May 23-24, 2026
SAT, MAY 23
3:00 - Sneaky Miles
4:15 - Erica Brown & the Blue Grass Connection
5:30 - Jon Nolan
7:00 - Rigometrics
8:30 - Griffin William Sherry
SUN, MAY 24
1:00 - Lumus
2:30 - Jake Swamp and the Pine
4:00 - Gina and the Red Eye Flight Crew
5:30 - Andrew Duhon Trio
7:00 - Breakin’ Strings
8:30 - The Last Revel
The weekend pass includes tickets to all Sandy River Music Festival shows on Saturday, May 23 and Sunday May 24
$70.00
The Saturday-only pass includes tickets to all Sandy River Music Festival shows on Saturday, May 23rd
$40.00
The Sunday-Only pass includes tickets to all Sandy River Music Festival shows on Sunday, May 24
$40.00
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MAIL Send a check to: Narrow Gauge Cinema, P.O. Box 486, Farmington, ME 04938
PHONE (207) 491-6620IN PERSON Narrow Gauge Cinema Lobby
All shows are rain or shine, tickets are non-refundable.
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CHECK IN
Ticket holders - noon on Saturday
Campers - 10:00 am on Saturday
LOCATION
123 Narrow Gauge Square
Farmington, ME 04938
CONTACT
john@narrowgaugecinema.net
FAMILY FRIENDLY
Children 12 & under are free! Must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
RAIN OR SHINE
The festival is a rain or shine event, please come prepared.
ALLOWED
Lawn chairs & blankets.
NOT ALLOWED
No pets, please.
No outside food or drinks.
Camping
Stay the weekend! Rent a tent, or bring your own. On-site camping is available and located within 100 yards of the concert venue. There is one price for camping that includes both Saturday and Sunday nights, and you can come and go as you please.
Concert tickets are sold separately.
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CHECK IN Begins as early as 10:00am on Saturday.
CHECK OUT Monday by noon.
Two large group fire pits with plenty of wood provided. No individual campfires.
Drinking water on site.
New porta potties.
Large 6-acre field to spread out in that looks up the beautiful Sandy River Valley. The Sandy River is a 5 minute walk away.
Close to mountain biking. Plenty of walking/running trails.
Easy 5-minute walk to downtown Farmington’s restaurants, cafes, shops, and bars. -
RENT A 4-PERSON TENT
Rent a 5 meter bell tent. Brand new! For four people with room to stand up.
$125 per site
RENT A 2-PERSON TENT
Rent a 4 meter bell tent. Brand new! For two people with room to stand up.
$75 per site
BYO TENT
Bring your own tent!
$35 per site
BYO CAMPER
Bring your own camper 5th wheel.
$40 per site
sneaky miles
SAT, MAY 23
Sneaky Miles is an indie folk band formed in the fall of 2019. Originally a trio—Kevin O’Brien, Patrick Fitzgibbons, and Jake Gagne—the band found each other through open mic nights at the University of New Hampshire. Since forming, Sneaky Miles has quickly become a local powerhouse in the New Hampshire Seacoast music scene.
While the band began as a stripped-down trio, Sneaky Miles has since expanded their live sound by teaming up with additional members on drums, bass, and pedal steel. The result is a high-energy performance and a sound that feels bigger than the sum of its parts, blending heartfelt storytelling with driving folk-rock arrangements.
Their latest album, Cowboys, Songbirds, and Other Tales of Sorrow (2024), showcases the band’s growth both sonically and lyrically, cementing their place in the modern indie folk landscape.
Sneaky Miles has shared the stage with The Backseat Lovers, Trampled By Turtles, Coyote Island, Dr. Dog, Will Evans, Wheatus, Rayland Baxter, Wild Rivers, and The Deslondes. Notable performances include Borderland Festival (2025), Leavitt Festival (2025), and they’ve played the BNHP “Little Hazy” B Stage before CaAmp and The Lumineers (2022).
For fans of Caamp, Noah Kahan, The Lumineers, Mumford & Sons, and The Head and the Heart, Sneaky Miles delivers a sound rooted in community, connection, and cathartic live shows.
erica brown & the bluegrass connection
SAT, MAY 23
Erica Brown and The Bluegrass Connection is a five-piece band featuring some of the finest musicians in New England. The band features award winning fiddler and singer Erica Brown, Matt Shipman on mandolin, Lincoln Meyers on guitar, Eli Gilbert on banjo and Kris Day on bass. A fun and energetic band, they incorporate a unique and diverse blend of original and traditional music from their Bluegrass, Folk and Country influences. As a band of renowned and respected musicians in their own right, together they form a bluegrass powerhouse of vocal and instrumental expertise that have delighted audiences all over the Northeast and Canada.
