Dreamtime Festival
   

Music and Performance

Dreamtime Festival Music Line UP

Thursday, July 17
2:00 GATES OPEN

6:45 – 7:15 Opening Procession Gathers (Mate Bar) Gather at the Mate Bar for the opening procession of Dreamtime. Bring your offerings for the alter, intentions and friends!

7:30 – 8:15 Opening Ceremony - Sephiroth Dance & Henry Red Cloud (Main Stage)Sephiroth dance facilitates invocations, opening ceremonies and modern day rituals to help focus group intention, activate universal energy, and inspire magic and healing. Henry Red Cloud, a descendant of Chief Red Cloud, helps people embrace new ways to honor the old ways through renewable energy and sustainable living.


8:30 – 9:30 Lilli Lewis (Main Stage) Zen Bhuddist chants and Coltrane melodies meet and make love in the heart of a soul singer.

10:30 12:00 Magi (Mate Bar Stage) Mystical soundscapes and soaring melodies bring the listener on a journey through the stars.

9:45 – 10:45 Home (Main Stage) ...is where the heart is. A delightful blend of folk, soul and jam band.

11:15 – 12:15 Inti (Main Stage) This visionary trio sculpts chaos into dance grooves with elements of hip-hop, disco, latin, drum and bass. Words by T-Rx, drums by GILLY and bass by RODO.

12:30 –wee hours. Ariana Saraha (Mate Bar Stage) An evening raga blessing. Featuring voice, tablas and sitar.


12:45 –2:00 MO2 (Main Stage) Mind Orchestra, a live electronic adventure: "Palpable joy, simplicity and organic melodies." A mix of dance breaks with contagious pop hooks and ethereal progressions.

12:45 –2:00 Fire Jam (Main Stage) Fire performers are invited to light up and play. You must sign up with the fire performance coordinator or stage director and have your gear checked for safety prior to performing.


Friday, July 18 - PM

12:30 - 3:00 Open Mic and Poetry Jam (Mate Bar Stage) For All you talented Dreamers who have some beauty and creativity to offer. Come early to sign up.

3:30 - 4:30 Djero (Mate Bar Stage) Singer, songwriter Djero's style is upbeat and original.


4:45 – 5:45 Angels of Alchemy (Main Stage) Angelic, Shamanic, trance-a-delic. Evoking the sacred and primal through a harmony of voices and world musical styles.

5:00 – 7:00 Gypsy Nation (Mate Bar Stage) A freestyle ecstatic dance ritual for self-exploration, healing and community building.

6:15 – 7:15 Tammy Gosnell (Main Stage) High energy, full-contact folk rock and soul.

7:30 – 9:00 Blur Box (Mate Bar Stage) Didj-Hop all the way, down temp, heavy bass, full on live looping electronic drums, angelic voices and effected didjiridoo.

7:45 – 8:45 DVS and Chantell (Main Stage) A sultry vocalist and artfully rocking producer/guitarist pair up to seduce you with highly dynamic, beat driven electro-acoustic Soul.


8:45 - 9:00 The Limitless (Main Stage) Destin and Anastasia present a sensual ritual mating dance between two mythical bird creatures of the Dreamtime.

9:15 9:45 Didgeridiva (Mate Bar Stage) A belly dancing, didgeridooing, healing performance.

10:00 11:45 Abai (Mate Bar Stage) Slaying crowds on dance floors with edgy, sexy, hip swaying hip hop, dub step and reggae dub.



9:30 – 11:30 Lion Vibes
with special guests: The Burning Desert Fire Collective (Main Stage) Blending roots and dancehall, this 8 piece will set your soul on fire.

11:45 – 12:45 GSP (Main Stage) Weaving through multisensory worlds, GSP mixes glitchy breakbeats, trip hop, and dubby, downtemp groove.

After Midnight
1:00 Full Moon Ceremony! (Dreamtime) Ceremony at the Mate Bar, Main Stage and everywhere!

1:15 – 3:00 Lunar Fire (Main Stage) Ceremonial theater, fire dancing, heavy booty shaking grooves, improve jams, multi-lingual lyrics, there is no end to the fun!

3:15 – 4:15 Oracleyes (Main Stage) Spiritual, dance based, self produced electronica in conjunction with live hand drumming, live vocals, artistic dance props emphasizing movement, costumes, fire dancing, and other visual performance to the music set.

12:00 – dawn Magical Mystical Muse (Mate Bar Stage) Cheri Shanti and friends facilitate a transformational process where eP ach individual is empowered to bring their own voice and offering to a circle of others who are committed to supporting each other through artistic expressions of the muse in all it's forms: drumming, dancing, singing, poetry, storytelling and more.

after the Muse: ArchAngel Rainbow Michael (Mate Bar Stage) A music full of vibrations using crystal bowls didgeridoo, flutes of all shapes and sizes, shakers and many other rhythm and percussion instruments. looping it together to get a vibrational elixir.

