HAVERFORD TOWNSHIP MUSIC FESTIVAL

Nationally Acclaimed Blues Artist  Joe Louis Walker, The Bongos and Debra Devi
top the bill for a full day of late-summer family fun.

The 10th Annual HAVERFORD TOWNSHIP MUSIC FESTIVAL is scheduled for Saturday, August 27, 2022, 12 noon to 9 p.m. It will present a full day’s worth of entertainment, headlined by nationally renowned artists Joe Louis Walker, The Bongos and Debra Devi, and supported by numerous regional performers from throughout the Delaware Valley and beyond, on multiple stages near the intersection of Eagle & East Darby Roads in Havertown, PA. Area businesses and vendors will fill booths along East Darby Road and Hathaway Lane. There will be food vendors, beer gardens, children’s activities and much more end-of-summer fun for the entire family.

This will be the first official Haverford Township Music Festival since our highly successful 2019 event headlined by Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams, and the only one scheduled for 2022. It is produced exclusively by the 501(c)(3) organization Haverford Township Education, Arts and Music Society (HTEAMS).

The Haverford Township Music Festival is a free admission event funded solely through sponsorships and donations. Voluntary donations to help keep the festival free will be greatly appreciated and gratefully accepted. Donations can be made here in advance or onsite on Saturday, August 27.

Performer applications for the 10th Annual Haverford Township Music Festival on Saturday August 27, 2022, are now open!

To be considered please apply using our online form here.
NOTE: Performer applicants are volunteering to perform FOR NO FEE AND NO EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT.

“Thanks to all the artists who apply to perform at the Haverford Township Music Festival. Due to the large response, we will only be contacting selected artists. Selected artists will be notified in July.”— HTMF Music Committee

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The festival is now being run under the umbrella of a new non-profit entity – HTEAMS (Haverford Township Entertainment, Arts and Music Society) – and we’re seeking sponsorships! Become a sponsor and let the residents of Haverford Township, and throughout the region, know you support entertainment, arts and music in our community!

For more information please contact our Fundraising Consultant, Karen M. Smith for more information by email: ksmith.Haverfordmusicfestival@gmail.com or phone: 484-459-7171

Joe Louis Walker

NPR Music describes San Francisco native JOE LOUIS WALKER (aka JLW) as “powerful, soul-stirring, fierce and gritty...a legendary boundary-pushing icon of modern blues.” The Chicago Sun-Times has hailed JLW’s music as “proudly modern, designed to rest comfortably alongside anything from the Black Keys or Jack White. Walker's voice demands attention: scorching, imploring, always commanding,” and praises his “heavy guitar fills, soul, gospel harmony, and vortex of power chords and funk. He is living proof of the boundless potential of blues.” In 2013, JLW was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame. He has released more than two dozen albums, the latest of which is 2021’s Eclectic Electric (Cleopatra Records).

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The Bongos

Supporting headliner will be revered Hoboken, NJ-based rockers The Bongos. The music of this quartet, whose albums include such classics as Drums Along the Hudson, Numbers with Wings and Beat Hotel, has been described as “a sparkling explosion of guitar pop” by leading alternative music publication/website Trouser Press. In recent years, singer-guitarist Richard Barone has focused on his solo career, highlighted by such highly praised albums as Cool Blue Halo, Primal Dream and Glow, while fellow guitarist James Mastro has worked extensively with Ian Hunter in the latter’s solo and “Mott the Hoople 1974” bands. HTMF is honored to welcome The Bongos for this rare reunion performance. 

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Debra Devi

Our third headliner, Debra Devi, combines blues-rock, jam, Americana and pop influences, flavored with her masterful guitar playing and soulful vocals. Originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin and now living in Jersey City, NJ, Devi grew up dreaming of playing rock and roll guitar, but was told, “that’s what boys do.” After attending a live blues show, then a life-changing night watching Bonnie Raitt on stage, she’s been proving them wrong ever since. JamBase calls her "a supersonic fret burner who writes hauntingly memorable songs, blending the intricacy of a good jam band with the catchiness of vintage power pop.” Devi’s discography includes the 2020 EP A Zillion Stars Overhead and 2022 new Live EP, Jamification Station, Vol. 1. She is the author of The Language of the Blues: From Alcorub to Zuzu, winner of  ASCAP's Award for Outstanding Book on Music.

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Thank you to our 2022 Sponsors:

Diamond Sponsors

Emerald Sponsors

Main Line Health

Ruby  Sponsors

Silver Sponsors

Carmona Mobile Foods
House Cup Coffee Roasters
McGoldrick Plumbing & Heating
Nolan Painting
Passanante’s Home Food Service
Renewal By Andersen
Town Square Rental

Bronze Sponsors

Peterson Insurance
Leonard Insurance Group
ShopRite of Drexeline

"The Haverford Township Music Festival
is one of the best free festivals in the Philly region.

— Dan DeLuca
Philadelphia Inquirer

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Our Music Selection Committee has a distinct knack for inviting past, present & future Grammy winners and nominees to perform on Haverford Music Festival…check back soon to see who will grace our stage on September 27

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"Had a wonderful time…This [Haverford Music Festival] is staffed by people who are in it for the right reasons. A breath of fresh air."

— John Paul White

2018 Festival Headliner

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Please contribute what you can today.
It will help us tremendously since our fundraising for this year has been hampered by the pandemic.

You may donate through PayPal to Haverford Twp Education Arts and Music Society
by clicking on the DONATE button below:

Or donate through Venmo to @HTEAMS

 

Our Mission
“The Haverford Music Festival is a family music festival that strengthens the cultural identity of Haverford Township, serves as the primary fundraiser for the HAVERFORD TOWNSHIP EDUCATION, ARTS AND MUSIC SOCIETY – or HTEAMS, and provides funding for projects that enhance the quality of life in Haverford Township.”