Northern Ohio Hippie Fest!! Sept 16-17

http://www.ripplefest.com


Bluffton, OH: August 29, 2005: Fall Ripplefest will take place in Bluffton, Ohio on Friday and Saturday, September 16th, 17th 2005. The event will feature two days of music and camping as well various vendors and activities for children. The venue and campground are conveniently located at Exit 142 off I-75 in Northwestern. Camping and parking are included with paid admission to the festival.

Artist Line-up
Twelve acts will grace the Ripplefest stage over the course of the two-day event. Artists scheduled to perform include Hot Tuna Acoustic, Sam Bush Band, Papa Mali, The Recipe, Grasshopper Pie, One Under (featuring members of Ekoostik Hookah and The Shantee), The One-Eyed Show, Skeleton Crew, John Mullins Band, Ritchey Brothers Band, Mike Perkins of the Shantee and JP & The Chatfield Boys.



Hot Tuna Acoustic

One of the most enduringly popular American bands, Hot Tuna has been performing and recording since the mid-1960s. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady formed the precursor to Hot Tuna while they were still in high school and founded the first incarnation of the band while they were both founding members of Jefferson Airplane. Hot Tuna has recorded 19 albums and CDs in addition to Jack and Jorma's solo albums. In recent years, they've welcomed the virtuoso mandolin, tenor banjo, and tenor guitar of the legendary Barry
Mitterhoff, proving that after four decades Hot Tuna just gets better. They stop at Ripplefest for a rare Ohio performance on Saturday September 17th.



Sam Bush Band

Sam Bush has done as much as anyone since Bill Monroe to shape the destiny of the diminutive mandolin, adding new power and syncopation to its percussive chop and a new harmonic vocabulary that embraces rock, reggae, Afro-pop and jazz. His decades of popularity at eclectic music festivals like Telluride and MerleFest stem from the fact that he’s also a stage dervish, a rhythm doctor and a party animal, not to mention an enthusiastic storyteller and a gifted mimic. Indeed, Sam’s most recent CD as a bandleader, Ice Caps: Peaks of Telluride, captured the breadth and excitement of the Sam Bush Band in the live festival setting. Sam Bush and his band will take the stage on Saturday night at Fall Ripplefest.

Kidz Jam
Summer Ripplefest offers something for all ages with Kidz Jam. Kidz Jam is a
children's activity center that helps provide entertainment and education at
music festivals throughout the Eastern United States to our younger festival
attendees. Started in 2003 at the first Ripplefest, Kidz Jam has branched out
to offer its services to festivals across the region including Bonnaroo Music
Festival in 2004.

Ticket Information
Tickets go on sale March 7th and can be purchased through Music Today at
RippleFest.MusicToday.com or by calling 1-866-526-4586 or 1-800-300-6187.
Tickets will be $60 for a limited time in advance and $75 the day of show.

 

If you haven't already, try the Events & Festivals forum. Thanks... and I love the lineup. Sam Bush is frickin righteous.