I. Brosiah Man Down > So They Say > Relics. Swamp1. Beacons. Wounded Dreamer.
II. Tangled Up in Blue2. Bertha3. UFO4. Lizards1. WIM.
1 First time played. 2 With Tim Palmieri from The Breakfest on acoustic guitar. 3 With Tim Palmieri and Jordan Giangreco from The Breakfast. 4 With Eastern Maine Community College Tease.
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!
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 weather is amazing, and tonight’s show shouldn’t be any different. The Breakfast will probably play two sets, and we’ve got some special treats in store for you all as well as a new tune or two!
Some bad news though:
Walley’s moving back down south at the end of the month… so this will be our last show with him (at least for a while). He’s bummed, we’re bummed, you’re probably bummed, but we’re all gonna make the best of it and play our hearts out tonight! We’re playing a special tune or two to celebrate his time with Mondo Gecko, so bring your dancing shoes and get ready to get funky! Obviously Mondo Gecko will be a different band with any other bassist, but as always, MG will keep on truckin’ and hope you’ll hang with us as we morph into some new, as of yet undiscovered species of masive lizard.
TONIGHT’s PRESALE TICKETS ARE SOLD OUT! There may be tickets at the door though so get there early!
The Breakfast and Mondo Gecko team up for another dose of MONDO BREAKFAST! Last time at Harpers Ferry, Jordan Giangreco sat in with MG for a tasty rendition of “Shakedown Street”… who knows what will happen this time! Sounds like there is limited capacity so grab a ticket in advance if you know you are coming!
I. UFO. Werewolves of London > Sweet Home Alabama* > Poncho**. Shakedown Street***
*”Sweet Home Montana”, Meatstick Tease
** Wounded Dreamer Tease. “Thank you” speech after Poncho (with Auld Lang Syne Tease).
*** With Jordan Giangreco from The Breakfast on synth, Rhodes, and vocals. Bathtub Gin Tease.
[Organic Sound Project Opened, Mondo Gecko opened for The Breakfast]
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:
