And Even More Fall Music Fests

Yes people, it's TIME to go play music in the woods, sit around the fire, and chill with your fellow music fans in paradise. We've got a passel of fall fests around the corner. Here's some more fests happening this fall that festgrrl hasn't previewed yet. (Click here for previous festgrrl fall fest previews.)

The bluegrassy-Americana festival called Riverhawk happens November 7-10 at the beautiful Sertoma Youth Ranch in Brooksville, outside Tampa. This place has a beautiful campground, and has the lovely advantage of having two stages which alternate, so everyone is watching the same show at the same time. It's very family friendly and laid back.

Sertoma Youth Ranch

This year's lineup is below. Four-day tickets are $122 advanced, $139 at the gate; 3-day tickets are $104 advanced and $115 at the gate; Two-day tickets are $72 advanced and $80 at the gate. There's a $15 charge to bring your car in also. You can buy tickets here.

CONNOR CHRISTIAN & SOUTHERN GOTHIC (sat) 

DELLA MAE (sat)

RYAN SHUPE & RUBBERBAND (th/fr)

CHRIS KNIGHT BAND (sat)

JIMMY LAFAVE BAND (fr)

THE RAMBLING ROOKS (fr)

RED MOLLY (fr)

FRANK VIGNOLA (fr/sat)

SEARSON (sat/sun)

RANDY MCALLISTER BAND (sat)

BILL BLUE & THE KEY WEST REVEIW (fr,sat)

SOL DRIVEN TRAIN (thur)

CARAVAN OF THIEVES (sat/sun) 

SOUTHERN EXPRESS (fri)

SCOTT KIRBY (fr,sa)

CAFFEINE CARL (fr,sa)

THE LAGERHEADS (th/sun)

CATHERINE BURKE (th)

Harvest Festival, hosted by national touring act Yonder Mountain String Band, happens Nov. 17-19 at Mulberry Mountain, Arkansas in the Ozark Mountains. It has a stellar eclectic lineup in a setting that looks gorgeous. (festgrrl has not field tested this festival but has beard great things from fellow festivarians.) Three-day advance tickets are $145 and two-day tickets are $105.

Yonder Mountain String Band, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Les Claypool’s Duo de Twang, Railroad Earth, Beats Antique, JJ Grey and MOFRO, Kacey Musgraves, Justin Townes Earle, Turnpike Troubadours, Greensky Bluegrass, Everyone Orchestra, Darrell Scott, Tim O’Brien, Gangstagrass, Steep Canyon Rangers, Elephant Revival, Hot Buttered Rum, Allie Kral, Cas Haley, Zach Deputy, Rayland Baxter, Delhi 2 Dublin, The California Honeydrops, Carolyn Wonderland, The Dirty River Boys, Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds, Kopecky Family Band, Ha Ha Tonka, American Aquarium, Wheeler Brothers, Andy Frasco, Uncle Lucius, Mountain Sprout, Dirtfoot, Head for the Hills, Hot Club of Cowtown, Star & Micey, Quiet Corral, Samantha Crain, Afrolicious, Shook Twins, Roadkill Ghost Choir, Useful Jenkins, Rosco Bandana, Kris Lager Band, The Deadly Gentlemen, Good Gravy, She’s A Keeper, Wood & Wire, Grant Farm, Ugly Lion, Deep Fried Pickle Project

The Albino Skunk Bluegrass festival happens in Greer, South Carolina (between Greenville and Spartanburg) Oct. 3-5. Three-day tickets are $94 advanced, and there are single day and other ticket options here.

The beautiful LEAF setting

The eclectic and amazing LEAF festival takes place at Black Mountain, North Carolina (near Asheville) Oct. 17-20. This is Americana, world-beat, jazzy -- you name it. The promoters describe it: "A range of world performers include the blend of voodoo mysticism, funk, rhythm & blues, psychedelic rock and Creole roots that is Dr. John & The Night Trippers; Belgian polyphonic Afrobeat queen Zap Mama; the voice of a country and the son of a legend, Mali’s Vieux Farka Toure; and Western North Carolina’s own folk rockers, Acoustic Syndicate, performing an official record release show for their first album in almost a decade."

LEAF has a lot of art, dance tents, and water sports as well.  Tickets are $159 advanced, and there are various day ticket options here. The rest of the lineup is here.

Catch Zach Deputy This Weekend

A Zach Deputy show is always a funky dance party, and you can catch this South Carolinian this weekend in Florida -- at Tallahassee's Side Bar Friday night, Sept. 27( $15 general admission, $30 VIP and $70 Super VIP. ) or at Freebird Live on Saturday Sept. 28 in Jacksonville ($15 general admission.)

Zach is a hard-touring one-man band who takes spirited forays into calypso, R&B, reggae and soul, laying down all the different parts using looping technology.

His latest album, Another Day, is a bit more singer-songwritery, love-songy, with a full-on studio band, than his past offerings, you can check out streaming tracks from that recording  here.

