Dates For 2020 Great South Bay Music Festival Announced

PATCHOGUE, NY — The dates for the 14th annual Great South Bay Music Festival have been announced. The highly-anticipated four day festival, which is Long Island's largest and longest running festival, will return to Shorefront Park in Patchogue Village this summer.

The event will take place from Thursday, July 16 through Sunday, July 19 and will feature over 75 performers on five stages. On Thursday, doors will open at 3 p.m. and the festival will go on until 10 p.m. On Friday, the event will take place from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m., on Saturday the event will take place from 1 p.m. until 11 p.m. and Sunday from 2 p.m. until 10 p.m.

While Thursday's headliners will be announced at a later date, Friday's headliners will be California reggae band, Rebelution. Over 15 other rock-reggae-ska bands will be featured on Friday including The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Pepper, Badfish and Oogee Wawa.

Saturday will have 21 performers starting with the Grateful Dead tribute band, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead. Other performers will include moe and Cory Wong.

Over 24 performers are scheduled for the final day of the festival. The Tedeschi Trucks Band will be headlining followed by bands such as St. Paul and The Broken Bones and Gabe Dixon.

The Great South Bay Festival will also include artisan and craft market with over 40 artisans and a huge food court featuring a mix of gourmet food trucks and vendors.

Thousands are expected to attend the popular event. Founder and producer Jim Faith attributes the festival's popularity to a variety of reasons.

"I believe that it’s a combination of reasons, first and foremost, it’s the music, and peaceful family vibe," he said. "I also believe it’s because our attendees know that Great South Bay is the true definition of a community, independent, family-run festival. Not a large fest coming to a community, but, we are our community! From our choice of artists and family vibe, our affordable ticket prices, and support of the local organizations that we raise funds for, this is what defines who we are."

The Great South Bay will continue to donate $1 from every ticket sold, to the GSB-Stony Brook Cancer Center Fund. Click here to purchase tickets.