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Grand Point North is an annual two-day music festival founded by Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, produced by Grace Potter and Higher Ground Presents, and held at Waterfront Park in Burlington, Vermont. The next festival will take place in 2022. The festival was first held in 2011 and typically takes place over a weekend in mid-September. The performers alternate on two side-by-side stages, allowing for continuous performances with no overlap. Potter performs both nights, usually as the headliner, and the festival has attracted national artists such as The Avett Brothers, Gov't Mule, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Lake Street Dive, The Flaming Lips, Old Crow Medicine Show, Guster, Trey Anastasio Band, Jackson Browne, and Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats. There is an emphasis on local acts from Vermont, especially the Burlington area. Since 2013, the festival has partnered with Seven Days to give fans a chance to choose a Vermont musician or band to perform at the festival. The festival features Grand Point Local, a celebration of local Vermont restaurants and food products organized by the Skinny Pancake, and Grand Point Weird, an art installation curated by Grace's sister Charlotte. An official afterparty is often held at a nearby venue after one or both nights; these late-night shows can involve performers from the main festival lineup. In June 2020, the upcoming festival was postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In June 2021, the organizers felt they did not have time to prepare a festival after the state issued reopening guidance, and the 2021 edition was also cancelled. At that time it was announced that a festival would take place in 2022. (en) |
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Grand Point North is an annual two-day music festival founded by Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, produced by Grace Potter and Higher Ground Presents, and held at Waterfront Park in Burlington, Vermont. The next festival will take place in 2022. In June 2020, the upcoming festival was postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In June 2021, the organizers felt they did not have time to prepare a festival after the state issued reopening guidance, and the 2021 edition was also cancelled. At that time it was announced that a festival would take place in 2022. (en) |
