Midwest Festival Scene

Something New To Do - March 16, 2012

2012-03-02T19:20:00.001-08:00

Location:

American Legion
520 West Union Street, Athens, OH

From their event page:

"BeeRaye Productions, LLC will be holding events once a month at the American Legion. On March 16th up and coming newly formed band, Tattered Roots from Cincinnati will be kick-starting us off, then with Blue Moon Soup, and Boogie Matrix for the rest of the night! This new venue has a full bar and we will serve food at the beginning portion of the night! We will also have Darth Vendor to accommodate you family gear needs, as well as a table for the bands' merchandise. With the proceeds from the drinks and food, we will be supporting our veterans at the American Legion. This will be the first of many shows, SEE YOU THERE!! WE LOVE YOU!!!!!"

The event is $10 for 21+ and $13 for under 21

See you soon, Athens!

See their facebook event page for more information as it comes!

Something New To Do Facebook Event Page

Peace Through Music Festival Returns for 2012

2012-03-02T18:55:00.002-08:00

This was a very fun and affordable festival last year, and it's great to see it return for 2012, and it is set for a week before All Good. What a great way to still be able to get out for a nice weekend without being too hard on the wallet.

From their initial announcement:

We are proud to present the Peace Through Music Festival!!!
This year, Peace Fest is on July 13-14, the weekend right before All Good! Tickets are cheap so everyone can still afford to make the trip here and anywhere else you want to go this summer, and still get some great home grown music!

Pre-sale tickets will be on sale in Spring, estimated prices are $25 pre-sale, $35 Friday at the gate, and $25 Saturday at the gate. Subject to change. You will be able to find pre-sale tickets from many of the bands playing Peace Fest or from some of our good friends street teaming for us! Tickets will also be available online & at the Zane Shawnee Caverns.

Invite your friends! If you're not checking out our awesome music that we have in store for you, you might find yourself taking a stroll through the woods, taking a tour of the caverns, exploring old structures on the land, maybe fishing, swimming, or just laying back and relaxing under the sun! That's what this weekend is all about!!!

The Lineup:

The Spikedrivers (w/Sweney)
Fletcher's Grove
Boogie Matrix Mechanism
Under the Sun
Magic Jackson
Tropidelic
Shank Bones
Terrapin Moon
Cowboy Hillbilly Hippie Folk
The One Eyed Show
Fox n Hounds
Brown Street Breakdown
Bill Kurzenberger
and more to be announced very soon!

Fire spinning by Nocturnal Arts!

We'll keep you updated as we hear more!

Peace Fest Facebook Event Page

ALL GOOD FESTIVAL - Updated lineup!

2012-03-01T13:18:00.002-08:00

As everyone that hasn't been hiding under a rock already knows, All Good has been moved to Legend Valley this year in Thornville, Ohio. Home to many great music festivals over the past years and formerly Buckeye Lake Music Center, this place has great history.

The initial lineup was announced a few weeks ago, to very great reception. The event will be held on July 19-22, 2012. This is for sure the best lineup Ohio has seen in a long time as far as this guy is concerned.

Intial lineup was:

The Allman Brothers Band
Phil Lesh and Friends
The Flaming Lips
Bob Weir & Bruce Hornsby featuring special guest Branford Marsalis
Michael Franti & Spearhead
Lotus
G. Love & Special Sauce
Galactic
Shpongle presents The Masquerade
Mickey Hart Band
Trampled by Turtles
SOJA
Railroad Earth
Papadosio
The Werks
The Wood Brothers
Lettuce
The Lumineers
Everyone Orchestra
More artists were announced today:

Big Gigantic
Tea Leaf Green
The New Mastersounds
Greensky Bluegrass
Rumpke Mountain Boys
The 4onthefloor

Even more artists will be announced in the coming weeks.

