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:

Early Bird Deadlines for Magnolia Fest and Bear Creek Music & Art Festival

Today's the last day for Early Bird tickets for Magnolia Fest at Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park October 21 to 24 -- That's $125 ($147 with fees included) -- through September 1. Here is my earlier post about the lineup. Since then, they've added the phenomenal Sam Bush Band.

And tickets for Bear Creek Music and Art Festival Nov. 12-14, also at Suwannee Music Park, They are $125 now -- they go up 10 $140 on  Sept. 8, y'all.

It's a good idea to buy early, and I'll let you know the dates so keep on checking festgrrl.

Bear Creek had a crazy low price of $99 for super early birds early in the year. Now that's a damn bargain, people! -- especially since James Brown's band is gonna rock it, and that's just the beginning! It's one epic lineup all around.

RR Earth, Cornmeal, and New Mastersounds in Tally

Check out two Engine Room shows this week in Tallahassee -- one a Newgrass treat and the other a Brisitsh Funk Invasion:

Railroad Earth and Cornmeal play tonight, 8 pm, $20 cover. Cornmeal is a super cool newgrass band out of Chicago that impressed at Suwannee last year.

The New Mastersounds, a British funk/electronic act that positively Laid It On Down at Bear Creek Music & Art Festival last year, plays The Engine Room Wednesday night at 9. $10 advance, $12 at the door. That's gonna be some big fun.