Borderland Music + Arts Festival, a new two-day event set to take place on September 22nd and 23rd at Knox Farm State Park in East Aurora, New York, has announced an exciting addition to their inaugural artist lineup. Oteil & Friends, the copiously talented solo project from Dead & Company bassist Oteil Burbridge, will take the stage at the new festival. For this Oteil & Friends performance, Oteil has tapped Scott Metzger (Joe Russo’s Almost Dead), John Kimock (Mike Gordon Band), John Kadlecik (FURTHUR/Dark Star Orchestra), and his brother, Kofi Burbridge (Tedeschi Trucks Band).
After debuting the project with a brief tour late last year coinciding with the release of his latest studio album, Water in the Desert, Oteil has added a handful of festival appearances to his Friends’ schedule. With Dead & Company taking the rest of the year off the road while Bob Weir mounts his first-ever tour with new trio Bob Weir and Wolf Bros, we hope this is the first of many Oteil & Friends dates that will pop up to fill that timeframe. For now, we can be excited about one more appearance at Borderland. For a full list of Oteil’s various upcoming performances, head to his website.
Burbridge and company join an already-solid Borderland artist roster that includes The Revivalists, John Oates & The Good Road Band, Sam Roberts Band, Dr. Dog, Margo Price, The Infamous Stringdusters, Sam Bush Band, The Barr Brothers, Fruition, Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds, Priscilla Renea, Upstate Rubdown, Folkfaces, PA Line, Leroy Townes Band, The Observers, and more to be announced.
Tickets for Borderland Music + Arts Festival are available now. For more information, or to grab your passes today, head to the festival website.
Borderland Music + Arts Festival Initial Lineup Announcement Video
[H/T JamBase]