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Culturefest celebrates its 12th year!

Greetings, Culturefestians!! 
 

It's about one month from the time we will celebrate the 12th annual Culturefest World Music & Arts Festival on that magical mountaintop in Pipestem, West Virginia, and we couldn't be more excited. The lineup is absolutely stellar, featuring about 30 bands with styles ranging from Americana to soul-rock to tribal experimental. There will be dinosaurs roaming the site and a giant telescope for star and planet gazing. Workshops include Aryuveda for well being, a PVC-asaurus maker class, found object art, belly dance and drumming. There will be fascinating conversation, beautiful human connection and creativity flowing abundantly. Kids will be peaked with excitement, and the grown-ups even more so. This is a party that you can experience with your whole family. Click Here to explore this year's offerings:  culturefestwv.com
 

NOW is the time to purchase your weekend pass, and we have a
SPECIAL EARLY BIRD DEAL FOR YOU!
 

Buy your weekend pass now at $35 and 
SAVE $10 on the regular price.
Weekend passes at the gate will be $45.
 

**Being an early bird helps support the creation of the festival and its many essential expenses.**
**Help us make the magic!!!**

CLICK HERE to Purchase Your Early Bird Tickets!!!
(Price Available Until August 31)


See you on the Magical Mountaintop!


Find more information at 

culturefestwv.com

Questions? Call Us! 304-320-8833

The progressive funk collective will wrap up 2015 at The Variety Playhouse on December 31.

Today, progressive funk collective The Motet announces they'll ring in 2016 with a very special New Year's Eve show in Atlanta at The Variety Playhouse on December 31.  Tickets, including a limited number of VIP tickets, go on sale to The Motet Fan Club on Friday, August 14 at 2pm EDT, and to the general public on Friday, August 21 at 2pm EDT, at www.themotet.net.

 
This New Year's Eve celebration marks The Motet's first time back in Atlanta since their sold out show at Terminal West just over a year ago, and on the heels of an appearance at Magnolia Fest in Live Oak, Florida this October. The Motet's New Years shows have become a spectacle.  Last year, the band sold out the historic Crystal Ballroom in Portland, Oregon.  Watch a video from last year's New Year's show HERE.
 
The band returns to the Pacific Northwest in mid-December with dates in Eugene, OR, Portland, OR and Seattle, WA. These shows round out the band's recently announced fall itinerary, which includes a very special run of "Mixtape 1977" shows in the Midwest over Halloween weekend, and doubleheaders at the Brooklyn Bowl in Brooklyn, New York, and the Ogden Theatre, in Denver, Colorado where they'll unveil their inaugural "Hometown Hustle." Visit www.themotet.net for full details.
 
The complete list of The Motet's Fall 2015 tour dates is as follows:
Friday, August 14 The Huckleberry Jam Tamarack ID 
Saturday, August 15 Terrapin Crossroads San Rafael CA
Sunday, August 16 For The Funk of It Festival Belden CA 
Thursday, August 20 State Theatre St. Petersburg FL 
Friday, August 21 The Great Southern Tailgate Classic Fernandina Beach FL 
Saturday, August 22 Southern Brewers Festival Chattanooga TN 
Friday, August 28 - Saturday, August 29 Mishawaka Amphitheatre Bellvue CO with The
California Honeydrops 
Friday, September 4 Scoot Inn Austin TX 
Saturday, September 5 Backwoods Music Festival Stroud OK 
Sunday, September 20 Catskill Chill Music Festival Hancock NY 
Sunday, September 27 Skyfest Durango CO 
Saturday, October 3 Luna Light Festival Darlington MD 
Thursday, October 15 - Friday, October 16 Magnolia Fest Live Oak Fl
Saturday, October 17 Phases of The Moon Ozark AR 
Sunday, October 18 Blueberry Jam Fairhope, AL
Friday, October 23 Valley Bar Phoenix AZ
Wednesday, October 28 Wooly's Des Moines IA (Mixtape 1977)
Thursday, October 29 Cabooze Minneapolis MN (Mixtape 1977) w/ special guests The Heard
Friday, October 30 Turner Hall Ballroom Milwaukee WI (Mixtape 1977) w/ special guests The Heard
Saturday, October 31 Park West Chicago IL (Mixtape 1977)
Thursday, November 5 Paradise Rock Club Boston MA
Friday, November 6 - Saturday, November 7 Brooklyn Bowl Brooklyn NY
Friday, November 13 The Ogden Theatre Denver CO "Hometown Hustle"
w/ special guests The Main Squeeze
Saturday, November 14 The Ogden Theatre Denver CO "Hometown Hustle"
with special 'Mixtape 1977' set "Spirit of '77"
Thursday, December 10 HiFi Music Hall Eugene OR
Friday, December 11 Roseland Theater Portland, OR
Saturday, December 12 Neptune Theatre Seattle WA
Thursday, December 31 The Variety Playhouse Atlanta GA with special guests TBA
 
