The WFUV Feastival 2018

by WFUV Staff | 11/21/2018 | 6:45am

The Decemberists at the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival (photo by Gus Philippas/WFUV)

We hope you brought your appetite, because the WFUV Feastival isn't just back — it's bigger than ever. (See what we mean.)

It's a Thanksgiving tradition here at FUV to look back at the past year's FUV Live performances, and from our Marquee shows to our "Summer of FUV" concert broadcasts, there is no shortage of highlights to share. Of course, another tradition will continue too — playing Arlo Guthrie's "Alice's Restaurant" on Thanksgiving Day at noon — and all of it comes with a big helping of our thanks.

This year, we kick things off on Thanksgiving Eve at 6 p.m. EST with Jim James in a brand new FUV Live show from the McKittrick Hotel, followed by Natalie Prass at Rockwood Music Hall, and The Decemberists' epic performance at the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival.

On Thanksgiving Day, Feastival runs from 10 a.m. to midnight, with a lot of past Holiday Cheer for FUV artists in the mix (The Lone Bellow, Aimee Mann, Lo Moon, Amos Lee, Brandi Carlile, Calexico, Lake Street Dive). We'll tour the "Summer of FUV" too, heading from to Forest Hills Stadium (Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats) to the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival (Courtney Barnett) to the Newport Folk Festival (Margo Price, Toots and The Maytals). And the shows planned for next Friday and Sunday aren't just leftovers, with amazing performances from David Byrne, Neko Case, Sunflower Bean, Amy Helm and more.

You'll also hear songs from FUV Live 21 and "Holiday Cheer" highlights throughout the Feastival, as we celebrate our new live CD and countdown to this year's Holiday Cheer for FUV. Side note: tickets are still available for this year's show, which is December 3 at The Beacon Theatre with John Prine, the Lone Bellow and Shannon Shaw.

Thank you to all of the artists and their teams, the venues and festivals, and especially, to our WFUV Members. You make all of this possible. Have a Happy Thanksgiving and enjoy the feast!

Here is the full Feastival line-up (times are EST and approximate):