Here's our full photo coverage from Saturday at Summer Camp Music Fest 2012. Enjoy! We'll be going dark on line this Thursday through Monday and takin' to the woods, for 4 full days of photo filled coverage of SCamp13!
Got rock tots, little folk, house shorties, bluegrass babies or electronica minis? Summer Camp has a rockin' kids area! There's plenty of family friendly fun to be had during the day, for offspring of all ages accompanied by their parents. If we can walk together why can't we rock together?!We'll be bringing you fresh photo filled SCamp features for 2013. So check back with ChiIL Live Shows like we vote in Chi, IL... early and often. Maybe we'll see YOU out there. Kids Rock...
Seen on the scene from the wagon.....
Stairway to heaven.... ?!
All photos are by Bonnie Kenaz-Mara for ChiILLiveShows.com/ ChiILMama.com.
It's here!! And so it begins. North Coast Music Festival 2012. For the next 3 days, we'll be sending summer off in style and rockin' Union Park. *Remember, this year kids under 10 are free with a paying adult (down from 12 and under last year-boo!) Still, they've got Riot Fest beat. They're only admitting punk kin under 5 for free. Boo and hiss. So get your little hippies & house freaks outta the house and introduce them to some of your favorites before they're a bar-worthy 18+ or 21+ and would rather die than go to a music fest with their PARENTS! 3 day passes (except VIP) and Sunday single day passes are SOLD OUT. There are so many sweet choices. We'll be shooting all 3 days, catching a bunch of sets and even more crowd shots. Unfortunately--Murphy's Concert Law applies and multiple bands I want to see equally badly are up against each other. We'll see how things play out or catch some half sets.I'm a bit old school in that it's more fun to shoot a band than a DJ--How many floating head/macbook shots can you really see before it gets boring. I dig bands with instruments. That said, we do plan to catch Girl Talk for sure. We have some jam friends from back in the Grateful Dead and Phish Phreak days who are now completely obsessed with Pretty Lights. So we may check them out live, too. We ditched em at Summer Camp Music Festival for burlesque and Jane's Addiction, so since that's not an option here....maybe this time. We've seen and shot both Girl Talk, Umphrey's McGee and Van Ghost (numerous times) at Summer Camp Music Festival and elsewhere and recommend catching them all this weekend. We're especially stoked to finally catch Mathien live. We were in the middle of a video interview with ALO and missed 'em at Summer Camp. Mathien plays the Dos Equis Stage at 2:30 PM Sunday. Check 'em out. **Click the daily schedule links here to hear a sample of each band, read band profiles, set up your own schedule, sync with your friends, and more.** Here are the Major players
NCMF 2012PRETTY LIGHTS · GIRL TALK · STS9 · UMPHREY'S MCGEEAXWELL · STEVE ANGELLO · KNIFE PARTY · ATMOSPHERESTEVE AOKI · EXCISION · ALESSO · PAUL OAKENFOLDBIG BOI · THE RAPTURE · EOTODIGITALISM · CHUCKIE · TOMMY TRASH · YELAWOLFMODESTEP · FELIX DA HOUSECAT · FUTURE ROCK · MORD FUSTANG · BEATS ANTIQUE · YACHT · DAN DEACON · GRAMATIK · REBIRTH BRASS BANDBOOMBOX · DIGITAL TAPE MACHINE · MAYA JANE COLES · MIDNIGHT CONSPIRACYKING KHAN & THE SHRINES · THUNDERCAT · PAPADOSIO · NiT GriT · TWO FRESHSAVOY · MINNESOTA · VAN GHOST · COM TRUISE · PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS · ZION IMr. MFN EXQUIRE · AUTO BODY · THIBAULT · WYLLYS & THE NY HUSTLERS ENSEMBLE · ZEBOABDECAF · FAMILY GROOVE COMPANY · TEAM BAYSIDE HIGH · STRANGE ARRANGEMENTSTRATUS · LOBOUNCE · GENTLEMEN HALL · NORDJS · PAUL UNIVERSE · MARIO FLOREKKID COLOR · DJ SOLO · PROBCAUSE · ORVILLE KLEIN · BUHAY · MATHIEN · JAMIE LONOARTS of LIFE BANDand many, many more including the best in local djs in the Groupon Silent Disco!
