Prescott Park Arts Festival presents: Lake Street Dive

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Lake Street Dive returns to Prescott Park to kick off our 43rd season! 

A multi-genre band founded in 2004 in Boston, Lake Street Dive consists of Rachael Price (lead vocals), Mike “McDuck” Olson (trumpet, guitar), Bridget Kearney (upright bass), and Make Calabrese (drums). Their latest album, Side Pony, has an exhilarating feel from start to finish. For listeners familiar with Lake Street Dive, it’s a natural evolution of the band’s sound. The arrangements offer a knowing nod to the past while the lyrics tackle the pitfalls of modern romance in a manner that’s often more playful than rueful. And, Rachel Price’s vocals have a teasing swagger to them. Neither her heart nor her hairstyle will be messed with. 

A side pony, for Lake Street Dive, is really a metaphor for their philosophy and personality as a band, one that seamlessly incorporates R&B, pop, ‘60s era rock, and soul into a unique, dance party ready mix. 

As bassist Bridget Kearney puts it, “When we were settling on the album title, that one just stuck out to us as embodying the band’s spirit. We’ve always been this somewhat uncategorizable, weird, outlying genre less band. That’s the statement we wanted to make with this record: be yourself.” 

Lake Street Dive are joined by Vermont native, Matt Lorenz – the beloved one-man “roots-rock/junk-folk” band known as The Suitcase Junket, that features 1950s amps and a guitar salvaged from a dumpster – plus an old oversized suitcase, a baby shoe (his baby shoe) hitting a gas can, a cooking pot, circular saw blade and a box of bones and silverware for added percussion. It’s a sound like no other.