The Hold Steady Present Positive Jam Music Festival at Arrowood Farm

This summer, Brooklyn based rock band, The Hold Steady will be presenting an all-star music festival, Positive Jam. The inaugural event will be held on August 5th at Arrowood Farms, a local festival hot spot in the small town and agricultural hub of Accord, New York.

The Positive Jam festival will serve as another commemoration of the rock band’s 20 year anniversary which passed this January. On top of the band headlining the event themselves, they will be joined by a line up of close friends and idols including, Guided By Voices, The Tallest Man On Earth, Laura Stevenson, I Get Wild (plays Talking Heads), and Oceanator.

The event, presented in association with Impact Concerts and Ground Control Touring, will kick off at 5 PM on August 4th with THS Positive Jam Prelims Pool Party. The welcome gathering will be located at the INNESS Luxury Hotel and Resort and will feature DJ sets from The Hold Steady along with a collection of fun activities for festival goers to participate in.

On the 5th, the star-studded lineup will be accompanied by Arrowood Farms locally inspired craft beers and comfort food, along with diverse Hudson Valley-based food trucks, clothing, and arts vendors.

Positive Jam is just one event of a multitude of planned appearances by the rock band for the summer and autumn of 2023. The Hold Steady will play their live show at various locations across the country and will appear in their home-base of Brooklyn four times.

Their landmark 20th anniversary will further be commemorated by the upcoming publication of The Gospel of The Hold Steady: How a Resurrection Really Feels, a new oral history by Michael Hann and The Hold Steady, which will be available to the public on July 25.

“We’ve talked about our ideal festival for many years, and we’re excited to make it a reality to celebrate our 20th year as a band,” says The Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn. “We are thrilled to have some of our favorite artists joining us to make an incredible day of music and community in a beautiful location.”

Ticket pre-sales for Positive Jam are now open for purchase with the password: PROGRESS. General sales will be available Friday, June 2nd at 10 AM. You can find further details about the festival and ticket options here

The Hold Steady – LIVE 2023

June 3 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater

June 28 – Louisville, KY – WFPK Waterfront Wednesday (FREE SHOW)

June 30 – Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed (SOLD OUT)

July 1 – Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed (SOLD OUT)

July 2 – Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle (SOLD OUT)

July 29 – Newport, RI – Newport Folk Festival

August 4 – Accord, NY – Positive Jam Prelims Pool Party @ INNESS Luxury Hotel and Resort

August 5 – Accord, NY – The Hold Steady Presents Positive Jam

September 2 – St. Paul, MN – Minnesota State Fair

September 22 – Jersey City, NJ – White Eagle Hall

September 23 – Philadelphia, PA – XPoNential Music Festival

October 7 – Las Vegas, NV – Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas

October 8 – Las Vegas, NV – Bowling/Football Watch Party @ Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas

November 29 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Bowl

November 30 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Bowl

December 1 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Bowl

December 2 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Bowl

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