Honesdale Roots & Rhythm is an annual free to the public music festival held every June in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. We bring the best of touring acts in the Blues, Rock, Americana and related genres to our main stage in Central Park as well as local and regional bands up and down Main Street. Some of the ways we fund this endeavor is through sponsorships, grants and merch sales and raffles. You can help support this effort by purchasing items from our store here on our website or on our new Facebook store. Check it out !! (And thank you !!)
The winners are everyone who attended our virtual Horse Races to benefit Roots & Rhythm !! As well as everyone who helped with making this event a successful fun night !!
As far as horses however:
Race 1- Buy Buy Buy- Davis R Chant Realtors
Race 2- Fins & Feathers Flying- Fins & Feathers
Race3- Alpine Thunder- Alpine Wurst & meat Haus
Race 4- Top Producer- Davis R Chant Realtors
Race 5- Sum Thing Wrong / Fins & Feathers Flash- Matt Kohrs / Fins & Feathers
Thanks so much to all who came out last night for our ” Day at the Races” fundraiser. A great time was had by all and we were very successful in raising funds for the big event on June 18th. Special thanks to Brian Wilken for being our MC !! Great job Brian !!
Check out these photos to see how much fun it was !!
Thanks so much to all our generous sponsors !!
REMAX WAYNE
VANNIE & CAROLYN WILLIAMS
ALPINE WURST & MEAT HOUSE
BOLDS GARDEN & FLORIST
PA COUNTRY ROADS ON PCN
THE HONESDALE LOFT
THE HIMALAYAN INSTITUTE
REMAX WAYNE (again!)
MAYOR DEREK WILLIAMS
BAER HARLEY DAVIDSON
& many thanks to HERE & NOW BREWING for the great venue !!!
Getting ready for the big Horse Race Night @Here & Now Brewingon Friday Night, March 18th here in Honesdale ? We will be having a Fancy Hat Contest in addition to all the rest of the planned horseplay, (ha ha). We will pick 3 winners of the hat contest with prizes including a $25 gift certificate to use towards a photo session @ DANIELLE’S PHOTOGRAPHY, www.daniellesphoto.com, A $25 Gift certificate to BOLD’S FLORIST, GARDEN CENTER, SUCCULENTS & GIFT SHOP, https://www.boldsflorist.com/ & 1 more yet to be named prize.
Sales of Racehorses for our March 18th Fundraiser at Here & Now Brewing are almost done !! The last chance to buy and name a horse for the super fun event will be on Friday, March 11th @ 6PM. Please go HERE for more info on our event and to buy your horse.
Thanks so much to all our generous sponsors of the ’22 horse Races to benefit this years Roots & Rhythm !! There are still plenty of horses available though for the event at Here & Now Brewing on March 18th. Check out all the details here: https://honesdalerootsandrhythm.com/2022-night-at-the-races-fundraiser/
Fundraisers like this help us to be able to provide our fantastic free to the public event each year.
If you are reading this you probably have realized that we are back in ’22 !! Honesdale Roots & Rhythm will take place this year on June 18th all around town and in Central Park. Check out the rest of our, (brand new), website for all the details. We have an exciting line up that includes Main Stage acts Nikki Hill Band, Billy Price, A really exciting 30 year reunion of a killer Hudson Valley, NY band, Rockinitis and The Swing Vipers. We have tons of other great stuff, some new and some of your old favorites that we all just have come to love. Take a minute to go through the website and get the whole skinny ! We should also mention that we have a FUN-raiser event @ Here & Now Brewing that is not to be missed. A Night at the Races !! will be tons of fun and takes place on March 18th.
Remember, “Prepare to be Severely Entertained” is our motto and we are so glad to be back full steam ahead !!
If you have or know of any video pertaining to Roots & Rhythm and you would like to share it with us to preserve the history of this great event please get in touch at info@honesdalerootsandrhythm.com
Down the stretch we come, folks. Roots & Rhythm is excited to announce a fundraising event on Friday, March 18th, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. (add to my calendar) The free, annual music & arts festival in Honesdale relies on donations, grants and sponsors in order to deliver a memorable experience each year. Place Your Bets! will be held at Here & Now Brewing Company. 10 race sponsorships are still available for businesses or individuals who want to join in the heart-pumping action, which also includes naming and owning a horse. Each race sponsorship is $100. During the event multiple random pre-recorded horse races will be shown on the big screen. Your sponsorship will be announced at the beginning of each race and in print in the event program. Thanks to the folks at The Himalayan Institute for providing the big screen for the races! The money raised will allow Roots & Rhythm to continue as an organization and festival. We will be holding 2- Cash 50/50’s during the event !! Details regarding how the race night event works are below. If you do not wish to be a sponsor, please consider “purchasing” a horse, ($10), and coming out for the evening to bet on the races. Thank you for considering being a part of a special night as well as your continued support of music and arts in Honesdale!
Many thanks to Amanda Rowe for designing our racing program & to Torey Decker for our ’22 poster !!
Race sponsors include ownership of one horse. There only 10 sponsorships for races available and will go fast!! Sponsors will get their name announced at the beginning of each race and the ability to name their horse.
However, each horse race has 10 horses. Owning a race horse costs $10. The owner of each horse gets to name their horse.
The winning owner of each race will receive $40.
Before each race the betting windows open. Anyone can bet $2 on any horse in each race to win. You can bet on multiple horses in any race.
When the betting window closes, odds will be calculated and announced for each horse. When the race ends, anyone who bet on the winning horse will receive the calculated payout specific to the race.
Then, the owner of the winning horse and anyone who bet on the winning horse will receive their winnings. Then the process will continue. There will be 8-10 races in the evening.
In the event that race sponsors and horse owners are not present at the races, any winnings will be mailed to them.
For more information contact us at info@honesdalerootsandrhythm.com or talk to Jamie at Natures Grace Health Foods , 570.253.3469