Additional dates to be announced.  Tickets and information available at www.themotet.net
 

About The Motet:
Started ten years ago by seasoned drummer Dave Watts as a rotating cast of musical friends, today progressive funk band The Motet has refined their sound and vision into a dynamic and expressive force. The Motet features an astonishingly talented cast of musicians who enjoy a palpable rapport when put together - Dave Watts (drums, musical director), Garrett Sayers (bass), Joey Porter (keyboards), Ryan Jalbert (guitar), Jans Ingber (vocals) and horn players Gabe Mervine (trumpet) and Matt Pitts (sax). 
 
Today, The Motet is touring nationwide. Recent months have found the band's audiences growing exponentially - with sellout shows from coast to coast including Red Rock's Amphitheatre, Brooklyn Bowl, and many more, and huge festival plays such as Electric Forest, Summer Camp, All Good Music Festival, High Sierra Music Festival, Camp Bisco, Jazz Aspen Snowmass, and Arise Music Festival, among others.
 
To stay up to date on all news on The Motet, please visit www.themotet.net

 

Imperial Blend - In The Earth CD

With 8 tracks featuring precise interplay and intelligent electronic jams, Imperial Blend offers a compelling, addictive debut with “In the Earth.”

Photos & Review Col. Bruce Hampton & Groove Fetish at Southland Ballroom

Posted by: admin | July 14th, 2015

Col. Bruce Hampton and Groove Fetish performed in Raleigh, NC on 6/11/15

The night was sure to be a fine one as several of us had been looking forward to this show for quite some time.  As a few of us met up at Natty Greene's for some sustenance & spirits, I could only be just a tad impatient waiting for the show.  One of our newest HGMN Bands, Groove Fetish out of Wilmington NC, were about to open up for the legendary Col. Bruce Hampton.

Mountain Music Festival June 5 & 6, 2015

Posted by: mamasherry | July 6th, 2015

The West Virginia state motto is a fitting description for Mountain Music Festival WV- wild, wonderful. Held at Ace Adventure Resort in Minden, WV. on 1,500 acres.

     The drive to and from was glorious, and upon arriving at the Welcome Center, you are already excited and enticed. It sits next to their lake, where summer is obviously family fun time! With slides, a zip-line, all sorts of inflatable equipment to enjoy, and a beach for sunning and swimming. 2015 was their 2nd annual Mountain Music Festival, and around 1,500 people were in attendance. We camped in the last lone RV spot- behind the welcome center, and there was a shuttle bus stop just across the parking lot at the lake.

Doby - Doby CD

In offering charismatic vocals, funky overtures and soulful flourishes, the ten tracks of Doby’s self-titled album offer up a savory menu, joyful in its delivery.
Final artist lineup revealed for HGMN's 20th Anniversary Festival!

Today, the Home Grown Music Network 20th Anniversary Festival has added five new acts to the lineup for the event happening October 1-3 at Harmony Stage in Mebane, NC. Headlined by Lotus and Keller Williams, the festival grew with the additions of:

BIG Something (2 sets)

Fat Cheek Kat

Urban Soil

Imperial Blend

Nick & The Babes with special guest JoJo

Twenty birthday candles will be lit at the Home Grown Music Network 20th Anniversary Festival featuring this now complete lineup:

Lotus

Keller Williams

BIG Something (2 sets)

Barefoot Manner

Cornmeal

Purple Schoolbus (original lineup)

The Recipe

Roots of Creation

Peter Prince & Moon Boot Lover

Big Daddy Love

Moses Guest

Dangermuffin

The Broadcast

Electric Soul Pandemic

Rumpke Mountain Boys

Fat Cheek Kat

Max Allen Band

The Floorboards

The Hip Abduction

Urban Soil

Imperial Blend

Sol Roots

Option 22

Get Right Band

The Royal Noise

Rebekah Todd & The Odyssey

David Dixon Trio

Nick & the Babes w/JoJo

With 20 years being celebrated over three days with music on two stages, the festival offers a seasoned mix of artisan vendors, visual art, onsite camping and hot showers on a beautiful 300+ acre farm in Central North Carolina between Greensboro and Durham.

