Celebrities frequently attend Participation , including models Helena Christensen ( a regular attendant ) and television personality Chris Pontius , actor Josh Hartnett , and Ronnie Wood of The Rolling Stones , who was pursued by `` half the journalists in the country '' and many of his own relatives for much of the 2008 festival Social_event .

Established in 1993 , the Festival Social_event is known Know for presenting Presence artists across the music genres such as Sir Elton John , Kylie Minogue , Eric Clapton , Tom Jones , Andrea Bocelli , Frankie Valli , Van Morrison , Jools Holland , Liza Minnelli , James Morrison Buena Vista Social Club , Dame Kiri Te Kanawa , José Carreras and Josh Groban .

Josh Cassidy and Shirley Reilly were the winners of the wheelchair racing Competition section .

The musical director for all three performances of The Complete Last Waltz has been Brooklyn guitarist Sam Cohen and the core band is composed Writing of Joe Russo on drums , Dave Dreiwitz on bass , Marco Benevento on keyboards , Scott Metzger on guitar Josh Kaufman , Jon Shaw , and back up vocals by Alecia Chakour .