A day before tickets are to go on sale, some nice artist additions have been announced for the 2011 Bear Creek Music and Arts Festival, which will take place at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak from November 11-13. The already stacked, funk heavy line-up -- which features Medeski, Scofield, Martin and Wood, the Funky Meters, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, and others -- has now grown even heavier with the addition of Soulive, the New Mastersounds, Marco Benevento Trio, and more. Locals Cypress, the Lee Boys, and the Spam All-Stars will also be throwing down. A line-up rich with funky, improvisational outfits should make for a real sweet weekend at the beloved mystical forest-venue which is the Suwannee. Camping amongst old growth trees, nights alive with drum circles, hammocks hanging everywhere in November Florida weather? Yes please.
Here's the full lineup:
Medeski, Scofield, Martin & Wood
The Funky Meters
Medeski Martin & Wood
Karl Denson's Tiny Universe
John Scofield & Piety Street
Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk
Lettuce
George Porter Jr.
Jon Cleary: Piano, Bass & Drums
Pimps of Joytime
Soulive
The New Mastersounds
Anders Osborne Trio
The Coup featuring Boots Riley
Zach Deputy
Beats Antique
Break Science
Breakestra
Dr. Lonnie Smith
Marco Benevento Trio
Eric Krasno & Chapter 2
The London Souls
Spam All-Stars
Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band
Orgone
Papadosio
Jennifer Hartswick Band
Snarky Puppy
Nigel Hall
The Lee Boys
Shane Pruitt Band
Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad
Rubblebucket
Juno What?
Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds
Van Ghost
Gramatik
Zoogma
Sub Swara
3rd Stone
Turkuaz
Catfish Alliance
Greenhouse Lounge
Dopapod
Flight Risk
Zongo Junction
Strange Arrangement
Trial By Stone
Jazz Chronic
Green Sunshine
DJ Craig Heneveld
Monozygotik
Scott Campbell Band
Earphunk
Cypress
Klob
Saint Francis
Gaslight Street
Betsy Franck & the Bare Knuckle Band
Bear Creek Music and Arts Festival featuring Medeski, Scofield, Martin and Wood, the Funky Meters, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, and more. November 11-13 at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music park, Live Oak. Tickets cost $115-$160. Call 386-364-1683, or click here.
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