The Second Annual FossFest is a Wrap!

The second annual FossFest stirred up the streets of Broadway in front of Saxton Foss Park in the Winter Hill/East Somerville hinterlands on July 25th, 2010. This music and arts event was sponsored in part by the Somerville Arts Council and the Massachusetts Cultural Council, in partnership with the City of Somerville’s SomerStreets program, and East Somerville Main Streets. Four bands played to a relaxed crowd with the unusual freedom to situate themselves right in the middle of Broadway, which was closed to traffic for the day’s events. Artists and craft vendors lined the Foss Park parking lot, offering a range of goods from paintings to handmade jewelry. The event was emceed by Vihann Kong who kept the days performances rolling smoothly.




Christopher Christian started the music off with an acoustic set about devotion and Galveston. Chris was joined on stage for a few ditties by his Pennies co-star, Caroline Campbell McCormick. As a side note, Chris co-hosted and performed live on MIT’s WMBR the Friday before FossFest, and a podcast of this show can be found here: http://wmbr.org/m3u/Three_Ring_Circus_20100723_1600.m3u



The parade from East Somerville, led by Marcus Santos and Bloco, came through like a hurricane for the last song of the set.














The second band of the day was Raiz Sertaneja, who played a set of emotional Brazilian vocal duets highlighted by keyboard melodies and percussion.



















Angeline brought the energy up with their folk-rock awesomeness that induced major boogie in the crowd, including a troupe of dancing kids that I believe the band referred to as ‘The Vaccinations’.















The Kieran Ridge Band closed the day with a guitar/mandolin filled alt-country show that included a tribute to Cash’s Folsom Prison Blues by the end of the set.














All throughout the day there was face painting, as well as workshops and demos provided by the Open Air Circus.















Thank you to all of the people that helped organize and to those that attended this year’s event. We hope to see you for a third FossFest in 2011.We have a FossFest flickr pool. Please add any photos or video that you might have!

Some nice write-ups about the day’s events (SomerStreets and FossFest) can be found at the following links:
http://www.thesomervillenews.com/archives/5063

http://safedigression.wordpress.com/2010/07/26/somerstreets-comes-to-east-somerville/

THANK YOU!

Sponsors and Support: Somerville Arts Council: Rachel Strutt, Greg Jenkins; City of Somerville: Carlene Campbell, Mayor Joseph Curtatone; East Somerville Main Streets: Carrie Dancy; Moonship Productions: Jenn Bliss; Brazilian Times: Marcelo Zicker

Please continue to support our performers and vendors:
Performers: Christopher Christian; Raiz Sertaneja; Angeline; Kieran Ridge Band

Vendors: Dave’s Sand Art; Leanne Tremblay Textiles; The Waughdrobe; Kreeters; Sophy Tuttle Illustration; Heaven Sent Creations; Matt Serra Painting; Marblehead Tileworks

Planning and Execution Crew: Allison Stevens, Christopher Player, Nathanael Hevelone, Andre van der Kouwe, Lilla Zöllei, Vihann Kong, Alexandra Zaleta, Jennifer Pacheco.