Get your tickets now!

http://www.allgoodfestival.com
http://www.twitter.com/allgoodfestival

https://www.facebook.com/AllGoodMusicFestival?sk=wall

Come Together Arts & Music Fest - 4/20 - 4/22 2012

2012-03-01T01:14:00.005-08:00

This is reallly shaping up to be not only one of the greatest early season festivals in the region, but also one of the best values out there. With enough diversity to please just about anyone, and the great vibes from the people that are putting this festival on, this will be an event that you do NOT want to miss!

The event will be held at the water bowl in Muncie, Indiana on the weekend of April 20th, and ticket prices are an INCREDIBLE $35 for presale and $45 at the gate. There are so many acts on this bill that I'd rather you just click on the facebook link after the jump and read about it there.

Talent from all over the midwest will be coming together (no pun intended) to give you a very memorable weekend. Genres ranging from Jam, Frunk, Bluegrass, Alternative, Acoustic, Dance,

also plenty of electronic music from all genres ranging from dubstep, drum n bass, electro, breaks, trance, house, techno, hard style and jungle.

I reccomend visiting the Facebook event page and checking out more of the details. This is an absolute no brainer!

Facebook Event Page for Come Together Music Festival

FREE Glostik Willy Show This Friday!

2012-03-01T00:57:00.004-08:00

The trio from Indiana will be hosting a free show this Friday 3/2/2012 at One Eyed Jacks in Fairborn Ohio. This is an 18+ show with valid ID. Rumor has it that a certain percussionist that has played with a couple other bands from the area will be sitting in. You can't beat free! Be sure to go check these guys out and make the best out of what's left of this Ohio "Winter".

Show is from 10:00pm until 2:00am

Glostik Willy Official Page
Facebook event page

Spring Hookah in the Hills 2012!

2012-03-01T00:42:00.001-08:00

One of the first regional festivals of the year will once again be the mainstay that is Spring Hookah in the Hills. It will go from March 29th through April 1st, 2012. Ekoostik Hookah will of course be headlining the event alongside The Werks. John mullins will be there as will you're favorite trash grass band, the boys from Rumpke Mountain. Plenty of other great talent will keep this party going all weekend. Most of the remaining lineup is listed in the picture. Just be sure to bring lots of warm clothes and it would probably be a good idea to be ready for the rain and some mud. (If you were there last year, you already will come prepared)

Presale tickets are available for 60 dollars or 45 dollars depending on whether you arrive Thursday or Friday. Prices go up 15 dollars if you purchase at the gate. This festival is guaranteed to be a good time and a great kickoff for most people to the beginning of the season.

Location: Stewart, OH 45778. Corner of Winners Lane & Co Rd 48/New England Rd.
Website: http://www.hookahinthehills.com
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hookah-in-the-Hills/366715564716?sk=wall

Hope to see you there!

2012-02-27T23:23:00.002-08:00

May Daze Music Festival - May 4-5, Muncine Indiana.

This lineup is shaping up to be a great party at a great price coming up early in the festival season. This summer seems to already be full of great options even while snow is still flying!

May Daze is hosted by Glostik Willy and Family along with Laughing Sam Productions in order to bring a proper rage and haze to your weekend. The festival grounds of The Water Bowl are located in the heart of Indiana in Muncie. These lively but flattened grassy fields have hosted everything from very few to very large scale gatherings with a natural amphitheater carved next to the the Water Bowl's swimming pond. The grounds have running restrooms, recreational parks, a large pavilion and plenty of open space to camp next to your vehicles for easy camping. A small portion of the grounds contain shaded forest and additional water units/ electricity for RV's and VIP guests. Fire pits and grilling units are permitted. Wood, Ice, and food service vendors will be available for the extent of the festival. Please join our family and yours alike to celebrate our amazing community of musicians, artists, and enthusiasts surrounding our Midwest community!

