2012 VOLCANIC FUNK PARTIES:
#1: THU 1/12 - POLYRHYTHMICS @ SILVER MOON
#2: THU 1/19 - THE PIMPS OF JOYTIME @ PLAYERS
#3: THU 1/26 - POCKET w/s/g GABE JOHNSON @ SILVER MOON
#4: FRI 2/3 - EUFORQUESTRA @ SILVER MOON
#5 THU 3/15 AFROMASSIVE @ PLAYERS
#6 SUN 3/18 - SKERIK'S BANDALABRA @ PLAYERS
#7 SUN 4/1 - RUBBLEBUCKET @ PLAYERS
#8 FRI 4/6 - THE QUICK & EASY BOYS & NAIVE MELODIES - A Tribute to The Talking Heads @ PLAYERS
#9 WED 4/11 - POLYRHYTHMICS @ PLAYERS
#1: THU 1/12 - POLYRHYTHMICS @ SILVER MOON
#2: THU 1/19 - THE PIMPS OF JOYTIME @ PLAYERS
#3: THU 1/26 - POCKET w/s/g GABE JOHNSON @ SILVER MOON
#4: FRI 2/3 - EUFORQUESTRA @ SILVER MOON
#5 THU 3/15 AFROMASSIVE @ PLAYERS
#6 SUN 3/18 - SKERIK'S BANDALABRA @ PLAYERS
#7 SUN 4/1 - RUBBLEBUCKET @ PLAYERS
#8 FRI 4/6 - THE QUICK & EASY BOYS & NAIVE MELODIES - A Tribute to The Talking Heads @ PLAYERS
#9 WED 4/11 - POLYRHYTHMICS @ PLAYERS
THE VOLCANIC FUNK FESTIVAL:
A CELEBRATION OF FUNK, FOOD AND FUN IN THE SUN.
JULY 30-31, 2011 @ THE CENTURY CENTER IN BEND, OR
Inspired by the super-charged musical and culinary environment of New Orleans Jazz Festival, Parallel 44 Presents and In The Pocket Artists have set out to create a Central Oregon festival that captures some of that same energy, flavor and pure musical excitement that the Crescent City is best known for and in doing so they seeks to shine a light on a style of music Central Oregonians simply don’t get enough of, THE FUNK.
Introducing THE VOLCANIC FUNK FESTIVAL featuring main stage performances by
BIG SAM’S FUNKY NATION (Funk/Hip Hop/Soul - New Orleans)
ORGONE (Funk/Soul - Los Angeles)
JOEY PORTER’S NORTHWEST FUNK ALLSTARS (Funk - Denver/Portland/Seattle)
(Featuring members of The Motet, Juno What?!, Intervision and McTuff)
CAST OF CLOWNS (Jam/Funk - San Francisco)
(Featuring Melvin Seals, Bobby Vega and Greg Anton)
SKERIK-AT-LARGE SUNDAY
(Legendary Seattle Saxophone Wizard SKERIK will be a performer-at-large on Sunday the 31st)
THE MONOPHONICS (Funk/Soul - San Francisco)
THUNDER BODY (Reggae/Soul - Rochester)
THE STAXX BROTHERS (Hard Ass Soul - Seattle)
VAUGHN KREESTOE (Soul Jazz - Bellingham)
SCOTT PEMBERTON BAND (Funk/Rock - Portland)
TONY SMILEY (Funky Loop Wizardry - Portland)
MOSLEY WOTTA (Hip Hop/Rock - Bend)
EMPTY SPACE ORCHESTRA (Psych Rock - Bend)
BRENT ALAN & HIS FUNKY FRIENDS (Funky Rock n Roll - Bend)
MOWO (DJ/MC) (Hip Hop - Bend)
DJ HARLO (Rage DJ - Bend)
DJ KEEZ (Breakbeats / DubHouse DJ - Bend)
BOTSFORD/LEBART (Groove Loop Duo - Bend)
Advance tickets will be selling $60 for a full weekend pass and $35 for Saturday and $30 for Sunday. Tickets are available for purchase at The Cosmic Depot in Bend, at the bottom of this page or at www.BendTicket.com.
Outdoor main stage acts will begin at 1:00PM outdoors on Saturday the 30th and continue until 10:30PM. Saturday night's programming will then move into the ballroom after a 30 minute intermission with the final Saturday act, BIG SAM’S FUNKY NATION closing the night with a long set indoors in the ballroom. Sunday main stage acts will run from 1:00PM to 11:00PM. All acts except the Saturday closer will perform on outdoor stages in the Century Center plaza area. All outdoor portions of the festival are All Ages.
