Turn This Motha New Year Out!!

Funky friends, George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic are headlining a heady fest outside Orlando New Year's Eve weekend.

Why am I telling you this now in the middle of sweltering summer? Because I have your best interests at heart, funkateers: Early bird tickets for the Bond-fire Festival are $125, and the price goes up next week, on July 20th.

This fest is a first-time affair, so festgrrl has no advice on the venue or anything else. It's in Lake County a little bit west of Orlando. Check out this dance-a-thon lineup:

PFunk
Soulive
The New Mastersounds
Particle
Zach Deputy
Papadosio
Cope x2
3rd Stone x2
Beebs and her Money Makers
Cypress x2
Aquaphonics
Legacy & Friends
Green Sunshine
Evan Taylor Jones Band
Two Months to Boston x2
The Time Urchin
Dream9 (Late-Night)
SOUNDUO (Late-Night

The promoters say they will have several stages, RV and tent camping (not sure about hookups yet), live performance art, body painting, art installations, and music 'til sunrise.

Yes! That's how I wanna close out this kooky 2011, getting down with the FREAKS! Like this:

Good News for Wanee

Ticket sales for Wanee, this weekend at Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Fl., are up 50 percent over last year, says this story in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Great for the promoters!

My advice is make sure you've got what you need when you get there because going in and out will be a royal pain. There is plenty of room at the park for primitive camping, but the later you get there the more you'll have to hike. Still, weather's gonna be fine and the music ---- the music, wow --- stellar!

George Clinton Jr. Dies In Talllahassee

Condoloences are in order for funkateer George Clinton. is 50-year-old son was found dead in Clinton's Tallahassee home. It was ruled natural causes. George Clinton's mom also recently passed, so that's two deaths in the P-Funk family. More here

Wanee Festival Tickets on Sale Today

People get your Wanee tickets today. They are -- ouch! -- $180 (including the service charge,) but you'll be paying $210 at the gate when the fest happens at Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park April 15 - 17. Get that credit card out, suck it up, and KNOW you'll be happy you did!

Wanee Lineup is INSANE!

The lineup for Wanee Festival at Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park is out and Lord have Mercy it's GOOOD....April 15-18. Tickets go on sale Friday, Jan. 22.

Allman Brothers


Widespread Panic

Gov't Mule

Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi

Bob Weir, Rob Wasserman & Jay Lane are Scaring The Children

Stephen Stills

The Black Keys

Dr. John

Hot Tuna Electric

7 Walkers featuring Bill Kreutzmann & Papa Mali

JJ Grey & Mofro

Johnny Winter

George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic

The Funky Meters

The Wailers

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings

North Mississippi Allstars

A Family Affair with Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk (Performing Sly & the Family Stone)

Jaimoe’s Jasssz Band

Chuck Leavell with The Randall Bramblett Band

Particle

Oteil & Kofi Burbridge with the Lee Boys

Col. Bruce Hampton

Devon Allman’s Honeytribe

Scrapomatic

Bobby Lee Rogers Trio

Bonobos Convergence