Appaloosa Festival

03/27/2026

We’re so grateful to everyone who has shown up and supported the festival and made many memories with us for the last 10 years. We’re just as sad about this announcement but we hope to see you all again soon.

Please consider joining “Friends of Appaloosa” and you could be the future of this wonderful festival!

Send an email to [email protected] to join.

12/15/2025

Honored Appaloosa Festival won *again* as Best Music Festival in the DC Area! Thank you to Parklife and all our faithful fans!

Congrats to the winners of our annual Parklife DC readers poll!

American Television ran away as best local band of the year!

DC9 Nightclub placed first among local music venues; our readers always show small venues a lot of love!

Appaloosa Festival once again stormed its way to first place among local area music festivals.

Check out the full results of our 2025 poll!

https://parklifedc.com/2025/12/15/poll-2025-thrushie-awards-results/

12/14/2025

Appaloosa Festival favorites, The Hillbilly Thomists, just dropped their first Christmas album!

https://www.hillbillythomists.co

09/19/2025

Appaloosa at Ten: A Homegrown Tradition Rooted in Community

For a decade, Appaloosa has been a family reunion disguised as a music festival, and 2025 was no exception.

The weekend flowed with workshops, Mass, and music echoing across the fields, but what made it truly remarkable was the balance of big-stage energy and quiet moments of belonging.

Ten years in, Appaloosa has proven itself more than a festival - it has become a homecoming for festival-goers and musicians alike. It’s a rhythm, a ritual, and a reminder that faith, family, and fiddles can build a community as lasting as the mountains themselves.

Read all about this not-to-be-missed festival, just a short drive from Washington, DC, in the magical Shenandoah Valley

Magical Photos & Review By: Liz Pappas

In Front Royal, Labor Day has become synonymous with the Shenandoah's award-winning and beloved festival, Appaloosa. What began a decade ago as a dream

09/02/2025

POV: you’re at Appaloosa

Imagine watching bc this on your phone at home because you didn’t go to Appaloosa. Crazyyyy

09/02/2025

Tag us and tell everyone how much fun you’re having at Appaloosa #10!☀️

08/31/2025

I’m having too much fun to think of a good caption🤠 SO just pretend this is the BEST caption you’ve ever read, and tell everyone below 👇 what your favorite part of Appaloosa #10 has been!
📸: .rei.pho , .tj

08/31/2025

They invented awesomeness btw
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08/31/2025

To celebrate Appaloosa Day Two (and finally having semi-working internet), here are some of our favorite photos from yesterday!🥳🤩

See someone you know? TAG THEM IN THE COMMENTS!
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08/30/2025

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Don’t be THAT person who falls for the bot’s scam. Please stay vigilant!
🎟️TICKETS IN BIO🎟️

08/29/2025

✨Whoever started this rumor, we hope both sides of your pillow are warm✨

📣We ARE selling tickets at the gate Saturday AND Sunday! Don’t know who started saying we aren’t, but it’s untrue and silly. Of course we have to give the last-minute adventurers (aka, the procrastinators) a chance to have fun!

Now that we’ve cleared that up, let’s talk about the fun stuff:

🚨Unicorn alert: there’s exactly ONE chalet left for Appaloosa #10. Real beds, AC, kitchenette, showers, a roof for late-night jams—it’s your mountain-side kingdom waiting to happen. Blink, and it’s gone! Don’t let it pass you by!

🎟 DONT FORGET TO USE THE PROMO CODE 10YEARS BEFORE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT! Don’t miss out on 10% off tickets, otherwise your fifteen minutes of fame moment will turn into Cinderella’s pumpkin carriage (i.e., it’ll disappear at midnight)

Your game plan:�✨ Snag the last chalet (VIP life unlocked)�✨ Save 10% before midnight (hero move)�✨ Roll up to the gate this weekend (fashionably late)

Appaloosa #10 starts TOMORROW!

Are you ready for it?
🎟️TICKET LINK: https://appaloosafestival.com/ticket-info 🎟️