Wormtown Trading Company is a local icon in Massachusetts, known for their chain of bohemian stores and their pop-up booths at festivals around New England. So when the beloved brand produces a music festival like StrangeCreek Campout, you can bet you’ll find plenty of tie-dye, beaded hair and hula hoops.
With over 50 artists lined up across three stages, StrangeCreek’s musical offerings span several stylings, from hard rock to acoustic, but most fall into the Grateful Dead’s family of groovy, electric guitar jam bands. Think Phish or The String Cheese Incident. This year’s headliners are Hot Buttered Rum, Badfish and Rubblebucket. Past performers have included Jahman Brahman, The Infamous Stringdusters and Marco Benevento.
StrangeCreek Campout tickets come with primitive camping included. Porta-potties and showers are available onsite, but be sure to bring a flashlight and bug spray for those late-night trips to the bathroom. The festival grounds at Camp Kee-wanee are densely wooded and rustic.
Just because you’re camping doesn’t mean you have to subsist on trail mix, though. The festival brings together more than a dozen vendors serving everything from pizza to veggie bowls, so you can refuel after all that hula hooping.
Oh, and Jimi Hendrix headbands are, in fact, optional.
The Specs
- Attendance numbers are not available, but the festival has sold out in years past
- Weekend passes are $180, primitive camping included. Car camping passes are an additional $40, and RVs are an additional $100
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FAQs
Which airport is closest to the festival grounds?
Bradley International Airport (BDL) is 59 miles away
What is the bag policy?
There is no official bag policy
Is the festival ADA-accessible?
Handicap parking is available close to the main stage and handicap camping is located across from First Aid
Which artists are on the festival lineup?
The 2024 lineup includes Max Creek, Rubblebucket, Too Many Zooz, Pink Talking Fish, Badfish: A Tribute to Sublime, Ryan Montbleau Band, Start Making Sense, Southern Avenue, Dirtwire, Bella’s Bartok, Consider the Source, Jennifer Hartswick Band, Hot Buttered Rum, Creamery Station, Sneezy, Hayley Jane, Grateful Dub, The Englishtown Project, Band of Brothers, Bearly Dead, Playing Dead, Leon Trout, Jabbawaukee, Woody & The Rebel Alliance, Desert Rain, The Alchemystics, Crooked Coast, The Trichomes, The Slambovian Circus of Dreams, Dead Man’s Waltz, Peter Prince, Moon Boot Lover, The Z3, THE ABOMBS, Bean, Bombtrack – Tribute to Rage Against The Machine, Caylin Costello, The Decker Bandits, Gary Backstrom Band, Guess Method, The Humans Being, Jelly, Jeremiah Hazed, John Spignesi Band, King Saison, Llama Lasagne, The Lox & Keyes Theory, The Marks Brothers, Mono Means One, Outer Stylie, Phil Adams and the Oblivious Fools, Rice, Rev Tor Band, Ruby Mac, Secret Sage, Something Is Forming, Spirit Elevators, Stupid Robots, Taproots, and Whalom Park.
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