Catskill Chill Music Festival To Take 2017 Off

There’s sad news from organizers of the Catskill Chill Music Festival as the event will not be held in 2017. A letter from those behind Catskill Chill was posted on the festival’s Facebook page this afternoon announcing the hiatus.

Catskill Chill was first held on September 10 and 11, 2010 at Camp Minglewood in Hancock, New York. The event continued on an annual basis through the seventh installment at New Minglewood in Lakewood, Pennsylvania on September 23 – 25, 2016. Last year’s festival featured a lineup that included Mike Gordon, George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, Greensky Bluegrass, Lettuce, Electron, Keller Williams’ Grateful Grass, Break Science Live Band, Dopapod, Goldfish, Perpetual Groove and many others.

Read the full text of the note shared from Chill organizers today:

Dearest Chillfam,

After seven consecutive years of sharing the weekend of our dreams together, the time has come for us to step back and take a year off. The Catskill Chill has come to mean so much to so many of us. We have met here, we have loved, laughed, and camped here. We have DANCED here and we have truly lived here, together. Perhaps what has made the Chill most magical is intention. Every year, as we all start planning for our annual celebration, we have one thing in common ~ the baseline intention of “All Love, All the Time”. When thousands of us carry that into our weekend, we generate an atmosphere of acceptance, love, connection, and unity. Although there will be no Chill this year, we ask you to join us in weaving the intention we’ve dedicated to one weekend in September into our day-to-day lives. When love is our intention, we are most likely to succeed in connection.

To all of you, our entire music community, the bands, artists, vendors, media, venues, promoters, volunteers, and our wonderful, dream~team of a staff: Thank You. Your love, support, and authenticity have lifted our souls to new heights and we love you.

Music! We are so grateful to have shared such amazing music with you all and we will continue to share exciting show announcements related to all of the wonderful musicians we’ve come to love. We also hope to be announcing some fun Chillfam parties throughout the Northeast this year, so rest assured ~ just because there isn’t a Catskill Chill in September, we are still a family and we will be dancing at a show together real soon!

All Love, All the Time,

Dave, Larry, Josh, and Dan

The festival was known for its inventive tributes and all-star collaborations. Here’s footage of a “Dopakuaz” set from 2015 featuring Turkuaz and Dopapod:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeZ2ok7bvB0