There is a lot to be said for karma. If you are the VP/GM in charge of band booking, and over the years you have bent over backward to bring in the very best music available to your venue and have made sure all musicians are treated like honored guests, paybacks can be hell —…
You can tell when it’s spring in Florida (which actually starts in January), but now that we’ve hit March and temperatures have pushed into the 80s, concerts and festivals are popping up all over. Consider the 1904 Music Hall. Those folks decided that this Saturday, March 4th, would be the perfect time for a FREE five-year…
Roosevelt Collier has been busy all summer long bringing his music and special collaborations to venues and festivals all over the country, including a splendid “home game” at Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak FL for Roosevelt Collier’s Summer Splashdown. He has six very special gigs lined up for September and October,…
“I love these small festivals!” That was Paul Levine, speaking about Roosevelt Collier’s Summer Splashdown and Disc Golf Tournament, an intimate festival at the beach, in the Music Hall, in the courtyard, and in the pavilion at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak. Levine, who also runs Purple Hatter’s Ball and…
What do you get when you combine Roosevelt Collier’s Suwannee Getdowns with last year’s amazing Reunion: Campout Concert Series? You get Roosevelt Collier’s Summer Splashdown and Disc Golf Tournament, a three-day festival in and out of the Suwannee River! It’s going to be a blast at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live…
No sooner did we post about the deluxe lineup for Roosevelt Collier’s Summer Splashdown (July 29-31) at Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park than four more amazing bands and another great DJ were added! Hosts Vlad the Inhaler, Matthew Connor and Trey Hebron have made a deluxe weekend on the Suwannee River in Live Oak…
What would happen if you combined two great events: the Roosevelt Collier Suwannee Getdowns with Reunion: Campout Concert Series? Roosevelt hosted four excellent intimate events, and Trey Hebron hosted last year’s awesome Reunion: Campout Concert Series jamtronic funk blowout. Answer? You would get Roosevelt Collier’s Summer Splashdown and Disc Golf Tournament at the Spirit of…
I often advance a theory about music being, in the moment, as good as it gets. There has been a lot of that going on recently, including shows by Flat Land, the Stan Tyler Band, and the Purple Hatter’s Ball pre-party, for which I am truly thankful. One show recently not only met that mark…
The most certain sign that spring is here is that it’s time for the fourth annual Spring Beer Jam at the Dunedin Brewery! Michael Lyn Bryant and compatriots have once again put together an amazing four-day lineup of music and, well, beer! The action starts Thursday, March 24th, and runs through Easter Sunday. Better whip…
It is time for the fourth installment of Roosevelt Collier’s Suwannee Getdowns. The first three were tremendous successes, and now Roosevelt and friends have upped the ante: “Okay, good people. We are taking this Roosevelt Collier Suwannee GetDown/ Disc Jam to a new level. Our dear friends Vladimir Kulishevskiy (a.k.a. Vlad The Inhaler) and Megan…