Rootstock is back back back for our 3rd year! We could not be more thrilled to welcome you to a once a year event with all of us at Revive the Roots. This year we have more music, more art and more good times to share with you <3

Rootstock is a great way to experience the 23 acre Mowry Commons in Smithfield RI and slip into fall vibes. You choose your experience…

Bring a chair and blanket and let the music wash over you all day
Wander and explore… look at the bugs… look at the plants… look at the animals… take a tour
Snack and fill up on farm fresh foods prepared by Providence’s Frog Bell Foods
Meet our community partners, the amazing folks building community and taking environmental action in Rhode Island
Make things! Crafts and communal mural for kids and adult alike
Shop one of a kind arts and crafts on the Hill Or all of the above!

Festivities kick off at 12pm with bands starting at 12:30. Over the course of the day we will have musical performances by 8 bands and musical acts; The Whelks, Big Brute, Meridian , Lady Pills, Hopper, Convinced Friend, Sun Uchin, and Number One Babe! More line up details will be updated over the coming weeks. Stay tuned to @revivetheroots on Instagram and Facebook and checkout Revivetheroots.org for more information

About The Whelks: The Whelks are an acoustic trio hailing from Warren and Tiverton, RI consisting of Peri DeLorenzo on fiddle, Mark Dobbyn on guitar, and Erin Lobb Mason on upright bass. They play a mix of swing, country, old time, bluegrass, Irish, folk, and their own original songs, all dressed up in glorious three part harmony. @thewhelks on Instagram

About Big Brute: A sonically beautiful sense of home. @bigbrute.band on Instagram

About Meridian: Garden Variety Indie Rock! Seven humans. Honest songwriting. Fun grooves. Authentic and emotionally spellbinding, Meridian is a group of friends in Providence, RI and the winners of Motif Magazine’s 2023 Battle of the Bands. @meridian.makes on Instagram

About Lady Pills: Lady Pills is the project of Providence-based Ella Boissonnault. The music combines elements of 90’s indie and grunge with a more modern pop twist to create a driving and honest sound. Her most recent record, What I Want, was released February of 2022 via Plastic Miracles. The record was featured in The Boston Globe, WBUR, MTV, and New Noise Magazine and earned nominations for 2 Boston Music Awards: Album of the Year and Alternative/Indie Artist of the Year. Her solo performance provides a more raw and intimate opportunity to connect with the music. @lady.pills.music on Instagram

About Hopper: Hopper is a fine blend of pop rocks, moon rocks, hopscotch, butterscotch, the familiar, the unprepared, happenstance, inflation, woe, stardust, teh internets, robots, porcupine riffs, the mysterious past, the unbelievable future, backyard archeology , armchair philosophy, compromise, conviction, and neato economics!! @hopper_band on Instagram

About Convinced Friend: Convinced Friend is the project of Providence-based Songwriter A.S. Wilson. Recorded at Big Nice Studios, the self-titled album (Released November ’22 with Relief Map Records) embraced members of Burr and Nova One, resulting in a collection of largehearted songs that Various Small Flames has called “an intimate and attentive sound in the lineage of Jason Molina and David Bazan… pushing beyond the melancholic surface so common to indie rock, looking instead to explore the deep possibilities beneath.” The songs are marked by Wilson’s time spent growing up in oilfield towns south of New Orleans – focused on the little indignities of love and work, with the sense of impermanence that comes with a home slowly sinking underwater. @convincedfriend on Instagram

About Sun Urchin: Sun Urchins is a three-piece indie grunge band that will rock your darned socks off @sun_urchins on Instagram

About Number One Babe: Information to come! @dustbowlballad on Instagram

Details
Where: 374 Farnum Pike

When: September 23rd from 12pm – 6pm

Tickets: Rootstock is designed to be a inclusive festival experience with low cost for attendees. All activities are free to do and tickets are pay-what-you-like. The average donation is $15 per ticket. Do what feels right to you! Only 300 tickets are available and we expect to sell out.

Bring:

Folding and camp chairs
Blankets
Water bottles
Your festive spirit and dancing feet!
Leave at home:

Alcohol and drugs, this is a sober festival
Coolers and Food (We have an amazing selection of farm fresh foods prepared by Frog Bell Foods available for purchase. Vegetarian, vegan and gluten free options will be on the menu. If you need to bring your own food for your comfort this is okay. We just want to share some good eats with you!)
Weapons or threatening object of any kind
Get Involved:

We are seeking volunteers to help out at Rootstock and in the days leading up to the festival. Helping out is a great way to meet new friends and be part of the experience! Volunteer shift for Rootstock are 3 hours. Register to volunteer with the link below.

https://forms.gle/cyNSiYD5FnN8v1Xw7

Important Information:

​​Revive the Roots prides itself on being a sustainability focused organization. Please keep in mind your impact on our environment.

Revive the Roots has a zero tolerance for any harassment, bullying and discrimination based on race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, pregnancy, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history) and military service. Be respectful and kind.

Rootstock is made possible by a grant from the Rhode Island Foundation, the Revive the Roots crew of volunteers and support from True Music Studios, Overpass Projects, Jerry’s Artarama, R1 Indoor Karting, JA Patty, JF Moran, Mosaic Creatives, JAS Design and Screen-Printing, Hope’s Harvest, Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council, Level Beauty Collective, Artists’ Exchange, Nuts & Bolts Nursery Cooperative, Elizabeth’s Garden and Frog Bell Food.

Revive the Roots is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization working to cultivate an inclusive environment free of judgment and biases where people and the environment thrive through sustainable practices, community building, and education.

NOTICE OF FILMING AND PHOTOGRAPHY

When you are on the premises of Mowry Commons (374 Farnum Pike and 10 Old Forge Rd) managed by Revive the Roots you enter an area where photography, audio, and video recording may occur. By entering the event premises, you consent to interview(s), photography, audio recording, video recording and its/their release, publication, exhibition, or reproduction to be used for news, web casts, promotional purposes, telecasts, advertising, inclusion on websites, social media, or any other purpose by Revive the Roots and its affiliates and representatives. This includes yourself as well as any minors that are in your care. Images, photos and/or videos may be used to promote similar Revive the Roots events in the future, highlight the event, and exhibit the capabilities of Revive the Roots. You release Revive the Roots, its officers and employees, and each and all persons involved from any liability connected with the taking, recording, digitizing, or publication and use of interviews, photographs, computer images, video and/or sound recordings. By entering the event premises, you waive all rights you may have to any claims for payment of royalties in connection with any use, exhibition, streaming, webcasting, televising, or other publication of these materials, regardless of the purpose or sponsoring of such use, exhibiting, broadcasting, webcasting, or other publication irrespective of whether a fee for admission or sponsorship is charged. You also waive any right to inspect or approve any photo, video, or audio recording taken by Revive the Roots or the person or entity designated to do so by Revive the Roots. You have been fully informed of your consent, waiver of liability, and release before entering the event. We are respectful in all representation of guests enjoying Mowry Commons and Revive the Roots events. If you are approached by a photographer you can request to not be photographed, filmed or interviewed and this request will be honored.

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