LOS STRAITJACKETS
WNTI-FM at Centenary University in Hackettstown underwent a major trauma last year, with the sale of its license to WXPN-FM and its move to an Internet-only format at wnti.org. But the annual WNTI Stage festival will take place as usual, July 15-17 at the Lions Club Pavilion in Columbia (Warren County).
This is the fifth year for the festival, which features two music stages as well as food and crafts vendors. The lineup, which is as eclectic as the station’s programming, includes the masked instrumental surf group Los Straitjackets, politically charged singer-songwriter Garland Jeffreys, neo-vaudevillian comedian Uncle Floyd, garage-rock bands The Grip Weeds and The Doughboys, the Above Ground Blues Band, the old-timey group Banjo Doodles, and the station’s own WNTI Band.
Here is the schedule. For ticket information and other details, visit wntistage.org.
JULY 15
MAIN STAGE
7 p.m.: Slam Allen
9 p.m.: The Grand Slambovians
CAFE STAGE
8:30 p.m.: Strange River
JULY 16
MAIN STAGE
12:30 p.m.: Bubba Grouch
2 p.m.: The Grip Weeds
3:30 p.m.: Steel Gravy
5 p.m.: The Doughboys
6:30 p.m.: Garland Jeffreys
8:30 p.m.: Los Straitjackets
CAFE STAGE
Noon: Cailin
1:30 p.m.: Zach Russack
3 p.m.: Paul Czekaj
4:30 p.m.: Kirsten Maxwell
6 p.m.: Dave Grieco
8 p.m.: Above Ground Blues Band
JULY 17
MAIN STAGE
12:30 p.m.: WNTI Band
2 p.m.: Bovine Social Club
3:30 p.m.: Incendio
5 p.m.: Uncle Floyd
CAFE STAGE
Noon: Banjo Doodles & Friends
1:30 p.m.: K.C. Roemer
3 p.m.: Pentley Holmes
4 p.m.: Dana Gaynor Band
