Byrdfest is a campout concert experience at Byrd's Adventure Center on the Mulberry River in Ozark Arkansas. This is the the 9th year of Byrdfest and the 18th event in the series. Grateful Dead Experience : The Schwag will headline the event once again making this their 28th year of performing music and the 22nd year of promoting festivals. Byrds Adventure Center is an 800 acre campground facility in the Ozark National Forest in Ozark Arkansas. There are three miles of river frontage on the Mulberry River running through the property. The facility offers shaded camping, swimming, canoe float trips, general store, restaurant, electric camp sites, updated shower house, RV sites, and live music. For this event there will also be merchandise and food vendors.
Ticket prices include camping, parking, and live music.
All ticket prices change at 8 a.m. each day.
Gates are open 24 hours a day.
One day tickets are only available for Saturday.
Children ages 10 and under are free.
Gates open on the Thursday at 10 a.m.
Campground is cleared by 5 p.m. on the Sunday.
Advance tickets will not be available once the gates open.
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RAIN OR SHINE EVENT
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WHAT TO BRING :
CAMPING GEAR
LAWN CHAIRS
LAWN BLANKETS
FLASHLIGHT
HAMMOCKS
HULA HOOPS
FLOW TOYS
HAND DRUMS
BICYCLES
SUNSCREEN
WATER & SNACKS
COSTUMES
FACE PAINT
COLORFUL CLOTHING
SWIMMING GEAR
WARM CLOTHING FOR AT NIGHT
RAIN COAT (just in case)
BUG REPELLENT
GOOD ATTITUDE
We encourage everyone to set up cool and colorful campsites with tents, flags, tapestries, canopies, lawn chairs, folding tables, lawn ornaments, etc…. We also encourage everyone to dress in colorful festival clothing or costumes. We also suggest unique hats or face paint. Let's have some fun.
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NO FIREWORKS
NO ILLEGAL DRUGS
NO DRUG SALES
NO UNAUTHORIZED LIQUOR SALES
NO WEAPONS
NO NITROUS
NO DRONES
NO SHOVELS (no digging)
NO BAD ATTITUDES
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BYRDFEST 18 DOG POLICY
- OK FOR NOW -
We have decided to allow dogs ONLY if they are on leashes at all times. This is a zero tolerance policy! However, we strongly encourage you to NOT bring your dog due to all the safety and sanitary problems that arise with a large amount of dogs at a festival. Keep in mind there will be fireworks, loud music, other dogs, lots of people, etc.. We really need to cut down on the amount of dog bites and dog fights at festivals overall. This is for the safety of the attendees as well as the dogs. If you bring your dog and there is a complaint, you will asked to leave. Please respect everyone and pick up after them as well. These rules also apply to service dogs. If we continue to have dog problems at Byrdfest we will have to not allow dogs at future events. Thank you!
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DRIVING DIRECTIONS
FROM ST. LOUIS
44 west to 65 south (in Springfield) to 412 west to 23 south (by Huntsville) to a left for six miles on Hwy 215 (a.k.a. Co. Rd. 83).
FROM KANSAS CITY
71 south to 540 south (by Rogers) to 40 east to 23 north (at Ozark) to a right on Hwy 215 (a.k.a. Co. Rd. 83) for six miles.
FROM LITTLE ROCK
40 west to 23 north (at Ozark) for 13 miles to a right on Hwy 215 (a.k.a. Co. Rd. 83) for six miles.
FROM SPRINGFIELD, MO
65 south to 412 west to 23 south (by Huntsville) to a left for six miles on Hwy 215 (a.k.a. Co. Rd. 83).
FROM FAYETTEVILLE, AR
Hwy 16 East (30 miles) to a right on Hwy 23 South (10 miles) to a left on Hwy 215 East for 6 miles. (a.k.a. Co. Rd. 83).
FROM OKLAHOMA CITY
40 east to 23 north (at Ozark) for 13 miles to a right on Hwy 215 (a.k.a. Co. Rd. 83) for six miles.
