Welcome to the third issue of the
4 Peaks Festivarian. In this issue we are profiling national acts Zilla and Hot Buttered Rum. We are also please to share with you numerous kid-oriented activities and amenities we have planned this year.
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For feedback from last years festival, to inquire about sponsorship or volunteer opportunities or for any other questions, please feel free to email the following 4 Peaks organizers:
Eric Walton: Booking Inquiries; Venue Questions; Website
Stacy Totland: Marketing;Advertising;PR & Sponsorships
Will Nash: Vending; Green Ideas, Volunteering
Paul Brown: Sound; Security, Sponsorships
Jason Beard: Staging; Ticketing Questions
Thanks again for your interest in
4 Peaks and we look forward to seeing you in July!
Yours in music,
4 Peaks Organizers
We love our sponsors and are happy to share their names with you. Please join us in thanking these great folk for helping us keep the music going!
There is no reason to wait! Tickets are more expensive at the gate, so CLICK HERE to get your tickets now! All weekend passes include a 2-day festival pass, parking and camping. We are now also offering single day passes. Children of all ages are welcome. Kids under 10 years are free!
Congrats to the following people who have won our raffle for 4 Peaks tickets: Christy Walker, Keri Ellis, Lauren Jorgenson, Aaron Brown, Yan, Dan Bauman, Amy Matisons, Alexys Washburn, Vivian Burson and Amanda Stone
Zilla
Zilla is a Colorado based trio of musicians with the live experience in mind. A 100% organic, improvised experience, each Zilla concert proves to be a completely new occurrence, with even the band members having no idea where the music will take them night after night. Relying on their uncanny ability to listen and incorporate their individual talents into a group focused brand of live electronic dance music, Zilla is sweeping the country by storm with their rare breed of beats, bass and uncontrollable musical fury making each performance exactly what live music is all about: spontaneity, grooves, and a damn good dance party.
Forming in Boulder, CO, Zilla began as a quintet before changing to it’s current three man roster comprised of acclaimed musicians: Michael Travis (formerly the drummer of SCI), Aaron Holstein, and Jamie Janover. Read more about Zilla.
Hot Buttered Rum
Hot Buttered Rum, one of the hardest-working and fastest-rising stars in the musical firmament, has become, over the last five years, a group that is infinitely greater than the sum of its parts. It began with a core of five uniquely talented musicians, writing and singing songs on the mountaintops and city streets of Northern California; five musicians who, on the night they realized they loved playing together too much to ever stop, were sipping a warm buttery drink from which the group derived its name. Since that fateful night, the organization has steadily expanded to include a rich tapestry of fans, friends, and family, reaching from coast to coast.
Often described as a rock band playing bluegrass instruments, the band melds blues, folks, bluegrass, jazz, and rock, and the members’ varying degrees of classical training lead them to invest heavily in group composition. The widespread appeal of HBR’s music stems not only from the band’s musical versatility and prolific songwriting, but also from the magnetic chemistry the group creates onstage together. It is this chemistry that is propelling the band to ever greater success.
Praise for HBR:
“Stunning instrumental and vocal virtuosity."
– Relix Magazine
“Few things rejuvenate the soul like a warm fireside drink after an exhausting day in the snow. Hot Buttered Rum has that effect. Their original songs are instantly familiar and inviting, and their easygoing versions of timeless classics (the Beatles, Hank Williams) belie the intricacy of the arrangements.”
–San Francisco Chronicle
Read more about Hot Buttered Rum.
It is an integral part of
4 Peaks' mission to provide a safe and fun environment for the young and young at heart. This year, we are happy to announce we have added a special camping area for families, where noise will be kept to a minimum for the little ones. We have also increased our offering of kids activities. Below is a schedule of all the fun going on for our smallest festivarians! Please note: we are not offering daycare but precious opportunities for parents/caregivers to play side-by-side with their kids.
Friday:
11am - 4 pm:
Prayer Flags! Make your mark on the Festival by creating your own prayer flag. There will also be mask making, chalk art and fun crafts for the kids.
12pm:
Juggling & Poi Workshop with Planetary Poi and the Spinsters
1pm:
Kids Central leads Child's Play with Todd LaFrenz and Gigglybops
3pm:
Stilting for the kids, made easy with Mike Reuse from Fireflight
Saturday:
11am - 4pm:
Prayer Flags! Masks! Paintings and crafts
12pm:
Wand Making Workshop
1pm:
Kids Central leads Child's Play with Todd LaFrenz and Gigglybobs
2pm:
Hula Hoops Workshop with Molly Hogan
3pm:
Hoops Jam takes the dance bowl in the amphitheatre
4pm:
Kids Parade through the Venue!
Here's slideshow from a festival patron who went to 4 Peaks last year.
"The centerpiece of the road trip was the 4 Peaks Music Festival just outside Bend, Oregon. The fest was in a beautiful area between the 3 Sisters and Mt. Jeffereson. The music was great with highlights from Hot Buttered Rum, ALO, New Monsoon, Rainmaker, and late night jams from the Moon Mountain Ramblers."
Thanks to Lisa Dragna for all the wonderful photos. Be sure to check out her 4 Peaks gallery.
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