The Celebration Is Here

August 6th, 2022 @ 7PM

Bearsville Theater in Woodstock, NY

Artists include Medeski, Martin & Cline (Wilco guitarist Nels Cline) and legendary improvisers Ingrid Sertso, Karl Berger, Marilyn, Crispell and Grant Calvin Weston (Ornette Coleman, The Lounge Lizards); and a sensational new generation of improvisers like Zoh Amba, Kalia Vandever Trio, Wendy Eisenberg, Joanna Mattrey, and Sana Nagano.

The estimated running time of the entire festival is 4-5 hours starting at 7pm.

From the beginning, CMS was famous as an incubator for musicians, artists, and thinkers from all over the musical spectrum – and all over the world – to come together and collaborate on new, creative music. Entire genres emerged from our walls.

This new festival builds on this legacy by bringing together an older, established generation of creative musicians with a new generation of up-and-coming musicians with their own reputations as change-makers and stewards of new creativity – and inviting an audience to witness a creative conversation only found at CMS.

Festival Schedule

This event is supported by Jerome & Lisa Deupree, the Elena Zang Fund, and our beloved donors.

This concert is dedicated to the memory of Elena Zang. Elena was a beloved CMS board member and an advocate for local CMS events in the Woodstock and Catskill region. This festival was Elena’s vision! The Elena Zang Fund supports local CMS events in the Catskill region. If you would like to donate to the Elena Zang Fund, you can do so here.