Alright people, here’s the deal. We’ve played a lot of shows, and we’re going to play a ton more, but we can tell you this: this weekend will be very, very special – ’cause it’s BreakFEST time!
4 bands, 2 Gecko sets, camping, great people (seriously we’ve heard from a ton of you and some of our favorite people on the planet are coming to kick it this weekend)… and it’s only $20 in advance!
Yeah you know us. We’ve been hard at work. We’ve got a bunch of new music we’ve been working on and a few suprises you probably don’t want to miss… so just get there already! Plus, we’ve got our classic Gecko tie dyes and some amazing new patchwork clothes by Patchwork from Sarah for sale. Only available through your local MG dealer (a.k.a. us).
Tim plays electric guitar for The Breakfast. He also melts face on acoustic guitar. We’re not talking boring singer song writer crap here – we’re talking things like playing every Beatles tune ever written in alphabetical order or this amazing version of Phish’s Reba.
Don’t be an idiot and show up at 4pm… these guys wail! 3-peace Organ trio from Boston. Great, rippin’ stuff!
About the festival (READ THIS PART!)
The site is located at the end of Lempster Coach Road in beautiful Goshen, NH. At the end of Lempster Coach Road there is a rocky dirt road. It will be marked with balloons. DRIVE UP THIS ROAD VERY VERY SLOWLY OR YOU WILL MESS YOUR CAR UP! You will feel like you are climbing a mountain… and at the top will be BreakFEST and all of your friends waiting for you! Also, camping spots and parking will depend on attendance so we suggest you get there early to get a sweet spot!
Driving Times:
Boston, MA: 108 mi – about 2 hours 10 mins
Burlington, VT: 126 mi – about 2 hours 13 mins
Albany, NY: 132 mi - about 3 hours 2 mins
Portland, ME:
148 mi - about 2 hours 50 mins
New Haven, CT: 166 mi – about 3 hours 14 mins
Rules and what to bring/leave home
NO FIREWORKS!
BYOB
Bring food because there probably won’t be any food vendors.
We’d been advised that RVs might not be able to make it up the road.
Gates are at noon on Saturday. The grounds close at noon on Sunday.
There are outhouses and portajohns, but we’re not sure about running water.
Strangers Helping Stranger Food Drive
SHS is a non-profit organization incorporated in Massachusetts and operating throughout the northeast conducting food drives at concerts and music festivals, and delivering the items collected to a local food bank near the point of collection.
Mike and Kellie will be representing SHS and running the food drive. Please stop by the SHS booth and drop off any non-perishable foods, toiletries, feminine & personal hygiene and baby products.
Please bring a donation and please tell a friend… Thank you!
Well the 2010 Festival Season is officially underway! Mondo Gecko kicked things off with an amazing weekend up in Harmony, Maine at Peace Jam Fest (an event thrown by Maine Vocals).
Photos
5/21/10 Peace Jam Fest, Harmony, ME Setlist
I. Simple World. Beacons. Smokey Mountains. Late Night > Car Wash Jam > Ghostbusters > X-Files Jam > 2001. Other Side. Wounded Dreamer.
Show notes: Before Smokey Mountains, Luke announced a dance contest would happen during the next song. Amber from Strangers Helping Strangers won for grooving the for the entire set. Car Wash Jam had a Dumb and Dumber theme music tease by Eric.
5/22/10 Peace Jam Fest, Harmony, ME Setlist
I. UFO > WIM > Weekapaug Groove > Poncho. Relics > Stir It Up > Relics. So They Say.
E. High Gravity.
E2. Music Never Stopped.
Show Notes:UFO was unfinished. Debut of So They Say (also known as When In Rome). Poncho‘s story involved an unground subway system exploration and had an Eastern Maine Community College teases – a hilarious, catchy tune that Eric Green Party had played earlier in the festival.
Festival Notes
Bands could be clearly heard from almost anywhere in the festival site, and as a result many in attendance listened from their campsites… until Mondo Gecko’s set Saturday when it seamed like everyone who came to dance decided to do so during our set! As you might expect, this was both shocking and exciting for the band, and we preceded to rock out!
Earlier in the week at band practice something special happened. Aaron and Matt showed up in the middle of a jam that Luke and Eric had already started. They did not stop to talk, say hello or even really make eye contact. The band preceded to play for several hours without stopping, segueing between different grooves and moods. No specific songs were played and there was no non-musical communication. The night was a milestone for the band and the results can be heard in the improvisation at Peace Jam. Check out the jam during Late Night as an example.
The festival also marked the debut of Mondo Gecko’s G.A.L.A.C.T.I.C. Anthology (Vol. 1.) – which stands for Guest Attendance Log And Collection of Thoughts, Illustrations, and Compositions.
A big, big thanks to everyone who already bought presale tickets to The Big Up Festival with RAQ, The Breakfast, and a ton of other great bands! We are now confimed, and this will be our biggest show to date! BUT: You can still help us get a better time slot AND save some cash by buying a presale ticket using the code “mondogeckofans” at checkout. See below for details.
BUY A PRESALE: HELP MONDO GECKO GET A BETTER TIME SLOT
Presale tickets at $85. Here’s the good news: the more we sell, the better our time slot, AND if you use the code “mondogeckofans” at checkout to get tickets for $80 and save yourself $5!
In the Discount Code box, typemondogeckofans and then click Show Additional Prices
Select how many tickets you want and checkout
Spread the word! We need the help!
