Here are some recordings of last year
PGroove Thurs http://www.archive.org/
PGroove Fri http://www.archive.org/
Ancient Harmony http://www.archive.org/
Dirty Dozen http://bt.etree.org/details.
Dumpstaphunk http://bt.etree.org/details.
YMSB http://bt.etree.org/details.
Lettuce http://www.archive.org/details/lettuce2008-11-14.neumann.TLM-170R
New Mastersounds http://www.archive.org/details/NMS2008-11-15.TLM-170.flac16
Legendary JC's http://www.archive.org/details/NMS2008-11-15.TLM-170.flac16
The autumn weather is really nice in north Florida (don't forget to bring your jacket!) Among the featured bands performing twice there is New Orleans’ contemporary funk institution Galactic; acid jazz sax-master Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe; the swamp funk of Crescent City natives Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk; Telepathically tight UK funk gods The New Mastersounds, West African primal swing of Toubab Krewe; world music psychedelic dub/reggae collective Dub Conscious and NYC's Royal Familie's funk jazz all-star collective Lettuce.
Additional festival highlights include Georgia’s Perpetual Groove; longtime James Brown collaborator Fred Wesley & The New JB’s; upbeat trance/dance fusion of Lotus; virtuosic guitar wizard Steve Kimock Crazy Engine; neo-soul keyboardist Robert Walter’s 20th Congress; Southern rock super group Hill Country Revue; the kinetic keyboard and drum frenzy of the Benevento Russo Duo; contemporary avant-rock trio The Slip; as well as full sets from Bonerama, Pnuma Trio, Papa Mali Band, Garage A Trois, Yonrico Scott Band and more than two dozen more. The complete artist lineup can be found online at www.bearcreekfestival.com.
VIP packages
access to all music performances, primitive camping Friday through Sunday, exclusive access to the VIP area, reduced price beverages, and three meals (Friday lunch; Saturday lunch; and Sunday lunch). VIP Ticket prices start at $275 until Oct. 1 and are available online at www.bearcreekfestival.com or by calling the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park Office at 386-364-1683. The Park Office can also process requests to upgrade already purchased weekend tickets to VIP Tickets. Beark Creek Music Festival advanced weekend tickets are available now online for the early pricing of $125 through Oct. 1 and includes all music performances and primitive camping Friday through Sunday. There is no charge for children 12 and under with a paid adult weekend ticket.
Thursday night’s pre-festival kick-off
Starts Nov. 12 with two sets from Toubab Krewe, Pnuma Live PA, Pimps of Joytime, The Heavy Pets, Brother Bean & Gravity A. Admission for Thursday night’s show is $40 and includes music, primitive camping and is only available to weekend festival ticket buyers.
Values
Continuing its commitment to community in a variety of displays, Bear Creek once again presents its ‘Green Program’ - the festival’s pursuit for environmental improvement with a pledge to use more biodegradable materials, exhibit water conservation policies, habitat protection efforts, increase recycling and more throughout the park’s environmentally-friendly facility.
Bear Creek also hosts a weekend-long food drive in support of The Food Bank of Suwannee Valley by asking all festival patrons to bring a donation of canned goods and non-perishable food items to one of the Festival’s many receptacle barrels located at the main gate and throughout the venue. In addition, the festival is hosting the second annual Bear Creek Feed the Hungry Disc Golf Tournament happening on the Music Park’s 18-hole disc golf course. Its mission is to raise funds for the Food Bank of Suwannee Valley; yet this fun, casual and charitable disc golf tournament during the festival raised hundreds of dollars as well as hundreds of pounds of food during the 2008 event. Tournament schedule & sign-up details are available online.
Info on Spirit of Suwanee (SoS) Music Park
reviews from
Bear Creek 2007
Bear Creek 2008
