9th Haverford Music Festival: What You Need To Know

HAVERTOWN, PA — The 9th Annual Haverford Music Festival is all set to fill Havertown with music from more than 30 performers. The event will be held from noon to 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 7 at Darby and Eagle roads.

HMF will present approximately 30 acts — representing genres such as jazz, rock, pop, children’s, folk, classical, blues and country — performing on four stages near the intersection of Eagle and Darby roads in Havertown.

Area businesses and vendors will fill booths along Darby Road and Hathaway Lane. There will be food booths, beer gardens, children’s activities and much more late-summer fun for the whole family.

The HMF website provides registration forms for sponsors and vendors.

Admission is free, but voluntary donations will be accepted at entrance points.

HMF 2019’s top headliner will be Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams, regarded by many as "the First Couple of Americana Music," with their band.

Teddy Thompson will precede Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams on the Field Stage.

Headlining the HMF Street Stage, located on Darby Road near Campbell Ave., will be The Ryan Montbleau Band, led by its namesake, a Massachusetts-based singer-songwriter-guitarist and Villanova University alumnus.

Preceding The Ryan Montbleau Band on the Street Stage will be singer-songwriter Amy Rigby.

Some performers will appear on either the Field Stage, Street Stage, the smaller Eagle Road Stage in front of the Oakmont Administration Building (hosted by Haverford High School radio station WHHS (107.9 FM), or within the intimate indoor, coffeehouse atmosphere of The Rock, at 19 East Eagle Road, in the heart of the Oakmont shopping district.

“The festival is a lot of fun to put on, but we rely on help from volunteers for a few hours here or there throughout the day in order for it to succeed,” says festival chairman Ernesto Betancourt. “Anyone interested in volunteering will find a choice of options, such stage and booth set up, take down, clean-up or band hospitality at haverfordmusicfestival.org/volunteer/. Your help is greatly needed and will be greatly appreciated!”

For more information, businesses and organizations interested in being 2019 sponsors or vendors can also contact our sponsorship director, Cindi Rooney, at (610) 996-0841 or whinerdiner@gmail.com.