"The best music festival we've ever played at!"
-- Pieces of East (2 time Austin Music Award winners)

"The South Park Music Festival exceeded my expectations in every possible way!"
-- Chris Jackson, E! Entertainment Television

"I think I have a new yearly retreat... Very picturesque, great
music, and people!"
-- Billy Zero, XM Radio Unsigned Channel

"The perfect setting to check out new bands."
-- Shawn Murphy, Artist Relations, ASCAP

More Testimonials...

South Park Music Festival Group Drumming Event
(Breckenridge, CO) ~ Peak Rhythms

Peak Rhythms in Breckenridge presents this special audience participation event.

Their mission is to empower and unite people through rhythm.  They provide fun, dynamic, interactive group empowerment drumming and rhythm programs. 

Treologic
(Chicago, IL) ~ rnb/funk/hip hop

"Blown up into a seven-piece funk-rap-soul monster. The collective's sound borrows equal parts organic rappers The Roots plus jazzy jammers Medeski Martin and Wood. There are horns, turntables, organs, guitars and, of course, plenty of percussion. "
-- Chicago Tribune

The 2005 Discmaker's Independant World Series Winner.  MOBFest Showcases in 05 & 04, Milwaukee Summerfest,  numerous compilations, an amazing live show and excellent production - Treologic has the hits, groove and talent to make it, worldwide.

Pravada
(Muncie, IN) ~ indie rock

Do you remember the 90's? Marco is the coolest cat in world. A few of our favorite things... Guitar singalongs, Anime porn, cartoon porn, the Melody Inn, Fountain Squre and Talbot Street. Also, sports scores, listing the presidents chronological order, golden tee--not showers.

As cool as these things are, Standard Record's Pravada put the song above all else... and they own it.

Lunar Event
(Indianapolis, IN) ~ indie-electro-pop

Lunar Event makes an impression with its unique take on modern electronic dance music. Marrying the cool, pulsating beats of acts like Massive Attack, The Chemical Brothers, and New Order with the guitar rush of such bands as My Bloody Valentine, The Jesus and Mary Chain, and Curve turned into a head-turning feat.

Critical acclaim and college and XM airplay for their masterful debut album "This Transparency" came quickly and from all corners, positioning the band at the forefront of modern, intelligent music in the Midwest.

The Annuals
(Salt Lake City, UT) ~ indie alt-country

Hard to describe and even harder to dislike, The Annuals have already earned more acclaim from their musical peers in their first few months of existence than most bands ever hope to earn. With songs that are both joyous and bittersweet, uplifting and heartbreaking, The Annuals find a way to make you dance, reflect and comfortable at the same time.

Few bands have a dynamic and a musical bond like The Annuals. The six members combine and blur boundries to create music that is as original and diverse as any band today. And even with their combined talents, The Annuals are still improving with each well-crafted song, each headturning show and each reflective lyric.

The Hollis Wake
(Santa Fe, NM) ~ college rock

The Hollis Wake's wide appeal may be attributed to their refusal to follow the tired "frontman" format, opting instead to use three different singers and songwriters. The result is a sonic variety that critics and music fans alike find refreshing and endlessly inventive.

Consistently voted the best band in New Mexico.  2005: WINNER! Three songs voted best in category by the New Mexico Music Industry Awards (mainstream, alternative, punk).  2004: WINNER! Z103 The Zone Local Access Showcase.  2003: WINNER! New Mexico Showcase (Best Band in New Mexico, Rock Category).

Ten Tiers
(Denver, CO) ~ rock/alt

"Imaginative songwriting, powerful vocal's backed by amazing melodies..." - Denver Post Weekend

Is it pop-rock? No. Is it alternative-rock? Possibly. Is it progressive-rock? Sorta. Is it drama-rock? Huh? Is it rock? Yes. But wait, is it metal? No. But it is rock.

"Jonathan Tiersten is one of the five best songwriters to come out of the Denver and Boulder area in the last fifteen years and that includes Big Head Todd." - Sharon Rawles, Talent Director - Capitol Hill Peoples Fair

Strive Roots
(Los Angeles via South Park, CO)

A local favorite, Strive Roots returns home to South Park from L.A. for this special performance.

