Artist Bios
All roads lead to the 44th annual St. Pat’s in Five Point Festival.
This year’s artist lineup is filled with incredible talent to keep you shamrockin’ in the streets all day long.
Grab your tickets today at the link in our bio. #StPatsinFivePoints
Grace Potter is a can’t-miss live act, blending roots rock, soul, and sharp songwriting with a powerhouse voice. A three-time Grammy nominee, she has toured relentlessly and performed alongside artists like the Rolling Stones, Robert Plant, and Bonnie Raitt.
Switchfoot has sold nearly 10 million albums worldwide across twelve studio releases, including the double-platinum The Beautiful Letdown and the Grammy Award-winning Hello Hurricane. Known for an uplifting, emotionally intelligent take on alternative rock, the band has delivered a string of radio hits and played sold-out tours, selling more than 5 million concert tickets in over 40 countries.
Hailing from Eastern Kentucky, Hailing from Eastern Kentucky, The Creekers bring a high-energy mix of bluegrass-rooted country with a few familiar covers. In 2025, their breakout track “Tennessee” caught fire online, landing in Spotify’s Viral 50 U.S. top 5 and racking up millions of streams.
After packing out their set at St. Pat’s in Five Points in 2025, Congress the Band is back this year for a headlining slot. Based in Charleston, the band has quickly grown into a regional touring force with an anthemic sound rooted in indie rock, Americana, and Southern rock.
Rising and Regional Acts
Grace Bowers is an award-winning guitarist, singer-songwriter, and bandleader who’s quickly become one of the most in-demand young artists in music. She won Instrumentalist of the Year at the 2024 Americana Music Association Honors & Awards, earned Variety’s Next Gen recognition, and performed with Chris Martin during the 67th GRAMMY Awards.
Born and bred in Oklahoma City, Jason Scott & the High Heat mix Americana and heartland rock with country grit. Named Texas Emerging Group of the Year at the 2025 Texas Music Awards, they’ve lit up festivals like Stagecoach, Born & Raised, and Mile 0 while earning praise from outlets like Rolling Stone and NPR.
Buffalo Traffic Jam is a folk band from Bozeman, Montana, led by Frankie Cassidy and Nathan Ross. Riding a breakout wave from their Take Me Home era, they kicked off 2026 with the new single “I Don’t Care” and a fast-selling run of tour dates.
Returning to St. Pat’s in Five Points, rousing and raucous, Scythian (sith-ee-yin) plays roots music from Celtic, Eastern European and Appalachian traditions with thunderous energy, technical prowess, and storytelling songwriting, beckoning crowds into a barn-dance, rock concert experience. Nashville’s Music City Roots says Scythian is “what happens when rock star charisma meets Celtic dervish fiddling,” and the Washington Post says “Scythian’s enthusiasm is contagious, and shows seem to end with everyone dancing, jumping around or hoisting glasses.”
Dogpark, an emerging East Coast band, was forged in the basements and backyards of the University of Richmond in 2023. What began as a medley of jazz and a cappella club misfits turned into four-hour sets at beer-covered frat parties and, eventually, a high-flying and highly capable indie rock act cultivating audiences across the country.
Arts Fishing Club is more than just a band; they are storytellers, explorers of the human condition, and purveyors of living life boldly. Their rock-meets-folk live show has landed them on major festival stages including Bonnaroo, Summerfest, Treefort, and Mile of Music.
Harvey Street blends indie and alt-rock sensibilities with grace, carving a powerful new groove into contemporary music. Described as “disciplined electricity,” the band is best known for their energetic live experience. In addition to four headline tours, the band has supported notable acts such as Flipturn, Moon Taxi, Futurebirds, The Stews, Arcy Drive, Daniel Donato, Winyah, Penelope Road, and Stop Light Observations along the way.
Tobacco Road is an emerging blues-rock band based in East Nashville with a simple motto: “Take your art seriously, not yourself.” Their sound blends Southern rock and indie groove with modern soul, and they’ve already released the debut EP “All in Time” and built a reputation for a high-energy, welcoming live show.
Local ties
JWADI
JWADI (Jordan David Miller) is a Columbia, South Carolina native and co-founder of The Movement, where he helped write the band’s early albums and penned the #1 Billboard Reggae chart debut One More Night (2012).After stepping away from music in 2012, he returned in 2022 and has since released All That Glitters (2023) and The Year of Subtraction (2025), channeling his recovery into independent, genre-blending songs that move between soul, rock, hip-hop, and reggae.
