BobFest – In the Round

Pat Guadagno

Pat Guadagno returns with the highly anticipated annual BobFest, a critically acclaimed celebration of the music of Bob Dylan. The long-running series, BobFest continues to reinvent itself each year—bringing fresh perspective and emotional depth to one of the greatest song catalogs in modern music.

Past performances have included ambitious concepts such as 60 Dylan songs for his 60th birthday and rare, bootleg, and alternate takes from his expansive archive. This year, Guadagno presents a uniquely intimate experience: “In the Round – Nashville Style,” where acclaimed artists share stories and interpret Dylan’s work in an acoustic, songwriter-circle setting.

• John Cruz: You will recognize John from the popular Playing for Change videos supporting the foundations global effort to create positive change through music and arts education. The A Nā Hōkū Hanohano and Grammy Award-winners music has been recorded by Jackson, Brown, Jack Johnson and his beloved composition Island Style is commonly known as the Hawaiian anthem.
• Steve Delopoulos: The Dove Award-winning frontman for Burlap to Cashmere, was named “the first truly great writer of this century” by American Songwriter Magazine. His hypnotic renditions of Dylan’ lesser-known gems left last years ‘BobFest – Rare & Unreleased’ audience in a trance.
• Rob Paparozzi: (“The Honeydripper”) tours as frontman for the Original Blues Brothers Band and Blood, Sweat & Tears. Rob served as a harmonica coach for actor Timothée Chalamet in the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown.
• Anne Hills is an award-winning songwriter with a stunning soprano that has made her one of contemporary folk music’s premiere vocalists. Her collaborations with icons Michael Smith, Tom Paxton, Bob Gibson, and Artie Traum suggest a perfect fit for her first BobFest.
• Renee Maskin: A vital force in the storied Asbury Park Music Scene, Renee was named “Songwriter of the Year” by New Jersey Stage Magazine and is looking forward to her first BobFest and the opportunity to channel one of her creative mentors.

BobFest is the longest running of Pat Guadagno’s critically acclaimed musical celebrations of songwriters Warren Zevon, Van Morrison, Tom Waits, John Prine, Leonard Cohen, Hank Williams, and Gram Parsons, delivering their music with Passion and Reverence that has become Guadagno’s trademark.

“From modest beginnings at a Downtown Café, BobFest has grown to become New Jerseys Hippest musical event” – Uncle Mike.

“Talk about breathing new life into old chestnuts…This is Big Time” – Vin Scelsa  Idiots Delight

“Thank You Mr. Guadagno, for proving that Great Art Never Dies” – Pete Hamill

“What sets him apart is his refusal to perform the songs in anything resembling their original style, and his effortless intuitiveness gives them new meanings.” –  Acoustic Guitar World