Ben performed on the first day of the Rocky Mountain Folks Festival along with Ani Difranco, Martin Simpson, and the Troubador Showcase. Other acts at the festival included John Hiatt, Cheryl Wheeler, Loudon Wainwright, Keb Mo, The Nields, Lucy Kaplansky, Dar Williams, Nanci Griffith, Greg Brown, Trapezoid, Dougie MacClean, The Drepung Monks and many more.