Soggy Po Boys are seen playing here at the 2023 Northern Current music festival in Saranac Lake. (Provided photo)

SARANAC LAKE — Northern Current: A Community Music Festival is gearing up for it’s fifth season on Sunday, Sept. 1.

Held at Riverside Park on the shores of Lake Flower in Saranac Lake, the festival celebrates diverse musical genres and pulses with community spirit.

Headlining act, The Nude Party, has moved beyond their start as a garage-rock party band.

Listening to them now sounds like taking highly enjoyable road trip visiting the worlds of 1960s psych-pop and AM radio-friendly country hits. You’ll hear influences from the Rolling Stones, Lou Reed and a bit of Alice Cooper in there.

Bella’s Bartok live shows are a theatrical mix of “The Nightmare Before Christmas” and the “Rocky Horror Picture” show with a mesmerizing mix of Eastern European, Americana, punk and pop music.

Lady Moon & The Eclipse is a multicultural ensemble based in New York City. Through soaring vocal textures, R&B, afrobeat-influenced rhythms, they create inspirational music that explores the cosmic soul.

The New Planets will bring their other worldly dance music to Saranac Lake for a second time this summer, expect high energy, synth-driven poly rock meets Afrobeat. This group features members from Big Mean Sound Machine, Mosaic Foundation, Swamp Kids and Dom Martyr.

All Night Boogie Band hails form the Green Mountains of Vermont but have been performing regularly in the Adirondacks for a few years now. Think massive soulful vocals, big horns and a tight rhythm section creates powerful and emotional blues.

Other acts include singer songwriter Asher Danzinger, who has been performing music on the streets or New Orleans and in cities like Amsterdam, Berlin, Dublin and Tel Aviv for the last 10 years, a new local group known as the ADK Players and the duo Curt Stager & Kary Johnson.

Badenyah Drum & Dance will also perform at the festival.

Northern Current is not just about music; its about community. Admission is free, making it accessible to everyone. Held rain or shine, it features a large tent to keep attendees dry in case of bad weather. The festival is a family-friendly event, with a kid zone featuring activities from Play ADK and Circus with Sammy.

Food vendors will include Origin Coffee, Kate Mountain Farm, Jam Dots, ADK Street Eats and Triple Green Jade Farm.

This project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by the Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts.

Additional support is provided by the following event sponsors: Waterhole Music Lounge, Tell Media, Hotel Saranac, North Country Community College, Adirondack Health, Play ADK, Saranac Lake Area Chamber of Commerce, Nori’s Village Market, Elevate ADK, Hammersong Architectural Metal and Design, and North Country Public Radio.