Come to the festival and party down all weekend
ABOUT THE VENUE
The Big Up – 2010, will be held at Sunnyview Farm, a gorgeous 1500 acre estate located in Ghent, NY. The venue boasts multiple indoor and outdoor production spaces, including two main indoor rooms and big open fields. Sunnyview Farm is easily accessible from a number of major Northeastern cities:
Albany, NY (30 minutes) New York City, NY (2 hours) Northampton, MA (1 hour) Springfield, MA(1 hour) Boston, MA (2.5 hours) Hartford, CT(1 hour). See the directions.
Sunnyview Farm has played host to rock’n’roll royalty over the years including John Lennon, Willie Nelson, and Levon Helm. Under new management, Sunnyview Farm re-emerged in 2009 as a premier indoor/outdoor Northeast music, arts, and culture venue two inaugural events: Let It Roll and its pre-party, Lost Weekend in Shangri-La. These two events welcomed over 1,000 guests and received rave reviews from artists and festivalgoers alike, usually noting the impeccable hospitality and intimate setting “not found at any other festival”. 2009 was Shireworks Productions’ trial run for a larger and more articulated festival at Sunnyview Farm in the summer of 2010.
CONFIRMED LINEUP
RAQ (Two Sets) Pnuma Trio,Headtronics ft. DJ Logic, Steve Molitz (of Particle & Phil and Friends) & Freekbass OTT (Twisted UK) Telepath Big Gigantic ESKMO (Warp, Planet Mu, Ancestor) Sub Swara The Breakfast Kung Fu Emancipator Higher Organix Roots of Creation The Indobox BuzzUniverse The Macpodz Archnemesis Farm Vegas Lucid Twiddle Dirty Paris Timbre Coup NY Funk Exchange Sonic Spank vs. Beam & Deem Consider The Source Ultraviolet Hippopotamus Dopapod The Maniac All-Stars Capital Zen Nadis Warriors The Jack Mentally Ill vs. Leila Ian Stewart DJ Brad Lee Blue Boy Productions ElectronicAnonymous Tucci horiZonwireLess JamAntics Moses & The Electric Company The High Peaks Band Pia Mater Fever Train Mos Opus Seed LeSpecial Positive Mental Trip The Aposoul Sugarproof The People’s Blues of Richmond Deafened by Love Asleep in a Box.
Thanks a ton for your support, and see you there! For more info on the festival check out their website or follow them on Twitter.
Mondo Gecko returns to Jerry Jam! Check out photos and the setlist from last year. Gecko plays Friday night and there is a rumor we might do a late night set on Saturday night! We’ll be camping all weekend regardless… so come hang and listen to great musical tributes to the late great Jerry Garcia!
Mondo Gecko has an amazing opportunity to play at The Big Up festival, August 5th,6th & 7th in Ghent, NY. This thing will be HUGE for us: there are a ton of great bands (including RAQ, and our buddies The Breakfast and Dopapod) and it will be by far the biggest event we will have played. See below for how to help us out!
ABOUT THE VENUE
The Big Up – 2010, will be held at Sunnyview Farm, a gorgeous 1500 acre estate located in Ghent, NY. The venue boasts multiple indoor and outdoor production spaces, including two main indoor rooms and big open fields. Sunnyview Farm is easily accessible from a number of major Northeastern cities:
Albany, NY (30 minutes) New York City, NY (2 hours) Northampton, MA (1 hour) Springfield, MA(1 hour) Boston, MA (2.5 hours) Hartford, CT(1 hour). See the directions.
Sunnyview Farm has played host to rock’n’roll royalty over the years including John Lennon, Willie Nelson, and Levon Helm. Under new management, Sunnyview Farm re-emerged in 2009 as a premier indoor/outdoor Northeast music, arts, and culture venue two inaugural events: Let It Roll and its pre-party, Lost Weekend in Shangri-La. These two events welcomed over 1,000 guests and received rave reviews from artists and festivalgoers alike, usually noting the impeccable hospitality and intimate setting “not found at any other festival”. 2009 was Shireworks Productions’ trial run for a larger and more articulated festival at Sunnyview Farm in the summer of 2010.
CONFIRMED LINEUP
RAQ, Telepath, Sub Swara, The Breakfast, Kung Fu, Higher Organix, Archnemesis, Roots of Creation, The Indobox, BuzzUniverse, The Macpodz, NY Funk Exchange, Twiddle, Dirty Paris, Timbre Coup, Lucid, Nadis Warriors, The Jack, Blue Boy Productions, A. Fugate, JamAntics, Moses & The Electric Company, Fever Train, Mos Opus, Seed, LeSpecial, PMT, Sugarproof, The Peoples Blues of Richmond, Deafened by Love, Asleep in a Box, and our good good friends Dopapod.
BUY A PRESALE: CONFIRM MONDO GECKO’S SLOT
So here is the deal: we are like 90% confirmed, but we need to sell 15 presale tickets to seal the deal. Early bird tickets at $65. Here’s the good news: the more we sell, the better our time slot, AND if you use the code “mondogeckofans” at checkout to get tickets for $60 and save yourself $5!
The Big Up – 2010, will be held at Sunnyview Farm, a gorgeous 1500 acre estate located in Ghent, NY. The venue boasts multiple indoor and outdoor production spaces, including two main indoor rooms and big open fields. Sunnyview Farm is easily accessible from a number of major Northeastern cities:
