> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.broadwaynews.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# Exclusive: New Broadway outdoor music festival announced for summer 2026
- URL: https://www.broadwaynews.com/exclusive-new-broadway-outdoor-music-festival-announced-for-summer-2026/
- Published: 2026-01-28T14:29:05.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-14T12:34:54.000Z
- Description: “The Festival” will feature the likes of performers Audra McDonald, Kelli O’Hara, Casey Likes and Joy Woods, as well as composers Jason Robert Brown, Tom Kitt and more.
- Author: Ruthie Fierberg
- Tags: Exclusive, Events, News, A Weekend in the Country, Joshua Saltman, The Festival, Jerry Mitchell, D.B. Bonds

A three-day outdoor music festival featuring Broadway stars and personalities, blending concert performances, campfire sing-alongs and other fan experiences has been announced. The event, dubbed [“The Festival,”](http://www.broadwayfest.com/?ref=broadwaynews.com) will take place at [Hutton Brickyards](https://www.huttonbrickyards.com/?gad%5Fsource=1&gad%5Fcampaignid=21449490390&gbraid=0AAAAApuzt9Dg4fQvJFOZmmsmMq%5FyMp53w&gclid=Cj0KCQiA4eHLBhCzARIsAJ2NZoIQIWxwZ2p2-8Jb-F2XgkpzgSw7Bi4bH-EqSrDlzDy7r6%5FcWj7wiN4aAotmEALw%5FwcB&ref=broadwaynews.com) in Kingston, New York, from Aug. 14-16\. It is being produced by the company A Weekend in the Country, founded by entertainment attorney and executive Joshua Saltman.

SPONSORED BY BROADWAY NEWS 

****Broadway News Pro** delivers news, analysis, and guest essays from industry leaders to facilitate meaningful and creative conversations on Broadway. From breaking news to deeply-reported long reads and exclusive interviews, subscribers can rely on Broadway News for stories that matter. Start your subscription for $1/month.

[Learn more ](https://www.broadwaynews.com/welcome-offer) 

“The Festival” has already announced a lineup of Main Stem talent, including Amber Ardolino, Julie Benko, Denée Benton, Tommy Bracco, Jason Robert Brown, Norbert Leo Butz, Jenn Colella, Tyler Joseph Ellis, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Mandy Gonzalez, James Monroe Iglehart, Christopher Jackson, Tom Kitt, Casey Likes, Audra McDonald, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Eva Noblezada, Kelli O’Hara, Lauren Patten, Ben Levi Ross, Seth Rudetsky, Talia Suskauer, Adrienne Warren and Joy Woods as well as actor-influencer Cara Rose DiPietro. More names will be announced.

Additionally, the weekend will feature a piano bar (called Club Cumming on the Hudson), a dance party from Broadway Rave and theatrical costume contests. Each evening, “The Festival” will conclude with solo and ensemble performances of Broadway tunes, mashups and medleys. “The Festival” will be directed by Tony Award-winning choreographer and Tony-nominated director [Jerry Mitchell](https://www.broadwaynews.com/5-minutes-with-a-tony-nominee-boop-s-jerry-mitchell/)alongside director [D.B. Bonds](https://playbill.com/article/theatre-jobs-do-you-have-what-it-takes-to-be-an-associate-director-on-broadway?ref=broadwaynews.com). The pair have been longtime collaborators, with Bonds serving as associate director to director Mitchell on Broadway’s “Kinky Boots,” “Pretty Woman” and “Boop!”

Beyond the stage, “The Festival” will offer lessons, lectures, panels and masterclasses. Food and beverage will be provided by local Hudson Valley chefs and mixologists. There will also be a curated marketplace. Throughout the weekend, there will be events to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, the nonprofit organization that assists those across the country in receiving lifesaving medications, health care, meals, counseling and emergency financial assistance.

“The Festival” is not the first weekend of programming uniting Broadway talent and fans. The inaugural BroadwayCon kicked off in 2016 and has continued as an annual weekend-long fan convention in New York City, produced by Mischief Management. Now Tony Award winner Darren Criss founded Elsie Fest in 2015 (with his manager Ricky Rollins and producer Jordan Roth), an outdoor music festival of Broadway performers that typically took place on a single day in the city. “The Festival” will be three days and outdoor in the Hudson Valley.

Full programming for [“The Festival”](http://www.broadwayfest.com/?ref=broadwaynews.com) has yet to be announced. Tickets will go on sale for fans on March 3 and to the general public on March 6\. 

Saltman, via A Weekend in the Country, and David B. Schwartz, a theater producer and former Disney colleague of Saltman’s, have assembled a diverse team of theater-industry professionals to present “The Festival.”