The 27th Annual Rhythm & Roots Festival in Charlestown, RI | August 29th-31st, 2025
Little Feat, Blackberry Smoke, Trampled By Turtles
to Headline the 27th Rhythm & Roots Festival
Labor Day Weekend Aug. 29, 30, 31 – Ninigret Park, Charlestown, R.I.
CHARLESTOWN, R.I. –– The 27th Rhythm & Roots Music, Dance and Food Festival will feature headliners Little Feat, Blackberry Smoke, and Trampled By Turtles who will join Lettuce, Molly Tuttle, and The Wood Brothers and more than twenty-five other bands at Ninigret Park over Labor Day weekend.
With its laid-back vibe, and picturesque setting, Rhythm & Roots provides an endless variety of roots music including blues, bluegrass, Cajun, country, gospel, southern rock, R&B, Americana and zydeco. Complementing the music will be equally diverse food options, including jambalaya, barbecue, Thai, and some local favorites.
The 2025 Rhythm & Roots will feature over 30 bands across its three stages including the legendary Little Feat. Little Feat’s fusion of styles and genres makes them the perfect headliner for an expanded Friday lineup. Transcending the boundaries of California rock, funk, folk, jazz, country, rockabilly, and New Orleans swamp boogie, Little Feat will close out a full Friday of music.
Also scheduled to perform on Friday are Lettuce, Asleep at the Wheel, New Breed Brass Band, JD Simo & Luther Dickinson, Della Mae, The Free Label, Johnny Mullenax, Funky Dawgz, Adam Ezra Group, and Planet Zydeco.
Saturday’s headliner, Blackberry Smoke, has maintained their independent spirit since becoming the first independently released artist to hit No. 1 on the Billboard Country Album charts almost 25 years ago. Their 2021 release, You Hear Georgia, also reached #1, this time on Billboard’s Americana/Folk Albums chart. No stranger to major festival stops, Blackberry Smoke will be making their Rhythm and Roots debut, headlining the Rhythm (Main) Stage.
Also scheduled to perform on Saturday are Molly Tuttle, Duane Betts & Palmetto Motel, George Porter Jr. & Runnin’ Pardners, Donna the Buffalo, Knickerbocker All-Stars, Copilot, Tae & The Neighborly, Two Runner, Wayne Singleton & Same Ol’ 2 Step, and Sneezy.
Trampled by Turtles, Sunday’s headliner, follows the lead of Rhythm and Roots other headliners in refusing to be limited by traditional genre barriers. Whether you call them bluegrass influenced, or Americana with strings, just be ready for a fast and frenetic performance contrasting the imagery of their unique name with the right amount of irony.
Also scheduled to perform on Sunday are The Wood Brothers, Steve Earle, Mountain Grass Unit, Donna The Buffalo, Bonerama, Griffin William Sherry, The Last Revel, Wayne Singleton & Same Ol 2 Step, Jake Swamp & The Pine, Sunday School with Christine Ohlman & Rebel Montez with The Sin Sisters & Frank Viele.
The Revelers, Sunpie & The Louisiana Sunspots, Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys and The Balfa Toujours round out the planned performances with daily appearances.
Music will be performed on three stages – the main Rhythm stage with standing room and lawn seating, and the tented Roots and Dance stages.
Food lovers will have plenty to enjoy with this year’s lineup of culinary purveyors, including festival favorites and a strong showing from state-wide and regional vendors, offering a dynamic mix of local and out-of-town flavors with something for every palate. Vendors will include Cajun staples from Chili Bros. Food Co., chicken sandwiches from local favorite Alaina’s, clam chowder from Newport Chowder Co, farm fresh plates from Sunset Farm & more. The festival will also be hosting a wide selection of retail vendors selling art, clothing, and more.
Festival grounds open at 12 p.m. Friday through Sunday. Performances start one hour after opening and continue through 11 p.m. Tickets range from $102 for daily tickets to $269 for a 3-day pass of dancing, music, food, kids activities and vendors. The festival is family-friendly, with kids 12 and under attending free.
Check out the full lineup, explore artist profiles, purchase tickets, find answers to questions about parking, accessibility, volunteering, sponsorship and more at the Rhythm & Roots website.
Rhythm & Roots attracts over 5,000 daily visitors to Ninigret park including 1,500 weekend campers and has earned multiple awards and is often included on “best of” music festival lists. Considered one of the top 100 events in North America, the festival has been described as “an incredible experience, a perfectly organized, flawlessly run major destination event that music fans from all over the country will be drawn to.”
Check out the full lineup here, – blues, bluegrass, Cajun, country, gospel, southern rock, R&B, Americana and zydeco. Listen to the Spotify playlist here.check out the full lineup, explore artist profiles, purchase tickets, find answers to questions about parking, camping, accessibility, volunteering and more at our website.
Camping is sold out, but Single Day, 2-Day, and Weekend tickets are still available.
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