FREE NELSONVILLE MUSIC FESTIVAL KICKOFF on Thursday, May 17th at 6:00pm. We know you don't want to wait until May 18th for the festival and neither do we! Thursday night is FREE and open to the public (even if you don't have a weekend wristband) and will feature live music, beer garden, and early camping will be available. Featuring 2012 Artists (not complete lineup), Fri, 18th - Iron and Wine - Bad Brains - Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires - Kurt Vile & The Violators - Those Darlins - Black Bananas - Michael Hurley - Woody Pines - The Makebelieves - The D-Rays - Time & Temperature - Missoula Oblongata. Sat, 19th - Andrew Bird - Roky Erickson - Lee 'Scratch' Perry - Mucca Pazza - Jessica Lea Mayfield - Dark Dark Dark - Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside - Shovels & Rope - Jorma Kaukonen - R. Ring (Kelley Deal of the Breeders) - Michael Hurley - Woody Pines - Hope for Agoldensummer - Greg Ashley Band -
Shivering Timbers - Todd Burge - The Old Fashioneds. Sun, 20th - M. Ward - Dawes - Todd Snider - Hayes Carll - Horse Feathers - Lee Ranaldo Band - Michael Hurley - Shovels & Rope - Mount Moriah - Matt Bauer. Three days of live music, camping, kids activities, art vendors, beer garden, and more all at Robbins Crossing on the campus of Hocking College in Nelsonville, Ohio. Check out www.nelsonvillefest.org for more information!
