Last year I went to the first festival I’ve been to in a number of years – Coalessence in Arkansas. I think the promoter wanted more people, but from my perspective, it was a very good scene with a peaceful & hip vibe – not the yee-haw beer-drinking of a lot of Texas music scenes. Shpongle was there, other kinds of music on several stages, lots of nice people camping, BB had a booth and the camp sites were good too. I want to go to at least a couple of festivals this year. I’ve looked at http://www.jambase.com/festivals/, and Wakarusa in Arkansas looks good (I saw it discussed in another thread) but it looks to me like jambase is missing some smaller festivals. I’ll probably go to Coalessence (in Austin this Oct) and maybe Rainbow. Does anyone know of good, peaceful festivals in Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma or NM? Or sources of information? Thank you a lot
So far, I've come up with: http://www.jambase.com/festivals/ Eeyore's Birthday Party (maybe a lot of drinking, too) Saturday April 25, 2009 Pease District Park, 1100 Kingsburgh Street Austin April http://www.beanstock.org/ Small, acoustic, near Denton For more information on camping, contact us at eventstaff@beanstock.org or call 972-782-6164. 5/15-17 http://www.myspace.com/hoopeejam GA June 4-7 Wakarusa looks good this year and tix are only $99. They also moved it from Kansas to a beautiful spot in Ozark, Arkansas. from Shroomery post http://www.wakarusa.com/2009/news.asp?nid=101 Eugene anytime (it's not SW, but it looks really good) 7/17-26 Emerald Empire Hempfest http://www.normalbeanband.com/ 8/13-15 Mulberry Mountain Ozark AK http://www.mulberrymountainmusic.com/ 9/5-9/9 The 9 Festival (not much info but looks good) Eureka Springs 10/3-4-5 Austin http://www.coalessencefest.com/