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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 Memorial Day Weekend campfire.

  • Friday, May 23rd

    6pm

    The Honey Badgers

     

    6:45pm

    Angelo Della Valle

     

    7:30pm

    Gabriella Simpkins

    Mel Starr

    Cooper Smithson

    JOBIE

     

    9pm

    Matt Emmer

     

    9:45pm

    Devon Gates

     

    10:30pm

    Winkler

  • Saturday, May 24th

    2pm

    Christo Sedgewick & The Fabulous Regrets

     

    2:45pm

    Kim Moberg

    Kate White

    Schuyler Kitchin

    Brady Dallas Jones

     

    4:15pm

    Good Judgement

     

    5pm

    Tara Ozalp

    Bode Corona

    Rosa Joe Jacobs

    Rachel Moberg

     

    6:30pm

    Mercedes Escobar

    Johanna Wacker

    Adia Clark Lay

    Nicolás Emden

     

    8pm

    Jessye DeSilva

     

    8:45pm

    Emil Droga

    Preston Lydotes

    Osprey

    Eva James

     

    10:15pm

    Grace Givertz

  • Sunday, May 25th

    2pm

    Peryle

     

    2:45pm

    Breachway

    Ella McDonald

    Ryan Leddick

    Héloïse Goncalves

     

    4:15pm

    Maggie & Tim Gearan

     

    5pm

    Lloyd Thayer

     

    5:45pm

    Alex Hoskyns

     

    6:30pm

    Ali Sperry

    Brooklynn Stanberry

    Andrew Victor

    John Dorney

     

    8pm

    Mt. Juliet

     

    8:45pm

    Andrew Sue Wing

     

    9:30pm

    Arthur Terembula

    Ryan DeGroot

    Sam Babineau

    Matthew Thornton

  • Monday, May 26th

    2pm

    Jean-Baptiste Cardineau

     

    2:45pm

    Shelly Shu

    Kat Levitt

    Eliza Howells

    A Day Without Love

     

    4:15pm

    Maren Doughty

     

    5pm

    Shannon Davis

    Touring Saturn

    dumbest fella alive

    Luke Curran

     

    6:30pm

    Taylor Sharpe

     

    7:15pm

    Morning Son

     

    8pm

    Tim Hall

     

    8:45pm

    Mark Lipman

    Taylor Abrahamse

    Colin McGovern

    Kat Wallace

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