Great Band -- The Primate Fiasco

I ran across a great act this summer -- The Primate Fiasco. This raging band hails from New England, I met them at Floydfest in Virginia  after their canopy crapped out in the wind and they needed some place to store their instruments (which include a Sousaphone) and they used a spare canopy at Dancin Dave's Festival Camping camp. They absolutely killed it during every show they did at the fest, which included some crowd-thrilling funkalicious pop-ups.

Give these fine folks a listen, and help me lobby to get them to Bear Creek Music and Art Festival next year!



For those of you in a family way, The Primate Fiasco also has a fantastic record with some fine rowdy kid's songs. Check out their version of "Wheels on the Bus!"

Deluna Fest in Pensacola Beach This Weekend

Pearl Jam, Florence and the Machine, Foo Fighters, Jimmy Cliff, Joan Jett,  the Zac Brown Band, Ben Folds Five, and Dumpstaphunk are among a slew of performers coming to Pensacola Beach this weekend (Sept. 21-23)  for  Deluna Fest.


Tickets are still available, they are $226 for the weekend (that includes fees.) There are single day passes available for $75. If you buy a single day pass, be aware that once you go in, you can't re-enter. Here's a nice shot of the beachy fest site!

Sweet fests this weekend in Georgia, North Carolina

This weekend (Sept. 14-16), there are two worthy fests -- one in Northern Georgia with a jazzy-rootsy vibe, and one in North Carolina with some big funk and Americana headliners Here's what you need to know....

The Jomeokee Festival happens in Pinnacle, North Carolina, with Del McCoury Band , Stephen Marley, Yonder Mountain String Band , Keller Williams, Travelin’ McCourys, Jimmy Herring Band, Lettuce, The Everyone Orchestra , Michael Kang, Al Schnier, Vinnie Amico, Jimmy Herring, Jeff Sipe, Jennifer Hartswick, George Porter Jr., Emmitt-Nershi Band, Patterson Hood and Downtown Rumblers, Midnite, Floodwood, Larry Keel, The Broadcast, Invisible III, Twin Cats, The DanBerrys, Captain Midnight Band, Melvin Seals.

Weekend tickets are $145, and day tickets are $100 plus fees. Tickets include primitive tent camping. A limited number of car camping, primitive RV, and RV with power passes are available for an additional charge. There's family camping and kid's activities.

The promoters say the music "takes place in a natural amphitheater at the Jomeokee Campgrounds in Pinnacle, NC. The stunning view of Pilot Mountain creates a picturesque background for two side-by-side stages showcasing alternating sets.Del McCoury curates one stage featuring top notch bluegrass, string and Americana music. The second stage shifts the focus to funk, jam and world music with mind blowing collaborations you have to see to believe. Beyond the tree line is a workshop stage for an intimate experience with world-class musicians. Night owls can expect all-star collaborations with picking and singing around the campfire."

Lafayette, Georgia is home to TDawg's Back Porch Hootenanny, an intimate gathering of musicians and fans on a private farm. a weekend pass includes camping and it is only $50.

This recurring fest is run by Georgia promoter Thomas Helland. festgrrl has not yet made it up to this venue, so I'll let TDawg tell you what's up:

"Cherokee Farms is a very relaxing and embracing property, and when you combine that feeling with the friends, family & music around you, it's hard to go wrong! ;-) The Hootenanny audience is truly one of the most appreciative and enjoyable I've been around, and it's been fun to see this great event continue to grow. The lineup this time around represents a wicked good jazz vibe infused with fresh southern grooves, insane North Carolina pickin', Cajun, bluegrass, and Americana soaked southern music w/ a touch of vaudeville

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UPDATED Schedule for TDawg's Back Porch Hootenanny ~

FRI SEPT 14

9:30PM ~ Scott Warren & The Booze Mountaineers

SAT SEPT 15

1:00-2:30PM ~ Rolling Nowhere

3:00-4:30PM ~ Copious Jones

5:00-6:30PM ~ Villain Family

7:00-8:30PM ~ EverGreen Revised, featuring BOBBY MILLER, ROGER PADGETT & JASON FLOURNOY

9:00-10:30PM ~ Grant Green Jr. Band

11:00-1AM ~ Moontower feat. Benji Shanks

**Artists-at-Large: Ralph Roddenbery, Wildman Steve

~ TDawg's Back Porch Hootenanny Lineup ~

Grant Green Jr. Band - http://www.reverbnation.com/grantgreenjr

Moontower - http://www.moontowermusic.com

EverGreen - http://www.reverbnation.com/evergreen3

Villain Family - http://www.villainfamily.com

Copious Jones - http://www.reverbnation.com/copiousjones

Scott Warren & The Booze Mountaineers - http://www.boozemountaineers.com/boozemountaineers/

Rolling Nowhere - http://www.rollingnowhere.com

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***ADMISSION>CASH ONLY>$50 FRI-SAT (Camping included), $40 SAT ONLY INCLUDES CAMPING/SAT DAY PASSES (no camping) $30.  **Kids 12&under are admitted FREE** Ages 13-16 are $30.  $5 off each admission goes to Cherokee Farms upkeep.  BYOB ~ Food vending available but please feel free to bring your own!  NO DOGS PLEASE.

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CHEROKEE FARMS address: 2035 Old Mineral Springs Rd., LaFayette, GA 30728. Look for Walnut Row street sign at entrance to property.

