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What do you call four days of live music, with dozens of acts, taking place in an intimate club in Harvard Square? It’s the annual Campfire Festival, in its 25th year, with about 60 musicians performing in short sets at Club Passim. Scheduled for Labor Day weekend, from Aug. 29 through Sept. 1, the festival is meant to be a somewhat urban version of what it can be like to gather around a campfire in a rural setting with friends, new and old, to listen to music that inspires connections among varying communities.

“Many of the performances are songwriters in-the-round, so it can have the feel of folks playing for each other around a campfire,” Matt Smith, the club’s managing director, told the Banner.

Being at Club Passim is a genuine cult

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