The 413′s largest annual event, The Big E, is bringing together 43 music acts to perform on The E Stage this fall ranging in genres from folk, to rock, to pop and more.
According to the fair, daily performances will occur on the West Springfield fairgrounds at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday and at 12:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Friday through Sunday during its run from Friday, Sept. 13 through Sunday, Sept. 29.
The performances on The E Stage come with the price of admission to the fair, according to The Big E, meaning guests do not have to pay more to see these acts.
The stage, located near the Flag Plaza, was developed to showcase “emerging artists dedicated to creating original music,” the fair said in a news release.
Music acts on The E Stage this fall are:
- Wyn and the White Light (Friday, Sept. 13 at 12:30 p.m.) — a soul-rock band led by two-time ‘Female Performer of the Year’ New England Music Award nominee Wyn Doran
- Reservations at 8 (Friday, Sept. 13 at 4:30 p.m.) — an independent rock trio based in Massachusetts
- Sláinte (Friday, Sept. 13 at 8:30 p.m.) — a six-piece Irish-American folk-rock band who formed in a Boston College dorm room in 2013
- The Corner Boys (Saturday, Sept. 14 at 12:30 p.m.) — a traditional Irish and folk band from Holyoke
- Ruby Leftstep (Saturday, Sept. 14 at 4:30 p.m.) — a band formed in summer 2021 which has cultivated a tight knit community of fans in and around New Hartford, Connecticut
- Hello Sister (Saturday, Sept. 14 at 8:30 p.m.) — a pop rock band made up of teenage sisters who appeared on season 16 of “America’s Got Talent”
- Charlie Marie (Sunday, Sept. 15 at 12:30 p.m.) — a classic country singer who “bridges the gap between Nashville and her native Rhode Island”
- Sarah the Fiddler (Sunday, Sept. 15 at 4:30 p.m.) — a fiddler and violinist who performs alongside two other musicians — one of whom is her husband, who the drums, and another who plays the piano and accordion
- The New Limits (Sunday, Sept. 15 at 8:30 p.m.) — a band who “bring a style of their own to the scene, having been influenced by their diverse tastes in music”
- King Saison (Sunday, Sept. 15 at 3 p.m.) — described as a “charcuterie board of musical flavors,” they are a genre-bending band from Springfield
- Delta Generators (Monday, Sept. 16 at 7 p.m.) — a Boston-based band who draw on the traditions of blues, roots, R&B, Americana and rock
- Natasha Ramos and The Casuals (Tuesday, Sept. 17 at 3 p.m.) — Ramos is a Hartford, Connecticut native and has worked as a professional recording artist for over 15 years who shares R&B, pop and soul vibes with her band to listeners
- Padded Waltz (Tuesday, Sept. 17 at 7 p.m.) — a progressive art-pop band rooted in Western Massachusetts
- Stoneface Mountain (Wednesday, Sept. 18 at 3 p.m.) — a Boston-area band with a classic bluegrass sound
- JULAI and the Serotones (Wednesday, Sept. 18 at 7 p.m.) — an eight-piece band from Connecticut who have played on music bills with the likes of John Mayer, Hozier, Alanis Morissette, and more
- nuVos (Thursday, Sept. 19 at 3 p.m.) — a band “converging the energy of punk with the sophistication of jazz” with a history of performances in Connecticut
- Leon Trout (Thursday, Sept. 19 at 7 p.m.) — a four-piece jam influenced rock band based out of Massachusetts
- Katie Dobbins (Friday, Sept. 20 at 12:30 p.m.) — an award-winning singer-songwriter who seeks to bring light to the darkness
- CATWOLF (Friday, Sept. 20 at 4:30 p.m.) — a soulful rock trio
- The Breaks Inc. (Friday, Sept. 20 at 8:30 p.m.) — a six-piece retro-roc outfit from Queens, New York
- Derek O’Kanos (Saturday, Sept. 21 at 12:30 p.m.) — a solo artist and vocalist whose genre is described as “a mix of powerpop, folkrock, and alternative”
- Rolling Nectar (Saturday, Sept. 21 at 4:30 p.m.) — a Boston-based trio that “delivers a gritty powerful soul rock sound in a tightly polished set of melodic grooves and riffs”
- Krishna Guthrie Band (Saturday, Sept. 21 at 8:30 p.m.) — a group whose family story is “interwoven into the fabric of American music”
- Audio Jane (Sunday, Sept. 22 at 12:30 p.m.) — a female-fronted atmospheric rock band from Connecticut
- Natalia Bonfini (Sunday, Sept. 22 at 4:30 p.m.) — a blues and funk singer-songwriter raised on Cape Cod, she was also a finalist on season 20 of “American Idol”
- Buddahfly (Sunday, Sept. 22 at 8:30 p.m.) — an award-nominated reggae-rock group from the South Shore of Massachusetts
- J Smith & The Oddballs (Monday, Sept. 23 at 3 p.m.) — a group who perform an “eclectic mix” of Americana and rock & roll from Springfield
- Mainline (Monday, Sept. 23 at 7 p.m.) — a New York-based hard rock band
- Our Common Roots (Tuesday, Sept. 24 at 3 p.m.) — a band with folk-infused, rock-inspired stylings
- Slow Burn (Tuesday, Sept. 24) — a band whose music is a blend of blues and rock with “soulful vocals and rich harmonies”
- River Sang Wild (Wednesday, Sept. 25 at 3 p.m.) — an indie alternative rock band trio from Boston and New Hampshire
- Immuter (Wednesday, Sept. 25 at 7 p.m.) — an American indie band from the South Coast of Massachusetts
- Madison Curbelo (Thursday, Sept. 26 at 3 p.m.) — a singer-songwriter specializing in acoustic pop from Westfield who appeared on season 25 of “The Voice”
- Maddi Ryan (Thursday, Sept. 26 at 7 p.m.) — a Boston-based country singer-songwriter
- Jeaux (Friday, Sept. 27 at 12:30 p.m.) — an alternative rock band from Westfield formed in 2023 made up of friends who met at a university psychology department
- Drop Party (Friday, Sept. 27 at 4:30 p.m.) — a genre-bending seven-piece band from the coastal Connecticut scene
- Elle Baez (Friday, Sept. 27 at 8:30 p.m.) — a Latina pop-soul singer-songwriter who professes self-love and body positivity and has more than 100,000 followers on TikTok and Instagram
- Marina Evans (Saturday, Sept. 28)
- The 413s (Saturday, Sept. 28 at 4:30 p.m.) — a rock & roll band with blues roots from the hill towns of Western Massachusetts
- Noah Richardson (Saturday, Sept. 28 at 8:30 p.m.) — an alt-pop singer-songwriter who began as a street performer in Philadelphia and now has over 475,000 monthly listeners on Spotify
- DAYMEN (Sunday, Sept. 29 at 12:30 p.m.) — an acoustic ensemble playing yesterday’s hits and original soulful songs
- Jelly (Sunday, Sept. 29 at 4:30 p.m.) — a Connecticut band that mixes the genres of funk, rock, jazz-fusion and soul who have shared stages with acts like Fitz and the Tantrums
- LASTMINUTE (Sunday, Sept. 29 at 8:30 p.m.) — an indie pop band from Western Massachusetts established in 2021
There will also be a host of headliner performances throughout the fair’s run this fall at the Big E Arena including Ludacris, Big Time Rush, Umphrey’s McGee, Brothers Osborne, and Diplo.