Takedown Music and Art Festival! featuring Palehound, Hello Shark, Nat Baldwin, Brett DesChenes, & Peter McLaughlin Trio, Sam Moss, Dr. Gasp, Heavy Pockets, Soft Eyes, Lisa/Liza, Footings, Comma, The Landladys, New England Bluegrass Band + so much more! @Rock Maple Woods Farm, Strafford, NH, 12pm, All Ages, $Donate$

Grab your sunglasses, pack a cooler, and get ready to carpool, ‘cuz Summer ain’t over yet, folks. This month we suggest you head up north to Strafford, NH, where the 7th annual Takedown Music and Art Festival is set to go down on Saturday, September 17th. Of course we champion any amalgamation of music, art, and good vibes, and as the season winds down, there is no better place than Takedown. In their own words, “The Takedown Music Festival honors the woods, it praises music, it uniquely frames performance and visual art, but above all it celebrates the relationship of these creative expressions with community.” C’mon, how are you not sold already? Well, let me give you a little more of a run down on the tunes: Ex-Boston bedroom rockers Palehound, the ethereal Soft Eyes, Portland avant-garde folksters Lisa/Liza, NH alt-rockers Footings, Boston singer-songwriter Sam Moss, pop punkers Heavy Pockets and soooo many morrreee. Plus aerial performances (whatever that entails), puppet shows (fun for all ages, natch) and local art installations facilitated by our brothers in arms at Wrong Brain. Srsly ppl….hitch a ride.

– Michael Achille