Saturday, July 19 -PM



The Limitless - wandering performance. Destin & Anastasia transform into giant (stiltwalking) mythical bird creatures who walk the songlines of Dreamtime.

1:00 – 1:45 Natural Breakdown (Main Stage) A jamin, psychedelic journey with powerful healing intentions.


1:30 – 2:30 Bernie Heideman (Mate Bar Stage) Spirtual/Political songs with plenty of space for audience singalong and kirtan.


2:00 – 3:15 DJ T.Om (Main Stage) T.Om takes you on a first class musical journey around the world.



3:15 – 4:30 Peace Tribe (Mate Bar Stage) A collective of musicians who actively promote peaceful living on our planet. With superb musicianship and mind expanding diversity, their performances are high energy and exciting.

3:45 – 4:45 Tuatha (Main Stage) maTuatha blends the musical and the mystical, playing a psychedelic collage of trance dance, world groove, and tribal fusion.

5:00 – 7:00 Gypsy Nation (Mate Bar Stage) A freestyle ecstatic dance ritual for self-exploration, healing and community building.


5:30 - 6:30 Muse of Turiya (Main Stage) Ranging from ambient, trancendental soundscapes to driving, booty-shakin grooves, a Turiya show has both a mystical and sensual flavor, with ancient and modern sensibilities.

6:45 – 7:05 Natalie Gelman (Main Stage) Natalie's captivating dance performance reflects a mosaic of cultural dance influences from winding middle eastern grooves to driving afro Brazilian shake downs.

7:30 – 8:45 Dub Skin (Main Stage) A real tough skin...like the skin of a drum. Deep, vibey, delicious dub.

7:30 – 8:45 Logos (Mate Bar Stage) A transadelic mosaic of electronica, beats and live instrumentation.

8:45 –An offering of gratitude for all who help make the event happen.
(Main Stage)

9:15 – 10:15 Beth Preston (Mate Bar Stage) Intensity broadcast through a joyfully gritty guitar, primal resonant vocals, and lyrics that pull the heartstrings but stay buoyantly hopeful.

9:00 – 9:30 Eye Gazing Ritual (Main Stage) Destin Gerik, aka Erotic Rockstar, leads a ritualized eye gazing experience as we drop into connection and co-create our intentions for the future.

9:30 – 10:15 Deva Dancing (Main Stage) An experiential journey into the body through breath, attention, movement and intention. Heighten your experience of music, others, the surroundings and your body by joining in this participatory adventure into the present moment.

10:30 –12:30 Kan'Nal (Main Stage) Rock from the heart of the desert leaps toward the vastness of space and digs deep into the heavy, primal earth of the jungle.

10:45 –11:45 Shaela Noella (Mate Bar Stage) This playful singer songwriter traverses from dreamy floaty and soul touching, to upbeat with giggles and smiles.

12:00 – 2:00 Adam Apollo (Mate Bar Stage) Deep progressive breaks into full-on funky melodic and beautiful Drum & Bass with both galactic and multi-cultural vocal influences.

After Midnight

12:30 –12:45 Dreamtime (Main Stage) Jen and Eli, the Dreamtime directors, share the vision, direction and intentions of Dreamtime.

1:00 – 2:45 Buddha Bomb (Main Stage) Buddha is Formless, representing space, allowing all possibilities to occur. Bomb is Form, action, motion, spice, heat, texture, the beats.


2:15 – 4:15 Abai (Mate Bar Stage) Slaying crowds on dance floors with edgy, sexy, hip swaying hip hop, dub step and reggae dub.


3:00 – 4:00 Tzol (Main Stage) Well know as the lead singer for Kan'Nal, Tzol's solo work is heartfelt, seductive, insightful, and velvety dark.

4:15 – 5:45 Octopus Nebula (Main Stage) An instrumental, chocolate friendly experience of ambient space rock.

Sunday, July 20

AM

(Mate Bar Stage) Dreamtime All Stars and the Mad Hatter Tea Party. –All day in the Mate Bar. In the spirit of the spontaneous, spur-of-the-moment, serendipitous, salacious, spicy, sexy and surreal the Mad Hatter Tea Party commences at precisely half past a quarter to sunrise on Sunday. The Hatter and the March Hare are always having tea because, when he tried to sing for the Queen of Hearts at a celebration of hers, she sentenced him to death for "murdering the time". He escaped decapitation, but since he comes to the conclusion that time itself was indeed "murdered", he and the March Hare continue to have tea as though the clock had truly stopped. The tea party is characterized by switching places on the floor at any given time, making somewhat short, personal remarks, gestures of unconditional love, asking unanswerable riddles and reciting nonsensical poetry, also there are tantric moments of bliss, exchanging items of clothing, massage, didgeridoo healing, dancing, free mate for anyone who can answer the riddle: “Why is a raven like a writing desk?" and lots of spontaneous music from the wondrous and talented musicians of Dreamtime. Joy “Didgeridiva” is the presiding queen of the “Party” and all performers must request her approval prior to using the stage.