Festival tickets and complete event information are available here.

Money raised for the Mother Emanuel Hope Fund at one-day benefit concert with over 80 all-star musicians performing and a live auction.

On Tuesday, June 23, 2015, The Charleston Pour House and members of the Charleston music community hosted a gathering to heal with the power of music. "Don't Tell Me This Town Ain't Got No Heart" was a benefit concert to raise money to help cover the funeral costs of those killed in the June 17th tragedy at the Emanuel AME Church in downtown Charleston, SC. The name of the event is a reference to a line in the well-known tune "Shakedown Street" by Grateful Dead. The purpose of the event was to provide a place for the Charleston community to gather, restore faith and raise money for the shooting victims' funerals, their families and the church through the Mother Emanuel Hope Fund, established by Charleston's Mayor Joe Riley.

 

Over $30,000 was raised through ticket and alcohol sales, cash donations, and the live auction, which included over 200 donated items, including a rare, signed Widespread Panic poster that went for $4,000. With 80 all-star Charleston musicians and 20+ businesses gathered together, the event turned into a mini day festival, which sold out in 3 hours to 800 people. After the event sold out so quickly, The Charleston Pour House found a way to stream the event live, for free, to the general public. 1800 people tuned in around the world to the live stream. Widespread Panic used the live stream as their house music between sets at their show in Jones Beach, NY. All Pour House staff worked for free; many musicians cancelled paying gigs to participate in the event. Area businesses quickly joined together to sponsor the event, including Lee Distributors, Terrapin Beer Company, Lagunitas, Southern Eagle, Snyders Event Rentals, Holy City Brewing, Sweetwater Brewing, Charleston Distillery, Get Rigged Lighting, Miller, Coors, Home Team BBQ, The Windjammer, Diageo, PBR, Brooklyn Beer and Constellations.

The vibe on and off the stage was heart-felt and electric. The lineup included bands Dangermuffin, Sol Driven Train, Gaslight Street, Josh Roberts & The Hinges, Dead 27s, Manny Praise Team, The Reckoning/ Rodeo Clown, Travelin' Kine, The Lowhills, Guilt Ridden Troubadour, HoneySmoke, and many more on two stages, often calling up members of other bands to sit in in the spirit of camaraderie. The music was uplifting, including songs "Shine a Light" by Rolling Stones, "Live Forever" by Billy Joe Shaver, and even a song written for the victims by Dead 27s. The mission of the shooter was to divide Charleston and create a race war, but exactly the opposite happened at The Charleston Pour House. Instead, the community united to create a music fellowship. Charleston music heals.

About The Charleston Pour House
The Charleston Pour House is Charleston, SC's premier music venue located at 1977 Maybank Highway on James Island. The venue hosts more than 300 concerts per year on the main stage, as well as daily, free performances on the outside covered deck. Every Sunday from May through July, the Sunday Brunch Farmers Market is held at The Charleston Pour House with kids' activities, food trucks and local produce and crafts stands.

The Pour House and the adjacent restaurant, The Lot, recycle all glass, plastic, paper and metal. All food waste is composted by Charleston County. The two venues divert over 5 tons of recyclables and compost a week!  The venue is also a former winner of Home Grown Music Network's "Venue of the Year" award!

 

Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park Oct 30-Nov 1, 2015 (Live Oak, Fl.)

 

Silver Wrapper and Purple Hat Productions have announced the first round of artists for the third annual Suwannee Hulaween, hosted by seminal Colorado jamband The String Cheese Incident over Halloween weekend October 30 - November 1, 2015 at the famed Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, FL.
 
Performing at Suwannee Hulaween is Denver's electro-soul and glitch-hop pioneer Pretty Lights, San Francisco thrash-funk eccentrics Primus, Chicago's psychedelic hip-hop hero Chance The Rapper and his live band, The Social Experiment, legendary Georgia jamtronica innovators STS9, rising Seattle electronic-indie duo ODESZA, San Diego's post punk reggae beach rockers Slightly Stoopid, and Detroit's electro-funk and live saxophone sensation GRiZ, along with Lettuce, Railroad Earth, Papadosio, The Floozies, Sam Bush Band and many more. Fans will also be treated to three nights, and 7 sets, of The String Cheese Incident, along with a theatrical, surprise cover-filled show on Halloween.

For guests that want to start the party early, Hulaween is hosting an onsite pre-party on Thursday, October 29th with Grateful Dead tribute act Joe Russo's Almost Dead and several additional artists to be announced soon.
 
