Charlie Knicely, Musician and Festival Co-Chair states "the festival is a donation driven event that needs the support of everyone if we are going to keep providing this wonderful weekend of music, food and vendors so please be generous when you enter the festival and make sure you tell all your family and friends that they need to witness this amazing, volunteer produced event. It's one of the Northeast's greatest treasures."

Six stages are featured at the street festival five outside and one inside The Rosendale Theater where POOK and Energy will perform and The Children's Media Project will hosting a The Reel Expressions Youth Film Festival which showcases a range of some of the highest caliber youth produced media coming from teen filmmakers throughout the country.

The Street Festival will also feature two parades! The first will open the festival on Saturday at 12noon will feature the Berimbau & Pandeiro Orchestra and is hosted by Arts of Brazil. The second parade will take place on Sunday at 5:45pm and will feature the Rosendale Improvement Association Brass Band and Social Club and POOK. The Street festival is a family affair featuring some of the Hudson Valley's best music for kids and will also have a craft stations so be sure to bring your little ones! There will also be a few surprises (watch out for a flash mob or two).

Festival themed events are going on all over Rosendale leading up to the festival including a special exhibition of festival photos by Jack Baran will be featured at The Rosendale Café and Trance-n-dance-n-drum and there will be a special screening of the film "Peace, Love and Misunderstanding" which was shot during the 2012 Street festival and features many Rosendalians and Rosendale landmarks which will be shown at the Rosendale Theatre on Friday, July 18th.

Carrie Wykoff, Festival Co-Chair states "The Rosendale Street Festival is a fantastic event for the whole family! We offer all styles of music, have craft stations and parades! We are indebted to all of the musicians, business owners and volunteers as well as our stage sponsors - Liggan Insurance, Historic Huguenot Street, The Williams Lake Project and The Wine Hutch who help us make this event a reality."

Festival Schedule:

Saturday, July 19

12NoonBerimbal and Pandeiro Orchestra Parade down Main StreetLoveypiePete SantoraGreg EnglessonVictoria LevyLos Thujones

1pmKids Rock New PaltzCharles Lyonhart, George Quinn & Rob SteiniS Big Bowl of SoulPurple kniF

2pmReel Expressions Youth Film FestivalRoszaBob-KatTulula!Barb Barbara Dempsey & Co.Gozer

3pmReel Expressions Youth Film FestivalRatboy Jr.Old Double EGutter CatThe CompactPaul Green Rock Academy

4pmReel Expressions Youth Film FestivalJude RobertsLauren Diamond and the South PawsWhiskey MountainThe Kurt Henry BandLindsey Webster

5pmReel Expressions Youth Film FestivalRockelle Cakes QuartetLara Hope & The Ark-TonesMister KickCloudsProtius

6pmM'BollaSteve Mulvaney & Soul DeviceThe Tall WeedsMad SattaPitchfork Militia

7pmCarl MateoDylan DoyleThe New Lazy BoysMyles MancusoBig Sister

8pmPatti Rothberg

Sunday, July 20

12pmMid Hudson Music TogetherPaul MaloneyPaul McMahonVanessa KnicelyGod's Word Worship Band

1pmBloomDorraine ScofieldRed NeckromancerSt Fest All Stars with Ross Rice, Jimmy Eppard, Charlie Knicely, Carrie Wykoff and more!Ian Lloyd's Stories

2pmReel Expressions Youth Film FestivalFuzzy LollipopBlack Mountain SymphonyThe New LiberriansAlex Jornov BandLes Vegas

3pmReel Expressions Youth Film FestivalGrenadillaWally NicholsFrenchy and the PunkMurali CoryellThe Big Heavy

4pmReel Expressions Youth Film FestivalSpiral Up KidsThe PleasersLos DoggiesD SquaredPassero

5pmFre Atlast & The Rosendale Improvement Association Brass Band & Social Club (RIA)POOK and Energy in The Rosendale TheatreSaints of SwingMarty's NagsJoey EppardTiger Piss

5:30pmPARADE FROM CANAL LOCK STAGE TO MOUNTAIN STAGE FEATURING RIA AND POOK

6pmVoodelic

The 2014 Rosendale Street Festival will be taking place on July 19 and 20. On both days, Main St. becomes closed to traffic at 10:30am and music begins at noon. The festival will end at 9:00pm on Saturday and 7:00pm on Sunday. UCAT will be providing shuttles from the following parking areas: Bloomington Fire House, Tillson School, Brookside School, The Rondout Municipal Center and The Iron Mountain Kiln lot (to the left of the Iron Mountain main entrance) on Binnewater Road.

To learn more about the event or to volunteer please see: www.RosendaleStreetFestival.org. Please see our EPK here: http://rosendalestreetfestival.ning.com/page/epk