Their latest album “Blue Pine Moon” has been well received by fans, critics and musicians alike. The album contains thoughtful, original songs from both Shipman and Brown and other carefully chosen songs from the Bluegrass tradition. Grammy award winning bluegrass songwriter Rick Lang says it is a “...must have for any lover of good Bluegrass music!”
Some 2022 performance highlights include performing at the Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival and a collaboration with The Bangor Symphony Orchestra in which they performed 3 of their original songs with the Orchestra at the Kingfield Pops.
“...real and honest music...”- The Gibson Brothers
“... a stellar band featuring some of the finest pickers you could hope to find.”- Joe K. Walsh
jon nolan
SAT, MAY 23
Jon Nolan is a New England songwriter and founding member of Americana stalwarts Say ZuZu (Strolling Bones/New West Records). With his latest project, Slow Cooker (out September 2025), Nolan turns inward—crafting vivid, lived-in songs about small-town moments, connection, and the quiet beauty of everyday life. Backed by his band, Jon Nolan & Good Co., he blends folk warmth, pop shimmer, and country grit into something timeless and inviting. The result feels less like a performance and more like an open door.
rigometrics
SAT, MAY 23
Rigometrics is making serious waves in the Northeast music scene with a dynamic, high-energy sound that blends the soul of classic rock with the grit of funk and blues, the hooks of indie, and the urgency of modern alternative. Their music fuses Josef Berger’s searing guitar work, Derek Haney’s hard-hitting, groove-driven drums, and Keenan Hendricks’ soaring vocals and swaggering piano, which doubles as the bass in their live setup, creating a genre-blurring style that feels both timeless and fresh. The result is a live experience and growing catalog that consistently draws in diverse audiences and fuels an ever-expanding, loyal fan base.
Since forming in 2021, the three-piece has toured the East Coast and South ten times, sold out 300-cap venues, headlined major shows in Maine, and played over 350 gigs, entirely independently. Their catalog includes 2025’s Live in Maine II and single Couldn’t Tell Ya, 2024’s EP Elodie, live album Live in Maine, and singles Endless Road, All My Friends (Live for the Weekend), and No Smoke; 2023’s EP No Time to Waste and single Share the Fortune; and their 2022 debut album Rig N’ Roll. These projects are being shared through constant energetic live performances and an undeniable stage presence via a renovated school bus that the Rigometrics calls home when on the road.
To bring these releases to life, Rigometrics collaborated with top-tier producers Jon Wyman, Matt Perry, and Anthony Gatti, as well as Grammy winners Dave Gutter, Adam Ayan, and 'Bassy' Bob Brockmann. Together, they crafted music that elevates Rigometrics’ signature sound while staying deeply rooted in the spirit of rock ‘n’ roll.
griffin william sherry
SAT, MAY 23
Living somewhere in-between modern catharsis and American myth, Griffin William Sherry's roots continue to grow strong in the ever-evolving genres of Folk, Americana and Rock & Roll.
Griffin's music is inspired by his New England rural roots. As such, he cobbles together an inimitable signature style, visceral and heartfelt, loud and passionate, each song taking on a voice of its own.
In 2011, He co-founded the independent band The Ghost of Paul Revere, capturing the hearts and minds of countless fans with a series of acclaimed releases and sold-out shows everywhere. In 2022, after writing music for seventeen years, Griffin's begun work on his first solo record, taking a defiant step in a new direction.
LUMUS
SUN, MAY 24
Lumus is a five-piece cover band out of Farmington, Maine, chasing the “oh-hellz-yeah!” moment—that split second when the chorus lands and the whole room lights up. We hand-pick every song (no filler), rehearse it tight, and deliver it with big harmonies, punchy grooves, and high energy.
The band formed in 2022 after a chance meeting over a red drum kit in a pawnshop window (with Lake Street Dive drifting by from a passing car—true story). Since then, we’ve brought the party to spots like The Roost, The Rack at Sugarloaf, Homestead Kitchen Bar & Bakery, Farmhouse Beer Garden, Emery Arts Center, Morrison Hill Orchard, The Silver Spur, and Narrow Gauge Cinema's Whistlestop Concert Series.
