Saddle Up For Bonnaroo This Weekend!

Let the pilgrimage begin... Bonnaroo happens this weekend in Manchester Tennessee. This is a big, hot, gnarly time, and not for the casual fester. Come prepared, there isn't shade and you're probably gonna hike a bunch. I usually love to watch the Bonnaroo webcast from home, but I don't see one on the Net for this year...hmmmm....if you know of one, let me know and I'll post it.

Jambase has a nice preview of how to tackle this giant festie monster.

Happy Birthday Zach Deputy!

Tedeschi Trucks Band CD Drops This Week!

Blues and jam super couple Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks (Allman Brothers Band) have a new CD dropping this week -- June 7, called Revelator. Their 11-member Tedeschi-Trucks band was one of the highlights of the Wanee festival this year for sure.

You can get a coupon to buy Revelator at Best Buy for just $7.99 between June 7 and 11.

Here's a video on the making of Revelator. Enjoy!

It may be hotter than Hades here  in the south, but you can enjoy tunes wafting through mountain air this weekend from your living room.

iClips.net will be streaming performances from Mountain  Jam, (in Hunter Mountain, NY) including Gov't Mule • My Morning Jacket • Warren Hayes Band • Michael Franti & Spearhead • The Avett Brothers • Umphrey's McGee (w/ special guest John Oates) • Grace Potters & the Nocturnals • Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros and many more! There's also  a jamcam on the Mountain Jam website.

Trey Anastasio Band Announced for Bear Creek!

Announced Today: Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio heads our way this fall with his Trey Anastasio Band to headline the fifth Bear Creek Music and Art Festival at Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Fla. November 11- 13.  Lucky us! The funky Bear Creek Festival already has an unbelievable lineup and  now it's even better. See an excellent article on the TAB addition to Bear Creek at Glide magazine.

Also announced: George Porter Jr's & the Runnin Pardners, Russell Batiste Band, Corporal Boil, Honey Island Swamp Band, and artists at large  Will Bernard, Johnny Vidocovich, Freekbass, Roosevelt Collier, Jaime McLean, Topaz, Scott Messersmith, Nikki Glaspie and Michelle Sarah.

Tickets include primitive camping, and are  -- at the moment, get 'em now, folks -- $135 for three days, $175 for four days and $195 for five days.

Get your Blackwater Early Bird Tix This Weekend

The Flaming Lips  are going to headline the Blackwater Music Festival September 22-24 at Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Fl.

Early bird tickets are on sale through Tuesday, May 31 at $110 for 3 days, includes primitive camping. Ticket prices go up to $180 at the gate, so take advantage of the savings now if you can swing it. Kids under age 6 are free.


Other announced acts include Perpetual Groove,  Ghostland Observatory , Zach Deputy, Passafire, and Dub-Steppers The Easy Star All Stars.

Florida Folk Festival, Acoustic Cafe, This Weekend

The state's 59th annual Florida Folk Festival happens along the Suwanee River at the Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park in White Springs this weekend, and if you are willing to take a road trip, the incomparable Acoustic Cafe newgrass extravaganza and camping  fest happens in the hills north of Birmingham, Alabama.

The Folk Festival isn't a camping festival (unless you are already registered as a volunteer) but there are campgrounds and motels nearby. Adult tickets are $40 for the weekend, or $20 a day. Kids 16 and under are only $4 for the weekend. The folk festival has neat displays of Florida folk life and lots of country-cookin' food in booths run by various community groups.

I can't say enough wonderful things about Acoustic Cafe. I have seen  some of the finest playing ever there. It is intimate, for music lovers, and family friendly. People LISTEN and players RAGE. Click here to listen to some past sets.

In the past, it's been just one stage, with a second smaller one for sets between main stage sets. Here is a festgrrl post on it from last year. Headliners this year are New Orleans piano maven Marcia Ball, Dread Clampitt, the Red Stick Ramblers, Tennessee Firearms, and the Herb Trotman Band. Tickets are $60 at the gate, and you need to buy a $10 parking pass. Kids 12 and under are free.

Camping is primitive, and you can camp next to your car. There are no hookups for motor homes. They have showers. The picking at this festie is sublime, good thing they have free coffee!