Pigeons Playing Ping Pong in Washington

Pigeons Playing Ping Pong is an American jam band formed at the University of Maryland in 2009 and later based in Baltimore. The group plays psychedelic funk-rock and is known for songs including “Horizon,” “Melting Lights” and “F.U.,” as well as the albums Psychology, Pizazz and Presto. The band founded Domefest in 2010, building the festival around its own extended sets and performances by fellow jam acts. The event became a recurring gathering, and Pigeons Playing Ping Pong later appeared at Bonnaroo in 2018 before headlining Red Rocks Amphitheatre in 2019.

Fireside Collective is an American progressive bluegrass band based in Asheville, North Carolina. Its acoustic string-band sound draws on bluegrass, folk and extended improvisation, and its catalog includes the albums Life Between the Lines, Elements and Across the Divide. In 2016, the group won the MerleFest Band Competition in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. It later performed at DelFest in Maryland and Blue Ox Music Festival in Wisconsin. Beyond Asheville, the band has appeared at High Sierra Music Festival in California and Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival in New York.