One-day Down Country Jump Music Festival aims to bring roots … – Berkshire Eagle

SHEFFIELD — When the Oldtone Roots Music Festival, a four-day music festival in Hillsdale, N.Y., announced its end earlier this year, two of its founders wanted to find a way to keep bringing roots music to the Berkshire hills. 

Matt Downing and Kip Beacco, both members of Berkshires-based swing jazz band The Lucky 5, have joined forces with event producer Alex Harvey in hopes of continuing Old Tone’s legacy with the one-day Down County Jump Music Festival on Sept.