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ARTIST INFO :
THE SCHWAG :
The Schwag is a band of musicians dedicated to carrying on the vibe and music of the Grateful Dead. Founded in 1991 The Schwag has performed over 3000 concerts throughout the United States. This group averages 150 shows a year and has a working songlist of over 200 songs from the Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia Band catalog. For several years band leader Jimmy Tebeau also toured the country performing with Melvin Seals and The Jerry Garcia Band (JGB). The Schwag has opened for many notable acts including String Cheese Incident, Marshall Tucker Band, Leftover Salmon, Sammy Hagar, Little Feat, and Railroad Earth. For many years The Schwag hosted its own Schwagstock music festivals drawing crowds of an average of 5000 people per event several times per summer. The band owned the venue Camp Zoe in Missouri where the festivals were hosted. Some of the bands opening for The Schwag at these festivals were George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, Keller Williams, Big Brother & the Holding Company, and New Riders of the Purple Sage. Some of the guest musicians to play with The Schwag over the years include Chuck Berry, Bill Nershi from String Cheese Incident, Drew Emmitt and Vince Herman from Leftover Salmon, Butch Trucks from The Allman Brothers Band, Fred Tacket from Little Feat, Mike Gordon from Phish, and Vince Welnick from The Grateful Dead. Honorary band members for full Schwag shows include Merl Saunders, Melvin Seals, Johnnie Johnson, Jason & Travis & Kang from String Cheese Incident, and Devon Allman (Gregg’s son.) From May of 2013 to May of 2014, The Schwag was primarily on hiatus, as lead singer Jimmy Tebeau served time in federal prison in Yankton, South Dakota for a music/drug related crime. The Schwag band is now stronger than ever on a perpetual tour performing a different show every night of high energy organic interpretations of the Grateful Dead songlist.
WEBSITE : http://www.theschwag.com/
PROMO VIDEO : https://youtu.be/D7ACPtXr4eA
FACEBOOK : https://www.facebook.com/schwagofficial/
INSTAGRAM : https://www.instagram.com/theschwagdead/
TWITTER : https://twitter.com/schwagofficial
YOUTUBE : https://www.youtube.com/theschwagband
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PINK FLOYD TRIBUTE : THIS ONE’S PINK
This band from central Illinois perform a great Pink Floyd tribute experience. These musicians have done their homework and have the proven chops to bring you the vibe and energy of Pink Floyd music in a live setting.
https://www.facebook.com/thisonespinkofficial/
https://www.thisonespink.com/
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BOB MARLEY TRIBUTE : NONSTOP REGGAE
Smokin’ reggae band featuring Prince Phillip from Jamaica on lead vocals. This group has been together for 20+ years and can really deliver the Bob Marley songs with passion.
http://www.nonstopreggae.com/
https://www.facebook.com/nonstopreggaeband/
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SONS OF FUNK - PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC EXPERIENCE
Featuring members of George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic
Sons of Funk is a band featuring original and long running members of George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic. This group continues on the perpetuation of funk music by playing the classic P-Funk hits as they recorded and performed with George over the years. Sons of Funk consists of 4 Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award Winners and 1 Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame Inductee. This show is an old school classic Parliament Funkadelic concert that will shake your booty and groove your soul. The Mothership Connection is upon us once again. Prepare for lift off…..
https://www.facebook.com/SonsOfFunk/
BILLY “BASS” NELSON
Nelson was born in Plainfield, New Jersey and as a teenager worked at George Clinton’s barbershop, sweeping the floor and singing and dancing for the customers. Clinton was a member of the doo wop vocal group the Parliaments, who scored a nationwide hit in 1967 with the song “(I Wanna) Testify”. Clinton put together a backing band as musical support for a tour and recruited Nelson, originally as guitarist. Nelson later switched to bass when his good friend Eddie Hazel joined as lead guitarist. The backing band was originally unnamed, but Nelson later coined the name “Funkadelic” to reflect the style (funk) and connect it with the then-burgeoning psychedelic music scene. By 1970, Funkadelic was a full band consisting of Nelson, Hazel, drummer Tiki Fulwood, guitarist Tawl Ross, and keyboardist Mickey Atkins (later replaced by Bernie Worrell). Since 1967 the band had been billed as the musical backing for The Parliaments. Due to legal problems, in the early 1970s Clinton had temporarily lost the rights to the name “The Parliaments” and instead signed the entire ensemble to Westbound Records under the name Funkadelic. Nelson was a prominent contributor to the first three Funkadelic albums, Funkadelic (1970), Free Your Mind... and Your Ass Will Follow (1970), and Maggot Brain (1971). Billy was also a touring bass player with the band “The Temptations.”