MASTER SPLNTA (MSSSPLNT), is a recording artist and hip-hop activist based out of Columbia, SC. As a cornerstone of South Carolina hip-hop, MASTER SPLNTA began his career in the late ‘90s as a member of the Columbia-based rap group, Streetside. By 2012, he was an established solo act, releasing his acclaimed Da Cold War album trilogy under moniker FatRat Da Czar. With a total of eleven studio albums, SPLNTA is widely recognized as South Carolina’s godfather of hip-hop and has opened for national acts to include Notorious B.I.G., Snoop Dogg, and Lauryn Hill.
George Fetner and the Strays “unleash their leathery loose-limbed approximation of Bacchus with a blowtorch” (Free Times), have been called “a herd of magnanimous proportions that turns any stage into a groove-laden party” (Jasper Project), and “since adding a full horn section to their lineup, their stage show has become an all-out swagger fest” (Post and Courier). GFATS remains a favorite of live music fans with appearances at Fall for Greenville, the Jam Room Music Festival, Columbia's Mardi Gras Festival, Jerry Fest, and St. Pat's in Five Points delivering a soulful, brassy sound rooted in rhythm and blues, improvisatory rock, and captivating musical left turns.
MIDS
Based in Columbia, SC, MIDS is a riffs-first rock band built on loud guitars, heavy fuzz, and no-frills intensity. Their sets bounce between jammed-out stretches and quick, punk-edged songs.
Silk Road
A five-piece rock band formed in the halls of McBryde at USC in Fall '23, Silk Road quickly grew from dorm room jams to stages across Columbia and the Southeast.
Rut Spence is a country rock singer/songwriter from Lexington, SC. Rut’s cowboy roots began when he was a child living on a horse farm in Gilbert, SC. Being one of four boys, hunting, fishing, and playing sports with his brothers and his dad became a way of life. As much as Rut loved being outside, he equally loved spending time with his mom and Nana, learning how to write poetry, which is where his love for writing music originated.
Instagram: 4.5K followers
M.C. Loud is a dynamic DJ and crowd-pleaser hailing from Columbia, SC. Known for her electrifying sets that span a variety of genres, she has an innate ability to read the room and deliver exactly what the crowd needs to keep the energy high and the dance floor packed.
The Podunk Ramblers are a five piece Bluegrass band based out of Columbia, SC playing a mix of traditional Bluegrass and modern Jamgrass. Their goal is to bring high-energy performances and fast pickin' to every show we play.
Danny Anderson
Danny Anderson is a singer-songwriter from Fort Mill, South Carolina whose music sits at a crossroads between indie folk and modern pop. He draws inspiration from artists like John Mayer, The Backseat Lovers, and Sam Barber to write songs that don’t just capture a listener’s attention, but drive an emotionally charged journey with honest storytelling, memorable melodies, and live performances that linger long after the final note.
Greene Street Records Presents
In partnership with the University of South Carolina and sponsored by Greene Street Records, the festival will also feature a new student-focused stage on the Greene Street Stage.
Tomorrow’s Problem is a Columbia-rooted, Charleston-based indie-rock band formed at the University of South Carolina. After a 22-city tour in fall 2025, the band heads into 2026 with new music in the works and a live show that’s road tested.
Katie DeMartini
Katie DeMartini is a singer songwriter from River Vale, NJ, and the first signing for Greene Street Records, a partnership between University of South Carolina and Virgin Music Group. She is a delicious blend of sassy pop rock and heartfelt acoustic ballads, drawing her audience in with her unique lyrics. Her career has only just begun, but she's getting ready to release her first ever album this spring.
The Smoaks
Instagram: 1.4K followers
The Smoaks are an alt-indie rock band with a new single due out leading up to this year’s festival.
Kaily Alexandria
Kaily Alexandria is a soulful pop and R&B visionary whose music fuses glossy pop polish with rich, emotional R&B depth, creating a style that is unmistakably her own. Inspired by artists like Ariana Grande, Tyla, and SZA, she crafts a sonic world where piercing vocals, fluid melodies, and atmospheric storytelling collide. On stage, she’s effortlessly charismatic: a magnetic performer whose presence is as captivating as her sound.