Great Swamp, Great Music 2018 Music Festival Recap

(Mark your calendar for our 2nd Annual Music Festival – June 9, 2019!)

GSWA’s inaugural music festival fundraiser sparked to life on a Sunday afternoon, June 10, 2018 at Hartley Farms Polo Field in Harding Township. The light rain did not dampen the mood of the nearly 400 festival goers. A large portion of the attendees set up under the big tent, while others counted on their rain jackets and umbrellas to keep them dry as they perused the grounds, the food and merchandise vendors, and checked out the antique fire truck serving beer and wine.

All of our musicians donated their time and talent to our cause. The musical lineup included Jeff Webb of Madison, NJ, who kicked off the festival singing the obvious question, “Who’ll Stop the Rain?” and did a fantastic job of keeping the music flowing between the four amazing local band sets by:

The Gammon Brothers
Hub Hollow
Not Enough Jeffs
Stomp Box

 Enjoy the festival pictures by clicking the photo below (coming soon…)

Highlights of the day…

Food vendors:

Cafe Beethoven of Chatham
Minuteman Smokehouse & Grill of Basking Ridge
Delicious New Jersey Ice Cream

Merchandise vendors:

Back to Nature Home & Garden of Basking Ridge
Crafts by Alice of Morris Plains
Patricia & Paul Artisans of Fine Oils & Balsamics of Summit
Secret Garden Soap of Madison

Special thanks to:

Chatham Print & Design for donating graphic design work, software assistance, delivery services, and more…

Dave Kramer of Edmund M. Kramer Photographers for capturing the event and sharing all of his amazing photos as a donation

New Jersey American Water for providing free potable water for our thirsty attendees

Mark Scheer for crafting and donating our Swamp Shack

Washington House Restaurant of Basking Ridge for providing the antique fire truck gratis

Our 50-plus volunteers who worked tirelessly behind and in front of the scenes to make it a positive (albeit soggy) experience for everyone!

and finally… all of our sponsors:

Normandy Real Estate Partners
Peapack-Gladstone Bank
Atlantic Health
Matt & Agi Krauser
Debra & John Apruzzese
Lindabury, McCormick, Estabrook & Cooper
Valley National Bank
Regent Atlantic
Pipe Works Home Services Inc.