Today, Mountain Jam added Levon Helm and friends for a Sunday night performance celebrating his 70th birthday, as well as Drive By Truckers, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Dr. Dog, The New Mastersounds, and more. The current Mountain Jam lineup includes the following artists:
MOUNTAIN JAM 2010 LINEUP (MORE BANDS TBA)
Gov’t Mule (two nights)
Levon Helm & Friends
Michael Franti & Spearhead
Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Band
The Avett Brothers
Les Claypool
Yonder Mountain String Band
Drive-By Truckers
Matisyahu
Toots and the Maytals
Dark Star Orchestra
Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
Dr Dog
Dave Mason
Lettuce
ALO
The Whigs
The New Mastersounds
Jay Farrar (of Son Volt)
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
The Duke & The King
Justin Townes Earle
Jerry Joseph & Wally Ingram
The Bridge
Zach Deputy
The Brew
Simone Felice
Gandalf Murphy & The Slambovian Circus of Dreams
Van Ghost
The London Souls
These United States
Elmwood
Jonathan Tyler & the Northern Lights
Mojo Miles Mancuso
Dean Batstone
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Kari Spieler
Mountain Jam VI will be held June 4th-6th, 2010 at Hunter Mountain, NY. Tickets are available here and currently going for $166.50 for a weekend camping pass.
In other summer festival news today, All Good 2010 announced an impressive initial artist lineup that includes Furthur, WSP, Dark Star Orchestra, P-FUNK, The New Deal, and many more. The full initial artist list is as follows:
ALL GOOD FESTIVAL 2010 INITIAL LINEUP
Furthur
Widespread Panic
Umphrey’s McGee
Yonder Mountain String Band
Dark Star Orchestra (Thursday Night)
George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic
Lotus
Femi Kuti & The Positive Force
Railroad Earth
The New Deal (Thursday Night)
Rebelution
Perpetual Groove
Cornmeal
Fort Knox Five (Thursday Night)
The Macpodz
All Good 2010 will be held July 8th -11th, 2010 at Marvin’s Mountaintop in Masontown, WV. Tickets go on sale this Friday, Feb. 19th at Noon for early an bird price of $144 for a 4 day camping pass.
Finally, while the Nateva Festival continues to delay their initial artist announcement (they have announced only The Flaming Lips and Derek Trucks/Susan Tedeschi Band thus far), they have confirmed that they will make the announcement this Friday, Feb. 19th. Additionally, the festival sent out a facebook message to its fans saying that they would be handing out flyers announcing their headliners AT the Furthur show this Thursday in Manchester, NH. It seems clear that Furthur will be among the announcements, as has been rumored here and elsewhere on the web. Other rumored acts include The Allman Brothers Band, Trey Anastasio Band, and Umphrey’s Mcgee.
The inaugural Nateva Festival will take place July 2nd-4th, 2010 in Oxford, ME. Tickets are on-sale now for an early-bird price of $199 (3 day camping pass).
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Unkl Russ Said:
on February 18, 2010 at 1:52 pm
Hey now! How about the SummerCamp festival over memorial Day weekend?!? It’s Scamps 10th year and it’s gonna rage. There were about 10,000 folks there in 2009 with more expected this year.
Summer Camp 2010 Music Festival Chillicothe, IL: Three Sisters Park This will be the festival’s 10th anniversary and will take place May 28-30 including three full days of music and camping at Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, Illinois. This year’s artist line-up will feature over 60 bands on 5 stages,
Artists: * moe. * Umphrey’s McGee * STS9 * Gov’t Mule * The Avett Brothers * Yonder Mountain String Band * Keller Williams * Pretty Lights * Bassnectar * EOTO * Cornmeal * Steel Pulse * Victor Wooten * Railroad Earth * The Hood Internet * ALO * Family Groove Company * Backyard Tire Fire * The New Mastersounds * Dumpstaphunk * Hot Buttered Rum * My Dear Disco * That 1 Guy * Kinetix * The Ragbirds * Zach Deputy * The Macpodz * Papadosio * Steez * The Bridge * Dangermuffin * Heatbox * Brainchild * Waterstreet * Chicago Farmer