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The 14th Annual Montauk Music Festival
May 15-18, 2025
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Alex Cano
Alex Cano
Alex Cano is a nationally touring Rock/ Americana artist based in the NY Hudson Valley Region. Known for his combination of smooth baritone and powerful rock vocals, Cano's sound ranges from high energy alternative and blues based rock ‘n’ roll, to intimate Americana/folk/roots rock.

Melody Rose
Melody Rose
"Melody Rose attributes her unique vocal and songwriting style to her various musical upbringings. The daughter of a singer and a music industry executive, she spent her childhood in the studio, or backstage at Madison Square Garden, observing the inner workings of the world of Rock & Roll. Her operatic training and vocal jazz training surpass a decade. Upon receiving her M.A. in music composition, Melody continued to work on her craft as a singer-songwriter, and subsequently released her debut, self-titled album in 2015. Melody’s live performances have taken her to Europe and to various music conferences and festivals along the east coast. She is currently performing as a member of the Manhattan Band for Norwegian Cruise Lines. Music Magazine UK raves, “Soul is definitely one thing that Melody has no shortage of, and you’ll be sure to listen again and again to gain an insight in to this young up-and-coming artist.” Stay tuned as Melody Rose plans the release of her sophomore album, ‘Inside the Skies.’ "

Aqua Cherry
Aqua Cherry
"Aqua Cherry has shared the stage with, Artikal Sound System, Steel Pulse, Rebelution, Slightly Stoopid, The Original Wailers, Sublime with Rome, SOJA, Common Kings, BadFish, Zac Deputy, The Scofflaws, Junior Marvin and The Wailers, Perro Bravo, Murphy's Law, The Big Takeover, The Toasters, Oogee Wawa, Everlast, The Spin Doctors, Pat DiNizio of The Smithereens, Underground Junction featuring Steven Bauer, Corky Lang and The Mind Thieves, and Wonder Mike from The Sugar Hill Gang. Aqua Cherry has four studio albums, ""The Sum of Love EP"", ""Auto-Kiss Proof"", ""So Pretty"" EP, and ""Drowning in the Shallow End"". ""The Sum of Love"" makes good on a promise to keep bringing fans a lot of great music to enjoy."

The Montauk Project
The Montauk Project
"The Montauk Project is an original rock band hailing from the East End of Long Island, NY. Formed in the early 2010’s, the band continually blows minds one show at a time raining down guitar solos like a steady downpour from a raging storm. Compared to the black-blue-purple styles of Seattle grunge Filtered through 90’s alt and brought forward a couple decades, the band serves up an ice-cold shot of classic hard rock with a twist of psychedelia. The Montauk Project has shared the stage with such artists as The Growlers, Robby Krieger (The Doors), The Marshall Tucker Band, Paul Simon, Donavon Frankenreiter, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Temples, White Denim, and Chad Smith (The Red Hot Chili Peppers). They have been a prominent fixture at the Montauk Music Festival for the last decade but have also graced the stage at showcases such as SXSW, CMJ, The Great South Bay Music Fest, KABOO, The Paramount, and Webster Hall. 2023 finds The Project in the studio with renowned engineer and producer Oliver Straus (Arctic Monkeys, Taking Back Sunday, King Princess) working on their “ETHOS” EP slated to drop in May. Go see them this summer before the inevitable arena gigs and TV appearances start lining up. "

Red Matter
Red Matter
Genre blending, jamband juggernaut Red Matter delivers dynamic, sophisticated songwriting with danceable rhythms - full of rollicking extended jams, musical improvisation, visual stimulation, and all-out aural excitement.

Playing in Traffic
Playing in Traffic
Playing in Traffic one of N.Y.C’s Premier Hard Rock Bands’ Playing in Traffic’s Rock style is really hard to pin Down. They are Having too much fun creating music to worry about Style,

Donald Bikoff
Donald Bikoff
Guitarist Don Bikoff, a contemporary of John Fahey and Robbie Basho, drew from the same influences in American music, also adding Eastern scales. In the late 1960's, his lone LP, "Celestial Explosion" was released, and sits comfortably among the great guitar soli records.