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***LODGING (2 miles from venue): KEY WEST INN, 2221 North Main Street, LaFayette, GA 30728. Phone: 706-638-8200, http://www.keywestinn.net/lafayette-georgia-hotel/

Emmitt-Nershi Band headlines Alabama bluegrass shindig

Wild mushroom rock at Horse Pens 40

Now, this little out-of-the-way fest looks really great. The gorgeous -- but oddly named - Horse Pens 40 park in northern Alabama hosts the Red Clay Revival camping bluegrass and art festival Sept. 7-9. (The park got its name for the tall rock formations which made a handy horse corral in the olden days. )

Headliners are the Emmitt-Nershi Band (Drew Emmitt of Leftover Salmon and Bill Nershi of String Cheese Incident), Tim Carbone of Railroad Earth, Alabama music collective Red Clay Revival, Colonel Bruce Hampton, and Donna Hopkins. You know it's gonna be good. You can see the daily schedule here.

Also playing:

* Rollin' in the Hay
* Earthbound
* Antioquia
* Rorey Carroll Band
* Dorian Green
* Festival Expressions
* Joe Mack
* Sarah Shaffer
* River Dan
* Sp accoustic

The price is right at just $55 for a 3-day ticket. VIP is $115, and you get free beer and lunch and dinner on  Saturday and Sunday with that.  Emmitt- Nershi plays Sunday night, and there are Sunday-only day tickets also available for $25.

This place is so cool!

The venue is family-friendly, and has bath houses. No campfires, no glass. Also, you can't car camp, but you can drive in to unload your stuff at your campsite, then park in the parking area.

I hear the after-hours picking is sublime up in that rocky paradise. The show is a fundraiser for  Space One Eleven, a visual arts nonprofit in Birmingham.

Deluna Fest Coming Soon to Pensacola

Florence

Pearl Jam, Florence and the Machine, Foo Fighters, Jimmy Cliff, Joan Jett,  the Zac Brown Band, Ben Folds Five, Dumpstaphunk and many others converge next month on the sugar-white sands of Pensacola Beach for Deluna Fest, which happens Sept. 21-23.

This festival started in 2010, and it's an eclectic mix of big-name rockers, New Orleans power bands and Southeastern tour stalwarts. It's not a camping festival, so you'll have to find lodging or get a spot in one of the state parks or private campgrounds.

Three-day tickets cost $234 (that includes taxes and fees) and single day tickets are $75.

The weird aspect of this fest is no one is allowed to bring any chairs.You can't bring an umbrella either.Or a camera with a "detachable lens." You can't swim in the ocean at the concert site, even though you're standing right there on the beach. Like I said, weird.

Ron Jordan Photo

You can see the daily lineup here. Here's a look at who all is playing:

Pearl Jam, , Foo Fighters, , Zac Brown Band, , Florence And The Machine, , Band Of Horses, , Jimmy Cliff, , Dwight Yoakam, , Fitz and the Tantrums, , Ben Folds Five, , Diplo, , Guided By Voices, , DJ Jazzy Jeff, , The Joy Formidable, , The Gaslight Anthem, , The Wallflowers, , Superchunk, , Bob Mould plays COPPER BLUE, , Joan Jett And The Blackhearts, , Bad Brains, , City And Colour, , Trampled By Turtles, , Band Of Skulls, , OFF!, , The Wood Brothers, , Walker Hayes, , Redd Kross, , Kermit Ruffins And The Barbecue Swingers, , 12th Planet, , Blackberry Smoke, , Mike Doughty, , The Corin Tucker Band, , Paper Diamond, , Rebirth Brass Band, , Fishbone, , Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk, , The Silos, , Motopony, , Anders Osborne, , Twothirtyeight, , Honey Island Swamp Band, , AC Slater, , Bonerama, , The Parlotones, , Ben Sollee, , Washboard Chaz w/ Tin Men, , The Canvas Waiting, , Eric Lindell, , Legendary JC’s, , Mishka, , Charmaine Neville, , High on Fire, , Chris Thomas King, , Lights Resolve, , Brass-A-Holics, , Antoine Knight, , Astronautalis, , The Villains, , Kitt Lough, , Dead Sara, , Hip Kitty, , Deadly Fists Of Kung-Fu, , Paloma, , DLP, , Pioneers! O Pioneers!

Some of the very same performers will be playing the Atlanta Music Midtown  Festival  the same weekend -- Friday, Sept. 21 and Saturday, Sept. 22. No camping, downtown scene.

The Foo Fighters, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts,Van Hunt, The Avett Brothers and more play Friday.  Pearl Jam, Ludacris, Girl Talk, Florence and The Machine, Civil Twilight, LP,  O’Brother and more play Saturday.

Advanced tickets to Atlanta Music Midtown are $100 for a two-day pass and $55 for a one-day pass. VIP will set you back $500, and something called Super VIP is a whopping $1,000!

Donna The Buffalo at Suwannee This Weekend!

Festgrrl will be indulging in one of her very favorite things this weekend -- dancing with friends to The Funky Side, by Donna the Buffalo. The New York state roots rockers are playing the Suwannee Valley Flood Jam at Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park Saturday in the moss-draped natural ampitheater. They hit the stage at 7:30 pm, after Peter Rowan, and they'll host a jam later in the evening.

The two-day fest is a benefit for the many folks who lost their homes and belongings in June when Tropical Storm Debby dropped a whole lot of water on Live Oak and the surrounding area. Tickets are $45 advanced, $60 at the gate.

 The Funky Side:

Peter Rowan at the Suwanee Valley Flood Jam

How wonderful that bluegrass lion Peter Rowan is coming down here to steamy North Florida to play the benefit Suwannee Valley Flood Jam  this weekend (Aug. 17 & 18. ) The fest -- only $45 for advance tickets -- will raise money for the many who lost their homes and belongings during Tropical Storm Debby.

Here is a great, longish jam featuring Rowan with Jeff Mosier. He really starts to rage after Panama Red: