This year’s Adirondack Independence Music Festival, the yearly three-day, jam-centered blowout in Lake George, was a doozy. Headliners moe. (Friday and Saturday) and Pigeons Playing Ping Pong (Sunday) played two sets to close out each day. This year was the beloved festival’s 10-year anniversary.


Review and Photos of Day One by Stephanie J Bartik for RadioRadioX

Jon Braun of Start Making Sense at the Adirondack Independence Music Festival in Lake George, N.Y. (August 29, 2025) – photo by Stephanie J Bartik for RadioRadioX

By the time Start Making Sense closed their set, the skies opened. Rain poured over the commons. But instead of dampening spirits, it sparked something electric. Barefoot fans in neon and tie-dye turned the downpour into a dance floor. It was their own personal Woodstock—ecstatic, colorful, joyfully unbothered.

– Stephanie J Bartik for RadioRadioX

Photos of Day One by Timothy Reidy for RadioRadioX

The Adirondack Independence Music Festival at Charles R. Wood Park in Lake George (August 29, 2025) – photo by Timothy Reidy for RadioRadioX

Photos of Day Two by Timothy Reidy for RadioRadioX

(l-r) Sarah Elaz and Nick Swift of Bearly Dead at the Adirondack Independence Music Festival in Lake George, N.Y. (August 30, 2025) – photo by Timothy Reidy for RadioRadioX

Photos of Day Three by Timothy Reidy for RadioRadioX

Luke Bemand of lespecial at the Adirondack Independence Music Festival in Lake George, N.Y. (August 31, 2025) – photo by Timothy Reidy for RadioRadioX


Photos by Michael Hallisey for the Spot 518


Video of Ryan Montbleau by Frankie Cavone for Mirth Films