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Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, McLovins, Cosby Sweater, Stinky Pockets and artists at large The Shady Horns, Ghost Owl added to the Thursday night pre-party

Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, FL March 6 – 8, 2015

AURA Music & Arts Festival has announced the addition of iconic jamband moe. to the already impressive 2015 line-up making this the biggest year yet for the homegrown music festival. Taking place at Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park (SOSMP) in Live Oak, Florida March 6 - 8, moe. will play two sets, joining headlining artists The Disco Biscuits, Papadosio and Snarky Puppy.

AURA has also added two sets by high-energy funk quintet The Main Squeeze including a very special Tribute to Michael Jackson, along with returning artists Pigeons Playing Ping Pong and McLovins. Chicago’s versatile electronic trio Cosby Sweater will make their AURA debut along with South Florida’s improvisational Stinky Pockets. True to AURA’s collaborative nature artists-at-large The Shady Horns (Ryan Zoidis and Eric Bloom of Lettuce) will pop up in several sets throughout the weekend with their sax and trumpet in tow.

For fans that want to arrive early, Ghost Owl has been added to the Thursday night pre-party with Dopapod and Kung Fu. Tickets are available as part of the four-day ticket package.

Details on the VIP Experience with two options to take the AURA fan journey to the next level are now available. Perks of the program include a VIP Lounge in the concert area with a private bar, discounted beverages, massages, gift bag, daily meet & greet with select bands and delicious catered meals alongside AURA staff and artists. 

Set in the midst of 800 acres of Spanish moss-draped oak and cypress trees along the Suwannee River, the venue is a playground for endless activities such as swimming, canoeing, kayaking, disc golf and biking. The park also offers guest comforts including a general store, full-service restaurant, free showers, indoor bathrooms and water stations.

For ticket pricing and information on the EZPay Payment Plan that allows guests the opportunity to spread their ticket order payment out over a period of 5 months or 5 equal payments visit www.AURAMusicFestival.com. 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 band announcements, workshops and activities!

AURA Music & Arts Festival 2015 Line-Up:
The Disco Biscuits (two sets)
moe. (two sets)
Papadosio (two nights)
Snarky Puppy
Kung Fu
Dopapod
RAQ
Jimkata
Consider the Source
The Main Squeeze x2 including a very special Tribute to Michael Jackson
American Babies
The Mike Dillon Band
Pigeons Playing Ping Pong
The Mantras
McLovins
Ghost Owl
Cosby Sweater
Fusik
Ketchy Shuby
Uproot Hootenanny
Stinky Pockets
Artists at large: The Shady Horns

Videos from AURA 2013/14:
Papadosio “The Sum” http://bit.ly/QdKC2B
Lotus “Gilded Age” http://bit.ly/1taGU8S
Conspirator “Retrograde” http://bit.ly/18BdEgq
Kung Fu Stevie Wonder Tribute w/ Nigel Hall “Too High” http://bit.ly/YVeJIS

AURA Music & Arts Festival Links:
www.AURAMusicFestival.com
www.facebook.com/AURAMusicFestival
Twitter & Instagram: @AURAMusicFest (#AURAfest)

Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park Links:
www.MusicLivesHere.com
www.facebook.com/MusicLivesHere
Twitter: @SOSMP (#Suwannee)

Tier-two ticket price until Wednesday, October 1st at midnight. Fans can also purchase a Bear Creek and Suwannee Hulaween Combo Ticket that includes a three-day, Friday through Sunday Bear Creek ticket and a three-day, Friday through Sunday, Suwannee Hulaween ticket. Primitive camping and all taxes and fees are included in the combo ticket price.

November 13th – 16th, 2014 at Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, FL

Bear Creek Music & Art Festival has added headlining artist Chris Robinson’s Soulive Revue. This one-time-only collaboration will feature Black Crowes/Chris Robinson Brotherhood singer Chris Robinson with Soulive (Eric Krasno, Alan Evans and Neal Evans), The Shady Horns (Eric Bloom and Ryan Zoidis) and several very special guests. Also added to the bill is legendary hip-hop artist Talib Kweli, who will join the Break Science and Soulive sets. TAUK and Locos Por Juana will each play a second set at the event, and Dallas’s talented soul & jazz community mainstays The Funky Knuckles with join the line-up with Atlanta’s Freddy’s Finest.

