August is festival month and our Staff here at NotYourAverageFolk.com want to share the top 4 folk and/or acoustic music festivals this month. The festivals generally have 2 or more live music stages, vendor booths with crafts & merchandise, and more food than you can think of ever eating.

Before for you read another word, mark the date of April 16th on your calendar with the word Qwill. Then I want you to gas up your hybrid and head down to Salem, Ma to catch an Amazing Show at Rockafellas on the 16th.

Now I want to flash back to Saturday night @ Toad. We arrived around 7:10 to see Jesse Ciarmataro, otherwise known as Qwill, taking the stage. If you never been to Toad, it is small and cozy, but attracts a great crowd. The audience was full of diverse people all there to hear music, not to drink or eat, but for music.