Three-day lineup of art, music, wellness includes ‘Painted Desert’ muralist jetsonorama,The New Yorker cartoonist Carolita Johnson, feminist performance artist Linda Mary Montano; music alumni Nicole Atkins, And The Kids, Christopher Paul Stelling as well as international street artist Gaia return for Kingston encore
Brittany Haas
The bands Widowspeak, Prince Rama and Quilt, as well as Corey Glover, the lead singer of the Grammy Award-winning rock-funk band Living Colour, will take the stage at one of many unique venues during the Oct. 9-11 O+ Festival, three days of art, music and wellness in the small Hudson River city of Kingston.
More than 60 musical acts and more than 25 artists (murals, installations, performances, projections) — many of whom are uninsured or underinsured — will have the opportunity to receive complimentary health and wellness care from community-minded providers as a thank you for the donation of their talents to the O+ Festival audience.
The weekend-long celebration also includes a kickoff parade, late-night SALO+N, unlimited EXPLO+RE classes in yoga, dance, meditation and sound healing, a Wellness EXPO+ and bike rides for all skill levels.
All-access wristbands are available now via donation. Please give as generously as possible. We estimate the cost of this year’s festival, which includes lifts and paint, sound and projection equipment, and ancillary medical and dental equipment, to be $78,000.
The art curatorial team welcomes back international street artist Gaia, who created the “Artemis Emerging From the Quarry” mural in 2013. In response to this year’s festival theme, “The Other,” Gaia will make another mural for the city that focuses on Ulster County-born abolitionist and women’s rights activist Sojourner Truth and Hudson River School painter Thomas Cole. He will be joined by more than 25 other artists, including muralist jetsonorama of The Painted Desert Project, The New Yorker cartoonist Carolita Johnson, and feminist performance artist Linda Mary Montano, who is also a festival alumna.
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The music curatorial team welcomes back some O+ Festival favorites, including singer/songwriter Nicole Atkins, indie-pop band And The Kids and “acoustic troubadour” Christopher Paul Stelling, and confirms that synth pop artist Mas Ysa, experimental/art rock band Roz and the Rice Cakes and reunited New Jersey rock legends The Bongos (featuring O+ alumnus Richard Barone) are part of this year’s lineup.
Confirmed musical acts include: And The Kids, Nicole Atkins (solo), The Bongos, Tom Brosseau, Clover, Decora, Los Doggies, Tica Douglas, GET OUT, Corey Glover, The Grape And The Grain, Brittany Haas, It’s Not Night, It’s Space, Kaatskillachia, Kyle & The Pity Party, Mamalama, Mas Ysa, Michael Bernier Duo, The Motor Tom, Nathan Kalish and the Lastcallers, Sondra Sun-Odeon, Anders Parker (solo), Prince Rama, Adrien Reju, Quilt, Eric Redd, Roz and the Rice Cakes, Scruffy Pearls, Shellshag, Stellar Young, Christopher Paul Stelling, The Sun Parade, Los Thujones, Twin Guns, Ultraam, Upstate Rubdown, Walking Distance, A. Joseph Weaver, Weyes Blood, Wild Bill Drucker, Widowspeak, and Elijah Wolf.
Work by Chip Thomas of “The Painted Desert Project.”
Confirmed artists include: painter Jacinta Bunnell and illustrator Leela Corman, filmmaker Sarah Carlson, interdisciplinary artists Cave Dogs, architect Jim Fish, international street artist Gaia, painter Kathleen Griffin in collaboration with physicist Christos Kapetanakos, sculptor Kate Hamilton in collaboration with multi-media artist Tona Wilson, collective political art project The Illuminator, author, playwright/director and poet IONE in collaboration with composer and performer Pauline Oliveros, public artist team Jessie & Katey aka Jessie Unterhalter and Katey Truhn, muralist jetsonorama, photographer Laura Johansen, The New Yorker cartoonist Carolita Johnson, muralist Lunar New Year in collaboration with street artist Nanook and artist/activist/archivist Mata Ruda, illustrator Will Lytle of Thorneater Comics, KaKe Art collaborators Ann Kalmbach and Tatana Keller, music photographer Miss Magpi, performance artist Linda Mary Montano, Emily Roberts-Négron, healing artist Sacred Melting Pot, sculptor and painter Ernest Shaw, mixed media conceptual artist Rosary Solimanto, and neon artist Erika deVries.
For photos or to interview our participating artists, musicians or wellness providers, please e-mail Kathleen Murray at kathleen@opositivefestival.org
Sponsorships are also available and truly appreciated. Apply Pressure and Elevate!
The non-profit O+ Festival (pronounced o-positive) connects musicians, artists, and health & wellness providers for weekend-long celebrations featuring concerts and performances, art making, and wellness offerings for the entire community. This year’s festivals take place in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood (Sept. 3-5), Kingston, N.Y. (Oct. 9-11) and Petaluma, Calif. (Nov. 6-8).
“The O+ concept is, in a word, genius.” — Sound It Out