In conjunction with this announcement the promoters will extent the tier-two ticket price until Wednesday, October 1st at midnight. Fans can also purchase a Bear Creek and Suwannee Hulaween Combo Ticket that includes a three-day, Friday through Sunday Bear Creek ticket and a three-day, Friday through Sunday, Suwannee Hulaween ticket. Primitive camping and all taxes and fees are included in the combo ticket price.

Taking place November 13th – 16th, 2014 at Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park (SOSMP) in Live Oak, FL, the eighth annual event also features musical heavyweights Umphrey’s McGee, Lettuce, Dumpstaphunk, Budos Band, New Mastersounds, The Floozies, St. Paul & the Broken Bones, Zach Deputy, Nicholas Payton Trio, Orgone, The Nth Power, Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds and more. As is tradition at Bear Creek, many of the bands perform on two separate dates during the weekend and several talented instrumentalists act as artists-at-large, creating memorable surprise sit-ins and inspired performances.

Recognized as one of the most beautiful live music venues in the country, Bear Creek goers at SOSMP can enjoy music on three outdoor stages and one indoor stage including the famed Amphitheater Stage, set in the midst of towering pine and oak trees decorated with Spanish moss. The park also offers guest comforts including a general store, full-service restaurant, showers and water stations.

Fans can upgrade their experience with VIP tickets, RV hook ups, cabin rentals and golf cart rentals. To get on the wait list, call SOSMP at 386.364.1683. Stay tuned for additional artist announcements and theme nights!

BEAR CREEK MUSIC & ART FESTIVAL 2014 LINE-UP:
Umphrey's McGee x 2
Chris Robinson’s Soulive Revue
Lettuce x 2
Dumpstaphunk x 2
Soulive
New Mastersounds x 2
Budos Band x 2
Break Science
Talib Kweli
The Floozies
St. Paul & the Broken Bones
Zach Deputy x 2
Nicholas Payton Trio x 2
Orgone x 2
Oteil Burbridge and Roosevelt Collier Band
Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds
Turkuaz
The Nth Power x 2
The Main Squeeze x 2
Monophonics
Alan Evans’ Playonbrother
Mingo Fishtrap
See I x 2
Kreative Pandemonium
Benyoro
Locos Por Juana
Aleica Chakour Band x 2
The Heard
The Fritz
Curtis Harding
Tauk
The Broadcast
Yojimbo
Funky Knuckles
Come Back Alice
Catfish Alliance
Freddy's Finest
Copious Jones
S.P.O.R.E.
Captain Green
Green Sunshine
Dirk Quinn Band
Herd Of Watts

Artists at Large:
Bernard Purdie
Pee Wee Ellis
George Porter Jr.
Oteil Burbridge
Skerik
Nicholas Payton
Jennifer Hartswick
Grant Green Jr.
Roosevelt Collier
Khris Royal
Carly Meyers
Farnell Newton
Eric Vogel
Brandon Niederauer

BEAR CREEK MUSIC & ART FESTIVAL LINKS:
www.BearCreekMusicFestival.com
www.facebook.com/BearCreekFest
Twitter + Instagram: @BearCreekFest (#BearCreekFest)  

SPIRIT OF THE SUWANNEE MUSIC PARK LINKS:
www.MusicLivesHere.com
www.facebook.com/MusicLivesHere
Twitter: @SOSMP (#Suwannee #SOSMP)

SeepeopleS are so happy to announce the upcoming release of our 5th studio album, The Dead Souls Sessions, with longtime producer Will Holland (chillhouse studios) in April of 2015!

 

We are also incredibly thrilled to announce our return to the stage on October 18th at Empire Music Hall in Portland ME!  BUY TICKETS HERE 

Read on for more about what's going on with SeepeopleS:

2011 is the last time the hard-to-define east coast progressive rock group SeepeopleS played a live show. At the time, the group was touring in support of their fourth album, “Apocalypse Cow Vol.2” (listen to select tracks here, or check out the whole album on our website). Although the album was critically acclaimed and the band was still gaining significant fan traction with a relentless touring schedule–sometimes playing 200 shows a year–the group was unable to get past many of the trials and tribulations that an up and coming band encounters, and SeepeopleS disappeared into a mysterious, unexplained hiatus.