There will be a free festival kickoff party at McMenamins Old St Francis School on Friday the 29th from 7PM to 10PM featuring free Reggae/Soul from New Yorkers THUNDER BODY (feat. founders of Giant Panda G.D.S.).
SPONSORS INCLUDE DESCHUTES BREWERY, THE SOURCE WEEKLY, BEND INDOOR GARDEN STATION, ROCKIN' DAVE'S BAGEL BISTRO, SONIC SOLUTIONS AND IN THE POCKET ARTISTS.
COME AND GET YO FUNK ON Y'ALL !!!
CLICK HERE FOR THE COMPLETE VFF SCHEDULE OF PERFORMERS
A CELEBRATION OF FUNK, FOOD AND FUN IN THE SUN.
JULY 30-31, 2011 @ THE CENTURY CENTER IN BEND, OR
Inspired by the super-charged musical and culinary environment of New Orleans Jazz Festival, Parallel 44 Presents and In The Pocket Artists have set out to create a Central Oregon festival that captures some of that same energy, flavor and pure musical excitement that the Crescent City is best known for and in doing so they seeks to shine a light on a style of music Central Oregonians simply don’t get enough of, THE FUNK.
Introducing THE VOLCANIC FUNK FESTIVAL featuring main stage performances by
BIG SAM’S FUNKY NATION (Funk/Hip Hop/Soul - New Orleans)
ORGONE (Funk/Soul - Los Angeles)
JOEY PORTER’S NORTHWEST FUNK ALLSTARS (Funk - Denver/Portland/Seattle)
(Featuring members of The Motet, Juno What?!, Intervision and McTuff)
CAST OF CLOWNS (Jam/Funk - San Francisco)
(Featuring Melvin Seals, Bobby Vega and Greg Anton)
SKERIK-AT-LARGE SUNDAY
(Legendary Seattle Saxophone Wizard SKERIK will be a performer-at-large on Sunday the 31st)
THE MONOPHONICS (Funk/Soul - San Francisco)
THUNDER BODY (Reggae/Soul - Rochester)
THE STAXX BROTHERS (Hard Ass Soul - Seattle)
VAUGHN KREESTOE (Soul Jazz - Bellingham)
SCOTT PEMBERTON BAND (Funk/Rock - Portland)
TONY SMILEY (Funky Loop Wizardry - Portland)
MOSLEY WOTTA (Hip Hop/Rock - Bend)
EMPTY SPACE ORCHESTRA (Psych Rock - Bend)
BRENT ALAN & HIS FUNKY FRIENDS (Funky Rock n Roll - Bend)
MOWO (DJ/MC) (Hip Hop - Bend)
DJ HARLO (Rage DJ - Bend)
DJ KEEZ (Breakbeats / DubHouse DJ - Bend)
BOTSFORD/LEBART (Groove Loop Duo - Bend)
Advance tickets will be selling $60 for a full weekend pass and $35 for Saturday and $30 for Sunday. Tickets are available for purchase at The Cosmic Depot in Bend, at the bottom of this page or at www.BendTicket.com.
Outdoor main stage acts will begin at 1:00PM outdoors on Saturday the 30th and continue until 10:30PM. Saturday night's programming will then move into the ballroom after a 30 minute intermission with the final Saturday act, BIG SAM’S FUNKY NATION closing the night with a long set indoors in the ballroom. Sunday main stage acts will run from 1:00PM to 11:00PM. All acts except the Saturday closer will perform on outdoor stages in the Century Center plaza area. All outdoor portions of the festival are All Ages.
There will be a free festival kickoff party at McMenamins Old St Francis School on Friday the 29th from 7PM to 10PM featuring free Reggae/Soul from New Yorkers THUNDER BODY (feat. founders of Giant Panda G.D.S.).
SPONSORS INCLUDE DESCHUTES BREWERY, THE SOURCE WEEKLY, BEND INDOOR GARDEN STATION, ROCKIN' DAVE'S BAGEL BISTRO, SONIC SOLUTIONS AND IN THE POCKET ARTISTS.
COME AND GET YO FUNK ON Y'ALL !!!
CLICK HERE FOR THE COMPLETE VFF SCHEDULE OF PERFORMERS