New Grassroots Festival in Virginia Key

Chaka Khan is one of the headliners

A new festival has arrived in Florida. New York state roots jam band Donna The Buffalo has been putting on roots/Americana festivals in New York state and in North Carolina (Shakori Hills). On February 9-12, they are rolling out the first-ever Virginia Key Grassroots Festival. This is a camping fest at  Miami’s Historic Virginia Key Beach Park.

The four-day event will have four stages with roots rock, reggae, hip-hop, Latin, funk, Cajun, bluegrass, African, Kompa, world beat and zydeco on the bill. Chaka Khan, The Del McCoury Band and Arrested Development will headline along with ska/reggae band, Fishbone, Donna the Buffalo, BeauSoleil avec Micheal Doucet and several South Florida local favorites Locos Por Juana, Suenalo and ArtOfficial. (Full lineup is pasted below.)

Organizers say they will have a Kids' Village with interactive programming and a Healing Arts Area with movement workshops and massage. Local and visiting artists will sell handcrafted wares.


4-Day Tickets are $100 for adults and $50 for teens (13-15). Individual day tickets are available for Thursday- $30, Friday and Saturday -$35 and Sunday -$30. Children 12 and under free. If you want to camp on site, you have to pay. You can tent camp for $50. If you want to camp with yout car, it's $100. And if you have an RV, it's $150.

Here is the full-on lineup:
 
* Arrested Development


* Artofficial

* BeauSoleil Avec Michael Doucet

* Big Brass Juke

* Big Cosmo

* Bill Kelly

* Chaka Khan

* Christabel and the Jons

* Cope

* Crazy Fingers

* The Del McCoury Band

* Donna The Buffalo

* Driftwood

* Elastic Bond

* Fishbone

* Giant Panda Geurilla Dub Squad

* Greg Humphreys

* The Habanero Honeys

* The Heavy Pets

* Hindu Cowboys

* Hobex

* Immortal Technique

* The Jacob Jeffries Band

* Jahfe

* Jah High Towa

* Jewels

* Jim Lauderdale

* Keith Frank and the Soileau Zydeco Band

* Keith Secola and his Wild Band of Indians

* The Lee Boys

* Locos Por Juana

* Mishka

* Mixed Culture

* Omniscient

* Preston Frank and his Zydeco Family Band

* Raffa and Rainer

* Revelation Mizik

* DJ Richard McVay

* The Rowan Cunningham Band

* Rubblebucket

* Sim Redmond Band

* Son Salvaje

* SUENALO

* The Sunsetters

* Thousands of One

* Toubab Krewe

* Willie Watson and the Evil City String Band