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Viva Las Vegoose - Las Vegas, Halloween Music Festival, Oct 29-30, '05

Leftfield hip hop and psychedelic folk takes over Las Vegas for Halloween. Catch bands like Beck, Blackalicious, Talib Kweli, Devendra Banhart and Jack Johnson….

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Halloween weekend and tired of the same old costume party? Well imagine a huge costume party - and mega-concert - rolled into one, in the place that is one big costume party all year round, Las Vegas! That gives you a hint of what to expect at VEGOOSE. Saturday and Sunday, October 29 and 30, at Sam Boyd Stadium and on the surrounding grounds, will be the launch of a Las Vegas Halloween festival extravaganza, VEGOOSE. The stellar mix includes Atmosphere, Slightly Stoopid, Digable Planets, King Britt Presents Sister Gertrude Morgan, Talib Kweli and Blackalicious along with about 25 other luminary bands, and you have the basis for the powerful witches brew.

If the MO seems familiar, that is because the producers of this event are Superfly Productions and AC Entertainment, the same dynamic duo who brought us the now legendary annual Bonoroo Music & Arts Festival, a four-day, multi-stage camping festival held on a 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee June 10-12. Apparently building Bonoroo into an international-class festival in just 4 years was just not enough these guys.

Consistent with their tendency to defy tradition, the mega festival will be held in the entertainment capital of the world, Las Vegas, heretofore ignored as a music festival site. So of course Las Vegas glam entertainment such as the Blue Man Group will be part of the fun. Why not spit in the face of traditions where audiences are warned not to wear costumes on Halloween weekend (which is half the fun), and encourage costumes to the big party? No reason at all…the party is definitely on, costumes and all!!

Tickets for the two-day festival at Sam Boyd Stadium are available at www.vegoose.com.

In addition to the events at the stadium, VEGOOSE will be augmented by a
series of special late night performances from October 28-31 at select
venues throughout Las Vegas, including the Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel, the
House of Blues at Mandalay Bay, the Orleans Arena and other venues. These
shows will be ticketed separately.

CONFIRMED BANDS TO BE APPEARING AT VEGOOSE, SAM BOYD STADIUM

  • Dave Matthews & Friends
  • Widespread Panic
  • Jack Johnson
  • Beck
  • Phil Lesh & Friends w/ special guest Ryan Adams
  • The Meters (Art Neville, Zigaboo Modeliste, George Porter, Jr., Leo Nocentelli)
  • Trey Anastasio
  • The Arcade Fire
  • The Flaming Lips
  • The String Cheese Incident
  • Primus
  • Ween
  • Gov’t Mule
  • The Shins
  • moe.
  • Spoon
  • Talib Kweli
  • Sleater-Kinney
  • Digable Planets
  • North Mississippi Allstars
  • Michael Franti & Spearhead
  • The Decemberists
  • Slightly Stoopid
  • Umphrey’s McGee
  • Atmosphere
  • Blackalicious
  • The Magic Numbers
  • Lyrics Born
  • Devendra Banhart
  • ALO
  • The Codetalkers feat. Col. Bruce Hampton
  • Beans w/ Holy F*ck
  • King Britt Presents Sister Gertrude Morgan
  • Steel Train

Complete festival information is available at www.vegoose.com and will be regularly updated.



COMMENTS

Can we go???

—Laura
Wednesday 13 September 2006


Love All These Acts.

—Shannon Baumann
Monday 2 October 2006


No! Come to New Orleans and Voodoo Fest. We need all the help we can get. Ben Harper and Wilco are playing.

—Matthew Brooks
Tuesday 7 August 2007


 




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