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Imagine getting to see dozens of your favorite acts all in one weekend. Not in a festival field hundreds of yards away, but in an intimate, seated space. Catch a glimpse of what it is like backstage at a big festival – artists hanging out and trading songs – on stage one minute and hanging out in the audience watching the next set right after.

This is the scene at the Campfire Festival at Club Passim. Twenty five years in, it is the best way to catch your current favorites as well as your future favorites. It is a festival of experiments and discoveries. This is where new artists get on stage and shine. Swapping between songwriter rounds and band sets, you’ll get a glimpse of a music scene that is much bigger than one room. There are artists from around the corner and around the world. Some might be familiar, but many you’ll discover for the first time. Settle in for a few sets…or a few days. Genre is not part of the mix. Be open to the voices…the instruments…the sounds. Be ready to be amazed.

Campfire has long been the best way to see new artists at Club Passim. So many of today’s favorites got their start at the Campfire Festival.  Many folks you may have already been fans of stopped in to perform a special guest set!

Anais Mitchell, Lake Street Dive, Tall Heights, Alisa Amador, Lori McKenna, Josh Ritter, Jake Blount, Mary Gauthier, Regina Spektor, Bleu, Deb Talan, Erin McKeown, Izzy Heltai, Rose Cousins, Steve Tannen, Stephen Kellogg, Antje Duvekot, Mark Erelli, Langhorne Slim, Dawn Landes, Girlyman, Sarah Siskind, Ryan Montbleau, Eilen Jewell, Jeffrey Foucault, Kris Delmhorst, Caitlin Canty, Al Kooper, Suitcase Junket, Peter Wolf, John Wesley Harding, Vance Gilbert, Laurie Sargent, Dave Champagne, Session Americana, Hanneke Cassel, Sean Rowe, Heather Masse, Chris Pureka, Amber Rubarth, Myq Kaplan, Baratunde Thurston, Natalie & Brittany Haas, Jenny Owen Youngs, Melissa Ferrick, Sol Y Canto, Kemp Harris, Ellis Paul, The Low Anthem, Jesse Dee, Lucy Wainwright Roche, Carsie Blanton, Lula Wiles, Joy Kills Sorrow, Cuddle Magic, Dwight & Nicole, Emily Elbert, David Wax Museum, Madi Diaz, Margaret Glaspy, Liz Longley, Maeve Gilchrist, Lady Lamb, Treat Her Right, Miss Tess, Julia Easterlin, The Stray Birds, Della Mae, Alex Wong, Bhi Bhiman, Adrianne Lenker, Greg Hawkes, Mike Block, Laura Cortese, The Mammals, Jean Rohe, Will Dailey, Anjimile, Darol Anger, Lily Henley, Arc Iris, Ghost Of Paul Revere, Honeysuckle, Taylor Ashton, Future Teens, Mama’s Broke, The Faux Paws, Kara McKee, Beane, Maya de Vitry, Olivia Barton, Darlingside, Veronica Robles, Joy Clark, Lizzie No, Bella White, Jobi Riccio, Christopher Paul Stelling, Sonya Kitchell, Courtney Hartman, Red Molly, Willy Mason, Barnstar!, Jesse Harris, Melody Gardot, Jim Kweskin, Edie Carey, Jake Brennan, Paul Bryan, Jeremy Kittel

…and the list goes on and on. Who will you discover at Campfire?

2025 Labor Day Weekend campfire.

  • Friday, August 29th

    6pm

    Almira Ara

     

    6:45pm

    ZARA

     

    7:30pm

    Ella Faye

     

    8:15pm

    Rosa Joe Jacobs

     

    9pm

    Wendy Lucas

     

    9:45pm

    Nicolas Emden

    Ana Schon

    Elizabeth Burke

    Emma Cook

  • Saturday, August 30th

    2pm

    Kouchera

     

    2:45pm

    Autumn Hollow

     

    3:30pm

    Cameron Peak

    Carlie Janeway

    Amber Winestock

    Louie Lou Louis

     

    5pm

    Ariana Rezaei

     

    5:45pm

    Allison Strong

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    Harrison Goodell

    Kinship

     

    7:15pm

    Orange Blossom

     

    8pm

    Maren Doughty

     

    8:45pm

    Emil Droga

     

    9:30pm

    Aili Bauman

    Georgia Mintz

    Gabriella Simpkins

    John Gerard

  • Sunday, August 31st

    2pm

    Chadwise & Kendra

     

    2:45pm

    Alayna Maysie Band

     

    3:30pm

    Aimée Okotie-Oyekan

    Alison Mullan-Stout

    Allie Chip

    Carolyn Shapiro

     

    5pm

    The Honey Badgers

     

    5:45pm

    The Rough & Tumble

     

    6:30pm

    Birch Swart

    Borus

    Jaime Erin

    Michael Suddes

     

    8pm

    Tim Hall

     

    8:45pm

    Hawk in the Nest

     

    9:30pm

    Brady Dallas Jones

    Anju

    Aaron Nathans

    Aditi Malhotra

  • Monday, September 1st

    2pm

    Seselia

     

    2:45pm

    Nightjar

     

    3:30pm

    Ethan WL

    Lloyd Thayer

    Derek Sensale

    Dom the Composer

     

    5pm

    The Soloveytchicks

     

    5:45pm

    John Dorney

    Vanessa Torre

    Mercedes Escobar

    Mel Starr

     

    7:15pm

    Hooly J Chan

     

    8pm

    Kenya Hall

     

    8:45pm

    Eva James

    Breachway

    Tom Huangpu

    Rachel Sumner

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