The Earth Day Jam Happens This Weekend in Tally

Now this is going to be a good time for a good cause.

The Earth Day Jam hits the bucolic Bradfordville Blues Club on Saturday, April 9 with proceeds benefitting the Magnolia School.

Tickets are $30.00 at the gate, $20 advance. Kids under 12 are free.


You can go for the day or camp primitive overnight. Don't forget to bring a chair, and they don't want any coolers or pets there, so leave those at home. Libations and food will be sold on site, and there will be lots of environmental groups represented, as well as a solar stage, and free drinking water with biodegradable cups. The gate opens at noon.

Bluegrass pickers The Mosier Brothers headline. Other acts include the wonderful world-beat Gainesville band, 3rd Stone, The Sarah Mac Band, The Swingin Harpoon Blues Band, The Popheads, Trial By Stone, Stranger Still, The Silver Daggers, Eclectic Acoustic, Ital Stew, Bedhead Betty, Sharla June & The Mayhaws, The Wailin’ Wolves, TZ Jonz & The Ontological Elephants, The Electric Government Cheese Band, The Tallahassee Tuba & Euphonium Ensemble, with special after hours performances led by Two Foot Acoustic and renowned Tallahassee bluesman Big Daddy Randall Webster with Red Hot Java. You can check out the schedule here.


Here's what the promoter has to say:

The four Earth Day Jam festival stages are named for the classical elements of the old world: Earth, Air, Fire and Water. Bring your camp chair or blanket and enjoy music on three outdoor stages, or slip into the blues roadhouse for a rousing indoor set. The EARTH STAGE will be positioned in an open, gently sloping field on the Blues Club grounds, creating a grassy natural outdoor amphitheater.  The Earth Stage is sponsored by The City of Tallahassee. The AIR STAGE will be positioned in another naturally sloping area under the ancient live oak trees that tower over the grounds.  The Air Stage is sponsored by Leon County "Growing Green". The WATER STAGE will be the famous "corner stage" inside the legendary Bradfordville Blues Club, "the badest little blues roadhouse south of Chicago and east of New Orleans".  The Water Stage is sponsored by The Bradfordville Blues Club. The FIRE STAGE is a pre-existing, permanent stage located on the grounds of the Bradfordville Blues Club beside their popular bonfire pit. The informal, "organic" nature of this stage promises to be one of the more intriguing aspects of the show, as several musicians from the day’s festivities (and other surprise guests) perform in an environment of spontaneous creativity and improvisation.  The Fire Stage is sponsored by J.B. Ritter Sound and Stagecraft.

Most outdoor music festivals sell bottled water, at inflated prices, and the empty bottles pile up! To eliminate the need for plastic bottles which clog our landfills and cause problems down the waste stream, ice cold water will be served FOR FREE at the Earth Day Jam. Buy your biodegradable cup for just one dollar and reuse it throughout the festival. The Earth Day Jam committee is also proud to announce the use of a SOLAR generator this year to power the outdoor stages, backed up by propane - which burns cleaner than diesel or gasoline, reducing the event’s carbon emissions. CELL PHONE AND PRINTER CARTRIDGE RECYCLING ON SITE! Bring your old cell phones, PDAs, MP3 players and toner cartridges to The Jam. Recycling bins will be available to keep your obsolete device out of our landfills and out of the Pacific Gyre.