Mountain Jam V

[bold99]

Not sure if anyone on here has been to this Fest but if you are looking for a really well run, fairly inexpensive festival with good music at a really beautiful location you should consider this one.  Its a medium sized fest.  No show is ever too crowded where you can't get right up front and they never have two bands playing at the same time.   MMJ played this a few years ago and i've seen a ton of great acts.  Can't wait for this year.



Mountain Jam V

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Our opening story on Wakarusa has put us in a festival state of mind today, so we figured we'd share the latest about another annual event. Mountain Jam will return to Hunter Mountain in upstate New York for a fifth year on May 29-31. Once again Radio Woodstock and Warren Haynes will present the fest, with the line-up announcement set for the week of January 19. To this end, the festival notes, "This year we're going to continue to diversify our lineup; we'll have a little something for everyone! We love introducing hot new artists into the festival scene, and we know you dig it too! We're going to bring in a third stage for the late night crowd in the campgrounds, with scheduled entertainment to keep it going well into the night..." Early bird tickets are set to go on sale Monday, February 2.

[ALady]

I want to do some straight hippie fests this year.  Either something like this or 10klf.

Thanks for posting, bold!

[bold99]

I want to do some straight hippie fests this year.  Either something like this or 10klf.

Thanks for posting, bold!

You get that at this one but you also get diversity.  Warren had Sharon Jones and the Dapkinds, Drive By Truckers, Jackie Greene, Mofro...along with the Mule, Ratdog and some other jammy bands lastd year.  Its a great mix.

[ALady]

Oh man.  You know I'd be into it if DBT showed up.

[bold99]

they played at like 2pm on sunday last year right before Levon Helm and Ratdog....great day of music.  Love DBT.

[bearass]

im probably gonna hit up wakarusa this year its right down the road from me in the beautiful ozark mountains sounds like a good place to let my mind do some wandering

[BH]

im probably gonna hit up wakarusa this year its right down the road from me in the beautiful ozark mountains sounds like a good place to let my mind do some wandering

I may just see you there.  We are kicking it around.

[bearass]

im probably gonna hit up wakarusa this year its right down the road from me in the beautiful ozark mountains sounds like a good place to let my mind do some wandering

I may just see you there.  We are kicking it around.

kick it in the balls man! hopefully we can chill more than our abbreviated meeting at the show

although im hoping some better names will be announced

[Ghosts_on_TV]

I'm not really big into the jam scene, music's ok, the scene kind of annoys me, Hunter mountain is beautiful though.

[bold99]

I'm not really big into the jam scene, music's ok, the scene kind of annoys me, Hunter mountain is beautiful though.

The fest is pretty diverse...not just jambands.  

[Ghosts_on_TV]

I'm not really big into the jam scene, music's ok, the scene kind of annoys me, Hunter mountain is beautiful though.

The fest is pretty diverse...not just jambands.  

I'm sure it is, and I can handle SOME jambands, but if it's 10,000 hippies wandering around Hunter for a weekend, I'd rather not be there. I'm not trying to put it down, I'm sure it's a good time, but...probably not for me.

[mjkoehler]

The boys set from a few years ago was really good. I rememeber seeing pics and thinking looked like a nice place.

http://www.archive.org/details/mmj2006-06-04.km184.flac16

[bold99]

I'm not really big into the jam scene, music's ok, the scene kind of annoys me, Hunter mountain is beautiful though.

The fest is pretty diverse...not just jambands.  

I'm sure it is, and I can handle SOME jambands, but if it's 10,000 hippies wandering around Hunter for a weekend, I'd rather not be there. I'm not trying to put it down, I'm sure it's a good time, but...probably not for me.

I understand your point but I think its 10,000 music fans.  My friends and I are FAR from hippies though and we go.  I think any fest you go to you're going to get a little of that element unless its Lollapoluza or something.

mjk73 I've been to a ton of fests and see a lot of music, its one of the best settings to see live music i've ever experienced.  Beautiful up on the mountain and really cool enviornment.  Low security and great people.

[Murph]

I've been planning on going to this festival for awhile now, has the official lineup for this year been released yet?

[Penny Lane]

i am thinking about this festival, too---it's between this and bonnaroo--i like the thought of a smaller, more scenic festival w/less phish fans (lol).

ghosts-are you going to bonnaroo?

[Ghosts_on_TV]

i am thinking about this festival, too---it's between this and bonnaroo--i like the thought of a smaller, more scenic festival w/less phish fans (lol).

ghosts-are you going to bonnaroo?

Most likely. Not getting VIP this year though. I'm looking forward to seeing phish actually.

[capt. scotty]

jeez...buncha Phish haters on this board, makes me wanna cry  :'(

Whats the big deal with going to a show/festy with a bunch of drug-seeking, fun-loving hippies??

are they really ruining your experience??

it seems a lot better to me than the fratboys and phonetalkers who seem to be at every MMJ show these days, no?

[ManNamedTruth]

jeez...buncha Phish haters on this board, makes me wanna cry  :'(

Whats the big deal with going to a show/festy with a bunch of drug-seeking, fun-loving hippies??

are they really ruining your experience??

it seems a lot better to me than the fratboys and phonetalkers who seem to be at every MMJ show these days, no?

I know there's some Phish fans here. I'm really excited for the Post-Gazette show! This will be my second Phish show.

[capt. scotty]

You see the show at Star Lake in 2003 True??

Ive seen them over 40 times, and that show was def 1 of the top few Ive seen, if not the best

They always bust out nasty shows in the Burgh

[Ghosts_on_TV]

jeez...buncha Phish haters on this board, makes me wanna cry  :'(

Whats the big deal with going to a show/festy with a bunch of drug-seeking, fun-loving hippies??

are they really ruining your experience??

it seems a lot better to me than the fratboys and phonetalkers who seem to be at every MMJ show these days, no?

They kind of just annoy me really. Last Bonnaroo, this kid just walks into my friends screen tent and starts trying to sell us shit, he himself was wasted on something...he looked like he was fucked up on heroin actually but who knows. Anyways, two undercover cops come over, take him away (Which sucks, I kind of felt bad for him), then they start questioning us, finally they leave us alone, when one of that kids dirty hippie friends comes over to us and says " We gotta do something, man...we gotta go beat the shit out of those cops...man."  ;D OK, dude, lets go fuck up some cops. Get the fuck out of my face, I'm trying to listen to music and chill with my friends and drink. Granted, thats an extreme, and there are some cool hippie folk out there, for the most part they just get on my nerves. Oh, and I'm not a Phish hater at all.