The Belfast Free Range Music Festival is a volunteer powered celebration of original music that takes place annually in the beautiful coastal city of Belfast, Maine. Acts come from both near and far, representing a wide range of genres. Visit http://www.freerangemusicfestival.com for more information. The 2012 Free Range Music Festival took place on Saturday, April 28th and included performances by: The Anders Parker Cloud Badge (Burlington, VT), the What Cheer? Brigade (Providence, RI), Callers (Brooklyn, NY), Arborea (Lewiston, ME), Sharron Kraus (England) with Glenn Jones (Cambridge, MA), Kath Bloom (New Hampshire), Shell Shag (Brooklyn, NY), The Black Swans (Columbus, OH), MV & EE (Vermont), Curious Mystery (Seattle, WA), The Bill Barnes Trio (Hope, ME), Spirit Family Reunion (Brooklyn, NY), Lonesome Shack (Seattle, WA), Mother Popcorn (San Francisco, CA), Bunwinkies (East Hampton & Turner Falls, MA), Butcher Boy (Portland, ME), The Coloradas (Portland and Waldo County, ME), The End Times Spasm Band (Fort Wayne, IN), AWAAS (Portland, ME), Coke Weed (Bar Harbor, ME), The Colin Langenus Orchestra (Brooklyn, NY), the Sun Parade (Northampton, MA), When Particles Collide (Bangor, ME), Prisma (Montville, ME), Alice Limoges (Rockport, ME), The Living Daylight (Brooksville, ME), Gypsy Caravan (Midcoast Area, ME), The Rugged (Jackson, ME), Meteora (Friendship and Lincolnville, ME), and Timbered Lake (Blue Hill, ME). Festival performances took place at: Aarhus Gallery, the American Legion Hall, Belfast Free Library, Colonial Theatre, First Church, Myn's on Market, and Waterfall Arts. The festival after party was presented by HillyTown.com at Three Tides and featured performances by A Severe Joy, Great Western Plain and Vistas. 2012 Festival Organizing Crew: Meg Fournier, Dan Beckman, Bub Fournier, Kristen Burkholder, Nathan Raleigh, and Janane Tripp 2012 Festival Sound & Tech Services provided by: Ed Goguen and the students of the New England School of Communications, Bub Fournier, Dan Beckman, Nathan Raleigh, Eric Blackmer, Derek DeJoy, Ezra Rugg, Wes Reddick, and Alan Crichton. Presented in partnership with the Waldo Arts Mission, a 501(c)3 non profit that develops opportunities for artists, educators and community groups to collaborate on projects that advance our shared missions for environmental sustainability and a vibrant cultural life. Presentation and promotion made possible in part by an Arts Visibility Grant from the Maine Arts Commission. 2012 Festival Sponsors: Major Sponsors: Bangor Savings Bank, No Umbrella Media, ReVision Energy, WERU Community Radio. Contributing Sponsors: Bangor Daily News, Bay Area Fitness, Belfast Co-op, Belfast Harbor Inn, Bluestreak Wireless & Unitel, Comfort Inn Ocean's Edge, G O Logic, The Green Store, Liberty Graphics, New England School of Communications, Our Town Belfast, Trillium Caterers, and Yo Mamma's Home. Supporting Sponsors: Darby's Restaurant, Front Street Shipyard, & Mainely Pottery. Additional funding was raised through a winter Kickstarter campaign. Many thanks to: JHC Wood & Glass, Lorna Crichton, The Martin Family, Morningstar Midwifery, Old Stuff, Coyote Moon, Morgan McCann, Stacy Cannon, Sherwood & Kathie Bailey, Liz Deane, Mike Hurley, MRLD Landscape Architecture + Urbanism, Phyllis Buchanan, John Zavodny and Anna McGalliard, Roy Rodgers, Sean Ociepka & Elly Burnett, The Bywaters, Cheryl Morin, Kate Harris, Dorothy Havey, Elizabeth Garber, Bindy Pendleton, Belfast Bicycles, Kathi Langelier, anonymous, Kim Morse, Matt Wagner, Stephanie Francis, Robin Peskoe, Jeremy Shaw, Nancy Roth Remington, Virginia Throckmorton, Dan Beach, The Alden House Inn, Christopher Dodd, Karen MacDonald and Jaye Martin, Michelle Picard, Colin Sullivan-Stevens, Dagney Ernest, Gunther Brown, Nick Callanan, Elaine Bielenberg, Kat Gillies, Jacki & Lee Graf, Melody & TJ Vinci, Her Majesty's Cabaret, Bob & Pettina Harden, Robin Jones, Jeffrey Weinberger, The Marshall Family, Heather Small & Justus Magee, Bree Candland, Levi Krajewski, Erik Perkins The festival organizers would like to thank this year's wonderful volunteers and venues for their hours of hard work and dedication. Thanks also to the numerous businesses, organizations and individuals that have helped along the way. This event would not be possible without the support of the amazing Belfast and greater Waldo County community. Special thanks to: The Green Store for helping us sell passes, Trillium Caters and the Belfast Co-op for stocking our musician's green room with amazing food, to Waterfall Arts for providing meeting space and space for the green room, and to Our Town Belfast for donating space for the day-of Info Center. Thanks also to the ever talented Eric Hou for designing the 2012 poster and fest graphics and to No Umbrella Media for hustling all over town to capture the event on video. Find the Free Range Music Festival on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/freerangemusicfestival

• published: 14 Jul 2012
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