Vermont superstar singer Noah Kahan closed out Day #1 at the Sommo Festival in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island on Friday, September 13, 2024.
Kahan’s set was delayed by about 45 minutes because of lightning from a nearby storm, which ended up missing the Sommo Festival grounds entirely.
With the built up anticipation, the audience of about 25,000 people roared when Kahan hit the stage.
“Loving all your light up bracelets, they’re very nice,” Kahan told the crowd.
Spotting a sign near the front of the stage, Kahan shared some friendly back-and-forth with the fans.
“‘You brought your Mom to her first Grammy’s, I brought my Mom to her first Noah concert’… hell, yeah,” Kahan said, while reading the sign.
“Are you enjoying it? Are you having fun, Mom? Every single part? The long lines and the lightning and everything? I’m glad this is the first one you’ve come to, give it up to the Mom that’s here for her first Noah show.”
Before performing one of his hits, ‘You’re Gonna Go Far’, Kahan shared some insight into the tune.
“This next song is about being by yourself,” he said.
“For anyone that came to the show by themselves tonight, I want to say you’re a fuckin’ beast and I’m proud of you.”
SWOMP was in the pit for Noah’s performance. Check out our photos, below:
Here is his full Sommo Festival setlist:
1. Dial Drunk
2. New Perspective
3. Everywhere, Everything
4. She Calls Me Back
5. You’re Gonna Go Far
6. False Confidence
7. Forever
8. Maine
9. All My Love
10. Northern Attitude
11. Orange Juice
12. Homesick
13. The View Between Villages
14. Stick Season
Here are some more details about Kahan:
As Noah Kahan changes, he casts those experiences onto songs like light through a film projector.
At the core of the music’s upbeat energy and unfiltered lyrics, you’ll hear who he was before and who he became — almost in real-time.
The Vermont singer still pens songs straight from the heart and still cracks jokes with his signature, self-deprecating sense of humor; he’s just changed in all of the right ways (and chronicled them via his songwriting).
He gained that understanding through quite the journey from small town Vermont to global renown.
He’s racked up over one billion streams, released two full length albums (Busyhead, 2019 and I Was/I Am, 2021) and a mid-pandemic EP (Cape Elizabeth, 2020), picked up a Gold Certification for “Hurt Somebody” feat. Julia Michaels, and performed on television shows such as The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Late Night with Seth Meyers, and TODAY.
Not to mention, he’s collaborated with everyone from Joy Oladokun to Chelsea Cutler to mxmtoon to Quinn XCII to Gryffin.
After five years of critical acclaim and global touring, he sought an even purer style of writing and arrangement, a challenge from within to convey a vivid representation of what he loves, fears, and struggles with most passionately.
Now, Noah continues to progress on his 2022 singles “Stick Season” and “Northern Attitude,” taken from his highly anticipated new album Stick Season out now.
Follow Noah at https://noahkahan.com/.