First City Music Festival

During First City Music Festival weekend, Vincennes feels like a small, joyfully self-invented music city. Bluegrass, folk, and Americana spill across the riverfront as families, students, and longtime locals mingle under strings of lights and late-summer skies. It’s the kind of festival where musicians wander offstage to talk with the crowd and kids dance barefoot. For newcomers, the festival offers a preview of a community that delights in gathering, values craft, and knows how to create an atmosphere that’s both welcoming and genuinely soulful. Photo credit: First City Music Festival