FestEVOL - Saturday, March 9

FESTEVOL Featuring The Wailers
With Twiddle & Special Guest John Popper from Blues Traveler
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ADVANCE TICKET PRICING & INFORMATION:
$25 General Admission or $50 VIP Ticket
VIP Ticket includes access to Butte 66 deck, VIP area in venue near front of stage, appetizer food, and 3 drink tickets for either a KRU Vodka cocktail or Bud Product including Bud, Bud Light, Stella Artois, Shock Top.  Must Access Venue from main gate to pick up credentials and drink tickets initially. 

Online Sales Available Through Friday, March 8. Tickets On-Sale Starting Tuesday, Feb. 12 at 8 AM online or in person at The Adventure Center. All pre-sale pricing Valid through 6pm on Friday, March 8th. Online Sales close on 6pm on Friday, March 8th. Note: General admission tickets for children age 6 and under are free, if accompanied by paying adult.

Please call 970.349.4554 for ticket information. 

SAVE $5 WITH FESTEVOL COUPON FROM BUD LIGHT
Available with purchase at any CBMR Culinary Outlet including Butte 66, 9380, Jefe's, Woodstone Grille, Paradise Warming House, and Uley's Cabin.  Must present on-site at time of purchase to receive discount.  Only one coupon may be used per ticket for a maximum discount of $5 per ticket.  Not combinable with any other offer including Passholders and WSCU Ticket offer.  Must present at time of purchase. May not be applied to previously purchased ticket.

PRICING DAY OF SHOW: 
$30 General Admission or $60 VIP Ticket

Tickets will be available on-site at Butte 66 or in the Adventure Center from 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM.  No discounts available on day of show.

About the FestEVOL Bands: 

THE WAILERS
Together with Bob Marley, the Wailers have sold in excess of 250 million albums worldwide. In England alone, they’ve notched up over twenty chart hits, including seven Top 10 entries. Outside of their groundbreaking work with Marley, the Wailers have also played or performed with international acts like Sting, the Fugees, Stevie Wonder, Carlos Santana, and Alpha Blondy, as well as reggae legends such as Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer, and Burning Spear. As the greatest living exponents of Jamaica’s reggae tradition, the Wailers have completed innumerable other tours, playing to an estimated 24 million people across the globe. They have also been the first reggae band to tour new territories on many occasions, including Africa and the Far East.

Their nucleus formed in 1969, when Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer, and Peter Tosh recruited the Barrett brothers - bassist Aston “Family Man” and drummer Carly - from Lee Perry’s Upsetters to play on hits such as Lively Up Yourself, Trenchtown Rock, Duppy Conqueror, and many more besides. Inspired by Rastafari and their ambitions of reaching an international audience, this is the line-up that pioneered roots rock reggae, and signed to Island Records in 1971. Bunny and Peter left two years later. It was at this point that the in-demand Barrett brothers - whose rhythms also underpinned innumerable seventies’ reggae hits by other acts - assumed the title of Wailers, and backed Marley on the group’s international breakthrough album, Natty Dread. Under Family Man’s musical leadership, they then partnered Bob Marley on the succession of hit singles and albums that made him a global icon, winner of several Lifetime Achievement awards, and Jamaica’s best-loved musical superstar. Drummer Carlton “Carlie” Barrett died in 1987, leaving his brother as the main beneficiary of the Wailers’ mantle.

TWIDDLE
Twiddle, a Vermont based quartet, spins tall tales over an intricate soundscape of hi-def shred. Their fresh multi-genre approach conjures up jazz, classical, and bluegrass, but above all, masterfully blends reggae and funk. Obliterating laws of improvisation, their complex arrangements never fail to leave crowds lusting for more. With sage songwriting and unmatched variety, Twiddle’s thrilling infancy will surely exceed all expectation.

After whimsically jamming in the fall of 2004, the founding members of Twiddle immediately recognized chemistry and a common seriousness. By the second semester at Castleton State, Mihali Savoulidis and Ryan Dempsey were already intertwining harmony and fantasy, birthing Twiddle staples like ‘Frankenfoote’ and ‘Gatsby the Great’. Brook Jordan, and Billy Comstock, Twiddle’s original bassist, complemented these melodies with a densely layered, and exciting funk rhythm This young foursome had taken Castleton by storm, toured the northeast, and composed an impressive catalog of original tunes before becoming upper-classmen.

2007 manifested Twiddle’s debut release, ‘The Natural Evolution of Consciousness’. This breakout album immediately showcased the band’s eclectic inspirations, imaginative lyrical abilities, and superb instrumentation. Twiddle’s sophomore production, 2011’s ‘Somewhere on the Mountain,’ is a reflection of more introspective moods, offering message oriented, uplifting songs. Anchored by the group’s new bass virtuoso Zdenek Gubb, this album delves into the human spirit, speaking to our ambition, grief, and love.

Currently Twiddle is climbing the rows on festival billings, inspiring each other, and often dismantling preconceived notions of the jam band culture. Their live experience genuinely segues from bluegrass to electronica, melts jazz-fusion into rockabilly, and enhances reggae with funk. New fans should expect an immensely fun, and highly dynamic show. Tenured fans know to expect the unexpected. Put simply, Twiddle’s hi-def shred is going to melt faces.