Led by singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Will Bradford, and formed in Boston MA in 2000, SeepeopleS garnered early successes with well received albums (For the Good of the Nation in 2002, The Corn Syrup Conspiracy in 2004, Apocalypse Cow Volume 1 in 2007 and Apocalypse Cow Volume 2 in 2011), many that have become cult-favorites-cum-collectors-items that featured vast, dynamic soundscapes and rare and quirky performances from an intriguing array of musicians including members of Morphine, Spearhead, Lynyrd Skynrd, Parliament Funkadelic, and Tim Reynolds. The band also toured hard, true road warriors who would often open for bands that included Presidents of the USA, Cracker, Death Cab for Cutie, Franz Ferdinand and a long list of others. It wasn’t hard during these years to dig up a concert-goer who would describe the band’s festival sets at All Good and Wakarusa as “epic” or “legendary.” SeepeopleS was really making a name for themselves in an accessible, grassroots way.
 
But, like so many bands before them that have stumbled during the alchemical process of turning art into commerce, SeepeopleS found themselves suffering from the pitfalls of serious drug addiction and the turmoil of existing in a band whose lead singer and driving force was rapidly slipping deeper and deeper into the disease. Constant touring took its toll, and it was not long after the release of “Apocalypse Cow Volume 2″ and the abbreviated tour that followed that SeepeopleS fell apart, and Bradford and co. took an indefinite break from performing live.
 
The band made no announcements, played no final shows; they simply canceled all future dates and removed their website, to the dismay of the band’s loyal followers known as the A.R.M.E. The band’s headquarters, out of which they had operated for years–a spacious recording space called Boodog Studios in downtown Asheville, NC–simply and literally collapsed to the ground weeks after the band moved out, a somber ending to the space that mirrored the band’s own troubles. To say that SeepeopleS’ apparent end was mysterious, alarming and dubious at best would be a vast understatement.
 
When asked to comment, Bradford uses one of his signature enigmatic metaphors to describe what happened to him: “I went to a dark place. Some call it heroin/crack island…I called it home. But I’m just thankful I remembered to bring my guitar with me.” Bradford’s addiction was becoming a major concern to his family, friends and his professional associates. It wasn’t long before the whole thing fell apart, the musician himself included.
 
But the warm heart of SeepeopleS never stopped beating. Bradford is proud that his music and band have always been the sum of more than one part–a true community working together, one of the many reasons SeepeopleS fans come from all walks of life and with open ears to any and all genres of music. After going back to basics, returning to Maine for three years to get sober, Bradford is thrilled to be back in the northeast recording with his long time co-producer Will Holland (The Pixies, Devo, Fall Out Boy, Kiddus I) at Chillhouse Studios (www.chillhousestudios.com) in Boston, where all of SeepeopleS’ previous albums were recorded. In addition, Bradford has put together what he says is the best line up of the band to ever come together, consisting of many musicians from the band’s new home in Portland Maine, featuring Dan Capaldi (Sea Level, Soft Bullets) on drums and sampling/sequencing and vocals, Frank Hopkins (Kenya Hall Band) on keyboards and Tony Margaronis (Eric Green Party) on bass, as well as Bradford’s Freepeoples FreQuency bandmate, Brooke Binion, holding down guitars, synths, sequencing, vocals and other sonic duties.
 
The band is also busy finishing arrangements on a huge arsenal of songs–over 40 at last count–that Bradford wrote over the last four years for SeepeopleS’ upcoming double album, which will be titled “The Dead Souls Sessions.” The record is tentatively scheduled for release in April 2015, on the band’s own imprint, RascalZ RecordZ, in time to celebrate SeepeopleS’ 15th anniversary, and in time for inclusion in the SeepeopleS box set, which is being prepped for a Christmas 2015 release.
 
