Aura Music & Arts Festival, a romping fest which happens Valentine's Day weekend 2014 at Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park, announced its initial lineup today, plus a limited number of super-early bird weekend tickets for just $125. This dance-a-thon will feature:
Lotus (two nights)
Papadosio (two nights)
Conspirator
Zoogma
The Werks (two nights)
Marco Benevento
Mike Dillon Band
Kung Fu (two nights)
Dopapod (two nights)
The Heavy Pets
Superhuman Happiness
Start Making Sense: A
Tribute to The Talking Heads
COPE
Juno What?!
Twiddle
Jimkata
Brock Butler
The Resolvers
Pigeons Playing Ping Pong
Polyester Pimpstrap
One of the great bands who played Aura last year (and also Bear Creek Music and Arts Festival) were Connecticut funkateers Kung Fu. Here they are with Nigel Hall from last year's Aura, where they did a set-long tribute to Stevie Wonder:
So excited for the Aura Music and Arts Festival this week. This camping fest kicks off Friday and runs through Sunday night at Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Fl. Tickets are $129 plus fees, and that includes free primitive camping Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. Water and electric spots are extra.
Perpetual Groove, Conspirator, Papadosio, and the Heavy Pets headline the weekend. (Full lineup and links to the bands below)
This week, Let's take a look at some of the interesting bands who will be raging for us on the beautiful Aura stages in the woods. Today, we'll listen to the excellent Dopapod. They've got a funky, electronic, psychedelic, jam, jazz, dubstep thing going. At times it sounds a little like the lightning-fast jazzadelic riffs of the band Yes. They can work a groove.
Dopapod plays Saturday at 7 in the ampitheater and 6 Sunday night on the porch stage.
Check out this one, Trapper Keeper.
Here is the full Aura lineup with links from our friends at Jambase:
Although the festival has been happening in Florida since 2010, this is the first year it is being held at Spirit of the Suwannee, a most excellent venue.
This is a camping fest, and features an eclectic mix of live electronica, funk, jazz, rock, reggae, jam and hip-hop. Three-day tickets, which include primitive camping, are $119 online right now. (They started at the sweet early bird deal of $75) Single-day tickets are also available. Gate price is going to be $150, so buy now to save.
It's usually an awesome time for camping in North Florida, and although festgrrl has not had the pleasure of attending Aura before, fellow festivarian reviews of past Aura fests have been wildly enthusiastic.
Aura headliners include national touring bands Perpetual Groove, Conspirator, Papadosio, and the Heavy Pets. (festgrrl likes the funk -- her pick is Kung Fu's tribute to Stevie Wonder with Dumpstaphunk's Nigel Hall Saturday afternoon in the ampitheater; also Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band out of North Carolina.)
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