Getting Folky: St. Augustine Hosts Bob Dylan, Gamble Rogers Fest This Weekend

Dylan Back in The Day

Bob Dylan  (Do we even have to link him? Oh, what the hell) hits Florida's St. Augustine Ampitheater Sunday, May 5. The ampitheater is a great outdoor venue (mostly covered) and it is adjacent to the lovely Anastasia State Park, which has camping. Dylan recenlty announced he's going to team up with Wilco and My Morning Jacket for this summer's tour,called the "AmericanaramA Festival of Music," which kicks off June 27 at Cruzan Ampitheater in West Palm Beach (ensuring a sweltering time for all.)

This weekend, Dylan (with Dawes) follows a packed musical weekend in St. Augustine, the Gamble Rogers Music Festival , with performances by the Claire Lynch Band, Nouveau Honkies, Sam Pacetti, Grant Peeples, and more. Check out the lineup here.

This fest pays tribute to the late Florida troubador Gamble Rogers. This is not a camping fest, although there are plenty of places to camp in the area, including the above-mentioned Anastasia State Park. As you probably already know, St Augustine is a tourist town filled with B&Bs and hotels.

Here's a description of the Gamble Rogers Fest from the promoters:

Friday Night May 3rd, the festival will open with a party/concert in beautiful downtown St. Augustine right on the waterfront at the Municipal Marina, the same as last year. With sun setting over the skyline and the sea breezes whipping the harbor flags, we will kick off at 5 PM and enjoy the music and atmosphere until 10PM. The Friday night show will also coincide with the monthly First Friday Art Walk in downtown St. Augustine so come on down and make it the beginning of a great weekend.

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Saturday May 4th, we move to the St. Augustine Amphitheatre, one of the top ranked outdoor music venues of its size in the entire world!  Our show will begin at noon and we will have 4 stages of music and song and story operating simultaneously until around 7 PM. Then, all attention will focus on the main stage of the Amphitheatre for the headliner show, capped by the appearance of the Claire Lynch Band.

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​Sunday May 5th, we will have an open-house celebration of the 18th birthday of the festival which will take place at the St. Augustine Beach Pier Pavilion on A1A a couple of miles south of the Amphitheatre.  This will be an un-ticketed event and it will feature live music from noon until…we are not really sure when…with beverage and food sales. Bring your own chair and get their early as parking is what it is.
Sunday evening, under separate ticketing and independent of our festival, Bob Dylan (with Dawes) will be appearing at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre.

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