After a six-year hiatus, Burlington jam band Strangefolk will revive its original lineup and its famed Garden of Eden Festival this coming Friday and Saturday, August 22nd and 23rd, 2025, at Jay Peak Resort in Vermont. In addition to the first official Strangefolk shows since the last Garden of Eden Festival back in 2019, he two-day 2025 edition will feature opening sets by Seth Yacavone Band and Pink Talking Fish [get tickets].
First held in—and named for—Eden Mills, Vermont in 1996, Garden of Eden Festival quickly became a centerpiece of the Strangefolk community, blending the band’s unique mix of jam, folk, rock, and progressive sounds with a family-style gathering. The festival, which came of age as the jam band scene expanded via tape-trading and enthusiastic word of mouth, consistently drew in legions of fans from the Northeast. In later years, the festival found a new home at Jay Peak’s Stateside Amphitheater, where it ran from 2016 through 2019 before the pandemic put both Garden of Eden Festival and Strangefolk as a whole on pause. The return of Garden of Eden is more than just a festival revival—it’s a homecoming for one of the region’s most beloved acts and a celebration of its community.
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Each night at Garden of Eden Festival 2025 will feature two full sets from Strangefolk’s original lineup—Reid Genauer (rhythm guitar, vocals), Jon Trafton (lead guitar, vocals), Erik Glockler (bass, vocals), and Luke Smith (drums)—along with opening sets by a pair of fellow Vermont favorites, Seth Yacavone Band (Friday, August 22nd) and Pink Talking Fish (Saturday, August 23rd). Doors open at 6 p.m. each night, with opening acts due to hit at 6:30 p.m. and Strangefolk set to take the stage beginning at 8:00 p.m.
Single-day and two-day tickets for Strangefolk’s Garden of Eden Festival at Jay Peak Resort in Jay, VT this Friday and Saturday, August 22nd and 23rd, 2025 are now on sale here. are available now through the band’s official site, with single-day and weekend passes on sale. Tickets and additional festival info are available here.