Internationally acclaimed Resident Artists from the Caroga Lake Music Festival - Eddie Barbash, Duncan Wickel and the KASA Quartet - are coming to Old Fort Johnson for a lawn concert celebrating fiddle and folk music with new twists. Expect an evening of memorable performances that span musical genres and styles.

Saxophonist Eddie Barbash has performed at venues and jazz festivals around the world, collaborating with musicians in many styles:  bluegrass, indie rock, grandma's favorite tunes and classical standards. Jon Batiste calls him “one of the world’s most important saxophonists.”  

Known for his chameleon-like qualities on the fiddle, cello, and other stringed instruments, Duncan Wickel has performed at Carnegie Hall, The Lincoln and Kennedy Centers, and venues in over 22 countries (so far.) The Boston Globe called him “a considerable talent…as persuasive in a traditional ballad as he is country fiddling or ripping through cascading classical flourishes or atonal double stops”.  

The KASA Quartet (Andy Liang, Aaron Schwartz, Stephanie Price-Wong and Kyle Price) curate fresh, innovative, genre-defying performances that fuse the classical repertoire with favorites of the jazz, musical theater, folk and pop standards in original arrangements and transcriptions.  They are the cornerstone of the Caroga Arts Collective and founding members of the CLMF.

The acclaimed Caroga Lake Music Festival is celebrating 20 years of performances this year, bringing musicians from all over the world to Sherman’s Park in Fulton County for summer concerts on site and on tour to nearby communities. We are honored to host their resident artists at Old Fort Johnson on July 23. Saratoga Arts made this program possible through the Community Arts Regrant Program, funded by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

Free admission, donations towards the ongoing restoration of Old Fort Johnson are always appreciated!