keither Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 Hello everybody. I just wanted to pass along a HUGE thank you to everyone that made this inaugural year of Bonfire a most memorable experience. We're still working away at wrapping things up, and I had to thank all the fans, bands, volunteers, staff... everyone that made this event come together. I can't even begin to try listing ALL the things that supercharged my spirit this weekend... but I do have a few things that certainly stood out. - Five Alarm Funk cruising through the campsite with a megaphone calling everyone out for their Friday night set - Themasses with Fareed... say no more. - Friday night's fire ceremony in the rain and all the people steam drying their wet clothes! - Garaj Mahal playing two, 2 hour sets in the HEAVY rain on Friday night... ending at 3:30 AM with just as many folks partying then as there was at midnight - Everything all day Saturday as the crowds start to pour in... incredible set after incredible set with Blue Island Trio, Duran Duran Duran, Grames Brothers, Slow Nerve Action, Stephen Franke - Kindvibes' mouth harp solo into my radio being aired across the grounds - Blue Quarter's set... WOW! Double bass playing jam action with Olivier & Stephane, Bitou's drum solo!! and that tripped out shit they ended their set with... mind blowing - Slammin Jack's set from start to finish and the SUPER extended version of 'Lucy'. "Holy Crap!! That was 90 minutes?!!!" - Saturday's fire ceremony to '2001' and hooking Kindvibes up with a beautiful Larrivee guitar! - Garaj's MONSTER set on Saturday night and the late-night jam with Garaj MaFive Alarm Funk (among others... Slippy!!) that went till 5 AM!! - The surprise Acoustic Mayhem set for breakfast on Sunday... was there anyone with an acoustic instrument there that didn't sit in? - Dark Star's set with a China>Rider & a Scarlet>Fire - Brickhouse closing out the festival jamming with Slammin's Rich & Jeffrey (plus Slippy again too... I think the Slipster takes the band slut award for the weekend!). That Brickhouse Sunday night closing set was the icing on the cake... so sweet! - The Spirit of the Rainforest Amphitheatre... my new favourite venue ANYWHERE!! ... and of course all the good friends, new friends, old friends, comical moments, big smiles, hula hoopers... I really couldn't have asked for it to go off any better. That was a truly magical weekend... and there will DEFINITELY be another Bonfire Music Festival in 2006!!! Thank you all... we love you and we will see you soon! Peace. Keither Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 Fareed played with Themasses? Holy shizza! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slippy Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 Fareed w/Themasses Ben Brown from Themasses The Stage at Bonfire Tarp Land Close Camping to the Stage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-towns Posted June 25, 2005 Report Share Posted June 25, 2005 wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted June 27, 2005 Report Share Posted June 27, 2005 that's a gorgeous stage. Weezy looks like he's running circles around Fareed in that photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-towns Posted June 30, 2005 Report Share Posted June 30, 2005 How was Ridley Bent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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