2011 FESTIVAL HEADLINERS
Besides our wonderful and talented community performers, the festival also features exciting world-class headliner concerts. As we mentioned, no attendance fee at the stages!
Friday Night Concerts
Needfire
Celtic Rock, back by popular demand!!
Blending rock guitars, bass, and drums with soaring bagpipes and reeling Celtic fiddle, Needfire offers a fresh alternative rock sound to the world of traditional Irish & Scottish music. Headlining festivals coast to coast, Texas-based Needfire invigorates vintage Celtic music with the heart of rock & roll.
Tekumbe'
Columbian fusion with elements of blues, rock and reggae
Tekumbé also performs folkloric music such as Vallenato, Cumbia, Porro, Gaita, Bullerengue, and Merengue. The band tries to recover valuable pieces of Colombian folklore that have been forgotten over the years by spicing them up with new sounds and a fresher look to share with audiences of Latin America, USA, and the world.
Saturday Night Concerts
Del Castillo
Eclectic blend of Flamenco, Rock, Latin, Blues, and World music
Winners of 18 various music awards and profiled by Rolling Stone, Billboard, & Guitar One Magazine
“Their secret weapons are brothers Rick and Mark Del Castillo, whose tumbling brilliance on nylon-string classical guitars features jaw-dropping dual leads. These eruptions of technique and taste conjure images of Eddie Van Halen fronting early Santana (with an assist from the Gipsy Kings)." , Rolling Stone Magazine
Sugarfree Allstars
Time Magazine’s "Top Stars of Kindie Rock” (indie rock for kids)
Family & child friendly, eclectic mix of New Orleans funk, Memphis soul, Hammond organ-drenched gospel & straight up rock and roll, They received a starred review in School Library Journal, a National Parenting Publication Awards (NAPPA) Gold Award and a second #1 hit on the Sirius-XM Satellite Radio Kid’s channel (the James Brown-influenced “Tiger In My Backyard”). They were included in a photo essay on