Ranchita Rocks Music Festival

infobox music festival
music_festival_name = Ranchita Rocks Music Festival


location = Ranchita, California, United States
years_active= 2007–present
founders =
dates = Second weekend of September
genre = All
website = [http://www.ranchitarocks.org// www.ranchitarocks.org]

The Ranchita Rocks Music Festival is a three-day annual music festival held at the Golightly Farms Ranch in Ranchita, California. The 2008 event has 6 stages, featuring rock legends and contemporary icons [Activist San Diego. Mon Aug 18, 2008. Available at: http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=18441] as well as comedy acts, camping, crafts vendors, a kids' zone, healing arts, food, beer & wine, drum circles, and a fire breathing fire truck with aerial performers. [Ranchita Rocks Event Page. Available at: http://www.ranchitarocks.org/event.asp]

History

The three-day music festival, which debuted in 2007 as a fundraising concert for community and environmental groups opposed to San Diego Gas & Electric's proposed Sunrise Powerlink electrical transmission line, is returning in 2008 with several national headlining acts and an emphasis on solar, biodiesel and wind energy to power the event. [cite news | |title=Get ready for Act II of the Ranchita Rocks festival |url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080706/news_1a06short.html/ |publisher=San Diego Union Tribune|first=George|last=Varga |date=2008-07-06 |accessdate=2008-09-09]

In 2008, the music festival will benefit the Protect Our Communities Fund (POC). POC is working together with Ranchita Rocks Festival to host an all green music and camping festival in the San Diego backcountry. The mission is to fight the proposed high power line route scheduled to run from Mexico through Anza Borrego State Park, the largest State Park in the Nation. If this proposed Sunrise Power Link is approved, Anza Borrego will be the first "de-regulated" State Park in American History. The festival is raising funds to fight this power line as well as highlight and educate on alternative energy choices. [Volunteer Match. Available at: http://www.volunteermatch.org/search/org84578.jsp]

“We strongly believe that energy does not have to be imported over dangerous high voltage transmission lines and that renewable energy should be produced locally, for local consumption,” states Carolyn Morrow who hosts the event on her 160 acre ranch. [Activist San Diego. Mon Aug 18, 2008. Available at: http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=18441]

Lineup of musical performers by year

Headliners for each date listed in bold text.

2008

The 2008 line-up is available on the official Ranchita Rocks [http://www.ranchitarocks.org website] .

eptember 12

Mountain featuring Leslie West and Corky Laing, Pangea Collective, Mojow & VA, Beth Preston, Piano Extravaganza, Interstate Blues, Dopegirl, Wooden Leg, Castner's Duo, Izabella, Cubensis, Shark Attack, Delta Nove, Dull Science, Off Track, OB3, Grand Canyon, Still Time, Funky A, Chris Rollers, LA 5, Mike Delux, Red Rox, 4 Min til Midnight, The Naked Sun, Chi Club, Obscure Relevance, Linda Sublett, DJ Smitty, Zicron & Wish, DJ Atom Matter, Techno Hillbillies

eptember 13

Particle, Bassnectar, Gram Rabbit, Al Howard, K-23, Still Time, Outpost, Stolen Rose, Teflon, 4 Min Til Midnight, Pangea Collective, Chi Club, Radius, Izabella, Vegitation, Melvin Seals, PUJA, Obscure, Chris Rollers, Glenn Smith, Haywire, Compass Rose, Blackbirdz, Linda Sublett, Nikki O'Neill, Dull Science, Mind World, O.T.I., Beth Preson, Jay Constable, ON THE ONE, Mike Delux, OB3, LA 5, MoJow & VA, Zicron & Wish, Dopegirl

eptember 14

Yonder Mountain String Band, Tom Rreund, Nate LaPointe, Left Hand Monkey, Compass Rose, MoJow & VA, Beth Preston, Outpost, The Frequency, Techno Hillbillies, The Troubleweeds, Wooden Leg, Haywire, The Naked Sun, Blackbirdz, Cheap Thrills, Delta Nove, Off Track, O.T.I., Destructo Bunny, Linda Sublett

References

External links

* [http://www.ranchitarocks.org/ Ranchita Rocks Music Festival Official website]
* [http://entertainment.signonsandiego.com/events/ranchita-rocks-benefit-music-festival/ Entertainment Guide: Ranchita Rocls]
* [http://www.beachcalifornia.com/Events/sandiego-ranchita-rock-festival.html/ Beach California: San Diego Events]