Featured Guests

Kari Francis
Kari Francis
Vocalist, Arranger, and Choral Cusic Educator
Voce
Voce
6th Place Intl Finalist Sweet Adelines International
Destination
Destination
2nd Place NE District Finalist Barbershop Harmony Society
Round Midnight
Round Midnight
International Top 10 Barbershop Harmony Society

About the Festival

Check out our first annual Outdoor A Cappella Fest! We’re bringing in some fantastic coaches, awesome feature groups, local vendors, food trucks and all kinds of fun. You’re invited to come experience a unique day of acappella. Sign up as a participant with your acappella group, register to set up in our vendor area, or […]

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Schedule

May 7, 2022 1:00 pm - 4:45 pm Vendor Area

Sing with the Pros

Come sing a tag with a professional quartet in the vendor area! Destination: 1:00pm – 2:15pm Voce: 2:15pm – 3:15pm ‘Round Midnight:  3:45pm – 4:45pm Check out the Tags page for all the learning tracks and sheet music. https://outdooracappellafest.org/tags/

Destination
Destination 2nd Place NE District Finalist / Barbershop Harmony Society
Round Midnight
Round Midnight International Top 10 / Barbershop Harmony Society
Voce
Voce 6th Place Intl Finalist / Sweet Adelines International
May 7, 2022 1:45 pm - 2:00 pm Main Stage

Voices United Performance 1:45pm

A mixed gender barbershop chorus from the Barbershop Harmony Society from Southern New England

May 7, 2022 2:00 pm - 2:15 pm Main Stage

Off the Chart Performance 2:00pm

Men’s quartet from the Manchester chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society

May 7, 2022 2:15 pm - 2:30 pm Main Stage

Joyride Performance 2:15pm

Mixed quartet from the Barbershop Harmony Society

May 7, 2022 2:30 pm - 2:45 pm Main Stage

Destination Performance 2:30pm

They’ve been featured on shows all around Connecticut, online, and now they’ll be performing here!  Check it out and make sure you’re able to say, “I saw them before they got famous.”

Destination
Destination 2nd Place NE District Finalist / Barbershop Harmony Society
May 7, 2022 2:45 pm - 3:15 pm Main Stage

Steve Tramack's Quarteting Masterclass 2:45pm

Watch a master coach work with a quartet!  See how Steve’s process works, what he listens for, how he addresses it, and how a quartet can get better as he works with one of our feature quartet, Destination.

Destination
Destination 2nd Place NE District Finalist / Barbershop Harmony Society
May 7, 2022 3:15 pm - 3:45 pm Main Stage

Beatboxing with Kari 3:15pm

Learn how to beatbox with Kari Francis!

Kari Francis
Kari Francis Vocalist, Arranger, and Choral Cusic Educator
May 7, 2022 3:45 pm - 4:00 pm Main Stage

Mosaic Performance 3:45pm

Performance by the host of this whole amazing event, the Mosaic Chorus!

May 7, 2022 4:00 pm - 4:15 pm Main Stage

Somers Honors Choir Performance 4:00pm

The Honor’s Choir from Somers High School under the direction of Marika Kraus

May 7, 2022 4:15 pm - 4:30 pm Main Stage

Silk City Chorus Performance 4:15pm

Performance by the co-host of this awesome event, the Silk City Chorus!

May 7, 2022 4:30 pm - 4:45 pm Main Stage

On That Note! Performance 4:30pm

Acappella group from the Hartford Gay Men’s Chorus

May 7, 2022 4:45 pm - 5:00 pm Main Stage

Millenium Magic Performance 4:45pm

Millennium Magic Chorus is a unique, small chorus with membership of about 20 women. We are proud to be the only chorus in the Sweet Adelines International organization that competes and performs without a front line director. Our style and approach is a labor of love that produces harmonious results with great audience appeal. https://millenniummagic.org/ […]

May 7, 2022 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm Main Stage

Voce Performance 5:00pm

Check out the Sweet Adeline’s International 6th place quartet, Voce!

Voce
Voce 6th Place Intl Finalist / Sweet Adelines International
May 7, 2022 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm Main Stage

Round Midnight Performance 5:30pm

‘Round Midnight is a barbershop quartet with unique style. They demonstrate how close harmony can be applied to different musical genres such as R&B, pop, jazz, rock, and Broadway.

Round Midnight
Round Midnight International Top 10 / Barbershop Harmony Society

Elks Fair Ground

98 Woodland St, Glastonbury, CT

Directions from Rt 2: - Take exit 10. If travelling west, turn left off the exit. If travelling east, turn right. - Take a quick right onto New London Tpke. - After half a mile turn left on Chestnut Hill Rd. - After 0.8 miles, turn left on Hopewell Rd - Take your first left onto Woodland St. - The driveway will be on the left after a couple hundred feet.