SKYFEST - August 14-16 2009 The weekend started on Friday afternoon with me being a judge for the Battle Of The Bands sponsored by the Express Times Exposed.

The competition had some great quality bands and judging was hard. The Gentlemen's Club & June Bloom were some of my favorites. You can find them on www.myspace.com/thegentlemensmusic and you can find June Bloom on Facebook.com

Other bands at SKYFEST in Delaware,NJ were Dandalf Murphy & the Slambovian Circus of Dreams.

This band was awesome; their whole branding of their image is great and cleverly created. Love it!

Robben Ford was at the festival on Saturday night. He gave what his fans were looking for- a great blues night. It was very nice meeting him in person after his show in the VIP tent which was so nicely decorated by Dave & Kacey.

Mell & Kenny did an excellent job on the food and refreshments for the Artist/VIP guests. A specail Thank you to Dan Hirschberg for introducing me to great people at the festival and asking me to be a judge this year. Thank you Dan!

Thank you all guys you did an excellent job with the festival.

SKYFEST was well attended on Saturday night. Night time is my favorite time of the day, where the tents and their lights came to live. The Delaware river valley transformed in a mystical place with an event for young and old to enjoy.

I found at the festival Spider Glen, music director off WNTI radio and Todd and his staff from HomegrownRadio.org the online radio. After meeting with Todd this weekend, HomeGrownRadio has some hot cds to add to their music collection. Todd received from me The Bob Lanza Blues Band new CD " Things Ain't So Bad". The Doughboys cd "It is Now?" and Plainfield Slim & The Groundhawgs’ cd "When The Devil Hits Home".
All those cds are also available in the county library in Belvidere,NJ to be checked out for free with your library card.

The festival ended on Sunday with the Hector Del Curto. The main tent was dancing even it was over 90 degrees. Everyone had fun this entire weekend.

Besides having the opportunity to see and hear great bands, there were also quality vendors like Great Stuff From Jane's House out of Blairstown,NJ.

Beautiful silver Jewelry was displayed and for sale. Jane’s House is a great place to visit across the street from the Theater downtown Blairstown.

The next festival is on September 5th from Noon - 9PM. For more information please check out their web site: http://www.homegrownradionj.org/

Then there is also a big Fall Festival at WCCC September 17-18-19-20. Details are available on their web site: http://www.wcccfoundation.org/

On Saturday night you can attend a free concert with Peter Tork of the Monkees. Peter Tork is bringing his Shoe Suede Blues band to the stage.

That’s all I got.
Have a great week!

MoPromo

Monique

mgrimme@aol.com