Whippersnap Music & Arts Festival makes third Florida appearance February 18–21
Florida Sand Music Ranch in Brooksville will once again host Whippersnap Music & Arts Festival with 28 bands, four artists at large, four days, two stages, and a whole troop of great music fans ready to throw down February 18–21. The fest boasts amazing national, regional, and local talent all four days, and you should come join the fun. Let’s take a gander at the schedule.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18
2:00 Gates open
6:00 – 7:00 risKay
DJ risKay will get the party started Wednesday as the sun is getting ready to set.
8:00 – 9:15 Eddie Roberts & The Lucky Strokes
9:45 – 11:00 Eddie Roberts & The Lucky Strokes
The amazing Roberts (The New Mastersounds) brings his killer rock’n’roll quartet to the party featuring homegrown heroes Ashley and Taylor Galbraith!
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19
12:00 – 1:00 Sooza Brass Band
Every festival should have a brass band, and the Sooza folks from Gainesville are superb. Expect a parade through the grounds before the show!
1:10 – 2:10 The Low Heavies
“a funky, soulful, groove machine from Tampa”
2:20 – 3:30 Road to Nowhere
The Row Jomah project honoring Talking Heads always knocks us out!
3:40 – 4:50 Sauce Pocket
Straight-up jazz fusion funk party from this Jacksonville quintet
5:00 – 6:15 Tru Phonic
Outstanding high-energy, good times music from Cocoa Beach
6:25 – 7:45 Joe Marcinek Band
Wandering troubadour Marcinek will once again assemble a crack team of A-listers to dazzle us!
7:55 – 9:15 Dizgo
If you haven’t yet basked in the sheer joy of Dizgo’s funky Indianapolis fusion, then it’s about dang time!
9:30 – 11:00 Spafford
Improvisational jamsters Spafford always bring the heat!
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20
11:30 – 12:40 Light the Wire
Gorgeous vocals and wonderful indie folk rock from the heart
12:50 – 2:00 Whale Feral
Tampa rockers: “This whole thing started because we love making music with our friends.”
2:10 – 3:20 Brain Emoji
Marcinek, Mikę Bryant, Vinny Svoboda, and Jamie Newitt are ready to create fabulous sounds right before your very ears!
3:30 – 4:40 Antelope: A Band in Tribute to Phish
Premier Bay area quartet channeling those Phishy vibes
4:50 – 6:00 S.P.O.R.E.
Looking forward to the return of their “High-Energy Progressive Electronic Rock”
6:10 – 7:25 CopE
The godfathers of the Florida West Coast jam scene return to the site of dozens of amazing shows to do it again.
7:35 – 8:50 MiniM
“This is what a jam band is supposed to sound like.”
9:00 – 10:15 Guavatron
Brilliant amalgam of livetronica, prog rock, funk, and jam
10:30 – 12:00 Thumpasaurus
“IN THE BEGINNING THERE WAS THUMP: the primordial groove of the Universe.”
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21
11:30 – 12:40 Zenzi
We can’t wait to tell you more about this brand new conglomeration!
12:50 – 2:00 Stick & Ditty
Rap, funk, fun, social consciousness, great songs and lyrics, and FUN
2:10 – 3:20 Tire Fire
The REAL Florida-Georgia line: magnificent bluegrass fusion
3:30 – 4:40 Joslyn & The Sweet Compression
Original funk and soul from the dynamic Joslyn Hampton and her band
4:50 – 5:00 FAMILY PHOTO
5:00 – 6:00 Flow Tribe
Mission: to bring the next generation of the New Orleans sound of unstoppable rhythm and passion to the world.
6:10 – 7:25 Greenhouse Lounge
Live electronic fusion with elements of house, drum & bass, prog rock, funk, and soul straight outta Jacksonville
7:35 – 8:50 The Heavy Pets
Florida’s heavyweight champs, 20 years into the jam experiment
9:00 – 10:15 Ajeva
Dynamic funk rock band from St. Petersburg known for their electrifying mix of funk, rock, and improv
10:30 – 12:00 Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe
Funk just as deep as it can get from The Diesel: Karl D and his band — Time to “Get Your Groove On”
ARTISTS AT LARGE
Queen Kanika Moore, Joe Marcinek, Alex Steele, and the Sooza Horns
Also in the house: archivists Neighbor Nate with Music Festivals Podcast and Jake Funkmayor of FunkCity. net!
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