RICO “SMOOV” LEWIS
He started playing drums with George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic/P-Funk All-Stars in 1999, and is in his 13th year with the seminal funk group. Rico has played on six continents with George and P-Funk in his over a decade long tenure, and has played with a virtual “who’s who” in music today, everyone from Phish to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, to Lenny Kravitz, to Bernie Worrell, Rico has a massive tour book. His credits include Woodstock 99, Montreaux Jazz 04, Nice Jazz 06, Roskilde Fest 06, Fuji Fest 00, and hundreds of others. He has played to millions and millions of people, some festival shows reaching the hundreds of thousands. He has also appeared with P-Funk televised on the Jerry Lewis telethon, and MTV all over the world.
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CHASE MAKAI
Chase Makai is the guitarist for the band NAHKO AND MEDICINE FOR THE PEOPLE. He was born in Hawaii and raised in Australia and tours the world playing music.
https://www.makaitribe.com/
https://www.facebook.com/ChaseMakaiMusic/
https://youtu.be/6QdBCkArv0I
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WOODY & SUNSHINE
Two person jam band founded in Arkansas in 2011.
Yes, it’s the Infamous Woody & Sunshine. They're a pair of pickin' Arkansan grinners with an insatiable appetite for musical adventure, and a broad palette of tastes and genres. Their sound is Jam-Grass Gypsy-Funk along with incredible Improvisation. It’s Foot-stompin’, Banjo-pickin’, Guitar-shavin’, and World-savin' music these folks play. An absolute sonic feast for your ear-balls. A winding double-helix of harmonic bliss. A chance to grab the comet by its tail and whip around the universe in a spiral of intangible thought and energy.
https://www.woodyandsunshine.com/
https://www.facebook.com/pg/woodyandsunshine/
https://www.instagram.com/woodyandsunshine/
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DANCING BEAR TRIBE
The Dancing Bear Tribe is a Performance Art Collective with a mission to inspire through movement and spontaneous creativity. Flow arts will involve hula-hoops, dance, fire spinning, Poi, object manipulation, and more. Some of the Bear Tribe will also be conducting workshops in flow arts at the event.
http://thedancingbeartribe.com/
https://www.facebook.com/TheDancingBearTribe/
https://www.instagram.com/thedancingbeartribe/
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AARON HALE
Aaron Hale is a classically trained multi-instrumentalist singer/songwriter from Oklahoma. He performs shows and festivals around the country with Chase Makai.
https://aaronhalemusic.net/
https://www.facebook.com/AaronHaleandTheHumanBeings/
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CYBEROPTICS
A young Memphis based producer taking the electronic music world by storm, at age 19 Alex Epps aka Cyberoptics first made his big smash into the scene with his release "Geisha" on Play Me Records. Geisha climbed to number 1 on the Beatport charts and held it's place in the top 5 for over a month, battling producers such as Borgore and Doctor P. His sound is influenced by every musical genre under the sun, and some from far past it. With a unique style that combines different themes, deep modulating bass, heavy sub, and one of-a-kind cosmic soundscapes, it's almost impossible not to move your body to these alien sounding tones and ambient rhythms. Works of Cyberoptics can be found ranging from FOX's "So You Think You Can Dance" to Michael Bay's "Battleship" trailer. 'Cyberoptics' 2nd release from Play Me Records "The Tie Fighter EP" exploded onto the Beatport top 20 with songs "Pimpin" hitting #3 "Geisha VIP" right behind at #4 and "Tie Fighter" and "Toasty" topping out at 14 and 17. Cyber's unique style is constantly evolving with every song and spark of inspiration.