Finally, after a four year concert drought and Bradford finally beating a decade-long battle with heroin and opiates, SeepeopleS are back on track to bring their fans what they have long awaited: a return to the stage and to recording great music. The band is excited to announce their very first live concert in over four years at Empire Music Hall (www.portlandempire.com), on Saturday October 18th, in Portland ME. Limited tickets are available for this very special event at bullmoose.com, Bull Moose music stores, or at the Empire Music Hall box office. More information can be found at www.seepeoples.com.
 
SeepeopleS invites you to share this triumphant moment in the band’s history, and is so very grateful for the overwhelming outpouring of support and love from the music and fan communities, which has been incredible, a fitting welcome back for a band with a heart as big as its sound. There is so much more to come, including long awaited news on the re-release (hard copy) of the band’s fourth album, “Apocalypse Cow Vol.2,” as well as full tour news for SeepeopleS fans throughout the country.

 

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Lockn’ Music Festival 2014

Posted by: admin | September 15th, 2014

Lockn’ Music Festival 2014
Lockn’ Music Festival is run by a team that obviously takes notes and works hard to make corrections.

My first year, trial-run experience included a hellacious, ten-hour entrance, but this year I was able to slide to my campsite in under two hours. My first year included long port-a-john lines, only to find myself disgusted at the end of my wait, but this year I almost always walked up to an unlocked port-a-john that was almost clean enough to eat out of… okay, that’s a disgusting exaggeration. Year one had some campers walking over a mile to their campsite on dance-weary feet, but this year nobody came close to a mile’s walk.

Wakarusa Music Festival is excited to announce the dates for the 2015 festival.

This years multi-day camping and music festival will take place June 4-7, 2015 on the majestic Mulberry Mountain near Ozark, AR. 2015 will mark the seventh year of Wakarusa on Mulberry Mountain and will feature four days of music on six stages, with 150 acts and nearly 200 sets of music.
 
“Wakarusa” is a word derived from Native American culture that means “ass-deep”. Of course, back then this described the depth of a river. 2015 will mark the 12th year that we have come to know Wakarusa as a way to define the depth of an experience.
 
Wakarusa is a rite of passage for a new generation. Any Wakafarian can affirm; those four days on Mulberry Mountain in June are the gateway to the best summer of your life. Wakarusa is one of the few tangible ties that truly bind us together. Each year, music meets Mother Nature at a pristine place where friendships are forged and lifelong memories are made.
 
When you step foot onto Mulberry Mountain, you are immersed in a community that must be felt to be understood. Regardless of your status as a Waka vet or a Waka virgin, each pilgrimage to the Mountain will change you forever. Wakarusa is much more than a music and camping festival. Wakarusa is an experience that was created by music lovers, for music lovers.
 
Full Event Passes, as well as Camping, RV, and VIP Passes will go on sale this November. For more information visit the official Wakarusa website: www.wakarusa.com.

The String Cheese Incident's Suwannee Hulaween Announces full wave of additional artists, a Thursday pre-party, 'The Afterlife' Halloween theme and as Hulaween/Bear Creek combo ticket!

Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park October 30 – November 2, 2014

Silver Wrapper and Purple Hat Productions have added new artists to the lineup for the second annual Suwannee Hulaween including electronic producers, Shpongle (Simon Posford DJ set) & Emancipator, legendary rock guitarist The Dean Ween Group, Suwannee Bluegrass Surprise, Kung Fu, Thievery Corporations’ Rob Garza DJ set, Nashville's hottest Americana Folk Trio Judah and the Lion, Ghost Owl, Strung Like a Horse, Jonathan Scales Fourchestra, Shane Pruitt Band, Suenalo, Beartoe and Post Pluto.

Hosted by The String Cheese Incident over Halloween weekend October 31 – November 2, 2014 at Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, FL, these artist join already announced performers including Thievery Corporation, Big Gigantic, Beats Antique, The New Deal, Joe Russo's Almost Dead, Greensky Bluegrass, EOTO, Conspirator and more.

Fans will be treated to all these acts plus three nights & seven sets of Cheese, along with a surprise-filled three-set Halloween show themed ‘The Afterlife’. Asking fans, “what do YOU want to be in the afterlife?” Silver Wrapper, Purple Hat and SCI encourage guests to become part of the show with theatrics and costumes that interpret their take on life after death. Tap into mythology, philosophy, religion and the supernatural to transcend into the next physical realm. What do YOU want to be in the next life?

