Holler on the Hill Festival: A Festival You Should Know

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Holler on the Hill Festival’s Second Year

Garfield Park, Indianapolis, IN, USA, September 21 and 22, 2019

Music Festival – Wikipedia

A music festival is a community event oriented towards live performances of singing and instrument playing that is often presented with a theme such as musical genre (e.g. blues, folk, jazz classical music) nationality, or locality of musicians or holiday.

When I was a little girl, my Great Aunt Pearl lived a couple of blocks from Garfield Park. As a child, I saw the park as this big unknown, magical place that I wasn’t allowed to go unless my parents were with me.

This past weekend was the second year for Holler on the Hill Festival at Garfield Park. It was magical. Two days full of music, families, friends, food, drink, and vendors. We got to see and hear established musicians such as;

Lilly Hiatt (checkout our interview with Lilly Hiatt), Justin Townes Earle, Nikki Lane, John Moreland, Citizen Cope. We got to discover musicians that were new to us. Joshua Powell, Neighbor Lady, Motherfolk, Susto, Katie Pruitt, Mt Joy, and more. Some local and others from Nashville, TN, Cincinnati OH, Atlanta GA, Tulsa OK, Austin TX, Los Angeles CA. This festival allows us to see bands we love and bands that we are going to love and remember from all across the US. This is where musicians play on one stage and then wander over to watch musicians play on another stage. This is where musician meet and greets are common. IT IS ALL IN ONE LOCATION. That is the point of a festival. That is why I love festivals. All that music in one place.

This festival is in its infancy. Putting this together must be like putting together one giant jigsaw puzzle. Location, bands, sponsors, security, vendors, volunteers, ticket sales, advertising and probably a thousand other things I’m not even thinking about. Rumors were floating around that maybe attendance wasn’t good enough to have a third year? Hoping that it is just that, a rumor, and we all get to enjoy many more years of this festival. The neighborhood had a sign up “The Neighbors Thank MOKB” and so do the rest of us that got to enjoy this festival again this year.

Main Stage Saturday Hilltop Stage Saturday

Neighbor Lady Joshua Powell

Katie Pruitt Lilly Hiatt

Kristin Hersh Briston Maroney

Murder by Death Mipso

Justin Townes Earle Susto

Citizen Cope Will Hoge

Main Stage Sunday Hilltop Stage Sunday

Patrick Sweany Motherfolk

Red Wanting Blue Brent Cowles

John Moreland Erin Rae

Black Joe Lewis The Wild Reeds