All Good Music Festival Returns at All Good Now, Ending 10-Year Hiatus with Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, The String Cheese Incident, Goose, The Disco Biscuits, moe., Molly Tuttle and More
Today, Nov. 15, the jam community celebrates the resurrection of All Good Music Festival, the beloved scene staple that formally retired in 2015. In 2025, the event will return as All Good Now, concluding a decade of hiatus with an all-star lineup meticulously built to bridge the favorites of All Good’s heyday into the rising stars of 2024. In a testament to the event’s immense profile, artists from throughout the bill have poured out statements of admiration and appreciation for its decades of service to the jam world.
After teasing new developments earlier in the week, today’s dispatch brings the full artist lineup for the reborn festival. Set to stage at Columbia, Md.’s Merriweather Post Pavilion on June 14 and 15, All Good Now will welcome 14 fan favorites that span generations of jam, pairing formative figureheads with the torchbearers of the new guard. The landmark celebration will be headlined by Goose, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead and The String Cheese Incident.
Beyond JRAD and SCI, five further acts will return to the festival after participating in one or more of the 17 stagings in All Good’s original run: The Disco Biscuits, moe., Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Keller Williams, and The Bridge. Though times have changed, and the vaunted new festival grounds at Merriweather Post Pavilion will not offer on-site camping, these acts who came to prominence alongside the festival will revive the spirit of its origins that date back to 1997.
“All Good coming back feels like home,” Kenny Liner of The Bridge offers in a release. “So many moments that matter in this community were formed on that mountaintop, and we are excited to see it reborn in a fresh way, so that the next generation can create their own meaningful moments.” Keller Williams echoes this sentiment in his classically quirky style, sharing, “Whether it was in Maryland, Ohio, or either of the Virginias, All Good always had a warm and welcoming vibe. There were special events where babies were made. Thanks, Tim Walther.”
“We were just kids when we were playing All Good’s initial years in Wilmer Park,” adds Aron Magner, keyboardist for The Disco Biscuits. “We were still a young band spreading our gospel around the country but planting firm roots with promoters who fostered a sense of community orbiting around a collective love of music. In those initial years of going back to All Good, we would continue to activate new fans and convert them to come on tour. Well… here we are! 25 years later. Still spreading our gospel, still working with promoters who foster a sense of community. The Disco Biscuits are honored to be part of the resurrection of All Good Now. Bigger and better!”
Pigeons Playing Ping Pong frontman Greg Ormont shares another side to the story, reflecting the experience of younger jam artists who came of age in the festival’s golden age. “All Good was the mecca for the mid-Atlantic music scene for years,” he writes. “It was our North Star as a rising band and a dream come true to finally play it in 2015. There was simply nothing like All Good Festival… until All Good Now!”
To continue the festival’s three-decade mission of renewing the jam community with collective celebrations and new voices, All Good Now will also host jam-friendly newcomers from a variety of styles for its long-awaited revival. Before an appearance from Goose, the festival will stage sets from Lawrence, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country, Neal Francis, Dogs in a Pile and Eggy.
“It’s really funny because we are too young to have ever experienced All Good as fans or to perform there,” shares Ross Peterzell of Dogs in a Pile. “But it’s been the talk of the town for as long as we’ve been on the festival circuit, and we are so excited to be part of the event.”
Eggy’s Jake Brownstein digs deep to share what All Good’s return means to him, and to so many other young East Coast jam fans who grew up amid the festival’s buzz: “Growing up in Connecticut, I always dreamed of attending the renowned All Good Music Festival. My first music festival experience was Gathering of the Vibes when I was just 16 years old. That transformative event shaped the course of my life, fueling my passion for live music. I promised myself I would one day make it to All Good, but as a young person without means, I was never able to turn that dream into a reality. Until now. To be invited back as an artist for the festival’s return is more than I ever could have imagined. I’m honored to be a part of this momentous occasion.”
In few words, Neal Francis forecasts the imminent event’s electric energy. “Stoked to be involved in its big comeback! Let’s rip!”
As anticipation mounts in the days before All Good Now’s debut engagement All Good Presents will preview the excitement to come with a series of pre-parties around nearby Baltimore and Washington, D.C. At Baltimore’s Union Craft Brewing and The 8×10 and Washington’s The Anthem, 9:30 Club and Atlantis, Mid-Atlantic fans can catch STS9, Moon Hooch, Sam Grisman Project, The Bridge and Andy Frasco & The U.N.
Presale for All Good Now will begin on Nov. 21 at 10 a.m. ET. General on-sale will follow next Friday, Nov. 22 at 10 a.m. ET. For tickets and more information, visit allgoodpresentslivemusic.com/all-good-now/
