All Good Presents hosted the first Merryland Music Festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD over the weekend. They brought together an impressive lineup, and the venue’s new turntable stage meant an almost nonstop two days of music with only five to ten minutes between bands and no overlapping performances.
Day one had String Cheese Incident headlining with two sets, preceded by Lotus, Stephen “Ragga” Marley, Yonder Mountain String Band, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, TAUK, Protoge and ELM. Day two saw Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals, Grace Potter, Greensky Bluegrass, Shakey Graves, Langhorne Slim & the Law, Nahko & Medicine for the People, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Turkuaz, and Cris Jacobs Band.
You can listen to several sets from the festival below, thanks to taper Will Urquhart:
[Cover photo via Merryland’s FB Page/Jordan August Photography]