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Is there a hippie festival in or around Illinois?

Sunday, March 13th, 2011

Question by Alyssa H: Is there a hippie festival in or around Illinois?
I want to go to a Hippie Fest and I can’t find any good ones. Does anyone have any suggestions?

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Answer by Ava
There’s Summerfest in milwaukee which is only like a couple hours away from chicago. And there is Alpine Valley where they usually play a lot of laid back/ hippy like bands. Also im not sure if theyre doing it this year but last year in downtown chicago they had a hemp fest which was pretty cool! :-)

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Latest Hippie Festival News

Thursday, July 5th, 2001

Spin Doctors, Blackberry Smoke to headline Tupelo Elvis Festival
TUPELO – This year’s lineup for the Tupelo Elvis Presley Festival is heavy on local talent, Mississippi connections and bands that can put on a show.
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Drink 2011: Party Like It’s 1999 — Or Earlier

Monday, June 25th, 2001

Drink 2011: Party Like It’s 1999 — Or Earlier
San Francisco is known for its futuristic innovations: high-tech highs, gadget fetishes galore, and start-ups everywhere. We’re trendsetters on the music front, too — but when it comes to clubbing, we love nostalgia. The city has a bevy of party nights whose raison d’etre is simply to reliv…
Read more on SF Weekly

Spin Doctors, Blackberry Smoke to headline Tupelo Elvis Festival
TUPELO – This year’s lineup for the Tupelo Elvis Presley Festival is heavy on local talent, Mississippi connections and bands that can put on a show.
Read more on Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal

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River Dog documentary Premiere

Thursday, June 7th, 2001

River Dog documentary Premiere
RIVER DOG: Short Synopsis In the remote New Zealand countryside the underbelly of a farming community continues to pollute the water and destroy the last remaining natural values of the Pahaoa River. Yet, not all is lost.
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Piece of her heart
Janis Joplin did spot-on impersonations. She liked reading biographies of women and died before she could finish a book on Zelda Fitzgerald. When performing in Paris, she toured Chartres Cathedral.
Read more on Jackson Hole News & Guide

Spin Doctors, Blackberry Smoke to headline Tupelo Elvis Festival
TUPELO – This year’s lineup for the Tupelo Elvis Presley Festival is heavy on local talent, Mississippi connections and bands that can put on a show.
Read more on Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal

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Latest Hippie Festival News

Monday, May 28th, 2001

Spin Doctors, Blackberry Smoke to headline Tupelo Elvis Festival
TUPELO – This year’s lineup for the Tupelo Elvis Presley Festival is heavy on local talent, Mississippi connections and bands that can put on a show.
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Local band man gets to open for guitar hero

Sunday, April 22nd, 2001

Local band man gets to open for guitar hero
Ken Sederdahl has been an avid follower of guitar legend Robin Trower most of his life.
Read more on Daily Inter Lake

Drink 2011: Party Like It’s 1999 — Or Earlier
San Francisco is known for its futuristic innovations: high-tech highs, gadget fetishes galore, and start-ups everywhere. We’re trendsetters on the music front, too — but when it comes to clubbing, we love nostalgia. The city has a bevy of party nights whose raison d’etre is simply to reliv…
Read more on SF Weekly

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Gonna take a miracle: Bypassed again, Laura Nyro deserves the Hall of Fame

Thursday, April 12th, 2001

Gonna take a miracle: Bypassed again, Laura Nyro deserves the Hall of Fame
A voice breaks the silence, like a spotlight falling on a pitch-black stage. It’s a sound so shy and isolated it seems nearly autistic. Slowly, quietly, piano chords make their way around the voice, as if waiting for guidance.
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Married to the Mob
Punk Funk Mob is a resolution, and a stylistic departure. by Lee Hildebrand We gonna say it loud, We’re funky and proud, Femi Andrade and Quincy Ramone, co-leaders of Punk Funk Mob, wailed over the tightly syncopated grooves of Ramone’s low-slung, popping bass, his brother Jeff Logan’s scratchy, Jimmy Nolen-inspired guitar chunk-a-chunks, and Michael Williams’ solidly throbbing traps. The …
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Tips and tricks for SXSWi 2011

Friday, March 23rd, 2001

Tips and tricks for SXSWi 2011
By Robert Hernandez: Robert Hernandez: Well Pekka, we are just a few days away from the SXSW / SXSWi 2011 conference … aka Geek Spring Break. We’ve both been to the festival before and, for this post, are going to interview each other to share tips, experiences, goals, etc. as we do final preparations for the week. Let’s start with sharing our experiences. What number is this one for you? How …
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‘Bicycles’ rides ’60s culture of creativity at Mass MoCA
The Princeton, N.J.-born Boyd and his youthful pal Geoff Muldaur rediscovered and reinvigorated the career of blues guitarist Lonnie Johnson; Boyd was stage manager at the 1965 Newport Folk festival when Bob Dylan went electric; In London, at his pioneering psychedelic UFO club, Boyd launched Pink Floyd among other progressive acts; Boyd helped create the British folk rock sound, producing …
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Latest Hippie Festival News

Wednesday, March 14th, 2001

Oliver Sacks essay inspires ‘Music Never Stopped’
Music is a catalyst for a homeless patient in fact-based drama “The Music Never Stopped” draws on research by neurologist Oliver Sacks , who earlier inspired the autism-themed movie “Awakenings,” to tell the story of a…
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Bob Weir live at Sundance: EW exclusive!
By Bryan Lufkin Grateful Dead man’s acoustic performance in support of ”The Music Never Stopped” (out March 18)
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Spring-break alternatives for adults
It’s a problem that many twenty- and thirtysomethings face: You’re too old for the body-shots-in-Cancun-style spring-break vacation, but you still want to go somewhere warm (and hopefully social) in the spring. We asked three travel experts for some alternatives.
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