UNFORTUNATELY THERE IS NO ROTHBURY 2010... SEE BELOW FOR INFO ON PAST ROTHBURY'S.
AS SOON AS INFO ON ROTHBURY'S FUTURE IS POSTED, WE WILL POST IT HERE.
Another Successful Rothbury.
Rothbury 2009 was another big hit.
Lots of music, more organized staff, better flow of traffic, and most importantly an overall awesome festival. I don't think that anyone who was there would disagree that Madison House knows how to throw a PARTY!!! Rothbury has now twice been the Best festival of the year! Here is my top ten list of what happened at Rothbury. (Please note, due to personal and family business, I left the festival on Sunday at 2 pm... so I missed Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, Matisyahu, Yonder, and a few other things that I may have otherwise included on this list).
10) The MACPODZ set... (I Love this Michigan Band)
9) Meeting Jason Hann (percussionist for SCI)
8) The Disco Biscuits Late night set
7) Sherwood Forest (Nuff Said... pics and video to come)
6) The FANTASTIC SCI Set, with lots of visual affects to go with the music (like the huge red balloon)
5) checking out the LEBO Live Painting show, and getting him to sign one of his prints... ( i love the guy... what can I say)
4) The Dead playing my first Loose Lucy!!!
3) Brett Dennen Set (including the Billy Gene cover, and then meeting him) (video and pics coming)
2) The Saturday night Umphrey's McGee set (i was 4th row from the front) (pics to come)
1) Seeing the String Cheese Incident Sound check on Thursday with another 50 or so lucky people (pics and video on the link)
Here are a few things I think Rothbury could improve for next Year... Water stations that don't taste like dirty laundry water Not Charging $125 for the posters ( the $85 last year really pissed me off, but this was outrageous) Having moe. at Rothbury Building a Rothbury Blackberry Application (i was so jealous of people with iPhones) Over All its clear that Rothbury is the overwhelming AWESOME festival right now. I am already looking forward to next year. Over the next few days I am going to post Video and pictures of some of the things that happened. So stay tuned, and here are a few things to wet you appetite! Enjoy
The WhyYouJam Rothbury Page
As a local Michigan man, I think that Rothbury was one of the best and positive things that have happened here in a while. The music was great; the energy of the people and their wanting to participate in the positive movement and sustainability that was going on was leaps and bounds beyond expectation. The people running festival made it easy to fall in love with the festival; the fans were second to none.
Clearly, you see I am a die hard Rothbury fan. This page is dedicated to all things Rothbury. I will post news, updates, information, and even be tweeting from Rothbury.
See you all there soon.
Benji Rosenzweig
Here is the line up so far WOOOOO HOOOOO!!!!!!
THE DEAD • BOB DYLAN AND HIS BAND • THE STRING CHEESE INCIDENT • WILLIE NELSON & FAMILY • THE BLACK CROWES • DAMIAN 'JR. GONG' MARLEY & NAS • STS9 • G. LOVE & SPECIAL SAUCE • GOV'T MULE • BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE • YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND • THE DISCO BISCUITS • LES CLAYPOOL • COLD WAR KIDS • JOHN BUTLER • CHROMEO • ANI DIFRANCO • MSTRKRFT • MATISYAHU • GIRL TALK • GUSTER • FEMI KUTI & THE POSITIVE FORCE • MARTIN SEXTON • FLOGGING MOLLY • RAILROAD EARTH • THE HOLD STEADY • TOOTS & THE MAYTALS • RALPH STANLEY & THE CLINCH MOUNTAIN BOYS • BRETT DENNEN • ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA • GRACE POTTER AND THE NOCTURNALS • SHPONGLE DJ SET • SON VOLT • JACKIE GREENE • LOTUS • SOULIVE • MAN MAN • PETER ROWAN BLUEGRASS BAND W/ TONY RICE • KING SUNNY ADE & HIS AFRICAN BEATS • KID CUDI • STS9 (LIVE PA SET) • THE GLITCH MOB • DAVY KNOWLES AND BACK DOOR SLAM • EOTO • PRETTY LIGHTS • REBELUTION • QUANNUM ALL STARS FT. LYRICS BORN, THE MIGHTY UNDERDOGS, GIFT OF GAB & LIFESAVAS • TOUBAB KREWE • SAM ROBERTS BAND • HILL COUNTRY REVUE • KYLE HOLLINGSWORTH BAND • LIPP SERVICE (ELIOT LIPP + MEMBERS OF PNUMA) • 2020 SOUNDSYSTEM • BREAK SCIENCE FT. ADAM DEITCH • THE HARD LESSONS • UNDERGROUND ORCHESTRA • FUTURE ROCK • THE MACPODZ • STEPPIN' IN IT • GIANT PANDA GUERILLA DUB SQUAD • CHRIS PIERCE • RACHEL GOODRICH • THE RAGBIRDS • FOUR FINGER FIVE
Additional artists to be announced ...
Here is the press release we all got this week.
February 9, 2009 - ROTHBURY 2009 IS ON! It's official! After much anticipation, we're pleased to announce ROTHBURY 2009 will happen July 2-5 at the Double JJ Ranch. Many thanks to the ROTHBURY community, including our hosts in Grant Township, the town of Rothbury, Oceana County, and the State of Michigan for all your help in bringing ROTHBURY back. We're working hard to make sure that ROTHBURY 09 is even more over-the-top and full of surprises than last year. Artist lineup and ticket information coming soon! Be the first to know - sign up here to receive breaking ROTHBURY news. Now ... together ... we raise the bar. See you there!