Pickwick, Vicci Martinez, Beats Antique and more at Summer Meltdown 2012

By Greg Roth on May 16, 2012@WeRideWhy

We call it the biggest little festival in the Pacific Northwest. With majestic nature serving as the back drop, Summer Meltdown provides an eclectic and well-rounded music lineup that should satisfy even the most discriminating tastes.

Fresh off an appearance at Music Matters “Live,” Vicci Martinez will make the trek from her new home in LA up north to perform. Also, Pickwick, The Moondoggies, Hot Bodies in Motion, The Acorn Project, Beats Antique and Lukas Nelson are just a few of the acts performing on the festival’s four stages.

Summer Meltdown 2012 happens August 10th – 12th, at the Whitehorse Mountain Amphitheater in Darrington, WA.

Lineup:

Round 1:
The True Spokes (formerly Flowmotion)
EOTO (featuring Michael Travis and Jason Hann of String Cheese Incident)
El Ten Eleven
That 1 Guy
VibeSquaD (late night tent)
The Moondoggies
AgesandAges
Medium Troy
Hot Bodies in Motion
Dead Winter Carpenters

Round 2:
Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe
Kraddy (One of the founding members of the Glitch Mob) (Late Night)
Acorn Project
Ha Ha Tonka
Elephant Revival
Polecat
Current Swell
Polyrhythmics
Kore Ionz

Round 3:
Beats Antique
Blitzen Trapper
Vicci Martinez
Lukas Nelson & the Promise Of The Real
Pickwick
Mr Rodgers (Late Night)
Five Alarm Funk
Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons
Skerik’s Bandalabra

Visuals:
Slick Lasers
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Get your tickets at http://www.summermeltdown.com/tickets.html

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