Festival goers can also get excited for the return of an expanded Spirit Lake - an experiential artistic glowing menagerie of multimedia metalwork, paintings, sculptures, light projections and live performances that morphs the prehistoric-looking forest into a vivid dream-like space. With hardly any overlapping sets throughout the weekend, attendees have plenty of time to wander the mystical campgrounds abuzz with costumed fans and interactive theme camps while not missing any music they want to experience. Suwannee Hulaween will also feature theme nights, yoga, workshops and endless interactive surprises throughout the weekend.
 
Set in the midst of 800-acres of Spanish moss-draped oak and cypress along the black Suwannee River and complete with the largest bat house in the southeast US, Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park is one of the most beautiful live music venues in the country. The park also offers guest comforts including a general store, full-service restaurant, free showers, indoor bathrooms and water stations.
 
Tickets and Ultimate Incident VIP Packages go on sale Tuesday, June 23. To join the wait list for cabins, golf cart rentals and RV hook-ups, please contact SOSMP at 386.364.1683.
 
Stay tuned for additional artist announcements, workshops and theme nights!

For information visit www.SuwanneeHulaween.com.
 
Suwannee Hulaween 2015 Phase 1 Lineup
The String Cheese Incident (3 nights)
Pretty Lights
Primus
Chance the Rapper & Social Experiment
STS9
ODESZA
Slightly Stoopid
GRiZ
Lettuce
Railroad Earth
Papadosio
The Floozies
Sam Bush Band
Dopapod
The New Mastersounds
Future Rock
Goldfish
Elephant Revival
The Nth Power
Earphunk
Sister Sparrow and the Dirtybirds
Turbo Suit
The Shook Twins
Jon Stickley Trio
Post Pluto
 
Thursday Pre-Party
Joe Russo's Almost Dead
 
Suwannee Hulaween Links:                                                                   
www.suwanneehulaween.com
www.facebook.com/suwanneehulaween
Twitter + Instagram: @HulaweenFL (#HulaweenFL)
www.youtube.com/HulaweenFL
 
Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park Links:
www.MusicLivesHere.com
www.facebook.com/musicliveshere
Twitter: @SOSMP (#Suwannee)

MEETING OF THE MINDS 8, presented by Jibberjazz Productions, will take place from September 25-27, 2015, in Schuylkill Haven, PA.

 

This full weekend, music and camping festival will showcase 30 eclectic musical acts across three stages, along with numerous workshops and scheduled activities. 2015 lineup features: OZRIC TENTACLES, ROYAL SOUTHERN BROTHERHOOD, Skerik's Bandalabra, Head for the Hills, The Big Dirty, Polyrhythmics, Deaf Scene, Dirty Streets, Genome, Formula 5, and many more notable acts. $75 presale tickets, which includes weekend camping, are on-sale now through www.jibberjazz.com.

The festival takes place on a beautiful 60-acre rustic fairground, featuring outdoor and indoor stages, plenty of camping space, permanent restrooms and showers, nature trails, trout fishing waters, and electricity access for RV's. A plethora of both food and craft vendors will be on-site for the weekend. Additionally, a full slate of festival activities is scheduled for both adults and children.

As always, Jibberjazz will unleash a vast array of musical styles including: Jam, Funk, Folk, Bluegrass, Americana, Rock & Roll, Blues, World, Reggae, and more. Jibberjazz artists are drawn from various pockets of the USA.

 

Additional Jibberjazz festivals are scheduled for June 2015.

 

MEETING OF THE MINDS 8 Lineup:

OZRIC TENTACLES

ROYAL SOUTHERN BROTHERHOOD

SKERIK'S BANDALABRA

HEAD FOR THE HILLS

THE BIG DIRTY

POLYRHYTHMICS

DEAF SCENE

DIRTY STREETS

GENOME

FORMULA 5

THE UNDERWATER SOUNDS

BIG LAZY

BUMPER JACKSONS

MASON PORTER

CHESTNUT GROVE

EMPIRE STRIKES BRASS

LANEY JONES & THE SPIRITS

HAEWA

THE HEADLOCKS

JACOB'S FERRY STRAGGLERS

DISPLACED PEOPLES

COACH N' COMMANDO

CONCEPTUAL CONTINUITY

WEATHERVANE

SEAN FARLEY

A.D. CHANDLER

ELISE BRIANNE

ELOISE SHARKEY

DAVE FRY

KNITEBITCH

 

http://www.jibberjazz.com

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