Just know that when you support Zach, you are supporting one hell of a sweet fellow who is spreading good in the world.

Catch Widespread Panic When They Head South This Fall

Jam-rockers Widespread Panic dip south on their tour this fall, with a three-night run in New Orleans Oct. 31-Nov. 2.

Then the band hits Florida for two shows --  November 5 at the Fillmore in  Miami Beach and Nov. 6 at the Moran Theater in Jacksonville.

Nov. 8 and 9 the boys are in Asheville, North Carolina, Click here to get your tickets!

Fall Fest Ticket Deals To Jump On

Hey y'all, the $155 price for 3-day tickets for the dance party that is Bear Creek Music and Art Festival Nov. 14-17 at Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Fl.  is increasing at midnight this Wednesday (Sept. 18,) so get 'em now to save.

Just to refresh your memory, here is the funk-a-licious lineup for Bear Creek, which has become one of the essential annual funk gatherings in the U.S.(And if you don't believe me, just ask Ivan Neville)

The Roots, Bootsy Collins and the Funk Unity Band, Galactic x2, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe x2, Lettuce x2, Bonobo Live Band , Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk x2, The New Mastersounds x2, Antibalas, Lee Fields & The Expressions, Zach Deputy x2, Toubab Krewe  x2, George Porter Jr's Runnin Pardners, The Motet x 2 , Jennifer Hartswick Band x2 , Break Science , Mike Dillon Band, Pimps of Joytime x2, Robert Walter's 20th Congress x2, Bernie Worrell Orchestra, Roosevelt Collier Band, Dr. Klaw, The Revivalists, Kung Fu x2 , The Werks , The Malah x2 , Space Capone x2 , Nth Power , Flow Tribe , Dopapod , The Legendary JC's , Ron Haynes Game Changers x2 , Brownout x2 , Johnny Sketch & the Dirty Notes x2 , Jaime McLean Band , The Monophonics , Ghost Owl , Greenhouse Lounge, Cope , Chris McCarty and the Underground Movement , The Resolvers , Profit , Suenalo , Lucky Costello, SOUNDUO Artists at Large:, Oteil Burbridge , Karl Denson , George Porter Jr. , Skerik , Mike Dillon , Roosevelt Collier , Jennifer Hartswick , Natalie Cressman , Dave Watts , Joey Porter , Jans Ingber , Clay Watson, Pee Wee Ellis , Ron Haynes.

(Note: a 3-day Bear Creek ticket includes Friday, Saturday and Sunday. There's also Bear Creek music on Wednesday and Thursday nights-- Nov. 13 & 14 -- and you have to pay a little extra. Thursday night admission is now $40 --it will be $60 at the gate. A special Nov.13 Wednesday night musical benefit is $25 and that includes camping with The New Mastersounds, The Revivalists, Toubab Krewe and more.) 

There's also a special combo 3-day ticket for sale for both Bear Creek and The String Cheese Incident-hosted Suwannee Hulaween Oct. 31-Nov. 2. It's $314 for both fests. 

O.K. Got all that?

Here is the Suwannee Hulaween lineup and some links

Suwannee Hulaween Lineup:

The String Cheese Incident (3 nights)

STS9 (late night)

Big Gigantic (late night)

Emancipator

Conspirator

Steve Kimock & Friends

Suwannee Bluegrass Surprise

Brock Butler

Future Rock

Moon Taxi

Van Ghost

Jennifer Hartswick

Applebutter Express

Suwannee Hulaween Links:

www.suwanneehulaween.com

www.facebook.com/suwanneehulaween

Twitter + Insgagram: @HulaweenFL (#HulaweenFL) 

www.youtube.com/HulaweenFL

This Weekend -TDAwg's Back Porch Hootenanny

Larry Keel and Natural Bridge

TDawg is a South Georgia music promoter who draws excellent talent to his corner of the North Georgia woods, and he creates down-home festivals he calls Back Porch Hootenannys. He's putting on TDawg's Back Porch Hootenanny Sept. 13-14 with flatpicking phenom Larry Keel and his band Natural Bridge headlining.

TDawg has his fests at Cherokee Farm, which is up in north Georgia near the Tennessee and Alabama borders, not far from Chattanooga. Tickets for the weekend are $50 advanced, $60 at the gate, and kids 12 and under are free. Price  includes on-site camping. Daily tickets are also available. 

Here's what TDawg has to say about the lineup. And below that, I've posted the schedule. 

Larry Keel & Natural Bridge, 3-time (MerleFest) Chris Austin Songwriting Competition winner David Via &Grammy winner/Atlanta Music Hall of Fame inductee (2001)/New Grass Revival founding member Curtis Burch, Bobby Miller, and the return of the wonderfully eclectic Strung Like A Horse highlight a lineup full of high octane energy. The roots between Keel, Via & Burch run deep in the history of TDawg events, and any chance to bring together the perfect show with master flat-picker Keel and his darlin’ wife Jenny on bass, with his band of merrymen Mark Schimick on mandolin and Will Lee on banjo is ALWAYS a very special evening! There will be a lot of buddies, old & new, that will be hanging around, so look out!