Band Line-up:

The Werks
Glostik Willy
Boogie Matrix
Skeetones
The Mantras
Eumatik
Digeometric
Elephant Quiz
Midwest Hype
Jahman Brahman
Magic Jackson
Aliver Hall
Tonal Caravan
Mikial Robertson
Subterranean House Band
Stuttering Ducks
Groovestone Fusion
Fletchers Grove
Kaleidoscope Jukebox

More added daily (TBA)

Date: May 4th and 5th (Early Bird May 3rd opens at NOON)
Location: The Water Bowl
Address: 6811 North Old State Road 3, Muncie, IN 47303
Cost: $35 presale; $45 at the Door (No additional cost for Early Bird)
Rv's and Buses: $15 additional pass charge
VIP: $80.00 (includes backstage passes, electricity, water hook-ups, and access to pavilion showers)

Facebook event page with more info: https://www.facebook.com/events/116671195125598/

Boogie Matrx at Mickey Finn's 3/3/2012

2012-02-27T22:46:00.001-08:00

After playing a number of shows throughout the state and in Kentucky recently, Boogie Matrix will be playing their first hometown show in a while this coming weekend at Mickey Finns Pub on LaGrange street in downtown Toledo, Ohio. This show is 18+ and cover is $7 for 18-20 and $5 For 21+. Stop out for some good beers and good times.

Check out the facebook event page at https://www.facebook.com/events/184766571630794/

More season openers next weekend!

2011-04-15T15:07:00.000-07:00

Symbiotic Acres ( 63253 8th Ave. South Haven, MI) and Nelson Ledges Quarry Park in Nelson Twp., OH will both be opening their doors next weekend for their first music festivals of the season. It's shaping up to be a good weekend no matter which choice you make with a lot of regional talent on the stages all weekend long. Weather forecasts are looking rain free, but dress warm. Highs are going to be in the mid 50's and possibly dipping into the 30's on Saturdaynight at both venues.

Tickets for Cabin Pheeva at Symbiotic Acres are $45 in advance and $55 at the gate and lineup as is follows:

*Thursday Pre-party:
Me3Mind

*Good Friday & Earth Day:
Sean Shiel
Down Lo
Mark Tyler
Useful Jenkins
Ashley & Uncle Zesty's Oldtime Bootknockers
Ben Miller Band
Vinyl Soup
Covert
Down Lo w/Deploi
Barefoot Fred

*Saturday:
Blue Moon Soup
Chris Pabon
Ashley & Uncle Zesty's
Overserved Trio
Sean Shiel
Rainbow Vomit Family Band
Chris Grubner
Boogie Matrix Mechanism
Mark Tyler
Soap
Sean Shiel
Thinner Teed
Ben Miller Band
The Coop

*Easter Sunday:
Blue Moon Soup
Useful Jenkins
Chris Pabon
Ben Miller Band
Sean Shiel
Ifdakar
Overserved Trio
Covert

Tickets for Early Bird at The Ledges are $40 for Friday-Sunday and $30 for Saturday-Sunday with the following lineup:

Friday:
6-8:30 Sultans Of Bing
9:00-11:15 Jim Miller Band
Late night tba

Saturday:
More TBA
Jones For Revival
Willy Mac Music
Sargent Katz-n-Crump
The Werks
Waterband
Late night- Flyin Jays

Everyone is welcome to stay at the quarry until 8pm Sunday night

More information can be found at the following pages.
Cabin Pheeva Facebook Event Page
Early Bird Event Page @ NLQP Website

Feel free to leave comments for any additional events going on for Easter weekend. Be safe and let's all have a great time!

4/20 Shows

2011-04-13T22:58:00.000-07:00

It's that time of year again. Our yearly celebration of the twentieth of April. That means plenty of shows to go around. Here are a few shows around our area that will be going on. Feel free to add more shows that you know of in the comments, because I'm sure to be missing out on quite a few!