For the first time ever Hulaween will also host a Thursday night pre-party featuring heavy hitting artists Electron (Aron Magner & Marc Brownstein of The Disco Biscuits/Conspirator, Tom Hamilton of Brothers Past/American Babies/JRAD, and Mike Greenfield of Lotus), a special “Thursday Surprise” to be announced in a few weeks, and Particle. Tickets are available for $40 advance/$50 gate and include camping.

Set in the midst of 800 acres of Spanish moss-draped oak and cypress along the Suwannee River, SOSMP is one of the most beautiful live music venues in the country. At Suwannee Hulaween festival goers can get ready for the return of Spirit Lake – an 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 wonder the mystical campgrounds abuzz with costumed fans and interactive theme camps while not missing any music they want to experience.

Tickets are currently available for $209 including all taxes, fees and camping. For SOSMP fans that want to return two weeks later to Bear Creek Music & Art Festival November 13 – 16, 2014 featuring Umphrey’s McGee, Lettuce, Dumpstaphunk, The Budos Band, The New Mastersounds and more, a combo ticket is available for $360. Use the EZ Pay option to break the cost down into two easy payments.

For information on Ultimate Incident VIP Packages and additional details visit www.SuwanneeHulaween.com. To join the wait list for cabins, golf cart rentals and RV hook-ups, please contact SOSMP at 386.364.1683.

Suwannee Hulaween 2014 Lineup:
The String Cheese Incident (3 nights)
Thievery Corporation
Big Gigantic
Beats Antique
The New Deal
Shpongle (Simon Posford DJ set)
Joe Russo's Almost Dead
Emancipator
Greensky Bluegrass
Dean Ween Group
EOTO
Conspirator
Future Rock
Suwannee Bluegrass Surprise
Nahko & Medicine For The People
Rising Appalachia
Rob Garza DJ Set
Kung Fu
The Soul Rebels
Judah and the Lion
Van Ghost
The Heavy Pets
Ghost Owl
Greenhouse Lounge
Cope
Strung Like A Horse
Jonathan Scales Fourchestra
Shane Pruitt Band
Suenalo
Dustin Thomas
Beartoe
Post Pluto
Suwannee Hulaween Links:
www.suwanneehulaween.com
www.facebook.com/suwanneehulaween
Twitter + Instagram: @HulaweenFL (#Hulaween14)
www.youtube.com/HulaweenFL

Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park Links:
www.MusicLivesHere.com
www.facebook.com/musicliveshere
Twitter: @SOSMP (#Suwannee)

With only six weeks to go before the ninth annual Harvest Music Festival, organizers just announced the daily music lineup schedule for the 2014 festival.

 Harvest Music Festival will take place on the majestic Mulberry Mountain near Ozark, Arkansas on October 16-18, 2014 and will feature 4 stages, nearly 100 sets of music, workshops, outdoor activities including plentiful kid-friendly programs and much more.
 
Hosts, Yonder Mountain String Band will perform all three nights and are thrilled to be joined by Grammy award winner Jerry Douglas, mandolin player and member of Joy Kills Sorrow, Jake Jolliff, and the talented fiddle artist, Allie Kral.
 
On Thursday, the American alternative country rock band, The Jayhawks will grace the Main Stage followed by bluegrass pioneers, Trampled by Turtles. Yonder Mountain will then close out the evening with a special late-night show in the Harvest Tent. Friday night’s headlining acts on the Main Stage will feature Grammy-winning traditional African-American string band, The Carolina Chocolate Drops and afterwards, hosts Yonder Mountain String Band. On Saturday, funk band Lettuce will tear up the Main Stage before Americana Bluegrass Band, Railroad Earth. Yonder Mountain will close out the festival on the Main Stage on Saturday evening.
 
