Clearwater Finalizes Lineup, Adds Youth Activism Training

CROTON-ON-HUDSON, NY — The Great Hudson River Revival, which brings thousands to Croton Point Park for a weekend of music and environmental awareness, has announced its final lineup for 2019. The country’s oldest and largest music and environmental festival, aka Clearwater Festival, returns June 15-16, celebrating founder Pete Seeger’s 100th birthday.

The Clearwater Festival is a destination for music fans and families alike, featuring a variety of unique, family-friendly activities that no other festival offers. And it's easy to get to, straight up the Hudson River from NYC on Metro-North.

This year’s festival will feature a Youth Activist Training event led by a group of young activists like 13-year-old Alexandria Villaseñor, who made headlines this year when she spent 12 Fridays outside the United Nations advocating for climate justice.

• The Working Waterfront offers rides on small boats and the tall ship, sloop Clearwater
• the Crafts Area showcases crafters and folk artists with quality hand-made items, demonstrations and workshops.
• The Green Living Expo is the place to learn about sustainable lifestyle and business choices
• The Discovery and Tideline tents feature hands-on environmental education programs and Hudson River research.
• The Environmental Action Tent highlights Clearwater’s watershed and environmental justice initiatives
• Artisanal Food & Farm Market offers food sourced from the Hudson Valley.

This year’s event will pay special tribute to Seeger and the iconic ship Seeger built to advocate cleaning up the Hudson River, celebrating both of these milestone anniversaries throughout 2019.

“Whether you’ve never come to Clearwater Festival before, or have been many times, this year will be special," said Greg Williams, Executive Director of Hudson River Sloop Clearwater. "We’re recognizing our 50th birthday and Pete Seeger’s 100th birthday with famous folk musicians, new artists from a variety of genres, and youth activism that would have given Seeger renewed hope for the future.”

The Great Hudson River Revival is produced by the nonprofit, member-supported, environmental organization Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc. All proceeds go directly to support Clearwater’s environmental education and advocacy.

Mavis Staples, Ani DiFranco, The Wailers, Railroad Earth, The Lone Bellow, Immortal Technique, Del McCoury Band, and a host of musical artists will be featured on the line-up of this year’s event.

Additional artists in the Clearwater Festival line-up include Chapin McCombs Chapin, The Mammals, Alan McClintock, Arif Choudhury, Betty & the Baby Boomers, Chief Perry, Children at the Well, Dennis Yerry, Dirty Stay Out Skifflers, Edukated Fleas, Ernie Sites, Evan Pritchard, Evy Mayer, Geoff Kaufman, Greenheart, Jacob & David Bernz, Jamie Brickhouse, Jan Christensen, Jonathan Kruk, Late Show's Gospel Choir, Laurie & Ira McIntosh, Leeny Del Seamonds, Lonnie Harrington, Luis Ramos, Magpie, Marita Solberg, Mel & Vinnie, Mercedes Garcia, Niemo, Norah Dooley, Peter Siegel, Ramapo Spirit of the Mountain Drummers, Reggie Harris, Reggie Seasar, Rik Palieri, Sheila Arnold, Spirit of Thunderheart, The Rad Trads, The Rix, The Storycrafters, Walkabout Clearwater Chorus, and William Ruiz.

The Clearwater Festival is wheelchair accessible and most stage programming is staffed with American Sign Language Interpreters. The Festival is dependent on almost 1,000 volunteers who work in all areas across the Festival. Volunteers experience the festival from behind-the-scenes and work on committees from performer hospitality to peacekeeping and zero-waste. Volunteer registration is open and a list of committee descriptions is available on Clearwaterfestival.org.To stay up to date on all Clearwater Festival news and forthcoming ticket sales, please visit ClearwaterFestival.org.

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