Sunfest 2010
It is hard for bands to come to South Florida since Florida’s panhandle is very out of the way from the rest of the country. Hundreds of times we have seen bands map their world tours and hundreds of times we have been left disappointed to see the schedule cities list with ours omitted. It’s a sad thing for the music fans in this part of the country.
But as all sad stories this one brings some lights among the shadows, enter the good people at West Palm Beach’s Sunfest. Taking off where Langerado dropped the ball last year, the Sunfest is bringing some of the biggest rock acts to our state. Since 1982 the West Palm Beach music festival has been entertaining Floridians and visitors that are not only looking for great bands to check out, but also for the wonderful art exhibits and great food.
Sunfest 2010, taking place from April 28th to May 2nd, is looking all kind of good. Not only will be taking place in the beautiful waterfront of West Palm Beach, but it will bring two of the biggest acts in rock music. During the opening night, Weezer will be playing. Rivers Cuosmo and company will bring their melodies and catchy guitars to Florida after a hiatus of more than 4 years when they were promoting their album Make Believe. Now, after two more albums under their belt, the veteran rock band is ready to rock Floridians once more.
The main dish for me comes during the second night of the festival. The Flaming Lips from Oklahoma will be performing. The Flips are a great psycodelic rock band that put so many props in their concerts that makes them unforgettable. I’ve seen this band four times in the past, and can’t wait to see them at this year’s Sunfest. Nice grab Sunfest! One bummer is, though, that the Flips are going to be conflicting with rock and roll legends ZZ Top. I’ll try to catch them both somehow.
The full line up of the festival is this:
Weezer
ZZ Top
Shinedown
Ben Harper and the Relentless 7
Patti Labelle
Maze with Frankie Beverly
The Flaming Lips
Rise Against
REO Speedwagon
Nas & Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley
The B-52’s
Smash Mouth
Sean Kingston
Iyaz
Five for Fighting
Flogging Molly
Sister Hazel
Better than Ezra
Marcus Miller
Classic albums Live’s 40 years of Woodstock
The Charlie Daniels Band
We Are Scientist
Bedouin Soundclash
Alberta Cross
These United States
Tigercity
Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights
Big D and the Kid’s Table
April Phillips
Arrivederci
Constellations
Cowboy Mouth
Crash Kings
Ever So Klever
Griffin Anthony
Gringo stars
How Dare You
J.P. Soars & the Red & Hots
Johnny Cakes & the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypso
Locksley
Matt farr
Minister Theory
Nightlights
Noel Lorica & Treebo
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Radix
Speaking Volumes
The Danny Morris Band
The OPM Band
The People Upstairs
The Shauna Sweeney Band
The Value Meal Killah and the Snack pack
White Collar Crime
As we can see from the eclectic line up, the festival is set up to be a very diverse and enjoyable experience.
Tickets and information can be found at the Sunfest website
4 Responses to “Sunfest 2010”
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Calendario Humano
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Your article was right on the money. Where we are located makes it hard for South Florida musicians also to get a more national base and perform at outside of Florida venues as well. But Sunfest is one of the best festivals and we’re happy to be playing there on May 2nd. Hope you can stop by when you come…..Noel
Hi Noel, we are looking forward to covering Sunfest. If we do, we’ll let you know, maybe we can set up at interview! Thanks for the comment
Good article. It is nice to see Sunfest bringing in so much big name talent. I agree I can’t wait for the Flaming Lips this Thursday.
If you get a chance, come check out Johnny Cakes and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypso. We play fun high energy calypso ska punk with horns, steel drum, and everything.
I hope the 2010 festival is as good as 2009!