Schedule

Friday Shed Stage  (Bill Monroe’s Birthday)
9:00 – 10:15   Slim Pickins
10:45 – 12:30   Bibb City Ramblers

Saturday Shed Stage

12:30 – 2:00   Gibson Wilbanks
2:45 – 4:15   Lefty Williams Band
5:00 – 6:30   Dave Jordan & The Neighborhood Improvement Association
7:15 – 8:30   Curtis Burch & David Via
9:15 – 10:45   Larry Keel & Natural Bridge
11:15 – 1:15   Strung Like A Horse

Grateful Fred Stage
Noon – 12:25   Welcome Jam
2:00 – 2:45   Bibb City Ramblers w/ Bobby Miller, Richie Jones & Scott Warren
4:15 – 5:00   Vagabond Swing
6:30 – 7:15   Gibson Wilbanks & Friends
8:30 – 9:15   Ralph & Friends
1:15 – 2:15    HOOTENANNY JAMs back POrch Hoo

Lock'n Festival in Virginia This Weekend!

The masses are heading to rural Virginia outside Arrington in the Blue Ridge Mountains (about 35 miles south of Charlottesville)   for a heavy-hitting lineup at the inaugural Lock'n Festival (formerly called Interlochen)  The fest starts Thursday night., Sept. 5, and runs through Sunday, September 8.

It's an embarrassment of musical  riches with Furthur, Jimmy Cliff, Trey Anastasio Band, Widespread Panic, String Cheese Incident, Grace Potter, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Warren Haynes Band, Black Crowes, The Punch Brothers, John Fogerty and lots more. The organizers plan continuous uninterrupted music between two stages, which means everybody there will get to see the same shows. That's relaxing and fantastic.

There are still tickets available -- a four-day pass is $285. You have to buy a separate camping pass, and there are various options, some where you can camp alongside your car and some where you can't.  A four-day pass that allows you to camp with your car is $50.

This fest is being put on by Dave Frey and Peter Shapiro. Frey puts out the excellent  Relix magazine. The lineup, the beautiful setting, the two-stage setup, all of it -- promises to be an epic end to the summer fest season.  Dance dance dance and shake your bones!

Check out TDawg's Back Porch Hootenanny Sept. 13-14

Larry Keel and Natural Bridge

TDawg is a South Georgia music promoter who draws excellent talent to his corner of the North Georgia woods, and he creates down-home festivals he calls Back Porch Hootenannys. He's putting on TDawg's Back Porch Hootenanny Sept. 13-14 with flatpicking phenom Larry Keel and his band Natural Bridge headlining.

TDawg has his fests at Cherokee Farm, which is up in north Georgia near the Tennessee and Alabama borders, not far from Chattanooga. Tickets for the weekend are $50 advanced, $60 at the gate, and kids 12 and under are free. Price  includes on-site camping. Daily tickets are also available. 

Here's what TDawg has to say about the lineup. And below that, I've posted the schedule. 

Larry Keel & Natural Bridge, 3-time (MerleFest) Chris Austin Songwriting Competition winner David Via &Grammy winner/Atlanta Music Hall of Fame inductee (2001)/New Grass Revival founding member Curtis Burch, Bobby Miller, and the return of the wonderfully eclectic Strung Like A Horse highlight a lineup full of high octane energy. The roots between Keel, Via & Burch run deep in the history of TDawg events, and any chance to bring together the perfect show with master flat-picker Keel and his darlin’ wife Jenny on bass, with his band of merrymen Mark Schimick on mandolin and Will Lee on banjo is ALWAYS a very special evening! There will be a lot of buddies, old & new, that will be hanging around, so look out!

Schedule

Friday Shed Stage  (Bill Monroe’s Birthday)
9:00 – 10:15   Slim Pickins
10:45 – 12:30   Bibb City Ramblers

Saturday Shed Stage

12:30 – 2:00   Gibson Wilbanks
2:45 – 4:15   Lefty Williams Band
5:00 – 6:30   Dave Jordan & The Neighborhood Improvement Association
7:15 – 8:30   Curtis Burch & David Via
9:15 – 10:45   Larry Keel & Natural Bridge
11:15 – 1:15   Strung Like A Horse

Grateful Fred Stage
Noon – 12:25   Welcome Jam
2:00 – 2:45   Bibb City Ramblers w/ Bobby Miller, Richie Jones & Scott Warren
4:15 – 5:00   Vagabond Swing
6:30 – 7:15   Gibson Wilbanks & Friends
8:30 – 9:15   Ralph & Friends
1:15 – 2:15    HOOTENANNY JAM