Good things have staying power and in its 8th year at Club Passim, the Down Home, Up Here Festival is a sure indicator of that.

With a mix and mingling of some of the area’s finest alongside regional juggernauts, the event highlights bluegrass and old-time music from all around. Something that has been perpetuated by Berklee’s roots program spewing out some of the finest pickers into the Boston music community year after year. While there are a host of some of the best folks playing today, we here at RLR are particularly curious about that Gabe Hirshfeld & Massachusetts set. Other can’t miss sets on our list include mandolin monster Ethan Setiawan, Max Wareham & Friends and the duo set from Andy Cambria & George Clements. Regardless, it is another Passim event where you can and should plant your butt in a chair and stay put all weekend long.

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The festival, which happens annual on Patriot’s Day Weekend, begins Saturday at 2pm with 10 hours of music with performances by Ruta Beggars, Bill Morris duo, The Riverside, The New Students, Max Wareham & Friends, Heather, Tyler, & Simon, Little Nora Brown,The Royer Family Band, Rowell, FitzPatrick, & Edwards, and Andy Cambria & George Clements.

On Sunday, music starts at 4pm with performances by The Revenants, Jes & Jakob, Gin Daisy, Flynn Cohen & Ben Pearce, Spring Hill Rounders, Ethan Setiawan, Ella Jordan, & Korey Brodsky, The Riverside, and Gabe Hirshfeld & Massachusetts.

This year’s festival also includes te a special bluegrass edition of Club Passim’s Live Music Brunch featuring Simon Dunson & Korey Brodsky  Sunday morning from 10:00AM to 2:00PM.

Down Home Up Here returns to Club Passim on April 13th and 14th. Tickets are $15 and available at www.clubpassim.org, by calling 617-492-7679 (9:30 AM – 5:00 PM, Monday – Friday) or at the Club Passim box office. Club Passim is located in Harvard Square at 47 Palmer St., Cambridge, MA 02138.