Back for the 4th year is the Harvest Songwriting and Fiddlin’ & Pickin’ Contest on Friday, Oct 18 and Sat, Oct 18. The Songwriting Contest will allow acoustic performers to submit a short MP3 of their custom Harvest Festival song. Each contestant must mention two out of five predetermined subjects pertaining to the festival including Harvest Music Festival, Mulberry Mountain, Yonder Mountain String Band, Ozark Mountains or Harvest Moon. The Fiddlin’ and Pickin’ Contest Contestants will be allowed to compete using the mandolin, fiddle, flatpicking guitar, or the banjo and will be judged on execution, rhythm, difficulty/uniqueness and expression. The lucky winner will have a chance to play with one of their favorite bands.
 
All ticket packages are still on sale for the 9th annual Harvest Music Festival, including the option to start your weekend early with an early arrival ticket for Wednesday, Oct. 15, which features early entry and music starting at 7pm. Craving an even more personalized festival experience? Treat yourself to a VIP pass, which boasts camping and parking in the secluded VIP section, meals, beverage service, showers, access to the VIP lounge and more!
 
For all information regarding tickets and exclusive packages please visit the official website at www.yonderharvestfestival.com.
 
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Thursday
 
Mountain Sprout
Rose’s Pawn Shop
Donna the Buffalo
The Oh Hellos
The Jayhawks
Trampled by Turtles
Arkansauce
Tyrannosaurus Chicken
The Magic Beans
Samantha Fish
The Steepwater Band
Willie Watson
Mingo Fishtrap
Yonder Mountain String Band
Coverlets
Dumptruck Butterlips
Grandpa’s Cough Medicine
Dirty Bourbon River Show
Whiskey Shivers
The Easy Leaves
The Whiskey Gentry
Deadman Flats
Under the Willow
Damn Quails
Red Eye Gravy
Shawn James & The Shapeshifters
Sad Daddy
Judah & the Lion
Matt Owen & Eclectic Tuba
Montu
 
Friday
 
Dirtfoot
Andy Frasco
Elephant Revival
Split Lip Rayfield
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Yonder Mountain String Band
Old Shoe
Paper Bird
Jerry Douglas Band
Cornmeal
Shook Twins
The Magic Beans
Railroad Earth
Tea Leaf Green
Mojo Depot
Red Eye Gravy
Cas Haley
The Bottle Rockets
Papa Mali
Trevor Hall
Mountain Sprout
The 1 oz .Jig
Coyote Union
Packway Handle Band
Old Salt Union
Totojojo
Foley’s Van
Henry + the Invisibles
TAUK
 
Saturday
 
Shook Twins
The Steel Wheels
Paper Bird
The Devil Makes Three
Lettuce
Railroad Earth
Yonder Mountain String Band
Making Movies
Honey Island Swamp Band
Big Sam’s Funky Nation
That 1 Guy
Blackfoot Gypsies
Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk
Everyone Orchestra
Andy Frasco
Jon Wayne & The Pain
Zach Deputy
Ha Ha Tonka
Monzie Leo & the Big Sky
Elephant Revival
Coyote Union
Dirtfoot
Franco Americana
Swampbird
Old Shoe
Rolling Foliage
The Irie Lions
Cadillac Jackson
The Magic Beans
Mouth

View Full Schedule: http://yonderharvestfestival.com/stage-schedule/

 

Summer is coming to a simmer while plans at Hangtown Halloween Ball are just heating up.

Event organizers announced their late night schedule and daily lineup including a powerhouse super jam with Railroad Earth featuring Dan Lebowitz, Zach Gil, Jeff Austin, Allie Kral and more in the Hangtown Halloween Orchestra scheduled to kick off the fest on Friday night. Tickets are on sale and moving swiftly for the 4th annual affair where Halloween, costumes and music collide.

Railroad Earth’s 4th annual Hangtown Halloween Ball has shown considerable growth since its inception due in part to the incredible mountain setting with top-shelf accommodations and an unrivaled lineup of diverse and well known performing artists.  This year will be no exception with over 30 performing artists scheduled over the three-day event including three nights of Railroad Earth, moe., The Meter Men, Leftover Salmon, and bay area favorites ALO among others. Plus, with the addition of the late night music hall, an array of artists will also have the chance to perform a full-night of music in a more intimate indoor location each night. The 2014 Hangtown Halloween Ball will feature late night performances with such talent as Jeff Austin, The Motet, Dead Winter Carpenter’s and more.