“This band is like wait-a-minute—What?!” —Shirley from Skowhegan
JAKE SWAMP AND THE PINE
SUN, MAY 25
At the end of a long day traversing the White Mountains, when the sun has laid down behind the horizon and the shush of the forest descends, you sit by the campfire and crack open the cold beverage of your choice. Surrounded by friends or family, you realize this is the best possible place you could be right now. This is the feeling that Jake Swamp and the Pine captures with their music. The name Jake Swamp and the Pine provides that context, as it was inspired by the Jake Swamp pine tree - the tallest tree in MA and is honoring Jake Swamp - a prominent environmentalist.
At the end of 2022, JSATP released their debut album, Simpson and Banks, named after the cross streets in Somerville, MA where the band was formed. Within those cross streets, hours and hours of practice, laughing, writing, struggling with creating social content had been held. There were many moments of life that were revisited because of the writing and reflecting that happened there, so it felt only fitting to honor that with the album name. Those beautiful and confusing moments of life are captured and distilled into each song on the album.
Simpson and Banks received praise from many prestigious publications including Americana UK, who noted that a "Gloriously atmospheric vocals carry a set of passionate, emotive and classy songs.” (read more)
Jake Swamp and the Pine songs range from powerful acoustic anthems to knee-slapping hoedowns to slow and somber waltzes, drawing on diverse influences from the Americana, folk, singer-songwriter, bluegrass, and jam band traditions. With a collection of original songs and covers of artists, there’s always something to stomp, clap, or holler along to. Country 102.5 said “Jake Swamp and the Pine was born to be heard live. You can feel the emotion in his guitar, and his vocals take you on winding journey, up and around bends of inflection. There’s sheer joy that resounds in the making of his craft. You can get all that just from listening to one song.”
JSATP has been nominated four years in a row for the Boston Music Awards Americana Act of the Year, as well as New England Music Awards Americana Act of the Year.
gINA AND THE RED EYE FLIGHT CREW
SUN, MAY 24
When Boston-based vocalist Gina Alibrio moved to Portland, Maine, she joined forces with members of Rustic Overtones, Jaw Gems, Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds and Model Airplane to form "Gina And The Red Eye Flight Crew."
Alibrio's vocals have been compared to the blues comprehension of Susan Tedeschi with a knack for songwriting aligned with the likes of a young Christine McVie. The energetic nine-piece collective tackles originals with a flair for the funky and seasoned professionalism.
The Flight Crew is not your average wedding & events band. Their catalogue draws from a list of Pop, Soul, and R&B favorites that may surprise you, but most certainly will make you move.
ANDREW DUHON TRIO
SUN, MAY 24
Duhon’s most common live band iteration, The Andrew Duhon Trio brings an upbeat musicality to his tunes with upright bassist, Myles Weeks and drummer , Jim Kolacek singing three part harmony.
BREAKIN’ STRINGS
SUN, MAY 24
Nashville Recording Artists - BREAKIN' STRINGS
Breakin' Strings is a New England based bluegrass band, started 20 years ago. Led by Cliff Gelina, and backed by some of New England's finest musicians, featuring Cody Howe, Sam Acus, Amanda Gelina, Dan Bartley, Kailey Zercher and David Bevins. They have a hard driving bluegrass sound that brings people to their feet. They will also blow you away with their strong ballads and tight harmonies. Cliff Gelina’s voice has been compared to the sounds of Chris Stapleton, Dan Tyminski, Larry Cordle, and Russell Moore. The musicianship in this group will keep you dancing with a smile on your face.
This versatile group brings a great show you won't want to miss. Cody Howe plays that guitar like a beast. Some have claimed to see smoke coming off his fret board. Sam Acus also brings the heat ripping up on that mandolin with his Jazzgrass fusion sound. Kailey has been a new addition to the band playing a smoking fiddle Aswell. Some say the devil himself may challenge her next. Breakin' Strings had their debut album released in September of 2022 which was recorded in (Studio A) at the legendary Blackbird Studios in Nashville, TN. They also performed at the 2022 IBMA Ramble Showcase in Raleigh, NC. BREAKIN' STRINGS released several singles since. “Stones”, “Willow Tree” and “95”. Breakin’ Strings has been finishing up their new Album (Homegrown) recorded at Acadia Recording Company, in Portland, ME. You can keep up to date with Breakin' Strings by checking out their website at https://www.breakinstrings.net
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