6:30 – 8:00 Ariana Saraha (Main Stage) A morning raga blessing. Featuring voice, tablas and sitar.

6:30 – 7:30 Adam Apollo (Mate Bar Stage) Meditative downtempo, spiritual chill and music to greet the sun, and Initiate the Mad Hatter Tea Party.

8:00 9:00 ArchAngel Rainbow Michael (Mate Bar Stage) A music full of vibrations using crystal bowls didgeridoo, flutes of all shapes and sizes, shakers and many other rhythm and percussion instruments. looping it together to get a vibrational elixir.

(Mate Bar Stage) Dreamtime All Stars and the Mad Hatter Tea Party. –All day in the Mate Bar. In the spirit of the spontaneous, spur-of-the-moment, serendipitous, salacious, spicy, sexy and surreal, the Mad Hatter Tea Party continues through the afternoon. Maybe the clock has truly stopped. The tea party is characterized by feeding each other sweet treats, singing silly songs, random acts of kindness, intense tribal drumming, fire eating, and lots of spontaneous music from the wondrous and talented musicians of Dreamtime. Joy “Didgeridiva” is the presiding queen of the “Party” and all performers must request her approval prior to using the stage.

PM

1:15 – 2:15 The Pink Helmet Band (Main Stage) These up and coming Paonia rockers



3:00 – 4:00 Wheel (
Main Stage) Jamband/Rock/Reggae/Funk

5:00 – 6:00 Stanky Pockets (Main Stage) A high energy blend of funk and psychedelic rock, you can't help but to leave your worries at the door and get your feet off the floor.

6:45 – 8:00 Mikal Shapiro (Main Stage) Upbeat and elegant, gypsy folk rock.

8:15 – 9:00 Closing Ceremony led by Sephiroth Dance (Main Stage) Come together with the Sephiroth dancers to focus group intention, activate universal energy, root into the Dreamtime experience and inspire magic and healing for the cycle ahead.

9:15 – 10:15 Last to Know (Main Stage) Get your groove on to this full steam ahead group of original discofunkgrass.

11:00– 12:30 Natural Breakdown (Main Stage) A jamin, psychedelic journey with powerful healing intentions.


After Midnight

12:00– ??? Laura Reed and Deep Pocket (Mate Bar Stage) There couldn’t be sweeter icing to top off Dreamtime 08. A gifted soul singer backed by full funk and R&B band, will lift you up with conscious lyrics and unstoppable groove. The roots of their sound and message stem from Laura’s diverse experience of growing up in South Africa and the American South. The band switches up the music between funk, progressive R&B, and pure SOUL behind Laura Reed’s captivating stage presence.

(Mate Bar Stage) Dreamtime All Stars and the Mad Hatter Tea Party. –All day in the Mate Bar. In the spirit of the spontaneous, spur-of-the-moment, serendipitous, salacious, spicy, sexy and surreal, the Mad Hatter Tea Party continues into the night. Bring fruit, instruments, drums, blankets and vast open hearts. It's time to get slap happy and love drunk. Joy “Didgeridiva” is the presiding queen of the “Party”; all performers must request her approval prior to using the stage.


See you in 2009!

 

 

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*note: the deadline for performance applications is June 1, 2008. Late applications may be considered for acoustic or theme camp stages.

*note: Dreamtime may have scholarship and grant funds or tickets available to those who would otherwise be unable to attend as a performer. Please read about these programs here.

 

Dreamtime Performance

The Dreamtime main stage features music and performance art, multimedia, theatre, and workshops from diverse genres. Professional performers trade the spotlight with new voices and experimental projects.

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During the festival, musicians and performers practice freedom of expression in an environment of participation, sharing, and creativity. The culture that is being created is one where casual observation is replaced with an attitude of support and attentive witness. Many members of the audience are freshly charged from inspirational workshops and are ready to abandon themselves in celebration.

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The surreal outdoor setting, a charged audience and multi-genre electrifying performances create an amazing atmosphere...

Sand Queen

 

Tzol

 

Cosmic Fire

 

Teresita

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cheri

 

Samuel on Stilts

 

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