Also known for its fantastic family atmosphere, Hangtown Halloween Ball will also feature a number of day-time activities for kids of all ages including pumpkin carving contests, jam sessions and workshops loaded with fall-time fun while adding to the holiday festivities and overall atmosphere of the event.

Set to take place at the gateway of the High Sierras in picturesque Placerville, CA tickets are moving fast for the 4th annual harvest-time extravaganza. In fact, due to demand, event organizers have added even more RV options to accommodate large groups and families who come back to attend each year.

For more information about the Hangtown Halloween Ball including lineup, late night music and ticketing details, check out www.hangtownhalloween.com.

 

Visit today and save 10% off anything in the store!

We're pleased to announce the launch of an upgraded version of our website with a brand new store! Please check it out today and enjoy a 10% discount on everything in our store through Labor Day.

Use COUPON CODE: NEWSTORESAVE10
 

September 4-7 in Pipestem, WV

For 11 years now, Culturefest World Music & Arts Festival has given the people of Southern WV and the surrounding region a destination like no other- a creative oasis, it's been called, on a mountaintop in Pipestem, WV. The event features four stages of music and dance performances representing Appalachian culture mixed into a melting pot of flavors from various regions of the world. Artists converge for a weekend long experience of jam sessions, workshops, inspired conversations and free flowing creative expression. With on-site camping, the festival provides an immersion in the arts and offers opportunities to discover new hobbies, new ideas and new friends. Workshops in drumming, dance, yoga and more offer enrichment and artisan vendors display their handmade fine art and wares. There's a children's village complete with a special stage and full out costume parade throughout the site, and a relaxing inflatable furniture lounge. Night-time at Culturefest features creative lighting, a fire circle and after hours cabaret, making a magical late summer atmosphere. Organizers say this year's Culturefest will offer more interactive experiences throughout the site that will wow and inspire. 

David Burhman of WV Sky Tours will offer astronomy demonstrations with his large telescopes. Dakota & Friends, life-like dinosaur puppets, will be roaming the site all weekend. Aubergine Faeries will tell stories through dance and lead belly dance and elemental dance workshops. Wee Ah Faerie Kin, enchanted stilt walkers, will sprinkle music and magic about. Fire dancers will light up the night. Artisan vendors will sell handmade clothing, jewelry, fine art, pottery, drums and much more. Workshops include drumming, belly dance, reiki, a variety of art & craft sessions, yoga and more. Food vending choices include French crepes, Thai food, authentic homestyle Mexican, ice cream and more. Children's activities include special yoga sessions, art workshops, crafts, an open mic and a colorful costume parade. A series of facilitated discussions called "Conversations at Culturefest" will explore topics such as permaculture, superfoods, the interconnection of living beings and community resilience. 

The always stellar performance lineup includes NC rock powerhouse BIG Something, renowned world music explorers Songs of Water, Eclectic Americana ensemble Option 22, The Modern Folk/Soul/Blues music of The Company Stores, the swing/rock sounds of The Judy Chops and the multi-genre dance band The Contrarians, whose set will also feature a caller for folk dances. Scores of other entertainers will be featured on stage and roaming throughout the site, such as songwriter/actor Ed Snodderly, violinista Alasha Al'Qudwa, guitar virtuoso Russell Detko and many more.  Find the complete lineup at culturefestwv.com 

The festival is an extension and celebration of the blossoming creative community in downtown Princeton, West Virginia, spearheaded by The RiffRaff Arts Collective. They have spent the past year painting the town, planting gardens and spreading positive energy to a town that was once starving for creativity. This festival is a convergence of creative people from all around the region and beyond; the collective relishes the opportunity to bring people together in the joy of music and the arts. 

Primitive camping is available for the full weekend on site, and Pipestem State Park is less than five minutes from the venue, offering RV hook-ups, cabins, a lodge and and other amenities. A variety of bed and breakfasts and in close proximity. 

The event is presented by LLyniuM entertainment with assistance from Star-95, Adventure Radio, WVVA, Little Buddy Radio, Princeton Health Care Center, Positive Vibrations, Ramey Automotive, Cole Automotive, Stages Music School, Imagine This! and multitudes of other supporters. 

http://culturefestwv.com

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