Yo La Tengo Added to Dromfest 2025

The coolest music festival in the Northeast just got a lot cooler.

Kingston, NY micro-indie label Dromedary Records is excited to announce the addition of Yo La Tengo to the 2025 lineup for Dromfest, its annual music festival taking place Aug. 29–31 at The Avalon Lounge in Catskill, NY. The band will headline the festival on Saturday night.

Single-day passes are on sale today at incredibly reasonable prices: $25 for Friday, $60 for Saturday, $55 for Sunday. $100 for both days.

VIP passes, meanwhile, will be $125 and include access to the upstairs lounge, afterparty, and priority admission to film screening, as well as a drink special, free promotional CD, and $20 donation to the Food Bank of Greene County.

This year’s Dromfest features a stacked bill of indie rock legends and vital voices from across the underground music spectrum.

Headliners include:

* Sunburned Hand of the Man (Friday)

* Yo La Tengo (Saturday)

* Das Damen (Sunday)

Additional performers over the weekend include:

* Madder Rose (Saturday)

* Rebecca Gates (of The Spinanes)

* Phantom Tollbooth

* Roger Clark Miller (Mission of Burma)

* New Radiant Storm King

* Mark Robinson (of Unrest, performing Unrest songs)

* Beth Kaplan (Salem 66)

* Scrawl

* The Dambuilders

* Thalia Zedek Band

* Moviola

* Cathedral Ceilings

* Bunnygrunt

* Vehicle Flips

* Chris Brokaw

* Lupo Citta

* Fly Ashtray

* French (featuring Ian from Cell/Flower and Andrew from Ruby Falls)

* Erin Barth-Dwyer (of Overheard)

* Five Hundred Dollars

* King in Yellow

The weekend will also feature poetry readings from Annie Christain, Bel Simek, and Karen Schoemer and a screening of Chris Wilcha’s documentary Flipside, which is about my local record shop in Pompton Lakes, NJ.

Originally launched in 2023 as a celebration of Dromedary Records’ 30th anniversary, Dromfest quickly grew into a full-scale festival featuring more than 20 bands across multiple venues. The event continues to honor the spirit of indie rock — past, present and future.

“This is our third annual festival, and we’re thrilled that it’s become such a special weekend for so many people. We hope people come out for the entire weekend, soak up the vibes, and enjoy some great music. It’s a fantastic lineup – an excellent blend of indie rock legends, bands who haven’t performed together in years, and some younger acts making interesting, powerful music.”

Grab a pair and make a weekend of it!