"If you are one of those people who say 'everything' when someone asks you what type of music you like, the Alma, CO based septet of Strive could become one of your favorite bands."
-- Summit Daily News

Potcheen Folk Band
(Denver, CO) ~ celtic folk rock

Chris Shelby became entrhalled with his IRISH heritage a ta young age when his uncle turned him on to different Celtic musicians... fast forward to today... The PFB has been spreading across the front range of Colorado entertaining folks with their brand of high energy Celtic folk-Rock. They're bursting with good ol' drinking songs that make ya wanna drink and dance like a hooligan! Mixing Irish, Scottish, Australian, British, & Reggae rebel, drinking and dancing songs with a tinge of Colorado Rock!!!

The Rifters
(Taos, NM) ~
southwestern americana

The Rifters formed in 2002 in the fertile and creative music scene of Taos, New Mexico from members of two popular bands, Jim Bradley and Don Richmond of Hired Hands, and Rod Taylor and Steve Garry of the Rounders.

From the liner notes to their self-titled CD, released in July of 2004 on Howlin’ Dog Records: “It’s music that comes from where we come from – both from the high desert and mountain landscape of our home and from the background and experiences of our lives – sort of a laid-back high-energy gentle giant old blue-buffalo-grama-grassy, cowboy, folky, shake-a-leg with a smile sort of thing."

The Burn
(South Park, CO) ~ mountain funk

Local favorite, THE BURN has been together since 1998, and over the past several years has come to be one of the area's favorite locally originating bands. Recently voted "Summit County's Best Local Band."

An abstract cast of characters brought together by an unusual twist of fate, THE BURN has stayed together for one main reason; they've got a groove. Their music can only be described as "High Altitude Mountain Funk!"

Buckskin Stallion
(Lyons, CO) ~ alt-country

"A wonderful slice of Americana."
-- NO DEPRESSION

The release of Buckskin Stallion's 2004 debut CD Blue Ribbon Buzz continues to garner the band critical acclaim across America and Europe.  Named after a Townes Van Zandt song, Buckskin Stallion salutes fine industrial beer with Blue Ribbon Buzz.  The Colorado-based alt-country band does both legends proud. 

Troy Schoenfelder's keen songwriting treads dusty roads marked with Woody Guthrie's footprints, and on Blue Ribbon Buzz he deftly guides the band along a lonesome highway of both fiery barroom anthems and introspective gems that return the term “singer-songwriter“ to a noble light.

Nooner
(Austin, TX) ~ rock pop

Stage shows bursting at the sweaty seams with energy and excitement along with pop rock anthems laden with irresistible hooks and melodies that leave listeners tapping their feet long after the songs have stopped playing have become Nooner hallmarks.

** Sold over 29,800 copies of debut CD nationwide in Spring of '05. ** Second CD slated for release in Fall '05 ** Showcased three times during SXSW 2005 ** Song "Kids" used as theme song for Austin Film Festival.

Perfect Confusion
(Bowling Green, KY) ~ college rock

In a fabulous cross between Kings of Leon, the Rolling Stones and the fabled Stillwater from Cameron Crowe’s Almost Famous, Perfect Confusion fall in place comfortable between the backwoods funk and low-down blues of their kin.

They're gaining nationwide momentum and have recently been featured as the artist of the week on XM Unsigned.

Evolocity
(Phoenix, AZ) ~ alt/hard rock

EVOLOCITY IS....Dark, edgy, funky, heavy, sexy, melodic, unconventional modern hard rock....

With three consecutive nominations at the AIM Awards (Arizona Infusion of Music); winning for Best New Band in Arizona for 2001 and nominated for Arizona’s Best Kept Secret in 2002 and 2003, along with a three week national tour in 2004; only greater things can be expected for this band in 2005.

Under the Drone
(Denver, CO) ~ stoner rock

"Put your keys in the ignition and crank it over. Hit ten on the stereo and let the songs inhabit your soul. Under the Drone will be number one on your list of bands you must see this year. Keep an eye out for them this summer touring the US exclusively in support of their debut album 'Keep It Shred'."
--MusicEdge.com

"Turn it up and Tear off the Knob"
-- Buzz Magazine

The Great Shakes
(New York, NY) ~ rock n roll

Call The Great Shakes political punk prostitutes and they smirk, “Call up the zealots for a fundamental time.” Stand still, staring, arms X’d across your chest, and they groove, “Distortions in the truth, we give it to you.” Laugh, cry, scream at them, and they remind you that they “know you’re never faithful” and they “know they’ve had enough.”

The Great Shakes didn’t start out this self-assured, these five distinct people who know Americana is more than the isolated island culture of the 5 boroughs of NYC. They started out disillusioned and lucky. The shakes have received plenty of commercial and satellite airplay including KCRW, WOXY and XM Satellite’s Radar Report and have landed themselves on several critic's national top 10 lists.