The 31st Annual Gamble Rogers
Folk Festival
The 31st Annual
Gamble Rogers Folk Festival
Join us April 10th, 11th, and 12th, at the St. Johns County Fairgrounds. This three-day festival will feature more than 25 musicians performing across multiple stages, including nationally acclaimed performers Dom Flemons & The Traveling Wildfires, Verlon Thompson, Alexa Rose, and Ed Snodderly. Additional performers include Frank Lindamood, Charlotte Morris, Lauren Woodall, Airtight, Joey Kerr Band, and Angel Chantel & Underbrush, along with a variety of regional and emerging performers who continue the rich tradition of folk music, storytelling, and songwriting that defines the Gamble Rogers Folk Festival.
Live From The Waterworks
Live From The Waterworks
The Gamble Rogers Folk Festival, in partnership with the St. Johns Cultural Council, announces the 2025–2026 season of “Live From The Waterworks”, an intimate monthly concert series celebrating the legacy of St. Augustine’s own Gamble Rogers. There are limited seats available, so purchasing tickets early is recommended.
Thank you for your support,
you are making dreams come true!
This Month At The Waterworks
Pat Bergeson & Bruce Forman
YoungFolk Opening Act: The Varella String Band
Saturday, March 21
Doors: 6:30 pm
Show: 7:00 - 10:00 pm
Special Workshop
These two stellar guitar players will present a workshop on Saturday, March 21 at The Waterworks from 2:00-3:00pm. Pat and Bruce will explain and demonstrate jazz guitar style and how to improvise in a duo setting. They will also discuss creating arrangements for solo guitar using jazz harmony, chord substitutions and melodic vocabulary. For all guitar players and music fans, this is an opportunity not to be missed!
The workshop is open to the public. A donation of $20.00 is suggested. All proceeds will go to support the Gamble Rogers Folk Festival’s YoungFolk Program that nurtures young, aspiring musicians in our community.
As the oldest music festival in St. Johns County, we are ever grateful to YOU, our longtime and dedicated supporters to help us keep this important and fulfilling musical legacy alive and well.
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts and we'll look forward to seeing you soon!
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Here are a few magical moments from our 30th Anniversary Festival Celebration
with Gamble's own spectacular rendition of his tune, Deep Gap Salute, written in honor of his longtime friend, Doc Watson.
Why do we celebrate Gamble’s legacy? Find out from our former President,
Jim Carrick.