Here's the daily line ups break down with who we're stoked to see featured in red. We'll be adding loads more as we go and running photo filled band features.Today we've got kids in school & team gymnastics so we can't make it till the headliners. But Saturday and Sunday are a whole different matter! Tonight we're all about STS9.
Friday August 31st - NCMF 2012 DAY 1STS9 Axwell Knife Party Paul Oakenfold EOTO Yelawolf Mord Fustang Midnight Conspiracy King Khan & The Shrines Papadosio Two Fresh Minnesota Auto Body Abdecaf Team Bayside High Gentlemen Hall ...and many more!
Saturday September 1st - NCMF 2012 DAY 2Girl Talk Umphrey's McGee Atmosphere Excision Alesso The Rapture Tommy Trash Felix Da Housecat Future Rock Beats Antique YACHT Dan Deacon Gramatik NiT GriT People Under The Stairs Mr. MFN Exquire Thibault Zebo Family Groove Company Strange Arrangement LoBounce NORdjs ProbCause ...and many more!
Sunday September 2nd - NCMF 2012 DAY 3Pretty LightsSteve AngelloSteve AokiBig BoiDigitalismChuckieModestepRebirth Brass BandBoomBoxDigital Tape MachineMaya Jane ColesThundercatSavoyVan GhostCom TruiseZion IWyllys & The NY Hustler EnsembleStratusMario FlorekDJ SOLO
Here are some of ChiIL Live Shows/ChiIL Mama's highlights from 2011
It's nearly Summer Camp (SCamp) time again and ChiIL Live Shows will be back covering the start of the big, summer music fest scene again. Every Memorial Day weekend, starting on the Thursday before for early bird ticket holders, the fields and forest of Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe are transformed, as colorful tents and even more colorful people descend on the park to rock out to great bands, eat tasty, multicultural food, shop, learn and play together.
We've been raving about Summer Camp Music Festival in Three Sisters Parkin south western Illinois for years now, and covering all their 2012 artist announcements and ticket tiers on our Facebook and Twitter Feeds.
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But Summer Camp isn't something you can just read about. It's something you have to experience!
Late Night With Cornmeal:
Sure the lineup is impressive, but sometimes the real show is out in the audience! Whether muddy or dry, rainy or warm, SCamp is a rockin' fun time.
Summercamp is multigenerational
Kids Camp
A positive place for all the Summer Camp kids to get together!
Join the fun with all sorts of games and activities like jewelry making, face painting, water fun, arts and crafts, hair wraps, and as much creative fun as we could pack into a single weekend!
Kids area is for parents to enjoy with their children and all activities are free. It's open early every day and closes before the main acts in the later afternoon and evening. In past years, my own kids, Sagezilla and Du-Jay have loved catapulting water balloons at "the hippies" walking by on the paths with giant sling shot, water balloon launchers. It's a playful, fun way to drench the great unwashed masses.
Sagezilla got her first hair wrap ever at Summer Camp and both kids adored learning knot work and making their own hemp bracelets with super cool beads.
The staff at the kids' area is sweet, friendly, fun and knowledgeable and they are eager to help families make the most of their Summer Camp weekend.
Past kids' activities have included 56 Hope Road w/ music from Mr. Dave & an amazing drum workshop with Greg. There have also been demos and lessons by awesome juggler, Dean Franzen, Ruthee the balloon artist from the unique twist, and water wars from fun-on-the-run! It's the perfect space to make some music, paint your face, juggle some water balloons and have a blast!
And the kids usually have a sweet, decorated golf cart parade through the grounds on the last day, all painted up and playing music!
Kids under 6 are FREE with a paying adult and kids 6-12 are half price at the gate.
We shot thousands of photos over 3 days of Summer Camp in 2009 & 2011 and we'll be back to shoot 4 days in 2012! Check back with ChiIL Live Shows/ChiIL Mama like we vote in Chi, IL...early and often throughout May for huge photo filled SCamp features including past recaps and original live show shots of this years' line up that we shot elsewhere.
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