The Werks Jackie O's
24 W. Union St., Athens, OH 45701
Tickets are $10 18+
Papadosio Papa Pete's
502 S Burdick St, Kalamazoo, MI 4900
Tickets are $12 18+
Boogie Matrix Mechanism @ Mickey Finn's w/ wsg Johnny Polansky on percussionLocation: Mickey Finn's in Toledo, OHAdmission is FREE

Wherever you are, there should be good music to catch. This would be a good opportunity to take advantage of JamBase to find a show that suits you.

OxFest: Music and Arts Festival also this weekend

2011-04-11T20:15:00.000-07:00

JUST ANNOUNCED!!! $19 OXFEST TICKETS now available @ KEGFLY.COM. Get yours asap before you miss out on this great opportunity.

Oxfest is the third installment of a music festival created by Stank Entertainment and OhioStandUp at Miami University. Last Spring, the event, offered a spring break atmosphere in a daylong music and arts festival. Due to the success and high demand for another fest, we are proud to announce the expansion of this series. Our goal is to continue to offer a fun and safe atmosphere through a unique college and festival experience. This community has already shown to be a strong one as the previous installments have been very successful. Because of this initial success, Stank Entertainment has high expectations this Spring.

OxFest is being held at Hannon's Camp America
Official page is at Miami OxFest Official page which also has a link to their facebook page

Many good bands there, and The Werks will be playing an early 3pm set! It looks like southwest ohio has a couple great places to be this weekend. Much more coming up soon!

Megan and Eric Suttman's BarnJam this weekend!

2011-04-10T12:29:00.000-07:00

"BarnJam is a bi-annual, rain or shine musical event/camp out if-you-want-to mini-fest. For the past 12 years Eric Suttman, Professor of Audio and Visual Production for the University of Dayton, has presented Barn Jam as a showcase for local and regional musical talent, making it an established and cherished event within the Dayton and Yellow Springs communities. It all goes down on his farm just outside Dayton, Ohio where two barns are transformed into unique music venues twice a year.
This year promises to begin a great new tradition as Eric has teamed up with Cinci/NKY based MoreThanOrganic Productions to bring you Barn Jam – Spring 2011 w/The Werks, The Prosperity, Blue Moon Soup, Incendium Arts, and more…..
Our goal is to promote the local and regional music scene and to raise funds for UDSAP, by providing a memorable experience that is focused around music, art, and the community.
**Barn Jam is proud to contribute a portion of all proceeds to the University of Dayton’s Summer Appalachia Program (UDSAP) which allows UD students to spend a summer improving the living conditions of Appalachian families."

Tickets are only 20 dollars at the gate. This looks like a great time this coming weekend. Lots of good music and special appearances!
See The official BarnJam website to order presale tickets or for more details

Tribez Vibez returns for 2011

2011-04-06T15:52:00.000-07:00

After their first shot at doing a multi-cultural festival last year, the guys from Tribez Vibez have decided to have another go at it. Along with a change in venue has came a drastic change in the initial lineup.

I don't know what everyone elses thoughts are, but to me this initial flyer is looking pretty promising. A lot of solid acts on the bill this year, and more to come. It looks like after what could be described as lackluster for last year's show, that the Tribez Vibez team are going to put together something that could be pretty magical. There is already a facebook group for the event, although tribezvibes.com has still not been updated from last year's event.

2011 Tribez Vibez Facebook group

Thoughts?

Hash Bash 2011 in Ann Arbor

2011-04-06T02:41:00.000-07:00

Hash Bash 2011 was a great success this year. One of the best turnouts I've seen in many years. Tons of great acts and the party didn't stop until the sun came up the next day. I will have some pics up tomorrow along with some more info about Hash Bash an the Spring Hookah in the Hills that went on this past weekend. Can you smell the spring air?!

Welcome!

2011-04-06T01:20:00.000-07:00

The goal of this blog will be to keep everyone in the region up to date on all the big music happenings throughout the Midwest. We'll mostly be covering events in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, and parts of PA and West Virginia. We'll be covering mostly festivals that relate to the jam band and bluegrass style culture, but also diving into a lot of a lot of electronic events. The season has already started and we are stoked!