variety of musical traditions and sewn together through intimate lyrics, the duo explores themes like identity, love, grief, and vulnerability through their catalog of original music that balances groove and heart.
Songwhip: https://songwhip.com/almostolive/almost-album

The Trunk Band
Trunk Band was formed during the pandemic as a weekly collaboration of local musicians at “The Elephant’s Trunk” flea market in New Milford. Its core features Newtown’s Richard Neal (Flagpole Radio Band) and Bethel’s Frank Infurcia. They will be inviting guest’s Rick Brodsky (Flagpole Radio Band, Rock Hearts) and Austin Scelzo (Rock Hearts, On the Trail) Richard Neal is a Connecticut-based multi-instrumentalist (banjo, guitar, mandolin), recording studio operator, producer, session musician, stringed instrument teacher, songwriter, and performer.