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2018 Here we go!

This page is my behind the scenes rants, rumbles and notes from producing this music festival.

I'll provide you with updates and tips on experiencing the festival to the fullest. Thanks for stopping by and hopefully my thoughts will make you laugh and little and you may even find some things useful!

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people come and go

9/15/2015

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Greetings and welcome back to my travels behind the scenes of the Lancaster Roots and Blues festival! So as the weeks seem to be flying by and the weather continues to chill, we continue to confirm bands for the 2016 festival. If you followed my blog last year, we chatted about changes.

As an event planner, changes, complications and what we call "fires" are bound to happen. If you think you can foresee and prevent all problems pre-event, than I'm sorry... but your eyes are closed. People and Nature are unpredictable. You have to be on your feet at every moment, your person has to be available at all times and there is no situation that will go unseen or attended to. You may not be able to put OUT every "fire" but.... I thoroughly believe that effort will never go unseen or appreciated.

Brings me to another thought actually. When I was younger I was a billiards player. I started off hitting the pool hall after work to try and stay out of trouble. Pretty much all I knew was to hit the white ball into either a stripe or a solid and usually I was hitting them way to hard, off the table and scuffing the felt. I was terrible to say the least. Then a few of the locals started giving me advice. They taught me how to hold the cue, how to eye the shot and how to lineup for the progression of the match. From 8 ball, I moved to 9 ball and happened to start spending time with a guy who was very well know in the Billiards realm on the East Coast. Now that I'm rambling, I'll get to the point. One piece of advice that he gave me that I will never forget was that there are NO Impossible Shots on any table. And believe it or not, it is absolutely true. The same with events, there will always be a way, even if you have to get creative about it.

So I am sad to say that unfortunately Jim Campilongo will not be performing at the festival in 2016 or sharing with us at the Master Class session. You know how these things go. Along the way we will have cancellations but that just means a new opportunity for another amazing talent to fill the spot.

I am happy to announce that the Stray Birds are absolutely still performing Friday at Steinman Hall at the Ware Center, Saturday at the Convention Center and also  a Songwriting Master Class on Saturday Afternoon. And as always, I'll keep you informed as we continue to confirm Master Class hosts.

So thanks for stopping by today and here is hoping that your week is off to an amazing start!

Cheers and Drum Rolls,
Blondesheep
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the 6 month countdown!

9/5/2015

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It hit me this week like a mac truck... We have 6 months until over 50 bands will be loading in to Lancaster county and setting up musical shop. It's exciting, scary and thrilling all at the same time! As we are confirming bands and musicians, it's interesting for me to google and stalk! When you think of Roots and Blues, what comes to your mind? Small, loungy rooms filled with cigarette smoke and red booths? Heck I sure wasn't sure what I would be getting myself into! this years festival will be featuring such a wide range of music that I can't quite wrap my head around it! From the Lancaster based band The Ogham Stones to Tinsley Ellis. We are adding artists daily and you can check them out HERE!

So as we begin our countdown (and trust me... 6 months is about to fly by!) we start to figure out what day, where and what time these amazing bands will be playing. It's super important to make sure each band is placed in a room that compliments their own style along with the other bands booked for that venue. Looking at it, I don't know how the owner Rich Runoff does it, but he sure does know what he's doing! Rich has been in the business for more years than I can count dating back to his opening of the Chameleon club in Lancaster city. He surely has a gift and it's pretty amazing to watch how his mind works.

Scoring free tickets

If you followed the festival last year through the website Giveaways, Radio Giveaways, Newspaper Giveaways and more... obviously you know that there are many ways to score free festival tickets. The first of our Giveaways will be on Friday September 18th, 2015 at the Elk's Lodge in Lancaster city. Sam Campbell, the Director of Operations for the Lancaster Roots and Blues festival is the owner of Gigspots. His company books local bands in area venues. That Friday he will be hosting a great concert from 8pm until 12am featuring Sweet Leda, one of the local bands playing our festival in 2016. You can check out his website HERE. When you arrive your ticket stub tear-off portion will be placed in a drawing. Sam will be announcing winners of either a pair of 2 Day General Admission Tickets or a pair of Single Day General Admission tickets. The Elk's Lodge is a beautiful location with great drink deals and killer food. The night will also be featuring the band Leo & Cygnus and Men from Tolex.

Stay tuned for more ways to score your free admission tickets and as always, our Volunteers will be scoring their free one day General Admission ticket for volunteering even just one day!

As always, thank you sincerely for stopping by this blog. We greatly appreciate you and your love for music. Here's hoping you have an amazing Labor Day Weekend with your friends and family.

Cheers and Long Weekends,
Blondesheep
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