www.facebook.com/cyberoptics
www.soundcloud.com/cyberopticsdub
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FLINTWICK
American composer and multi-instrumentalist, Brady Cagle bridges the gap between stimulating sound design and dancefloor-shaking rhythm with this experimental music project, Flintwick. Equipped with organic textures and liquid bass, his funky "slip-glitch" sounds are a refreshing take on electronic music as a whole; melding influence from multifarious genres such as funk, jazz, psybass, trap and world into a mind-bending extravaganza. Known for his work in the Arkansas-Midwest funk/ jam scene (Keyboardist for Deep Sequence/ Brady Cagle Live Looping), Cagle channels over 7 years of music production knowledge into this project. Instruments in his arsenal include keyboard, mandolin, sitar, dobro, bass, dulcimer, violin, and multiple synthesizers. Add that together, throw some 808's, water splashes, and glitchy polyrhythms on it and get ready to dance.
https://soundcloud.com/flintwick
https://www.facebook.com/Flintwickofficial/
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OH LOSHA
First started his career as Broseph$talin, then went by the name Odium, Now going under his real name Losha. A creative that speaks through music, performance, and a passion for all forms of art. “The Oh is Silent” Promise to the fans - To always strive for Improvement, Quality, and Positivity.
http://OhLosha.com
Soundcloud.com/OhLosha
Twitter.com/OhLosha
Facebook.com/OhLosha
Instagram.com/OhLosha
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SICK NUMBLES
Dedicated to the intricate world of psychedelic electronica, Sick Numbles is an expressive DJ passionate for introducing others to interesting soundscapes. Owner of "Flux Festivals" from the green woodlands of Arkansas, USA, this inspired individual aims to take crowds on a journey; a diverse showcasing of underground genres from all over the globe. His taste for quality creates an auditory adventure that shakes the earth. From uptempo psytrance to downtempo psybient, the various tunes from his mind-massaging arsenal of musical gems smoothly blend together to bring a satisfying experience to the dancefloor. This combination of euphoric melodies and progressive compositions creates a beautiful ride, and any musical connoisseur is sure to discover something they love within his hand-picked selection of carefully chosen tracks.
https://soundcloud.com/sicknumbles
https://www.facebook.com/Sick-Numbles-167675800567203/
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DONVON
Hailing from St Louis, MO, DonVon specializes in Halftime Bass Music, Deep Dubstep and Future Bass. It doesn't matter what time slot he plays, DonVon always has dancefloor rocking!
https://soundcloud.com/devon-smith-576435613
https://www.facebook.com/DonVon-1721601494588902/
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SEAMZLEGIT
Also known as Yo! Adrian!, the Dub Sector label head is based out of St Louis, MO with expertise on anything and everything low frequency.
https://soundcloud.com/dub-sector
https://soundcloud.com/seamzlegit
https://www.facebook.com/pg/SeamzLegit
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THE MOHAWK
The Mohawk is a Saint Louis based producer/dj. If you haven't guessed it from his name, the man likes mohawks. He's been rockin' one for over 15 years and it currently stands at almost two inches tall, lol. It used to peak at about two feet, but after ten years of that crazy shit, he would like to be able to fit in motor vehicles again. His love for electronic music, poking people in the eye, and his prelude into the local music scene with Nasty Rumor began in early 2005. As of 2019 his interests have now shifted towards modular synthesis. His prior gigs include opening sets for Trolley Snatcha, Borgore, 6Blocc, Skism, Dub Gabriel, Bombaman, Lazer Sword, Phaded, Claw (RIP) and Richie August of Hulk, Trillbass, Reso, High Rankin, Mark Instinct, Cyberoptics, J.Rabbit, Hellfire Machina and more.
https://soundcloud.com/mohawkcuts
https://www.facebook.com/The-Mohawk-284611424882/
Última actualización
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$60 in ADVANCE for Friday + Saturday $30 in ADVANCE for Saturday only —— $75 at the gate for Friday & Saturday $40 at the gate for Saturday only —— $10 extra for early arrivals on the Thursday night¿Hubo algún problema con el evento?
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